Sightings Archive

Upper Midhope: Fieldfare - c20 ; Stock Dove - 2 ; Mistle Thrush - 2 ; Blackbird - 4 ; Robin - 2 ; Magpie - 2 ; Oystercatcher - 2 - Flying over, maybe same as Low Moor. ; Jackdaw - c30 - resident flock ; Black-headed Gull - 1 - on water treatment lagoons ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Great Tit - 2 ; Chaffinch - 2 - both females ; Pheasant - 1 - male

White Lee Moor: 319 - 1 ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Coal Tit - 9 - in plantation. ; Red Grouse - 3 ; Fieldfare - c100

Chatsworth Park: Curlew - 2 - High to south ; Coot - 21 ; Cormorant - 2

Ecclesfield Park: Black-headed Gull - 160+

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 1 ; Mallard - 10 - Large Res. ; Mute Swan - 2 - Single on main Res joined by another presumed Ravenfield Park pair. ; Grey Heron - 1 - Set aside field. ; Pheasant - 1 - Male on path. ; 319 - 1 - Over site early morning. ; Jackdaw - 100 - Several large flocks low over site out of roost early morning. ; Magpie - 10+ - Out of roost. ; Jay - 1 - In woodland. ; Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - In treetops near road. ; Bullfinch - 6+ - Along path. ; Goldfinch - 10+ ; Reed Bunting - 1 - Singing Male. ; Skylark - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1 - Singing. ; Mistle Thrush - 2 - Pair near last years nest site.

Graves Park: Song Thrush - 2

Heeley Millenium Park: Goldfinch - 20+

Ravenfield Park: Moorhen - 3+ ; Coot - 4 ; Mallard - 12 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Female perched over path. ; Tawny Owl - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1 - Singing. ; Siskin - 5 - In with Goldfinch flock. ; Goldfinch - 20+ ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Coal Tit - 1

Roughwood Rec: Black-headed Gull - 50+ ; Jackdaw - c10 ; Rook - 6+

Barlow Common: Chiffchaff - 1 ; Siskin - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - c. 10 ; Pied Wagtail - 2 ; Goldfinch - 3+

Beeley Wood: Goosander - 2 - Drakes

Derwent Res: Mandarin - 17

Fairholmes: Brambling - 80+ - Mixed flock with Chaffinch

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1 - Flushed from small Res. ; 319 - 2 - Pair hanging together in wind. ; Kestrel - 1 - Hunting over set aside field. ; Jackdaw - 20+ - Low through site going to roost. ; Magpie - 10+ - Coming to roost in willows. ; Pheasant - 1 ; Redwing - 7 ; Chaffinch - 3 ; Long-tailed Tit - 15+ ; Meadow Pipit - 2

Orgreave Lakes: Goldeneye - 3 - m, f, f ; Goosander - 1 - redhead ; Pochard - 34 ; Tufted Duck - 6 ; Great Crested Grebe - 3 ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Skylark - 5 - inc. 4 males in song flights ; Meadow Pipit - 1

Ravenfield: 319 - 1 - Low over football pitch behind Ravenfield Arms. ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Scattering Goldfinches in tree tops near entrance to Silverwood.

Silverwood Lagoon: Barn Owl - 1 - hunting widely on pit top 06.55 - 07.20

Slippery Stones: 321 - 1over

Wharncliffe Side: Goosander - 2 - Pair on river don

Woodhouse Washlands: Black-headed Gull - 100+ ; Carrion Crow - c6 ; Redwing - c20 ; Starling - c40 ; Mute Swan - at least 3 ; Canada Goose - c80 ; Wigeon - c40 ; 320 - c6