Sightings Archive

Ewden Height: Lesser Black-backed Gull - c20 SE ; Kestrel - 1 ; Peregrine - 1 - Low south ; Raven - 4 ; Raven - 4 ; Lesser Redpoll - 1+ ; Song Thrush - 1 - Very flighty

Eyam Moor: Long-tailed Tit - c5 ; Raven - 1 ; Stonechat - 4+

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 2 ; Mallard - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; 319 - 2 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Calling in woodland. ; Chaffinch - 1 - Male. ; Lesser Redpoll - 2 - Circling over Dam wall calling. ; Siskin - 10 - Over together. ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing.

Offerton Moor: Stonechat - 2 ; Raven - 1

Ravenfield Park: Moorhen - 2 - Inc adult with fishing line round both legs captured by bailiff who cut it off and released it. Seemed to have no ill effects. ; Mallard - 12+ ; Mute Swan - 1 ; 319 - 3 - In the air together Hooten Roberts end. ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - Over. ; Black-headed Gull - 2 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 2 ; Song Thrush - 1 - Juv on path. ; Treecreeper - 3 ; Goldcrest - 5 ; Goldcrest - 5 ; Bullfinch - 1 - Juv. ; Lesser Redpoll - 2+ - Over calling. ; Siskin - 5 ; Coal Tit - 1

Ravenfield tip: Common Buzzard - 1 - over, harassed by crow

Skye Edge Fields: Ring-necked Parakeet - 23 - Flying fast and low into the wind heading to roost.

Stubley Hollow: Chiffchaff - 3 ; Swallow - 1 ; Jackdaw - 51 ; Carrion Crow - 31

Thrybergh CP: Pintail - 1 - female-type, associating with GA & WN. Flushed by dog walkers & left W/NW @ 0730hrs ; Gadwall - 1pr ; Wigeon - 3 - 2 drakes ; Little Grebe - 14 - inc a still stripey juv. ; Great Crested Grebe - 2 ; Cormorant - 7 - 1 N; 6 S together @ 0933hrs ; Greylag Goose - 19 - left W @ 0808hrs ; Snipe - 1 - E @ 0754hrs ; Linnet - c150 - Hickfield Bank ; Long-tailed Tit - 5+ - in S arm ; Blackcap - 1 - calling in willows ; Goldcrest - 2 - willows ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 6 - all SE ; Chaffinch - c10 - S end ; Grey Heron - 1 - imm ; Crossbill - 1 - S calling @ 0830hrs ; Goldfinch - c50 - feeding in birches in car park ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Lesser Redpoll - 7 - W ; Herring Gull - 1 - adult ; Black-headed Gull - c85 ; Pied Wagtail - 5 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Common Buzzard - 1 - drifted E/NE ; Canada Goose - 37 - parties of 21 & 16 in from W between 0817-0830hrs, plus 1 x Barnacle hybrid ; Lapwing - 57 - on NW shore ; Coot - c130 ; Tufted Duck - 58 ; Mute Swan - 53 - inc 5 juvs; 19 left SW, presumably to Parkgate canal basin ; Siskin - 59+ - 21 with GO flock in car park, remainder moving SE with more passing over unseen ; Chiffchaff - 10+ - incomplete count ; Moorhen - 10 ; Pochard - 11 ; House Martin - 17 - flock high to SE, calling ; Swallow - c20 - SE ; Meadow Pipit - 13 - 7 in S arm + 6 S

Thrybergh CP; adjacent fields: Skylark - 19 - parties of 8 & 11, over

Thrybergh village: Swallow - 8 - party heading S, skimming rooftops

Ecclesfield: Common Buzzard - 3 - Presumed pair circling and calling over Hartley Brook,with a third circling higher above.

Manor Fields Park: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 5 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Siskin - 4 - flew south . ; Lesser Redpoll - 34+ - 10 on site c24 south in small flocks ; Crossbill - 1 - flew east over calling 08:28 ; Meadow Pipit - 50+ - small groups heading south 06:45-08:40 ; Snipe - 1 - dropped in 08:33 ; Long-tailed Tit - 25+ - mobile + vocal flock ; Chiffchaff - 5+ ; Blackcap - 2

Middleton Moor: Dunlin - 3 ; Ringed Plover - 1 ; Wigeon - 7 ; 320 - 22 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 850+ ; Yellow-legged Gull - 3 - 2 adults, 1 near adult

Orgreave Lakes: Marsh Harrier - 1 - Male (at least 3cy) in from NE then circled up high before leaving SW 11:30