Sightings Archive

Orgreave Lakes: Canada Goose - 4 - 2 pair with 10 and 6 young. ; Coot - 4 - 2 pair with 2+2 young ; Great Crested Grebe - 18 - inc.pair with nest on island. ; Wheatear - 1 ; Sand Martin - 10+ ; House Martin - 4 ; Whitethroat - 2 - between bridges.

Oughtibridge: Sand Martin - 8+ - At least 8 birds feeding near bridge over river Don ; House Martin - 15+

Oughtibridge garden: Lesser Redpoll - 2 - Drinking and bathing in garden pond

R Don, Stevenson Rd: Peregrine - 1 - adult circling

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Common Buzzard - 1 - over to E/SE ; Swift - 4 - over

Redmires Top Res: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 11 ; Common Sandpiper - 2 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Lapwing - 6 ; Tufted Duck - 2 - pr

Wharncliffe Chase (north) + Heath and woodland fringe: Pied Flycatcher - 2 - Singing ; Tree Pipit - 3 - Singing ; Tawny Owl - 1 - Calling, mobbed by other birds ; Cuckoo - 1 - Calling from southern end ; Swallow - 4 - Around res. ; Willow Warbler - 15 - Singing ; Chiffchaff - 2 - Singing ; Blackcap - 2 - Singing ; Red-legged Partridge - 4 ; Goldcrest - 4 - Singing ; Linnet - 1 - Singing on Heath ; Skylark - 2 - Singing until dusk ; Jay - 2 ; 319 - 2 - Perched separately on pylons, one quite dark morph ; Reed Bunting - 1 - Male singing ; Meadow Pipit - 5 ; Yellowhammer - 1 - Singing ; Little Owl - 1 - Perched on a telephone cable over a field towards Wortley at 21.00. Good to see as not observed for sometime. ; 324 - 12

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Pied Flycatcher - 4+ - Singing, another calling

Wharncliffe Wood: Wood Warbler - 1 - Singing

Wyming Brook: Spotted Flycatcher - 4 - 2 pr ; Pied Flycatcher - 1 - f ; Wood Warbler - 4 - s m, 2 seen ; Treecreeper - 2 - one with food ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Cuckoo - 2 - heard ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Goldcrest - 10+ - 1 seen, lots heard ; Coal Tit - 2 - pr feeding at nest site

Aldwarke; Liberty Steel: Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing

Bar Brook Valley: Swallow - 6 ; Wheatear - 1 ; Swallow - 8 ; Reed Bunting - 3 ; Whinchat - 4 ; Whinchat - 4

Barbrook Bridge: Whinchat - 2

Burncross Rd, Chapeltown: Swift - 2 - Pair back over traditional breeding site at entrance to cemetery

Canklow Woods: Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - 1 singing

Centenary Riverside: Reed Warbler - 3 - 2 singing. 1 pair showing courtship display, male singing within feet of wooden walkway. ; Blackcap - 2 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 2 - 1 singing ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Chaffinch - 2 - Male singing, female alarm calling, river. ; Goldfinch - 2 - singing , river ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - river ; Moorhen - 1 - river ; Canada Goose - 4 - river ; Black-headed Gull - 3 - river ; Bullfinch - 2 - Pair over.

Chapeltown Park: Woodcock - 1 - Flew over park at 20.45

Chatsworth Park: Sand Martin - 8 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Mandarin - 2 - M&F ; Osprey - 1 - Circling over R.Derwent near Queen Mary’s Bower and then moving higher and northwards 10:15.

Derwent Res: Mallard - 6+ - including female with one half-grown chick ; Mandarin - 2 - pair by dam wall

Emlin Moor, Agden: Woodcock - 1 - roding at dusk .

Fatty Boyns Ponds: Whitethroat - 3 - inc 2 singing; anxiety calls ; Blackcap - 2 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 3 - inc 2 singing ; Red-legged Partridge - 1pr ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Mallard - 1 - drake ; Long-tailed Tit - 04-Jun ; Coot - 1pr+ - + 5 juvs ; Skylark - 1 - singing over adjacent field ; Swift - 2 - NW ; Pheasant - 1 - crowing ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing

Greasbrouh,between Church Street and Morley Plantations: Sparrowhawk - 1 - W,S of Greasbrough Dam,carring prey. ; Swallow - 2 - nr farm buildings. ; House Martin - 5 - collecting mud, outside barn ; House Sparrow - 1+ ; Wren - 1 - sing ; Dunnock - 1 - sing ; Blackbird - 1 - sing