Sightings Archive

Firsby Res: Rook - 8 - On wires ; Carrion Crow - 2 ; Jay - 2 - Calling ; Kestrel - 1 ; 319 - 1 - Juvenile calling from pylon. ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Juvenile male ; Tawny Owl - 1 - Roosting. ; Chiffchaff - 3 - Inc 1 singing. ; Bullfinch - 3 - Scruffy Male with two juvs. ; Goldfinch - 8 ; Linnet - 2 - Over. ; Skylark - 2 - from set aside field. ; Swallow - 4 ; Wren - 3

Kiveton Park: Linnet - 44 - on wires over a cut rape field feeding on weeds at SK492821 just off Kiveton Community Woodland

Limb Valley, Bole Hill: Goldfinch - c 50 - Feeding on thistles etc. in farm fields

Lodge Moor: Raven - 1 - With Peregrine and attendant Magpies over Crimicar Lane top.

Middleton Moor: Pintail - 1 - a f/juv.

Orgreave: Sandwich Tern - 1 - 1 heard only north at 1710 ; Grey Partridge - 10

Orgreave Lakes: Little Egret - 1 ; Shoveler - 1

R Don, Effingham St: CASPIAN GULL - 1 - Juvenile on weir at 09:50

R Don, Norfolk Bridge: CASPIAN GULL - 1 - juv again on weir tonight ; Yellow-legged Gull - 3 - 1cy, 3cy and adult ; Sand Martin - 1 - worn looking bird

R Don, Stevenson Rd: Common Buzzard - 1 - over tonight ; Sand Martin - 1 ; House Martin - 10

Redmires Res: Mallard - 75 - c. first influx of the autumn ; Tufted Duck - 2 ; 320 - 1 ; Kestrel - 3 ; Raven - 2 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 24 ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - 3CY ; Black-headed Gull - 12 ; Chiffchaff - 4 ; Meadow Pipit - 25 - c. Flew SW ; Tree Pipit - 3 - Flew SW ; Goldfinch - 31 - Flew SW ; Linnet - 24 - Flew SW ; Chaffinch - 8 - Flew W - first noticeable movt ; Siskin - 2 - Flew W ; Swallow - 40 - Flew SW ; House Martin - 4 - Flew SW

RVCP: Little Egret - 1 - Feeding on the R Rother ; Kingfisher - 1 - On R Rother

RVCP, Meadowgate Lake: BLACK-NECKED GREBE - 1 - this morning

Shirecliffe: Blackcap - 6+ ; Chiffchaff - 8+ ; Willow Warbler - 4+ - one singing ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Swallow - 2 ; Meadow Pipit - 3 ; Whitethroat - 1 - juv ; Spotted Flycatcher - 2

Stubley Hollow: Garden Warbler - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 2 ; Swallow - 3 ; Sparrowhawk - 2 ; Sparrowhawk - 2

Upper Common, Scholes: Black-headed Gull - 20+ - Following tractor. ; Swallow - 1 - W ; Meadow Pipit - 1+ - W ; Skylark - 1 - calls ; Carrion Crow - 30+ - Feeding among stubble.

Arbourthorne: Moorhen - 7 - 1ad 6 large juv. ; Mallard - 4 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing 06:20. ; Swallow - 4 - N/W over fields adj to pond 08:50

Attercliffe: Peregrine - 1 - ad on Bernard rd incinerator building

Canklow Woods: Chiffchaff - 4 - 4 2 singing

Catcliffe Flash: Mute Swan - 6 - ad pr + 4 imm ; Gadwall - 48+ ; 320 - 10 ; Shoveler - 6 ; Cormorant - 2 ; Grey Heron - 2 ; Little Grebe - 5+ ; Great Crested Grebe - 5 - ad pr + 3 imm ; Moorhen - 10+ ; Coot - 70+

Manor Fields Park: Mallard - 10 ; Moorhen - 15 - mostly large juvs ; Blackcap - 3 - 2 male ; Whitethroat - 5 ; Chiffchaff - 5+ - 2 singing ; Goldcrest - 4 ; Meadow Pipit - 9 - 7 south 2 east 06:35-08:30. ; House Martin - 8 ; Hobby - 1 - flew slow north 07:45. ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - flew towards cemetery.

Norton Lees: Long-tailed Tit - 8+ - in observer’s garden

Orgreave Lakes: Whinchat - 1 - In the area of long grass between the river & the bench. ; Spotted Redshank - 1 - Down briefly then flew east at 0852. ; Whinchat - 1

R Don, Norfolk Bridge: Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - Juvenile/1st winter on the weir towards dusk. Feeding at Viridor recycling plant on Warren Street earlier. ; Kingfisher - 1

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 7 - inc.2ad 3j