Sightings Archive

Redmires Res: Raven - 1 - flew S calling ; Tree Pipit - 2 - singles S before heavy rain ; Swallow - 20 - flew SW ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - flew SW ; Chiffchaff - 8 ; Willow Warbler - 3

Redmires Top Res: Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - advanced second year bird new in ; Herring Gull - 20 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 40 ; Black-headed Gull - 15 ; 320 - 5 ; Moorhen - 2 ; Raven - 1 - over NW ; Kestrel - 1

Sothall: Whimbrel - 1 - nocmig sound recorded 0220hr

Thrybergh CP: Cormorant - 1 ; Mute Swan - 30 ; Canada Goose - c400 ; Greylag Goose - 75 ; Egyptian Goose - 1 ; Shelduck - 15 - Nice flock flew eastwards 09:20 ; Mandarin - 1 ; Pochard - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 2 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 3 ; Reed Warbler - 1 ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Pied Wagtail - 8 ; Sand Martin - 3 ; Goldfinch - 35 ; Chaffinch - 4 ; Bullfinch - 3 ; Linnet - 12 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Starling - c60 ; 319 - 2 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - m

Derwent Edge: Wheatear - 2 - At Wheel Stones

Dore: House Martin - 1+ - Feeding over Ashfurlong Drive

High Green: Tawny Owl - 1 - Calling 0130hrs over estate

Loxley Valley: Red Kite - 1 - circling slowly over Stacey Bank area ; Stock Dove - 1 - foraging in wheat stubble ; Osprey - 1 - circling high over Stacey Bank then off S 14:20 ; Wheatear - 1 - in fields Storrs Grange ; Whinchat - 1 - with Wheatear ; Red Kite - 1 - juv over towards Damflask ; Dipper - 1 - Stacey Bank ; Kingfisher - 1 - Storrs Bridge

Redmires Bottom Res: Wheatear - 1 - in fields below bottom res late afternoon

Redmires Res: Tufted Duck - 4 ; Moorhen - 1 - on Top Res ; Ringed Plover - 1 - juv flew south calling at 07:20 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 25 - c. ; Black-headed Gull - 20 - c. ; Herring Gull - 5 - c. ; Kestrel - 2 ; Swallow - 30 - c. gathering over fields by Bottom Res - left SW ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Yellow Wagtail - 3 - flew north calling over Middle Res at 08:00 ; Willow Warbler - 8 - inc several grounded birds by Bottom Res ; Chiffchaff - 14 - around Res perimeter ; Whitethroat - 2 - ad male sub-singing in bushes by Bottom Res + juv by Top Res ; Blackcap - 4 ; Siskin - 25 - c. by Bottom Res - obvious influx

Crosspool: Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 - flew S calling at 08:25 hrs

Elsecar: Linnet - 30 - flock in weedy fields

Harley Allotments: Lesser Whitethroat - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 2 - in untidy hawthorn ; Hirundine - 20 - over

Middleton Moor: Whinchat - 2 ; Stonechat - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 7 ; 320 - 21 ; Jay - 2 - V unusual here ; Whimbrel - 1 - arrived calling at 16:15 in rain, and left W at 17:00. ; Whitethroat - 1 ; Blackcap - 2 ; Coot - 1 ; Moorhen - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 4 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 125 - inc striking 3cy leucistic bird. ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - 'rain bathing' on the mud ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 ; Greylag Goose - 6 ; Grey Heron - 1

Middlewood: Swift - 2 - 2 well developed young still in the nest.

Midhope Res: Swallow - c30 ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 - Ad + juv ; Little Grebe - 6+ ; Little Ringed Plover - 1 ; Tree Pipit - 3 - Individuals south ; 319 - 1 ; Linnet - 10 ; Canada Goose - 116 ; Tufted Duck - 6