Sightings Archive

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Song Thrush - 1 - singing

Rawmarsh; St Mary*s Church: Mistle Thrush - 1 - singing from tower

Redmires Middle Res: Goosander - 4 - redheads dropped in in evening

Roper Hill: Oystercatcher - 2 - copulating

Sothall: Moorhen - 1 - nocmig sound recorded over garden 0319hr

Stubley Hollow: Snipe - 1 - Standing on a barn roof ; Little Owl - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 6 ; Blackcap - 3 ; Garden Warbler - 1

Wyming Brook: Crossbill - 2+

Aldwarke SF: Sand Martin - c15 - feeding over; must be a 'new' colony nearby? ; Stock Dove - 1 ; Blackcap - 4 - singing ; Swift - c5 - feeding over ; House Martin - 20-30 - feeding over; probably from colony in Parkgate ; Whitethroat - 4 - 3 singing ; Linnet - 2 ; Song Thrush - 2 - 1 singing ; Gadwall - 1 ; Pheasant - 1 - cock ; Common Buzzard - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 1 - 2cy ; Grey Wagtail - 4 - over together; probably a family party ; Reed Bunting - 3 - 2m; 1f. One of males carrying food ; Little Grebe - 1 - adult ; Coot - 2+ - + 5 juvs (3 broods) ; Moorhen - 1 - adult ; Mallard - 7+ - + brood of 5 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Tufted Duck - 1 - drake ; Kestrel - 1 ; Greenfinch - 1 - song/display

Aldwarke; Liberty Steel: Stock Dove - 2 - 1 singing ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing ; Cormorant - 2 - on pylon

Aldwarke; Waddington Way: Pied Wagtail - 2

Apperknowle: 324 - 1 - Chimney sweeper Moth ; Skylark - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Greenfinch - 1 ; Goldfinch - 2

Bamford: Crossbill - 1 - heard overhead above golfcourse

Barnside Moor: Woodcock - 1+ - dusk, nocmig

Bernard Road Incinerator: Peregrine - 1

Bole Hill Flash, Treeton: Hobby - 1 - Hunting over the reedbed flying north early morning.

Canyon Pond, Treeton: Little Egret - 1 - flew south ; Peregrine - 1 - Male

Catcliffe Flash: Black-headed Gull - 1 ; Swift - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Skylark - 1 ; House Martin - 4+ ; Gadwall - 9 - M&F ; Reed Bunting - 1 - Male ; Tufted Duck - 3+ ; Sand Martin - 1+

Coal Aston: Chiffchaff - 2 ; Yellowhammer - 3 ; House Martin - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1

Dalton: Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 2 - singing ; Whitethroat - 2prs+ - one pair with fledged juvs ; Wren - breeding confirmed - family party ; Blackcap - 1 - singing

Fatty Boyns Ponds: Blackcap - 2+ - 2 singing + 2+ juvs ; Whitethroat - 3+ - 2 singing; 1 scolding; 3-4 fledged juvs ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 3 - singing ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing ; Jackdaw - 4 ; Wren - breeding confirmed - fledged juvs ; Stock Dove - 2 - over ; Little Grebe - 1+ - + 2 full-grown juvs ; Gadwall - 3 ; Long-tailed Tit - breeding confirmed - family party ; Coal Tit - 1+ ; Moorhen - 1+ ; Reed Bunting - 1 - male ; Kestrel - 2 - m + f ; Swift - 5 - over ; Skylark - 1 - singing over adjacent cereals

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 2 ; Coot - 6 ; Mallard - 4 ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - Adult on sluice. ; 319 - 1 ; Swallow - 4 ; House Martin - 6+ - At least 2 pairs visiting nests on cottage. ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1 - Collecting food in Horse paddock. ; Goldcrest - 1 - In cottage garden. ; Blackcap - 1 ; Reed Warbler - 1 - Sluice reed bed. ; Willow Warbler - 1 - Singing in cottage hedge. ; Whitethroat - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Yellowhammer - 1 - Singing Male.