Sightings Archive

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

Wharncliffe Side: Willow Warbler - 1 - singing in observers garden

White Lee Moor: Fieldfare - c100 - sat in tree tops, swan neck area at dusk.

Barber Wood: Blackcap - 3 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 2 - singing

Barlow Common: Swallow - 5 ; Chiffchaff - 5 ; Blackcap - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; 319 - 2 ; Pheasant - 2 ; Linnet - 03-Apr ; Grey Heron - 1

Blackburn Meadows NR: 319 - 1 - Over 14.50 ; Blackcap - 1 - Singing ; Chiffchaff - 2 - 1 singing ; Greenfinch - 1 - Calling ; Jay - 2

Canklow Woods: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - 1 reeling

Cowell Flat: Woodcock - 1 - roding at dusk.

Dog Kennel Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 3 ; Mallard - 20+ - inc female with 12 recently fledged chicks,pursued by 4 drakes. ; Black-headed Gull - 6+ - going after fish bait ; Sand Martin - 2 - at least 2 active @ W end wall for over hour ; 319 - 1

Ewden Height: Wheatear - Pair - Male brief song, female gathering nesting materials. ; Ring Ouzel - 1 - Male ; Willow Warbler - 5 singing ; Curlew - 5+ ; Snipe - 1 chipping ; Tree Pipit - 1 - Heard flying over ; Siskin - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 15+ ; Kestrel - 01-Feb ; 319 - 4 - Interacting together, circling at different heights, calling etc ; Mistle Thrush - 1 singing ; Lapwing - 2 ; Jay - 2

Fulwood garden: Brambling - 1 - female

Heeley People’s Park: Chiffchaff - 1 ; 324 - 2 - Orange Tips -1m, 1f

Langsett Res: Pied Flycatcher - 1 - singing ; Oystercatcher - 1 ; Tufted Duck - Pair ; Greenfinch - 1

Malin Bridge: Oystercatcher - 1 - nocmig 01:55

Meersbrook Park: Willow Warbler - 1 - singing in woodland in S of park ; Chiffchaff - 1+ - singing ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - drumming

Middleton Moor: Grey Plover - 1 - Still present at 2pm today. ; Wheatear - 3

Middlewood: Grey Heron - 1 - On rooftops around Rockley/Overton road, chased off by local pair carrion crows

Midhope Res: Swallow - 3 ; Willow Warbler - 7 ; Mistle Thrush - 5 - 2 singing, 1 carrying food ; Curlew - 6 ; Lapwing - 2 ; Siskin - 1+ ; Meadow Pipit - 5+ ; Mandarin - 1 - male ; Tufted Duck - 2 pairs ; Common Sandpiper - Pair ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 ; Snipe - 1 - Chipping ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Oystercatcher - Pair ; Stock Dove - Pair ; Blackcap - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - female ; Long-tailed Tit - Pair ; Linnet - Pair ; Moorhen - 4 ; Little Grebe - 4 - Trilling ; Skylark - 1 ; 320 - Pair ; Chiffchaff - 1

Millhouses: Bullfinch - 2 - Courtship feeding in the observer's garden.

Millhouses Park: Dipper - 1 - Flew NNE high over the Sheaf calling. Only second sighting this year,

Orgreave Lakes: Yellow Wagtail - 5+ - including one possible Channel Wagtail. ; Yellow Wagtail - 5+ - second photo ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - By weir. ; Willow Warbler - 3 - between bridges, singing. ; Yellow Wagtail - 3 ; Wheatear - 1 - By angular earth mound. ; Sand Martin - 4 ; Swallow - 1