Sightings Archive

Wharncliffe Chase: Wheatear - 1 ; Lapwing - 2 ; Meadow Pipit - 1

White Lee Moor: Siskin - c5 - flock in tree tops ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Wren - 2 ; Woodpigeon - 2 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Robin - 1 - singing ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Blue Tit - 1 ; Chaffinch - 4 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 1

Bingham Park: Treecreeper - 1 ; Dipper - 1

Firsby Res: Mute Swan - 2 ; Moorhen - 2 ; 319 - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Jackdaw - 4 ; Swallow - 20+ ; House Martin - 2

Forge Dam: Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Swallow - 4

Low Moor, Upper Midhope: Curlew - 2 - Juveniles

Midhope Res: 320 - 11 ; Gadwall - 4 ; Swallow - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 16 ; Little Grebe - 8 ; Common Sandpiper - 1 - Record shot ; Little Ringed Plover - 1 - Record shot

Orgreave Lakes: CASPIAN GULL - 1 - 2cy Mid-morning. ; Ringed Plover - 1 ; Snipe - 4 ; Little Grebe - 18

Ravenfield Park: Bullfinch - 3 ; Grey Heron - 2

RVCP: Shoveler - 9

Silverwood: Nuthatch - 1 ; Kestrel - 1M ; Jay - 2

Tankersley: Snipe - 3 ; Lapwing - 6 ; Red-legged Partridge - 65 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing ; House Martin - 1+ ; Yellowhammer - 1

Thrybergh CP: Mute Swan - 30 ; Grey Heron - 2 ; Tufted Duck - 1 ; Coot - 8 ; Moorhen - 6 ; Lapwing - 92 ; Snipe - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - C100 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 7 ; Common Gull - 3 ; Pied Wagtail - 10 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Swallow - 10 ; Whitethroat - 1 ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 ; Blackcap - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 10+ ; Reed Warbler - 2 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Red-legged Partridge - 5 ; Jay - 1

Walkley garden: Blackcap - 1 - single female in shrubs as yesterday ; Corvid - 4 - Circling very low, one cronking and rolling

Wire Mill Dam: Kingfisher - 2 - Together

Woodseats: Sparrowhawk - 1 - over

Abbeydale road: House Martin - 5 - One going to nest under eaves of shop on corner of Abbeydale road and Empire road, 5 flying over common ground, loud chatter from chicks in nest,

Aldwarke: Kestrel - 3 - hunting simultaneously

Dog Kennel Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 3 ; Mute Swan - 2 - non breeding pair, onto Morley,one close to, if not getting caught up in fishing line, later chased off back to Dog Kennel by resident pair. ; Greylag Goose - 30+ ; Mallard - 1+ ; Moorhen - 1+ ; Coot - 1+ ; Black-headed Gull - 12+ ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - adult with possible juv? ; Kingfisher - 2 - active at W end, N side ; Grey Wagtail - 1+ ; Nuthatch - 1 - calls ; Stock Dove - 1 - singing

Ecclesfield: House Martin - 2 - High Street

Elsecar Res: House Martin - 40+ - including one leucistic bird

Frecheville: HONEY BUZZARD - 1 - Flew south east at 10:10 ; Swift - 2 - South.

Green Moor: Raven - 3 - Over north ; Little Owl - 1 - Another adult in separate territory alarm calling at juvenile buzzard

Intake: Tree Pipit - 1 - South over observers garden calling.

Millhouses: Little Egret - 1 - Flying high SW.

Morley Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 3 - adults, 1 pair in parallel "inviting" display ; Mute Swan - 4 - resident family party