Sightings Archive

Thrybergh CP: Greenfinch - 2 ; Linnet - 3 ; Blackbird - 26 ; Fieldfare - 20 ; Redwing - 8 ; Reed Bunting - 10 ; Pied Wagtail - 6 ; Pied Wagtail - c20 - Feeding on midges round Western bay along path,water edge and adjacent field, late afternoon, early evening. ; Brambling - c6 - In trees along path Western bay ; Meadow Pipit - 12+ ; Reed Bunting - 12

Ulley CP: Blackcap - 1 - male singing by S entrance

Upper Ox Close Wood: Stock Dove - 1 - singing

Waverley: Grey Partridge - 1 - Calling at dusk

Bowden Housteads Wood: Stock Dove - 2 - 1 pair displaying

Callow: Lapwing - 1

Callow Bank: Curlew - 1 - calling

Firsby Res: Coot - 1 ; Moorhen - 1 ; Mallard - 2 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Hunting. ; Chiffchaff - 2 - Pair together In undergrowth.

Hathersage: Nuthatch - 1 - near Leveret Croft

Killamarsh: Little Egret - 10 - On flood to east of River Rother near oxbow lake. Record shot.

Linacre Res: Tufted Duck - 42 ; Mandarin - 16 ; Goosander - 1 ; Coot - 15 ; Moorhen - 6 ; Great Crested Grebe - 6 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 - drumming ; Stock Dove - 2 - singing ; 319 - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 6 - singing ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 - unusual here ; Cormorant - 2

Longshaw: Curlew - 2 ; Raven - 1 - heard ; Mallard - 7 - lake ; Moorhen - 2 ; 321 - 1

Orgreave Lakes: Little Egret - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 14+1 - 14 Pied and 1 White wagtail ; Sand Martin - 2 ; Ringed Plover - 4 ; Little Ringed Plover - 1

Owler Bar: Pied Wagtail - 1 ; 319 - 1 ; Lapwing - 1

Padley Gorge: Pied Wagtail - 2 - millstone road at top of gorge

Ravenfield Park: Coot - 1 ; Mallard - 5+ ; Canada Goose - 2 - Pair on specimen pond. ; Grey Heron - 2 - Pair high in tree. ; Tawny Owl - 1 - mobbed by Mistle Thrush and Jay. ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Drumming ; Jay - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Coal Tit - 1 - Going into old woodpecker hole in dead tree. ; Goldcrest - 2 - Pair ; Chiffchaff - 4+ - Singing. ; Wren - 6 ; Goldfinch - 6

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Peregrine - 1 - adult, over low to E @ 1345hrs ; Greenfinch - 3 - together ; Robin - 1pr - female nestbuilding in some location as last year

Redmires Res: 320 - 5 ; Curlew - 26 - roosted ; Oystercatcher - 8 - increase - much territorial behaviour ; Little Ringed Plover - 1 - ad on Middle Res

Silverwood: Nuthatch - 1 - Calling and visiting nest hole. ; Song Thrush - 1+ - 1 singing; also nest ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Drumming. ; Jay - 2 ; Chaffinch - 1 - singing male. ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Skylark - 8+ - Over fields between woods and Pingle Lane.

Thrybergh CP: Tufted Duck - 42 ; Goldeneye - 2 - 2F ; Gadwall - 6 ; Water Rail - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - c350 ; Blackcap - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 5 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Pied Wagtail - 38+ - 38 Large flock mostly males around Doncaster Point probably more in fields ; Meadow Pipit - 10 ; Reed Bunting - 12

Blacka Moor: Fieldfare - 15 ; Wren - 3 ; Skylark - 8 ; Raven - 5

Ecclesall Woods: 321 - 1 - Flew off from Donkey Field Pond

Firsby Res: Coot - 1 ; Mallard - 2 - Pair on main Res. ; Greylag Goose - 2 - Circled did not land. ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Cormorant - 1 - Over. ; Little Grebe - 1 - Trilling. Uncommon record for site and first record of the year. ; 319 - 1 - Calling early morning.