Sightings Archive

Rother Valley CP: Gadwall - 2 ; Tufted Duck - 139 ; Pochard - 5 ; Goosander - 5 ; Black-headed Gull - 104 ; Lapwing - 96 ; Coot - 159 ; Moorhen - 26 ; House Martin - 80+ ; Sand Martin - 30+ ; Swallow - 40+ ; Swift - 4 ; Pied Wagtail - 25 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Meadow Pipit - 5 - SSW ; Chiffchaff - 12+ ; Goldcrest - 5+

Roundwood Golf course: Mistle Thrush - 7 ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 8 - alba wagtails; feeding on fairway ; Goldcrest - 02-Mar

Silverwood Lagoon: Little Grebe - 12 ; Mute Swan - 11 - pair and 9 juvs ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 4 - 2-1-1 south ; Black-headed Gull - 35 ; Gadwall - 4 ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 - south ; Meadow Pipit - c60 - mostly south, a few scattered round pit top ; Canada Goose - 52 - feeding in stubble field adjacent to western paddocks

Thrybergh CP: Osprey - 1 ; Great Crested Grebe - 11 ; Little Grebe - 6 - 3ad3j ; Cormorant - 4 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Mute Swan - 36 ; Tufted Duck - 52 ; Lapwing - 90+ ; Black-headed Gull - 350+ ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 - single juvs south ; Swift - 1 - 0957 ; Sand Martin - 55+ - feeding ; Swallow - 15+ ; House Martin - 20+ ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - north ; Hobby - 1 - north @ 0900 ; Osprey - 1 - in from NE 0902, left NW 0906 ; Robin - 32 ; Blackcap - 1 - f/imm ; Whitethroat - 2 - singles ; Chiffchaff - 18 - 1sing ; Jackdaw - 9 ; Rook - 1 - north ; Linnet - 260+ - inc.flocks 200+50+ feeding in fields ; Goldfinch - 90+ ; Bullfinch - 4 - family party

Abbeydale: 319 - 1 - Abbeydale Golf Course

Canklow Woods: Chiffchaff - 2 - 2 singing

Firsby Res: Mallard - 4 - Main Res. ; Moorhen - 2 ; Kestrel - 2 - Tussling and landing in ploughed field. ; Tawny Owl - 1 - Mobbed by Blackbirds. ; Blackcap - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 2 - Singing. ; Bullfinch - 15+ - 3 flocks inc juvs. ; Linnet - 2 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - Over calling. ; Great Black-backed Gull - 1 ; House Martin - 30+ - Feeding high over site. ; Swallow - 5+ - With HM. ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Whitethroat - 1 ; Willow Tit - 1 - near wooden bridge. ; 319 - 1 ; Jackdaw - 2 ; Jay - 1

Green Moor: Little Owl - 3 - Two adults and one owlet ; Little Owl - 3 - photo ; Little Owl - 3 - photo

Handsworth: Greenfinch - 4 - one bird ate 51 sun flower seeds in one sitting ; Goldfinch - 7 - one bird ate 21 sunflower seeds in one sitting.

Hurlfield: Swift - 6 - N/W over at 13:58

Manor Fields Park: Whitethroat - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 5 - around site. ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 22 - flew over and in to Cemetery trees ; Meadow Pipit - 160 - at least, all south in small groups 07:30-0930.

Orgreave Lakes: Ruff - 4 - briefly between the showers ; Hobby - 1 - Adult south at 09:00 pursuing hirundines ; Yellow-legged Gull - 2 - 3cy and adult ; Yellow Wagtail - 1

Rawmarsh:Haugh Rd: Mute Swan - 3 - S @ 06.55 ; Cormorant - 1 - N @ 11.40 @ 1 W @ 16.00 ; 319 - 6 - circling @ 12.40 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 3 - S ; Swift - 7 - 3 SW @ 12.15 @ 4 SW @ 16.50 ; Swallow - 67 - SW ; Sand Martin - 3 - SW ; House Martin - 37 - SW ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - SW ; Meadow Pipit - 107 - SW