Sightings Archive

Linacre Res: Shoveler - 6 - 1 male ; Wigeon - 1 - male ; 320 - 1 - female

Longshaw: Mistle Thrush - 1 - feeding on yew arils

Malin Bridge: Pink-footed Goose - 110 - c110 heading W over Malin Bridge at 09:40 ; Curlew - 1 - heard flying over

Manor Fields Park: Moorhen - 11 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 4 - all south over. ; Meadow Pipit - 7+ - south over park ; Siskin - 4 ; Linnet - 8 - with Goldfinch flock ; Goldfinch - 70+ ; Chiffchaff - 5 - inc 2 singing ; Blackcap - 2 - both males ; Mistle Thrush - 6 ; Song Thrush - 8+ ; Blackbird - 20+ - noticable increase ; Goldcrest - 2

Middlewood: Common Scoter - 50 - Single group. 50 calls recorded using an AudioMoth over a period of about 30s ; Curlew - 1 - Recorded over garden on audiomoth

Norton Lees: Tawny Owl - 1 - calling

Orgreave Lakes: Little Grebe - 12 ; Pintail - 1 - female - in middle of big lake then flew to Catcliffe at 09/25. Still settled on Flash at 10.15. ; Stonechat - 1 - male at N end. ; Stonechat - 7 - 1 male and 4 females lake side of water treatment plant 2 single males river side main lake. ; Curlew - 1 - calling over main lake before flying off north.

Orgreave Tip: Snipe - 1 - flew up at tip entrance.

Peat Pits: Lapwing - 42 ; Golden Plover - c100 - sat in rape field. ; Wheatear - 1 - sat on wall. ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - hunting low over fields. ; Pink-footed Goose - c200 - heading south at mid day.

Ranmoor: Pink-footed Goose - 130 - c130 east at 13:50

Redmires: Pink-footed Goose - 480 - in 4 skeins (300, 100, 50, 30)

Silver Wood: Pink-footed Goose - 1+ - Heard, east at 11.04

Silverwood Lagoon: Tawny Owl - 2 - singles calling in Round Wood and Hollings Lane sidings pre-dawn ; Barn Owl - 1 - over rough grassland below NW corner of lagoon at 07.00 ; Wigeon - 8 ; Goldeneye - 2 - fem/imm ; Black-headed Gull - 45 ; Common Gull - 2 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 ; Grey Partridge - 1 ; Skylark - c.12 - SE in ones and twos ; Little Grebe - 4 ; Grey Heron - 1 - east

Spout House Hill: Mistle Thrush - 19 - feeding on rowan berries. ; Redwing - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1

Thrybergh: Tawny Owl - 1 - Calling from disused railway cutting.

West Nab: Black Redstart - 1 - f/j fly catching from scaffold around west nab farm.

Woodhouse Tip: Pink-footed Goose - 100+ - Flew N/W at 11.25

Wortley: GREAT WHITE EGRET - 1 - Flew low SW over Wortley towards Stocksbridge at 8.15. Patch tick! ; Redwing - 10 ; Swallow - 10 - south ; Chaffinch - 93 - S/SW 7.15-9.05 ; Black-headed Gull - 18 - east ; Tawny Owl - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 30 - S/SW ; Collared Dove - 3 - east ; Woodpigeon - 1790+ - SE 7.15-9.05 ; Pied Wagtail - 4 - east ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Skylark - 3 - south ; Jay - 4+ ; Lapwing - 20 ; Starling - 357+ - 239 west, 111 south, 7 east ; Stock Dove - 3 - SE ; Linnet - 13 ; Siskin - 1+ ; Greenfinch - 16 - SE ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Raven - 1 ; Song Thrush - 4 - migrants ; Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Red-legged Partridge - 42 ; 319 - 3 ; Cormorant - 3 - west ; Yellowhammer - 12

Aldwarke: Pink-footed Goose - c150 - E @ 0913hrs

Aldwarke; Liberty Steel: Peregrine - 1pr - on chimneys from 0720hrs; several unsuccessful hunting forays over complex

Blacka Moor: Tawny Owl - 2 - 2 calling from Strawberry Lea ; Raven - 1 - West cronking over Cowsick bog ; Lesser Redpoll - 50 - Flock present and feeding for 2.5 hours in Birch on moorland 7 - 9.30 ; Redwing - 5 - Flew west over Cowsick ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 - Calling from Strawberry Lea woodland edge ; Pink-footed Goose - 60-70 - Flew S. Easy over Cowsick at 10:20 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Juvenile singing ; Stonechat - 3 - 3 juvenile in scrub at way marker

Catcliffe: Kestrel - 1 - Flew low over Parkway 11.45 ; 319 - 1 - Over Morrisons, harassed by a crow 12.30

Catcliffe Flash: Kingfisher - 1 - Far side from viewing point 13.10 ; 319 - 2 - Landed in Willows far side spooking waterfowl.

Endcliffe Park: Dipper - 1 - by Hunters Bar

Foxhill: Tawny Owl - 1 - Calling near Shaw Hill Farm at 00:10

Middlewood gsrdeb: Chiffchaff - 1 - Garden tick after 15 years

Orgreave Lakes: Stonechat - 3 - a male on teazels south side smaller lake. a pair on bramble bed west side of path between the two lakes. ; Dipper - 1 - On the weir mid afternoon ; Stonechat - 4 - 2 singing males, 2 fem below mound above small. Lake