Sightings Archive

Firsby Res: Coot - 2 ; Moorhen - 1 ; Kingfisher - 1 - Call along stream. ; Hobby - 1 - Hunting over main Res and sheep paddock. ; Kestrel - 1 - Juvenile ; Swallow - 1 - over ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - Flew into willows. ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Linnet - 3+ - Over. ; Chiffchaff - 4 ; Meadow Pipit - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 9+

Kimberworth Park: Magpie - 8 - on football pitches @ Barkers Park

Low Common: Meadow Pipit - 1+ - calls

Middleton Moor: Wigeon - 2 ; Dunlin - 1 ; Ringed Plover - 2

Morley Pond: House Martin - 4+ ; Grey Wagtail - 1

Moss Road, Totley: Kestrel - 3 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Jackdaw - 21 - Party of 21 North ; Swallow - 2 - North ; Stonechat - 9 - Spread out along the broken wall, top pasture. By far my highest ever count here. All dispersed by 11:00. ; Chiffchaff - 3 ; Blackcap - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 4

Old Ravenfield: Goldfinch - c80 - From trees on old railway embankment, flushed by Sparrowhawk. ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Circling above treeline unsuccessful attempt at Goldies. ; Chiffchaff - 3 - Calling. ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 20+ - Circling high overhead. ; Meadow Pipit - 2 ; Swallow - 16 - South ; House Martin - 5 - With Swallows. ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Calling near water treatment site. ; Kestrel - 1 ; 319 - 2 - Over woodland

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Swallow - 1 - E/NE @ 1523hrs

Redmires conduit: Little Grebe - 1 - w/p adult or juv on Oaking Clough pool (no obvious signs of immaturity)

RVCP, Main Lake: Dunlin - 6

Silverwood Lagoon: Dunlin - 2 - still on northern shoreline ; Wigeon - 5 ; Mute Swan - 4 - female and 3 juvs ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 60 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Common Buzzard - 2 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Jay - 6 ; Woodpigeon - 200 - east in one flock ; Jackdaw - 8 - party north ; Canada Goose - 4 - west ; Skylark - c.25 - mostly south in ones and twos, one singing over fields to west ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 20 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 6 ; Pheasant - 40+ - releases from local shoot moved to safety of pit top!

Stocksbridge: Swift - 1 - with c20 House Martins over the steelworks

Thrybergh CP: Mute Swan - 34 ; Black-headed Gull - C200 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 6 ; Gadwall - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 1 ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Cormorant - 2 ; Canada Goose - C300 ; Greylag Goose - 24 ; Common Sandpiper - 2 ; Lapwing - 82 ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 6 ; Willow Warbler - 1 ; Swallow - 30 ; House Martin - C80 ; 319 - 7+ ; Kestrel - 2m ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Raven - 2 - In with 5 buzzard on ridge ; Rook - 18 ; Carrion Crow - 10 ; Jackdaw - 2 ; Collared Dove - 3 ; Blackbird - 10 ; Song Thrush - 3 ; Starling - C100 ; Skylark - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 8 ; Grey Wagtail - 4 - Family party still present ; Linnet - 20+

Upper Common, Scholes: Linnet - 30+ - feeding in cover crop adj Scholes Coppice

Wortley Park: 319 - 9

Agden Res: Mandarin - 9+ - At least 9 ; Moorhen - 1 ; Mallard - 15+ ; Tufted Duck - 2 ; Greylag Goose - 6 - Adult and 5 juveniles

Castle Dyke: Starling - c150 - On wires in field between playing fields and Ringinglow Road