Recent News - Wharncliffe
03 September 2010
Wharncliffe Chase: Swallow - c70 - no movement between 7-8am ; Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Tree Pipit - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - c70 ; Reed Bunting - 6 - New brood of 3 juvs found ; Song Thrush - 202 September 2010
Wharncliffe Chase (north): Black-headed Gull - 5 - NW ; Stock Dove - 4 - 2E,1W,1W ; Cormorant - 1 - W ; Tree Pipit - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - Pair west ; House Martin - c25 - SW with Swallows 7-8am ; Swallow - 436 - Significant movement SW 7-8am.Wharncliffe Wood: Jay - 1 ; Bullfinch - 1 ; Goldcrest - 2
31 August 2010
Wharncliffe Wood: Treecreeper - 3 ; Buzzard - 9 ; Nuthatch - 3 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 3 ; Spotted Flycatcher - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 227 August 2010
Wharncliffe Chase (north): House Martin - 23 - 2 parties high SW - first movement noted. ; Stock Dove - 7 - mainly singles W-NW 0700-0800h ; Tree Pipit - 2 - individuals SW25 August 2010
Wharncliffe Chase: Willow Warbler - 2 - Both singing ; Skylark - 1 ; Stock Dove - 6 ; Starling - 14 - 8NW ; Swallow - c65 ; Mistle Thrush - c90 - Single post breeding group. ; Jackdaw - c300 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Tree Pipit - 1 ; Kestrel - 2 ; Woodpigeon - 19 - SW ; Whinchat - 3 - Family party ; Whitethroat - 1 ; Mallard - 90 ; Reed Bunting - 7 - c5 juvs19 August 2010
Wharncliffe Chase: Woodpigeon - 33 - 25SW & 8NE 6.45-8.15 ; Meadow Pipit - 15 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Goldfinch - 5 ; Starling - 13 - 3NW ; Skylark - 1 ; Lapwing - 5 - 2ad 3juvs - presumed family party that bred here. ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Male ; Willow Warbler - 2 - Song ; Swallow - 65 - Concentrations of breeding groups in area seem to be merging. ; Reed Bunting - 3 - Juveniles calling from bracken ; Grey Wagtail - 1W ; Linnet - 4 ; Red-legged Partridge - 1 juv ; Chiffchaff - 2 ; Pied Wagtail - 1W ; Chaffinch - 2 ; Bullfinch - 1 ; Kestrel - 3 ; Jackdaw - c60 ; Mallard - 102 - Concentration moulting on flash ; Treecreeper - c3 ; Grey Heron - 1 - juv17 August 2010
Wharncliffe Chase (north): Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - imm SE ; Swallow - 48 - 6SW ; Woodpigeon - 51 - SW ; Meadow Pipit - 3 - 1S ; Cuckoo - 1 - Juvenile at 0715hrs settled briefly on fence post before flying out of view ; Stock Dove - 4 - 2 pairs SW ; Chiffchaff - 5 - 1 singing ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing ; Sparrowhawk - 2 ; Linnet - 5 ; Jay - 1 ; Green Woodpecker - 2 ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Tree Pipit - 1 - SW ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 ; Great Black-backed Gull - 2 - Both adults S ; Nuthatch - 3 ; Starling - 1 - SE16 August 2010
Wharncliffe Chase (north): Jackdaw - c40 - numerous juvs ; Swallow - 21 - 5 resident; 16SW ; Starling - 43 - 18sw; c25 resident ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - imm S ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Female hunting in open across Chase. ; Meadow Pipit - 8 - 4S; 4 resident ; Cormorant - 1 - SW ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 - Very vocal, calling as flying in open across Chase. ; Goldfinch - 13 ; Bullfinch - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 3 - Party; 1 singing briefly ; Reed Bunting - 1 - Male carrying food. ; Mistle Thrush - 35 - single post breeding group ; Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - East calling ; Stock Dove - 9 - 2NE; 2SW; 2W; 1E; 1W; 1W ; Woodpigeon - 50 - SW ; Greenfinch - 5 - Family group11 August 2010
Wharncliffe Chase (north): Buzzard - 2 - Pair rose out of Wharncliffe Woods and gained height before drifting west. ; Woodpigeon - c250 - inc 42 SW in small groups between 6.45-8.00 ; Mallard - 5 - west ; Sparrowhawk - 2 - Very visible hunting across region. ; Starling - 8 - All NW in groups 6,1,1 ; Swallow - 35 - 26 resident; 7SW; 2E ; Hobby - 1 - Very high,paying interest in Swallows feeding below. ; Cormorant - 1 - Circled then probably landed on Wharncliffe Res ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 - 1sw; 1e ; Linnet - 4 ; Great Black-backed Gull - 1 - Adult SW ; Tree Pipit - 2 - singles SW ; Rook - c350 - 2 feeding parties from seperate rookeries in area. ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 3 - Singles flew north in close succession seperately across Chase calling - probably family party. ; Stock Dove - 3 - 1w, 2w ; Reed Bunting - 1 - Male ; Kestrel - 1 ; Peregrine - 1 - Female flew in from east, dashed low across Chase making failed attack on a feeding Crow before continuing west. ; Meadow Pipit - 310 August 2010
Wharncliffe Chase (north): Reed Bunting - 1 - Male flew in from adjoining fields onto territory ; Starling - 1 - NW ; Woodpigeon - 39 - SW in small groups ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - female hunting across Chase at 7am ; Grey Heron - 1 - Juv in fields ; Willow Warbler - 3 - 1 singing ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - NE ; Swallow - 29 - 15 resident; 14 south ; Chiffchaff - 3 - 1 singing ; Meadow Pipit - 9 - 3 resident; 6 SW ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Stock Dove - 5 - 2N, 2NE, 1W ; Goldfinch - 3 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Linnet - 5 ; Greenfinch - 2 ; Jay - 1 ; Rook - c8003 August 2010
Wharncliffe Chase: Blue Tit - c15 - Many juvs within mixed Tit flock ; Stock Dove - 10 - 2w,3se,3w,2se ; Pied Wagtail - 2 - both juvs ; Goldfinch - 38 - post breeding group ; Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Woodpigeon - 68 - 45sw,23e ; Mallard - 105 - moulting group on flash ; Swift - 1 ; Swallow - c30 ; Chiffchaff - c3 - 1 singing ; Yellowhammer - 3 - 2 singing males plus female ; Long-tailed Tit - 25 - Many juvs within large Tit flock ; Heron - 1 ; Cormorant - 1 - SE ; Nuthatch - 4 - Family party of 3 plus 1 ; Skylark - 2 ; Kestrel - 1 - juv ; Rook - c20 ; Greenfinch - 1 ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Blackcap - 1 - juv with Tit flock ; Red-legged Partridge - 1 ; Tree Pipit - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 3 - 2m,1f ; Meadow Pipit - 19 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Linnet - 5 ; Willow Warbler - 2 - weak song ; Chaffinch - 5 ; Jackdaw - 526 July 2010
Wharncliffe Chase (north): Skylark - 1 ; Yellowhammer - 1 - singing male ; Starling - 16 - 1 NW, rest feeding ; Swallow - 32 - 22 SW, rest resident ; Reed Bunting - 1 - singing male ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 8 - 1W,2S,4NW ; Woodpigeon - 59 - 43 W-SW; 16E ; Meadow Pipit - c20 - incl juvs ; Black-headed Gull - 2 - West ; Nuthatch - 4 ; Linnet - 6 - 1 singing male ; Goldfinch - 4 ; Swift - 423 July 2010
Wharncliffe Chase (north): Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Green Woodpecker - 2 - Calling female + juv together ranging across Chase ; Reed Bunting - 1 - singing male ; Linnet - 6 - Singing male plus juvs ; Meadow Pipit - c20 - juvs + food carrying ; Goldfinch - 2 ; Long-tailed Tit - c4 ; Siskin - 2 ; Tree Pipit - 1 - juvenile ; Swallow - c70 ; Bullfinch - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 38 - 7NW, 5NW, 26S ; Swift - c15 ; Woodpigeon - 34 - SW/W in 1's and 2's ; Greenfinch - 2 ; Cormorant - 1 - SW ; Yellowhammer - 1 - singing male ; Pied Wagtail - 2 - 1 silently SW ; Crossbill - 8 - Group flew NE calling ; Starling - c30 - Post breeding group of mainly juvs ; Stock Dove - 1 - W ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 4 - 1SW,3W21 July 2010
Wharncliffe Chase (north): Great Tit - 6 - family party ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Yellowhammer - 1 - singing male ; Swallow - c50 ; Swift - c25 ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Robin - 1 ; Chaffinch - 2 ; Wren - 3 - singing males ; Blue Tit - 4 ; Willow Warbler - 1 - short song bursts ; Kestrel - 3 - ad + 2 juvs sat on fence/hunting ; Lapwing - 17 - east at 8.30am ; Meadow Pipit - c20 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - yaffling ; Nuthatch - c3 - family party ; Greenfinch - 6 - Family party ; Grey Heron - 1 - Large adult arose high from Deepcar before drifting SE towards High Green. ; Black-headed Gull - 26 - Parties of 8 and 18 NW - 2nd group all ads except 2 first summers ; Linnet - 5 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Skylark - 1 ; Goldfinch - 2 ; Reed Bunting - 1 - singing male ; Tree Pipit - 1 - Thought to be this species carrying food with diagnostic "spree" call heard a few times.19 July 2010
Wharncliffe Chase (north): Reed Bunting - 1 - singing male ; Red-legged Partridge - 1 ; Swallow - c50 - Family parties ; Linnet - 6 ; Greenfinch - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Flew from woods in open towards High Green. ; Wren - 2 ; Swift - 1 ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Goldfinch - 8 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - West over ; Meadow Pipit - c15 - Food carrying and family parties. ; Black-headed Gull - 6 - 5+1 West ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 - singles SW16 July 2010
Wharncliffe Side: Greenfinch - 7 ; Bullfinch - 213 July 2010
Wharncliffe Chase (south): Linnet - 4 ; Stock Dove - 1 - east ; Bullfinch - 1 - female ; Yellowhammer - 2 - singing males ; Moorhen - 1 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 4 - north @ 7.45am ; Black-headed Gull - 89 - NW in parties of 62,12,1,12 and 2 between 7.45 and 8.30am ; Goldfinch - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Swallow - 26 - Numerous juveniles ; Meadow Pipit - c20 - Numerous juvs and birds carrying food. ; Pied Wagtail - 3 ; Tree Pipit - 2 - Singing male plus other calling. ; Reed Bunting - 1 - Singing male ; Swift - 1 - south ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing male08 July 2010
Wharncliffe Wood: Woodcock - 2 - Roding at 2149h ; Nightjar - 1 - churring, 2145-2215 hrs29 June 2010
Wharncliffe Chase: Swallow - 16 - c8 juvs ; Yellowhammer - 1 - singing male ; Willow Warbler - 4 ; Skylark - 4 ; Meadow Pipit - c80 - several juvs ; Swift - 12 ; Carrion Crow - 13 - 8 juvs ; Linnet - 21 ; Tree Pipit - 6 - singing males ; Reed Bunting - 6 - 5 singing males +1F ; Mistle Thrush - 19 - several juvs ; Black-headed Gull - 12 - west ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - Briefly called ; House Sparrow - 10 ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - ad m ; Lapwing - 6 ; Mallard - 123 - Moulting on flash ; Curlew - 1 ; Cormorant - 1 - ad west ; Starling - 10 ; Jackdaw - 1 ; Goldfinch - 6 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - ad ; Kestrel - 2Wharncliffe Wood: Siskin - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 5 - singing males ; Song Thrush - 2 - 1 carrying food ; Robin - 12 - 2 juvs ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing ; Coal Tit - 44 - Incl numerous juvs ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 ; Wren - 19 ; Blackcap - 8 - 7 males + 1f ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Spectacular views from a high vantage point of an attacking male. Initially circling then descended vertically into treetops, extending talons at last moment. ; Chaffinch - 15 - 1 juv ; Spotted Flycatcher - 1 ; Garden Warbler - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 16 - c10 juvs ; Blue Tit - 51 - c25 juvs, many in mixed tit groups ; Nuthatch - 6 - 2 juvs ; Treecreeper - 4 ; Willow Warbler - 14 - several carrying food ; Great Tit - 16 - c9 juvs
27 June 2010
Wharncliffe Woods: Wood Warbler - 1 - Calling and carrying food.21 June 2010
Wharncliffe Heath: Woodcock - 2 - roding ; Swift - 100+ - flock to the north of the reserve ; Nightjar - 1 - male churring at 10:40-10:55pm, showed once on silver birch branchWharncliffe Wood: Redstart - 1 - male alarming
16 June 2010
Wharncliffe Heath: Woodcock - 1 - roding at 21:45 ; Nightjar - 2 - 1 heard churring in distance, 1 nearby04 June 2010
Wharncliffe Chase: Swallow - 17 ; Cuckoo - 1-2 - Very vocal 7 - 8.30am at southern end plus same / another calling later at northern end. Flying chased by 5 Mipits. ; Magpie - 3 ; Yellowhammer - 5 - 4 singing males plus female ; Wren - 1 ; Carrion Crow - c20 ; Meadow Pipit - c70 - numerous carrying food ; Willow Warbler - 5 - 2 carrying food ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 ; Tree Pipit - 15 - All singing males ; Linnet - 37 - Breeding confirmed with at least 1 juv seen. ; Goldfinch - 15 ; Mistle Thrush - 16 - c2 family parties ; Skylark - 12 - singing males ; Kestrel - 1 - female ; Reed Bunting - 8 - 7 singing males plus female ; Buzzard - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 2 ; Jackdaw - c40 - single feeding party ; Lapwing - c52 - Party of c50 feeding before leaving high NE plus pair agitated on breeding grounds. ; Red-legged Partridge - 4 ; Starling - c150-200 - Noisy post breeding group. ; Dunnock - 2 - singing males ; Bullfinch - 1 - male ; Pied Wagtail - 3 ; Garden Warbler - 1 - singing male ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing male ; Redstart - 3 - Pair carrying food to nest plus other male singing. ; Swift - c20 ; House Sparrow - 2 - Males calling in colony by farm buildings ; Curlew - c4-6Wharncliffe Wood: Great Tit - 10 ; Blackbird - 7 - all males ; Wren - 34 - 32 singing males plus 2 juvs ; Willow Warbler - 29 - c25 singing males plus 4 other carrying food ; Robin - 26 - all singing males ; Chaffinch - 39 - 36 singing males ; Blue Tit - 6 - c2 juvs ; Coal Tit - 12 - c 2 family parties incl juvs. ; Long-tailed Tit - Pair ; Blackcap - 13 - singing males ; Mistle Thrush - 3 ; Garden Warbler - 1 - singing male. ; Bullfinch - Pair ; Chiffchaff - 3 - singing males ; Siskin - 2 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Swift - Pair ; Goldcrest - 8 - c2 family parties. ; Treecreeper - Pair ; Song Thrush - 5 - singing males ; Jay - 2 ; Tawny Owl - 1 - Adult flew across woodland path at 7.15am - other calls heard around that were probably juveniles ; Spotted Flycatcher - c4-5 - At least 2 pairs. 1 pair chasing around forest glade giving confiding views.
03 June 2010
Wharncliffe Chase: Cuckoo - 2 - 1 calling flew from one side of Chase to the other followed by a second (female?) ; Curlew - 202 June 2010
Wharncliffe Wood: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Female alarming and young heard calling from nest. ; Nuthatch - 2 - Male and female feeding young through hole in tree. ; Redstart - 2 - Both M+F seen ; Coal Tit - 5 - Breeding confirmed - adults feeding young.27 May 2010
Wharncliffe Heath NR: Nightjar - 1 - male churring and wing clapping at 21:55 ; Woodcock - 2 - roding23 May 2010
Wharncliffe Heath NR: Spotted Flycatcher - 3 ; Tree Pipit - 4 - singing males and one female, territorial dispute seen at 6:45am21 May 2010
Wharncliffe Heath NR: Tree Pipit - 4 - singing and displayingWharncliffe Wood: Wood Warbler - 1 - singing in silver birch
16 May 2010
Wharncliffe Chase: Blue Tit - 10 ; Swallow - 7 ; Mistle Thrush - 7 ; Curlew - 3 - Much calling from a pair covering the whole area. One "saw off" low flying LBBG near Craggs. ; Yellowhammer - 6 - 3-4 territories ; Willow Warbler - 17 - Singing males - mainly around edges of Chase. ; Blackcap - 5 - singing males ; Linnet - c30 - Very prominent across area with pairs seen carrying both nesting material and food. ; Goldfinch - 4 ; Chaffinch - 14 - singing males ; Red-legged Partridge - 6 - 3 pairs ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - feeding on Chase ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Garden Warbler - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 5 ; Reed Bunting - 3 - singing males ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Jay - 1 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 - Ad N + imm SW ; Lapwing - 5 - incl 2 chicks ; Redstart - 1 - singing male ; Skylark - 6 ; Cuckoo - 1 ; Tree Pipit - 14 - singing males ; Wheatear - 1 - female12 May 2010
Wharncliffe Chase (south): Swallow - 6 ; Lapwing - 5 - 2 adults and 3 chicks ; Magpie - 6 ; Pied Wagtail - 4 - 2 pairs ; Meadow Pipit - c15 ; House Sparrow - 3 - around farm buildings ; Mistle Thrush - 2 ; Goldfinch - 6 ; Swift - 10 ; Linnet - 12 - Much song and overflying pairs. ; Willow Warbler - 2 ; Curlew - 3 ; Siskin - Pair ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing male ; Skylark - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Wheatear - 1 ; Cuckoo - 1 - Calling at 4.30pm ; Snipe - 1 - Heard chipping from farmland. ; Chaffinch - 108 May 2010
Wharncliffe Chase (north): Red-legged Partridge - 2 ; Curlew - 5 ; Wheatear - 5Wharncliffe Woods: Garden Warbler - 2 ; Wood Warbler - 1 ; Redstart - 1 - Male sitting on telegraph wire
07 May 2010
Wharncliffe Chase (north): Curlew - 2 - callingWharncliffe Heath NR: Linnet - 5 - 2 prs
Wharncliffe Wood: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 12 - 10 singing males ; Blackcap - 7 - All singing males ; Tree Pipit - 6 - Courtship activity ; Chiffchaff - 2 - singing males ; Red-legged Partridge - Pair - flew from woodland edge onto Chase ; Goldcrest - 3 - 2 singing males ; Bullfinch - 3 - Pair ; Treecreeper - Pair ; Long-tailed Tit - 3 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Swallow - 1 ; Nuthatch - 1
29 April 2010
Wharncliffe Side: Swift - 224 April 2010
Wharncliffe Chase (north): Cuckoo - 1 - heard ; Wheatear - 1 - female ; Yellowhammer - 2 - singing males ; Curlew - Pair ; Swallow - 2 - seperate E ; Tree Pipit - c4-5 - singing males around fringes of Chase ; Linnet - 6 ; Reed Bunting - 2 - seperate m+f ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - heard ; Buzzard - 1 - callingWharncliffe Wood: Nuthatch - 3 ; Willow Warbler - 33 - 32 singing males plus presumed female in courtship display. Birds singing within feet of each other over a 300mtr stretch ; Chaffinch - 13 - singing males ; Blue Tit - 13 ; Great Tit - 11 ; Blackbird - 5 - all males ; Robin - 8 - singing males ; Jay - 1 ; Lesser Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - calling ; Chiffchaff - 2 - singing males ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing male ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 ; Siskin - 1 ; Coal Tit - 4
23 April 2010
Wharncliffe Chase (south): Jay - Pair ; Redstart - 2 - Both singing males. ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Chaffinch - 3 - Singing males ; Lapwing - 1 ; Greenfinch - 3 ; Wheatear - 5 - Cluster of 4 plus 1 in adjoining field. ; Swallow - c15 - Back around nesting sites including buildings on Hallfield Head Farm. ; Willow Warbler - 3 ; Meadow Pipit - c70 ; Dunnock - 9 - 9 singing males around the Chase. ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Curlew - 1 ; House Sparrow - c8 - Around farm buildings ; Linnet - c30-40 - Numerous with several singing males plus pairs on Chase. ; Skylark - 3 ; Red-legged Partridge - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Goldfinch - Pair ; Tree Pipit - 4 - All singing males ; Reed Bunting - 3 - Singing males ; Yellowhammer - 2 - Singing males ; Lesser Redpoll - 3 - Incl fine singing male ; Cuckoo - 0 - Seen reports elsewhere in area but none here yet. ; Magpie - Pair ; Snipe - 1 - Sat on same fence post as beforeWharncliffe Wood: Chaffinch - 11 ; Sparrowhawk - Pair ; Bullfinch - 1 ; Siskin - 1 ; Blackcap - 3 - singing males ; Song Thrush - 4 ; Goldcrest - 3 - Singing males ; Great Tit - 5 ; Blue Tit - 12 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 3 ; Nuthatch - 3 - Pair calling and carrying food. ; Willow Warbler - 10 - All singing males ; Chiffchaff - 5 - 4 singing males plus other colecting nesting material. ; Coal Tit - 15 - Numerous with one carrying nesting material to hollow low tree stump.
18 April 2010
Wharncliffe Chase (south): Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - Singing male15 April 2010
Wharncliffe Wood: Buzzard - 414 April 2010
Wharncliffe Chase: Willow Warbler - 12 - Good numbers singing ; Little Owl - 1 ; Tree Pipit - 1 - Singing on top of fallen tree ; Curlew - 912 April 2010
Wharncliffe Heath: Willow Warbler - 9 - singing ; Crossbill - 12 - flew west at 1102Wharncliffe Side: Swallow - 1
10 April 2010
Wharncliffe Chase (south): Goldfinch - 3 ; Bullfinch - Pair ; Mistle Thrush - 5 - Singing males ; Snipe - 1 - Calling from fence post. ; Dunnock - 5 - Singing males ; Lapwing - 7 - Displaying in fields plus single bird sitting ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; House Sparrow - 8 - Around farm buildings ; Curlew - c3-4 ; Meadow Pipit - c90 - Incl 2 parties of 8&5 north ; Skylark - 7 - Singing males ; Linnet - 7 ; Tree Pipit - 1 - Sporadic singing. ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 3 - Singing ; Swallow - 1 - on wires singing ; Redstart - 1 - Fine male darting across field possibly chasing a female. ; Grey Heron - 1 - Flew relatively high over northwards calling. ; Stock Dove - 1 ; Canada Goose - 2 - Over calling ; Reed Bunting - 4 - Singing males ; Yellowhammer - 2 - Singing males ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - Heard ; Song Thrush - 108 April 2010
Wharncliffe Chase: Swallow - 3 ; Chiffchaff - 2 ; Meadow Pipit - c90 ; Linnet - c15 - Good numbers around plus several young males singing. ; Curlew - c4-5 - Pair seen flying over area plus others feeding. ; Robin - 5 - Singing ; Wren - 3 - Singing ; Chaffinch - 8 - 6 singing males around edges of Chase. ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - calling ; Mistle Thrush - 5 - 4 singing; 1 collecting nesting material. ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Goldfinch - 3 ; Skylark - c10 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 3 - 1 drumming plus pair flying between copses. ; Red-legged Partridge - Pair ; Fieldfare - 2 - near Wharncliffe Res before flying low towards Wortley calling. ; Reed Bunting - 2 - Singing males ; Blue Tit - 7 ; Great Tit - 4 ; Long-tailed Tit - 3 ; Song Thrush - 2 - Singing ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Dunnock - 1 - singingWharncliffe Chase (north): Tree Pipit - 1 - Singing male in a favoured tree at 0700h.
30 March 2010
Wharncliffe Chase (south): Meadow Pipit - c80 - Northerly movement under low cloud in parties of c30, c15, c25 plus others around ; Dunnock - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 3 - 1 pair plus another male around farm buildings25 March 2010
Wharncliffe Side: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 - on nyger feeder in garden ; Siskin - 2 - male and female on nyger feeder22 March 2010
Wharncliffe Chase: Chaffinch - 9 - Several singing. ; Wheatear - 2 - Feeding together alongside party of thrushes / Starlings ; Mistle Thrush - 8 - 4 singing and 2 pairs. ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Skylark - c20 ; Wheatear - 2 - 8am Both males feeding together with a small group of Thrushes. ; Fieldfare - 6 - 8am Feeding on grassed area. ; Coot - Pair - Together on Flash next to Wharncliffe Res. ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Drumming ; Yellowhammer - 2 - Both singing in traditional territories ; Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Starling - 1 - Feeding with Fieldfare / Wheatear ; Common Gull - 1 - NW ; Reed Bunting - 2 - Both males singing ; Greenfinch - 1 - Singing ; Coal Tit - 5 ; Linnet - 1 ; Goldfinch - 5 ; Dunnock - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - c100 - Plenty back on breeding sites undertaking display etc. ; Curlew - c8-10 - Several calling and undertaking small tumbling display flights.20 March 2010
Wharncliffe Chase: Green Woodpecker - 1 - heard ; Skylark - 6+ - singing and displaying ; Curlew - 2 ; Reed Bunting - 1 - singing ; Meadow Pipit - 4+ - including 1 displaying16 March 2010
Wharncliffe Chase: Red-legged Partridge - 2 ; Grey Heron - 2 ; Moorhen - 1 ; Robin - 6 - All singing ; Mistle Thrush - 7 - At least 3 singing. ; Great Tit - 12 ; Nuthatch - 5 ; Meadow Pipit - 10 ; Skylark - 22 - 17 on Chase and a party of 5 over W. ; Reed Bunting - 4 - 3 singing ; Yellowhammer - 1 ; Curlew - 4 ; Woodpigeon - c250 - c100 feeding in seperate parties plus c150 over in NE direction. ; Lapwing - 2 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Stock Dove - 3 ; Goldfinch - 7 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Male ; Lesser Redpoll - 111 March 2010
Wharncliffe Chase: Redwing - 3 ; Mistle Thrush - 5 - 3 in song ; Yellowhammer - 1 - Singing ; Meadow Pipit - 3 - First display flight of Spring observed. ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - Heard. ; Linnet - 1 - Song whilst flying.07 March 2010
Wharncliffe Chase: Song Thrush - 2 - Both in song ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Lapwing - 4 - Typical early season territorial displays which regretably don't lead to breeding. ; Cormorant - 3 - NW ; Skylark - 9 - Back with a vengeance with much singing and territorial disputes. ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 4 - Drumming heard and pair chasing between groups of trees. ; Siskin - 4 ; Yellowhammer - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 4 - 4 territories across area. ; Nuthatch - 6 ; Meadow Pipit - 2 ; Red-legged Partridge - 3 ; Chaffinch - 12 - All singing. ; Blue Tit - 20 ; Great Tit - 6 ; Dunnock - 1 - Song ; Common Gull - 6 - E ; Long-tailed Tit - 305 March 2010
Wharncliffe Side: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - calling opposite Wharncliffe Arms at 0845h04 March 2010
Wharncliffe Chase: Blue Tit - 5 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Robin - 6 - In song ; Red-legged Partridge - 1 - Flushed from wooded edge. ; Chaffinch - 4 - All in song ; Goldfinch - 5 - 2 pairs, 1 singing. ; Common Buzzard - 8 - 3pm All visible FROM Wharncliffe Chase - pairs circling north of High Green plus Wortley area plus 4 towards Stocksbridge. ; Nuthatch - 2 ; Pied Wagtail - 3 - 1 singing ; Great Tit - 3 ; Mistle Thrush - 4 - 2 pairs, song ; Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Kestrel - 117 February 2010
Wharncliffe Side: Bullfinch - 1 - female feeding om seed ; Reed Bunting - 2 ; Siskin - 7 - feeding on nyger feeders ; Lesser Redpoll - 25 - flock feeding on nyger seed on various feeders and on ground in garden06 February 2010
Wharncliffe Side: Lesser Redpoll - 2 - on nyger seed feeder ; Siskin - 3 - male and 2 females on nyger seed feeder29 January 2010
Wharncliffe Side: Brambling - 1 - female on peanut feeder at 1107h10 January 2010
Wharncliffe Side: Cormorant - 3 - Heading W over village09 January 2010
Wharncliffe Side: Grey Wagtail - 1 - in garden, unusual here30 December 2009
Wharncliffe Side: Reed Bunting - 1 ; Goldfinch - 15 - on garden niger feeders ; Lesser Redpoll - 3 ; Lesser Redpoll - 11 - flock arrived to feed on niger at 12:40pm29 December 2009
Wharncliffe Side: Lesser Redpoll - 3 - feeding on niger seed spilled onto lawn from feeders.21 December 2009
Wharncliffe Wood: Robin - 6 ; Crossbill - 1 ; Goldfinch - 3 ; Dunnock - 4 ; Carrion Crow - 8 ; Blackbird - 8 ; Woodpigeon - 6 ; Long-tailed Tit - 12 - Single party ; Fieldfare - 2 ; Magpie - 2 ; Blue Tit - 16 ; Goldcrest - 3 ; Coal Tit - 25 - At least 4 seperate mixed-tit flocks to include this species. ; Wren - 14 ; Jay - 1 ; Redwing - 3 ; Bullfinch - 3 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Juvenile hunting towards dusk. ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Chaffinch - 6 ; Nuthatch - 2 ; Kestrel - 2 - Both hunting fields on woodland edge. ; Lesser Redpoll - 3 ; Siskin - 2 ; Red-legged Partridge - 1 ; Yellowhammer - 2 - Pair on woodland edge ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - Edge of Wharncliffe Chase ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Stock Dove - 3 ; Great Tit - 316 December 2009
Wharncliffe Side: Collared Dove - 3 - feeding on seed ; Bullfinch - 1 - male ; Brambling - 1 - female feeding on seed13 December 2009
Wharncliffe Chase: Lesser Redpoll - 1 ; Redwing - 2 ; Meadow Pipit - 10 ; Fieldfare - 12 ; Kestrel - 1 - Male ; Siskin - 3 ; Chaffinch - 3 ; Mistle Thrush - 3 - 1 singing briefly from overhead cables. ; Stock Dove - 6 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Great views of a male initially perched on a distant post then flew down close-by to hunt arounf the flash. ; Yellowhammer - 3 - Party around flash ; Stonechat - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 2 ; Red-legged Partridge - 3 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - Seen perched high in solitary tree on Chase.Wharncliffe Wood: Treecreeper - 2 ; Blue Tit - 13 ; Coal Tit - 9 ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Robin - 3 - Not many around? ; Bullfinch - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 15 ; Goldcrest - 2 ; Wren - 8
12 December 2009
Wharncliffe Side garden: Reed Bunting - 3 - feeding on scattered seed ; Goldfinch - 11 - feeding niger seed ; Brambling - 1 - female on niger seed feeder for 20 mins then flew south01 December 2009
Wharncliffe Wood: Crossbill - 19 - At edge of wood near Hobb Stones.11 November 2009
Wharncliffe Wood: Crossbill - 20+ - Feeding in trees near Hobb Stones, 11.00.08 November 2009
Wharncliffe Chase: Siskin - 1 ; Redwing - 10 ; Fieldfare - 40 ; Meadow Pipit - 9 ; Mistle Thrush - 2 - 1 singing ; Chaffinch - 4 ; Coal Tit - 4 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Pheasant - 5 ; Pied Wagtail - 5 ; Skylark - 1 ; Woodpigeon - 30 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Jay - 3 ; Moorhen - 5 ; Bullfinch - 1 ; Cormorant - 1 - West ; Yellowhammer - 4 - Together in bracken ; Linnet - 2 ; Mallard - 49 ; Goldfinch - 1807 November 2009
Wharncliffe Side: Pink-footed Goose - 110 - flew east at 1010. first 30 then 80 birds 3 minutes later28 October 2009
Wharncliffe Heath NR: Common Buzzard - 226 October 2009
Wharncliffe Chase (north): Jay - 2 ; Stock Dove - 1 - South with Woodpigeons ; Starling - 11 ; Greenfinch - 19 - Amendment to earlier record - the birds were moving WEST ; Chaffinch - 15 - 3SW ; Lesser Redpoll - 2 ; Woodpigeon - 534 - South 7.15-8.15 ; Bullfinch - 3 ; Fieldfare - 30 - West ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Crossbill - 1 ; Siskin - 3 ; Cormorant - 2 - Individuals west ; Redwing - 55 - 40W ; Meadow Pipit - 22 - SWWharncliffe Heath NR: Pink-footed Goose - 120 - overhead, flying south-east
25 October 2009
Wharncliffe Chase (north): Starling - 111 - NW ; Carrion Crow - 18 ; Brambling - 2 ; Siskin - 3 ; Reed Bunting - 1 - East ; Woodpigeon - 682 - South 6.45-8.30 ; Fieldfare - 11 ; Mistle Thrush - 2 ; Moorhen - 8 ; Jay - 2 ; Kestrel - 2 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 ; Stock Dove - 3 ; Greenfinch - 3 ; Redwing - 52 ; Nuthatch - 118 October 2009
Wharncliffe Heath: Crossbill - 12 ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 ; Siskin - 5Wharncliffe Side: Chiffchaff - 1 - in garden
16 October 2009
Wharncliffe Chase (north): Mistle Thrush - 3 ; Redwing - 812 - 793W, 0700-0830 ; Lapwing - 11 - SW ; Meadow Pipit - 14 - 2S ; Starling - 164 - NW 0700-0830, largest movement to date this year. ; Woodpigeon - c150 - 73S ; Fieldfare - 12 - W ; Stock Dove - 1 - W ; Reed Bunting - 4 - 3E ; Siskin - 2 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Hunting at first light. ; Grey Heron - 2 ; Skylark - 1 - E ; Goldfinch - 8 ; Greenfinch - 12 - E ; Cormorant - 4 - 1NW; 1W; 2SW ; Bullfinch - 9 - Some flying relatively high but thought to be local movement. ; Chaffinch - 47 - 18 SW-W several with Redwings. ; Lesser Redpoll - 3 - 1SW ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Jay - 1 ; Yellowhammer - 2 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 15 - S ; Brambling - 13 - W ; Kestrel - 115 October 2009
Wharncliffe Heath: Fieldfare - 10 - flew west ; Redwing - 130 - single flock flew west ; Raven - 2 - flew north at 15:27Wharncliffe Wood: Crossbill - 5 - flew over larches
14 October 2009
Wharncliffe Chase (north): Grey Heron - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 8 ; Chaffinch - 10 ; Brambling - 1 - West ; Goldfinch - 8 ; Redwing - 402 - West 7.15-8.30 ; Meadow Pipit - 18 - 3NE; 5SW ; Starling - 50 - NW ; Fieldfare - 73 - West 7.15-8.30 ; Lesser Redpoll - 8 - SW ; Carrion Crow - 8 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Linnet - 1 - S ; Greenfinch - 6 ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; Jay - 3 ; Siskin - 2 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Yellowhammer - 1 - South ; Nuthatch - 2 ; Canada Goose - 12 - Very low westWharncliffe Heath: Crossbill - 6 - flew over in 2 flocks of 3 birds at 15:23 and 15:36
12 October 2009
Wharncliffe Chase (north): Mistle Thrush - 8 ; Bullfinch - 8 - calling from woods before first light then seen to leave rising high eastwards. ; Redwing - 49 - Groups arriving from east 0700-0745 - most continuing westwards ; Starling - 62 - NW 0700-0745h ; Yellowhammer - 2 ; Siskin - 2 ; Pied Wagtail - 2 - 1 SW ; Lesser Redpoll - 4 - SW09 October 2009
Wharncliffe Chase (north): Grey Heron - 1 - Locally SW? ; Chaffinch - 10 - 2S ; Lesser Redpoll - 15 - 14SW 7-8am ; Jackdaw - 4 ; Pied Wagtail - 7 - SW ; Goldfinch - 19 - 17SW 7-8am ; Greenfinch - 5 ; Carrion Crow - 26 ; Woodpigeon - c165 - S ; Meadow Pipit - 10 - SW ; Swallow - 13 - 10+3 SW 7-8am ; Siskin - 1 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 2 ; Jay - 2 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 ; Redwing - 13 - Flew in from the East. ; Starling - 9 - NW ; Linnet - 2 - SW08 October 2009
Wharncliffe Chase (north): Lesser Redpoll - 5 ; Linnet - 7 - 4SW ; Jay - 2 - carrying nuts across Chase ; Song Thrush - 2 - 1 left E ; Yellowhammer - 5 - Group of 4SW ; Starling - 19 - Groups NW ; Cormorant - 4 - 1+3 W ; Dunnock - 1 ; Chaffinch - 52 - 40 SW 7-8.15 ; Woodpigeon - c100 - Resident group of c50 plus c50 S ; Pied Wagtail - 7 - All SW-W in 1's and 2's ; Redwing - 3 ; Meadow Pipit - 62 - SW 7-8.15am ; Red-legged Partridge - 12 ; Crossbill - 4 - Party seen and heard calling over woods ; Siskin - 1 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Skylark - 3 - Rose off Chase and left NE ; Goldfinch - 18 - Incl 15SW ; Stock Dove - 3 ; Greenfinch - 3 ; Black-headed Gull - 2 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 107 October 2009
Wharncliffe Chase (north): Siskin - 14 - 9SW ; Meadow Pipit - 8 ; Chaffinch - 12 ; Stock Dove - 22 - E 7-8am in groups of 7, 12 & 3 ; Starling - 44 - NW 7-8am ; Golden Plover - 2 - W 8am ; Carrion Crow - 14 ; Linnet - 3 ; Goldfinch - 5 ; Reed Bunting - 2 ; Swallow - 2 - Singles S 7-8am ; Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 15 ; Yellowhammer - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 20 - Post-breeding group05 October 2009
Wharncliffe Chase (north): Yellowhammer - 9 - 4SW ; Stock Dove - 1 - W ; Canada Goose - 16 - NE ; Woodpigeon - c125 - First signs of movement west ; Pied Wagtail - c60 - Single group of c50SW + 4SW 7-8am ; Starling - 10 - All NW 7-8am ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 12 ; Goldfinch - 17 - 13SW 7-8am ; Meadow Pipit - 42 - 31SW & 4NE 7-8am ; Song Thrush - 3 ; Long-tailed Tit - c25 - Mixed tit flock ; Chaffinch - 65 - Influx: 45SW 7-8am ; Reed Bunting - 2 ; Blue Tit - c30 - Mixed tit flock ; Lesser Redpoll - 3 ; House Martin - 1 - Single feeding over woods at 7.50am ; Siskin - 2 ; Jay - 4 - 3+1 ; Mistle Thrush - c50 - Single group ; Grey Wagtail - 4 - 2SW ; Green Woodpecker - 2 - Visible and calling ; Coal Tit - c10 - Mixed tit flock ; Great Tit - c5 - Mixed tit flock ; Goldcrest - c2 - With tit flock ; Linnet - 1002 October 2009
Wharncliffe Chase (north): Stonechat - 2 - pairWharncliffe Side: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing
Wharncliffe Wood: Raven - 3 ; Siskin - 3 ; Buzzard - 1
27 September 2009
Wharncliffe Chase: Crossbill - 8 - Locally SW 7.20am ; Siskin - 4 - 3+1 SW ; Mistle Thrush - 15 ; Starling - 24 - NW ; Grey Wagtail - 3 - 2+1 S ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 26 ; Goldfinch - 9 - Party of 5 south ; Stock Dove - 5 - 1W, 4E ; Swallow - 22 - South 7-9am ; Lesser Redpoll - 3 - SW ; Sparrowhawk - 2 - M+F circling/interacting ; Cormorant - 1 - N ; Green Woodpecker - 2 - Visible/calling ; Meadow Pipit - 162 - 142 SW 7-9am ; Pied Wagtail - 13 - 7S; 2W; 1SW; 1W; 2 resident ; Nuthatch - 3 ; Jay - 3 - Group in area ; Red-legged Partridge - 1 - Calling ; House Martin - 7 - S with Swallows ; Reed Bunting - 4 - 2E; 2 resident ; Skylark - 7 - Party of 5 on Chase before NE; 1SW with Mipits, 1 resident ; Linnet - c15 ; Chaffinch - c40 - Rise in numbers in area plus 14 south ; Greenfinch - 7 - Incl 3SW26 September 2009
Wharncliffe Chase: Swallow - 4 ; Jackdaw - 21 ; Kestrel - 1 - Male ; Meadow Pipit - c.40 ; Skylark - 1Wharncliffe Chase (north): Kestrel - 1 - female or immature ; Stonechat - 1
Wharncliffe Chase (south): Linnet - 5 ; Stonechat - 4 ; Mistle Thrush - 7 ; Meadow Pipit - 20
Wharncliffe Crags: Common Buzzard - 4 - Single, followed shortly after by a calling pair and then another single shortly after. All drifting over towards Broomhead Moor.
25 September 2009
Wharncliffe Chase: Mistle Thrush - 14 ; Jay - 5 - Arose from trees together around Wharncliffe Res ; Swallow - 15 - S 6.30-7.45 ; Meadow Pipit - 193 - SW 6.30-7.45 ; Chiffchaff - 2 - One singing ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - South ; Starling - 24 - NW 6.30-7.45 ; Linnet - 6 - Locally east? ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 27 ; Stock Dove - 8 - All east in pairs ; Bullfinch - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 10 - 4S, 4SW ; Kestrel - 1 - Male20 September 2009
Wharncliffe Chase: Chiffchaff - 2 - 1 singing; other with tit flock ; Meadow Pipit - 450 - 372 SW 7-9.30am ; Jay - 2 ; Nuthatch - 3 ; Skylark - 6 - 2SW ; Black-headed Gull - 20 - "Skein" NW ; Mallard - 42 - On flash ; Goldfinch - 13 ; Pied Wagtail - 6 - 1W ; Grey Wagtail - 5 - 2SE & 1SW ; Linnet - 26 - Incl group of 15 ; Starling - 35 - NW ; Chaffinch - 65 - 29SW 7-9.30am ; Greenfinch - 3 ; Mistle Thrush - 15 ; Reed Bunting - 7 - Incl family party with juvs ; Bullfinch - 3 ; Kestrel - 1 - Female ; Green Woodpecker - 2 ; Snipe - 1 - West ; Yellowhammer - 2 - 1W ; Stock Dove - 14 - 10NE;3W;1E ; Lesser Redpoll - 2 ; Crossbill - 3 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Magpie - 3 ; Stonechat - 1 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 13 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 218 September 2009
Wharncliffe Chase (north): Stock Dove - 6 - 1W,2E,3NE ; Meadow Pipit - 110 - 24S + 70NW between 6.45 and 8am ; Linnet - c.70 - NE-E between 6.45 & 8am - incl flock of c.40 ; Jay - 4 - 1 locally east ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - Locally west ; Swallow - 20 - South16 September 2009
Wharncliffe Chase: Mistle Thrush - 8 ; Greylag Goose - 6 - North at 3pm. ; Hobby - 1 - 2.30pm - hunting over northern end for several minutes before moving northwards over woods. ; Kestrel - 2 ; Swallow - 8 ; Common Gull - 4 - Drifting SE ; Skylark - 5 - Family party ; Mallard - 45 - On flash ; Nuthatch - 3 - Flying 50mts between copses. ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - North15 September 2009
Wharncliffe Chase (south): Goldfinch - 15 ; Linnet - 12 - Roost forming with Goldfinches at 4.30pm11 September 2009
Wharncliffe Chase: Skylark - 5 - Family party of 4 plus 1. ; Chaffinch - 3 - South ; Stock Dove - 5 - Groups of 2 and 3 east ; Goldfinch - 45 - Post breeding group ; Carrion Crow - 15 - Several juvs ; Linnet - 2 ; Yellowhammer - 2 ; Swallow - 33 - South between 7.15 and 9.15am ; Mistle Thrush - 49 - Post breeding group ; Pied Wagtail - 4 - Family party ; Meadow Pipit - 167 - 87 south-west between 7.15 and 9.15am 80 on and around the Chase ; Mallard - 84 ; Cormorant - 1 - North ; Starling - 5 - NW ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 - First of autumn. ; Greenfinch - 1 ; Magpie - 1 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 7 ; Red-legged Partridge - 5 ; Snipe - 2 - NW at 8am ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Stonechat - 1 - Male ; Tree Pipit - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 4 ; Nuthatch - 2 ; Jay - 410 September 2009
Wharncliffe Wood: Crossbill - c15 - Flew south from northern edge of wood at 14.15.09 September 2009
Wharncliffe Chase: Reed Bunting - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Mobbed by several Mistle Thrushes ; Meadow Pipit - 316 - All SW between 7 and 9am. 145 between 7&8am; 171 between 8&9am ; Chaffinch - 5 - East ; House Martin - 16 - SW with Swallows ; Pied Wagtail - 2 - Flew SW ; Stock Dove - 9 - 2 east; 4 west ; Swallow - 207 - All SW between 7 and 9am 45 between 7&8am; 162 between 8&9am ; Kestrel - 2 ; Carrion Crow - 18 ; Lesser Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Broke cover from small copse and seen to fly 50m to Wharncliffe Woods. ; Jay - 4 - 2 left east ; Snipe - 11 - NW ; Mistle Thrush - 20 - Post breeding group ; Linnet - 6 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 ; Red-legged Partridge - 1 ; Cormorant - 4 - Group SW at 8.15am ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 3 ; Greenfinch - 6 - SW08 September 2009
Wharncliffe Chase (south): House Martin - 16 ; Snipe - 3 - West at 7.30am ; Mistle Thrush - 5 ; Meadow Pipit - 8 - South between 6.45 and 7.30am ; Yellowhammer - 1 ; Goldfinch - 14 ; Golden Plover - 4 - East at 7.30am ; Linnet - 3 ; Stock Dove - 1 - West ; Jay - 2 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Starling - 2 - NW ; Swallow - 90 - 40 south between 6.45 and 7.30am. Remainder in large feeding flock over area. ; Cormorant - 1 - South-west at 7.20am - flying with mouth open into wind? ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 206 September 2009
Wharncliffe Chase: Carrion Crow - 18 ; Mistle Thrush - c.30 ; Skylark - 4 - Including family party of 3. ; Magpie - 2 ; Treecreeper - 1 - Feeding with tit/nuthatches ; Tree Pipit - 4 - 1 SW at 7.15am and 3 SW at 8.45am. ; Nuthatch - 4 - Calling throughout area. ; Starling - 39 - 34 NW in small parties plus 5 resident (incl juvs). ; Mallard - 113 - 83 on flash and 30 on Wharncliffe Res. ; Moorhen - 2 - Around Wharncliffe Res. ; Blue Tit - 9 ; Linnet - 22 - Largest group consisted of 12 birds. ; Jackdaw - 14 ; Swallow - 147 - Mostly south between 6.30 and 9.45. Some stopping around to feed. Post-breeding flocks around nest sites now dispersed. ; Dunnock - 2 ; Chaffinch - 7 ; Robin - 5 ; Wren - 7 ; Reed Bunting - 3 ; Jay - 2 ; Goldfinch - 49 - Several groups around area including juvs. ; Rook - 21 ; Meadow Pipit - 255 - 153 mainly SW in small parties between 6.30 and 9.45. 102 resident including c.40 mobbing Sparrowhawk. ; Woodpigeon - c.150 ; Bullfinch - 1 ; Red-legged Partridge - 1 ; House Sparrow - c.10 - Feeding around farm buildings. ; Stock Dove - 4 - Incl pair. ; Coal Tit - 2 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Yellowhammer - 2 - Adult carrying food at southern end. ; Great Tit - 2 ; House Martin - 8 ; Greenfinch - 2 ; Pheasant - 4 ; Grey Heron - 1 - By Wharncliffe Res. ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Strange call? ; Wheatear - 1 - female ; Kestrel - 2 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Female visible throughout morning. ; Pied Wagtail - 3 - Incl 1 juv.