Sightings Archive

Tankersley: Lapwing - 5 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Brief song

Thrybergh CP: Mute Swan - 25 ; Canada Goose - c 300 ; Lapwing - 50 ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Grey Heron - 2 ; Little Egret - 1 ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Sand Martin - 8 ; House Martin - 25 ; Pied Wagtail - 6 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Male hunting Goldfinch ; 319 - 3 ; Red-legged Partridge - 6 ; Linnet - 5 ; Goldfinch - 100+

Underbank Res: Swallow - 9 ; Chiffchaff - 5+ - Within mixed tit flock.

Bannerdale: Herring Gull - 2 - Two calling pursued by crows

Barlow Common: Chiffchaff - 1 ; 319 - 8 - including 7 in one bins view

Dog Kennel Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 3 ; Grey Heron - 2 ; Mute Swan - 6 - family party and non - breeding pair? Y892 and partner not ringed, approached by agitated adult of family several times. ; Greylag Goose - c.30 ; Moorhen - 4+ - including family party - 2 adults with 2 recently fledged ; Coot - 1+ ; Black-headed Gull - 8 ; Long-tailed Tit - 1+ ; Nuthatch - 1+ - calls ; Wren - 1+ - singing ; Woodpigeon - 1+ ; Phyllosc sp - 2 - probably Chiffchaff feeding among small patch of umbels at W end of lake

Ecclesfield park: House Martin - 2

Ecclesfield,Greaves Road: Ring-necked Parakeet - 3

Greasbrough Dam,Wentworth: Great Crested Grebe - 4+ - adults and juvs ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Mute Swan - 6 - family party - Y645 and Y329 with 4 juvs preening by side of lake, then fed along with Moorhen family by locals. ; Mallard - 60+ ; Moorhen - 6+ ; Coot - 12+ ; Black-headed Gull - 20+ ; Kestrel - 1 - in adjacent field to N ; Hirundine - 20+ - high over W end of lake

Green Moor: Pheasant - 200+ - Game release

Low Moor, Upper Midhope: Curlew - 1 - Juvenile ; 319 - 2 ; House Martin - c5 ; Swallow - c10 ; Goldfinch - c5 - Juvs ; Raven - 2

Middle Common: Mistle Thrush - 15 - briefly onto telegraph pole then across to Cinder Hills

Middleton Moor: 320 - 52 ; Yellow-legged Gull - 3 ; Shelduck - 1 - Juvenile ; Redstart - 1 - Male by small gate on path to hide

Midhope Res: Little Grebe - 10 ; Little Ringed Plover - 1 - Juvenile ; House Martin - Oct-15 ; 320 - 6 ; Tufted Duck - 17 ; Little Ringed Plover - 2 - Both juveniles ; 319 - 02-Mar - Begging calls heard

Millhouses: Swift - 1 - drifting over the house at 13:50, unable to see which way it flew off

Norfolk Heritage Park: Tawny Owl - 1 - female "kevicking" from trees

Orgreave Lakes: Kestrel - 4 ; Kestrel - 4 - Second picture.

R Rother M1: Grey Heron - 1 ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 6

Rawmarsh: House Martin - 12 - over @ 2000hrs

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Swift - 1 - S/SW @ 1545hrs ; Swift - 1 - S/SW @ 1545hrs

RVCP: Goosander - 14 ; Black-headed Gull - 420 - moving south

Scholes Coppice: 319 - 1 - into Coppice at 20:20 ; Barn Owl - 1 - hunting

Tankersley: Little Ringed Plover - 1 - Juvenile ; 319 - 02-Mar - Juveniles calling to adult ; Swallow - 10 - SSW

Upper Common, Scholes: Kestrel - 1 - hunting over cover crop - almost dark, 19:58

Upper Whiston: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 24 ; Herring Gull - 9 ; House Sparrow - 14

Catcliffe Flash: Little Grebe - 4 ; Cormorant - 8 ; Pochard - 1 ; Gadwall - 6 ; Tufted Duck - 2 ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; 319 - 1

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 6+ - Adults and juvs. ; Coot - 2 ; Mallard - 2 ; Mute Swan - 2 ; Kingfisher - 1 - Hovering. Amazing to watch. ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - On sluice. ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - On cottage.