Sightings Archive

New Stubbin; colliery tip: Stock Dove - 1 - W ; Goldcrest - 01-Feb ; Meadow Pipit - 25 - S/SE ; Pied Wagtail - 2 - 'alba' wagtails, S ; Jay - 2 ; Greenfinch - 3 - SE ; Yellowhammer - 3 - inc singles N & W ; Chaffinch - 2 - W/SW ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Swallow - 58 - S in parties up to 13 ; Hobby - 3 - straight through S/SE together, at height @ 0808hrs ; Linnet - 1 - SE ; Reed Bunting - 1 - over, unseen ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - hunting

R Don, Effingham St: Great Black-backed Gull - 1 - 1cy on weir ; Moorhen - 1 - adult and small chick, another late brood.

R Don, Stevenson Rd: Cormorant - 2 - imms, one on light, other fishing in river

Rawmarsh: Sparrowhawk - 1 - soaring over @ 1030hrs

Rawmarsh; Haugh Road: Magpie - 16 - max feeding on recently cut playing field

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 2 ; Little Grebe - 7 - inc.3jv ; Mute Swan - 15 - 12a3j ; Greylag Goose - 150 - circa in ; Canada Goose - 400 - circa in ; Tufted Duck - 72 ; 319 - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Lapwing - 35 ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 300 - inc.100 in fields ; Herring Gull - 1 - a ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 3 - 1s2s ; Skylark - 7 ; Sand Martin - 2 - s ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Robin - 19 ; Blackcap - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 12 - inc.2/3sing ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Rook - 2 - sw ; Yellowhammer - 1

Canklow Woods: Chiffchaff - 3 - 3 feeding in one buddlia bush ; Jackdaw - 265 - 265 west 1900 to 1915

Cross Hill,Ecclesfield: 319 - 1 - Calling and circling drifting south.

Crosspool: 319 - 3 - circling high above Crosspool/Ranmoor

Crowhole: Nuthatch - 1 ; 319 - 1 ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Goldfinch - c.6

Greasbrough Dam,Wentworth: Great Crested Grebe - 5 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Mute Swan - 2 ; Mallard - 30+ ; Tufted Duck - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Circling high ; 319 - 5 - Soaring above wood SE 0f Mausoleum @ 10:25. ; Moorhen - 4 ; Coot - 7 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Jackdaw - 30+ - feeding in fields NW of dam.

Ibbotson Wheel Dam: Kingfisher - 1

Middleton Moor: Marsh Harrier - 1 - per DOS

Silverwood Lagoon: 320 - 1 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 ; Cormorant - 1 - south ; Rook - 2 - north ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - in willows at southern end of lagoon ; Skylark - 3 ; 319 - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing

Stanage Edge, below: Stonechat - 2 - Just to emphasise the point ; Stonechat - 2 - another pic

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 2 ; Little Grebe - 6 ; Cormorant - 6 ; Mute Swan - 9 - inc.3j ; Greylag Goose - 170 - circa in from n ; Canada Goose - 400 - c. in from n ; Lapwing - 44 ; Black-headed Gull - 200 ; Herring Gull - 1 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 4 - left e ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Skylark - 4 - inc 1n 1n ; Swallow - 1 ; Blackcap - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 7 - inc.2 singing ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Reed Bunting - 2 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1

Wharncliffe Chase: Goosander - 4 - North 7.10 ; Jay - 1 ; Cormorant - 1 - SE ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 - south ; Meadow Pipit - 25+ - south 7.15 - 7.45 ; Swallow - 3 ; Yellowhammer - 1+