Sightings Archive

Tankersley: 320 - 6

Tankersley bell ground: Greenshank - 3 ; Snipe - 5 ; 320 - 16 ; Mallard - 33 ; 319 - 1 ; Lapwing - 6

Thrybergh CP: Nuthatch - 3+ - In trees along "Rambler way" Western corner of

Triangle Pond Treeton: Kingfisher - 1

Aldwarke: Cormorant - 3 - on pylon

Aldwarke; Liberty Steels: Peregrine - 1pr - squabbling briefly on roof (over prey?) before disappearing. Calls heard, then f appeared on favoured chimney, m back on rooftop. ; Common Buzzard - 1 - sat on rooftop guard rail

Harley: Swallow - c15

Malin Bridge: Dipper - 1

Morley Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 3 ; Grey Heron - 1 - on from Dog Kennel ; Mute Swan - 1 - by feeder behind boathouse ; Greylag Goose - 30+ - E low across fields, S of Peacock Lodge farm( 09:50) ; Mallard - 20+ ; Moorhen - 2 ; Coot - 1+ ; Red-legged Partridge - 20+ - gathered on track between lakes ; Pheasant - 1+ ; Swallow - 20+ ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Wren - 1+ - singing ; Blackbird - 1 ; Robin - 1 - singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 1+ ; Nuthatch - 1+ - calls

Old Ravenfield: Moorhen - 3 ; Grey Heron - 1 - Sat high in trees on border of site not disturbed by farmer flailing other side of hedge, ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - On small holding out building. ; Mute Swan - 2 - Resident pair. ; Bullfinch - 4+ - Calling in willows. ; Chiffchaff - 3 - Calling. ; Meadow Pipit - 2 - Over. ; Song Thrush - 1 - Feeding in hedge bottom. ; Song Thrush - 1 - Feeding in hedge bottom. ; Hobby - 1 - Scattering Swallows and House Martins before departing towards TCP. ; Swallow - 20+ - Over village and low over fields between Arbour Lane and St James church. ; House Martin - 10+ - With Swallows.

Orgreave Lakes: Little Grebe - 12+ ; Little Egret - 1 ; 320 - 4 ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Lapwing - 3 ; Grey Partridge - 2 - Showing well and calling from the safety of the plains fortress. ; Chiffchaff - 8+ ; 324 - 1

Parkgate: House Martin - c25 - over; probably a recent fledging ; Swallow - 1 - feeding low over Broad Street ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - Broad Street ; Grey Heron - 03-Apr - 2 circling over calling before one settled on golf course pond, other lost; 2 N together 15 mins later

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Chiffchaff - 6+ ; Goldcrest - 1 - male, brief song ; Siskin - 7+ - over, inc party of 4 S ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - 1 heard over; 1 W ; Meadow Pipit - 05-Jun - 1-2 S; 4 E ; Chaffinch - 4 - N ; Goldfinch - 5 - flock ; Herring Gull - 1 - S ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - N, then into trees on golf course ; Jackdaw - 1 - N ; Coal Tit - 1 - in mixed flock ; Greylag Goose - 1 - NE ; Kestrel - 1 - male, settled in treetop ; Long-tailed Tit - 10+ - mixed flock

Redmires Res: Little Grebe - 4 ; Cormorant - 2 - on Bottom Res ; Tufted Duck - 13 - moult flock on Top Res ; 320 - 3 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 75 - in late evening - possibly roosting but gulls heard calling E over Ecclesall later, so they may not be! ; Herring Gull - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 17 - around reservoir perimeter ; Siskin - 70 - c. 20 + c. 50 arrived from NE mid-morning ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 ; House Martin - 40 - c. flew SW ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1

Roundwood Golf course: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - calling ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing

Roundwood Ponds: Cormorant - 2 - possibly 2 of 3 birds on Aldwarke pylon earlier

RVCP: Egyptian Goose - 8 ; Tufted Duck - 137 ; Pied Wagtail - 45 - feeding flock

Silver Wood: Nuthatch - 2 - Calling. ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Calling in centre of wood. ; Coal Tit - 3+ ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Large Female of corner of wood with path leading to Old Ravenfield.

Tankersley: Greenshank - 3 ; Snipe - c15 ; 320 - 6 ; Lapwing - 6 ; Greenshank - 3

Thorpe Hesley: House Martin - 1

Thrybergh CP: Tufted Duck - 8 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Grey Heron - 2 ; Grey Wagtail - 1