Sightings Archive

Orgreave Lakes: Shoveler - 2 - singles on each lake, both drakes ; Little Grebe - 1 - large lake ; Tufted Duck - 31 ; Reed Bunting - 5+ - at least 5 singing around large lake, some with accompanying females ; Little Ringed Plover - 2 - Pair prospecting suitable nest site ; Little Ringed Plover - 1 - Male in suitable nesting habitat ; Gadwall - 18 ; Wigeon - 3

Orgreave Lakes; between bridges: Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 2 - singing

Orgreave Lakes; by river: Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing

Oughtibridge: Swallow - 3 - On wires at top of Jackey Lane, Onesacre

Owlthorpe: Chiffchaff - 3

Parkgate Canal Basin: Mute Swan - 17 ; Mallard - 18 ; Bullfinch - 1pr ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Blackcap - 1 - singing

Parkgate; Rotherham Road: Red-legged Partridge - 2 - crossed road in front of car @ 0610hrs

Poolsbrook CP: Mute Swan - 6 ; Great Crested Grebe - 7 ; Chiffchaff - 2

Poolsbrook Marsh: Sedge Warbler - 1 - singing this morning ; Coot - 2 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - drumming ; Chiffchaff - 8 ; Willow Warbler - 3 ; Blackcap - 3 ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - early arrival singing in reedbed ; Reed Bunting - 8 - inc 6 singing males ; Swallow - 1 - male N

Rivelin Dams: Swallow - 1

Rivelin Valley: Brambling - 1 ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Siskin - 1 ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Stock Dove - 1 - All in observers garden ; 319 - 3 - Very vocal above valley early morning

Silverwood Lagoon: Wheatear - 1 - on grass track just below NW corner of lagoon ; Yellowhammer - 1 - singing near Hollings Lane entrance ; Blackcap - 5 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 3 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 7 - singing ; Sparrowhawk - 1

Sitwell Park Golf course: Swallow - 1 - heading north

Thrybergh CP: Mute Swan - 77 ; Great Crested Grebe - 8 ; Little Grebe - 1 ; 320 - 12 ; Gadwall - 3 ; Tufted Duck - 44 ; Lapwing - 4 ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Little Ringed Plover - 1 ; 319 - 6+ ; Sparrowhawk - 1f ; Kestrel - 1m ; Sand Martin - C150 ; Swallow - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 10 ; Blackcap - 4 ; Black-headed Gull - C300 ; Song Thrush - 5 ; Reed Bunting - 6 ; Yellowhammer - 1

Woodhouse Washlands: Little Ringed Plover - 3 - Feeding on flooded area ; Wigeon - 5 ; Gadwall - 4 ; Skylark - 5 ; Chiffchaff - 3 ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; Lapwing - 5 ; Jay - 2 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1

Agden: Fieldfare - c35 - Flying North

Barlow Common: Chiffchaff - 4 - showing well ; Raven - 2 ; 319 - 3 ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Mandarin - 2 ; Linnet - 4+ ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Stock Dove - 2 ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 2 ; 324 - 1 - 1 Brown Hare

Blacka Moor: Chiffchaff - 7 - All singing on Blacka Moorr and approaches

Canklow Woods: Lesser Redpoll - 30 - flock of 30+

Coombs Dale: Chiffchaff - 7 ; Kestrel - 1 ; 319 - 2 ; Skylark - 1 ; 324 - 1 - Small Tortoiseshell