Sightings Archive

Millhouses: Redwing - 3 ; Coal Tit - 3+ ; Bullfinch - 2m 1f ; Robin - 1 ; Goldfinch - 17 - in gardens ; House Sparrow - 1m 1f ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Greenfinch - 3 - first in garden for a while ; Jay - 1 ; Great Tit - 1 ; Starling - 3 ; Treecreeper - 1 - first garden record in 44 years.

Norton Lees garden: Starling - c 30 - Swooped in to feed briefly in garden

Pilsley(Near Chatsworth): Pink-footed Goose - 350+ - Flying East in 4 separate “V???s at 10.45

Ravenfield Church: Kestrel - 1 - Through church yard into woodland. ; Mistle Thrush - 1

Roundwood Golf course: Common Gull - 2 - N/NE ; Cormorant - 2 - W, then SW ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Siskin - 01-Feb - over, unseen in murk

Thrybergh CP: Common Scoter - 1 - f

Woodlaithes Pond: Jay - 1 - Feeding on grass verge between pond and road.

Blackburn Meadows NR: Woodcock - 1 ; Redwing - 60+ - Around the reserve ; Blackbird - 30+ - Around the reserve. ; Goldcrest - 3

Brincliffe Edge: Bullfinch - 6 - 4 male, 2 female. Unusually high count ; Redwing - 12 - in trees bordering garden

Carr Vale NR: Whooper Swan - 36 - flew north at 11:08

Chapeltown: Pink-footed Goose - c55 - Low NW over Asda car park at 10.20

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 1 - Feeding on flood debris on road. ; Greylag Goose - 50+ - Over heading towards M18. ; Fieldfare - 1 - over calling. ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Lesser Redpoll - 2+ ; Bullfinch - 6+ ; Meadow Pipit - 2 ; Stock Dove - 2

Forge Dam: Kingfisher - 1

Frecheville: Goosander - 5 - Inc 1 m on Frecheville pond

Graves Park: Ring-necked Parakeet - 9

Green Moor: Tawny Owl - 1 - Calling ; Tree Sparrow - 6+

Limb Valley: Tawny Owl - c3 - Heard

Manor Fields Park: Kingfisher - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Mallard - 10 - 5 male 5 female ; Moorhen - 3 ; Pink-footed Goose - 1+ - Heard only above low cloud thought flying South at 16:00. ; Goldfinch - 37 - single flock mobile around park ; Song Thrush - 3 ; Blackbird - 10+

Millhouses: Blackcap - 1 - Male in Stowe Avenue garden

Norton Lees garden: Chaffinch - 1 - female ; Long-tailed Tit - 8

Norwood Allotments: Pink-footed Goose - 80+ - over northeast at 10:37 ; Redwing - 17 ; 322 - 1 - Lord Derbys Parakeet. Present for around 5 weeks now. Eating hawthorn berries most days.

Ravenfield Church: Mistle Thrush - 1 - On spire. ; Redwing - 5 - Feeding on berries in churchyard.

Ringinglow: 319 - 1 ; Goldfinch - 2 ; Brambling - 6

Wharncliffe Side: Goosander - 2 - Pair on the river don

Abney: Red-legged Partridge - 1

Barlow Common: Redwing - 3 ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Pheasant - 2

Brightholmlee: Barn Owl - 1 ; Redwing - 20 ; Raven - 1

Broomhead Res: Mandarin - 2 - pair

Carr House Lane/Brightomlee: Woodpigeon - 10-Dec ; Pheasant - 6 ; Dunnock - 2 ; Robin - 3 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Redwing - 20+ - flew over and around meadows & departed towards West Nab ; Blackbird - 4 ; Wren - 3 ; Coal Tit - 05-Jun - in conifers and on feeders at brightholmlee ; Blue Tit - 09-Oct - As coal tits ; Magpie - 2 ; Jackdaw - 4 ; Carrion Crow - 2 ; Rook - 7

Firsby Res: Herring Gull - 1 - Over. ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - Around fast flowing water on sluice. ; Pied Wagtail - 2 ; 319 - 2 - Mobile pair ; Tawny Owl - 1 ; Woodcock - 3 - Single flushed from willows, 2 arrived together and landed in scrub @ 11:00 AM. ; Red-legged Partridge - 10+ ; Pheasant - 5+ ; Jay - 1 ; Redwing - 5+ ; Fieldfare - 15+ - Over calling. ; Siskin - 1+ ; Bullfinch - 10+