Sightings Archive

Tuesday 30th March 2021

• Norton Lees garden: 324 - 1 - Peacock butterfly
• Orgreave Lakes: Redshank - 2 ; Little Ringed Plover - 2 ; Goldeneye - 1 - male ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing between bridges ; Snipe - 1 ; Oystercatcher - 2 - a pair
• Peat Pits: Wheatear - 7+ - over night influx as none seen yesterday . At least 7 birds fly catching from stone wall. ; Golden Plover - 350+ ; Little Owl - 2 - on dry stone wall ; Curlew - 6
• Pit-house West: Water Rail - 2 - calling Bittern Pool ; Reed Bunting - 2 - a pair present ; Willow Tit - 1 - singing male
• R Sheaf, Duchess Rd Lowfield.: Sand Martin - 3 - Flying overhead presumably feeding, alternating with one entering hole in wall, the other two investigating other holes.
• R Sheaf, Heeley: Grey Wagtail - 1 - Near the Sheaf View ; Long-tailed Tit - 2 - Near the Sheaf View
• Redmires Res: Canada Goose - 6 ; Greylag Goose - 16 ; Tufted Duck - 2 ; Moorhen - 1 - on Top Res ; Oystercatcher - 2 - on Roper Hill ; Curlew - 8 ; Lapwing - 12 - on Roper Hill ; Golden Plover - 1 - over Roper Hill ; Herring Gull - 1 - ad N ; Wheatear - 2 - males by Bottom Res ; Chiffchaff - 2 - singing ; Meadow Pipit - 35 - c. flew N ; Goldfinch - 4 - SW ; Linnet - 6 - NW ; Skylark - 4 - singing on Roper Hill ; Siskin - 1 - displaying ; Nuthatch - 2 - singing ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - drumming by Middle Res ; Common Buzzard - 1 - flew W ; Snipe - 1 - flushed by Common Buzzard
• Rivelin Valley: Mallard - 7 ; Mandarin - 2 - A pair on river ; Moorhen - 2 ; Robin - 6 ; Wren - 3 ; Dipper - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - A pair ; Coal Tit - 3 - Includes a pair on territory ; Blue Tit - 2 ; Song Thrush - 2 ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 2 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Drumming ; Nuthatch - 3 ; Woodpigeon - 4 ; 319 - 2 - Over Valley, one mobbed persistently by Crow ; Chiffchaff - 1 - First of year in observers garden
• Rocher Flat: Swallow - 1 - over W
• Rocher Head Fields: Wheatear - 6 - 4m 2f
• Rother Valley CP: 319 - 6 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 4 - 4 singing ; Jay - 4
• Scholes Coppice: 319 - 1 - Briefly within wood then out onto Upper Common calling. ; Tawny Owl - 1 - Disturbed at roost in Holly by Jay, Blackbird and others ; Wren - 5 - singing ; Robin - 7 - singing ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - feeding ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 3 - singing ; Nuthatch - 1+ - inc 1 singing, NW edge. ; Treecreeper - 2 ; Coal Tit - 1 - singing ; Great Tit - 1+ - at least 1 singing
• Scholes Paddock: 319 - 2 - calling
• Shepherd*s Plantation: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Chaffinch - 1 - singing
• Silver Wood (Pit Wood): Nuthatch - 4 ; Tawny Owl - 3 - 2 a pair + 1. ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Great Tit - 6 ; Blue Tit - 9 ; Wren - 4 ; Yellowhammer - 1 - Male singing on outskirts of wood. ; 319 - 1
• Silverwood Lagoon: Raven - 1 - east at 07.55 ; Chiffchaff - 7 - singing ; Blackcap - 2 - singing
• Stannington, west: Fieldfare - c200 - in field near Stopes
• Stubley Hollow: Chiffchaff - 3 - singing ; Linnet - 18 ; 319 - 1
• Summerley: Wheatear - 1 ; 319 - 4 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 3
• Treeton Dyke: Blackcap - 1 - male singing
• Upper Common, Scholes: Long-tailed Tit - 2 - pos pair active near gorse behind Remount Cottages.
• Wadsley Common: Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing. First of the year here.
• Wentworth Park: Nuthatch - 1 - singing from wood adjacent to Deer shed also 2 Buzzards together just E of this wood. ; Little Owl - 1+ - calls, E of Roman Ridge.
• West Nab: Reed Bunting - 1 - male singing.