Sightings Archive

New Stubbin colliery/tip: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - calling ; Long-tailed Tit - 2prs ; Sparrowhawk - 1

Orgreave Lakes: Whooper Swan - 65 - flew north at c10:20 ; Wheatear - 1 - female by the mound. ; Fieldfare - 51 - North west of Treeton lodge. ; Whooper Swan - 65 - North at 10.20 ; Little Ringed Plover - 2 - 2 ; Ringed Plover - 2 ; Redshank - 2 ; Oystercatcher - 4 ; Swallow - 5+ ; Sand Martin - c150 ; Little Egret - 1 - Around Big Lake from 07:15 to mid-morning. ; Red Kite - 1 - North at 09:35 ; Sand Martin - 200+ - Present mid-morning ; Swallow - 10 ; Wheatear - 1 - Male on tip ; Ringed Plover - 2 ; Little Ringed Plover - 3

Oughtibridge: Merlin - 1 - Female hunting low over fields behind the convent

Pingle Lane: Lapwing - 7 - Scattered by Buzzard. ; 319 - 1 - Over carrying Woodpigeon. ; Skylark - 8+ ; Red-legged Partridge - 2

R Don, Attercliffe: Grey Wagtail - 2 - Pair on river bank. ; House Martin - 12+ - Two separate groups flying over river and round industrial buildings

R Don, Effingham St: Sand Martin - 3+ ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - single on river bank ; Kingfisher - 1 - Settled briefly, then downstream

R Don, Salmon Pastures: Carrion Crow - c 40 - Raucously congregating in tree tops over river. ; 324 - 1 - Male orange tip

R Drone, Unstone: 320 - 2 - a pair ; Mandarin - 3 - 1 pair, plus 1male flying downstream

Rawmarsh Cemetery: Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Chaffinch - 4 - inc 2 singing ; Pheasant - 1 - female ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Stock Dove - 1 - singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 1pr

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Greenfinch - 2 - singing

Rawmarsh; Stubbin incline: Chiffchaff - 2 - singing ; Pheasant - 01-Feb - cocks ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Goldcrest - 1 - calling ; Red-legged Partridge - 1 ; Chaffinch - 1 - singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 3 ; Song Thrush - 2 - 1 singing (SK4395; 1 (SK4396)

Rivelin Dams: Oystercatcher - 2 ; Canada Goose - 4 ; Mallard - 2

Rivelin Rough Wood: Willow Warbler - 3 ; Chiffchaff - 5 ; Blackcap - 1 ; Wren - 4+ ; Robin - 5+ ; Blue Tit - 10+ ; Nuthatch - 2

Rivelin Valley: Willow Warbler - 1 - singing my first of the year

Silver Wood: Tawny Owl - 1 - Preening high in tree tops. ; Nuthatch - 3 - All calling. ; Treecreeper - 1

Silverwood Lagoon: Willow Warbler - 3 - first arrivals singing on pit top this morning

Stannington, east of Flash Farm: Rook - 8+ ; Mallard - 2 - M & f in field scrape ; Curlew - 1 ; Carrion Crow - 5+

Stannington, Flash Farm: Tree Sparrow - 6 ; House Sparrow - 2 ; Blue Tit - 3 ; Goldfinch - 4+

Stannington, Moorwood Lane: Lapwing - 3 ; Curlew - 1 ; Carrion Crow - 10 ; Jackdaw - 15

Stannington, Onksley Lane: Chaffinch - 1 ; Great Tit - 2 ; Mallard - 2 - M & f on small pond ; Carrion Crow - 4 ; Curlew - 2 - Feeding in field with 2 x Oystercatcher ; Oystercatcher - 2 - Feeding in field with 2 x Curlew

Stannington, west of Flash Farm: Meadow Pipit - 2 ; Skylark - 4 - Singing

Totley: Bullfinch - 2 ; Curlew - 5 - Seen together ; 319 - 3 ; Skylark - 3 - Singing ; Greenfinch - 1 - Singing

Ughill: Curlew - 70 - Wet Shaw

Unstone: Chiffchaff - c4 ; Blackcap - 1m ; Jay - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - heard ; Mistle Thrush - 1

Wentworth Park: Red Kite - 1 - over, harassed by crow 0735-0745hrs. Mobbed by Peregrine & forced down into woodland @ 0750hrs

Worrall: Swallow - 1

Abney Moor: Raven - 1 ; Stonechat - 2 - a pair ; Skylark - 2