Sightings Archive

Redmires Res: Tufted Duck - 1 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 132 ; Herring Gull - 18 ; Yellow-legged Gull - 2 - ads ; Black-headed Gull - 45

Tideslow Rake: Swallow - 40+

Barlow Common: Red Kite - 1 - flew slowly over the village, mid-afternoon

Bradwell: Grey Wagtail - 2

Green Moor: Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Little Owl - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 15 - 15 Including many juveniles on cricket pitch ; Common Buzzard - 5 - Three young fledged - bred ; Linnet - 15

Harthill Res: GREAT WHITE EGRET - 1 - in tree opposite car park at 08:35

Longshaw: Redstart - 2 - juveniles, together, Wooden Pole vicinity ; Treecreeper - 1 - juvenile

New Stubbin colliery/tip: Coal Tit - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 3+ ; Chiffchaff - 5+ ; Sparrowhawk - 1+ - female with 2+ noisy, fledged juvs in usual nesting area ; Goldfinch - 21 - in 4 flocks ; Green Woodpecker - 2 - 1 calling + fledged, independent juv ; Kestrel - 1 - f/juv, hunting ; Yellowhammer - 3 - inc 1 singing ; Grey Partridge - 1pr+ - + 3 well-grown juvs

Orgreave Lakes: Little Ringed Plover - 3 - Juvs ; Goosander - 5 - Redheads ; Tufted Duck - 9 - Fem with 8 Ducklings. Subsequently reduced to 7 and still present 29th

Pebley Pond: Barnacle Goose - 1 - been around for a days ; Canada Goose - c170 ; Greylag Goose - c70 ; GREAT WHITE EGRET - 1 - st 13:00 ; Little Egret - 1 - Three yesterday ; Grey Heron - 3 - 2 adult 1 juvenile

Ramsley Res: Pheasant - 1+ - f with brood of 4 half-grown young

Rawmarsh Cemetery: Sparrowhawk - 1+ - female bringing prey to 3 noisy, fledged juvs

Rawmarsh; Stubbin incline: Willow Warbler - 1 ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Stock Dove - 1 ; Wren - breeding confirmed - family party ; Red-legged Partridge - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - calling ; Kestrel - 1 - hunting over adjacent field

Upper Commons: WHITE-TAILED EAGLE - 1 - flying above Upper Commons @ 17 15 before being engulfed by rain clouds and gone

Abney: Wren - 1

Abney Moor: Kestrel - 1

Bents Green: House Martin - c. 8 - Swirling around nest site, included 1+ with juv plumage

Bradwell: Pied Wagtail - 1

Bradwell Edge: Kestrel - 1

Cross Hill, Ecclesfield: 319 - 1 - Flying south over Hartley brook, calling.

Damflask Res: Greylag Goose - 68

Graves Park: Black-headed Gull - c 120 - waiting for snacks near fairground ; Moorhen - 11 - pair with nest, pair with 3 jvs, pair with 2 chicks ; Coot - 2 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Ring-necked Parakeet - max 8 ; Little Grebe - 1+ - one trilling ; Goldcrest - 2 ; Jackdaw - 5+ ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Carrion Crow - 6 ; Tufted Duck - 4 ; Canada Goose - 5

Green Moor: Linnet - 25+ - Including some juveniles - bred ; Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Bullfinch - 5+ - Including 2 juveniles - bred

Harthill Res: GREAT WHITE EGRET - 1 - still present this morning ; Little Egret - 1

Loxley Valley: Sparrowhawk - 1 - juv calling from wood behind Storrs Bridge works ; Mandarin - 2 - pair with 9 young on Storrs Bridge pond

Millhouses: Swift - 22 - Screaming party of 22 over houses.at 11:30

Orgreave Lakes: Little Egret - 1 - on smaller lake. ; Tufted Duck - 1 - female with 8 newly hatched young. ; Hobby - 1 - North ; Yellow Wagtail - 4 - On north shore ; 320 - 4 ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Snipe - 1 ; Little Egret - 1 ; Little Ringed Plover - 1

Orgreave Tip: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - reeling

Redmires Bottom Res: Swallow - 10+

Redmires Middle Res: Yellow-legged Gull - 2 - both adults; among dozens of LBB Gulls

Roughwood Rec: Kestrel - 1

Abney Moor: Kestrel - 1

Dog Kennel Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 3 ; Mallard - 10+ ; Tufted Duck - 7 ; Moorhen - 1 ; Coot - 4+ ; Kestrel - 1 - Male hunting over recently cut area below W bank. ; Black-headed Gull - 10+ ; Sand Martin - 1+ - active near nest site ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 2 - juvs

Firth park park: Ring-necked Parakeet - 3 - Hear calling from trees,but not seen.

Green Moor: Linnet - 13 ; Starling - 80+