Sightings Archive

Thursday 25th February 2021

• Hutcliffe Wood: Jay - 1 ; Nuthatch - 1
• Keppels Field: Kestrel - 1 - male hunting ; Goldfinch - 5+
• Kimberworth Park: Greenfinch - 1 - singing from garden adj to allotment @ Barkers Park.
• Lady Canning*s Plantation: Raven - 2 - low W together ; Crossbill - 4
• Langsett Res: Black-headed Gull - c2900 ; Common Gull - c70 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 ; Canada Goose - c50
• Langsett Wood: Song Thrush - 6 - 5 singing on walk from Low Moor to Langsett Res around 5pm
• Low Ash Farm.: Black Redstart - 1 - feeding on flies around horse manure @ 16.15.
• Low Moor, Upper Midhope: Lapwing - c25 ; Curlew - 1+
• Loxley Chase: Common Gull - c20 - in fields with BHG flock ; Black-headed Gull - c300 - flock scattered over fields
• Malin Bridge: Redwing - 1 - nocmig 05:19 ; Moorhen - 1 - nocmig 23:02
• Manor: Carrion Crow - 2 - pair nest building.
• Manor Fields Park: Stonechat - 1 - at 17:30 ; Redwing - 4 ; Blackbird - c14 - around park ; Linnet - c4 ; Mallard - 5 ; Moorhen - 3
• Mayfield Valley: Little Owl - 1 ; 319 - 2 ; Skylark - 4 - 2 over W and 2 in fields ; Common Gull - 1 - adult in fields by David Lane ; Raven - 1 - W over David Lane
• Midhope Res: Stock Dove - 20 - Single group in farmland ; Fieldfare - 10 ; Starling - c120 - 2 groups flew SE towards Stocksbridge 4.15pm ; Oystercatcher - 4 - Together below dam wall ; Tufted Duck - 4 - 2 pairs ; Goldeneye - 2 - a pair ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Black-headed Gull - 1000+ - Groups constantly low NW towards Langsett Res roost 4 to 4.45 ; Common Gull - 20+ - Moving with BHG’s
• Millhouses garden: Jay - 3 - group of 3 was unusual.
• Norfolk Heritage Park: Stock Dove - 2 - A pair feeding on the ground in front of a nest box which a pair (presumably these two) used last year.
• Onesmoor bottom: Little Owl - 2 - calling from stone walls. ; Fieldfare - c80 - feeding in fields.
• Orgreave Lakes: Shelduck - 2 - On the big lake ; Shelduck - 2 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - Calling by river ; Curlew - 1
• Oughtibridge: Rook - 3 - nest building at cemetery..
• Pit-house West: Water Rail - 1 ; Coot - 2 ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; 324 - 1 - Peacock butterfly
• Redmires conduit: Curlew - 2 - Feeding on pasture on downhill side of conduit, near pond.
• Redmires Res: Curlew - 83 - roosted on Middle Res ; Oystercatcher - 2 - ads roosted on Middle Res ; Lapwing - 80 - c. on Middle Res ; Barn Owl - 1 - hunting along conduit at dusk ; Blackbird - 1 - singing ; Song Thrush - 2 - inc one singing ; 320 - 10 - c. on Middle Res ; Tufted Duck - 3 - 2 m + 1 f on Top Res
• Redscope Plantation: Woodpigeon - 20+ ; Wren - 1 - singing ; Dunnock - 1 ; Robin - 3 - singing ; Blackbird - 1+ ; Redwing - 1+ ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing ; Great Tit - 1+ ; Chaffinch - 1 ; Goldfinch - 1+ ; Magpie - 2 ; Bullfinch - 1 - calls
• Ringinglow: Curlew - 1
• Rother Valley CP: Goldeneye - 5 ; Redwing - 1 ; Canada Goose - 94 ; Greylag Goose - 44 ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Black-headed Gull - 150+ ; Herring Gull - 25+ ; Grey Heron - 8 ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Wigeon - 36 ; Pochard - 3 ; Tufted Duck - 30+ ; Mistle Thrush - 3 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Goldfinch - 4 ; Long-tailed Tit - 4 ; Cormorant - 18
• Scholes Coppice: Robin - 4+ - singing ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing ; Nuthatch - 1+ - 1 singing ; Treecreeper - 1+ - singing, pos more, peace shattered by kid on trials bike tearing through wood and adj field @ Upper Common.
• Thorpe Hesley: Yellowhammer - 4
• Thorpe Hesley garden: Blackbird - 1 - f unusually feeding on fat ball holder. Collected droppings from floor.
• Wadsley Common garden: Jackdaw - 40 - Noisily over garden north towards the common.