Sightings Archive

Deepcar garden: Chaffinch - 2 ; Dunnock - 2

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 1 ; Coot - 2 ; Mallard - 2 ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Cormorant - 2 - Left together early morning. ; Song Thrush - 1 - Singing. ; Jay - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 6 - Singing. ; Blackcap - 1 - Singing Male

Kimberworth: Blackcap - 1 - First day of full song - singing in the trees at the bottom of the garden. ; Wren - 1 - Foraging in a plant pot very close to the house. ; Song Thrush - 1 - Looking for insects in leaf litter at the bottom of the garden.

Redmires Res: Curlew - 42 - roosted ; Oystercatcher - 8 - roosted ; Little Ringed Plover - 2 ; Woodcock - 1 - roding ; Goosander - 1 - male ; Herring Gull - 1

Totley/Dore home garden: Willow Warbler - 1 - This was in my neighbour’s garden.

Walkley garden: Tawny Owl - 1 - Hooting nearby, reply from distant second bird.

Cinder Hills: Chiffchaff - 2 - singing ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Great Tit - 1+ ; Blackbird - 1

Crowhole: 319 - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 1

Hudson*s Rough: Moorhen - 2 - 1 pair, female,on nest of dead reeds ; Wren - 1+ - singing ; Robin - 1+ - singing ; Blackbird - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing ; Coal Tit - 1 - singing ; Great Tit - 1+ - singing ; Nuthatch - 1 - up from ground onto base of trees, feeding? ; Jay - 1 - calls ; Jackdaw - 2

Kimberworth Park: 319 - 1 - Drifting S over Roughwood School

Ladybower Res, North arm: Siskin - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 5+ ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Oystercatcher - 2 - Feeding in a field & then mating ; Mandarin - 4 ; Wren - 2 ; Jay - 1 ; 319 - 2 - Together

Orgreave Lakes: Shelduck - 2 - on big lake at 11.30 ; Sand Martin - 2 ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing from trees alongside/N of railway bridge at 10.30 ; Shelduck - 2 - pair ; Wheatear - 2 ; Sand Martin - 3 ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing between the bridges.

Rawmarsh; Stubbin incline: Common Buzzard - 1 - hanging in stiff breeze @ 1345hrs

RVCP: Blackcap - 5 - singing males

RVCP, Main Lake: Whooper Swan - 1 - with Mute Swans

Scholes Paddock: Lapwing - 2 - 1 pair displaying

Thrybergh CP: Brambling - 1 - Female. ; Fieldfare - c40 - On stubble field. ; Blackcap - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Female taking Blackbird out of hedgerow. ; Bullfinch - 2 - Pair in hedgerow courtship behaviour. ; Reed Bunting - 5 ; Pied Wagtail - 9 ; Grey Heron - 1

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Peregrine - 1 - male in flight near Wharncliffe Crags, brief interaction with a common buzzard ; Common Buzzard - 1

Beauchief Golf Course: Grey Heron - 1 ; 319 - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1+

Brinsworth: 319 - 3 - Over calling from Canklow Industrial estate and Howarth estate. Harassed by a single crow @14.25

Canklow Woods: Common Buzzard - 1 - 1 displaying

Herringthorpe garden: Blackcap - 1 - Eating Ivy berries

Killamarsh: Grey Partridge - 2 - pair on riverbank adjacent to the ox-bow lake

Langsett Res: Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Mallard - 6 - Adult male + 5 ducklings

Midhope Res: Whooper Swan - 1 - Present for over 2 weeks ; Redwing - c15 ; Curlew - 15-20 - In fields ; Little Grebe - 2 ; Grey Wagtail - 1

Moscar Cross: Fieldfare - 39 ; Redwing - 41

Moss Valley, lower: Mandarin - 4 - two pairs ; Blackcap - 1 - singing male

Orgreave Lakes: Wheatear - 3 - north side main lake beside spoil heap.

R Don, Rutland Rd: Sand Martin - 1 - at 18:45 ; Pied Wagtail - 4

R Rother, Eckington: Goosander - 2 - a pair ; Mandarin - 3 - males

Rawmarsh Cemetery: Tawny Owl - 1 - male calling around 2045hrs

Rawmarsh; High Street: Common Buzzard - 1 - drifted N/NW @ 0955hrs

Redmires Res: Little Grebe - 2 - ads on Top Res