Sightings Archive

Chatsworth Park: Redwing - 20+ ; Goosander - 1 - Redhead ; Mandarin - 2 - Pair ; Coot - 20

Moscar Flat: Golden Plover - c15 - group flew over

Nicolle primary school,Firth Park: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Mobbed by three Pied Wagtails

Orgreave Lakes: Great Black-backed Gull - 393 - washing off after roosting on fatory roofs ; CASPIAN GULL - 1 - 1st winter from 0845-0910

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Mistle Thrush - 2 - over to E ; Grey Heron - 1 - very low to E, then N/NW @ 1216hrs

Redmires conduit: Snipe - 1 ; 319 - 1 ; Red Grouse - c8 ; Meadow Pipit - 1

Redmires Top Res: Treecreeper - 1 ; Blue Tit - 1+ ; Coal Tit - 1+ ; Blackbird - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 1 ; Dunnock - 1

Thrybergh CP: Water Rail - 1

Wharncliffe Side: Common Buzzard - 2 - over observers garden

Dog Kennel Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 2 ; Cormorant - 3 ; Mallard - 20+ ; Moorhen - 4 ; Coot - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 - Male huting along N side of lake. ; Black-headed Gull - 50+ ; Grey Wagtail - 1

Langsett: Redwing - 25 - with Fieldfare ; Fieldfare - 25 ; Red Grouse - 8

Langsett Res: Treecreeper - 2 - In plantations adjacent to res. ; Red Grouse - 5+

Low Common: Redwing - 60+ - With lesser numbers of Fieldfare moving between copse and Rockingham Wood.

Mam Tor: SNOW BUNTING - 1 - still present this morning, just E of trig point

Mickleden Beck: Raven - 4 - 2 pairs calling and occasional plunging/diving display.

Midhope Res: Goldeneye - 2 ; Fieldfare - c30 - mobile flock, with starlings ; Mistle Thrush - c5 - in neighbouring fields ; 319 - 1 - flying over plantation ; Kestrel - 1 - hunting in adjacent fields ; Pheasant - c5 - in nearby fields ; Coal Tit - 2+ ; Blue Tit - 2+ ; Mallard - c6 ; 320 - c8 ; Jackdaw - c20 - resident flock in nearby fields ; Woodpigeon - c6

Peat Pits: 319 - 1 ; Stonechat - 2 ; Grey Partridge - 6 ; Fieldfare - c.10 - In flock with Starlings.Spooked by shots from shooting range.

R Don, Stevenson Rd: CASPIAN GULL - 1 - 1w

Range Moor: Lesser Black-backed Gull - c5 - flying over moors ; Woodpigeon - c8 - flying over

Ravenfield Church: Fieldfare - 10 - In churchyard tree.

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Long-tailed Tit - 5+ ; Goldfinch - 3

Silverwood Lagoon: Short-eared Owl - 1 - over paddocks below western side of lagoon at 08.45

Thrybergh CP: Rook - c150 - On ploughed field. ; Lapwing - c50 ; Red-legged Partridge - 3 - Plough. ; Goldeneye - 1 - Male near dam wall ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Bullfinch - 2 - At feeding station. ; Great Tit - 4 ; Blue Tit - 6 ; Little Grebe - 4 ; Great Crested Grebe - 3 ; Pochard - 3 ; Tufted Duck - c30 ; Canada Goose - c100 ; Mute Swan - 6 ; Cormorant - 1

Big Moor: 324 - c40-50 - Red Deer

Birley Edge: Bullfinch - 3 - 3 males in hedgerow on Stubbing House Lane

Broomhead/Rushy wood: Willow Tit - 01-Feb - foraging in undergroth near feeders ; Coal Tit - 15/20 - on and around feeders ; Great Tit - 4 ; Blue Tit - 6 ; Robin - 4 ; Siskin - 7 - small flock in top of conifers ; Jay - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 - male and female on fat blocks ; Chaffinch - 02-Mar ; Woodpigeon - 4 ; Pheasant - 2 - 2 females feeding on corn ; Wren - 2 ; Treecreeper - 1 - feeding on fat block ; Nuthatch - 3 - feeding on peanuts

Curbar Gap: Dunnock - 2 - Feeding in car park

Firsby Res: Mallard - 7 - 5 Males, 2 Females. ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 100+ - In single flock. ; Red-legged Partridge - 6 - Feeding on soggy farmland. ; Bullfinch - 1 - Male.

Langsett Res: Black-headed Gull - 3500 - c3500 BHG's on Langsett Res this evening

R Don, Lady*s Bridge: Goosander - 1 - Male