Sightings Archive

Orgreave Lakes: Arctic Tern - 1 - adult then north at c12:00 ; Arctic Tern - 1 - Adult

Redmires Top Res: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 12 - 5 imm, 7 adult

Canklow Woods: Whitethroat - 2 - 2 singing ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - 1 singing

Centenary Riverside: Whitethroat - 1 - singing near bridge 05.30 ; Song Thrush - 2 - singing ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing on island ; Chaffinch - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Reed Warbler - 2 - singing on pond ; Pheasant - 2 - pair on path ; Canada Goose - 3 - 1 pond, 2 river ; Gadwall - 2 - pair river ; Goldfinch - 1 - singing ; Wren - 10+ - singing

Cowell Flat: Cuckoo - 1 - calling through the rain showers.

Cutthroat Bridge: Raven - 1

Firsby Res: Swallow - 4 - Overhead at dusk ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 - Overhead going North at dusk.

Hollin Bank: Chiffchaff - 1

Norbriggs Flash: Little Ringed Plover - 1 - on flood in field adjacent to the caravan park ; Snipe - 2 - flew over at dusk

Orgreave Lakes: Dunlin - 1 ; Yellow Wagtail - 3 ; Wheatear - 1 ; Carrion Crow - 54 - A gathering of 54 on the "Plains"

Poolsbrook Marsh: Cetti's Warbler - 1 - singing ; Reed Warbler - 1 - singing ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - singing

Redmires Top Res: Dunlin - 1

Ringinglow: Cuckoo - 1 - Heard close to Smeltings Farm then further away.

Rivelin Valley: Little Owl - 1

Scholes Village: Mallard - 2 - 1pr @ Scholes Pond ; 319 - 1 - Soaring low, E of village ; Kestrel - 1 - Hunting W of pond ; Black-headed Gull - 4 - fe in field, S of Little Lane ; Lapwing - 3 - . ; Pheasant - 1+ ; Woodpigeon - 1+ ; Collared Dove - 2 - sing ; Skylark - 2 - 1 singing either side of Little Lane. ; Wren - 2 - sing ; Dunnock - 1 - sing ; Blackbird - 4+ - inc 3 sing ; Whitethroat - 3 - singing @ Little Lane ; Chiffchaff - 2 - sing ; Blackcap - 1 - @ pond. ; Blue Tit - 1+ ; Great Tit - 1+ - sing ; Carrion Crow - 1+ ; House Sparrow - 10+ ; Chaffinch - 1+ - sing ; Goldfinch - 3+ ; Greenfinch - 1 - singing @ Scholes Lane. ; Linnet - 2 ; Bullfinch - 1 - male ; Yellowhammer - 1 - singing W of pond.

Silver Wood: Lesser Whitethroat - 2 - 1 singing in scrub behind r/way line pond, 1 singing in hawthorns near Silverwood Test Centre ; Nuthatch - 4 - 3 singing in main woods, 1 singing in strip of woodland south of Hollings Lane ; Blackcap - c.10 - singing ; Whitethroat - 6 - 2 singing Pingle Lane Tip, others singing in h/rows to N & W of woods ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Yellowhammer - 2 - 1 singing Pingle Lane Tip, 1 singing in hedgerow bordering f/path from woods to Old Ravenfield ; Linnet - 4 - two pairs in gorse on upper-level of Pingle Lane Tip ; Lapwing - 1pr - in fields to NE of woods

Silverwood Lagoon: Shelduck - 3 - south at 08.55 ; Wheatear - 1 - on bare ground at southern end of lagoon ; Reed Warbler - 4 - singing ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Garden Warbler - 1 - singing ; House Martin - 4 ; Greylag Goose - 2 - circled then NE ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - reeling in low scrub beyond S end of lagoon

Stanage Edge: Raven - 1 ; Kestrel - 2 ; Ring Ouzel - 7 + ; Willow Warbler - 3+

Thrybergh CP: Swift - 1 - feeding over res

Wyming Brook: Wood Warbler - 1 - Singing male Reddicar Hollow ; Wood Warbler - 2 - Both singing ; Pied Flycatcher - 1

13 Bends: Chiffchaff - 1 ; 319 - 1 - over

Beighton: Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - singing male adjacent to the R Rother

Canklow Woods: Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - 1 singing

Chatsworth Farm Shop Cafe: House Martin - 2 ; Swallow - 2 ; Pied Wagtail - 1

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 3 ; Coot - 1 ; Mute Swan - 1 - One of Ravenfield park pair? ; Kestrel - 1 ; Tawny Owl - 1 ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Yellowhammer - 1 - Singing Male. ; Chiffchaff - 3 ; Blackcap - 6 - Inc 4 together. ; Willow Warbler - 4