Sightings Archive

Ramsley Moor: 319 - 1 ; Kestrel - 2 ; Cuckoo - 1 heard

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Greenfinch - 1pr ; Swift - c10 - max mobbing SH; chasing parties of 2-4 over throughout day ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - soaring over @ 0945hrs, mobbed by Swifts ; Kestrel - 01-Feb - one over @ 1015hrs; same or another hovering high over @ 1335hrs, left E ; Common Buzzard - 2 - one high over, joined by a second, both leaving W/SW @ 1330hrs ; Peregrine - 1 - high over @ 1345hrs; drifted W in a wide arc and stooped twice at something low & unseen before lost from sight in W

Redmires: Spotted Flycatcher - 3 - seen at 3 locations in tetrad M

Redmires Plantation: Redwing - 1 - one flew in and out of crown of pine tree in middle of wood as if nesting (!) but flew away quietly and not seen again despite repeat visits

Silverwood Lagoon: Reed Warbler - 5 - singing ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - singing ; Mute Swan - 1pr - female still sitting ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 - over field below western paddocks ; Kestrel - 1 ; Garden Warbler - 1 - singing ; Grey Partridge - 1 ; Stock Dove - 1 ; Song Thrush - 2 - singing ; Reed Bunting - 2 - singing ; Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Skylark - 2 - singing

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Redstart - 2 - Singing males to the south of the heath and in woodland to the south east

Wharncliffe Side: Spotted Flycatcher - 1 - Singing near main road

Wharncliffe Wood: Spotted Flycatcher - 1 - Singing near Plank Gate

Barbrook Valley: Whinchat - 2 ; Stonechat - 2 - Males ; Meadow Pipit - 5+ ; Swallow - 2 ; Reed Bunting - 1 - Male ; Skylark - 1 ; 324 - 2 - Female Red Deer

Big Moor: Hobby - 2 - 18:30-19:30 catching moths around Lady Cross, one moved towards the old resr

Birleyhay: 322 - 2 - BLACK SWAN - a pair on Birleyhay Dam ; Blue Tit - 2 - pair taking food to nest in dry stone wall, Geer Lane

Blacka Moor: Curlew - 1 ; 324 - 5 - Red Deer

Bowden Howsteads Wood: 319 - 1 - Displaying over northern section.

Bray Plantation: Woodpigeon - 1+ - singing ; Dunnock - 1 - singing ; Robin - 2+ - singing ; Blackbird - 2+ - singing ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing, S of central f/p ; Blackcap - 2 - singing, N of central f/p ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing, S of central f/p ; Blue Tit - 1+ - inc pr @nest carrying food, 20+ft up oak, N of central f/p SK393945 ; Nuthatch - 1 - Adult carrying food to nest in oak 20+ft up, N of central f/p SK393945 ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing, S of central f/p

Burbage Brook: Spotted Flycatcher - 1

Catcliffe Flash: Pochard - 6 - M&F ; Tufted Duck - 3 - M&F ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Gadwall - 4 - M&F

Centenary Riverside: Blackcap - 3 ; Chiffchaff - 2 ; Willow Warbler - 2 ; Whitethroat - 03-Apr - One with nesting material, one parachuting in song. ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - Hunting flies on river. ; Goldfinch - 05-Jun ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - Feeding on bridge ; House Martin - 2 - Collecting mud top pond ; Reed Bunting - 1 - Male ; Reed Warbler - 1

Eastern Moors: Harrier sp - 1 - slim, elegant ringtail seen at both Ringinglow Bog and Big Moor, thought by observers to be Pallid or Montagu's.

Green Moor: Common Buzzard - 3 ; Tree Sparrow - 10+

Greystones: Swift - 4 - over observer's garden ; Long-tailed Tit - 1 - observer's garden

Jack Flat: Wood Warbler - 2 - Singing

Loxley: Barn Owl - 1 - Hunting in fields

Malin Bridge: Common Sandpiper - 1 - nocmig, single call at 03:21 ; Tawny Owl - 1 - nocmig overnight calls

Middleton Moor: 320 - 2 - a pair ; Lapwing - 1+ - confirmed breeding - an adult with 2 small young ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - Still present

Moss Valley, upper: Little Owl - 1 - Perched on wires opposite barn

New Stubbin colliery/tip: Chiffchaff - 4 - 1 singing (SK4396); 3 singing (SK4296 ; Long-tailed Tit - 1+ ; Willow Warbler - 11 - 1 singing (SK4396); 10 singing (SK4296) ; Red-legged Partridge - 5+ - 2 calling (SK4296); 3+ in paddock (SK4297) ; Blackcap - 4 - 1 singing (SK4396); 2 singing + 1 (SK4296) ; Chaffinch - 2 - males (1 singing) ; Song Thrush - 2 - 1 singing; 1 carrying food ; Bullfinch - 1 - female ; Swallow - 1 ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Swift - c20 - over, inc 2 copulating ; Lapwing - 1 - in paddock ; Stock Dove - 2 ; Mistle Thrush - 1+ - #NAME? ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Jay - 1 ; Yellowhammer - 6+ - inc 5 males (2 singing) ; Garden Warbler - 2 - singing

New Stubbin; Back Lane: Common Buzzard - 1 - on pylon in adjacent field ; Kestrel - 1 - female, settled on pylon ; Black-headed Gull - 5 - over adjacent field

Orgreave Lakes: Coot - 5+ - Mating + nesting ; Willow Warbler - 1+