Sightings Archive

Sunday 14th June 2020

• Firsby Res: Reed Bunting - 2 ; Skylark - 1 - Singing high over farmland.
• Fulwood Lane: Oystercatcher - 2 - Flying near Brown Hills Lane ; Curlew - 11 - In green field by Brown Hills Lane
• Jordanthorpe: Barn Owl - 1 - hunting in field, mid-afternoon
• Long Causeway: Linnet - 1 - Seen on track leading up to Stanage Pole ; Stonechat - 1 - On track leading up to Stanage Pole
• Longstone Edge: Crossbill - 12 - flew over ; 319 - 5 ; Garden Warbler - 2 ; Redstart - 5 ; Red Kite - 1
• Loxley Valley: Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - singing in scrub on lower slopes of Acorn Hill.
• Middleton Moor: Redshank - 1 - until 06:22 ; Sedge Warbler - 2 ; Lapwing - 20
• Orgreave Lakes: Tufted Duck - 17 - M&F ; Great Crested Grebe - 31 - 1 on nest nr island ; Black-headed Gull - 16+ ; Swift - 6 - Flying low & close, great views! ; Reed Bunting - 12 - 11M, 1F ; Skylark - 11 ; Pied Wagtail - 4 ; Gadwall - 7 - M&F ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Lapwing - 3 ; Pochard - 34 - 33M 1F ; Little Egret - 1 ; Whitethroat - 2 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Swallow - 3 ; House Martin - 4 ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - Recorded singing over night
• R Don, Aldwarke: Chiffchaff - 3 - 2 singing ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing ; Blackcap - 2 - singing ; Black-headed Gull - 1 - adult, 'patrolling' river ; Bullfinch - 1 - female ; Chaffinch - 1 - singing ; Cormorant - 2 - imms on river, then up onto pylon ; Oystercatcher - 1 - flew NE calling @ 0952hrs
• Rawmarsh: Kestrel - 1 - f, circling over @ 1255hrs
• Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Song Thrush - 1 - singing in evening
• Redmires conduit: Cuckoo - 1 - singing
• Redmires Top Res: Willow Warbler - 4+ - inc pair feeding small chicks in nest
• Sothall: Peregrine - 1 - drifted over SE mid afternoon ; Water Rail - 1 - nocmig sound recorded over garden 2332hr
• Stanage Plantation: Stonechat - 1 - singing male by track
• Stannington: Siskin - 1 - Immature on garden feeder early evening was a real surprise; no adults seen here for a long time ; Mistle Thrush - 2 - Foraging in long grass ; Swift - 12 - High over ; Swallow - 2
• Summerley: Chiffchaff - 2 ; Swallow - 5 ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1
• Thrybergh Tip: Song Thrush - 3 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 13 - inc 11 singing ; Blackcap - 10+ - inc 8 singing, 1 calling + 1f with fledged juvs ; Stock Dove - 1 - singing, Thrybergh Bridge ; Pheasant - 3 - crowing ; Grey Heron - 2 - imms ; Whitethroat - 6 - 5 singing, 1 scolding ; Reed Warbler - 5 - 4 singing ; Mute Swan - 1pr+ - + 5 well-grown cygnets ; Coot - 11+ - + 4 juvs (2 broods) ; Gadwall - 3+ - 2 'in'; 1f + brood of 3+ ; Swallow - 2 - feeding over ; Swift - c25 - feeding over ; Mallard - 1pr ; Little Grebe - 1 - 'trilling' ; House Martin - 2 - feeding over ; Sand Martin - Oct-15 - feeding over ; Garden Warbler - 2 - singing ; Reed Bunting - 1 - singing ; Moorhen - 2 - calling ; Robin - 1 - fledged, independent juv ; Linnet - 1pr ; Common Buzzard - 1 - left NE ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing ; Chaffinch - 1 - singing ; Barn Owl - 1 - disturbed from edge of hawthorn/elder scrub; flew back into cover ; Kestrel - 1 - male, hunting ; Black-headed Gull - 1 - adult ; Hobby - 1 - flew SE @ 0848hrs ; Bullfinch - 1+ - male, probably with juv(s) nearby ; Long-tailed Tit - breeding confirmed - several family parties ; Starling - c30 - over, inc juvs ; Cormorant - 1 - SW
• Troway: 319 - 1 - Being mobbed by a pair of Crows ; Kestrel - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; 324 - 1 - Peacock butterfly
• Unstone: Chiffchaff - 4 ; Sparrowhawk - 1
• Walkley garden: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 - Adult fed juv suet from feeder
• Wharncliffe Heath NR: Tree Pipit - 1