Sightings Archive

Sunday 7th April 2019

• Linacre Res: Tufted Duck - 46 ; Coot - 9 ; Moorhen - 7 - inc 1 on nest ; Mandarin - 14 ; Great Crested Grebe - 5 - inc pr displaying ; Cormorant - 2 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 3 ; Brambling - 4 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - carrying nest material
• Malin Bridge: Blackcap - 1 - male still singing
• Middleton Moor: Fieldfare - 55
• Moorhall: Stock Dove - 12 - feeding in a field, and for once outnumbering Woodpigeons ; Lapwing - 1
• Old Denaby: Jackdaw - 1 - tossing fresh horse dung searching for food in paddock
• Old Denaby Flash: Stock Dove - 3 - displaying on pylon ; Long-tailed Tit - 2+ ; Siskin - 1 - over (heard only) ; Pheasant - 1 - crowing ; Coal Tit - 1 - singing ; Moorhen - 3 ; Black-headed Gull - 6 - 3 ads; 3 2cy ; Shoveler - 4 - 1pr + 2m ; Tufted Duck - 1 - duck ; 320 - 1pr ; Little Grebe - 3 - trilling/territorial interactions ; Mute Swan - 1pr - aggressive cob, suggestion pen on nest nearby ; Canada Goose - 1pr ; Gadwall - 31 ; Coot - 7 ; Mallard - 6 - all drakes ; Blackcap - 3 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 7 - 5 singing, 2 calling
• Orgreave Lakes: Kittiwake - 1 - On Big Lake briefly at 08:40 before flying north ; Pied Wagtail - 4 - At least 4 White Wagtails present ; COMMON (Mealy) REDPOLL - 1 - Among 20 lessers between two bridges ; Lesser Redpoll - 20 - Between bridges ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 - brightened up the gloom this evening ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 - On west shore ; Goosander - 16
• Oughtibridge: Swallow - 2 - Over Beeley wood heading north
• Oughtibridge garden: Brambling - 5 - Male singing . ; Siskin - 4 ; Lesser Redpoll - 7
• R Don, Aldwarke: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Kingfisher - 01-Feb - active around usual nesting site ; Mallard - 4 - all drakes ; Canada Goose - 2 - flew downriver ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - singing from Aldwarke Lock
• Rawmarsh: Mute Swan - 1 - S @ 1151hrs
• Scholes: Chiffchaff - 2 - Singing ; Blackcap - 1 - Singing ; Skylark - 02-Mar - Singing ; 319 - 1
• Silverwood Lagoon: Wheatear - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 8 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 7 - singing ; Blackcap - 4 - singing ; Shelduck - 1 - SE at 08.20 ; Tufted Duck - 10 ; Sand Martin - 3 ; Song Thrush - 2 - singing ; Yellowhammer - 1 - singing ; Skylark - 5 - singing ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Common Buzzard - 2 ; Snipe - 1
• Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 6 ; Mute Swan - 51 - inc 14--2cy ; Gadwall - 4 - 2pr ; Tufted Duck - 39 ; Lapwing - 8 - 4pr disp ; Black-headed Gull - 100 - + ; Herring Gull - 4 - inc.1-3cy 3-2cy past w ; Sand Martin - 30 ; Swallow - 1 ; House Martin - 12 ; Wren - 13 ; Robin - 21 ; Song Thrush - 1 - sing ; Redwing - 2 ; Fieldfare - 13 ; Blackcap - 4 ; Chiffchaff - 4 ; Long-tailed Tit - 6 - 3pr ; Chaffinch - 14 ; Brambling - 13 - inc 11 at f/stat. 2iin park ; Bullfinch - 6 - 3pr ; Reed Bunting - 7 ; Yellowhammer - 4 - 3m1f at f./stat
• Thrybergh Tip: Coal Tit - 1 - singing ; Red-legged Partridge - 1pr ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing ; Carrion Crow - 1pr - #NAME? ; Reed Bunting - 1 - singing ; 320 - 2prs ; Jay - 2 ; Linnet - 11 - inc at least 2 singing ; Canada Goose - 1pr ; Coot - 10