Sightings Archive

Morehall Res: Great Tit - 2 ; Jay - 1 ; Common Sandpiper - 1 - forageing on res wall

Orgreave Lakes: Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Swift - 100+ - feeding overhead ; Common Sandpiper - 2 ; Swift - 100 ; Wheatear - 2

Padley Gorge: Pied Flycatcher - 7 - 7 singing males between top to first wall ; Redstart - 4 - 4 sinigng males ; Nuthatch - 4 - Two pairs

Ravenfield Church: House Martin - 3 - Over Horse paddock.

Redmires: Skylark - 2

Ringinglow: Redstart - 1 ; Red Grouse - 2

Rotherham Centre: Grey Heron - 1 - Standing in the weir at Forge Island. ; Canada Goose - 2 - Swimming just past the New York stadium in the direction of Forge Island.

Thrybergh CP: Mute Swan - 8 - 6 left w ; Tufted Duck - 10 ; Gadwall - 1 - m ; 319 - 2 - 1n both soaring1e ; Kestrel - 1 - chasing a crow ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Herring Gull - 3 ; Arctic Tern - 2 - 1present till 06:50; 1 in from south 08:25 then north ; Swift - 3 ; Sand Martin - 50+ ; Swallow - 150+ ; House Martin - 200+ - cloud of hirundine low over water ; Blackcap - 6 - singng ; Reed Warbler - 2 - singng ; Whitethroat - 7 - singng ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - singng ; Willow Warbler - 4 - singng ; Chiffchaff - 4 - singng ; Common Sandpiper - 1 - In bay, Thrybergh end right of visitor centre, 20:00hrs

Carr Vale: Arctic Tern - 13 - 10+3 flew NE

Crookes Valley Park: Herring Gull - 2 - adult pair still hanging around ; Mallard - 12+ - incl 2 females with broods of 2 and 3 fresh chicks still

Hillsborough: Swift - 1 - Over Halifax Rd

Orgreave Lakes: Greenshank - 1 ; Whimbrel - 4 - north at 09:40 ; Arctic Tern - 18 - 3+15 ; Arctic Tern - 18 ; Whimbrel - 4 - North at 09:40 ; Greenshank - 1 ; Wheatear - 1 ; Yellow Wagtail - 5

R Don, Stevenson Rd: Wheatear - 2 - females on waste ground

Shepherd Wheel: Blackcap - 1 - male singing

Silverwood Lagoon: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - reeling ; Reed Warbler - 5 - singing ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - singing ; Garden Warbler - 3 - singing ; Swallow - 2

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 4 ; Gadwall - 2 - mf ; Tufted Duck - 16 - 12m4f ; Oystercatcher - 1 ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Sand Martin - 10 ; Swallow - 50+ ; House Martin - 100+ ; Yellow Wagtail - 2 ; Reed Warbler - 2 - singing ; Blackcap - 5 - singing ; Whitethroat - 6 - singing ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 4 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 5 - singing ; Chaffinch - 11 ; Goldfinch - 23 - inc.flock 12 ; Reed Bunting - 4 ; Yellowhammer - 1 - m

Whiteley Woods: Dipper - 3 - 1 seen visiting nest site with food under bridge ; Song Thrush - 2

Barbrook Plantation: Pied Flycatcher - 3 - Pair at nest box + 1M ; Redstart - 1

Blacka Moor: Blackcap - 10 - #NAME? ; Garden Warbler - 3 - singing in woods ; Wood Warbler - 1 - single singing bird - Devil's elbow ; Redstart - 1 - Devil's elbow ; Chiffchaff - 11 ; Willow Warbler - 12 - numbers down on last year? ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - reeling - Cowsick bog ; Whitethroat - 2 - whitethroat -singing Cowsick bog ; 319 - 1 ; Curlew - 3

Burbage Valley: Ring Ouzel - 1 - male ; Stonechat - 1 - male ; Willow Warbler - 2 - singing

Carr Vale: Osprey - 1 - 11:35-11:55, then flew north

Cinder Hills: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Wren - 1 - sing ; Blackbird - 1 - sing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - sing ; Blackcap - 1 - sing

Dore: Song Thrush - 1 - Carrying food in observer’s garden ; Starling - 1 - adult taking food into neighbour’s roof

Firsby Res: Coot - 2