Sightings Archive

Manor Fields Park: Whitethroat - 5+ - at least 5 birds still around site ; Willow Warbler - 1 - occ weak song ; House Martin - 6 ; Meadow Pipit - 3 - flew south. ; Grey Heron - 1 - over N/E. 07:55 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Moorhen - 10

Orgreave Lakes: 320 - 3 ; Wigeon - 2 ; Mandarin - 1 ; Dunlin - 1 ; Willow Tit - 1 - Heard calling north end of triangle between the bridges.

Redmires Top Res: Crossbill - 5 - Feeding in roadside conifers. Also one Spotted Flycatcher in same tree

Shirebrook Valley: Nuthatch - 1 - Calling around the visitors centre

Aldwarke: Common Buzzard - 1 - drifted W/SW @ 0947hrs ; Raven - 1 - calling briefly; not located

Aldwarke SF: Sparrowhawk - 1 - f/juv ; Chiffchaff - 03-Apr ; Little Grebe - 4 - inc at least 2 juvs ; Gadwall - 5 ; Mallard - 30 ; Pheasant - 2 ; Moorhen - 3 - 1ad; 2 1cy ; 320 - 1 ; Blackcap - 1+

Aldwarke; Liberty Steel: Raven - 1 - calling, not located

Carbrook Ravine: Common Buzzard - 1 - Flying through woodland canopy. ; Kingfisher - 1 - Flew round and over pond. Perched on concrete sluice.

Fatty Boyns Ponds: Pheasant - 1 - cock ; Chiffchaff - 4 - inc 1 singing ; Moorhen - 2+ ; Mallard - 1 - duck ; Whitethroat - 1 ; Linnet - c40 - feeding in adjacent stubble

Grange Park Golf Course: Woodpigeon - 10+ ; Swallow - 4 ; Wren - 1+ ; Dunnock - 2 ; Robin - 2+ - singing ; Robin - 2+ - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - calls ; Long-tailed Tit - 1+ ; Willow Tit - 1 - Calls heard,then one seen briefly top of hawthorn. ; Blue Tit - 10+ ; Great Tit - 1+ ; Nuthatch - 2+ ; Jay - 2+ ; Carrion Crow - 2 ; Chaffinch - 1+ ; Goldfinch - 5+ ; Bullfinch - 1 - calls

Langsett Res: Pintail - 2 - 2 eclipse drakes - later left east ; Greylag Goose - 62 ; Mallard - 68 ; 320 - 1 ; Goosander - 3 - 3 juvs ; Tawny Owl - 1 ; Magpie - 1 ; Raven - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 627 - roosted ; Common Gull - 1 ; Great Black-backed Gull - 1 - juv ; Yellow-legged Gull - 3 - 3 ad ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 213

Middlewood: House Martin - 50+ - low over Rocley Road briefly before moving E

Mount Darnall: Hobby - 1 - towards Waverley ; Swift - 2 ; Swallow - c30 - S movement ; House Martin - c200 - S movement ; Whitethroat - 1 ; Common Buzzard - c6 ; Sparrowhawk - 3 - high over

Orgreave Lakes: Mandarin - 1 - Still present ; Pintail - 5 - 5 briefly at 09:15 before leaving east ; 328 - 1 - Ferruginous type back for its 4th winter! ; Shoveler - 1 - Eclipse drake on small lake

R Don, Aldwarke: Chiffchaff - 1 ; Cormorant - 1 - flew upriver ; Kingfisher - 2+ - + 3 noisy, dependent juvs

R Don, Effingham St: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 23 ; CASPIAN GULL - 1 - juvenile again on Tommy Wards roof at 9am ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - 3cy on weir and roof ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Swallow - 14 - over S in two flocks ; House Martin - c50 - single flock S

Rawmarsh: Common Buzzard - 2 - S/SW @ 1030hrs

Redmires Res: Canada Goose - 9 ; Greylag Goose - 2 ; Mallard - 16 ; Tufted Duck - 2 ; Common Buzzard - 1 - Flew E out of roost by Top Res ; Kestrel - 4 - 3 + 1 straight south over Roper Hill ; Merlin - 1 - Flew N over Top Res ; Lapwing - 8 ; Golden Plover - 1 ; Snipe - 1 - flew W ; Black-headed Gull - 28 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 136 ; Herring Gull - 1 - Juv ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2