Sightings Archive

Thrybergh Tip: Water Rail - 1 ; Cetti's Warbler - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Cormorant - 2 ; Coot - 36

Brownhills Lane: Greylag Goose - 93

Catcliffe Flash: Wigeon - 78 ; 320 - 9 ; Shoveler - 17 ; Water Rail - 1 - calling from south east corner.

Endcliffe Park: Dipper - 1 - by Hunter's Bar at 16:05

Malin Bridge: Blackcap - 1 - male in garden

Middleton Moor: Golden Plover - 163 ; Lapwing - 170 ; Shelduck - 1 ; 320 - 27 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 175

Norfolk Heritage Park: Mistle Thrush - at least 4 - One bird singing from tree top. The others "rattling" on roof tops.

Norton Lees: Goldfinch - c25 - In tree on the ‘green’ on Thorpe House Rise

Orgreave Lakes: Kingfisher - 1 ; Pochard - 3 ; Little Grebe - 3 ; Goldfinch - 10 ; Mute Swan - 5 ; Greylag Goose - 200 - c200 flew in from over Treeton and landed on the big lake. ; CASPIAN GULL - 1 - 1 st winter in pre roost. from 14.30 - 15.00 ; Stonechat - 2 ; Little Egret - 1 ; Greylag Goose - 218 - dropped in at 15.30 from adjacent fields. ; Whooper Swan - 2 - Adults from 14.20. left North west at at 15.50.

Shirecliffe: Whooper Swan - 2 - Two birds flying quite some distance apart heading northwest. Very vocal.

Thrybergh Tip: GREAT WHITE EGRET - 1 - Returned to flash, not seen yesterday, Denaby ings bird?? Bad digibin photo!

Treeton Dyke: Mute Swan - 23

Beighton Marsh: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; 319 - 1

Bingham Park: 321 - 1

Catcliffe Flash: Black-headed Gull - 250 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Wigeon - 60 ; Gadwall - 28 ; Cormorant - 3 ; Tufted Duck - 7 ; Shoveler - 5 ; Little Grebe - 1

Endcliffe Park: Mandarin - c26 - top pond

Firsby Res: Coot - 2 ; Mute Swan - 4 - Still present ; 319 - 1 ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Jay - 1 ; Jackdaw - 2 - Down in sheep paddock. ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - Near houses.

Fulwood: Corvid - c130 - flying around & occasionally settling in tree - David Lane

Great Hucklow: Barn Owl - 1 - on roadside fence post

Handsworth: Pink-footed Goose - c80 - SE at 14.00

Kilnhurst Flash: Common Buzzard - 1 - begging calls from woodland

Kimberworth Park: Black-headed Gull - c10 - low over verges, Oaks Lane ; Feral Pigeon - c30 - on roofs of Studmoor Road ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - active around verges between Studmoor Road and Oaks Lane

Meersbrook Park: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - heard

Middleton Moor: Goosander - 1 - redhead roosted ; Lapwing - 74 ; Golden Plover - 1 - with Lapwings ; Sparrowhawk - 2 ; Black-headed Gull - 105 - c. roosted ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1650 - c. still roosting ; Magpie - 12 - roosted ; Snipe - 12+ - left reedbed individually at dusk - all off between SW and W ; Fieldfare - 12

Old Warren Vale: Long-tailed Tit - c5 - flock

Orgreave Lakes: Tufted Duck - 20 ; Pochard - 64 ; Black-headed Gull - 200 ; Cormorant - 7 ; Greylag Goose - 2 ; Little Grebe - 6 ; Goosander - 6 ; 320 - 5 ; Wigeon - 3 ; Little Egret - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 25 ; Herring Gull - 20

Porter Valley: Dipper - 4 - 4 individuals ; Grey Wagtail - 1

Ravenfield Church: Coal Tit - 1 - Calling in woodland. ; Mistle Thrush - 2 - Mobbing something in woodland. ; Skylark - 10+ - On farmland between church and Arbour Lane. ; Linnet - 30+ - With Skylark flock.

Rawmarsh; Collier Brook: Common Buzzard - 1 - in trees to N, around Holywell Farm ; Skylark - 1 - S ; Bullfinch - 1pr

Rawmarsh; Collier Brook Marsh: Long-tailed Tit - 13 - flock ; Reed Bunting - 2 ; Cetti's Warbler - 1 - sang once from S edge

Rawmarsh; Dale Road: Grey Wagtail - 1 - E

Rawmarsh; Gwyn Reed Nature Area: Goldcrest - 1