Sightings Archive

Markham: Kestrel - 1 ; Redwing - 230 - flew N in small parties between 08:40 - 09:00 hrs ; Bullfinch - 1 ; Common Buzzard - 1

Moscar: Barn Owl - 1 - flew over the A57 at dusk

Orgreave Lakes: White-fronted Goose - 2 - 2 fully barred adults circled high over the main lake then headed off north. ; Goldeneye - 4 ; Pochard - 14 ; Tufted Duck - 58 ; Goosander - 9 ; Great Black-backed Gull - 47 - All gulls in pre toost ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 4 ; Herring Gull - 156 ; Black-headed Gull - 174

Poolsbrook CP: Tufted Duck - 8 ; Great Crested Grebe - 4 ; Great Black-backed Gull - 10 ; House Sparrow - 15 - c. in car park

Poolsbrook Marsh: Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Siskin - 5 ; Redwing - 30 - c. ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Bullfinch - 1 ; Blackbird - 3 ; Long-tailed Tit - 15 - c. ; Goldcrest - 2 ; Grey Heron - 1

Rivelin Dams: Tufted Duck - 3 ; Goosander - 3 ; Mallard - 6

Rivelin Valley: Stonechat - 2 - Male and female on Coppice Lane, Rivelin

Firsby Res: Mallard - 6 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 - Male ; Jay - 2 - Calling ; Linnet - 100+ - Large flock feeding on stubble field. ; Fieldfare - 1 - Heard. ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Chaffinch - 2 - Pair in Hawthorn.

Froggatt: Jay - 1

Graves Park: 319 - 1, being mobbed by a couple of Crows

R Derwent, Froggatt: Tufted Duck - 2m

R Don, Effingham St: 320 - 1 - male in full plumage ; Mallard - 32 ; Goosander - 5 ; Herring Gull - 14 - Mainly on weir ; Great Black-backed Gull - 7 ; Black-headed Gull - c40 ; Feral Pigeon - 188

Whiston; Royds Moor Hill: Common Buzzard - 1 - sat in roadside tree @ c1530hrs

Calver: Tawny Owl - 1 - calling

Cinder Bridge Field: Red-legged Partridge - 23 - single covey ; Common Buzzard - 1 - on fence post, harassed by Magpies

Fulwood garden: Willow Tit - 1 - Briefly, in magnolia tree

Green Moor: Tawny Owl - 1 - Female seen and heard

Hay Wood: Tawny Owl - 1 - calling

Nether Haugh: Redwing - c20 ; Fieldfare - 1 - on Roman Ridge ; Long-tailed Tit - c10 - Daniel Lane ; Coal Tit - 1 - visiting feeders, Daniel Lane ; Greenfinch - 1 - visiting feeders, Daniel Lane ; Treecreeper - 1 - in hedgerow

New Stubbin colliery/tip: Greenfinch - 4 ; Redwing - c80 ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 - W ; Fieldfare - 1 - with Redwing flock ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - male ; Song Thrush - 1 - feeding in Hawthorns with Blackbirds ; Blackbird - 20+ - inc 'flock' of c20 feeding in Hawthorns ; Yellowhammer - 1 ; Chaffinch - 2 ; Pheasant - 1 - cock ; Long-tailed Tit - 10+

Norton Lees: Sparrowhawk - 1 - over

Orgreave Lakes: Mute Swan - 1 - Dead adult bird. Injuries and wide feather distribution very suggestive of dog attack? ; Siskin - 10 ; Jack Snipe - 1 - Flushed ; Snipe - 3 ; Lesser Redpoll - 6 ; Stonechat - 3

Parkgate; Stubbin incline: Chaffinch - 3 ; Long-tailed Tit - 8 ; Redwing - 2

Pit-house West: Willow Tit - 2 ; Water Rail - 2

Rawmarsh Cemetery: Goldcrest - 1 ; Chaffinch - 1 ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 - over

Rawmarsh; Stubbin incline: Redwing - 13 ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 2+ ; Chaffinch - 1

Redmires conduit: Fieldfare - 7

Rivelin Valley: Swift - 1 - flying around over the cafe. Watched at close range (but in dull light) for several minutes, 12:15. ; Swift - 1 - Still present at 14:40 feeding over Rivelin Park Cafe/ Hollins Lane/Roscoe Bank area.

RVCP, Main Lake: Wigeon - 102 ; Goosander - 31

Thrybergh CP: Treecreeper - 2 - In woodland along Ramblers way. ; Nuthatch - 3 - With Tit flock