Sightings Archive

Fulwood garden: Chiffchaff - 2 - including one singing ; Swallow - 5 - over SW ; House Martin - 3 - over ; 319 - 1 - over ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - over N

Poolsbrook Marsh: Cormorant - 1 - sub-ad off N ; Chiffchaff - 8 - calling ; Willow Tit - 1 - calling at back of main pool

Rawmarsh: Tree Pipit - 1 - S calling @ 0925hrs

Redmires Middle Res: Little Ringed Plover - 2

Redmires Top Res: Tufted Duck - 21

Bolsterstone: Skylark - 1 ; Spotted Flycatcher - 1 ; Kestrel - 2 ; Pied Wagtail - 2 ; 319 - 1+ ; Swallow - 2 ; Sparrowhawk - 2 - Together

Castle Dyke Playing Fields: Wheatear - 1 - Feeding on playing field

Cinder Hills: 319 - 7+ - together some high up over Cinder Hills/Middle Common @12:25

Firsby Res: Mallard - 3 ; Tawny Owl - 1 - Calling ; Stock Dove - 1 - On wires. ; Swallow - 100+ - Large flock above site and also catching insects from waters surface. ; House Martin - 30+ - With Swallow flock. ; Bullfinch - 6 - Family with juvs. ; Chiffchaff - 3 - Calling. ; Treecreeper - 1 - Calling. ; Pheasant - 3

Langsett Res: Pied Wagtail - 48+ - Single group along dam wall 18.15 onwards ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 - Juvenile with Pied Wags ; Great Crested Grebe - 3 juvs ; Black-headed Gull - est. 3000 - 18.30 with groups still flying in. ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - c350 ; Mediterranean Gull - 1 - juv

Midhope Res: Sand Martin - 1 ; House Martin - 2+ ; Swallow - c100 - Large group appeared 17.30 and fed over the res. ; 320 - 21 ; Tufted Duck - 7 ; Little Grebe - 9+ ; Meadow Pipit - c40 ; Canada Goose - 65 ; Greylag Goose - c70 ; Mallard - c70 ; Black-headed Gull - c1500 - NW to Langsett Res roost 17.00-18.00 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - c70 - NW to Langsett Res roost.

Orgreave Lakes: Ruff - 1 - Juv male circled several times and appeared to land, though no further sign.

Rawmarsh: Common Buzzard - 2 - soaring over High Street @ 1200hrs; drifted S/SW

Rother Valley CP: Mute Swan - 22 ; Greylag Goose - 136 ; Canada Goose - 539 ; Grey Heron - 2 ; Cormorant - 7 ; Great Crested Grebe - 20 ; Mallard - 253 ; Gadwall - 2 ; Shoveler - 1 ; Wigeon - 8 ; 320 - 26 ; Tufted Duck - 53 ; Pochard - 3 ; Black-headed Gull - 128 ; Herring Gull - 3 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 12 ; Coot - 199 ; Moorhen - 29 ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Swallow - 6 ; Lapwing - 120

Sharrow: Tawny Owl - 2 - calling from aerial

Silverwood Lagoon: Wigeon - 2 ; Shoveler - 1 - male ; Little Grebe - 9 ; Coot - c.20 ; Mute Swan - 8 - pair and 6 juvs ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 23 ; Snipe - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 6 ; Meadow Pipit - 3 ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1 - east ; Long-tailed Tit - c.45 - three flocks ; Bullfinch - 4 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 2 - singing ; Jay - 7

Elsecar Res: Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 - in willows by bridge

Orgreave Lakes: Mediterranean Gull - 1 - Adult on Tern rail at midday

Redmires conduit: Snipe - 1

Redmires Res: Mallard - 105 ; Tufted Duck - 9 ; Common Sandpiper - 1 - on Middle Res in late afternoon ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 40 - c. on Middle Res ; Black-headed Gull - 14 - on Middle Res ; Common Tern - 1 - first-winter amongst gulls on Middle Res in later afternoon ; Chiffchaff - 9 ; Whitethroat - 1 - Juv by Bottom Res ; Starling - 140 - on overhead wires on Soughley Lane