Sightings Archive

Firsby Res: 319 - 1 - Carrying prey. ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - Calling again. ; Whitethroat - 1 ; Blackcap - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Treecreeper - 1 - Calling. ; Goldcrest - 3+ - Adult with juvs. ; Reed Bunting - 1+ ; Swift - 3+ ; Song Thrush - 1

Hangingwater garden: Jay - 3+ - 1 ad rescued from cat early morning. 1 ad feeding 2 juvs later. 1 juv attempting to feed itself

Leash Fen: Red Kite - 2 ; Red Kite - 1 - early morning; seen from Shillito Wood

Parkgate; Taylor*s Lane: Blackcap - 1 - singing

Porter Valley: Blackcap - 2 - 2m between Forge Dam and Whiteley Wood Road

Ramsley Res: Cuckoo - 1 - fully grown juv being fed by Meadow Pipit pair ; Cuckoo - 1 - juv, another photo ; Tree Pipit - 1+ - singing ; Reed Bunting - 3+ - inc male singing ; Whinchat - 3 - pair carrying food, plus singing male ; Stonechat - 1 - male

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Greenfinch - 1 - singing

Raynor Clough: Woodcock - 3 - Roding

Redmires Top Res: Common Sandpiper - 2

Rivelin Valley: Hobby - 1 - Hunting along wooded bank opposite Roscoe Plantation, heading W

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 6 - 3pr ; Cormorant - 3 ; Mute Swan - 14 - inc2a6y ; Canada Goose - 30 - most seem to be flightless ; Tufted Duck - 17 ; 319 - 1 ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Redshank - 1 ; Herring Gull - 2 ; Common Tern - 1 - in circled then left ne ; Swift - 10+ ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - call i ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 - on dam ; Blackcap - 5 - singing ; Reed Warbler - 2 - singing ; Whitethroat - 4 - 2 singing ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 8 - 5 singing ; Magpie - 30 - circa inc 5 fam party ; Jackdaw - 30+ - party inc 1 in feeder cage ; Nuthatch - 1 - call on site ; Peregrine - 1 - thro early ; Reed Warbler - 5 - 4 singing

Walkley Bank: Swift - 1 - Disappeared under eaves of large stone house on Bole Hill Road

Aldwarke: Linnet - 14 - inc fledged juvs ; Sand Martin - c5 - feeding over pond ; Long-tailed Tit - 6+ - inc fledged juvs ; House Martin - c10 - feeding over pond; several collecting mud from puddle ; Lapwing - 2 ; Kestrel - 1+ - + 4 fledged juvs ; Pied Wagtail - 6 - fledged juvs ; Willow Warbler - 2 - inc 1 singing

Aldwarke; Liberty Steel: Cormorant - 1 - on pylon ; Peregrine - 1pr - adults sat on adjacent chimneys 0600-0625hrs at least

Barbrook Pools: Canada Goose - 2 - a pair with 1 young ; Tufted Duck - 5 - 2 pairs plus a male

Big Moor: Whinchat - 8 - 4 pairs ; Stonechat - 1 ; Swallow - 2 - a nesting pair

Birley Edge: Whitethroat - 4 - 2 adults feeding two newly fledged young

Brinsworth: 321 - 2 - 1 over Thirsty Flame 11.00

Orgreave Lakes: Tufted Duck - 31

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Blackcap - 1pr ; Stock Dove - 6 - inc 2 over ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing, even in flight between perches ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Magpie - 8+ ; Coal Tit - 1 - singing ; Swallow - 1 - N ; Grey Heron - 1 - imm, W/NW @ 0646hrs

Peat Pits: Curlew - 17 - in recently cut hay field.

Redmires Res: Wood Warbler - 1 - singing this morning ; Yellow-legged Gull - 3 ; 324 - 1 - Painted Lady ; Canada Goose - 7 - 2 ads + 5 fledged young - only successful pair this year ; Mallard - 18 - 5 + 13 young on Top Res ; Tufted Duck - 5 - all birds sat up on res side - presumably failed due to wet weather ; Cormorant - 1 - ad on Top Res ; Lapwing - 25 - c. ; Curlew - 4 ; Common Sandpiper - 5 - inc pair with at least one young on Bottom Res and single juv almost fledged on Top Res ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 32 - on Top Res ; Yellow-legged Gull - 3 - ads on Top Res ; Herring Gull - 2 - 1 x 3CY + 1 x 2CY on Top Res ; Black-headed Gull - 6 - on Top Res ; Whitethroat - 2 - singing + alarming bird by Top Res ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 - again flew out of trees along Top Res and into Fairthorn Clough to feed ; Swift - 4 - over Bottom Res ; House Martin - 2 - over Bottom Res ; Swallow - 4 - over Bottom Res ; Wood Warbler - 1 - male singing in Redmires Plantation - uncommon here considering its proximity to Wyming Brook ; Willow Warbler - 6 - at least 3 ads carrying food ; Pied Wagtail - 10 - mostly juvs ; Bullfinch - 2 - in Fairthorn Clough