Sightings Archive

Low Moor, Upper Midhope: Snipe - 1 - Brief call ; Skylark - 1 - singing ; Meadow Pipit - 1 ; Curlew - 83 - 13:00 - more have arrived during day.

Middleton Moor: Lapwing - 562 ; Curlew - 25

Midhope Res: Song Thrush - 5 - singing ; Oystercatcher - 8 ; Tufted Duck - 1 - female

Peat Pits: Golden Plover - 410

Rawmarsh; Bellows Road: Sparrowhawk - 1 - circled over, drifting NE before plummeting out of sight @ 1525hrs

Rawmarsh; High Street: Raven - 1 - drifted N/NW with occasional 'barrel rolls' @ 1035hrs

Redmires conduit: Lapwing - c150 - In horsefields

Redmires Res: Tufted Duck - 3 - on Top Res ; Black-headed Gull - 308 - roosted on Top Res ; Lapwing - 80 - c. on Middle Res ; Oystercatcher - 1 - on Middle Res ; Curlew - 58 - roosted on Middle Res

Rivelin Valley: Curlew - 20+ - In fields west of Rails Rd at 15:15. All gone by 15:20 ; 319 - 1 - Low over fields west of Rails Rd

Rother Valley CP: Mute Swan - 21 ; Canada Goose - 185 ; Greylag Goose - 14 ; Egyptian Goose - 2 ; Grey Heron - 7 ; Cormorant - 29 ; Great Crested Grebe - 14 ; Mallard - 69 ; Gadwall - 2 ; Wigeon - 179 ; 320 - 9 ; Tufted Duck - 50 ; Pochard - 7 ; Goldeneye - 6 ; Goosander - 15 ; Oystercatcher - 4 ; Herring Gull - 98 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 ; Black-headed Gull - 110 ; Coot - 107 ; Moorhen - 12 ; Green Woodpecker - 1

Silverwood Lagoon: Little Grebe - 3 ; Black-headed Gull - 60 ; Common Gull - 2 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 ; Snipe - 2 ; Grey Heron - 1 - east ; Greylag Goose - 2 - circled then NW ; Song Thrush - 3 - singing ; Reed Bunting - 6 - 3 singing ; Linnet - 10 - 1 singing ; Skylark - 1 - singing over fields to west ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Jay - 3 ; Common Buzzard - 2

Stannington: Raven - 2 - In flight over Oldfield Rd mobbed by local rooks

Strines Moor: Lapwing - 15 - in roadside fields

Tapton, Chesterfield: Goosander - 1 - Male on pond on golf course

Ughill Moors: Red Kite - 1

Bingham Park: 319 - 1 - Heading out of town with attendant crows

Brownhills Lane: Pink-footed Goose - 1 - still present

Crookesmoor: Tawny Owl - 2

Firsby Res: 319 - 6 - In air together over Firsby and Ravenfield Ponds. ; Redwing - c20 - Going to roost at dusk. ; Kestrel - 2 - A male and female. ; Skylark - 4 - Singing over beet field. ; Yellowhammer - 4

Holling Dale: Stonechat - 2 - 2 males fly catching . ; Kestrel - 1 ; Fieldfare - 21 - feeding in sheep fields.

Holmebrook Valley Park: Siskin - 17 ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Goosander - 1 - female ; Bullfinch - 7 - 2 groups (2M,2F) (2M,1F)

Leash Fen: Barn Owl - 1 - hunting late afternoon

Low Moor, Upper Midhope: Curlew - 17 - 13 left south at 08:15 ; Lapwing - 3

Middleton Moor: Lapwing - 350+ ; Golden Plover - 16 ; Curlew - 7 ; Greylag Goose - 2

Midhope Res: Goosander - 2 - South 7.15 ; Curlew - 2 ; Oystercatcher - 4 ; Canada Goose - 48 ; Little Grebe - 3 - Increase - returning birds? ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - singing ; Black-headed Gull - c650 - West post roost

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Great Tit - 1pr - inspecting nest box

Redmires Middle Res: Curlew - 20 ; Lapwing - 230 ; Herring Gull - 12

Redmires Res: Canada Goose - 52 - in fields ; Greylag Goose - 66 - in fields ; Mallard - 26 ; 320 - 15 ; Tufted Duck - 1 - male on Top Res ; Oystercatcher - 1 - on Middle Res ; Raven - 1