Sightings Archive

Brownhills Lane: Golden Plover - c30 - Very skittish in hail storms. Few male plovers in splendid breeding plumage.

Crosspool: Waxwing - 7 - On Manchester Road

Firsby Res: Mallard - 2 - Pair in stream near road. ; 319 - 1 - Displaying in wind over sheep paddock. ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Tree Sparrow - 3 - Cottage hedge. ; Reed Bunting - 2 - A pair.

Green Moor: Brambling - 30+ ; Brambling - 30+ ; Brambling - 30+

Middleton Moor: Starling - 1500+ - Small murmeration ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 28 ; Common Gull - 22 ; Curlew - 83 - Roosting in blizzard

Orgreave Lakes: Gadwall - 38 - Throughout site ; Merlin - 1 - Female over 'Plains' then west

Smithy Wood: 319 - 3 - 13

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 6 ; Cormorant - 2 ; Mute Swan - 24 - many left w ; Gadwall - 2 - mf ; Tufted Duck - 67 ; 319 - 1 - call..l unseen ; Kestrel - 1 ; Red-legged Partridge - 2 - call ; Grey Partridge - 2 - call ; Water Rail - 3 - came for food ; Black-headed Gull - 120+ ; Herring Gull - 9 - inc. 1s1n6s1s ; Stock Dove - 3 - near feed stat. ; Skylark - 1 - singing ; Wren - 9 - 8 singing ; Dunnock - 16 ; Robin - 17 ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Fieldfare - 22 - inc.10-12 feeding in fields ; Tree Sparrow - 2 - at f/stat ; Chaffinch - 16 ; Goldfinch - 10 - 04/02/2002 ; Greenfinch - 5 ; Bullfinch - 10 - 02/04/2004 ; Reed Bunting - 30 - inc 20 at f/stat. ; Yellowhammer - 3 - at f,/stat. ; Tree Sparrow - 2 - at f/stat. ; Brambling - 34 - at f./stat.

Wharncliffe Side: Siskin - 51 - In observers garden, record count ; Brambling - 3 - In observers garden, 2 male, 1 female ; Lesser Redpoll - 3 - Feeding on nyger seed

Blackburn Meadows NR: Snipe - 30+ ; Jack Snipe - 1 - Flushed from the reedbed

Damflask Res: Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 20+ ; Greylag Goose - 2 ; Mandarin - 16 - M&F ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Treecreeper - 1

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 1 ; Coot - 4 ; 319 - 1 ; Peregrine - 1 - Through at tree top height heading to Ravenfield Park. ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 2 - Pair. ; Tree Sparrow - 1 ; Chaffinch - 3 - 2 Male, 1 Female around bird table. ; Goldfinch - 3 ; Bullfinch - 7 - Parties of 3 + 4. ; Long-tailed Tit - 5

Kiveton Community Woodland: Linnet - 2+ - At least a couple back at the nesting area on banking opposite fallen tree feeding area. ; Yellowhammer - 4 - At fallen tree.

Morehall Res: Crossbill - 16 - Flock over res ; Cormorant - 6 ; Great Crested Grebe - 2 - Pair ; Common Buzzard - 1

Orgreave Lakes: Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - 4th year but few other gulls.

Poolsbrook CP: Iceland Gull - 1 - juvenile again late morning, showing well

Redmires Res: Curlew - 41 - feeding in field on Brown Hills Lane

Redmires Top Res: Oystercatcher - 6 - 3p in noisy display ; 320 - 19

Thrybergh CP: Goldeneye - 1 - m ; 319 - 1 ; Water Rail - 4 ; Black-headed Gull - 350 ; Tree Sparrow - 2 ; Chaffinch - 10 ; Brambling - 20+ ; Greenfinch - 15 ; Reed Bunting - 12

Wadsley Common garden: Brambling - 3 - on feeders. ; Goldfinch - c50 - Mobile flock in and around garden.

Wharncliffe Side: Brambling - 2 - Male and female in observers garden ; Siskin - 45 - In observers garden ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Male made unsuccessful hunting attempt on siskins

Wyming Brook: Crossbill - 6 ; Lesser Redpoll - 6 - In a mixed flock with siskins and goldfinches

Canklow Woods: Lesser Redpoll - 49

Crosspool: Waxwing - 8 - still present at lunchtime

Firsby Res: 320 - 2 - A pair. ; Coot - 3 ; Moorhen - 2