Sightings Archive

Grange Park Golf Course: Woodpigeon - 1+ ; Wren - 1+ ; Robin - 10+ - 9 singing ; Blackbird - 1+ ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Whitethroat - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing from Brick kiln Plantation ; Long-tailed Tit - 1+ - in with several mixed feeding parties including BT and GT ; Nuthatch - 2+ ; Magpie - 1+ ; Goldfinch - 10+ - between Brick Kiln and Watson's Tip

Kimberworth Park: Kestrel - 1 - hunting over Grey Hill, between Town Lane and Roughwood Road

Longshaw: Mistle Thrush - 15 - Feeding on Rowan berries ; Chiffchaff - 2 ; Chaffinch - 20 ; Raven - 2 ; Wren - 3

Loxley Common: Skylark - 4 ; Chiffchaff - 10+

Moscar: Barn Owl - 1 - Flew across Mortimer Rd 100 meters north of the A57 at 06:25

Moss Valley: Moorhen - 7 - on field near Ford ; 321 - 1 ; Red-legged Partridge - 2 ; 319 - 1

Moss Valley, upper: Kestrel - 1

Nether Haugh: Swallow - 1 - S ; Kestrel - 2 ; Swallow - 3 - S ; Goldfinch - 6 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 2 - Daniel Lane

New Stubbin colliery/tip: Chiffchaff - 4 - 1 singing ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 - singles E & S ; Yellowhammer - 3 - inc 1 W ; Cormorant - 2 - W/SW (to Wentworth lakes?) @ 0709hrs ; Jay - 1 ; Stock Dove - 1 - E ; Long-tailed Tit - 3+ ; Meadow Pipit - 62+ - all S in 2hrs ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - over, calling ; Linnet - 4 - W ; Swallow - 9 - 3 + 6, all S ; Golden Plover - 3 - NE calling @ 0845hrs ; Pied Wagtail - 6 - 'alba' wagtails, S together

Rawmarsh; Haugh Road: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - adult, playing field ; Black-headed Gull - 13 - playing field ; Stock Dove - 1 - playing field ; Magpie - 9 - playing field ; Rook - 22 - playing field

Redmires Res: Mallard - 89 ; 320 - 6 ; Tufted Duck - 16 - on Top Res ; Common Buzzard - 1 - over a Bottom Res ; Kestrel - 2 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - male hunting ; Raven - 3 - flew NE ; Chiffchaff - 6 - around Res perimeter ; Pied Wagtail - 12 - on shoreline ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - on shoreline ; Jay - 4 - flew W ; Siskin - 72 - flew SW in 2 hrs ; Linnet - 21 - flew SW ; Meadow Pipit - 60 - c. Flew SW ; Swallow - 42 - flew SW in 2 hrs ; House Martin - 31 - flew SW in 2 hrs ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 70 - c. On Middle Res ; Black-headed Gull - 110 - c. on Middle Res ; Herring Gull - 14 - on Middle Res

Thrybergh CP: Red Kite - 1 - 09:20 moving ESE towards Ravenfield 09:33

Wentworth Park: Swallow - 10 - 3 feeding over pasture; 7 S together

Wentworth Park; Greasbrough Dam: Moorhen - 6 ; Coot - 27 ; Mallard - c75 ; Great Crested Grebe - 3 ; Jay - 1 ; Wood Duck - 1 - female

Wentworth Park; Mausoleum Plantn: Jackdaw - c20 - around Mausoleum ; Common Buzzard - 08-Sep - over together @ 0915hrs before dispersing ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - over

Wharncliffe Side: Barn Owl - 1 - heard early morning ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing in observers garden

Aldwarke; Liberty Steel: Peregrine - 1pr - both ads; appeared on chimney, f with prey, which she proceeded to pluck & eat with m looking on! ; Cormorant - 1 - N

Barlow Common: 319 - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Skylark - 1 ; Yellowhammer - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 1 ; Swallow - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Linnet - 3

Baslow: Pink-footed Goose - 50+ - High to NW at 18.50

Birley Edge: Mistle Thrush - 10 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Woodpigeon - 40+ ; Carrion Crow - 15

Brincliffe Edge Wood: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Soaring over the edge/wood

Chapeltown: 319 - 4

Crookesmoor: Pink-footed Goose - 53 - A skein heard and seen heading WNW

Frecheville: Meadow Pipit - 33 - Small groups of 2/3/4 heading south