Sightings Archive

Brincliffe Edge Wood: Song Thrush - 1+ - Singing for several mornings but getting more vigorous ; Dunnock - 2 - Singing outside window

Canklow Woods: Redwing - 2 - Near Boston castle 13.30 ; Robin - 3 - 1 singing ; Song Thrush - 1 - Singing ; Goldfinch - 6+ - 1 singing ; Dunnock - 1 ; Bullfinch - 2 - Calling pair, female observerd. ; Blue Tit - 06-Aug ; Great Tit - 06-Aug ; Long-tailed Tit - 4

Hurlfield: Tawny Owl - 3 - calling at 05:00.

Kilnhurst Ings: Pink-footed Goose - c40 - Skein flew over heading west

Longshaw: Brambling - 1+ - By the Discovery Centre ; Nuthatch - 1 - By the Discovery Centre ; Greenfinch - 1 - By the Discovery Centre ; Jay - 2 ; Mandarin - 12 - M&F

Meadowhall: FIRECREST - 1 - reported in isolated pine near footbridge at 12:45, no sign 13:00-14:30. ; FIRECREST - 1 - photo ; FIRECREST - 1 - Seen at top of steps in solitary pine tree ; FIRECREST - 1 - Last one

Pit-house West: Woodcock - 2

R Don, Stevenson Rd: CASPIAN GULL - 1 - 1w on waste ground. ; Common Gull - 1 - 1w, first here for a while.

Redmires Bottom Res: Pink-footed Goose - 1 - With Greylags ; Greylag Goose - 50 - C.50 in flight ; Canada Goose - 22

Ringinglow: Redwing - 30/40 - Against the light unfortunately ; Redwing - 30/40 - Having a spat with a blackbird over a worm.

Roper Hill: Red Grouse - 1 - In rough grass hummocks at top of the hill - unusual location.

RVCP, Meadowgate Lake: Little Egret - 2 ; Goldeneye - 7

Scholes Coppice: Stock Dove - 1 - singing ; Woodpigeon - 1+ - singing ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2+ - 2 drumming,1 male seen and "rattle "calls. ; Robin - 1+ - singing ; Blackbird - 5+ - several alarming in tree nr Studmoor Rd ent Tawny Owl? ; Redwing - 5+ - feedig on Holly. ; Long-tailed Tit - 1+ ; Blue Tit - 1+ ; Great Tit - 1+ ; Nuthatch - 2+ - calls ; Jay - 1+ ; Magpie - 1+

Shepherd*s Plantation: Woodpigeon - 1+ ; Wren - 1 - singing ; Robin - 2+ - singing ; Blackbird - 1+ ; Redwing - 1+ - feeding on Holly ; Long-tailed Tit - 1+ ; Blue Tit - 5+ ; Great Tit - 1+ - singing ; Nuthatch - 2 - calling ; Magpie - 1+ ; Goldfinch - 2+

Shirebrook Valley: Green Woodpecker - 1 - In Poplar trees in the Rainbow Forge area ; Nuthatch - 1 - In trees In Rainbow Meadows.

Underbank Res/lower Midhope: Moorhen - 6 - in fields at side of reservoir ; Kestrel - 1 ; Mallard - 4 ; Magpie - 3 ; Jay - 1 - foraging around bottom of large Oak tree ; Woodpigeon - 7 ; Jackdaw - Oct-15 ; Pheasant - 3 ; Blackbird - 04-May ; Fieldfare - 30+ - in old pasture near village ; Cormorant - 1 - fishing from dead tree overhanging water at village end of res ; Tufted Duck - 1 ; Robin - 4 ; Blue Tit - 2 ; Great Tit - 3 ; Goldfinch - Oct-15 - in silver birch very vocal ; Siskin - 10-Dec - with goldfinches ; Wren - 2 - heard but not seen

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Common Buzzard - 3 ; Mallard - 4 - at Dam Pond ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1

Barlow Common: Kestrel - 1 ; Fieldfare - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 2 ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Bullfinch - 1

Blacka Moor: Fieldfare - 30

Brightside: Ring-necked Parakeet - 30 at least - Roosting in trees on Brightside Ln opposite Brightside Way.

Brincliffe: Pink-footed Goose - 20 - At dusk estimated this number. Flock moving quite low. approx nw. Flying out of dark eastern sky towards lighter western sky. Calling.

Canklow Woods: Goldcrest - 1 - feeding in trees on the top path by the school playing fields ; 319 - 1 - Over Boston Castle 15.15

Centenary Riverside: Kestrel - 1 - Sat near top pond 15.00 ; Goldfinch - 6 ; Long-tailed Tit - 4 ; Robin - 1 - Brief song ; Wren - 2 ; 321 - 1 ; Mallard - 10 - River ; Moorhen - 2 ; Canada Goose - 1

Chatsworth Park: Redwing - 40 ; Brambling - 2+ - Feeding under beech trees with chaffinch