Sightings Archive

Howden Dam: 324 - 1 - Mountain Hare in White winter coat. Also lots of frogs spawn in puddles at the side of the path. ; Cormorant - 1 ; Goldcrest - 2 - Together ; Grey Heron - 1

Hudson*s Rough: Tawny Owl - 1 - calls @ 09:50 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - drumming ; Wren - 1 - singing ; Robin - 1+ ; Goldcrest - 2 - singing ; Coal Tit - 1 - singing ; Great Tit - 1+ - singing ; Nuthatch - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 2 - singing

Middleton Moor: Wheatear - 2 ; Little Owl - 1 ; 320 - 7 ; Tufted Duck - 4 ; Shelduck - 1 ; Stonechat - 2 - a pair ; Red-legged Partridge - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 4 - Two pairs ; Shelduck - 1

Morehall Res: Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Cormorant - 2

Moscar: Lapwing - 2

Norton Lees: 319 - 5 - Calling and drifting slowly east over allotments.

Orgreave Lakes: Knot - 1 - West Bank of big lake at 08:10 ; Goldeneye - 3 - 1m & 2f ; Sand Martin - 3 ; Goldeneye - 8 - 3 males note only 7 in photo. ; Goosander - 11 ; Pochard - 3 - 1 male

Peat Pits: Wheatear - 1 pair

Redmires Middle Res: Wren - 1 ; Ringed Plover - 1

Redmires Res: Whooper Swan - 31 - Four on Top Res + 18 N at 07:52 followed by 9 W at 10:10 hrs ; Canada Goose - 50 - c. in fields ; Greylag Goose - 30 - c. in fields ; Tufted Duck - 2 - on Top Res ; Goosander - 1 - male flew W at 09:30 ; Mallard - 14 ; 320 - 6 - on Middle Res ; 319 - 3 - pair + 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Oystercatcher - 2 - on Middle Res ; Lapwing - 25 - c. ; Curlew - 6 ; Fieldfare - 100 - c. flew NNW ; Redwing - 50 - c. flew NNW ; Meadow Pipit - 8 ; Reed Bunting - 3 - singing ; Pied Wagtail - 3 ; Grey Wagtail - 4 - 2 pairs on Middle Res ; Skylark - 3 - singing on Roper Hill ; Siskin - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing by Middle Res ; Linnet - 30 - c. on Middle Res ; Jackdaw - 5 - flew W

Rivelin Valley: 319 - 1 ; Mandarin - 4 - 2 pairs ; 319 - 2 - pair calling and circling ; Mallard - 8 - 3 pairs + 2m

Rother Valley CP: Goldeneye - 14 ; Chiffchaff - 6 - singing ; Sand Martin - 2 - Main Lake

Sickleholme: Kestrel - 1 - Flying N over A6187

Sothall: Grey Heron - 1 - nocmig recorded 0059hr ; Redwing - 4 - nocmig recorded between 1830hr 19.03.20 - 0600hr 20.03.20 ; Moorhen - 1 - nocmig recorded over garden

Stanage Edge: Ring Ouzel - 2

Thornhill: 319 - 7 - 2pairs & 1 group of 3 soaring & vocal

Waverley Estate: Barn Owl - 1 - Hunting on rough grasslands next to Rolls Royce from 18.30

Wharncliffe Chase: Goldcrest - 1 - Singing ; Curlew - 2 - Both calling ; Skylark - 4+ - Singing ; Meadow Pipit - 150+ - Obvious recent arrivals, large single group of 100+ feeding in area + several displaying ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Female ; Cormorant - 1 - North ; Linnet - Pair - Song plus assessing suitable nest site ; 319 - 5 - 1 on the Chase, others seems circling to the west ; Reed Bunting - 1 - Male ; Green Woodpecker - 2 - a pair feeding on the ground ; Yellowhammer - 1 ; Stock Dove - 3 ; Red-legged Partridge - Pair ; Treecreeper - 2 ; Kestrel - 1

Barlow Common: Chiffchaff - 1 - showing well in garden and singing briefly ; Skylark - 1 ; Kestrel - 1

Bingham Park: Goldcrest - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - Singing ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - m ; 321 - 1 - staring intently into pond-side undergrowth (frogs?)

Blackburn Meadows: Lapwing - 3 - 3 lapwing mobbing a buzzard between Tinsley flyover and treatment plant.

Brightholmlee: Barn Owl - 1

Cutthroat Bridge: Ring Ouzel - 2 ; Mistle Thrush - 2 - One on ground one on pylons. Alarm call made on Ring Ouzel moving through.

Firsby Res: Mute Swan - 2 - Pair