Sightings Archive

Sunday 8th September 2019

• Longshaw: Spotted Flycatcher - 2 - Same bird after swallowing butterfly
• Middleton Moor: 320 - 19 ; House Martin - 50 - c. flew SW ; Meadow Pipit - 25 - c. post-breeding flock ; Chiffchaff - 1 - calling by hide ; Grey Partridge - 1 - calling ; Grey Wagtail - 1
• Neepsend: Kingfisher - 2 - 2 above kelham island weir
• R Don, Aldwarke: Chiffchaff - 1 ; Coal Tit - 1 - singing
• Ravenfield Park: Mute Swan - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 1 ; Linnet - 5 - Over. ; Bullfinch - 1 ; Goldcrest - 2+ - With LT Tit flock. ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 10+ ; Meadow Pipit - 1 - Call only over.
• Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Long-tailed Tit - 3+ - in garden briefly
• Redmires conduit: Red Grouse - one ; Stonechat - one - record shot ; Meadow Pipit - 100-200 - continuous movement of loose flocks going SW.
• Redmires Res: Canada Goose - 2 ; Mallard - 140 - c. noticeable increase in numbers ; 320 - 6 - feeding with Mallard ; Tufted Duck - 2 - on Middle Res ; Marsh Harrier - 1 - juv briefly over Middle Res at 08:03 hrs - left to NE mobbed by corvids ; Kestrel - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - female hunting Goldfinches by Middle Res car park ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 14 ; Meadow Pipit - 30 - c. on Middle Res - post-breeding numbers building up ; Chiffchaff - 12 - around res perimeter ; Blackcap - 4 ; House Martin - 300 - c. drifting through SW in first 2 hours ; Swallow - 50 - c. SW in 2 hrs ; Grey Wagtail - 4 - flew SW in 2 hrs ; Swift - 6 - over Middle Res at 08:05 ; Bullfinch - 3 ; Greenfinch - 5 - c. by Bottom Res ; Jackdaw - 16 - flew SW
• Rother Valley CP: Little Egret - 1 - On the River near the wildlife lake.
• RVCP: Yellow Wagtail - 1 - on the football pitches
• Sothall: Coot - 1 - one calling over the garden, nocmig sound recorded ; Common Scoter - 1+ - nocmig sound recorded over the garden 2135hr
• Stone Moor: Treecreeper - 2 - in wooded area ; Coal Tit - 3 ; Jay - 1 ; Swallow - 9 ; Goldfinch - 20+ - Feedeing on thistle heads ; Spotted Flycatcher - 03-Apr - very active in wood flitting down from bushes/trees catching insects. ; Long-tailed Tit - 3 ; Willow Warbler - 7+ - pristine plumage foraging in old trees . ; Wren - 2 ; Chaffinch - 1 ; Blackbird - 2 ; Starling - 20+ - small flock flying over ; Magpie - 2 ; Red Grouse - 1 ; Woodpigeon - 7
• Stubley Hollow: Chiffchaff - 5 ; Swallow - 5 ; Meadow Pipit - 4 ; Barn Owl - 1 - Feather found ; Goldfinch - 41
• Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 3 ; Little Grebe - 4 ; Cormorant - 3 ; Mute Swan - 11 ; Greylag Goose - 24 - inc.23circled then n ; Canada Goose - 154 ; Gadwall - 6 - dep. ; Tufted Duck - 35 ; Lapwing - 68 ; Herring Gull - 3 - 2ad1j ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 8 - 1a7j left s ; Swift - 5 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Sand Martin - 3+ ; Swallow - 6 ; House Martin - 30+ ; Meadow Pipit - 2 - south ; Pied Wagtail - 12 - inc party 11 on dam ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - with pied ; Robin - 19 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Blackcap - 2 ; Whitethroat - 2 ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 29 ; Long-tailed Tit - 7+ ; Bullfinch - 6 - party north over res.
• Thrybergh Tip: Mallard - c20 ; 320 - 5 ; Shoveler - 5 - flushed by shooting nearby ; Coot - 3 ; Lapwing - 23 ; Green Sandpiper - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 13 ; Gadwall - c45 - many flushed by nearby shooting ; Mute Swan - 5 - pair on flash (593 yellow & 324Y red) + 3 E @ 0822hrs