Sightings Archive

Orgreave Lakes: Black-headed Gull - 2 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Coot - 7+ - 4 Juveniles ; Mallard - 6+ - 4 Juveniles ; Canada Goose - 50+ - 21 Juveniles

Oughtibridge: Jackdaw - 1+ - young being fed at nest inside neighbours chimney.

R Don, Effingham St: Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - 2s/3cy again on weir ; Canada Goose - 2 - female still incubating, 48 days now. ; Herring Gull - c20 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - c20

Rawmarsh: Common Buzzard - 1 - soaring over @ c1045hrs

Rawmarsh Cemetery: Sparrowhawk - 1 - displaying/calling overhead @ 1430hrs

Wadsley: Swift - 8+

Wharncliffe Wood: Woodcock - 6+ - roding ; Tawny Owl - 5

Woodseats, small pond near cemetery: Moorhen - 5 - 2 adults, 3 juveniles ; Mallard - 2 - drakes

Agden Rocher: Curlew - 5+ - In fields above and below rocks ; Swift - 3 ; Mallard - 4 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - In trees below rocks being chased by song thrush ; Cuckoo - 1 - Calling from trees close to bottom of rocks ; Song Thrush - 3 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 1 plus - Singing in trees below rocks

Aston: Pochard - 1 - Drake ; BLACK-NECKED GREBE - 1

Barbrook Valley: Ring Ouzel - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 6+ ; Lapwing - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 2 - M&F ; Linnet - 2 ; Willow Warbler - 1 ; Swallow - 1

Blacka Moor: Cuckoo - 1 ; 324 - 1 - Stoat ; Curlew - 1 ; Kestrel - 1

Burbage Valley: Snipe - 1 - drumming ; Tree Pipit - 2+ - adult accidentally flushed from a nest with 5 eggs ; Cuckoo - 2 - started calling at 0330hr

Catcliffe Flash: Mute Swan - 2+ - ads + at least 2 small young in SE corner ; Gadwall - 12+ ; Pochard - 1 - male ; Tufted Duck - 1 - male ; Grey Heron - 2 ; Great Crested Grebe - 3 - inc a pair with nest ; Moorhen - 1+ ; Coot - 12+ - inc 1 brood (6) ; Black-headed Gull - 23+ ; Blackcap - 1

Froggatt: Mandarin - 4 - Female with three young

Langsett Res: Pied Flycatcher - 1 - Singing ; Spotted Flycatcher - 1 ; Oystercatcher - Pair - Alarming as hawk flew over ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Female ; Common Sandpiper - 3 ; Swift - 2

Leash Fen: Snipe - 2 - pair chasing each other across the road ; Grasshopper Warbler - 3 - reeling

Malin Bridge: Whimbrel - 1 - nocmig recording, calling twice 00:22

Midhope Res: Little Grebe - 2 - Separate adults trilling ; Spotted Flycatcher - 1 ; Oystercatcher - 4 ; Common Scoter - 1 - another photo ; Snipe - 1 ; Common Scoter - 1 - Female ; Common Scoter - 1 - female still present at 11:30 ; 320 - 1+ - female with 3+ ducklings (difficult to count under the willows) ; Greylag Goose - 30

Norton Lees: Sparrowhawk - I

Ramsley Moor: Tree Pipit - 2 - Including one singing from bracken after song flight ; Wood Warbler - 1 - record shot ; Redstart - 1 ; Garden Warbler - 1 - Showing unusually well, including singing from the tops of trees on its territorial circuit. ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Jay - 1 ; Blackcap - 8 ; Willow Warbler - 10+

Rawmarsh: Canada Goose - 10 - low to E @ 0721hrs

Redmires: Tawny Owl - 1+ - chick, one of three

Ringinglow: House Martin - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Swallow - 1

Silverwood Lagoon: Coot - 2+ - pair with downy young ; Common Tern - 1 - south at 09.15 ; Reed Warbler - 6+ - still 4 singing, others calling in reedbeds ; Kestrel - 1

Sothall: Little Ringed Plover - 1 - nocmig sound recorded over garden 2256hr - house tick

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Pied Flycatcher - 5+ - 2 males singing

Aston: Cuckoo - 1 - Over Church Lane calling

Barbrook Plantation: Cuckoo - 1 - singing ; Spotted Flycatcher - 1 ; Garden Warbler - 1 - singing ; Blackcap - 1 - carrying food ; Robin - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 1 - carrying food ; Goldfinch - 1 - recently fledged juv

Barlow Common: Yellowhammer - 2 ; Bullfinch - 1