Sightings Archive

Treeton Wood: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1

Ulley Brook Bog: 319 - 1 - Low over fields 10.00

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Nightjar - 2+ - male churring and at least one other bird calling in flight

Canklow Woods: Kestrel - 1 - f/juv, hunting ; Chiffchaff - 5+ - in tit-flock on woodland edge ; Long-tailed Tit - 20+ - flock on woodland edge

Greasbrough Dam,Wentworth: Great Crested Grebe - 3 - adult and 2 juvs ; Mallard - 20+ ; 319 - 1 - stooping into woodland N of lake ; Kestrel - 1 - possibly juv on tel. pole, S of Mausoleum. ; Moorhen - 6+ - including family 2 adults and 3 juvs feeding on verge ; Coot - 10+ - adults and juvs ; House Martin - 1+ - feeding with Swallows along SE edge of lake

Killamarsh: Swift - 120+ - At least 120 flew SW in 10 minute period 15:00-15:10.

Ladybower Res, North arm: Oystercatcher - 5 - 4 individuals flying towards aqueduct across reservoir calling followed shortly by a 5th bird.

Orgreave Lakes: 324 - 1 - Signal Crayfish on rock immediately below weir at 15.00 ; Green Sandpiper - 1 - Briefly then south

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Swift - 4 - S @ 1530hrs

Redmires Res: Little Grebe - 4 - ad with 2 juvs on Top Res + juv on Middle Res ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 - ad on Top Res - scarce here ; Common Buzzard - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Lapwing - 14 ; Common Sandpiper - 1 - on Middle Res ; Linnet - 12 - on Bottom Res dam wall ; Goldfinch - 40 - c. post-breeding flock along conduit ; Tree Pipit - 1 - grounded bird in bushes by Bottom Res ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 98 ; Herring Gull - 18 ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 56

Redmires Top Res: Great Crested Grebe - 1 - First in 6 years at Redmires for this observer

Tinsley: Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 - Calling from tree next to first tee at 12 noon. ; Swift - 5 ; 319 - 2

Wharncliffe Chase: Swallow - 31 ; 319 - 1 ; Linnet - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - c25 - Several juvs ; Stonechat - c14 - Roving group of c10 juvs + separate calling adult and other juvs. ; Stock Dove - 4 - 2 juvs ; Red-legged Partridge - c65 - Single group of c60 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; Skylark - 1 ; Whinchat - 1 - At least one with Stonechat group. ; Whitethroat - 1 - At least one with Stonechat group ; Tree Pipit - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 5+ ; Mallard - 153 - Roosting on flash 8pm

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Nightjar - 1 - churring ; Woodcock - 1

Brinsworth: 326 - 1 - was briefly present off Brinsworth Road, Brinsworth early evening, before flying East with Starlings

Kimberworth Park: Swift - c15 - over Rhodes Avenue

Langsett Res: Oystercatcher - 3 - 2 separate adults + calling independent juv ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 3 - juvs ; Tree Pipit - 1 - south

Midhope Res: Swift - 2 ; Grey Heron - 4 - juveniles ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 5 - east ; Swallow - 4 ; Jay - 3+ ; Common Sandpiper - 3 ; Crossbill - 1+ ; 319 - 2 ; Little Grebe - 10+ ; Tufted Duck - 7 ; Meadow Pipit - 1 ; Linnet - 5 - Adult + 4 juvs on dam wall ; 320 - 1 ; Lapwing - 1 - juvenile ; Greylag Goose - c250 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - juv ; Cormorant - 2 - west ; Yellowhammer - 2 ; Willow Warbler - 2 - 1 singing ; Tree Pipit - 1 - south ; Spotted Flycatcher - 1 - Juvenile with tit/warbler group

Nether Green: Swift - 4 - Over Rising Sun pub

Orgreave Lakes: Dipper - 1 - Juv still on the weir at 1335. ; Dipper - 1 - Juvenile still feeding just beyond weir. ; Little Egret - 2 - 2 feeding around smaller lake ; Yellow Wagtail - 16 - juvs ; Ringed Plover - 1 ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Little Egret - 2

Redmires Res: Little Grebe - 2 - ad on Top Res + juv on Middle Res ; Tufted Duck - 2 - females ; Kestrel - 2 ; Common Buzzard - 1 - carrying prey ; Lapwing - 18 - on Middle Res ; Curlew - 2 - on Middle Res ; Common Sandpiper - 1 - still present on Middle Res ; Greenshank - 1 - heard calling over Middle Res at 08:10 hrs - assume straight through W ; Black-headed Gull - 44 ; Yellow-legged Gull - 3 - regular ads + new ad with well-marked head streaking ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 146 ; Herring Gull - 23 ; Chiffchaff - 2