Sightings Archive

Greystones garden: 324 - 3 - 3 foxes in observer's garden, 2 coupled for more than 30 minutes!!!!!!

Hathersage: Bullfinch - 1m ; Long-tailed Tit - 8 ; Kestrel - 1

Ibbotson*s Dam: Kingfisher - 1 - Female ; Dipper - 1 - Just below dam ; Goldcrest - 1 - Just below dam

Kimberworth: Goldcrest - 2 - Pair in the trees at the bottom of the garden very briefly.

Longshaw Pond: Mallard - 26 ; Mandarin - 10 - 6m, 4f ; Tufted Duck - 2 - pr

Malin Bridge: Chiffchaff - 1 - in and out of garden in Norris Road catching insects on the ivy hedge this afternoon

Meersbrook Park: Nuthatch - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Also drumming heard later

Millhouses Lane garden: Brambling - 1 - male, eyeing feeders but put off visiting by “resident??? Bullfinches and Goldfinches; departed after a couple of minutes

Norton Lees: Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 - Heard calling as flew over

Orgreave Lakes: Lesser Redpoll - 9 - between bridges ; Long-tailed Tit - 11 - between bridges. ; Goldeneye - 2 - pair. ; Goosander - 4 - 3 m 1 redhead ; Kingfisher - 1 - perched,fishing,below bridge.

Oughtibridge garden: Brambling - 5 ; Siskin - 3 ; Lesser Redpoll - 2

R Derwent, Curbar: Dipper - 2 - one singing on a rock ; Goosander - 2 - pair; showing very well ; Mandarin - c. 30 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 7+ ; Mistle Thrush - 1

Redmires Bottom Res: Raven - 2

Sharrow: Redwing - 20+

Silverwood Lagoon: Tawny Owl - 1 - calling in Hollings Lane sidings at first light ; Woodcock - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Greylag Goose - 1 - east ; Lesser Redpoll - 2 ; Skylark - 2 ; 319 - 1 ; Jay - 3 ; Fieldfare - c.20

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 11 ; Little Grebe - 7 ; Cormorant - 8 ; Grey Heron - 1 - imm ; Mute Swan - 10 - inc 1jv ; Greylag Goose - 200 - circa inc buff/white feral ; Gadwall - 2 - mf ; Pochard - 9 - 1f ; Tufted Duck - 57 ; Red-legged Partridge - 8+ ; Lapwing - 100 ; Black-headed Gull - 150+ ; Herring Gull - 9 - inc.7s ; Great Black-backed Gull - 1 - ad w ; Stock Dove - 1 ; Robin - 25 ; Blackbird - 25 ; Long-tailed Tit - 14+ ; Lesser Redpoll - 4 ; Goldfinch - 40+ ; Greenfinch - 9 ; Bullfinch - 10 - 4-2-2-2 ; Reed Bunting - 8 ; Yellowhammer - 1 ; Brambling - 6 - 5m1f ; Water Rail - 3

Westend Valley: Crossbill - 25+ - Flock flew overhead heading above track Westend, Howden Res

Barlow Common: Lapwing - c45 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Goldfinch - 1

Catcliffe Flash: Mute Swan - 6 - ad pr + 4 imm ; Wigeon - 10+ ; Gadwall - 30+ ; Shoveler - 6 ; Pochard - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 8+ ; Cormorant - 3 ; Moorhen - 2+ ; Coot - 26 ; Black-headed Gull - c70 ; Herring Gull - 3 - 3 1cy

Cavendish Mill: Starling - 1000 - c. feeding flock in fields mid-morning

Crookes Valley Park: Mute Swan - 2 - first-winters still present ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - around lake ; Nuthatch - 1 - singing ; Siskin - 4 ; Redwing - 3 - took off as Peregrine passed over and headed W ; Peregrine - 1 - over towards University ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - female soaring ; Black-headed Gull - 105 ; Moorhen - 4 - apparently 2 pairs ; Coot - 4 - apparently 2 pairs ; Mallard - 25 ; Herring Gull - 2 - adult and second-winter; the presence of any large gulls on the water is a very rare occurrence in the context of the last 25 years ; Mistle Thrush - 2 - pair ; Siskin - 2 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 ; Mute Swan - 2 - 2nd calendar years