Sightings Archive

Orgreave Lakes: Hobby - 1 - Fly through over lake heading North ; Little Egret - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - On river at weir ; Blackcap - 1 - m - singing near river ; Little Egret - 1 ; Wheatear - 1 - Male ; Ringed Plover - 3

Ramsley Res: Mallard - 2+ - Pr. with 9 small young

Rawmarsh: Swift - 1pr - copulating in flight

Stubley Hollow: Swallow - 5 ; Blackcap - 2 ; Garden Warbler - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 4

Thrybergh CP: Common Tern - 2 ; 319 - 4 ; Sparrowhawk - 2 ; Kestrel - 2 m ; Yellow Wagtail - 2 ; Reed Warbler - 4 ; Blackcap - 3 ; Willow Warbler - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 2 ; Swift - 6

Wadsley: Swift - 7

Aldwarke; Liberty Steel: Willow Warbler - 2 - singing ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Peregrine - 2 - adult m & female perched on water tower

Burbage Valley: Willow Warbler - 4 - Singing ; Curlew - 1 - Calling ; Cuckoo - 1 - Calling ; Wren - 3 - Singing ; Stonechat - 2 ; Meadow Pipit - 7+

Chapeltown: Swift - 4 - Screaming over area 20:00

Dog Kennel Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Greylag Goose - 14 - 10 adult,1 with 4 juvs ; Mallard - 5+ - inc 1 family party ; Tufted Duck - 1 - male ; Kestrel - 1 - male, into trees on S side, W end ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Wren - 1+ - active near W wall, prob nest? ; Sand Martin - 1 - into nest site at 11.41. ; Great Tit - 1 - carrying food to nest in drain pipe in W wall.

Elsecar Res: Moorhen - 10+ - 3 broods (3, 2 & 1) ; Reed Warbler - 1 - singing from hawthorn

Endcliffe Student Village: Moorhen - 7 - Adult and at least six well-grown young, independently foraging ; Mallard - 7 - Female and two small ducklings on main pond. Four drakes resting on bank

Ewden Height: Curlew - 15+ - Widespread with several active territories, very territorial ; Cuckoo - 2 - Males singing ; Willow Warbler - 8+ ; Linnet - c30 - Assumed family groups ; Jay - 2 ; Stock Dove - 1 ; Stonechat - 1 - male ; Swallow - 1 ; Skylark - 5 ; Lapwing - 10+ ; Crossbill - 5 ; Herring Gull - 1 - Sub adult SE ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing ; Siskin - 2+ ; Meadow Pipit - c20 - Several territories with display ; Swift - 1 ; Wheatear - 1 - male ; Snipe - 2+ - chipping ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 ; Golden Plover - 1 - Call/display flight ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 5 - 1+4 NW, all sub adults ; Redstart - 1 - singing ; Starling - 13

Fatty Boyns Ponds: Whitethroat - 2 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 2 - 1 singing ; Linnet - 2 ; Blackcap - 4+ - inc 2 singing ; Pheasant - 3 - 1m; 2f ; Reed Bunting - 1 - singing ; Bullfinch - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 1pr ; Common Buzzard - 1

Firsby Res: Mallard - 5+ ; Grey Heron - 2 - Squabbling. ; Lapwing - 3 ; Black-headed Gull - 2 ; Great Black-backed Gull - 1 - Over. ; 319 - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 - Hunting. ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Calling ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 2 - a pair ; Song Thrush - 1 - Singing ; Blackcap - 6

Greystones: Swift - 5 - Over observer's garden

Hillsborough: Swift - 2 - Back over Burton Street 19:00

Longshaw: Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Nuthatch - 3 - 2 adults visiting nest & seen to pass food to young ; Swallow - 2

Nether Green garden: Blue Tit - 4+ - Fledged from nest box

Padley Gorge: Willow Warbler - 1 - Singing ; Wren - 1