Sightings Archive

Wisewood - Forge Mill Dam: Jay - 1 ; Moorhen - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 1 ; Coot - 4 - 2 pairs ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - on the river ; Dipper - 1 - on the river ; Woodpigeon - 1

Barlow Common: Brambling - c20 - 4 (1m, 3f) in a tree, then flock of c16 arrived in adjacent tree, before both groups flew off together. ; Little Owl - 1 ; Fieldfare - c12 ; Redwing - 1 - at least one, with the Fieldfares ; Song Thrush - 2 ; 319 - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 1 ; Goldfinch - 4+ ; Rook - 4

Cutthorpe: Little Owl - 2

Endcliffe Park: Kingfisher - 2 - Male and Female still visiting the top park pond regularly.

Ewden Height: 319 - 04-May - Some display ; Kestrel - 2 ; Sparrowhawk - 1

Green Moor: Little Owl - 2 ; Brambling - 2 ; Yellowhammer - 2 ; Raven - 1

Handsworth: Blackcap - 1 - Feeding on fat balls.

Hangingwater garden: Greenfinch - 2 - m & f ; Chaffinch - 2 - m & f fighting over food ; Blackcap - 1 - f ; Blackbird - 3 - 2m & 1f ; Jackdaw - 2 - on table

Langsett Res: Oystercatcher - 1 ; 319 - 1 ; Common Gull - 5 ; Black-headed Gull - c50

Lodge Moor: Brambling - 10+ - Mixed flock joined regular pair on and under feeders. Largest number observed here. ; Goldfinch - 6 ; Greenfinch - 4 ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 F ; Bullfinch - 4 - 2m 2f ; Siskin - 2 - 1m,1f ; Chaffinch - 4+

Low Moor, Upper Midhope: Curlew - 1 ; Snipe - 2

Midhope Hall Lane: Lapwing - 8 - Stood in field on top of deep snow.

Midhope Moor: Red Grouse - 23

Midhope Res: Little Grebe - 2 - Pair

Millhouses Lane garden: Brambling - 3 - a male almost in full breeding plumage, 2 females mixing with Chaffinches (6+)

Onesmoor: Barn Owl - 1 - hunting at dusk.

Orgreave Lakes: Stonechat - 5 ; Wigeon - 23 ; Goosander - 14 ; Great Black-backed Gull - 7 - All gulls left to roost at 18.15 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 12 ; Herring Gull - 228 - Including a very pale 2nd/3rd year bird. ; Common Gull - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - C1000

Pingle Lane Tip: 319 - 1 - Low over tip calling. ; Kestrel - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - Flushed from snow covered farmland, ; Bullfinch - 2 - Pair. ; Grey Partridge - 1 - Flushed by dog.

Rawmarsh; High Street: Mistle Thrush - 1 - on Methodist Church spire a.m.

Silverwood: Tawny Owl - 1 - Roosting high in tree tops. ; Treecreeper - 2 - Calling. ; Nuthatch - 2+ ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Calling in centre of wood. ; Jay - 1 - Calling in Holly bushes. ; Black-headed Gull - 2 - Over adjacent farm land. ; Meadow Pipit - 4 - Over path to woods from Old Ravenfield.

Stocksbridge: 319 - 2 - Displaying

Thorpe Hesley: Kestrel - 2 - One flew after other for 0.75k

Thrybergh CP: Scaup - 1 - male ; Stonechat - 1 - female ; Brambling - 1 - Around stream feeding area. ; Meadow Pipit - 1

Wath Wood: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Jay - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Blue Tit - 8 - 4x2 ; Great Tit - 2 ; Long-tailed Tit - 2 ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Greenfinch - 4 - 2+2 ; Wren - 2 - 1,1

Barlow Common: Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 2 ; Greylag Goose - 4 ; Long-tailed Tit - 1

Bolehill Flash: Water Rail - 1+ - at least one, probably two ; Jack Snipe - 1 - on bank of Rother

Bowden Housteads Wood: Magpie - 7 - one carrying nesting material. ; Blackcap - 1 - male ; Nuthatch - 3 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - This species is fast declining in BHW at least . ; Redwing - 15 ; Treecreeper - 1 - singing