Sightings Archive

Firsby Res: Mute Swan - 2 ; Mallard - 6 - 3 pairs. ; Coot - 2 ; Moorhen - 1 ; Water Rail - 2 - Pair in flooded stream margins. ; Woodcock - 1 - Flew from under willow roots. ; 319 - 1 - Mobbed by Corvids over set aside field. ; Herring Gull - C50 - Over low. ; Black-headed Gull - 30+ - Over surrounding farmland. ; Song Thrush - 2 ; Redwing - 5+ - Paddock hedge.

Green Moor: Tree Sparrow - 9 ; House Sparrow - 15+

Hassop Station: Waxwing - 150+ - reported still present, per DOS

Langsett Res: Black-headed Gull - 350 - c. roosting at 15:45 hrs

Norton Lees garden: Redwing - 13 - observer’s garden

Silver Wood: Tawny Owl - 2 ; Fieldfare - 4 - On wires. ; Redwing - 10+ - Flighty flock flushed by off road vehicle’s. ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - With other Thrushes. ; Yellowhammer - 1 - Calling from stubble field.

Thrybergh CP: Mute Swan - 30 ; Tufted Duck - 75 ; Pochard - 12 ; Gadwall - 2 ; Goosander - 3 - 2m, 1f ; Goldeneye - 1 - fem ; Great Crested Grebe - 4 ; Little Grebe - 2

Bowden Housteads Wood: Mistle Thrush - 3 - 1 in full song ; Collared Dove - 4 - 1 display fighting.

Catcliffe Flash: Black-headed Gull - 80 ; Gadwall - 10 ; Grey Heron - 3 ; Cormorant - 4 ; Tufted Duck - 4 ; Herring Gull - 1 ; 320 - 1 ; Shoveler - 2 ; 319 - 1

Centenary Riverside: Cormorant - 1 - over to NE ; Common Buzzard - 1 - low over to N ; Grey Heron - 2 - ad & imm ; Moorhen - 2 - one on river ; Mallard - 7 - inc 3m & 2f on river ; 320 - 16+ - under flooded willows ; Kingfisher - 1 - flew in from river ; Stock Dove - 2 ; Redwing - 1

Firsby Res: Mute Swan - 2 ; Coot - 2 ; Moorhen - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - Sluice.

Grange Park,: Mistle Thrush - 1 - singing

Grange Park,Brick Kiln Plantation: Nuthatch - 1 - at least 1 feeding on suet pellets at feeding station ; Robin - 2+ - at feeding station (s) ; Dunnock - 1 - at least 1 feeding around station ; Great Tit - 1+ ; Blue Tit - 1+ ; Blackbird - 1+

Green Moor: Tree Sparrow - 8 ; Bullfinch - 3 ; Long-tailed Tit - 10+

Greystones garden: Pied Wagtail - 1 - Infrequent visitor to observer's garden ; Blackcap - 2 ; Redwing - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1

Hassop Station: Waxwing - 150+ - reported via DOS

Hillsborough Park: Treecreeper - 1 - By the pond. Not frequently seen here. ; Goosander - 4 - 1 redhead,3m ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 1 - 1m

Holdworth: Little Owl - 1 - sheltering in outbuilding at Haighenfield Farm

Ickles: Goosander - 2 ; Goosander - 2

Jordans Lock: Treecreeper - 1

Kimberworth Park: Black-headed Gull - 9 - on lamp posts at Oaks Lane ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - on Oaks Lane ; Starling - 10+ - Oaks Lane ; Feral Pigeon - 30+ - feeding on verge at Studmoor Road

Langsett Res: Raven - 1 - in conifers on S side ; Kestrel - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 2

Leash Fen: Great Grey Shrike - 1 - reported via DOS

Longshaw: Willow Tit - 2 - In main car park

Loxley Chase: Raven - 1 - flying north

Loxley Valley: Dipper - 1 - foraging in head goit of Old Wheel Dam.

Middleton Moor: 320 - 89 ; Tufted Duck - 11 ; Greylag Goose - 5 ; Mallard - 27

Norton Lees garden: Redwing - 8 - Feeding on holly berries in observer’s garden.

Old Ravenfield: Kestrel - 1 - Male near St James Church.

Orgreave Lakes: Black-headed Gull - 200 ; Tufted Duck - 20 ; Great Black-backed Gull - 40 ; Cormorant - 6 ; Little Grebe - 4 ; Pochard - 30 ; GREAT NORTHERN DIVER - 1 - main lake