Sightings Archive

Damflask Res: Great Crested Grebe - 1

Dukes Road: Wheatear - 1 - male ; Red Kite - 1

Hagg Lane Allotments: 319 - 2 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Jay - 2 ; Blackbird - 2 ; Robin - 1 ; Great Tit - 2 ; Magpie - 2+ ; Woodpigeon - 4 ; House Sparrow - 3+

Handsworth garden: Siskin - 2 - On feeders

Holmebrook Valley Park: Jay - 3 ; Chiffchaff - 3 - Singing males ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - Singing ; Greylag Goose - 3 - Landed on lake ; Redwing - 1 - Skulking in blackthorn scrub

Hudson,s Rough: Sparrowhawk - 1+ - calls from within woodland and 1 over

Kilnhurst Ings: Swallow - 1 ; Oystercatcher - 1 ; Gadwall - 4 - Pair and 2 more drakes. ; 320 - 2 - Pair ; Blackcap - 1 ; Goldcrest - 1 - Singing ; Chiffchaff - 5+

Middleton Moor: Shelduck - 2 ; Oystercatcher - 4 - 2 pairs

Midhope Res: Osprey - 1 - North 16.06 ; Osprey - 1 - Another pic ; Whooper Swan - 1 - Still present, seems generally ok. ; Curlew - c25 - Many in fields below res with several crossing res to Low Moor ; Meadow Pipit - c15 ; 319 - 01-Feb ; Kestrel - 1 ; Greylag Goose - 44 ; Song Thrush - 2 - singing ; Oystercatcher - 3 - Pair + visitor ; Grey Wagtail - Pair ; Chiffchaff - 01-Feb ; Sparrowhawk - 01-Feb ; Peregrine - 1 ; Little Grebe - 3 ; Siskin - 1 ; Linnet - 3 ; Snipe - 1 - Chipping in fields below res.

Orgreave Lakes: House Martin - 1 - though north at 08:10 ; Wheatear - 1 - female in NE corner ; Curlew - 2 - circled then N at 09.15 ; Goldeneye - 6+ - at least three M and three F. ; Lapwing - 1 - On Hill near lakes calling with display flight 08.00

Pebley Pond: Pink-footed Goose - 1 ; Oystercatcher - 1 - (possibly 2) ; Great Crested Grebe - 2 ; Tufted Duck - 3 ; Gadwall - 2 ; Canada Goose - c25 ; Greylag Goose - 9 ; Common Buzzard - 1

Pike Lowe, Midhope: Raven - 5

Redmires Res: Goosander - 1 - male ; Redwing - 1 - flew N ; Brambling - 3 ; Common Buzzard - 2 ; Little Ringed Plover - 4

Rother Valley CP: Whooper Swan - 1 - Still on main lake ; Cetti's Warbler - 1 - Heard

Silverwood Lagoon: Willow Warbler - 1 - first of year here a few days later than usual ; Chiffchaff - 10+ - singing ; Blackcap - 3 - singing ; Grey Heron - 1 - on northern shoreline ; Snipe - 2 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Common Buzzard - 2 ; Linnet - c.20 - most in pairs ; Yellowhammer - 1 - singing ; Song Thrush - 2 - singing ; Little Grebe - 6+ - lots of trilling ; Mute Swan - 2 - resident pair showing first signs of breeding activity ; Greylag Goose - 2 - over ; Skylark - 3 - singing ; Reed Bunting - 6 ; Jay - 4 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1

Strnes Moor: Wheatear - 3 - 2m, 1f in roadside fields

Thrybergh CP: Mute Swan - 86 ; Brambling - 1

Totley/Dore home garden: Goldcrest - c2 - one singing

White Edge Moor: Raven - 2

Brinsworth: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Over Barrett Estate moving towards railway lines/river@12.00

Deepcar garden: Goldcrest - 2 - flew on to sunflower hearts feeder bu were almost immediately seen off by aggresive goldfinches. ; Goldfinch - 11 ; Robin - 1 ; Blue Tit - 3 ; Woodpigeon - 4 ; Collared Dove - 2 ; House Sparrow - 8 ; Starling - 15+ - 15/20 ; Stock Dove - 2 - feeding on mixed corn in back garden