Sightings Archive

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Meadow Pipit - 1 - NW ; Mute Swan - 6 - 3 W @ 0723hrs; 3 SW, then W @ 0735hrs ; Redwing - 9 - W ; Linnet - 2 - W ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Siskin - 1+ - over ; Raven - 1 - low to W @ 0803hrs (record shot) ; Common Buzzard - 1 - in woodland; left E after 20mins

Parkgate; Newbiggin Drive: Greenfinch - 1 - singing

Parkgate; Stubbin incline: House Sparrow - c10 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Cormorant - 1 - S ; Red-legged Partridge - 1 ; Blackcap - 1 - singing

Pingle Lane Tip: Red Kite - 1 - Low over farmland between Silver Wood and Old Ravenfield went along field edge following disused Colliery Railway Line. ; 319 - 1 - Displaying over Tip. ; Lapwing - 6 - Scattered by Red Kite from nesting area. ; Meadow Pipit - 1 ; Skylark - 4

Ravenfield Park: Tawny Owl - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 2 - Pair near small course pond. ; Coal Tit - 1 - Visiting nest hole. ; Siskin - 3 - Over entrance calling. ; Mallard - 3 - Males on small course pond.

Rawmarsh Cemetery: Greenfinch - 2 - singing ; Coal Tit - 1 - singing ; Stock Dove - 2

Rawmarsh; Barber*s Avenue: Long-tailed Tit - 1pr ; Greenfinch - 1 - singing in conifers to rear of customer service centre

Rawmarsh; Rectory Fields allotments: Greenfinch - 1 - song/display

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Red-legged Partridge - 1 - in garden briefly early morning

Redmires: Nuthatch - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - F

Redmires conduit: Lapwing - 14 ; 319 - 1 - Mobbed by Lapwing & Curlew ; Kestrel - 1 - Male ; Meadow Pipit - 7+ ; Curlew - 7+ ; Skylark - 2+ ; Red Grouse - 3

River Porter General Cemetery: Mandarin - 2 - Near Aviva building

Roundwood Golf course: Mistle Thrush - 02-Mar

Silver Wood: Tawny Owl - 3 - Pair and Single bird roosting. ; Nuthatch - 3 ; 319 - 1 - Flew into wood Hollings Lane side.

Stanage Edge: Raven - 1 - displaying along the Edge from the trig point ; Red Grouse - 6 - Males, all showing off to a lesser or greater degree, and all looking resplendent in their breeding plumage.

Thrybergh CP: Blackcap - 1

Totley, Moss Road: Brambling - 1 - fem ; Lesser Redpoll - 2 ; Greenfinch - 4 ; Chaffinch - 3 ; Great Tit - 2 ; Long-tailed Tit - 4 ; Reed Bunting - 2 ; House Sparrow - 5 ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Bullfinch - 1 - All on Moss Road feeders

Whiteley Woods: Grey Wagtail - 1

Arbourthorne: Common Buzzard - 1 - high over

Baslow Edge: Stonechat - 1 - male below Edge

Bassingthorpe Farm: Lapwing - 1 - near paddock ; Skylark - 2 - singing ; Chaffinch - 1 - singing ; Linnet - 2+

Bassingthorpe Spring: Wren - 1 - singing ; Robin - 1+ - singing ; Coal Tit - 1 - singing ; Great Tit - 1+ - singing ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing ; Treecreeper - 1 - calling

Blackburn Meadows NR: Chiffchaff - 3 - Singing from at least 3 different areas of the reserve. ; Blackcap - 1 - 1 male - partial song.

Burbage North: Red Kite - 1

Calver: Red Kite - 2 - Drifting north over Calver Peak. ; Mandarin - 7 - 4m, 3f in fields by river

Cholera Monument/Clay Wood: Woodpigeon - 19 - several in trees eating ivy berries ; Magpie - 3 ; Robin - 5 ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 2 ; Goldfinch - 4 ; Wren - 1 ; Greenfinch - 1 ; Blue Tit - 3 ; Blackbird - 2 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Chaffinch - 1

Clough: Lapwing - 2 - displaying ; Skylark - 1 - singing

Clough Bank Allotment: Wren - 1 - singing ; Dunnock - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Greenfinch - 1 - singing ; Goldfinch - 1+ - singing

Ecclesall Woods: Nuthatch - 1

Ecclesfield: Pheasant - 1 - Cross Hill, male again beneath feeders.

Endcliffe Park: Mandarin - 5 - 4 male 1 female

Eyam Moor: Crossbill - 2 - Over low calling

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 1