Sightings Archive

Middleton Moor: Goosander - 2 ; Herring Gull - 2 ; Yellow-legged Gull - 2 ; Golden Plover - 24 ; Red-legged Partridge - 26 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 633

Morehall Res: Woodpigeon - 3000+ - Very large flock going south over dam wall at 07:35

Orgreave Lakes: Peregrine - 1 - Left east at 1300 carrying a Lapwing

Redmires Top Res: Brambling - 10 - approx 10 in large flock of chaffinches

Rother Valley CP: Mute Swan - 36 ; 322 - 2 - Black Swan ; Canada Goose - 294 ; Greylag Goose - 53 ; Egyptian Goose - 2 ; Grey Heron - 9 ; Cormorant - 24 ; Great Crested Grebe - 20 ; Little Grebe - 2 ; Mallard - 261 ; Gadwall - 35 ; Wigeon - 203 ; Shoveler - 15 ; Pintail - 1 - Male on Meadowgate Lake ; 320 - 43 ; Tufted Duck - 45 ; Pochard - 20 ; Goldeneye - 6 ; Goosander - 3 - On Rother ; Lapwing - 32 ; Coot - 470 ; Moorhen - 25 ; Black-headed Gull - 248 ; Herring Gull - 10 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 5 ; Skylark - 3 - South ; Redwing - 20+ ; Fieldfare - 30+ - South ; Chiffchaff - 2

Shepherd*s Plantation: Kestrel - 1 - male into wood briefly. ; Woodpigeon - 50+ - scattered from ground feeding. ; Pheasant - 1+ ; Wren - 1+ - singing ; Goldcrest - 2+ ; Long-tailed Tit - 10+ ; Coal Tit - 1+ ; Blue Tit - 10+ ; Great Tit - 5+ ; Treecreeper - 1+ ; Nuthatch - 1+ ; Chaffinch - 3+

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 15 ; Little Grebe - 6 ; Cormorant - 12 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Mute Swan - 6 - inc res.fam. 2ad 3j ; Pink-footed Goose - 1 ; Greylag Goose - 30+ - and 1 hybrid ; Canada Goose - 135+ ; Pochard - 20 - 15m5f ; Tufted Duck - 52 ; Goldeneye - 2 - r/h ; Red-legged Partridge - 3 - 1 call+2 in fields ; Pheasant - 1 - call. ; Water Rail - 3 - 2came for food +1shy one in background ; Moorhen - 14 ; Coot - 100+ ; Lapwing - 60+ ; Herring Gull - 1 - imm ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Fieldfare - 25 - south ; Song Thrush - 2 ; Redwing - 32 - around site ; Blackbird - 28 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - in full songnear tutti frutti ; Long-tailed Tit - 22+ - in 4 parties ; Tree Sparrow - 1 ; Chaffinch - 17 ; Goldfinch - 60 - on site ; Bullfinch - 4 ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; Yellowhammer - 2 - singles ; Feral Pigeon - 150+ - on front

Barlow Common: Skylark - 6 ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Redwing - 1 ; Jay - 3 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Yellowhammer - 1 ; Goldfinch - 1 ; Rook - 12 ; Long-tailed Tit - 3 ; Coal Tit - 1

Burbage Valley: Kestrel - 1 - Female

Catcliffe Flash: Mute Swan - 6 - ad pr + 4 imm ; Canada Goose - 11 - seemed at ease ; Wigeon - 80+ ; Gadwall - 75+ ; 320 - 11 ; Shoveler - 5