Sightings Archive

Thrybergh CP: Linnet - 200+ - flock in fields ; Goldfinch - 50+ - inc flock 30+ ; Bullfinch - 8

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Green Woodpecker - 1 - calling ; Raven - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 10+

Agden: Goldfinch - 50+ - Mobile flock nr Lingholme farm ; Swallow - 35+ - Mobile flock nr Lingholme farm ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - Nr Lingholme farm

Agden Res: 322 - 1 - Black swan with Greylag Geese ; Greylag Goose - 34 ; Cormorant - 7

Bradfield: Swallow - 16+

Damflask Res: Mandarin - 4 - Females ; Black-headed Gull - 15+

Fatty Boyns Ponds: Blackcap - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Linnet - 1 - over ; Pheasant - 1 - cock

Greystones garden: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Female

Hillsborough: Swift - 4 ; House Martin - c40 - low over river in poor weather.

Kiveton community woodland: Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing

Margery Hill: GANNET - 1 - Juv picked up over Middle Moss in active flight before gaining height over Margery Hill and drifting off NNW.

Middleton Moor: Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - Adult ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 34 ; Black-headed Gull - 11 ; Shoveler - 2 - Pair ; Tufted Duck - 1 - Male ; 320 - 8 ; Moorhen - 3 ; Coot - 1 ; Little Ringed Plover - 1

Millhouses: Swift - 17 - A party of 17 feeding low over Sheaf Valley Walk and Millhouses Park in light rain before moving off SW. A real surprise and first September record for me here in 38 years.

Orgreave Lakes: Ringed Plover - 1 - circled calling then dep.NW at 0820. ; GREAT WHITE EGRET - 1 - south towards Rother Valley at c1715

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Kestrel - 2 - pair hunting with great success, taking 3-4 voles between them ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; House Martin - 34 - 15 SE; 4 S; 15 E ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Swift - 1 - low to SW @ 1042hrs ; Meadow Pipit - 1 - S

Rivelin: House Martin - c15 - Flying over observer's garden

Silverwood Lagoon: Yellow Wagtail - 1 - south at 09.25 ; Gadwall - 8 ; Canada Goose - 17 - feeding in stubble field to west ; Snipe - 1 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 9 - party of 4 and 5 singles south

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 5 ; Little Grebe - 6 - 3ad3j ; Cormorant - 4 ; Mute Swan - 59 - inc.10left w ; Gadwall - 1 - jf ; Tufted Duck - 61 ; 319 - 6 - soar 3n3e ; Hobby - 1 - circled dep.n 0918 ; Peregrine - 1 - past nw 0956 ; Osprey - 1 - in from n 0928 circled mobbed by bhg dep nw 0932 ; Lapwing - 85 - c65 in field 20 on front ; Black-headed Gull - 300+ ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 18 - all s 2-2-1-1-1-2-9 ; Swift - 8 - feed ; Sand Martin - 3 - 2s1s ; Swallow - 11 - 1s-1s-9 on wires ; House Martin - 12 - feed ; House Martin - 25 - feed (correction) ; Blackcap - 3 - singles ; Chiffchaff - 21 - 3singing ; Bullfinch - 4

Thrybergh Tip: Canada Goose - 19 - left SW @ 0708hrs ; Grey Heron - 3 ; Gadwall - 31 ; Tufted Duck - 38 ; Mallard - 45 ; 320 - 6 ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Lapwing - 55 ; Shoveler - 4 ; Little Egret - 1 - in @ 0800hrs, circled & settled in riverside tree ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; Reed Warbler - 4+ ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Treecreeper - 1 - singing ; Linnet - 1 - singing ; Mute Swan - 9 - 2 on flash; 1 SW @ 0658hrs; 6 W, then SW @ 0814hrs ; Coot - 16 ; Moorhen - 14 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - over ; Hirundine - c50 - single flock, moving high to S (mostly HM) ; Swallow - 2 - S ; Jay - 5+ ; Chiffchaff - 9 - inc one singing ; Blackcap - 6 ; Jackdaw - 29 - S in small parties ; Bullfinch - 10 ; Stock Dove - 7 ; Pheasant - 2 - cocks ; Kestrel - 1 - hunting ; Common Buzzard - 1