Sightings Archive

Midhope Res: Tufted Duck - 9 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 6 - Adult seen regurgitating food for two begging juvs ; Meadow Pipit - 2 ; Tree Pipit - 1 - South ; Siskin - 1+ ; Little Ringed Plover - 1 ; Swallow - 2 - Looks like a lot have moved on ; 320 - 1 ; 319 - 1 ; House Martin - 2 ; Linnet - 10+ ; 324 - 1 - Male Roe Deer ; 324 - 3 - Female Roe Deer with two fawns

Orgreave Lakes: Greenshank - 1 - flushed by dog walkers again ; Wheatear - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 107 ; Little Grebe - 15 ; Little Egret - 1 ; Pochard - 41 ; Cormorant - 9 ; Great Crested Grebe - 12 ; Swift - 1 ; 324 - 1 - Painted Lady my 1st this year

R Don. Effingham St: CASPIAN GULL - 1 - 1st year ; Yellow-legged Gull - 2 - 1 adult and 1st Year ; Herring Gull - 4 - 2 first years + 2 adults ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 21 - 21 the most at one time but lots' of coming and going.

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Sparrowhawk - 1 - female, circled & left E @ 1355hrs ; Swallow - 1 - rapidly S @ 1525hrs

Redmires Res: Canada Goose - 30 - c. ; Greylag Goose - 22 ; Mallard - 14 ; Tufted Duck - 3 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Kestrel - 3 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 30 - c. ; Herring Gull - 12 ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - ad with LBBs ; Black-headed Gull - 30 - c. ; Meadow Pipit - 30 - c. post-breeding flock ; Song Thrush - 2 - in bracken beds ; Blackbird - 4 - in bracken beds ; Willow Warbler - 10 ; Blackcap - 9 - around Res perimeter ; Chiffchaff - 8 ; Spotted Flycatcher - 5 - family party by works ; Tree Pipit - 2 - singles south ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 - arrived from N and landed onto Bottom Res at 09:38 - off SW at 09:45 hrs ; Swallow - 10 - flew SW ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - flew SW ; 324 - 2 - Painted Lady around Top Res

RVCP, Main Lake: Mistle Thrush - 34 - Flock on the lawns,,max count for the year ; Reed Warbler - 2 - 2 migrant birds seen in riverside bushes

Silverwood Lagoon: Green Woodpecker - 1 - calling near Hollings Lane entrance at 09.40

Thrybergh CP: Kingfisher - 1 ; Chaffinch - 6 ; Goldfinch - 12 ; Greenfinch - 2 ; Linnet - c30 ; 319 - 4 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 2 ; Peregrine - 1 - Over going towards Old Ravenfield. ; Lapwing - c20 ; Canada Goose - c400 ; Swallow - c50 ; House Martin - c100 - With Swallows over water and adjacent fields ; Herring Gull - 2 - Adult and juvenile ; Long-tailed Tit - 5 ; Blue Tit - 6 ; Great Tit - 2

Underbank Res: Little Ringed Plover - 1 ; Goldcrest - 4 - Family group ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Brief song ; Swallow - 4

Orgreave Lakes: Greenshank - 1 - flushed by dog walker again. ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Snipe - 1 ; Dunlin - 1 ; Red Kite - 1 - high east ; Pochard - 31 ; Tufted Duck - 87 ; Little Grebe - 12 ; Great Crested Grebe - 16 ; Swallow - c30 ; Sand Martin - c20 ; House Martin - 14 ; Stock Dove - 4

Sothall: Oystercatcher - 1 - nocmig recorded 0400hr

Centenary Riverside: Kingfisher - 2 - Together on river near bridge. ; Chiffchaff - 2 - Calling from undergrowth.

Foxhill: House Martin - 5 - Feeding overhead, Shaw Hill

Handsworth garden: Willow Tit - 1 - Young bird made 6 visits to feeders in 20 mins.a garden first.

Midhope Res: Red Kite - 1 - Drifted towards Broomhead Moor ; House Martin - c80 ; Swallow - c30 ; Spotted Flycatcher - 4 - Adult + 3 juvs ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 5 - incl 3 juvs ; Little Grebe - 8 ; Kestrel - 4