Sightings Archive

Morley Pond: Mallard - 1+ ; Tufted Duck - 5 ; Coot - 1+ ; Moorhen - 1+

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Green Woodpecker - 1 - calling from woodland ; Chiffchaff - 3 - inc 1 singing ; House Martin - 2 - feeding over woodland

R Don, Effingham St: Goosander - 2 - redheads

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Long-tailed Tit - 23+ - in mixed flock; largest ever garden count ; Blue Tit - 6+ - mixed flock ; Chiffchaff - 1 - in mixed flock

Roundwood Ponds: Cormorant - 1 - briefly, on pylon overlooking ponds

RVCP: Cormorant - 30

Scholes Ground: 319 - 2 - adult and juv heading toward Scholes Coppice

Tankersley: Goldfinch - c50 ; 320 - 7 ; Swallow - 8 ; Tree Pipit - 1 - flew SE at 13:15 ; Snipe - 2 ; Meadow Pipit - 1 - Assumed migrant

Thrybergh; Bluebell Wood: Common Buzzard - 1 - soaring over

Walkley garden: Blackcap - 1 - female in low shrubs

Wharncliffe: Red Kite - 1 - circling high over ; Sparrowhawk - 2 ; Raven - 1

Wharncliffe Chase (south): Stonechat - 1 - ad male

Barlow Common: Kestrel - 3 ; 319 - 2 ; Swallow - c10 ; Meadow Pipit - 2 ; Linnet - 1

Catcliffe Flash: Wigeon - 1

Cinder Hills: Barn Owl - 1

Green Moor: Little Owl - 3 - Adult and two juveniles ; Linnet - 150+ - Single flock In stubble ; Jackdaw - 250+ ; Goldfinch - 75+ ; Common Buzzard - 2 ; Sparrowhawk - 1

Middleton Moor: Shoveler - 5 ; Snipe - 2 ; 320 - 50 ; Shelduck - 1 - Juvenile ; Whinchat - 1 - On gorse bank on way to hide ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2000++ - large roost, including Norwegian Stavanger ringed adult (ringed 2016). ; Shoveler - 5 ; Curlew - 1 ; Shelduck - 1 - juv ; 320 - 43 ; Snipe - 1 ; Yellow-legged Gull - 12 - ad/subad ; Lapwing - 8 ; Tufted Duck - 4 ; Coot - 5 ; Lapwing - 8 ; Herring Gull - 2

Midhope Res: Siskin - 21 - Single group ; 320 - 8 ; 319 - 2 - Assumed adult and juv based on begging calls ; Little Grebe - 10+ ; Tufted Duck - c15

Orgreave Lakes: Mediterranean Gull - 1 ; Kestrel - 4 ; BLACK-NECKED GREBE - 1 - On main lake mid-afternoon. ; Mediterranean Gull - 1 - Adult among Black-headed Gulls at 08:30. ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Swift - 7

Peter Dale: Redstart - 5 ; Marsh Tit - 1 - with tit flock ; Spotted Flycatcher - 1 - adult feeding two recently fledged juvs ; Raven - 2 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 10+ ; Coal Tit - 3 ; Chiffchaff - 3

Redmires conduit: Hobby - 1 - Flying west

Redmires Res: Little Grebe - 4 - ads & juvs ; Tufted Duck - 5 ; Ringed Plover - 1 - flew SW calling at 07:02 hrs ; Black-headed Gull - 7 - flew SW ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 6 ; Herring Gull - 3 - ads ; Siskin - 65 - in four parties - including newly arrived birds in roadside willows ; Crossbill - 5 - flew W including at least 3 males ; Whitethroat - 2 - by Bottom Res ; Willow Warbler - 8 ; Chiffchaff - 9 ; Swallow - 15 - flew SW ; House Martin - 3 - flew SW ; Cormorant - 1

RVCP: Cormorant - 24 ; Siskin - 7 - 7 flew south

RVCP, Meadowgate Lake: Little Egret - 2 ; Tufted Duck - 100+ ; Redshank - 1

Tankersley: Red-legged Partridge - 22 - Single group including several juvs. ; 320 - 2 ; Snipe - 2 - One seen initially then that and another took flight, circled the site a few times before returning. ; Stock Dove - 1 ; Little Ringed Plover - 1 - Juvenile