Sightings Archive

Midhope Res: Starling - 23 - 17+6 west ; Mallard - 6 ; Lesser Redpoll - 2 ; Finch sp - 5 - Possibly Crossbill flew towards Langsett ; Meadow Pipit - 2 ; 319 - 2 - Calling constantly ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Siskin - 25+

Morley Pond: Mute Swan - 1pr ; Great Crested Grebe - 3 ; Black-headed Gull - c35 ; Mallard - 10+ ; Pink-footed Goose - c250 - low to W @ 0920hrs

Nether Haugh: Fieldfare - 1 - dropped into treetops ; Redwing - 1 ; Goldfinch - 8

Nether Haugh; Back Lane: Greenfinch - 1 - eating rose-hips ; Jackdaw - c30 - feeding amongst sheep ; Rook - c10 - with JD flock

Nether Haugh; Clay Hill: Treecreeper - 2 ; Jay - 1 ; Redwing - c20 - disturbed from ground under trees/scrub

New Stubbin colliery/tip: Fieldfare - 2 - dropped in briefly ; Yellowhammer - 4 ; Redwing - 10+ ; Jay - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 6 ; Greenfinch - c5 - disturbed from rose/hawthorn scrub ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - singing

Onesmoor: Brambling - 5+ - with Finch flock under Beeches Lumb Lane ; Chaffinch - c25

Peat Pits: Golden Plover - 3

R Don, Effingham St: Goosander - 5 - 3M, 2F above weir ; Cormorant - 1 - diving above weir

Ravenfield Park: Grey Heron - 1 ; Lesser Redpoll - 10+ ; Black-headed Gull - 2 - Down on match pond. ; Goldcrest - 4+ ; Coal Tit - 2 - Calling in woodland.

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Sparrowhawk - 1 - f/imm, hunting ; Goldfinch - 9 - flock, visiting gardens

Rawmarsh; Stubbin incline: Redwing - 9+ - in hawthorns ; Woodcock - 1 - disturbed from scrub in field edge

Thorpe Hesley: Pink-footed Goose - 200+ - SW at 09:25

Thrybergh CP: Mute Swan - 48 ; Gadwall - 10 ; Tufted Duck - 32 ; Great Crested Grebe - 4 ; Cormorant - 2 ; Water Rail - 1 ; Lapwing - 100+ ; Red-legged Partridge - 23 ; Grey Partridge - 3 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Pink-footed Goose - 250+ - West 09:09

Thurcroft: Fieldfare - 6 - In trees on the pit top ; Kestrel - 1 - Hovering over the pit top.

Ughill: Red Kite - 1 - Flying west

Wentworth Park: Nuthatch - 1 - Mausoleum Plantation ; Chaffinch - 6 - mixed flock, in hedgerow ; Reed Bunting - 2 ; Blackbird - 7+ ; Redwing - 3 ; Kestrel - 2 - m & f (presumed pair) on wires S of Mausoleum Plantn

Wentworth Park; Morley Plantation: Coal Tit - 2 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - calling ; Nuthatch - 3

Wortley: 319 - 7

Barlow Common: Fieldfare - 01-Feb - one, then later another ; Redwing - 4 ; Yellowhammer - 2 ; Linnet - 6+ ; Mistle Thrush - 2 ; Goldfinch - 6 ; Greenfinch - 2 ; Long-tailed Tit - 2 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Little Owl - 1

Bolehill Flash: Water Rail - 1 - Calling ; Raven - 1

Brownhills Lane: Greylag Goose - 175 ; Pink-footed Goose - 1 - with Greylags ; Greylag Goose - 75 - in fields ; Greylag Goose - 181 - feeding in fields ; Pink-footed Goose - 1 - with Greylags ; Canada Goose - 47

Elsecar Heritage Centre: Redwing - 9 - flock, SW ; Pied Wagtail - 2

Endcliffe Park: Kingfisher - 1 - flying down river at Hunter's Bar at 09:15

Hillsborough Park: Goosander - 4 - 3 male and a redhead on lake

Hoober Lane: Kestrel - 1 - hunting by roadside ; Stock Dove - 7 - flock, over

Kimberworth Park: Goose sp - 70+ - NW @ 08:15, splitting into 2 skeins, c60 and c30 ; Starling - 40+ - congregating on telegraph pole, Ashworth Drive

Linacre Res: Mandarin - 185 ; Mallard - 201 ; Tufted Duck - 87

Longstone Edge: Peregrine - 1 - Flying west

Malin Bridge: Fieldfare - 12 - over S

Middleton Moor: Golden Plover - 220 - Constantly taking off before returning minutes later