Sightings Archive

Thrybergh CP: Whitethroat - 3 - 2+1 ; Chiffchaff - 14 - 2sing ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Great Tit - 12 ; Rook - 2 - east

Wire Mill Dam: Kingfisher - 1 - Male

Yorkshire Bridge: Dipper - 1 - Upstream feeding & preening in usual place ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Mallard - 2

Agden Res: Red Kite - 1 - low over the Windy Bank/Woodseats area at 08.30 ; Cormorant - 4 ; Mandarin - 1 - female/juvenile

Aldwarke SF: Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 3 - inc one singing ; Song Thrush - 3 - inc 2 feeding on Rowan berries ; Stock Dove - 3 ; Black-headed Gull - 24 ; Moorhen - 4 ; Little Grebe - 1 - adult ; Gadwall - Oct-15 ; Mallard - c60 ; Coot - 1 ; Goldcrest - 02-Mar ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Whitethroat - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 1 ; Wigeon - 1 - drake

Aldwarke; Liberty Steel: Peregrine - 1 - adult (probably female) in & onto chimney @ 0747hrs

Aldwarke; Waddington Way: Jay - 1 - over (seen on SF later) ; Mistle Thrush - 2 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 - over ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - f/juv, hunting

Damflask Res: Cormorant - 1 ; Mandarin - 2 - males

Dovestone Tor: Stonechat - 6 - 2m, 2f, 2 juvs ; Wheatear - 1

Hope Valley: Pink-footed Goose - c60 - moving SE over White Peak 09:32-09:38.

Midhope Res: Common Sandpiper - 1 ; 320 - 12

Moss Valley, lower: 319 - 3 - singles

Parkgate: House Martin - c30 - over

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Pied Wagtail - 18 - all N/NE ; Song Thrush - 5 - 2 singles circled & dropped in; 2 S, 1 SW ; Jackdaw - 9 - 3 NE; 1 S/SW; 1 W; 4 SE ; Woodpigeon - 12 - SW ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 - 1 2cy NE; 1 ad SW ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Greenfinch - 7 - NE ; Chiffchaff - 3 - inc one singing ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 - SW ; Swallow - 23 - 11 N; 12 W/SW ; Whitethroat - 1 ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Linnet - 9 - NE ; House Martin - 13 - SW ; Meadow Pipit - 8 - S/SE ; Mistle Thrush - 3 - NE

Rawmarsh:Haugh Rd: Red Kite - 1 - drifted N over Stubbin Old Pit Site 16.35-16.39. Very distant record shot ; Dunlin - 2 - high to NW @ 09.07 ; Little Gull - 1 - ad/w flew SW with 2 BHG's @ 14.10. Appeared to drop onto Greasborough Dam @ 14.12 ; Swift - 2 - SW @ 14.45

Redmires Middle Res: Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - adult ; Pied Wagtail - 2 ; Meadow Pipit - 5+ ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 20+

Redmires Res: Canada Goose - 1 ; 320 - 9 - on Top Res ; Tufted Duck - 1 - female/imm ; Kestrel - 2 ; Hobby - 1 - hunting over Bottom Res ; Common Buzzard - 1 - over Hammond's Field ; Goshawk - 1 - juv drifted west mobbed by two Ravens ; Ringed Plover - 1 - juv still on Middle Res ; Black-headed Gull - 22 - on Middle Res ; Common Gull - 1 - with BHGs ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 16 ; Meadow Pipit - 40 - c. around margins ; Pied Wagtail - 8 - around margins ; Pied Wagtail - 2 - WHITE WAGTAIL - juvs ; Grey Wagtail - 7 - around margins ; Song Thrush - 9 - influx ; Ring Ouzel - 2 - in Fairthorn Clough ; Blackcap - 1 - male ; Chiffchaff - 13 ; Dunnock - 3 - spiralled out of plantation by Top Res and off N at 0700 ; Goldcrest - 10 ; Long-eared Owl - 1 - sat in willow scrub by Top Res. ; Stonechat - 1 - imm male ; House Martin - 30 - c. flock flew south 0945 hrs ; Pink-footed Goose - 80 - c. flew low to the east at 0855 hrs

Redmires Top Res: 320 - 14 - mid-afternoon

Ridgeway: Hobby - 1 - flew south, early afternoon ; Meadow Pipit - 25 - c25 in fields behind The Swan pub

Roundwood Golf course: Little Owl - 1 - calling for several minutes from 0650hrs ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Goldfinch - 70-80 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Stock Dove - 1 - W