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From the Sightings Archive you are able to search for archived sighting records which are more than 3 years old and dating back to 2011.

Tuesday 1st June 2021

  • Treeton Dyke: Mute Swan - 4+ - pair at S end with 3 cygnets; pair at N end apparently failed, perhaps due to high water levels ; Greylag Goose - 2+ - pair with 2 small chicks ; Coot - 10+ - including 2 pairs sitting on nests and one pair with 5 half-grown chicks at N end ; Blackcap - 3 - singing males ; 324 - 100+ - big emergence of Common Blue Damselfly
  • Treeton Tip: Whitethroat - 3 - singing males ; Reed Bunting - 1 - singing male ; Willow Warbler - 2 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Reed Warbler - 1 - singing on dragonfly pools ; Blue Tit - 2+ - pair feeding chicks in nest in metal fence post
  • Wadsley: Swift - 3 - Screaming
  • Wadsley Common garden: Wren - 2+ - Young heard in nest in outbuilding. ; Blue Tit - 2+ - Young heard in nest in crevice in stone wall. ; Great Tit - 2+ - Young heard in nest in crevice in stone wall. ; Swallow - 2 - Building nest in outbuilding-the first time since we moved here 25 years ago.
  • Wentworth Park: Kestrel - 1 - active around trees E of Roman Ridge
  • Wharncliffe Heath NR: Pied Flycatcher - 5
  • Wharncliffe Wood: Cuckoo - 1 ; Garden Warbler - 3 ; Blackcap - 1 ; Song Thrush - 4

Monday 31st May 2021

  • Agden: Tree Pipit - 2 - One on Agden side road, one at Bar Dyke
  • Aldwarke: Raven - 2 - Over and on melting shop Liberty Steels 20.00
  • Alport Castles: Ring Ouzel - 1
  • Bamford Edge: Ring Ouzel - 1
  • Barbrook Bridge: Whinchat - 1 ; Red Grouse - 2
  • Barbrook Plantation: Mandarin - 1 - 1f on nest in tree hole ; Redstart - 3 ; Pied Flycatcher - 1 - Male
  • Barbrook Valley: Cuckoo - 3 - 2 males chasing a female ; Whinchat - 2+ ; Stonechat - 4 - Family party ; Raven - 5 ; Tree Pipit - 2+
  • Brinsworth: Greenfinch - 4 - Pair with 2 youngsters squabbling over feeder, observers garden 06.15 ; Starling - 8
  • Brooks Bank Farm - top fields: Stonechat - 3+ - Juv birds seen on wall where adults previously observed ; Snipe - 1 ; Grey Heron - 3 - I adult, 2 juv ; Linnet - 1 - in field ; Curlew - c6 - adults ; Pied Wagtail - 2 - feeding in field ; Lapwing - at least 5 - one probably on nest, though no sign of young here yet ; Mallard - 1 - male ; Woodpigeon - 2 - in field
  • Burbage Valley: Whinchat - 2 ; Ring Ouzel - 2 ; Cuckoo - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 3 ; Stonechat - 2 ; 319 - 1
  • Burncross, Chapeltown (farmland to south): House Martin - 2 ; Kestrel - 1+ - Begging calls heard ; 319 - 2 ; Swift - 5 ; Whitethroat - 1 singing ; Blackcap - 1 singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 singing
  • Cowell Flat: Whinchat - 1 - male still present ; Cuckoo - 1 - flew to Agden Rocher then singing.
  • Dale Dike Res: Blue Tit - 1 - by the dam Blue Tit entering open scar in tree truck, presumably its nest site
  • Damflask Res: Common Sandpiper - 2 - Pair together on south side
  • Dore: Stock Dove - 2 - a pr eating spilt grain below garden feeders
  • Dukes Road: Red Kite - 1 - over Upper Commons early pm, then later over New Cross. ; Hobby - 1 - over Hobson Moss ; Golden Plover - c12 - at least 6 territorial pairs in general area ; House Martin - 3 - Flint Hill
  • Greno Wood: Woodcock - 3 - Display flights from 21.38
  • Greystones: House Sparrow - 4 - 1 Juvenile in observer's garden ; Starling - 8 - 6 Juveniles in OG ; Great Tit - 4 - 2 Juveniles in OG ; Dunnock - 2 - 1 Juvenile in OG
  • Hobson Moss, Agden: Stonechat - 2 - pair, male singing
  • Killamarsh: Red Kite - 1 - Circling and moving north whilst being mobbed
  • Low Bradfield: Mallard - 9 - Duck with 8 ducklings on stream out of Agden Res.
  • Middlewood: Swift - 1 - rescued after going down a cavity wall on Ganton Road. 2 active pairs in the roof and one in the house opposite.
  • Moorland Fringe: Nightjar - 1 - Churring and displaying
  • Mosborough: Barn Owl - 1 ; Treecreeper - 1
  • Orgreave Lakes: Pochard - 5
  • Parkgate Canal Basin: Song Thrush - 1 - Singing ; Blackcap - 2 - Singing ; Chiffchaff - 2 - Singing ; Willow Warbler - 1 - Singing ; Whitethroat - 1 - Singing ; Mute Swan - 20+ - On path near footbridge, possibly last years offspring.
  • R Don, Oughtibridge: Little Egret - 1 - flying upstream ar 12:35
  • Rawmarsh: Kestrel - 1 - soaring over briefly
  • Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Greenfinch - 1 - male, drinking in garden
  • Redmires conduit: Lapwing - 4 - 2 adults 2 chicks. Photographed from path
  • Ridgeway: Whitethroat - 6 ; Yellowhammer - 2 ; Red-legged Partridge - 3
  • Rocher Flat: Little Owl - 1 - Perched on roadside pole
  • Silver Wood: Blackcap - 2 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 5 - 2 singing main woods, 1 singing nearWoodlaithes duckpond, 2 singing r/way line ; Willow Warbler - 3 - singing along r/way line ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 - pair in lower woods

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