Sightings Archive

Sunday 20th March 2022

• Firsby Res: Goldfinch - 10+ ; Bullfinch - 2 - Pair. ; Chiffchaff - 5 - All singing. ; Stock Dove - 4 - Down on farmland.
• Foolow: Raven - 1 - pronking ; Chiffchaff - 3 - singing ; Stock Dove - 3 - pair by farm building + male singing ; Common Buzzard - 2
• Fulwood garden: Brambling - 4 - at least 3m and 1f at feeders ; Bullfinch - 1 - male ; Long-tailed Tit - 1 ; Peregrine - 1 - circling over early afternoon ; 319 - 2 - displaying pair again ; Redwing - 40 - single party NE
• Grange Park Golf Course: Mallard - 1 - male @ pond, Upper Kennel Wood ; Stock Dove - 1 - singing ; Pheasant - 1 - calls ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Skylark - 1 - singing near Watson's Tip ; Wren - 2+ - singing ; Dunnock - 1+ ; Robin - 5+ - singing ; Blackbird - 1+ - singing ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Redwing - 1+ - @ Upper Kennel Wood ; Mistle Thrush - 2 - into Upper Kennel from 18th fairway ; Chiffchaff - 2+ - singing ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing, near former car park ; Long-tailed Tit - 1+ ; Coal Tit - 2+ ; Blue Tit - 1+ - with 1 display flight @ Brick Kiln Ext. ; Nuthatch - 1+ - 1 singing @ Brick Kiln ; Treecreeper - 1 - singing @ Brick Kiln ; Jay - 1 - mimicking buzzard call @ Brick Kiln Ext. ; Magpie - 1+ ; Carrion Crow - 3+ ; Chaffinch - 2 - singing ; Goldfinch - 3+ - singing
• Greasbrough: Mute Swan - 2 - both 2cy, SE @ 0722hrs
• Green Moor: Tawny Owl - 2 - Pair calling ; Linnet - 4 ; Yellowhammer - 2
• Hillsborough Park: Mute Swan - 4
• Kimberworth: Blackcap - 1 - Male in a bramble at Masborough cemetery at Kimberworth.
• Middleton Moor: 320 - 5 ; Dunlin - 1 ; Canada Goose - 2 ; Lapwing - 30 - c. ; Common Gull - 180 - c. ; Black-headed Gull - 6 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 7 ; Herring Gull - 1 - 1W
• Millhouses: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 - Pair in the observer's garden.
• Millhouses Lane garden: Blackcap - 1 - female again, visiting the feeders this morning ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 - visiting the sunflower hearts feeder in the company of the usual small flock of
• Moss Valley, upper: 319 - 3 - in air at same time ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing
• New Stubbin colliery/tip: Chiffchaff - 3 - 2 singing ; Yellowhammer - 5+ - inc 3 singing ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - over ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - NW ; Red-legged Partridge - 7 ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Meadow Pipit - 4 - all N ; Carrion Crow - 1 - carrying nest material ; Greylag Goose - 2 - NE ; Jay - 1 ; Stock Dove - 3 ; Kestrel - 1 - female ; Goldfinch - c20 - flock ; Common Buzzard - 1 - in horse paddock ; Little Egret - 1 - S @ 0843hrs ; Redwing - c130 - all NW, in flocks of up to c40 ; Black-headed Gull - 44 - in adjacent field
• Old Ravenfield: Chiffchaff - 2 - Singing near St James church. ; House Sparrow - 6+ - Garden Lane hedgerows. ; Greenfinch - 1 - Singing Male Arbour Lane. ; Yellowhammer - 1 - Singing Male. ; Lapwing - 1 - Displaying Over farmland next to Arbour Lane. ; Linnet - 8+ - Numerous pairs along Arbour Lane. ; Fieldfare - 15 ; Redwing - 8 - Over Arbour Lane approx 9:30AM.
• Orgreave Lakes: Garganey - 2 - Pair on small lake until 09.15, when flew towards big lake, but not relocated. ; Whooper Swan - 10 - North over Treeton at 09:00. ; Redshank - 4 ; Snipe - 10 - On island ; 320 - 10 - On island ; Shoveler - 2 - Drakes ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - Calling from Treeton side of river. ; Sand Martin - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Great Crested Grebe - 16 - 2 indulging in courtship display ; Goldeneye - 3 ; Skylark - 9 - Singing ; Black-headed Gull - 225+ ; Tufted Duck - 12 ; Herring Gull - 14+ ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 3+ ; Goosander - 3 ; Greylag Goose - 6