Sightings Archive

Wortley - vis mig: Starling - 22 - 15 west, 7 south

Bassingthorpe Farm: 319 - 1 - calling regularly from top of pylon, SE of farm ; Black-headed Gull - c10 - in field tilled by tractor ; Pied Wagtail - 6+ ; Goldfinch - 1 ; Starling - 8+ - feeding in paddock ; Robin - 1+ ; Magpie - 9 - in paddock ; Carrion Crow - 9 ; Mistle Thrush - 1

Elsecar Res: Kingfisher - 1 - on branch over stream nr bridge, Burying Lane ; Grey Heron - 1

Firsby Res: Mute Swan - 2 ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Mallard - 6 ; Grey Heron - 2 ; Goldcrest - 2 ; Jackdaw - 100c - Over to roost. ; 319 - 1 - Chased off by Kestrel! ; Kestrel - 1 - Mobbing Buzzard.

Graves Park: Ring-necked Parakeet - 8

Middleton Moor: Whooper Swan - 3 - Adults ; Dunlin - 1 ; Lapwing - 53 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1500+ ; Yellow-legged Gull - 4 ; Black-headed Gull - 235 ; Common Gull - 1 ; Goosander - 1 - Redhead ; 320 - 10 ; 321 - 2 ; Snipe - 4 - Dropped in

Midhope Res: Lesser Black-backed Gull - c750 - Roosted - majority left N/NW 07:00-07:15 ; Black-headed Gull - c4250 - Roosted - majority left N/NE 07:15-07:30 ; Linnet - 100+ ; Redwing - 46 - A few called pre-dawn then two parties of c20 flew west up the valley 08:00 ; 319 - 1 ; Chaffinch - 30+ - incl 2 SW ; Pied Wagtail - 15+ ; Starling - c70 - incl 9 west, 23 east ; Meadow Pipit - 3 - south ; Woodpigeon - c350 - First notable movement in small groups SE ; Brambling - 2 - south ; Greenfinch - 4 - all juvs, in finch group feeding in tree tops ; Yellowhammer - 1 - east ; Skylark - 5 - single group high west ; Goldfinch - c20 ; 324 - 1 - Stoat foraging below dam wall ; Little Grebe - 3 ; Tufted Duck - 8 ; Common Gull - 1 - Within gull roost ; Siskin - 5+ - majority juvs, within finch group ; Kestrel - 2 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Raven - 2 ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 ; Ringed Plover - 1 - Juvenile on SW shoreline - record shot ; Great Black-backed Gull - 1 - west ; Lapwing - 6

Orgreave Lakes: Whooper Swan - 11 ; Little Egret - 3 ; Snipe - 1 ; Stock Dove - 1 ; Kingfisher - 2

Rawmarsh Cemetery: Tawny Owl - 1 - female calling @ 0145hrs (same as later High Street bird?)

Rawmarsh; High Street: Tawny Owl - 1 - female calling @ 0620hrs (same as Cemetery bird earlier?)

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Sparrowhawk - 1 - chasing Goldfinch through garden @ 0757hrs; outcome unknown!

Thorpe Hesley: Kestrel - 1 ; Jay - 1

Thrybergh CP: Mute Swan - 44 ; Canada Goose - C350 ; Greylag Goose - 38 ; Pink-footed Goose - 1+ - Skein flew over calling but not picked up ; Tufted Duck - 4 ; Gadwall - 2 ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Lapwing - C100 ; Goldfinch - 40 ; Greenfinch - 6 ; Chaffinch - 4 ; Chiffchaff - 2 ; Goldcrest - 5 ; Sparrowhawk - 1F ; Jackdaw - 21 ; Whooper Swan - 1 - very vocal adult on all morning ; Whooper Swan - 1 - Left SE at c12:30 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 12 - Adults and juveniles Dropping in from fields to bathe and drink. ; 319 - 4 - Soaring in thermals over ridgeline above CP; accompanied by a Sparrowhawk, and a Kestrel. ; Sparrowhawk - 3 ; Kestrel - 1 - With Buzzards.

Wentworth: Kestrel - 1

Big Moor: Raven - 2

Blacka Moor: 324 - 2+ - 2+ rutting Red Deer stags calling

Coombs Dale: Meadow Pipit - 30 - In pasture and bracken at top of dale

Dog Kennel Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 2 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 40+ ; Greylag Goose - 18 ; Mallard - 1+