Sightings Archive

Firsby Res: Whitethroat - 1 - Calling ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - Singing ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1

Gleadless Common: Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - Singing in N/E corner of the common 14:30. ; Fieldfare - 1 - flew over calling 14:43 ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing at 6am ; Blackcap - 4 - 3 singing males ; Chiffchaff - 2 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Stock Dove - 1 ; Song Thrush - 6 ; Moorhen - 7 - 4 adult 3 young

Hassop: Chiffchaff - 2 ; Goldfinch - 10+ ; Curlew - 1 heard

North Lees: Pied Flycatcher - 1 - singing male. in woods adjacent to toilet block. ; Woodcock - 1 - flushed in woods adjacent to toilet block ; 319 - 1 - missing primary on right wing ; Kestrel - 1

Northern General Hospital: Blackcap - 1 - singing near busy Barnsley Rd entrance

Orgreave: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - Reeling by river ; Yellow Wagtail - 4

Orgreave Lakes: Swift - 1 ; Wheatear - 1 - female ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 - flew over ; Grey Partridge - 2 - a pair at the southern end of the site ; Swift - 1 - Over main lake at 1630

Pilsley -near: 319 - 2 - Being mobbed by Crows

R Don, Stevenson Rd: Sand Martin - 40+

Redmires Res: Oystercatcher - 2

Redmires Top Res: Common Sandpiper - 3

Rud Hill: Fieldfare - c30

RVCP, Main Lake: Little Ringed Plover - 2 - a pair ; Common Sandpiper - 1

Shepherd Wheel: Song Thrush - 1 - Taking nesting material to same spot many times ; Wren - 1 - Taking nesting material to same spot many times

Silverwood Lagoon: Whitethroat - 24+ - A minimum of 24 singing males around pit top, with high densities in the Hollings Lane meadows and in the paddocks along and below the western side of the lagoon ; Reed Warbler - 3 - singing ; Garden Warbler - 1 - singing in scrub at Woodlaithes end of pit top ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - singing in same area as Garden Warbler ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - reeling from low scrub beyond southern end of lagoon, but only in short bursts and didn't 'fire-up' 'till 08.30 ; Swallow - 5 ; Gadwall - 1pr ; Tufted Duck - 6 ; Reed Bunting - 5 - singing ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Swift - 1 - over main Hollings Lane entrance at 13.30

Stanage (Hollin Bank): Redstart - 1 - male suitable habitat ; Garden Warbler - 1 - male. very vocal from treetops. ; Nuthatch - 3+ ; Wren - 3+ ; Robin - 5+ ; Coal Tit - 3+ ; Great Tit - 2+ - Pair using nest box ; Goldfinch - 4+ ; Chaffinch - 6+ - males and females ; Wren - 3+ ; Willow Warbler - 6+ - Numerous singing males, 2 x females nest building ; Woodcock - 1 ; Snipe - 1 - heard 'chipping' in field adjacent to woodland ; Cuckoo - 1 - male. flew plantation to usual singing post at SK 23456 83985. has arrived at least a week earlier than previous 3 years

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 4 - 2pr ; Mute Swan - 15 ; Canada Goose - 10 ; Egyptian Goose - 2 - on front ; Gadwall - 3 - pr +1m ; Tufted Duck - 11 - 6m5f ; 319 - 1 - call o/h not seen ; Oystercatcher - 1 - in then w ; Lapwing - 4 - disp.over filds ; Black-headed Gull - 15 ; Herring Gull - 4 - inc.2--3cy down 2--2cy drift s ; Skylark - 5 - sing ; Sand Martin - 12 ; Swallow - 2 ; House Martin - 1 ; Yellow Wagtail - 2 - thro. ne ; Blackcap - 12 - 10sing ; Whitethroat - 3 - sing ; Reed Warbler - 1 - sing ; Willow Warbler - 4 - sing ; Chiffchaff - 6 - sing ; House Sparrow - 4 ; Tree Sparrow - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 8 ; Yellowhammer - 2 - singles

Treeton Dyke: Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - singing male

Wharncliffe Chase (south): Cuckoo - 1

Whiteley Woods: Dipper - 2

Wigtwizzle: Woodcock - 3 - Adult with two chicks

Wincobank Wood: Common Buzzard - 2

Woodhouse Washlands: Mute Swan - 2 - a pair with a nest with two eggs on small island in the river

Agden Side: Whitethroat - 1 - singing

Barlow Common: Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - showing well briefly ; Whitethroat - 1 ; Blackcap - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 2 ; Swallow - 01-Feb