Sightings Archive

Wickersley; Second Lane: Pied Wagtail - 1pr - on floodwater in edge of field ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - female, preening on hedgerow in adjacent field

Beauchief Golf Course: Green Woodpecker - 1 - Yaffling ; Chiffchaff - 1

Botanical Gardens: 324 - 1 - Small Tortoiseshell

Canklow Woods: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing

Deepcar: Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing in trees near Station Road

Dog Kennel Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 3 - at E end, (works continue, wall being rebuilt N side,W end) ; Cormorant - 2 - on exposed island ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Mallard - 5+ ; Coot - 4+ ; Moorhen - 1 ; 319 - 1 ; Curlew - 1 - over N,NE calling at 11:14, possibly more heard earlier over Scholes Common's

Ecclesfield: Grey Wagtail - 1 - Flew east @ 08:40 ; Greenfinch - 1 - Singing, churchyard ; Linnet - 2 - In fields, Priory Rd to Whitley Lane ; Goldcrest - 1 - Singing in ivy, Whitley Lane ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing, Whitley Lane

Ecclesfield Cemetery: Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing ; Jay - 2

Ecclesfield Park: Greenfinch - 1 - Singing on Lime Avenue.

Eyam: Nuthatch - 1

Grindleford - Horse Hey Coppice: Song Thrush - 1 - singing - repertoire included a bit of Curlew call ; Redwing - c25 - flew through ; Fieldfare - c6 - flew through

Hagg Lane Allotments: Jay - 5 - sitting in the same tree chattering on the bridleway next to Hagg Hill Allotments

Lee Shrogs Wood: Song Thrush - 2 - Singing ; Ring-necked Parakeet - 2 - flying towards church ; Skylark - 1 - Singing in field

Low Common: Song Thrush - 1 - singing from copse ; Skylark - 1+ - singing

Lydgate: Tawny Owl - 1

Middleton Moor: Common Gull - 332 ; Black-headed Gull - 24 ; 320 - 16 ; Tufted Duck - 6 ; Coot - 2 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 16 ; Lapwing - 31 ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Curlew - 1 ; Greylag Goose - 5

Morehall Res: Great Crested Grebe - 1

Morley Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 5 - at least 1 pair ; Greylag Goose - 1 - calls heard, probably more ; Mallard - 10+ ; Tufted Duck - c10 ; Coot - 3 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - moving between both lakes

Norton Lees: 321 - 1 - over

Orgreave Lakes: Shelduck - 4 ; Egyptian Goose - 1 - On small lake then flew south. ; Golden Plover - 1 - South ; Sand Martin - 4 - North ; Wheatear - 3 - Male and 2 females on track to Waverley Estate. ; Whooper Swan - 27 - North at 09:25. ; Shelduck - 4 ; Wheatear - 5 ; Kingfisher - 2 - On R Rother.

Owlthorpe: Chiffchaff - 3 - heard on Owlthorpe Fields ; Bullfinch - 2 - 2 males, Owlthorpe Fields ; Siskin - 2 - Male and female on garden feeder ; Greenfinch - 2 - Male and female on garden feeder

R Derwent, Froggatt: Moorhen - 4 ; Canada Goose - c12 ; Goldcrest - 1 - In tree by river ; Long-tailed Tit - 1 - In tree by river

R Rother, Bolehill.: Sand Martin - 1 ; Kingfisher - 2

R Rother, Catcliffe: Goldcrest - 10+ ; Goosander - 11 - 5 pairs and one single redhead.

Rawmarsh; High Street: Common Buzzard - 1 - circling very high over @ 1230hrs ; Pied Wagtail - 2 - on roof of Earl Grey PH

Rivelin Valley: Barn Owl - 1 - hunting in daylight over rough grassland north of Roscoe Bank. ; Dipper - 1 ; Mandarin - 2 ; Pied Wagtail - 1

Rockingham Wood: Nuthatch - 1 - singing

RVCP: Wigeon - 75 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Drumming on top of a metal flag pole,,resonating halfway around the park.It continued to do this for approx 4 weeks .

Silverwood Lagoon: Coot - 14 ; Moorhen - 2 ; Little Grebe - 6 ; Black-headed Gull - c.100 ; Common Gull - 2 ; Herring Gull - 6 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 ; Tufted Duck - 7 ; Common Buzzard - 2 - a displaying pair ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - yaffling ; Jay - 4 ; Skylark - 3 - singing ; Song Thrush - 2 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 3 - singing ; Yellowhammer - 1 - singingg ; Siskin - 2 - over