Sightings Archive

Orgreave Lakes: Tufted Duck - 12 ; Gadwall - 2 ; Lapwing - 12 ; Cormorant - 4 ; Grey Heron - 1

Orgreave Tip: Whooper Swan - 3 ; Stonechat - 6 - At least 6 ; Lesser Redpoll - 30 - I plantation on west side of big lake.

Rawmarsh; High Street: Pied Wagtail - 2 - on roof of Earl Grey PH ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - on roof of Earl Grey PH, squabbling with PWs

Redmires conduit: Lapwing - c40 - In horse fields ; Wheatear - 1 - Feeding in burnt heather area

Redmires Res: Whooper Swan - 16 - 2 ads arrived from E at 07:21 hrs which presumably left back E later + 11 ads E & another 3 ads dropped onto the Middle Res at 09:19 hrs ; Pink-footed Goose - 35 - c. flew ESE at 09:26 hrs ; Cormorant - 1 - on Middle Res ; Grey Heron - 1 - sub-ad W ; Kestrel - 1 - imm male ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Common Buzzard - 2 ; Barn Owl - 1 - hunting on south side of Middle Res ; Lapwing - 46 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 7 - flew W ; Woodpigeon - 1200 - flew S in 2 hrs ; Stock Dove - 2 - flew SW ; Skylark - 2 - singles S ; Lesser Redpoll - 40 - flew SW in 2 hrs ; Chiffchaff - 3 - present around res perimeter ; Blackbird - 2 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Crossbill - 5 - flew SW ; Chaffinch - 4 - flew W ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Jackdaw - 14 - flew W ; Brambling - 5 - c. flew W over Middle Res ; Meadow Pipit - 6 - flew SW

RVCP: Cormorant - 42 ; Wigeon - 40 ; Pochard - 45

Stocksbridge: Peregrine - 1 - Adult male

Swinton; Bow Broom: Common Buzzard - 1 - soaring over E of Golden Smithies Lane @ 1030hrs

Thrybergh CP: Lapwing - 60+ ; Tufted Duck - 8 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Pied Wagtail - 6 ; Black-headed Gull - 100+ ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 4 ; Skylark - 4 ; Grey Partridge - 2 ; Red-legged Partridge - 14 ; 319 - 4 ; Carrion Crow - 40+ ; Jackdaw - 10+ ; Raven - 2 - on ridge battling with crows ; Nuthatch - 1 - At feeding station next to viewing screen. ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - On feeding table at viewing screen, pond field. ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Female, unsuccessful attempt at Goldfinch,

Upper Common, Scholes: Skylark - 3+ - 1 singing

Wortley: Brambling - 1 ; Crossbill - 5 ; Red Kite - 1 ; 319 - 2 ; Meadow Pipit - 8 - SW ; Woodpigeon - c300 - SW ; Skylark - 02-Mar

Chapeltown: 319 - 2

Foxhill, Shaw Hill: Tawny Owl - 1 - at 11:40 - daylight calling frequent lately

Green Moor: Little Owl - 1

High Green: Starling - c50

Kimberworth Park: Kestrel - 1 - in "dog fight" with 2 resident Jackdaws, behind Remount Road, over Grey Hill

Ladybower Res, North arm: Mallard - 57 - c57 seen in total ; Canada Goose - 48 ; Jay - 3 ; Mistle Thrush - 2 ; Robin - 7 - singles ; Kestrel - 1 ; 319 - 2 ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Chaffinch - 24+

Langsett Res: Canada Goose - 117 ; Greylag Goose - c160 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 17 ; Redwing - 2

Midhope Res: Swallow - 3 ; Siskin - c50 ; Lesser Redpoll - 2 ; Little Grebe - 6 ; Mallard - 62 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2

R Don, Stevenson Rd: Chiffchaff - 2 - In bank side vegetation. ; Jay - 3

Redmires Res: Black-headed Gull - 120 - c. roosted ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 25 - c. roosted

Tankersley, Bell Ground: 320 - 5 ; Mallard - 52 ; Herring Gull - 2 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2

Carr Vale NR: Pink-footed Goose - c40 - flying east through SBSG airspace at 10:15

Middleton Moor: Pintail - 3 ; Gadwall - 4 ; Shoveler - 6