Sightings Archive

Thrybergh Tip: Moorhen - 6 ; Reed Bunting - 1 - singing ; Blackcap - 8 - inc 7 singing ; Chiffchaff - 17+ - inc 11+ singing ; Song Thrush - 2 - singing ; Jay - 1 ; Red-legged Partridge - 1 ; Mute Swan - 19 - 12 SW @ 0649hrs; 7 SW @ 0707hrs, presumably to Parkgate

Ughill: Curlew - c70 - wet shaw

Wadsley Common garden: Goldcrest - 1 - Singing ; Siskin - 5 - Last few of the 15-20 or so we have had all winter. ; Bullfinch - 4 - 2 pairs.

Agden Res: Pink-footed Goose - 1 - with Greylags in fields to W ; Greylag Goose - 18 ; Oystercatcher - 2

Aldwarke: Cormorant - 4 - N ; Mute Swan - 7 - 6 SW & 1 NE between 0713 & 0840hrs

Aldwarke; Liberty Steel: Raven - 1 ; Peregrine - 1 - sat on chimney from 0725hrs ; Cormorant - 5 - max on pylon

Bingham Park: Common Sandpiper - 1 - Briefly on Ibbotson's Wheel

Birley Edge: Woodpigeon - 180+ - on freshly tilled field ; Kestrel - 1 ; Jay - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 3 - on freshly tilled field ; Yellowhammer - 2 - on freshly tilled field ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing ; Stock Dove - 4 - Associating with woodpigeons ; Robin - 1 ; Blackbird - 1 ; Pheasant - 4 - Males

Canklow Woods: Willow Warbler - 2 - singing ; Lesser Redpoll - 8

Deepcar/Wharncliffe Wood area: Swallow - 5 - flying up river and generally around area ; Chiffchaff - 06-Jul - all singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 4 ; Chaffinch - 05-Jul ; Great Tit - 4 ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Nuthatch - 03-Apr ; Blackbird - 7+ ; Song Thrush - 2 ; Robin - 3 ; Dunnock - 4 ; Woodpigeon - 12+

Dog Kennel Pond: Mistle Thrush - 1 - Adult to nest carrying food high up in Sycamore, W end adj f/p. ; Treecreeper - 1 - singing S side W end.

Firsby Res: Lesser Redpoll - 8 ; Willow Warbler - 4 - Singing. ; Chiffchaff - 5 - Singing ; Fieldfare - c100 - Over going North West in groups of 20-30. ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 - Excavating nest cavity in dead Alder. ; Blackcap - 2 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 2 - Mobbing Corvids at nest site. ; Magpie - 2 - Near Mistle Thrush nest site. ; Carrion Crow - 1 - With Magpies at M.Thrush site. ; 319 - 2 ; Pied Wagtail - 5 - Among horses in paddock.

Fulwood garden: Brambling - 8

Green Moor: Goshawk - 1 - Male heading north

Howden Res: Osprey - 1 - North over Howden Res.

Lawrence Field: Stonechat - 1 - Male ; Kestrel - 1 - Male ; Meadow Pipit - 12+ ; Curlew - 1 ; Red Grouse - 1 ; Pheasant - 2 - Males ; Stonechat - 2 - a pair near Owler Tor

Longshaw: Long-tailed Tit - 1 ; Jay - 2

Malin Bridge: Curlew - 1 - nocmig, single call 00:37

Manor Fields Park: Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Cormorant - 4 - flew west c07:00 ; Moorhen - 2+ ; Mallard - 15 - 3 male 2 Fem 10duckling ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 - adults over ; Black-headed Gull - 3 - over ; Collared Dove - 2 ; Fieldfare - 2 - over north 08:15 ; Meadow Pipit - 7+ - 1 on 6+over north ; Chiffchaff - 4 - singing ; Blackcap - 3 - singing males ; Linnet - 10+

Middleton Moor: Grey Plover - 1 - in grassy field with lapwings ; 320 - 8 ; Canada Goose - 2 ; Snipe - 1 ; Oystercatcher - 1 ; 319 - 2 ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing

Midhope Res: Oystercatcher - 6 - 1 pr on res wall and 2 prs in fields below ; 319 - 2 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Little Grebe - 3 ; Coot - 1 ; Moorhen - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Siskin - 4

Orgreave Lakes: Red Kite - 2 - Displaying over a end of site. 1 bird carried on north with 2nd returning towards Swallownest.