Sightings Archive

Redmires Res: Tufted Duck - 1 - male on Top Res ; Sparrowhawk - 2 - pair displaying ; Common Buzzard - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Oystercatcher - 1 - on Top Res ; Curlew - 5 ; Black-headed Gull - 10 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - ad flew W ; Herring Gull - 2 - flew W ; Siskin - 2 - males song-flighting ; Brambling - 1 - calling in Redmires Plantation ; Stonechat - 1 - male singing along track to Stanedge Pole ; Meadow Pipit - 5 - flew N ; Redwing - 3 - flew NE ; Fieldfare - 1 - along track to Stanedge Pole ; Reed Bunting - 2 - singing males

Rockingham: Red Kite - 1 - Drifted slowly over estate at 12:30

Slatepit Lane, Barlow Grange: Curlew - 1

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 3 ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Mute Swan - 50 - inc 14. 2cy 8-6-6 left w ; Canada Goose - 21 ; Gadwall - 3 - mmf ; Shoveler - 1 - m ; 320 - 2 - mf ; Tufted Duck - 24 - 16m8f ; Goosander - 2 - m past e 0842 ; 319 - 1 - soar ; Kestrel - 2 - inc 1 past s ; Water Rail - 3 ; Black-headed Gull - 50+ ; Wren - 9 - 8sing ; Robin - 21 - 12sing ; Dunnock - 22 - 15sing ; Long-tailed Tit - 2 ; Goldcrest - 1

Thrybergh Tip: Bullfinch - 13 - 6prs + 1m; inc at least 4 singing ; Jay - 1 ; Mute Swan - 1pr - territorial ; Greylag Goose - 12 ; Canada Goose - 2 ; Coot - 6 ; Tufted Duck - 30 ; Moorhen - 1 ; Mallard - 5 - 3m; 2f ; Wigeon - 3 - 2m; 1f dropped in ; 320 - 1 - drake ; Reed Bunting - 3 - 2 singing males; 1f ; Goldcrest - 1pr ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Linnet - 7 - inc several singing ; Coal Tit - 1 - singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 2+ ; Pheasant - 2 - crowing ; Chiffchaff - 3 - singing ; Song Thrush - 7 - inc 5 singing

Thrybergh; Doncaster Road: Pied Wagtail - 1pr

Upper Common, Scholes: 319 - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 - Hunting over scrub ; Skylark - 1 - singing

Wardlow: Curlew - 15 - flew W over fields

Warncliffe - Hallfield Head Farm: Red Kite - 1 - Drifting around, left towards Sheffield.

Brightside: Red Kite - 1 - flew over at c13:50

Catcliffe Flash: Goldeneye - 2 - pair

Centenary Riverside: Goosander - 4 - 2 pair river. ; Moorhen - 2 ; Chaffinch - 1 - calling + song ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - Pair. ; Kingfisher - 1 - Male fishing. ; Chiffchaff - 2 - Pair acrobatically catching insects riverside. ; Mallard - 2 - Males. ; Goldfinch - 1 - Singing ; Dunnock - 1 ; Wren - 3 - Singing ; Robin - 1 - Singing. ; Long-tailed Tit - 2 ; Blue Tit - 2 ; Great Tit - 1 - Calling ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - Pair. ; Kingfisher - 1 - Male fishing. ; Chiffchaff - 2 - Pair acrobatically feeding on insects riverside. ; Goldfinch - 1 - Singing ; Wren - 3 - Singing. ; Dunnock - 1 - Singing ; Robin - 1 - Singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 2 ; Blue Tit - 2 ; Great Tit - 1 - Calling.

Dronfield: Brambling - 1 - male in observer's garden

Graves Park: Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 - Flying over

Hillsborough: Siskin - 3 - 1 male + 2 female in garden

Hollow Meadows: Oystercatcher - 2 - in roadside fields

Holmebrook Valley Park: Chiffchaff - 1 - Calling at east side of lake. ; Greylag Goose - 4 - 2 pairs being very territorial towards each other ; Canada Goose - 2 ; Tufted Duck - 6 - 4 M + 2 F ; Cormorant - 1 ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 - Calling a lot. ; Black-headed Gull - 20+

Howden Res: Golden Plover - 2 - in flight