Sightings Archive

Tuesday 20th April 2021

• Midhope Res: Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Linnet - 2 ; Curlew - 5+ ; Willow Warbler - 10+ - Numbers increasing ; Oystercatcher - Pair ; Little Grebe - 4 ; Swallow - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Chaffinch - 5+ - One collecting food
• Norfolk Heritage Park: Song Thrush - 1
• Orgreave Lakes: Yellow Wagtail - 3 - including 'Channel' type ; Common Sandpiper - 2 ; Wheatear - 2
• Pit-house West: Reed Warbler - 1 - singing ; Water Rail - 1 - calling ; Sparrowhawk - 3 - calling and displaying
• R Sheaf, Heeley: Mallard - 2 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Mandarin - 1m ; Moorhen - 1
• Redmires Res: Redshank - 2 ; Little Ringed Plover - 4 ; Common Sandpiper - 6 ; Tufted Duck - 5 ; Moorhen - 1 ; Redstart - 1 - male still singing
• Scholes Coppice: 319 - 1 - from canopy ; Woodpigeon - 1+ ; Tawny Owl - 2 - calling @ 10:05 ; Wren - 2 - singing ; Blackbird - 2 - singing ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - singing ; Robin - 6 - singing ; Blackcap - 2 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing ; Blue Tit - 1 - singing ; Great Tit - 4 - singing ; Nuthatch - 1+ - singing ; Treecreeper - 1 - singing ; Jay - 1 ; Magpie - 1 ; Bullfinch - 1 - male
• Silverwood Lagoon: Greylag Goose - 4 - party south ; Grey Heron - 1 - east ; Whitethroat - 2 - singing ; Blackcap - 8 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 12 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 5 - singing ; Linnet - c.20 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Common Buzzard - 1 ; Jay - 2 ; Sand Martin - 5 ; Swallow - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Mallard - 1+ - female with 8 ducklings
• Thorpe Hesley, Pit Site: Woodpigeon - 4+ - singing ; Dunnock - 1 ; Robin - 3+ - singing ; Blackbird - 1+ - 1 singing ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 2 - singing ; Blue Tit - 1+ - calls ; Great Tit - 1+
• Thrybergh CP: Mute Swan - 64 ; Great Crested Grebe - 6 ; Tufted Duck - 28 ; Gadwall - 3 ; 320 - 1f ; Little Ringed Plover - 1 ; Whimbrel - 1 - calling Southern arm 08:10 ; Chiffchaff - 5 ; Willow Warbler - 4 ; Sedge Warbler - 1 ; Whitethroat - 1 ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 ; Sand Martin - C20 ; 319 - 4 ; Marsh Harrier - 1 - Male going East, successfully hunting as it went. ; Linnet - 1 - On nest
• Toad*s Mouth: Cuckoo - 1
• Unstone: Fieldfare - 20+ - In field at top of Half Acre Lane ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Song Thrush - 2 ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Blackcap - 1 - Male singing high in trees
• Wadsley Common: Willow Warbler - 6+
• Wharncliffe Chase (south): Swallow - 4 - 2 pairs ; Wheatear - 2 - Separate m/f ; Curlew - 1+ ; Skylark - 15+ ; Meadow Pipit - 40+ ; Kestrel - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Lapwing - 4 - Territorial ; Song Thrush - 5 - Seen in close proximity