Sightings Archive

Sunday 27th March 2022

• Grange Park Golf Course: Woodpigeon - 1+ - singing ; Stock Dove - 3 - singing ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2+ - rattle calls and drumming ; Skylark - 1+ - singing ; Wren - 6+ - singing ; Dunnock - 3+ ; Robin - 7+ - singing ; Blackbird - 1+ ; Song Thrush - 2+ - singing ; Mistle Thrush - 2 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 5 - singing ; Coal Tit - 1+ ; Blue Tit - 1+ - singing ; Great Tit - 1+ - singing ; Nuthatch - 2+ - at least 2 singing ; Treecreeper - 2 - pair, courtship behaviour, dead tree in Brick Kiln Plantation ; Magpie - 1+ ; Carrion Crow - 1+ ; Chaffinch - 1+ - singing ; Greenfinch - 3+ - singing from W edge of Driving Range, SK 391942 ; 319 - 2 - E edge of Watson's Tip
• Hurlfield: Bullfinch - 2 - a pair on garden feeders ; Goldfinch - 8+ - in garden ; Greenfinch - 5 - inc 2 displaying males ; Chaffinch - 1 - male singing ; Goldcrest - 2 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - in garden then drumming in nearby wood ; Jay - 1 - in garden ; Collared Dove - 2 - a pair in garden ; Starling - 7 ; House Sparrow - c20 ; Red Kite - 1 - over observers garden 16:43 south ; Blackbird - 2 - a pair,female seen collecting nest material
• Intake: Jackdaw - 4 - Collecting nesting material (sticks) from the old bus terminus opposite Wadsworth Road, then flying north.
• Kimberworth Park: Goldcrest - 1 - singing from gardens on Strafford Road
• Litton Mill: Dipper - 2 - pair ; Grey Heron - 1
• Lodge Moor: Long-tailed Tit - 3 - 1 R legringed, orange over white ; Siskin - 4+ ; Greenfinch - 2 ; Goldfinch - 4 ; Blue Tit - 2 - Checking out nest box ; Chaffinch - 4+ ; Wren - 1 ; Brambling - 6 - Frequent visitors to sunflower feeders over recent weeks
• Monsal Trail: Raven - 5 - Monsal Trail and River Wye: Millers Dale Station to Cressbrook Mill ; Chiffchaff - 15+ - Singing males. ; 319 - 5+ ; Kestrel - 2 ; Blue Tit - 50+ - abundant ; Grey Wagtail - 3+ ; Chaffinch - 30+ ; Jackdaw - 50+ ; Mandarin - 10+ ; Mallard - 25+
• Orgreave Lakes: Curlew - 2 - NW ; Rock Pipit - 2 - Littoralis birds along east shore early morning then north shore. ; Rock Pipit - 2 - Second bird ; Snipe - 12
• R Porter: Mandarin - 2 - a pair at bottom of General Cemetery
• R Sheaf, Heeley (Broadfield Road): Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Mandarin - 5
• Ramsley Res: Brambling - 6+ - around feeders ; Lesser Redpoll - 1+ - With other finches on feeders ; Goldfinch - 30+ ; Long-tailed Tit - 3 ; Mallard - 2 ; Meadow Pipit - 4 ; 319 - 2
• Rawmarsh; Collier Brook: Chiffchaff - 2 - singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 2
• Rawmarsh; Collier Brook Marsh: Chiffchaff - 2 - singing ; Cetti's Warbler - 1 - singing frequently & showing well for a change!
• Rawmarsh; Rosehill Park: Nuthatch - 3 - 2 singing ; Coal Tit - 1 - singing ; Greenfinch - 1 - singing ; Stock Dove - 8 - inc 2 singing & 2 pairs
• Rawmarsh; Sandhill: Chiffchaff - 2 - singing ; Blackcap - 1 - singing
• Rawmarsh; Sandhill Park: Chiffchaff - 3 - singing ; Song Thrush - 1
• Redmires conduit: Golden Plover - 1
• Redmires Res: Greylag Goose - 40 - c. in fields ; Canada Goose - 70 - c. in fields ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Lapwing - 25 - several displaying along conduit ; Curlew - 5 - along conduit ; Golden Plover - 3 - displaying along conduit ; Snipe - 4 - 1 displaying south side of Middle Res + 3 displaying along conduit ; Skylark - 5 - singing ; Meadow Pipit - 4 ; Fieldfare - 30 - flew N ; 320 - 7 ; Reed Bunting - 3 - singing ; Stonechat - 2 - pair by Middle Res
• Redmires Top Res: Little Grebe - 2
• Rivelin Valley: Tawny Owl - 1 - Calling early evening ; Chiffchaff - 2 - Both heard near Tofts Lane
• Rud Hill: Golden Plover - 110