Sightings Archive

Aldwarke; Liberty Steel: Sparrowhawk - 1 - over to S

Baslow: Blackcap - 1 - Male passing through observer’s garden

Bassingthorpe Spring: 319 - 2 - Over wood and adj fields @ 11:15, close flight constant calls,one with some secondaries missing.

Beeley Wood: Spotted Flycatcher - 1 - Hawking from atop silver birch for approx 40 mins

Dukes Road: Wheatear - 5 - inc at least 1 juvenile. ; 319 - 3 ; Meadow Pipit - 2 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Red Grouse - 8

Holme Hall: Mute Swan - 3 - Flying over Holmebrook Valley Park ; 319 - 1 - Being mobbed by crow

Morehall Res: Common Buzzard - 9 - Groups of birds coming together before splitting up and dispersing. 9 in total. ; Marsh Harrier - 1 - Single CC bird circĺing high heading east down valley.

Mosborough: Swift - 3 - Flying near Moor Crescent

Orgreave Lakes: Willow Warbler - 10 - In top plantation ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - Juvenile in top plantation ; Chiffchaff - 10 - In top plantation ; Whitethroat - 2 - juvs in top plantation ; Blackcap - 3 ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 - south

Parkgate: House Martin - c30 - feeding over ; Swallow - 6 - juvs on wires; Barbers Avenue ; Whitethroat - 1 - Infirmary Road

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Coal Tit - 1+ ; Sparrowhawk - 1+ - calling ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - SW ; Whitethroat - 1 - juv/1cy ; Swift - 8 - all drifted SW ; Goldfinch - c15 - over towards golf course ; Sand Martin - 4 - SW together @ 0704hrs ; Grey Wagtail - 3 - NW together @ 0706hrs ; Swallow - 1 - SW ; Herring Gull - 1 - juv, SW ; Greenfinch - 1 - male ; Chiffchaff - 2 - inc one singing ; Blackcap - 1+ - calling from canopy ; Willow Warbler - 1 - calling ; Bullfinch - 2 - calling ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - calling ; Song Thrush - 1 - calling ; Goldcrest - 2+ - inc one singing

Parkgate; Infirmary Road: Whitethroat - 1 - juv

R Don, Stevenson Rd: Yellow-legged Gull - 2 ; Common Gull - 1 ; Great Black-backed Gull - 2 ; Herring Gull - 4 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 30 ; Black-headed Gull - 200

Ramsley Moor: House Martin - 120 - SW in 30 minutes ; Swallow - 150 - SW ; Willow Warbler - 6 - Including 2 singing ; Chiffchaff - 2 - Including 1 singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 6+ - Unusual here ; Lesser Redpoll - 7 ; Whinchat - 2 ; Stonechat - 1

Redmires Res: Tree Pipit - 13 - flew SW in 2 hrs ; Yellow Wagtail - 2 - flew SW at 06:45 hrs ; House Martin - 35 - SW in 2 hrs ; Swallow - 25 - SW in 2 hrs ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - arrived from N and off SW ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 100 - c. on Middle Res ; Yellow-legged Gull - 3 - with LBB's ; Black-headed Gull - 20 - with LBB's ; Lapwing - 35 - c. post-breeding flock ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - female ; Kestrel - 1

Roundwood Golf course: Sparrowhawk - 1 - perched up briefly ; Stock Dove - 2 - left W

Thrybergh CP: Tufted Duck - 50 ; 319 - 1 ; Lapwing - 65 ; Black-headed Gull - 250 ; Herring Gull - 2 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - jv in then w ; Lapwing - 65 ; Swift - 10 ; Robin - 18 ; Blackcap - 6 ; Whitethroat - 2 ; Willow Warbler - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 26 - inc partys of 6 -5 ; Coal Tit - 1 - singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 15+ ; Goldfinch - 25+ ; Greenfinch - 15 - inc party of 10

Walkley Bank: Swift - 4 - over Bell Hagg Road

Big Moor: 319 - 1

Broomhead Wood/Around feeders: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 - feeding on trees one much brighter red markings probably post moult ; Dunnock - 2 ; Robin - 4 ; Blackbird - 2 ; Willow Warbler - 1 ; Wren - 3 ; Great Tit - 4 ; Coal Tit - 2 ; Blue Tit - 04-May ; Long-tailed Tit - 8+ ; Nuthatch - 2 ; Jay - 2