Sightings Archive

Edge Mount: Brambling - 20/30 - Feeding on ground and in beeches at end of Delph Road ; Lapwing - 50+ - In field near crossroads heading towards Onesacre ; Kestrel - 1

Glen Howe Park: Jay - 7 - very noisy mainly aimed at squirrels I think ; Blackbird - 4 ; Woodpigeon - 14 ; Magpie - 4 ; Robin - 3 - coming to feeders for mealworms ; Coal Tit - 2 - Taking peanut halves from mesh feeders ; Wren - 2 ; Dipper - 1 - Flew downstream from old bridge

Green Moor: Tawny Owl - 2

Kimberworth Park: Fieldfare - 5 - Flew from trees @ St Johns Green @ 08:20.

Middleton Moor: Whooper Swan - 4 - 2 adults, 2 juvs. ; Red-legged Partridge - 12

Orgreave Lakes: Goldeneye - 3 - 2 fem 1 imm drake on Big Lake ; Grey Partridge - 7 ; Snipe - 1 ; Wigeon - 12

Redmires conduit: Raven - 1 - flew off,calling, towards Rivelin ; Common Buzzard - 1 - feeding on ground along conduit ; Red Grouse - 1 - sheltering below wall with Common Buzzard above

Shirecliffe: Brambling - 1 ; Fieldfare - 120 - flocks of 80 and 40 NW ; Skylark - 1 ; Linnet - 20 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 ; Bullfinch - 2

Stanage Pole: Redwing - 60 - Flying west at 8am ; Red Grouse - 10 ; Meadow Pipit - 3

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 9 ; Little Grebe - 6 ; Cormorant - 10+ ; Mute Swan - 7 ; Greylag Goose - 10 ; Canada Goose - 37 ; Gadwall - 4 ; Wigeon - 3 - mff ; 320 - 2 ; Pochard - 18 - 10m8f ; Tufted Duck - 79 ; Goldeneye - 3 - r/h ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - m ; Kestrel - 1 ; Water Rail - 2 ; Lapwing - 80+ ; Snipe - 1 - flushed ; Black-headed Gull - 100+ ; Woodpigeon - 70+ - s flock ; Skylark - 12+ - lots calling o/h unseen ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Wren - 10 ; Dunnock - 17 ; Robin - 19 ; Redwing - 4 - 02/01/2001 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - left e ; Fieldfare - 25 - flushed left w ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Magpie - 17 ; Long-tailed Tit - 8+ - party ; Tree Sparrow - 1 ; Chaffinch - 18 ; Bullfinch - 4

Wadsley Common: Hawfinch - 1 - By path leading by allotments down to Aldene Road. ; Lesser Redpoll - 3 - in same tree as hawfinch. ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Same tree. ; Redwing - 3 ; Fieldfare - 1

West Nab: Golden Plover - 150+ - Flew in from N.West landing in field opposite West Nab Farm and settling down to become almost invisible in new crop. ; Carrion Crow - 2 ; Fieldfare - 20/30 - Around swan cottage area ; Starling - 50+ - with fieldfares ; Magpie - 4

Agden Res: Mandarin - 50+

Aldwarke: Cormorant - 3 - on pylon ; Redwing - 2 ; Starling - 49 - NW ; Fieldfare - c50 - NW ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - hunting ; Magpie - 15-20 ; Snipe - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 1 ; Skylark - 3 - N ; Rock Pipit - 1 - flew low to NE calling @ 0950hrs

Aldwarke SF: Song Thrush - 01-Feb ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - hunting ; Stock Dove - 9 ; Mallard - 6prs ; Gadwall - 15 - 8m; 7f ; Tufted Duck - 2 - females ; Mute Swan - 1 - adult ; Black-headed Gull - 6 ; 320 - 12

Barlow Common: 319 - 2 ; Yellowhammer - 1

Centenary Riverside: Mallard - 5 - river ; Moorhen - 2 ; 320 - 02-Mar