Sightings Archive

Manor Fields Park: Chiffchaff - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 1 - male singing again from reedbed 07:20.

Middle Common: Skylark - 1+ - singing

Middleton Moor: Shelduck - 1 ; Redshank - 2 ; Oystercatcher - 1 ; 320 - 5 ; Tufted Duck - 2 ; Lapwing - 24 ; Common Gull - 110 - At 6 pm ; Curlew - 95

Norwood Allotments: Red Kite - 1 - Over northwest at 12:45

Orgreave Lakes: Red Kite - 1 - drifted over S end of big lake and away W at 14.47. (record shot).

R Don Hillfoot-Neepsend: Goosander - 2 - males ; Cormorant - 1 - flew downriver ; Moorhen - 2 ; Mallard - 3 ; Dipper - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 3 - alarming at Sparrowhawk by river ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 - over substation ; Common Buzzard - 3 ; Treecreeper - 1 - in riverside trees ; Jay - 1

Redmires conduit: Snipe - 2 ; Wren - 1

Redmires Middle Res: Ringed Plover - 1 - on north shore at 07:30

Redmires Top Res: Tufted Duck - 4 - 2 pairs

Rivelin Valley: Chiffchaff - 1 - In observers garden

Rockingham Wood: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - drumming ; Robin - 2 - singing ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 2+ ; Pheasant - 1+ - males

RVCP: 319 - 5 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Grey Heron - 5 - 2sat on nests ; Mute Swan - 14 ; Tufted Duck - 57 ; Wigeon - 78 ; Pochard - 6 ; Goldeneye - 6 ; Goosander - 4 ; Great Crested Grebe - 4 ; Little Grebe - 2 ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Herring Gull - 24 ; Chiffchaff - 4 - In song ; Cormorant - 14 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Wren - 9 ; Robin - 16 ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Goldcrest - 1

Scholes Ground: Black-headed Gull - 80+

Sothall: Water Rail - 1 - nocmig recorded over garden 2010hr

Ulley CP: Chiffchaff - 2 - singing either side of Morthen Arm.

Upper Common, Scholes: Skylark - 1+ - singing

Upper Derwentdale: Brambling - 300+ - Huge noisy flock. A single flock split up into a few smaller ones. ; Raven - 1 ; Brambling - 300+ ; Brambling - 300+

Wentworth Park: 319 - 2 - soaring together over Peacock Lodge Farm @ 11:00

Barlow Common: Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Coal Tit - 2 ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - c. 6 ; Goldfinch - c. 4

Bradfield: Oystercatcher - 1

Brownhills Lane: Curlew - c70 - Feeding in roadside fields at 16:00

Canklow Woods: Sparrowhawk - 2 - pair displaying 0900 ; Common Buzzard - 4 - 4 in the air together at 1030

Cutthoat Layby: Ring Ouzel - 2 - present and calling at 11:00 - watched from lay-by before flying N onto Derwent Moors.

Damflask Res: Great Crested Grebe - 2

Firsby Res: Coot - 2 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - Pair on sluice. ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - Also on sluice. ; Kestrel - 1 - Male hunting over sheep paddock. ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - Yaffling ; Goldcrest - 2 - 1 singing ; Bullfinch - 6 ; Linnet - c60 - In flock with Yellowhammer and Reed Bunting on field adjacent to site. ; Yellowhammer - c10 ; Reed Bunting - c20 ; Kestrel - 1

Freebirch: Stonechat - 2 - Pair on fence posts along Slakepit Lane

High Lad Ridge: Red Grouse - 2 ; Lapwing - 2 ; 324 - 1 - Mountain Hare ; Skylark - 1

Hollow Meadows: Lapwing - c14 - dropped down into damp pasture as a flock from flight ; Red Grouse - 1 ; Curlew - 2 ; Meadow Pipit - 1