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From the Sightings Archive you are able to search for archived sighting records which are more than 3 years old and dating back to 2011.

Sunday 5th January 2020

  • Firsby Res: Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 14 ; 319 - 1 ; Barn Owl - 1 - fresh pellets and spray on fence post. ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Bullfinch - 6+ - Together ; Chaffinch - 1 - Male. ; Wren - 1 ; Dunnock - 2 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 12 ; Mistle Thrush - 3
  • Fulwood Crimicar Drive: Redwing - 2
  • Green lane, Ecclesfield: 319 - 1 - Circling and calling.
  • Morley Plantation: Long-tailed Tit - c15 ; Treecreeper - 01-Feb ; Goldcrest - 2 ; Coal Tit - 2 ; Moorhen - 1 - on stream ; Goldfinch - c20 ; Stock Dove - 1 - singing ; Nuthatch - 3
  • New Stubbin colliery & tip: Pheasant - 1 - cock ; Redwing - 3 ; Greenfinch - 1 ; Herring Gull - 8 - all SE ; Great Black-backed Gull - 1 - W/NW ; Woodpigeon - c110 - E/NE in two flocks
  • Orgreave Lakes: Goldeneye - 7 ; Tufted Duck - 23 ; Goosander - 2 ; Pochard - 47 ; Wigeon - 31 ; Gadwall - 10 ; Coot - 50 ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Grey Heron - 2 ; Lapwing - 60 - c. ; Shelduck - 1 - briefly early a.m. ; Great Black-backed Gull - 80 - c. washing off ; Herring Gull - 50 - c. washing off ; Black-headed Gull - 90 - c. ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - ad - dark backed individual L.f.intermedius ; Grey Partridge - 7 - covey flushed by dog walker next to small lake ; Lesser Redpoll - 20 - c. briefly overhead ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Pied Wagtail - 3 ; Meadow Pipit - 4 ; Skylark - 2 ; Linnet - 2 ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - 3rd winter ; CASPIAN GULL - 2 - 1st winters ; Great Black-backed Gull - 35 ; Herring Gull - 67
  • Ravenfield Park: Coot - 5+ ; Moorhen - 10+ ; Mallard - 15+ ; Black-headed Gull - 4 ; Siskin - 6+ ; Treecreeper - 1
  • Rawmarsh Cemetery: Pheasant - 1 - cock ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Chaffinch - 1 ; Coal Tit - 2 - inc one singing
  • Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Song Thrush - 1 - singing, 0745hrs ; Blue Tit - 1pr - investigating nestbox daily
  • Rawmarsh; Stubbin incline: Long-tailed Tit - 5+ ; Bullfinch - 2+
  • Redmires Res: Greylag Goose - 50 - in fields ; Pink-footed Goose - 1 - still feeding amongst local Greylag flock ; Canada Goose - 36 - in fields ; Black-headed Gull - 340 - c. roosted on Top Res ; Herring Gull - 1 - ad roosted amongst BHGs - a first I think! ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - on wires ; Red Grouse - 5 - flushed along conduit
  • River Derwent, Curbar: Dipper - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Mandarin - c. 40
  • Shepherd Wheel: Treecreeper - 2 - seen together ; Long-tailed Tit - 3
  • Shirebrook Valley: Willow Tit - 1 - On feeders ; Kestrel - 2 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; 319 - 1 ; Coal Tit - 2 - On feeders ; Jay - 1
  • Silver Wood: Nuthatch - 4 - very vocal ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Coal Tit - 3 ; Treecreeper - 2 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - singing
  • Silverwood Lagoon: Tawny Owl - 2 - very vocal in Hollings Lane sidings pre-dawn ; Pochard - 2 ; Gadwall - 2 ; Tufted Duck - 11 ; Little Grebe - 1 - a trilling bird was a bit surprising so early in the year ; Common Buzzard - 3 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Herring Gull - 8 - SW in ones and twos

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