Sightings Archive

Onesmoor: 319 - 4 - all sat on wall. ; Kestrel - 1 - hunting from fence post. ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - heading east. ; Linnet - c60 - single flock feeding on recently seeded field. ; Wheatear - 4 - all insect catching from wall.

Orgreave Lakes: Dunlin - 1 ; Common Sandpiper - 2 ; Common Scoter - 3 - Female types present from 07:30. ; Common Scoter - 3 ; Common Scoter - 3 ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Dunlin - 1 ; Snipe - 1 - Sitting on south side of island.

Parkgate: Common Buzzard - 2 - soaring together @ 0930hrs; drifted S

Poolsbrook Marsh: 320 - 1 ; Cetti's Warbler - 3 - calling around main signal box pool ; Kingfisher - 1 - calling ; Blackcap - 3 ; Chiffchaff - 12

R Rother, Whiston Meadows: Dipper - 1 - Feeding in and around M1 flyover.

Ramsley Moor: Red Kite - 1 - moving through to south

Rawmarsh Cemetery: Sparrowhawk - 1

Rawmarsh; Haugh Road: Black-headed Gull - 65 - on playing field ; Magpie - 10 - on playing field ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - adult, on playing field ; Jackdaw - c10 - on playing field ; Starling - 20 - flock, on playing field ; Rook - 3 - on playing field

Rawmarsh; Stubbin incline: Jay - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 5+ - one singing ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - female, hunting WP over adjacent field ; Woodpigeon - c25 - feeding on adjacent stubbles ; Stock Dove - 2 - with WP flock ; Long-tailed Tit - 2+

Tankersley: Greenshank - 1 ; 320 - 11 ; Grey Heron - 1 - Juv ; Mallard - c70 ; Yellowhammer - 2

Thorpe Hesley: Swallow - 5 ; House Martin - 4 ; Long-tailed Tit - 7

Thrybergh CP: Canada Goose - c1000 - Groups coming in all morning from N-W ; Starling - 12+ ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 - One near Thrybergh Lane entry point, one near boathouse near res buildings. ; Nuthatch - 6 - Two near reservoir cottage, 3 along Ramblers way, one in trees along Southern arm alarming at farmer flailing Hedge. ; House Martin - 3 ; 319 - 2 ; Grey Heron - 2 - 1 adult, 1 juv. ; Blackcap - 3 ; Chiffchaff - 4 ; Kingfisher - 1

Brightside: Ring-necked Parakeet - 50+ - Roosting opposite Royal Mail on Brightside Lane.

Fulwood: Pink-footed Goose - 25 - East calling late morning

Fulwood garden: Tawny Owl - 2 - calling against each other late evening

Kimberworth Park: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - calling from top of birch at Roughwood school

Meersbrook Park: Jay - 1

Middleton Moor: 320 - 85 ; Wigeon - 4 ; Tufted Duck - 2 ; Snipe - 1 ; Lapwing - 25

Penny Hill Wind Farm: Golden Plover - 36 - Feeding in fields.

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Tawny Owl - 1 - male, calling for several minutes from 2320hrs

Redmires Res: Little Grebe - 4 ; Tufted Duck - 6 ; Chiffchaff - 10 ; Swallow - 5 - flew SW ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 14 ; Herring Gull - 3 ; Lesser Redpoll - 4 - flew SW ; Moorhen - 1

Tankersley: Little Egret - 5 - Feeding/resting before leaving south 11:00 patch tick. ; House Martin - c100 ; Sand Martin - c5 - With HM group. ; 320 - 7 ; Snipe - 1 ; Grey Heron - 3 - Juveniles, left north

Wortley: Tawny Owl - 1 - Brief calls 16:00

Ecclesall: Pink-footed Goose - 110 - flew ESE in 2 skeins between 09:40 - 09:50 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - calling in garden on Ansell Road

Ewden Height: Meadow Pipit - 131+ - SW/S 06:50-08:20 ; Pied Wagtail - 8 - SW ; Jackdaw - 9 - SW ; Swallow - 19 - SW ; Pink-footed Goose - c180 - c120 SE @ 07:12 + c60 SE @ 07:51 ; Kestrel - 2 ; Hobby - 1 - Low over fields towards Barnside Moor ; Chiffchaff - 2 - Intermittent song ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - SW ; Stock Dove - 1 - SW ; Siskin - 11 - SW ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Male ; Raven - 1

Green Moor: Pink-footed Goose - c80 - East at 10:45

High Green: Harrier sp - 1 - Probable Marsh Harrier strongly south 06:40

Middle Common: Stonechat - 1

Orgreave Lakes: Common Sandpiper - 6 ; Dipper - 1 - Briefly around the weir.