Sightings Archive

Rother Valley CP: Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Redwing - 30 ; 322 - Harris Hawk - Settled between River and Wildlife lake.

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 10 ; Little Grebe - 6 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1 - imm ; Mute Swan - 8 ; Greylag Goose - 1 - s ; Canada Goose - 12 - +1grey col. feral ; Pochard - 8 - 2f ; Tufted Duck - 25 ; Water Rail - 1 ; Moorhen - 16 ; Lapwing - 100 ; Black-headed Gull - 200 ; Herring Gull - 2 - ad ; Skylark - 3 - sing ; Wren - 4 ; Dunnock - 19 - 11sing ; Robin - 25 - 16sing ; Blackbird - 19 ; Tree Sparrow - 1 - + ; Chaffinch - 14 ; Lesser Redpoll - 3 ; Goldfinch - 17 ; Greenfinch - 6 ; Bullfinch - 11 ; Reed Bunting - 11 ; Yellowhammer - 3 ; Brambling - 14 - local disturbance flushed birds but 14 counted

Tideswell Moor: Barn Owl - 1

Wentworth Park: 319 - 1+ - 1 perched in tree in wood bet Nether Haugh and Greasbrough Dam also calls heard nr Deer Park. ; Stock Dove - 1 - feeding below tree, E of Roman Ridge. ; Jackdaw - 10+ - Squabbling over nest sites in old ash tree, E of Roman Ridge. ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - drumming in wood adj to deer shed.

Wentworth Park, Temple Hill Plantation: Mistle Thrush - 1 - sing ; Goldcrest - 1 - sing ; Robin - 1+ - sing ; Goldfinch - 1+

Barlow Common: 319 - 1

Broomhead Res: Crossbill - 1+ - calling ; Coal Tit - 20+ - At Rushy Wood feeders, several ringed. ; Lesser Redpoll - 2 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Goosander - 8 ; Tufted Duck - 6 - 4m 2f ; 320 - 5 - 3m 2f

Burngreave Cemetery: Ring-necked Parakeet - 2 - Flying between the Chapel tower and surrounding trees.

Catcliffe Flash: Mute Swan - 6 - territorial resident pair now seeing off last year's imms. ; Tufted Duck - 10 - 6m; 4f ; Gadwall - 20-30 ; Pochard - 10 - 7m; 3f ; Cormorant - 4 ; Black-headed Gull - 40-50 ; Great Black-backed Gull - 1 - 2cy ; Shoveler - 5 - 2m; 3f ; 320 - 1+ - drake under willows; probably more hidden

Dronfield: Siskin - 3 - 1M, 2F in garden - first of winter ; Kestrel - 1 - North of stables at Stubley Hollow

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 2 ; Coot - 1 ; Mallard - 1 - Male. ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - Feeding in water on sluice. ; Red-legged Partridge - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Bullfinch - 8 - 2 parties of 4. ; Goldfinch - 3 ; Lesser Redpoll - 3 ; Tree Sparrow - 2 - Cottage garden hedge. ; Long-tailed Tit - 12 ; Blue Tit - 6

Forge Dam: Mandarin - 4 - 2m+2f ; 320 - 3 - m+2f ; Siskin - 6 - M&F in adjacent woods ; Treecreeper - 1 - In adjacent woods ; Kestrel - 1 - Adjacent field ; Mandarin - 4

Froggatt Edge: Tawny Owl - 1 - flew over road just before dawn

Green Moor: Brambling - 40+ - All feeding on lawn ; Siskin - 2 ; Greenfinch - 10+ ; Goldfinch - 25+

Greystones garden: Siskin - 1 ; Bullfinch - 2

Guilthwaite Common: Grey Partridge - 4 - covey ; Skylark - 2+ - singing

Hope: Brambling - 2 - Near Killhill Bridge ; Kingfisher - 1 - River Noe just upstream of Netherhall Bridge

Kimberworth: Blackcap - 1 - Female looking for insects in a tree at the bottom of the garden.

Langsett Res: Black-headed Gull - 4500+ - roosting ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 ; Herring Gull - 1 ; Crossbill - 2 - over ; Common Gull - 125 - roosted

Liner Wood, nr Whiston: Nuthatch - 1 - calling ; Woodpigeon - c400 - sat in treetops ; Jay - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 2+