Sightings Archive

Wharncliffe Chase: 319 - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Jay - 1 ; Linnet - 3 ; Mistle Thrush - 2 - singing ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; Raven - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 1 ; Lapwing - 3

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Crossbill - 1 - flew over heath calling

Whirlowbrook Hall: Mandarin - 8 - 6m 2f on lake

White Lee Moor: Crossbill - 30+ ; Snipe - 2+ - chipping and drumming at dusk

Agden Res: White-fronted Goose - 1 - 1w still with Greylag flock on dam wall at 13:50 ; Greylag Goose - c150 ; 320 - 2 - pair on dam wall

Aldwarke: Peregrine - 1 - adult sat on pylon ; Mute Swan - 16 - 4 SW @b 0718hrs; 7 high to N @ 0730hrs; 5 SW @ 0743hrs

Bramley: Red-legged Partridge - 1 - Feeding on small grass verge on Flanderwell Avenue. An uncommon urban sighting.

Brightholmlee: Barn Owl - 1 ; Tawny Owl - 1

Brincliffe Edge Wood: Lesser Redpoll - 4 - Feeding in birch trees ; Dunnock - 1+ ; Song Thrush - 2 - Singing since early Feb but getting more vigorous now

Brooks Bank farm, nr Midhope Res: Curlew - c27 - in field with new wader scrapes ; Snipe - c8 - feeding by wader scrapes ; Lapwing - c16 - c4 in field others in feeding/flying flock ; Starling - c15 - two flying with lapwing flock the others in a starling flock ; Mistle Thrush - 4 - feeding in pasture ; Carrion Crow - 3 - perched in tree ; Kestrel - 1 - flew over ; Greylag Goose - 2 - Feeding alongside Curlews

Burncross, Chapeltown: Siskin - 1+ ; Greenfinch - 4

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 1 - Sluice. ; Mallard - 2 - Pair on sluice. ; Grey Heron - 1 - Arrived @ 16:30PM. ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - Sluice. ; 319 - 1 - Over. ; Barn Owl - 1 - Female brief hunt then left site. ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Call only. ; Song Thrush - 4 - 2 singing. ; Reed Bunting - 2 - M + F opposite sides of large Res. ; Bullfinch - 6 ; Goldfinch - 2 - Cottage garden. ; Lesser Redpoll - 5+ - In willows.

Froggatt Bridge: Treecreeper - 1

Green Moor: Redwing - 40 - Circa 40 feeding in field in one flock ; Tree Sparrow - 8 ; Yellowhammer - 2 ; Common Buzzard - 2 ; Grey Partridge - 5

Hingcliff Common: Merlin - 1

Hudson*s Rough: Woodpigeon - 30+ ; Wren - 1 - singing ; Dunnock - 1 - singing ; Robin - 2+ - singing ; Blackbird - 1+ - inc 1 (quiet sub- song), ; Great Tit - 1+ ; Nuthatch - 1 - singing ; Treecreeper - 1 - singing ; Jay - 3+ ; Goldfinch - 1 - singing

Langsett Res: Oystercatcher - 3

Longshaw: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1

Low Moor, Upper Midhope: Bullfinch - 3 ; Lapwing - c30 - Territorial/display ; Starling - c30

Mickleden Edge: Mistle Thrush - 1 - Singing ; Red Grouse - 5+ ; Wren - 1 ; Stonechat - 2 - 1 singing male

Middleton Moor: Redshank - 1

Midhope Res: Skylark - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Curlew - 2 - Flew from Low Moor area ; Starling - c40 - Flew west towards Langsett. ; Oystercatcher - 6 - on dam face ; Coal Tit - 2 ; Chaffinch - 1 ; Wren - 1 ; Robin - 2 ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Little Grebe - 2 ; Mallard - 2

Midhope, upper/Low moor: Lapwing - c7 ; Blackbird - 5 - males ; Curlew - c7 ; Kestrel - 1 - hovering ; Carrion Crow - 1 ; Goldfinch - 1 ; Starling - c20 - flying flock ; Redwing - 2 - in hedge ; Robin - 1 ; Blue Tit - 1 ; Mallard - 5 - 3f and 2m in Low Moor pasture

Mount Darnall: Bullfinch - 1 - 1 singing male ; Linnet - 43 ; Jackdaw - 68