Sightings Archive

Morehall Res: Wren - 2

Norton Lees: Starling - c100 - in trees on the ‘green’ on Thorpe House Rise

Norton Lees - observer’s garden: Collared Dove - 5

Orgreave: Stonechat - 14+ - Large group feeding beside water treatment plant.

Orgreave Lakes: Goosander - 1 ; Goldeneye - 1 - Single female on small lake. ; Mute Swan - 2 - Single female bird on path around small lake now unable to walk. Likely end stage bird flu. Cygnet also on path nearby. Also likely bird flu. ; CASPIAN GULL - 2 - first winters in pre roost ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 15 ; Great Black-backed Gull - 7 ; Common Gull - 7 ; Herring Gull - c120

R Don, Effingham St: Chiffchaff - 1 - calling ; Goosander - 3 - 2f, 1m ; Kingfisher - 1 ; 321 - 1 ; Kestrel - 1

R Don, Salmon Pastures: Mandarin - 1 - female

Rawmarsh: Sparrowhawk - 1 - circling over @ 1000hrs ; Pink-footed Goose - c300 - east @ 0958hrs

Rawmarsh; High Street: Mistle Thrush - 1 - on top of Methodist Church spire much of day

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Tawny Owl - 1 - female calling @ 0625hrs

Redmires: Long-tailed Tit - 4 ; Kestrel - 1 - Female ; Kestrel - 1 - 2nd Photo ; Red Grouse - 3

Redmires Middle Res: Lapwing - 52 ; Golden Plover - 54

Redmires Top Res: Sparrowhawk - 1

Silver Wood: Whooper Swan - 1+ - heard to north (at/over TCP?) at 08.25

Silverwood Lagoon: Pochard - 2 - m+f ; Fieldfare - 20 ; Redwing - 12

Chesterfield Canal, Hollingwood: Kingfisher - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 5 ; Jay - 2

Silverwood (Pit Wood): Nuthatch - 3 ; Treecreeper - 2 ; Coal Tit - 2 ; Bullfinch - 4 ; Jay - 2 ; 319 - 1 - Mobbed by Carrion Crows ; Carrion Crow - 2

Brightside: Ring-necked Parakeet - 40+

Crowhole: 319 - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - c. 10 ; Pied Wagtail - 2

Five Weirs Walk: Little Egret - 1 - skittish, just downstream of Sanderson's Weir

Frecheville: Goosander - 11 - 2M 9RH on Frecheville pond

Mayfield Valley: Green Woodpecker - 1 - feeding in horse fields again ; Fieldfare - 30 - low S over

Northern General Hospital: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Hunting low over hospital

R Derwent, Grindleford: Dipper - 1 ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Mandarin - 3 ; Goosander - 1 - male ; Grey Heron - 1

R Don, Effingham St: Goosander - 2 - Redheads ; Goosander - 2 - another photo

R Don. Effingham St: Goosander - 7 - all Redheads ; 321 - 1 - Adult

Rowlee Pasture: Crossbill - 7 - Flew east calling near Rowlee Farm ; Raven - 2 ; Kestrel - 1

RVCP, Main Lake: Goosander - 27 - max count for later months

Scholes Coppice: Woodpigeon - 40+ - disturbed, up from ground ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - calls ; Blackbird - 1+ ; Long-tailed Tit - 1+ ; Blue Tit - 1+ ; Great Tit - 1+ ; Nuthatch - 1+ ; Jay - 1+ ; Magpie - 1+

Thurcroft: Blue Tit - 3 - On garden seed feeder and fastballs. ; House Sparrow - 1 - Briefly feeding on garden fastballs.

Lodge Moor: Pink-footed Goose - 120 - A single skein heading south at 08:00

Redmires Res: Mallard - 40 - c. ; 320 - 6 ; Tufted Duck - 2 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 5 - off SW ; Herring Gull - 2 - 1W ; Black-headed Gull - 200 - c. ; Common Gull - 1 - adult

Baslow: Cormorant - 1 - Flying north up river ; Dipper - 1 - On river north of new bridge

Midhope Res: Linnet - 100+ - Majority species in a mixed finch group. ; Greenfinch - 3+ - Probably more ; Chaffinch - 05-Oct ; Starling - c66 - c60 + 6 west ; Little Grebe - 1 ; 319 - 2 ; Meadow Pipit - 2 ; Pink-footed Goose - c150 - Calling as they flew east at 14:30, briefly seen in fog/cloud break. ; Jay - 4 ; Tufted Duck - 8 ; 320 - 5