Sightings Archive

Sunday 9th April 2023

• Moss Valley, upper: 319 - 1
• New Stubbin colliery/tip: Chiffchaff - 5 - 1 (SK4396); 4 (SK4296), all singing ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 3 - singing ; Stock Dove - 2 - feeding in horse paddock ; Black-headed Gull - 3 - 2ads & 1 2cy in horse paddock
• New Stubbin; Back Lane: Skylark - 1+ - singing ; Red-legged Partridge - 2
• Orgreave Lakes: Kestrel - 2 - Pair? hunting over field next to lakes @ 08:00 ; Wheatear - 1 - Male on 'Plain'. ; Sand Martin - 150+ ; Swallow - 46 ; House Martin - 3 ; Little Ringed Plover - 4
• Oughtibridge: 319 - 4 - 4 birds soaring over Sensical Patk
• Padley Gorge: Pied Flycatcher - 1 - male investigating nest box near lower end of ramp
• Parkgate; Greasbrough Road: Song Thrush - 1 - singing, on allotments
• Parkgate; Stubbin incline: Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Chaffinch - 1 - singing ; Mallard - 1pr - by Old Sough
• Pike Lowe, Midhope: Curlew - 2+ - Display/flying over Candlerush Edge ; Golden Plover - 2 - pair on territory ; Red Grouse - 2+ ; Meadow Pipit - 4 ; Greylag Goose - 3 - flying over
• Pingle Lane Tip: Yellowhammer - 1 - Singing Male. ; Jay - 1 - Down in Gorse patch. ; Skylark - 4+ - Displaying along approach track.
• R Don, Effingham St: Goosander - 8 - all females/ imm males ; Mallard - 14 - much courstship chasing ; Sand Martin - 4 ; Herring Gull - 45 - circling, mostly imms ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 6 - adults ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - over ; Feral Pigeon - 120 - spooked by Sprawk
• R Don, Norfolk Bridge: Sand Martin - 10 - 3 nests being explored in bridge ; Canada Goose - 2 - pair below weir ; Greylag Goose - 1 - on weir ; Feral Pigeon - 2+ - pair under bridge, fresh eggshell on pavement below
• Rawmarsh Cemetery: Chaffinch - 1 - singing ; Blackcap - 2 - 1 singing, 1 calling; presumed pair
• Rawmarsh; Haugh Road: Magpie - 11 - feeding together on playing field ; Starling - 11 - flock, on playing field ; Skylark - 5 - inc 1 singing
• Rawmarsh; Stubbin incline: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing
• Silver Wood: Cetti's Warbler - 1 - brief burst of song from scrub behind r/way line pond at 08.45
• Silverwood: Nuthatch - 2 - Pair with nest hole.
• Silverwood Lagoon: Scaup - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 7
• Sugden Clough: Curlew - 2 - display ; Meadow Pipit - 8+ ; Red Grouse - 7+ ; Ring Ouzel - 1 - male feeding by grouse butts alongside the clough ; Wren - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 2 - singing males, one at the top of the clough the other at the bottom ; Goldfinch - 2 - in tree tops ; Snipe - 1 - chipping ; Linnet - 1 - male singing in birch tree top ; Siskin - 2 - pair in another birch tree top ; Skylark - 1 - display ; Pied Wagtail - 3 - feeding and flying about together ; Pheasant - 1 - male ; Meadow Pipit - at least 5
• Thickwoods Brook - plantation: Chaffinch - 1 ; Goldfinch - 2 ; Wren - 1 ; Blue Tit - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 2 - both singing males ; Robin - 2 ; Blackbird - 1 - male ; Coal Tit - 2 - both singing males ; Great Tit - 4 - 2 pairs
• Thrybergh CP: Tufted Duck - 25 ; Scaup - 1 - male ; Gadwall - 5 ; Swallow - 20+ ; Sand Martin - 200+ ; House Martin - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 8 ; Blackcap - 3
• Tideswell Moor: Red Kite - 1
• Treeton: Bullfinch - 2 - Pair near railway bridge @08.10 ; Jay - 1
• Ughill Moors: Greylag Goose - 10 ; Canada Goose - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 4 - 2 pairs on pond. ; Lapwing - 6 - mobbing crow. ; Carrion Crow - 1 ; Curlew - 4 ; Meadow Pipit - 12 ; Skylark - 4 - all singing. ; Fieldfare - 41 - heading south west.
• Ulley: Yellowhammer - 1 - Male off Stow bridge lane.
• Upper Ewden: Stonechat - 4 ; Red Kite - 1 ; Ring Ouzel - 1 - male calling near Shooting Lodge ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing in valley above stone circle
• Whiston Brook: Jackdaw - 2 - Collecting nesting material from a discarded sleeping bag off Long Lane.