Sightings Archive

Shillito Wood: Greenfinch - 1 - unusual here ; Yellowhammer - 3

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 2 ; Little Grebe - 4 ; Cormorant - 3 ; Mute Swan - 7 - pr+3j +2ad ; Canada Goose - 180 ; Gadwall - 2 - mf ; Pochard - 3 - m ; Tufted Duck - 48 ; Lapwing - 50 ; Black-headed Gull - 100

Baslow Road, Totley: Willow Tit - 1+

Big Moor: Red Kite - 1 ; Peregrine - 1 - Juv , failed attempt to catch prey ; Stonechat - 2 - pair on stone cairn in middle of moor. ; Grey Partridge - 4 - Flew up from hillside between Bar Brook and Swine Sty.

Cortworth Lane, nr Hoober: Common Buzzard - 1 - sat on telegraph pole in field to N @ 1130hrs

Ecclesall: Chiffchaff - 1 - calling in Ansell Road garden

Ewden Height: Meadow Pipit - 1020 - South 07:30-09:00 ; Chaffinch - 630 - South, consistently passing through during watch across the whole area, number will be under-recorded. ; Linnet - 65 - S/SE ; Siskin - 30 - S/SE ; Brambling - 1 - South ; Redwing - 55 - 35 south ; Finch sp - 200+ - South, probably Chaffinch ; Pied Wagtail - 70 - South ; Woodpigeon - 480 - 430 south ; Reed Bunting - 1 - East ; Starling - 8 - SW ; Swallow - 4 - South ; Goldfinch - 75 - S/SE ; Lesser Redpoll - 25 - S/SE ; Fieldfare - 3 - S/SE ; Greenfinch - 15 - SE ; Grey Wagtail - 3 - SE ; Yellowhammer - 2 - SE ; Kestrel - 2

Fulwood Head: Swallow - 1 - SW mid-morning

Linacre Res: Pink-footed Goose - 180+ - flew SSE at 09:50 ; Peregrine - 1 ; Raven - 1

Manor Fields Park: Skylark - 2 - flew over S at 09:05 ; Meadow Pipit - 120+ - Minimum 120 south between 07:30-09:15 ; House Martin - 1 - Single south at 08:25 ; Pied Wagtail - 16 - all south over site. ; Grey Wagtail - 3 - 2 on 1 over ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Redwing - 30+ - On or over site. ; Mistle Thrush - 4 ; Song Thrush - 7 ; Goldfinch - 35+ - single flock ; Mallard - 16 ; Moorhen - 4

Middleton Moor: Yellow-legged Gull - 4 - 2 adults, 2 1st W ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1000 ; Black-headed Gull - 260 ; Starling - 700

Moss Road, Totley: Woodpigeon - 128 - SSW ; Pied Wagtail - 5 - SW ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - SSW ; Meadow Pipit - 80+ - Almost all in ones or twos ; Jay - 6+ ; Jackdaw - 14 - S ; Chiffchaff - 2 - One singing ; Goldcrest - 5+ ; Blackbird - 15+ ; Song Thrush - 6 ; Redwing - 30+ - Mostly down, occasionally one or two SSW ; Skylark - 18 - SW including parties of seven and five. ; Chaffinch - 35+ - 20+ down and c15 SSW ; Brambling - 1 - SSW at 10:10 ; Siskin - 9 - One party SSW at 09:50

Orgreave Lakes: Chaffinch - 30 - Flew SW between 08:15-08:45 ; Song Thrush - 4 - South ; Jay - 6 - Southwest ; Meadow Pipit - 40 - SW ; Stonechat - 1 - On tip ; Merlin - 1 - Fem/imm southwest at 09:10.

Ramsley Moor: Ring Ouzel - 1 ; Goldfinch - 40+ - Feeding in alders below dam wall; few Siskin and Redpoll in flock ; Jay - 6 - Ones and twos high to west

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Sparrowhawk - 1 - juv male hunting in gardens @ 0850hrs ; Lesser Redpoll - 2 - S together @ 1100hrs

Shirecliffe: Pink-footed Goose - 35 - Flew high south east at 9.10

Silverwood Lagoon: Mallard - 6 ; Tufted Duck - 2 ; Redwing - 2 ; Snipe - 1 ; Tawny Owl - 1 - calling in The Close at 06.50 ; Meadow Pipit - 9 - in coarse grass above NE corner of lagoon ; Kestrel - 1 ; Common Buzzard - 1 ; Skylark - 6 - in stubble to west ; Pied Wagtail - 1

Thrybergh: Tawny Owl - 1 - On telephone pole among houses, calling then flying towards St Gerard's Church around 8pm.

Upper Common, Scholes: Kestrel - 2 - Both calling, one flying along E edge of Scholes Coppice. ; Blackbird - 9+ - Mainly males bathing in ruts left by tractors. ; Skylark - 3+