Sightings Archive

Saturday 24th April 2021

• Dukes Road: Red Kite - 1 - am, Shooting Lodge - Hobson Moss. ; Golden Plover - 5+ - Flint Hill - Brusten Croft, inc nest with 3 eggs Flint Hill
• Firsby Res: Coot - 1 ; Mallard - 3 ; Tufted Duck - 2 - Pair on main Res. ; Kingfisher - 1 - On main Res @ 09:00AM. ; 319 - 1 - Low over set a side field. ; Reed Warbler - 1 - Singing stream Reed bed.
• Froggatt: 319 - 1
• Hallam Moor: Wheatear - 1 ; Skylark - 3 - singing in flight ; Red Grouse - 4 ; Golden Plover - 2
• Hay Dale: Redstart - 1m ; Willow Warbler - 3
• Houndkirk Moor: Red Kite - 1 - Mobbed by Curlew ; Raven - 1
• Kimberworth Park: 319 - 1 - Circling low over Roughwood school,Remount Road then toward Shepherd's Plantation @ 14:45.
• Lady Canning*s Plantation: Green Woodpecker - 2 - Pair
• Langsett Res: Oystercatcher - 1 ; Tufted Duck - Pair ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Ring Ouzel - 1 - singing male in tree by Thickwood Brook ; Cuckoo - 1 - Cuckooing coming from Thickwoods area.
• Litton: Swallow - 1
• Loxley Valley: Red Kite - 1 - Being mobbed by two crows
• Malin Bridge: Whimbrel - 1 - nocmig 01:37 3 sets of calls. ; Common Sandpiper - 1 - nocmig single call 03:29
• Midhope Res: Swallow - 4 ; Lapwing - 3 - One sitting in adjoining fields ; Willow Warbler - 11+ singing ; Curlew - 2 ; Little Grebe - 8 - 3-4 territories ; Greylag Goose - 25+ - First 7 goslings of the year seen ; Mallard - c40 - Incl. 20 ducklings ; Goldcrest - 1 singing ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Male circling with Kestrel over water ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 3 singing ; Siskin - 5+ - Probably more ; Tufted Duck - 3 - 2m + f resting on dam wall ; Oystercatcher - Pair ; Pied Wagtail - Pair - Display ; Buzzard sp - 4 ; Jay - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Common Sandpiper - 3
• Monk*s Dale: Whitethroat - 1 ; Goldfinch - 5
• Orgreave Lakes: Yellow Wagtail - 4 ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - Singing male on west side ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - 1 singing male on wast side ; Whitethroat - 1 - Singing male on west side ; Wheatear - 2 - 1 male ; Common Sandpiper - 2 - on small lake ; Mute Swan - 2+ - On nest on island ; Canada Goose - 10+ - several on nest on island ; Coot - 1+ - On nest on island ; Great Crested Grebe - 9 - 1 on a nest on island ; Mallard - 7+ - Female with 6 ducklings ; Chiffchaff - 2 - Singing ; Willow Warbler - 6 - Singing ; Blackcap - 2 - Singing ; Black-headed Gull - 30+ ; Greylag Goose - 6 ; Reed Bunting - 1 - Male singing ; Tufted Duck - 13 ; Skylark - 6 - Singing ; Meadow Pipit - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 4 ; Lapwing - 3 ; Gadwall - 6 ; Redshank - 2 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Oystercatcher - 3 ; Wigeon - 1 ; 319 - 1 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 4
• Padley Gorge: Pied Flycatcher - 8 - 3 pairs at nesting boxes ; Cuckoo - 1 - Heard, behind surprise view carpark
• Parkside Lane, Stannington: Swallow - 1
• Peter Dale: Willow Warbler - 4 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; 319 - 1 ; Redstart - 1m
• Redmires conduit: Common Sandpiper - 2 - 2 feeding around conduit overflow ; Willow Warbler - 1
• Redmires Res: Greylag Goose - 12 ; Canada Goose - 8 ; Tufted Duck - 2 ; Moorhen - 1 ; Mallard - 6 ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Common Sandpiper - 6 ; Green Sandpiper - 1 - on Bottom Res early morning - rare here in spring ; Curlew - 8 - 4 pairs displaying ; Whimbrel - 1 - flew straight through NW at 08:50 hrs ; Stonechat - 2 - pair by Middle Res - female carrying food ; Willow Warbler - 40 - #NAME?