Sightings Archive

Thrybergh CP: Little Grebe - 4 ; Cormorant - 4 ; Mute Swan - 39 - 3j,1j - 1jv taken away for repairs ; Greylag Goose - 19 ; Canada Goose - 115 ; Pochard - 3 - mmf ; Tufted Duck - 68 ; Lapwing - 120+ - in stubble ; Black-headed Gull - 100 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 - 1ad in from east +3cy with ring ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Swallow - 30+ ; House Martin - 60+ ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - 01-Jan ; Robin - 26 ; Song Thrush - 2 ; Blackcap - 3 ; Chiffchaff - 8 - 1 singing ; Starling - 100+ - in with Lapwings ; Goldfinch - 100+ - flock ; Reed Bunting - 7 ; Feral Pigeon - 70+ - on front

Walkley garden: Peregrine - 2 - 2 x vocal peregrine flushed flock of feral pigeons down

Canklow Woods: Goldfinch - 49 - flock of 49

Catcliffe Flash: 320 - 16 ; Shoveler - 9

Langsett Res: CASPIAN GULL - 1 - a juv, different to the August bird - did not stay to roost ; Greylag Goose - 51 ; Goosander - 1 - juv ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; 319 - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 528 - roosted ; Common Gull - 4 - 3 ads & 1 juv ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 220

Orgreave Lakes: Arctic Tern - 2 - Juveniles; had left by late morning. ; Redshank - 3 - 1 mid-morning had increased to 3 by midday when all circled and then appeared to leave (last seen over Treeton Dike) ; Yellow Wagtail - 2 ; Common Gull - 1 - Adult, left south ; Mistle Thrush - 4 - Flock of 4 south ; Meadow Pipit - c.40 - A big increase over recent weeks; very rough estimate with 2 or 3 flocks of 10+ ; Swallow - 60+ - 40+ at a time resting on the ground. ; House Martin - 15+ ; Sand Martin - 5+ ; Snipe - 2 ; 320 - 07-Aug

R Don, Norfolk Bridge: Lesser Black-backed Gull - c80 - inc c8 juvs ; Great Black-backed Gull - 1 - juv ; Herring Gull - 10 - inc 7+ juvs. Also Norwegian ringed adult has returned being last seen in Jan. ; Yellow-legged Gull - 2 - 1cy and 3cy

R Sheaf, Broadfield Rd: Moorhen - 7+ - Including 6+ juvs from two broods ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Dipper - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1

RVCP Compound: Grey Wagtail - 1

RVCP, Meadowgate Lake: House Martin - 25-35 ; Swallow - 20-30 ; Sand Martin - Oct-20 ; Cormorant - 7 ; 320 - 30+ ; Wigeon - 5 ; Tufted Duck - 16+ ; Lapwing - 40+

RVCP, Northern Lake: Egyptian Goose - 2

Silverwood Lagoon: Wigeon - 4 ; Gadwall - 14 ; Shoveler - 1 ; Canada Goose - 26 ; Little Grebe - 12+ ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - adult ; Cormorant - 1 - SW ; Ringed Plover - 1 - circled then south at 09.10 ; Snipe - 1 ; Swallow - 2 ; Skylark - 2 ; Jackdaw - 1 - east ; Kestrel - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Grey Partridge - 2 ; Woodpigeon - c.30 - in stubble to west

Woodhouse Tip: Green Woodpecker - 1

Gleadless Common: Chiffchaff - 1 - calling from willows 16:30. ; Wheatear - 1 - on "The Common" 16:15-16:55. on paths and grass tracks. ; Wheatear - 1 - on "The Common" 16:15-16:55. on paths and grass tracks.

Grange Park Golf Course: Wren - 1+ ; Dunnock - 1 ; Robin - 1+ ; Blackbird - 1 ; Blue Tit - 1+ ; Great Tit - 1+ ; Long-tailed Tit - 1+ ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Magpie - 1+ ; Greenfinch - 10+ - Some feeding on blackberries. ; Goldfinch - 1+ ; Bullfinch - 2+ - Inc 1 male

Kimberworth: Greenfinch - 1 - On garden seed feeder (sun flower hearts). ; Coal Tit - 1 - Feeding on garden fatball feeder.

Manor Fields Park: Hobby - 1 - 1 low thru south at 7am ; Blackcap - 4 - 1 male ; Chiffchaff - 5