Sightings Archive

New Stubbin colliery/tip: Yellowhammer - 5+ - inc at least 2 singing; probably under counted as birds very mobile ; Garden Warbler - 1 - singing ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - calling occasionally ; Blackcap - 5 - 4 singing; 1 anxiety calls ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing; surprisingly uner-represented so far ; Common Buzzard - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1 - SW, towards Wentworth lakes ; Swallow - 2 ; Lapwing - 1 - anxious male in paddock ; Red-legged Partridge - 3 - pair in paddock + 1 calling ; Mistle Thrush - 1pr+ - mobbing SH + fully-grown/fledged juv. ; Sparrowhawk - 2 - female soaring over briefly + male over carrying small bird ; Bullfinch - 1pr ; Lesser Whitethroat - 2 - singing ; Greenfinch - 1 - male, feeding ; Stock Dove - 4 - 1 over + 3 feeding among horses in paddock

Orgreave Lakes: Iceland Gull - 1 - 1st year bird in from south at 07:45 settled on Big Lake briefly then headed north ; Swallow - 2 - Two juv's that presumably had fledged prior to migration. ; Hobby - 1 - Hunting along river at 08:10 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - I calling along river. First record this year of what is becoming an increasingly scarce bird. ; Iceland Gull - 1 - Juv on Big Lake 07:45 - 07:50 ; Hobby - 1 - Along river ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - Along River

Ramsley Res: Cuckoo - 1 ; Stonechat - 2 - Pair ; Tree Pipit - 2 ; 319 - 1

Rawmarsh Cemetery: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Chaffinch - 2 - singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 9+ - inc several fledged juvs

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Coal Tit - 1 - singing

Rawmarsh; Stubbin Incline: Goldcrest - 1 - singing ; Chaffinch - 4 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 3 - 2 singing; 1 carrying nest material or food ; Blackcap - 4 - 3 singing; 1 female ; Song Thrush - 2 - inc 1 singing ; Skylark - 2+ - singing over adjacent field ; Long-tailed Tit - 2+ ; Pheasant - 1 - crowing cock

Redmires conduit: Cuckoo - 1 - Cuckooing despite being mobbed by a couple of smaller birds ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - Near bridge over road

Redmires Res: Canada Goose - 12 - inc pair with 2 young ; Greylag Goose - 6 - 3 prs with 11 young ; Tufted Duck - 2 - on Top Res ; Common Sandpiper - 2 ; Black-headed Gull - 2 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 5 - on Middle Res ; Herring Gull - 7 - on Middle Res ; Meadow Pipit - 6 - including one showing some characteristics of A.p.whistleri - apricot throat, upper breast and flanks. On Top Res dam wall before being chased off by local breeding pair ; Redstart - 1 - male singing by Bottom Res ; Oystercatcher - 2 - On Roper Hill

Redmires Top Res: Greylag Goose - 2+ - Pair and 7 fresh chicks ; Moorhen - 1 - Adult chugging across the res

Ringinglow: Swift - 2 ; Swallow - 5+

Shillito Wood: Tree Pipit - 3 - In valley below the wood ; Yellowhammer - 2

Abbeydale: Swift - 5+ - Nr Edgedale Rd

Bar Brook Valley: Whinchat - 4

Burbage Valley: Ring Ouzel - 2 - pair, male singing briefly ; Wheatear - 1 - female ; Whinchat - 4 - 2 pairs, one female nestbuilding ; Stonechat - 1 - male ; Reed Bunting - 2 - males ; Snipe - 1 ; Cuckoo - 1 - calling ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - male, mobbed by Mistle Thrush

Endcliffe Park: Mallard - 1+ - Female with 6 fresh chicks on bottom pond; Carrion Crows in close attendance. ; Coot - 2+ - Pair and 2 half-grown juvs on bottom pond ; Mandarin - 1+ - Female and one small chick on top pond

Firsby Res: Blackcap - 3 ; Chiffchaff - 2 ; Willow Warbler - 5 ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; Skylark - 2 ; Yellowhammer - 2 ; Chaffinch - 1 - Singing Male. ; Goldfinch - 5 - Drinking from sluice. ; Pheasant - 1 - Nest with 13 eggs predated. ; Long-tailed Tit - 2 - Pair with nest. ; 324 - 1 - Hedgehog.

Fulwood: Woodpigeon - 1+ - Fledged juv in observer’s garden ; Blackbird - 1+ - Fledged juv in observer’s garden

Green Moor: Tawny Owl - 4+ - Two adults and at least two downy owlets in nest ; Yellowhammer - 2+ - Including juvenile ; Mistle Thrush - 2 - Occupied nest ; Garden Warbler - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 2+ - Pair building nest

Greystones: Swift - 1

Greystones garden: Starling - 6 - 1 Juvenile in observer's garden - 1st of year ; Robin - 2 - 1 Juvenile - 1st of year ; Dunnock - 3 - 1 Juvenile

Mayfield Valley: Spotted Flycatcher - 1 - singing in trees south of Forge Dam

Millhouses Park: Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Mandarin - 2 - M&F

Orgreave Lakes: 320 - 1 - male

Oughtibridge: Oystercatcher - 1 - Flying south over Beeley Wood area, calling

Ramsley Res: Whimbrel - 1 - Flew over calling