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From the Sightings Archive you are able to search for archived sighting records which are more than 3 years old and dating back to 2011.

Sunday 4th October 2020

  • Harthill Res: Kingfisher - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 6 ; Common Sandpiper - 1 - on Bottom Res ; Black-headed Gull - 50 - c. ; Common Gull - 1 - with BHGs ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Blackbird - 9 ; Pied Wagtail - 6 ; Skylark - 2 - Flew S
  • Hurlfield: Tawny Owl - 2 - Calling from 18:40. ; Barn Owl - 1 - over observers garden at 19:02
  • Longshaw: Mistle Thrush - 30-40 - Flock feeding on Rowan berries ; Redwing - Oct-15 - Feeding with Mistle Thrushes
  • Manor Fields Park: Stonechat - 1 - at 09:30 ; Common Buzzard - 1 - over towards Cemetery. ; Chiffchaff - 2 ; Meadow Pipit - 20+ - all south
  • Markham: Skylark - 3 - Flew S ; Reed Bunting - 4 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1
  • Norwood Allotments: Goosander - 3 - over east at 14:52 ; Swallow - 4 - back and forth for about 10 minutes at 4:00 until moved on by a heavy shower. ; Redwing - 5 - low west at 17:20
  • Orgreave Lakes: Common Scoter - 4 - Main Lake ; 320 - 4 ; Goosander - 2 ; Little Grebe - 4 ; Little Egret - 1 ; Lapwing - 45 ; Snipe - 1 - SW ; Swallow - 10+ - feeding around small lake ; Chiffchaff - 2 ; Goldfinch - 90+ - Feeding on island, small lake.
  • Parkgate Canal Basin: Mute Swan - 57 - inc 3 1cy ; Mallard - 29
  • Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Chiffchaff - 2
  • Poolsbrook Marsh: Cetti's Warbler - 1 - Calling ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Bullfinch - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 2
  • R Sheaf, Abbeydale: Grey Wagtail - 1 - Near Millhouses Park ; 321 - 1 - Near Tesco
  • Ravenfield Park: Mallard - 10+ ; Moorhen - 2 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Jay - 2 ; Jackdaw - 2 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Goldcrest - 12+ ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Lesser Redpoll - 4+ - with Siskin. ; Siskin - 20+
  • Redmires Res: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 115 - c. roosted ; Herring Gull - 3 - roosted ; Yellow-legged Gull - 2 - Ads roosted ; Black-headed Gull - 580 - roosted ; Common Gull - 4 - roosted
  • Roundwood Golf course: Coal Tit - 1
  • Silverwood Lagoon: Tawny Owl - 2 - very vocal in Hollings Lane sidings pre-dawn ; Shoveler - 2 ; 320 - 6 ; Mute Swan - 8 - 6 juvs. now making their first unsteady flights ; Water Rail - 1 - heard ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 ; Common Buzzard - 2 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Skylark - 12 ; Pied Wagtail - 5 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing
  • Sothall: Redwing - 1 - nocmig sound recorded over garden ; Dunlin - 1 - nocmig sound recorded over garden 0420hr
  • Ulley CP: Cormorant - 4 ; Great Crested Grebe - 6 - 3 ads; 3 1cy ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Mallard - c75 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 4 ; Black-headed Gull - c200 ; Coot - 8 ; Moorhen - 4 ; Canada Goose - 16 - 1 down; 15 over to S ; Mute Swan - 1pr+ - + 5 1cy ; Herring Gull - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 6 - on dam ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - on dam ; Common Gull - 1 - 1cy ; Common Buzzard - 1 - in trees below dam, calling ; Tufted Duck - 4 ; Siskin - 1+ - calling, Morthen arm ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Morthen arm ; Goldcrest - 1 - Morthen arm ; Long-tailed Tit - c15 - at feeding station, Morthen arm ; Treecreeper - 1 - Morthen arm ; Coal Tit - 1 - Morthen arm ; Bullfinch - 01-Feb - calling, Morthen arm ; Pheasant - 1 - cock, Morthen arm
  • Ulley CP; field to SW: Herring Gull - c20 - sat in field; possibly same flock as on Guilthwaite Common earlier ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - c40 - sat in field

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