Sightings Archive

R Derwent, Leadmill Bridge - Shatton: Mandarin - C68 ; Dipper - 1 ; 321 - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Swallow - 6

Redmires Middle Res: Sparrowhawk - one

Redmires Res: Merlin - 1 - first thing this morning ; Crossbill - 2 ; Song Thrush - 10

Roughwood Rec: 319 - 1

Sothall: Ringed Plover - 1 - nocmig recorded at 0444hr ; Redwing - 1 - nocmig recorded 0615hr

Stubley Hollow: Goldfinch - 55 ; Starling - 122 ; Robin - 12 ; House Sparrow - 23

Upper Common, Scholes: Skylark - 30+ - feeding in ploughed fields ; Meadow Pipit - 1 - calls ; Woodpigeon - 40+

Walkley garden: Coal Tit - 2 - Pair spent hours concealing s'fl hearts in cracks and crannies.

Barlow Common: Raven - 1 ; Treecreeper - 1 ; 319 - 2 ; Goldcrest - 3+ - saw three; could hear at least one other ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 ; Pied Wagtail - 2

Burbage Valley: Kestrel - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 2+

Canklow Woods: Barn Owl - 1

Endcliffe Park: Kingfisher - 1 - Lower lake at 07:00

Ewden Height: Skylark - 5 south ; Raven - 2 - west across moors ; Pied Wagtail - 7 - south ; Starling - 1 - south ; Chaffinch - 10+ - 4 south ; Meadow Pipit - 21 south ; Goldfinch - 5 south ; Woodpigeon - 6 south ; Reed Bunting - 1 south ; Greenfinch - 9 south ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 5 south ; Jackdaw - 4 south ; Rook - 12 south ; Jay - 4 ; Swallow - 1 - south ; Mistle Thrush - 2 - south

Glen Howe Park: Dipper - 1 - foraging in fast flowing flood water into pond by house ; Treecreeper - 2 - feeding on home made fat block rubbed onto tree trunk ; Nuthatch - 5 - feeding on everything I had taken to feeders ; Coal Tit - 9 ; Great Tit - 5 ; Blue Tit - 08-Oct ; Robin - 2 ; Wren - 2 ; Magpie - 1 - landing on fat ball feeders to feed ; Jay - 2 ; 319 - 1 - perched in tree in field next to park ; Carrion Crow - 3 ; Blackbird - 4 ; Woodpigeon - 05-Jun ; Chaffinch - 1

Kimberworth Park: Sparrowhawk - 1 - S from Shepherd's Plantation toward Roughwood School.

Longshaw: Kestrel - 1 - Female ; Jay - 1

Middleton Moor: Yellow-legged Gull - 2 - Adults ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 620+ ; Black-headed Gull - 26 ; Lapwing - 16

Orgreave: Jay - 2

Orgreave Lakes: Whooper Swan - 4 - mid-morning ; Whooper Swan - 4 - dep. SE at 10.05 ; Whooper Swan - 4 - third photo ; Little Egret - 1 ; Goosander - 2 - redheads

Oughtibridge: Redwing - 3 - 14.20 seen from Hillsborough Golf Course ; 319 - 2 ; Swallow - 3 ; Jay - 2+

Ramsley Moor: Spotted Flycatcher - 1 ; Greenfinch - 12+ ; Long-tailed Tit - 18 - (7+11) ; Chiffchaff - 6 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Stonechat - 3

Redmires Middle Res: Pink-footed Goose - 1 - feeding on shoreline with about 24 Greylag Geese.

Rother Valley CP: Kingfisher - 1 - On drain at Killamarsh entrance where Himalayan balsam had been cleared. ; Pied Wagtail - 8 - On playing field Killamarsh entrance. ; Blackbird - 20 - Alongside drain, Killamarsh entrance.

Silverwood Lagoon: Stonechat - 1 - male n gorse and reeds at southern end ; Gadwall - 5 ; Common Buzzard - 1 ; Skylark - c.15 - south in ones and twos ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Meadow Pipit - 6 - a few singles scattered around pit top ; Kestrel - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1

Stocksbridge: Osprey - 1 - west at 08:05

Ulley CP: Whooper Swan - 4 - presumably from Orgreave. Feeding on water-weed near slipway.