Sightings Archive

Midhope Res: Siskin - 2 ; Meadow Pipit - 20+ northwards ; Curlew - 17 - Group in fields below Res. ; Mistle Thrush - 2 - singing ; Linnet - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Redwing - 2 ; Song Thrush - 2 - singing

Millhouses Lane garden: Treecreeper - 1 - a fleeting visit, only the second in the last four years

Neepsend: Carrion Crow - 1 - sat on nest.

Norton Lees: Red Kite - 1 - Drifting SW over Thorpe Estate at c3.30pm ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - over

Onesmoor bottom: Red Kite - 1 - drifting slowly north @ 15.45 ; Red-legged Partridge - 2

Orgreave Lakes: Whooper Swan - 32 - 30 flew NE at 0945. 2 on big lagoon - still present at 10.45. ; Red Kite - 1 - approached from SW and drifted W at 0937, circling over W hillside for several minutes (distant record shot). ; Raven - 1 - Over Small.Lake at 06:40 then spent next hour around big hill being harassed by crows. ; Dunlin - 2 ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - White Wagtail in South East corner of Big Lake. ; Pintail - 2 - Pair south at 14:50 ; Whooper Swan - 128 - NNW at 13:20 ; Whooper Swan - 10 - In at 13:35 ; Whooper Swan - 18 - NNW at 13.35 then back in at 14:10. ; Whooper Swan - 88 - 2 on small lake, 28 on large lake when another 58 dropped in at 17.15 .86 adults and just 2 1st years. ; Dunlin - 2 ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Little Ringed Plover - 2 ; Goosander - 9 ; Goldeneye - 3 ; Herring Gull - 41 - Including 1 very pale 1st winter. ; Wigeon - 24 ; Pochard - 4 ; 328 - 1 - Drake still ; Raven - 1 - Over Small Lake then landed on tip road ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - White Wagtail ; Dunlin - 2

Padley Gorge: Canada Goose - 2 - flying over ; Song Thrush - 2

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Herring Gull - 1 - SW ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - NW ; Chaffinch - 11 - all NW ; Meadow Pipit - 9 - all NW ; Kestrel - 1 - male ; Siskin - 03-May - 3 W/NW; 2 SE ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - adult, NW ; Stock Dove - 1 - NW ; Linnet - 1 - NW ; Grey Wagtail - 3 - 2 NW; 1 N ; Greenfinch - 1 - singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 2prs

Parkgate; Barber*s Avenue: Black-headed Gull - 62 - on playing field @ 0645hrs ; Herring Gull - 1 - on playing field @ 0645hrs

Pit-house West: Whooper Swan - 30+ - A flock of 30+ over, looked like they taken flight from Rother Valley at about 0945 ; Water Rail - 04-Jun - Several birds calling ; Chiffchaff - 4 - c4 singing ; Kingfisher - 1

Redmires conduit: Fieldfare - 100+ ; Redwing - 1+ - With Fieldfare ; Curlew - 4+ ; Curlew - 4+ ; Lapwing - 40+ ; Golden Plover - 6 ; 319 - 1 ; Starling - 50+ - With Fieldfare ; Skylark - 1

Roundwood Golf course: Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Greylag Goose - 2 - NE @0655hrs ; Mallard - 1 - drake, flew N ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - over

Sheffield University: Peregrine - 1+ - first egg laid around 17:40 on Thurs 18th March.

Sothall: Dunlin - 1 - nocmig sound recorded over garden 0220hr ; Curlew - 1 - nocmig sound recorded over garden 0050hr ; Whooper Swan - 30+ - low North 1735hr

Thrybergh Res: Water Rail - 1 - On path at southern end ; Sand Martin - 1+ - Through northwards ; Red Kite - 1 - West of res,drifting westwards ; Peregrine - 1 - Low over main bay heading north @ 11:05 ; Pink-footed Goose - C 65 - Skein heading nor.th north west @ 11:05 -11:10

Upper Padley: Kestrel - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Jay - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1 singing

Wharncliffe Chase (north): Starling - c30 N

Wharncliffe Chase (south): Pink-footed Goose - c75 - 2 skeins - 24 NW 11.20 and c50 N 11.35 ; Cormorant - 7 ; Skylark - 3+ ; Meadow Pipit - 2 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Curlew - 2 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 4 N ; Yellowhammer - 1 ; Collared Dove - 2

Woodhouse Mill: Whooper Swan - 20 - Over north at 17:38, descending possibly onto Orgreave Lakes.

Barlborough: Goshawk - 1 - #NAME?

Brincliffe Edge: Blackcap - 1 - on garden feeder

Burbage Moor: Kestrel - 1 - Gliding high over moor south towards Padley Gorge

Canklow Woods: Lesser Redpoll - 60+

Chancet Wood: Red Kite - 1 - Heading towards Millhouses ; 321 - 1 over