Sightings Archive

Catcliffe Flash: Mute Swan - 1pr+ - + 4 1cy ; Wigeon - 46+ ; Coot - c40 ; Little Grebe - 5 ; Shoveler - 15+ ; Tufted Duck - 5 - 3m; 2f ; Gadwall - 60-65 ; 320 - 6 ; Cormorant - 3 - inc 2 in from S ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Mallard - 9+ ; Moorhen - 19+ ; Black-headed Gull - c50

Edensor: 319 - 1

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 1 - Calling. ; Mallard - 2 ; Grey Heron - 2 - Over together calling heading E. ; Little Owl - 1 - flew towards sheep paddock at last light. ; Tawny Owl - 1 - Calling at dusk. ; Redwing - 40+ - Coming to roost in hedgerows. ; Song Thrush - 3 ; Tree Sparrow - 2 - Cottage garden hedge. ; Pheasant - 2 ; Magpie - 4 ; Goldcrest - 4 ; Mistle Thrush - 3 ; Long-tailed Tit - 20+

Hathersage: 319 - 2 - Over observer's garden, one mewing

Kimberworth: Coal Tit - 2 - On garden seed feeder. Rarely observed during the summer. Now making increasing visits.

Kiveton Community Woodland: Brambling - 3 - inc 1 SW ; Fieldfare - 7 - inc 6 W ; Meadow Pipit - 6 - SW ; Redwing - 64 - inc 3 SW & 11 N ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 - SW ; Jay - 3 ; Goldcrest - 8+ ; Long-tailed Tit - 10+ ; Yellowhammer - 5 - inc 1 S ; Bullfinch - 4 ; Mallard - 3prs ; Song Thrush - 5 - inc 3 in high from NE ; Goldfinch - c30 - inc c10 feeding in birches ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - calling ; Reed Bunting - 7 ; Treecreeper - 1 - calling & brief song ; Woodpigeon - 300+ - marked W/SW movement early morning - post roost?

Kiveton Waters: Snipe - 2 - left SE, circled & dropped back in

Leash Fen: Woodpigeon - 1,290 - SW between 10:00 and 11:00 ; Jackdaw - 32 - party of 32 SW ; Skylark - 20+ - S or SW between 10:00 and 11:00 ; Fieldfare - 60+ ; Redwing - 20+ ; Stonechat - 1

Parkgate: Common Buzzard - 1 - E/SE @ 1116hrs

Ramsley Moor: 327 - 40 ; Lapwing - 15 - Small party low to S W

Silverwood Lagoon: Tufted Duck - 38 ; Wigeon - 6 ; Gadwall - 9 ; Jackdaw - 4 - 2-1-1 SW ; Kestrel - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 30 ; Fieldfare - 2 - in western paddocks ; Lesser Redpoll - 2 ; Linnet - 10 ; Long-tailed Tit - 30+ - three flocks ; Skylark - 8 - in stubble to west ; Jay - 4 ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Little Grebe - 4 ; Mute Swan - 2 - resident pair ; Buzzard sp - 1

Stanedge Pole: Fieldfare - c 30 - west over deforested area. ; 324 - 1 - Southern Hawker sunning next to path ; Kestrel - 1 - Single female perched on dead trees.

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 9 ; Little Grebe - 11 ; Cormorant - 4 ; Grey Heron - 1 - j ; Mute Swan - 8 ; Gadwall - 4 - 2m,2f ; Pochard - 13 - 8m,5f ; Red-crested Pochard - 3 - 2m 1f (1adm 1jv/eclipse) ; Tufted Duck - 67 ; 319 - 1 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 - imm.south ; Skylark - 13 - lots south calling not seen ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Robin - 28 ; Fieldfare - 6 - west ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 14+ - inc 2+, 12+ ; Rook - 3 - 2 SE. 1 north ; Chaffinch - 12 - inc party 7 ; Goldfinch - 80+ ; Reed Bunting - 4 ; Yellowhammer - 1

Chapeltown: Woodpigeon - 500+ - Constant movement south pre-8am in numerous groups. Looks like a strong movement day.

Curbar Edge: Ring Ouzel - 4 ; Wheatear - 1