Sightings Archive

Middleton Moor: Curlew - 7 ; Dunlin - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 34

Nether Green: 319 - 2 - circling and calling near Rising Sun pub

Onesmoor: Skylark - 06-Aug - over the moor on the Oughtibridge side all singing

Orgreave Lakes: Black-headed Gull - 300+ ; Goldeneye - 3 - M&2F ; Great Crested Grebe - 5 ; Goosander - 4 - M&3F ; Goosander - 4 ; Tufted Duck - 20+ - M&F ; Skylark - 5+ ; Reed Bunting - 1 - Male ; 320 - 10+ ; Wigeon - 23 ; Oystercatcher - 2 - Seen mating ; Pochard - 15+ ; Lapwing - 45+ ; Redshank - 5 ; Gadwall - 10+ ; Cormorant - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 1

Owler Bar: 319 - 1 - Being mobbed by a couple of carrion crows

Porter Brook, Sharrow: Dipper - 1

R Don, Newhall Rd: Mute Swan - 1 - single with metal ring, but no Darvic. ; Kestrel - 2 - pair displaying and calling on old foundry building

Redmires Top Res: Curlew - 37 - Roosted ; Lapwing - 81 - Roosting ; Golden Plover - 14 - With Lapwings and Curlew - nice wader flock

Redscope Plantation: Wren - 1+ - sing ; Dunnock - 1 - sing ; Robin - 1+ - sing ; Blackbird - 1+ ; Nuthatch - 1 - calls ; Chaffinch - 1 - sing

Scholes Coppice: Wren - 2 - sing ; Robin - 5 - sing ; Blackbird - 1+ ; Goldcrest - 1 - sing ; Long-tailed Tit - 1+ ; Coal Tit - 1 - sing ; Blue Tit - 1+ ; Great Tit - 1_ ; Nuthatch - 2+ ; Chaffinch - 1+ ; Brambling - 1+

Soughley Lane, Redmires: Canada Goose - 22 ; Greylag Goose - 21

Thrybergh: Barn Owl - 1

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 4 ; Little Grebe - 3 ; Mute Swan - 24 ; Gadwall - 6 - 3pr ; Pochard - 1 - m ; Tufted Duck - 47 ; Water Rail - 2 ; Ringed Plover - 1 - w call only not seen ; Lapwing - 40 ; Black-headed Gull - 350 - + ; Herring Gull - 5 ; Little Owl - 1 ; Skylark - 4 - sing ; Dunnock - 30 - 19sing ; Robin - 25 - 14sing ; Song Thrush - 5 - sing ; Fieldfare - 20 ; Magpie - 20 - inc. party of 10 ; Chaffinch - 19 - 9sing ; Brambling - 22 - at 0955 ; Greenfinch - 10 ; Bullfinch - 9 ; Reed Bunting - 16 - 2sing ; Yellowhammer - 3

Totley Bents: Willow Tit - 2 - Pair by Lane Head Road

Wickersley: Red Kite - 1 - in Sorby Way area at 09:53

Blacka Moor: Carrion Crow - 4 ; Coal Tit - 10+ - many singing in woodland area ; Blue Tit - 5+ ; Great Tit - 2+ ; Red Grouse - 8+ ; Woodpigeon - c5 - flying over ; Robin - 2 ; Goldfinch - c5 ; 319 - 1 - in the woodland ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing ; Stonechat - 1 - male on moor near trig point, Brown Edge

Broomhead /Morehall Res: 319 - 6 - Appeared to be three pairs soaring around woods next to both reservoirs ; Kestrel - 1 ; Woodpigeon - 30+

Canklow Woods: Common Buzzard - 4 - 4 in the air together at 1500

Centenary Riverside: Moorhen - 2 - pair on river ; Mallard - 3 - 1 male , 2 female ; 324 - 1 - Aftermath of recent vandalism.

Crosspool: Waxwing - 8 - In trees near 602 Manchester Road at 12.50.

Dore: Brambling - 2 - In observer’s garden

Ellesmere Green: Waxwing - 6 - 6 flew in at 9:50

Froggatt Edge: 319 - 1

Froggatt Wood: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - heard ; 324 - c6? - Red Deer amongst trees

Graves Park: Carrion Crow - 45+