Sightings Archive

Thrybergh CP: Swallow - 14 - inc 12 on rooftop ; House Martin - 3 ; Swift - 11 ; Blackcap - 5 ; Whitethroat - 3 ; Reed Warbler - 4 - 1a feed 2jv +1call. ; Willow Warbler - 4 ; Chiffchaff - 29 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Goldfinch - 70+ ; Bullfinch - 4

Walkley Bank: Swift - 2 - over Bell Hagg Road

West Nab: Mistle Thrush - 44 - large group of birds sat on wires at dusk .

Barbrook Pools: Goldeneye - 1 - Imm male feeding in far pool. Swallow 5. Kestrel 1.

Barlow Common: 319 - 3

Middleton Moor: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 275 ; Black-headed Gull - 165 ; 320 - 4 ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - Adult

Peat Pits: DOTTEREL - 1 - still present but distant ; Wheatear - 6+ ; 319 - 4

Rawmarsh: Swift - 3 - SW @ 2000hrs

Rawmarsh:Haugh Rd: Cormorant - 1 - N @ 10.45

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 5 ; Cormorant - 6 ; Mute Swan - 44 - inc 2y ; Gadwall - 1 - f ; Tufted Duck - 73 ; Red-legged Partridge - 2 - singles call. ; Lapwing - 60+ ; Black-headed Gull - 100+ ; Little Owl - 1 - call ; Sand Martin - 5 - 02-Mar ; Swallow - 3 - 02-Jan ; Swift - 7 ; House Martin - 2 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Wren - 12 ; Robin - 21 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Blackcap - 4 ; Willow Warbler - 4 ; Chiffchaff - 20 ; Goldcrest - 2 ; Goldfinch - 290+ - inc flocks of 200+50+25 ; Bullfinch - 5 - 03-Feb ; Reed Warbler - 5 - 2j -1ad feeding 2 j

Barlow Common: Linnet - around 250 - c 250 in and over a field. One of the largest Linnet flocks I have ever seen. ; Stock Dove - 3 ; Kestrel - 1

Catcliffe Flash: Gadwall - 32+ ; Pochard - 5 ; Tufted Duck - 2 ; Mute Swan - 1+ - fem + 3 juvs ; Moorhen - 3+ ; Coot - c60 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Sand Martin - 1

Firsby Res: Mallard - 5 ; Kestrel - 2 - Both appeared to be juvs. ; Carrion Crow - 6+ ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Goldfinch - 50+ - Large flock feeding on seed heads mainly juvs. ; Bullfinch - 5+ ; Linnet - 2

Parkgate: House Martin - 8 - at least 4 active nests under same roof on rawmarsh hill

Peat Pits: DOTTEREL - 1 - still present at 14:30

Rawmarsh:Haugh Rd/Stubbin Hill: 321 - 2 - SW @ 07.50 ; Mallard - 11 - E @ 08.15 ; Sparrowhawk - 2 ; 319 - 5 - In area mid-afternoon ; Osprey - 1 - drifted NW over Nether Haugh and continued over Wentworth Park 13.56-14.00 ; Kestrel - 4 ; Hobby - 1 - harassing 3 Buzzards over Nether Haugh @ 14.05. Presume same bird seen attacking Peregrine over Wentworth Park @ 14.30 ; Peregrine - 2 - 1 fem seen circling over Back Lane @ 14.21 & attacked by Hobby over Wentworth Park @ 14.30. Male then seen circling over playing field @ 16.35. Flew NW ; Black-tailed Godwit - 1 - high to S over Stubbin @ 16.21 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 4 - S ; Swift - 57 - SW in 3 hrs (13.00-16.00) ; Sand Martin - 7 - SW in 3 hrs ; House Martin - 49 - SW in 3 hrs ; Swallow - 41 - SW in 3 hrs ; Tree Pipit - 1 - SW, calling over garden @ 07.40 ; Raven - 2 - loosely associating with corvid flock in fields along Back Lane @ 13.10. Also seen in Paddock @ 14.20 before heading high to NW

Barbrook Plantation: Red Kite - 1 ; Raven - 2 ; 319 - 2 ; Swallow - 5+

Big Moor: 324 - 65 - Red Deer

Burbage Valley: Kestrel - 3 - Seen together, calling to each other ; Reed Bunting - 1 - Male

Dog Kennel Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 3+ ; Cormorant - 4 ; Black-headed Gull - 20+ ; Mallard - 40+ ; Kingfisher - 1

Longshaw: 319 - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 1 - Male ; Swallow - 2