Sightings Archive

Barlow Common: Grey Wagtail - 1 ; House Martin - 1 ; Swift - 4 ; Swallow - 3

Beeley Wood: Robin - 3+ - recently fledged juvs ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 3+ - Nest in tree near beeley wood lane, juvs calling

Graves Park: Curlew - 1 - Adult heading low to SE ; Mandarin - 5 - 5m ; Tufted Duck - 7 - 6m,1f ; Little Grebe - 1 - heard ; Ring-necked Parakeet - 2 ; Pied Wagtail - 3 - 1+2

Greystones: Swift - 5 - over observer's garden

Greystones garden: Starling - 30 - 20 Juveniles in observer's garden

Middleton Moor: Ringed Plover - 6 ; Dunlin - 1 ; Shelduck - 2 - a pair ; Tufted Duck - 4 - 2 pairs ; Reed Bunting - 3 - 3 males, 1 singing ; Reed Warbler - 1 ; Wheatear - 1 ; Linnet - 2 - a pair

Orgreave Lakes: Sanderling - 8 - 8 transitional birds feeding mostly on east shore. ; Sanderling - 8 - Second photo ; Sanderling - 8 - In SE corner of Big Lake ; Sanderling - 8 ; Common Tern - 1 ; Grey Partridge - 1 - One in SE corner acting as though it had young nearby.

Redmires conduit: Golden Plover - 2 ; Curlew - 4 ; Lapwing - 2 ; Skylark - 1 - singing ; Meadow Pipit - 3+

Redmires Middle Res: Sanderling - 15 ; Dunlin - 1 - briefly on shore ; Ringed Plover - 3 - feeding on shore, with third bird on Roper Hill sheep fields. ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing in Rhodedendrons ; Common Gull - 1 - worn 2cy

Roper Hill: Oystercatcher - 2

Agden Side: Woodcock - 1 - roding ; Tawny Owl - 1 ; Cuckoo - 2

Bamford: Pied Flycatcher - 1 - singing Bole Hill Wood

Barlow Common: Lesser Whitethroat - 1 ; 319 - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Stock Dove - 2 ; Blackcap - 1 ; Swift - 2 ; Swallow - 1 ; Linnet - 3 ; Chiffchaff - 1

Blacka Moor: Cormorant - 2 - 2 flying N over Strawberry Lee Pastures.

Burncross, Chapeltown: Peregrine - 1 - Circled over garden around 14:00

Carbrook: Sand Martin - 15+ - 1st check of the artificial Sand Martin bank at Gripple this season produced 18 active nest compartments.

Clod Hall Moor: Redstart - 2 - a pair ; Stonechat - 1+ - a male with 1+ fledged juv ; Cuckoo - 1 - singing

Eyam Edge: Chiffchaff - 1 ; Swallow - 3 - Also a good number of Willow Warblers singing in the area ; 324 - 3+ - Orange Tips ; 324 - 2+ - Small Heath butterflies

Eyam Moor: Willow Warbler - 5+ ; 319 - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; 319 - 2 ; Cuckoo - 1 - Seen on telegraph wire near plantation at western edge of Moor

Grange Park Golf Course: Whitethroat - 5 singing ; Lesser Whitethroat - 2 singing ; Swift - 5 ; Blackcap - 8 singing ; Garden Warbler - 5 singing ; Song Thrush - 3 singing ; Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 4 ; Pied Wagtail - 5 ; Swallow - 5

Greystones: Starling - 23+ - 12 juveniles in observer's garden ; Swift - 2 - Over observer's garden

High Low: Raven - 2 + ; Chiffchaff - 1 - heard ; Mistle Thrush - 2

Middleton Moor: Ringed Plover - 2 ; Shelduck - 2 - Pair ; Reed Warbler - 1 - Singing

Orgreave Lakes: Oystercatcher - 4 - Pair with 2 chicks ; Oystercatcher - 2 - Additional to breeding pair

Padley Gorge: Pied Flycatcher - 6 - 3 pairs at nest boxes ; Spotted Flycatcher - 4 - 2 pairs. One pair seen at nest ; Redstart - 6 - At least 6 singing males ; Cuckoo - 1 - Calling towards Surprise View

Redmires: Swallow - 4 ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Lapwing - 2 ; Cuckoo - 1 - Heard from direction of the conduit

Silverwood Lagoon: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - reeling in brambles by SW corner of lagoon briefly at 08.30

Sir William Hill: Raven - 2 ; Swallow - 1

Treeton Dyke: Reed Bunting - 1 - nest recently predated, fresh broken eggs present

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Song Thrush - 3+ - Adult with 2 recently fledged juvs