Sightings Archive

Sunday 16th June 2019

• Firsby Res: Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 3 ; 319 - 2 - Pair in the air together with one bird carrying large Grass Snake! ; Kestrel - 1 ; Swift - 4 ; Swallow - 10+ ; Treecreeper - 3+ - Family party. ; Goldcrest - 5 - Noisy mobile family party. ; Yellowhammer - 1 - Singing Male ; Reed Bunting - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing. ; Willow Warbler - 2 ; Reed Warbler - 1 ; Whitethroat - 1 ; Blackcap - 1 ; Chaffinch - 1 - Singing Male. ; Skylark - 1 - Singing high over site.
• Fitzwilliam Canal, Parkgate: Whitethroat - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Blackcap - 2 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 6+ - inc fledged juvs
• Forge Dam: Dipper - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1
• Grange Golf Course: Sparrowhawk - 1 ; 319 - 1 - Low over Walkworth Wood and Watson's Tip. ; Kestrel - 1 - hunting field N of Watson's Tip. ; Black-headed Gull - 1+ ; Woodpigeon - 20+ - c20 feeding on pitches @ Junior Millers, ; Swift - 10+ - Feeding bet Walkworth Wood and Watson's Tip. ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1+ ; Skylark - 3+ - inc 2+ @ Watson,s Tip. ; Swallow - 1 ; House Martin - 4+ - Feeding over field S of Junior Millers. ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Wren - 6+ - singing ; Dunnock - 1+ ; Robin - 1+ ; Blackbird - 4 - singing ; Song Thrush - 3 ; Whitethroat - 5+ - inc 2 singing ; Blackcap - 3 ; Chiffchaff - 3 ; Willow Warbler - 1 ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Jay - 1 ; Magpie - 7+ ; Carrion Crow - 4+ - inc adults and juvs ; Chaffinch - 3+ ; Goldfinch - 2+
• Greasbrough: Canada Goose - 1 - by pond in field ; Moorhen - 1 ; Whitethroat - 2 - singing ; Yellowhammer - 2 - inc singing male ; Lapwing - 20 - 10 ads + 10 independent juvs in spring sown crop ; Reed Bunting - 1 - singing ; Red-legged Partridge - 1pr
• Green Moor: Yellowhammer - 5 - 2 M, 1F & 2 Juvs
• Harley; Coach Road: Greenfinch - 2 ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Black-headed Gull - c30 - feeding on pasture ; Pheasant - 6 - all cocks ; Mallard - 1pr - in wet field corner ; Red-legged Partridge - 1 ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing
• Hillsborough Park: Kingfisher - 1 - at lake early morning ; Canada Goose - 1+ - including brood of 3 goslings
• Hood Hill; Kirby Lane: Nuthatch - 5+ - inc fledged juvs, in large gardens ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing, from large garden ; Pheasant - 1 - cock ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Tawny Owl - 1 - calls from clump of trees
• Keppels Field: Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 2 - singing ; Whitethroat - 2+ - 1 singing, NE edge (SK3995) & male + 2+ juvs ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing, NE edge ; Skylark - 1 - singing ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing, N edge ; Linnet - 2 - pair? ; Yellowhammer - 1 - male ; Blackcap - 1 - f/juv
• Ladybower Res: Osprey - 1 - flew NE at c14:00
• Orgreave Lakes: Pochard - 15 ; 328 - 1 - Pochard x Ferruginous type back again. ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Cuckoo - 1 - Calling distantly towards Woodhouse Mill ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Ringed Plover - 2 ; Pochard - 15 - Including ferruginous type hybrid ; Little Egret - 1 - On island ; Redshank - 8 - Though at least 4 pairs were present no juveniles were seen this year.
• Parkgate Canal Basin: Mute Swan - 63 ; Mallard - c30
• Parkgate; Forge Way: Kestrel - 1 - male, hunting ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing
• Scholes: Lapwing - 24 - ads & independent juvs ; Red-legged Partridge - 1 ; Swift - 11 - over
• Scholes Lane: Bullfinch - 1pr ; Blackcap - 1 - singing