Sightings Archive

Redmires Res: Herring Gull - 6 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 12 ; Black-headed Gull - 21 ; Common Gull - 2 - ad & 1st winter ; Redwing - 210 - c. flew W in 1 hour ; Song Thrush - 5 - flew W amongst Redwings ; Chaffinch - 14 - flew W ; Brambling - 6 - flew W with Chaffinces ; Meadow Pipit - 6 - flew SW ; Rock Pipit - 1 - arrived from the E at 10:05 hrs and dropped onto Middle Res ; Swallow - 1 - flew S at 08:45 hrs ; Stonechat - 1 - male in Fairthorn Clough ; Chiffchaff - 1 - In Fairthorn Clough

Silverwood Lagoon: Whooper Swan - 1+ - heard, moving away southwards at 09.10 ; Wigeon - 8 ; Raven - 1 - west at 08.15 ; Skylark - c.20 - ones and twos moving south ; Meadow Pipit - 5 - a few singles around pit top

Wortley: Woodpigeon - 35+ - south ; Starling - 3 - west ; Redwing - 867+ - WSW 07.10-08.40 ; Pied Wagtail - 6 - south ; Meadow Pipit - 5 - south ; Brambling - 6 - 1+5 WSW ; Chaffinch - 28+ - 16 west, 12+ south ; Blackbird - 1 - West with Redwings ; Skylark - 2 - south ; Jay - 8 - west ; Yellowhammer - 3 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 1 - south ; Cormorant - 1 - south ; Greenfinch - 3 - south

Canklow Woods: Brambling - 1 - 1 heard south 1045 ; Redwing - 18 ; 324 - 2 - roe deer

Endcliffe Park: Dipper - 1 - by Hunters' Bar

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 2 ; Mallard - 6 ; Gadwall - 2 ; 320 - 8 - small Res. ; Cormorant - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; 319 - 2 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Jay - 2 ; Redwing - 7 ; Siskin - 3+ - Over calling.

Middleton Moor: 320 - 19 ; Lapwing - 61 ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1

Middlewood: Redwing - 5+ - 20:30 - several calls heard in just a few mins. ; Redwing - 200+ - 204 calls recorded between 8.30pm and midnight, just a few after midnight.

Orgreave Lakes: Rock Pipit - 1 ; Dipper - 1 - On the weir at 0935.

Redmires Res: Canada Goose - 16 ; Mallard - 80 - c. ; 320 - 7 ; Tufted Duck - 10 ; Chiffchaff - 2 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Lapwing - 50 - c. ; Raven - 4 - flew E ; Reed Bunting - 3 - flew W ; Song Thrush - 5 - grounded ; Blackbird - 3 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 18 ; Herring Gull - 6 ; Woodpigeon - 80 - flew SW

Sothall: Golden Plover - 4+ - nocmig sound recorded between 0440-0540hr ; Wigeon - 1+ - nocmig sound recorded 0645hr

Thorpe Hesley: Starling - 60 - All on one house roof

Wharncliffe Chase: Redwing - c60 - flying north.

Wharncliffe Side: Pink-footed Goose - 150 - Over village at 13:05

Blacka Plantation: Brambling - 2 - With chaffinches and tits ; Bullfinch - 2 - Pair ; Goldcrest - 5 ; Chiffchaff - 1

Bole Hill, Treeton: Dipper - 1 - Feeding at waterpipe outlets into Rother near M1

Brightholmlee: Barn Owl - 1 - calling

Brownhills Lane: Greylag Goose - 50

Canklow Woods: Raven - 1 - cronking south at 12:00

Curbar Gap: Pink-footed Goose - 70 - moving SE at 9.12

Middleton Moor: Pink-footed Goose - 350+ - 3 skeins:- 200 SE at 9.35; 150 E at 10.15, and third skein heard but not seen at 10.30 ; Lapwing - 64 ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1 ; Wigeon - 2 ; 320 - 11

Orgreave Lakes: Goosander - 4 - 4 ducks on river downstream side of weir. ; Stonechat - 5 - 2 pairs south side smaller lake. Single bird east side bigger lake.

Ramsley Moor: Brambling - 3

Wortley: Jackdaw - c750 - Leaving roost at dawn ; 319 - 2 ; Redwing - I 3 ; Jay - 5 ; 327 - 1 - south ; Stock Dove - 2 - south ; Woodpigeon - 1435 - c1435 south 07:00-08:00 ; Chaffinch - 5 - south