Sightings Archive

Thrybergh CP: Gadwall - 10 ; Cormorant - 2 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Common Gull - 3 ; Lapwing - 210 ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Blackbird - 16 ; Redwing - 300+ ; Fieldfare - 50 ; Mistle Thrush - 2 ; Song Thrush - 2 ; Chaffinch - 10 ; Bullfinch - 3 ; Goldfinch - 20 ; Greenfinch - 6 ; Linnet - 30 ; Meadow Pipit - 4 ; Pied Wagtail - 4 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; Barn Owl - 1

Walkley garden: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Female with pigeon unfazed by human activity

Wardsend: Dipper - 1 - in Toad Hall Dike, near Wardsend Viaduct ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - on roof of industrial building near Herries Road

Aston: Whooper Swan - 8 - Family party including a least 2 juvs low North over The Chase at 07:50.

Brownhills Lane: Pink-footed Goose - 3 - Grazing with Greylags ; Greylag Goose - 178 ; Canada Goose - 73 - recent increase

Canklow: House Sparrow - 13 - to garden feeders

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 6 - All feeding on fallen apples. ; Mute Swan - 4 - Resident birds. ; Water Rail - 1 - Sharming in top Reed bed. ; Golden Plover - 20+ - Over calling towards Micklebring and M18. ; 319 - 1 ; Fieldfare - 20+ ; Redwing - 40+ - Numerous flocks all round site. ; Song Thrush - 1 - Singing from top of hedge. ; Goldfinch - 3 - Feeding on seed heads. ; Bullfinch - 1+ - Call only. ; Goldcrest - 1 - Along path. ; Long-tailed Tit - 12+

Harthill Res: Mallard - 80 - c. ; 320 - 8 ; Tufted Duck - 2 ; Coot - 8 ; Cormorant - 11 ; Grey Heron - 3 - ad and 2 imms ; GREAT WHITE EGRET - 1 - fishing on middle reservoir ; Lapwing - 52 - on exposed mud on Bottom Reservoir ; Black-headed Gull - 80 - c. ; House Sparrow - 5 - c. ; Blackbird - 22 - around reservoir perimeter ; Fieldfare - 30 - flew SE ; Redwing - 20 - c. flew SE ; Mute Swan - 4 - 2 ads & 2 juvs on Top Reservoir ; Gadwall - 5 - on Top Reservoir ; Common Buzzard - 1 - sat in fields ; Chaffinch - 5 - c.

Kiveton Community Woodland: Fieldfare - 20 - c. ; Stock Dove - 13 - in fields ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Song Thrush - 2

Linley Bank Meadows: Meadow Pipit - 9 ; Red Kite - 1 ; Peregrine - 1 - Mobbing Red Kite ; Fieldfare - 6 ; Redwing - 12+ ; Stock Dove - 8 ; Mistle Thrush - 3

Moss Valley, upper: Goldfinch - c13 ; Tawny Owl - 2 - calling at dusk

Nitticarhill: Collared Dove - 48 - on wires by Nitticar Farm

Norton Lees garden: Redwing - c13 - Feeding on holly berries in observer's garden. 1 seen on 1st December & numbers have increased since then

Old Ravenfield: Linnet - 200+ - Flock on tree in old railway embankment on Arbour Lane. ; Linnet - 200+ - Flock on tree in old railway embankment on Arbour Lane. ; Skylark - 10+ - In fields between St James church and Arbour Lane. ; Pied Wagtail - 2 - Over Arbour Lane. ; House Sparrow - 40+ - 2 separate flocks on Arbour Lane and Pingle Lane. ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - In Horse Paddock near Pingle Lane. ; Redwing - 20+ ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 10 - Over St James church. ; Lesser Redpoll - 25+ - Over fields between woods and Pingle Lane.

Orgreave Lakes: Snipe - 3 - On Tip ; Jack Snipe - 1 - North shore ; Woodcock - 1 - In area between bridges. ; Grey Partridge - 5 - On Tip ; Raven - 2 ; Lesser Redpoll - 60 - Between bridges. ; Shoveler - 2 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 - Between bridges

Poolsbrook Marsh: Mute Swan - 2 ; Goosander - 4 - male & 3 redheads ; Water Rail - 1 - calling from northern pool (unusual on here) ; Cetti's Warbler - 1 - calling from reedbed at the back of the 'signal box' pool ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; Blackbird - 10 - c. ; Jay - 1

Shepherd Wheel: Kingfisher - 1

Shirebrook Valley: Song Thrush - 3 ; Blackbird - 16