Sightings Archive

Rother Valley CP: Herring Gull - 14 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 - ads ; Redwing - 30 ; Pied Wagtail - 3 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Song Thrush - 3 ; Blackbird - 8 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1

Totley: Pink-footed Goose - 90 - flying NW at 13:15

Ughill: Reed Bunting - 5+ - On Wet Shaw lane.

Wadsley Common: Barn Owl - 1 - On south side of the common quartering field next to Aldene Ave.

Wentworth Village: Jackdaw - 20-30 - flock, circling over together in aerial display

Aldwarke; Liberty Steels: Peregrine - 1pr - adult pair on melting shop roof then circling over together briefly

Brightside: Ring-necked Parakeet - 50+

Catcliffe Flash: Tufted Duck - 16 ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Shoveler - 2 ; Pochard - 4 ; Black-headed Gull - 10 ; 319 - 1 ; Gadwall - 4 ; Cormorant - 1

Cinder Bridge Field: Skylark - 10 - inc 5+ singing ; Fieldfare - c60 - flock, in winter cereals ; Redwing - c10 - with FF flock ; Linnet - 1 - male ; Pied Wagtail - 2 - on manure heap ; Yellowhammer - 1pr ; Chaffinch - 1 - singing from plantation ; Common Gull - 1 - adult, working fields ; Red-legged Partridge - 2

Cinder Bridge Field; The Tops: Common Buzzard - 1 - over, harassed by Lapwings ; Lapwing - 6 - in winter cereals; brief display noted

Cross Hill,Ecclesfield: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Hunting low over rooftops towards Shiregreen.

Damflask Res: Mandarin - 31 ; Canada Goose - c35 ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Cormorant - 4 - inc 3 breeding plumaged adults ; Greylag Goose - c150 - in fields

Dog Kennel Pond: Grey Heron - 1 ; Greylag Goose - 25+ - on grass, S side ; Lapwing - 50+ - over E end ; Black-headed Gull - c70 ; Jackdaw - 80+ - in field, S side

Graves Park: Redwing - 30+ - Feeding in park grassland adjacent to woodland

Langsett Res: Oystercatcher - 5

Longshaw: Bullfinch - 2 - a pair ; Treecreeper - 1

Longshaw pond: Mandarin - c28

Low Moor, Upper Midhope: Curlew - 2 ; Lapwing - 15 - Spread out, establishing early territory ; Skylark - 1 - Singing ; 319 - 1

Middle Common: Skylark - 1 - singing ; Reed Bunting - 2

Middleton Moor: Curlew - 23 ; Lapwing - 400+ ; Wigeon - 2 - both males ; Stonechat - 2 - a pair ; Lapwing - 316 ; Curlew - 39

New Stubbin: Kestrel - 1 - over Roman Ridge ; Skylark - 30+ - inc 5+ (3 singing) over adjacent fields; flock of 25+ on set-aside ; Yellowhammer - 16+ - 1 singing + flock of 15+ on set-aside ; Reed Bunting - 15+ - flock, on set-aside ; Red-legged Partridge - 2 ; Pheasant - 1 - cock

New Stubbin colliery/tip: Chaffinch - 1 - singing ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - female, over ; Skylark - 1 - singing over ; Yellowhammer - 3 - males, 2 singing

Orgreave Lakes: Pochard - 48 ; Goosander - 2 ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 20 ; Goldeneye - 3 ; Cormorant - 4 ; Black-headed Gull - 240 ; Great Crested Grebe - 5 - A pair involved in half hearted mating display ; Lapwing - 2 ; 320 - 7 ; Little Egret - 2 - On island ; Oystercatcher - 2 - on island ; Gadwall - 10 ; Wigeon - 25 ; Skylark - 7 - Singing ; Greylag Goose - 1 ; 319 - 1

Padley Gorge: Wren - 1

Parkgate; Barber*s Avenue: Greenfinch - 1 - singing ; Black-headed Gull - 45 - on playing field

Parkgate; Glossop Lodge - Scrooby Lane: Raven - 1 - low to W/NW @ 0858hrs ; Greenfinch - 9 - in small parties ; Reed Bunting - 3 - 1 over; 2 by stream ; Lapwing - 1 ; Yellowhammer - 1 - singing ; Red-legged Partridge - 2prs ; Mallard - 1pr - on stream ; Lesser Redpoll - 2 - feeding in weeds by path