Sightings Archive

Orgreave Lakes: Hobby - 1 - Adult

Rivelin Filters: Little Grebe - 1

Stannington, west: Linnet - 14 - flock at High Riggs

Strawberry Lea: Merlin - 1

Totley Bents: Hobby - 1 - Being harassed by Magpies. Observed briefly from Bole Hill.

Brinsworth: 319 - 2 - singles over Barrett Estate

Brownhills Lane: Merlin - 1

Carr House Farm: 319 - 2 + 1 - 2 circling and calling, later 1 circling alone

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 3 - Main Res. ; Mallard - 4 ; Grey Heron - 1 - On farmland. ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 - Adult and juv over. ; 319 - 1 - This years Juv still calling. ; Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Swallow - 4 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 4+ - 2 singing. ; Jay - 3+ - Calling in willows. ; Chaffinch - 1 - Male. ; Bullfinch - 1 ; Goldcrest - 2 ; Pheasant - 6+ - Family on path.

Lady Canning*s Plantation: Barn Owl - 1

Longley Park: Ring-necked Parakeet - 12+ - Flock of twelve,but many more flying and calling , feeding in horse chestnut trees.

Middleton Moor: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 205 - At 6pm ; Yellow-legged Gull - 2 ; 320 - 16 ; Tufted Duck - 3 ; Curlew - 3 ; Stonechat - 3 - Juvs

Ramsley Moor: Redstart - 1 - Male ; Spotted Flycatcher - 1 ; Garden Warbler - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 1 - Briefly singing ; Swallow - 30+ - Feeding low over bracken before moving west as drizzle lifted ; 327 - 60 - Feeding on birch seeds

Redmires Res: Tufted Duck - 10 - 7 on Top Res + 3 on Middle ; 320 - 5 ; Mallard - 21 ; Moorhen - 2 - ads on Top Res ; Chiffchaff - 6 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 25 ; Black-headed Gull - 12

Totley, Penny Lane: Hobby - 3

Bole Hill Recreation: 319 - 2 - circling over recreation ground and houses nearby

Chatsworth Park: Nuthatch - 3 - 3 individuals heard ; 321 - 1 - Emperor Lake ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - Emperor Lake

Crowhole: Swallow - 7+

Hillsborough: Swift - 4+ - feeding low over river Penistone Road.

Monsal Dale: 320 - 9 ; Tufted Duck - 2 - females ; Mandarin - 5 - family party of 4 + lone Juv ; Common Buzzard - 2 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Dipper - q ; Dipper - 1 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - calling ; Meadow Pipit - 3 ; Whitethroat - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 11 ; House Martin - 55 - circling valley ; Marsh Tit - 4 - family party showing well by main path just down from viaduct

Norton Lees: Long-tailed Tit - c6 - On fatballs in observer’s garden

R Derwent, Chatsworth: 321 - 2 - 2 singles ; Sand Martin - 1 ; Mandarin - 2 ; Little Grebe - 1

Silverwood Lagoon: Wheatear - 1 - on bare ground beyond southern end of lagoon ; Canada Goose - 33 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 - adults

Walkley garden: Blackcap - 1 - a male at bird bath

Arbourthorne: Mallard - 16 - on pond early AM. ; Grey Heron - 1 - on pond 06:45 ; Moorhen - 3

Bramley: Red Kite - 1 - Slowly circling and drifting SW ; Swift - 1 - Rest have departed Flanderwell Avenue.

Crosspool: Jackdaw - 275 - c. flew S to roost

Five Weirs Walk: Sand Martin - 2 ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Herring Gull - 2 - Adults on Sanderson's weir

Harley: Shelduck - 4 - Over N c19:30

Manor Fields Park: Mallard - 3 ; Moorhen - 7+ - poss up to 10 on pond. 2 successful breeding pairs and juvs. ; Chiffchaff - 6+ - around site inc 1 singing ; Whitethroat - 2 ; Blackcap - c4 ; Redstart - 1 - c8am in central area. ; Goldfinch - 60+ - mobile flock around site. ; Sparrowhawk - 1

Orgreave Lakes: Yellow Wagtail - 4 ; BLACK-NECKED GREBE - 1 ; Goldeneye - 1 - Female type ; Snipe - 6 - 2 on east shore, 4 north ; Swift - 10 ; Grey Partridge - 2 - On groundworks at northern end

Rawmarsh: Sparrowhawk - 2 - soaring over & interacting @ 1000hrs; both left NE

Rivelin Valley: Kingfisher - 1 - Flew off North from close to playground

Totley Moor: 319 - 3 - 2 seen together