Sightings Archive

Hudson*s Rough: Blackcap - 2 - singing ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing ; Treecreeper - 1 - singing ; Chaffinch - 1 - singing

Millhouses: House Sparrow - 2 - A pair breeding in Hastings Rd First time since the colony became extinct in 1984

Orgreave Lakes: Sanderling - 4 - Still present this afternoon ; Oystercatcher - 5 - 2 adults and 3 young, now transferred from island to Small Lake margins ; Great Crested Grebe - 6 - Adults and 4 young

Padley Gorge: Wood Warbler - 1 - Male singing his heart out ; Wood Warbler - 1 - another photo ; Pied Flycatcher - 5 ; Cuckoo - 1 ; Redstart - 3 ; Blackcap - 3 ; Treecreeper - 6 ; Dipper - 2 - 1 fishing, then accosted and seen off by a second bird.

R Derwent, Hathersage to Calver: Grey Wagtail - 4 - 1+1, + 1with 1 imm ; Mandarin - 13+ - 13 adults - all seen singly or in pairs, + 2 ducklings ; Chiffchaff - 4

Ravenfield: Tawny Owl - 3 - Female with two owlets who can now fly @ undisclosed site.

Rawmarsh; High Street: Red Kite - 1 - low to W/SW @ 1438hrs

Stocksbridge: Hobby - 1 - low south over Manchester Rd at c12:00

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 3 - 2ad 1y ( 3y reported on 20th ) ; Mute Swan - 19 - inc.1-2cy dead in water recovered... unringed ; Gadwall - 2 - mf ; Tufted Duck - 4 - 1f ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Skylark - 5 - singing ; Wren - 13 - singing ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Blackcap - 5 - 4 singing +1m ; Whitethroat - 3 - singing ; Reed Warbler - 3 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 6 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Magpie - 6+ - with at least 3pr with young call in hedgerows ; Reed Bunting - 6 - 3 singing + 1fem taking food into hidden nest

Whitwell Moor: Spotted Flycatcher - 2 - a pair ; Redstart - 1 ; Cuckoo - 1

Canklow Woods: Blackcap - 6 - singing ; Robin - 2 ; Treecreeper - 2 - pair ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Jay - 2 ; Dunnock - 2 - pair ; Wren - 04-May ; Chaffinch - 1 - singing

Catcliffe Flash: Gadwall - 8+ ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Little Grebe - 2 - a pair ; Great Crested Grebe - 2 - a pair ; Coot - 16+ ; Black-headed Gull - 1

Orgreave Lakes: Sanderling - 2 - reported this motning ; Sanderling - 4 - on the Big Lake late afternoon, though mobile

R Don, Rotherham Centre: Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Grey Heron - 1 - adult by weir @ 0800hrs; chased off to S by local crow

R Don, Rotherham Centre; Chantry Bridge: Grey Wagtail - 1 - singing @ 1240hrs ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - male ; Greenfinch - 1+ - adult with 2+ begging juveniles

R Don, Rotherham Centre; Main Street: Sand Martin - 1pr+ - at least one pair nesting in stonework of wall adjacent to river ; Mallard - 1pr+ - + 8 juvs (new family party)

R Don, Stevenson Rd: Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - singing behind scrap yard ; Jay - 1 - mobbed by Sand Martins

Rotherham Centre; Riverside Precinct: Grey Wagtail - 1 - singing from roof of shop @ 0800hrs

Barbrook Plantation: Redstart - 3 - pair and another singing male ; Spotted Flycatcher - 1 ; Pied Flycatcher - 2 - males ; Tree Pipit - 1 - Singing and displaying just over the road on Ramsley Moor ; Treecreeper - 4 ; Song Thrush - 4 ; Jay - 1 ; Garden Warbler - 1 ; Blackcap - 3 ; Willow Warbler - 5+

Barbrook Valley: Whinchat - 3 - 1 pair and a lone singing male ; Stonechat - 2 - pair ; Linnet - 2 - pair ; Tree Pipit - 2 ; Lesser Redpoll - 1

Barlow Common: 319 - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Yellowhammer - 1 ; Blackcap - 1 ; Whitethroat - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Pheasant - 1 ; House Martin - 2 ; Swallow - 6+ ; Linnet - 02-Mar

Burbage Valley: Woodcock - 2 - roding ; Snipe - 1 - drumming ; Linnet - 1 ; Cuckoo - 1

Carr Vale: Grey Plover - 1 - flew north at 07:49

Catcliffe Flash: Mute Swan - 1+ - ad + single small chick at northern end ; Pochard - 1 - male ; Sand Martin - 8+

Centenary Riverside: Kingfisher - 1 - Under bridge 6.00