Sightings Archive

Midhope Res: Mallard - 4+ - on res. ; Little Grebe - 1+ - courtship/territorial calls ; Jay - 2 ; Long-tailed Tit - 2 ; Canada Goose - 1 - on res. ; Dunnock - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1

Miller*s Dale: 319 - 5 - Drifting South over Grove Road.

Orgreave Lakes: Whimbrel - 3 - 3 in at 07:00 departing north an hour later ; Whimbrel - 1 - North at 09:00 ; Raven - 2 - Northeast at 08:15 ; Common Tern - 1 - From 08:50 ; Dunlin - 1 ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Swift - 4 ; Yellow Wagtail - 2 ; Garden Warbler - 1 - Singing between bridges ; Swift - 10+ - North between 10:15 and 10:45 ; Whimbrel - 4 - 3+1 north ; Common Tern - 1 - Adult ; Dunlin - 1 - Sp ; Wheatear - 2 ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - Siinging

Padley Gorge: Pied Flycatcher - 3+ - singing males

Parkgate Canal Basin: Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Mallard - 19 ; Mute Swan - c90 - c40% 2cy (inc 9 in from NE)

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 1pr ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Magpie - 11 ; Blackcap - 2 - song/territorial dispute ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - calls from usual nesting area

Pike Lowe, Midhope: 324 - 2 - Mountain Hares ; Raven - 2 ; 319 - 3 - Soaring in a group and interacting with Red Kite

R don; Centenary Riverside to Main Street: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Mallard - 5 - 4m; 1f ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - over ; Canada Goose - 2 ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 2prs - inc pr nestbuilding ; Sand Martin - 5 - presumably from town centre colony

Range Moor: Red Kite - 1

Silverwood Lagoon: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - reeling at 07.20. Now moved to edge of paddocks halfway along W side of lagoon ; Reed Warbler - 4 - singing ; Whitethroat - 20+ - singing everywhere on pit top

Thickwoods Brook: Wheatear - 2 ; Ring Ouzel - 1 - Male, feeding ; Willow Warbler - 1+ ; Wren - 1 ; Swallow - 2

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 2 ; Mute Swan - 15 - inc.11 left w ; Gadwall - 3 - pr +1m ; Tufted Duck - 20 ; 319 - 4 - 3 noisy birds in n 1soar in se ; Peregrine - 1 - thro. n ; Oystercatcher - 1 - down then flushed ; Sand Martin - 14 ; Swallow - 1+ ; House Martin - 1+ ; Swift - 4 ; Yellow Wagtail - 2 - singles in fields ; Song Thrush - 1 - taking food to nest ; Blackcap - 5 ; Whitethroat - 7 ; Reed Warbler - 2 - singing ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 2 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 3 - singing ; Rook - 1 - throigh SE calling ; Reed Bunting - 5

Wyming Brook: Wood Warbler - 2 - Singing ; Pied Flycatcher - 2 - Singing ; Raven - 1 - Flying east

Firsby Res: Coot - 1 ; Mute Swan - 2 - Pair on main Res. ; 319 - 2 - High over ; Song Thrush - 1 - Singing Male. ; Linnet - 2 - Pair ; Bullfinch - 3 ; Goldfinch - 6 ; Whitethroat - 2 - Singing. ; Blackcap - 4 ; Willow Warbler - 3 - Singing. ; Pied Wagtail - 1

Kimberworth: Song Thrush - 2 - First time 2 seen together.

Middleton Moor: Tufted Duck - 2 ; 319 - 1 ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Lapwing - 3 ; Black-headed Gull - 23 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 8 ; Red-legged Partridge - 4

Millhouses Park: Grey Wagtail - 4 - 2 Pairs. female of one pair nest building in riverside wall.