Sightings Archive

Sunday 9th May 2021

• Pingle Lane fields.: Skylark - 6 ; Stock Dove - 2 - Feeding on stubble with WP. ; Yellowhammer - 2 - Singing. ; Whitethroat - 1 - In hedgerow along path. ; Pied Wagtail - 2 ; Red-legged Partridge - 2 ; Pheasant - 1 - Male.
• Ravenfield Church: Coal Tit - 4+ - Adult feeding chicks in nest hole. ; Swallow - 6 - Low over farmland.
• Ravenfield Park: Mallard - 2+ - Male, Female with 4 medium sized ducklings. ; Coot - 1 ; Canada Goose - 2 ; 319 - 1 - Low through woodland. ; Black-headed Gull - 1 - Single low over water. ; Long-tailed Tit - 8 - As well as destroyed nest along top path. ; Blackbird - 2 ; Mistle Thrush - 4 - Family party. ; Nuthatch - 1 - Calling ; Blue Tit - 2+ - Chicks calling in nest box. ; Treecreeper - 2 - Together calling on tree trunk. ; Chaffinch - 1 - Singing Male. ; Robin - 3 - Adult feeding 2 Fledglings. ; Chiffchaff - 2 ; Willow Warbler - 1 ; Blackcap - 1
• Rawmarsh Cemetery: Long-tailed Tit - 6+ - inc fledged juvs ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Chaffinch - 2 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing
• Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Goldfinch - 8+ - presumed family party
• Rawmarsh; Stubbin incline: Chiffchaff - 4 - 1 (SK4395); 3 (SK4396), all singing ; Chaffinch - 1 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 2+ ; Red-legged Partridge - 1 ; Blackcap - 1 - singing
• Redmires Res: Little Grebe - 1 - ad on Top Res ; Tufted Duck - 2 ; Canada Goose - 4 - inc a pair with 5 young on Top Res ; Greylag Goose - 6 - 3 pairs with a total of 18 young ; Common Sandpiper - 8 - 4 pairs holding territory - 2 pairs on Top Res, with 1 each on Middle & Bottom Res ; Herring Gull - 2 ; Reed Bunting - 7 - singing males south of reservoirs ; Snipe - 3 - territories ; Cuckoo - 1 - male calling - off N at 06:50 hrs ; Whitethroat - 3 - singing males ; Garden Warbler - 1 - singing by Top Res ; Spotted Flycatcher - 1 - singing by Top Res ; Redstart - 1 - singing by Top Res ; Swallow - 10 - singles N in 2 hrs ; House Martin - 3 - singles N ; Swift - 3 - 2 flew W & 1 N ; Wheatear - 4 - on Roper Hill - inc male showing characteristics of Greenland race ; Skylark - 3 - singing on Roper Hill ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - pair holding territory on Top Res ; Linnet - 3 - territories south of reservoirs ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 - displaying by Top Res
• Rud Hill: Wheatear - 1 ; Whinchat - 1 - male on fence
• Silver Wood: Mistle Thrush - 4 - Adult with 3 juvs. ; Nuthatch - 3+ - Nest hole with chicks. Adult calling opposite end of wood. ; Great Tit - 2 - Chicks in nest hole.
• Unstone: 319 - 1 ; Blackcap - 2 ; Bullfinch - 1 ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Jay - 1
• Wadsley: Swift - 3
• Walkley garden: Starling - 7 - 1 adult and 6 juvenile, very vocal
• Waterthorpe: Starling - 5 - Constant visits to garden taking mealworms back to nest. ; Pied Wagtail - 2 - Constantly taking mealworms back to nest under neighbours solar panels. ; Pied Wagtail - 2 - Another picture
• Waterthorpe garden: Goldfinch - 2 - observers garden ; House Sparrow - 2 - Taking mealworms and looking for insects in shrubs, probably feeding chicks ; Woodpigeon - 4 ; Dunnock - 2 - Searching for insects in shrubs, frequent visits to garden probably feeding chicks ; Blue Tit - 2 - Frequent visits to nest box carrying nesting material. ; Feral Pigeon - 3 ; Blackbird - 1 ; Collared Dove - 1
• Wentworth Park: Whitethroat - 1 - singing on Roman Ridge ; Swift - 6+ - light movement to NW ; House Martin - 4 - NW ; Swallow - 3+ - NW ; Kestrel - 1 - male calling by nest site in Ash; female presumably in cavity. Sharing tree with several JD nests
• Wentworth Park; East Drive: Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing
• Wentworth Park; Greasbrough Dam: Mallard - c45 - + brood of 4 well-grown juvs ; Coot - 7 - inc pair with nest/clutch of 1 & 2 birds with nest material ; Moorhen - 6 ; Common Buzzard - 1 - over woodland to N ; Black-headed Gull - 1 ; Mute Swan - 1 - adult ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing, S shore ; Tufted Duck - 1pr ; Great Crested Grebe - 1pr - #NAME?
• Wentworth Park; Mausoleum Plantn: Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Blackcap - 2 - inc 1 singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - calling