Sightings Archive

New Stubbin colliery/tip: Lesser Redpoll - 2

Orgreave Lakes: Sand Martin - 1

Oughtibridge: Rook - 3 - feeding on fat balls in obs garden.

Parkgate; stubbin incline: Chaffinch - 1pr ; Song Thrush - 1

Rawmarsh: Common Buzzard - 2 - soaring together @ 1200hrs

Rawmarsh Cemetery: Sparrowhawk - 1 - flew in ; Pheasant - c10 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - male, drumming from top of dying Ash ; Stock Dove - 3 - one singing & m displaying to f in treetop

Rawmarsh; Church Street: Song Thrush - 1 - singing

Rawmarsh; Stubbin incline: Chaffinch - 2 - singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 4 ; Goldcrest - 2 ; Lapwing - 3 - displaying over adjacent field

Rother Valley CP: Gadwall - 4 - 2 males & 2 females on Nethermoor Lake ; Shoveler - 1 - On Meadowgate Lake ; Pochard - 8 - On Meadowgate Lake ; Wigeon - 20+ ; Siskin - 3

RVCP, Meadowgate Lake: WOODLARK - 1 - flew over to the SW,,call heard and fairly distinctive flight noted

Sothall: Grey Heron - 1 - nocmig sound recorded over garden ; Redwing - 3 - nocmig sound recorded over garden between 1830-0630

Stonemoor/Stocksbridge: 319 - 1 - circling and calling in strong wind ; Red Grouse - 2 ; Pheasant - 1 ; Chaffinch - 04-May ; Wren - 1 ; Blackbird - 5 ; Woodpigeon - 3 ; Coal Tit - 3 ; Robin - 1 ; Blue Tit - 2 ; Kestrel - 1

Thrybergh CP: Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing in hedge below dam ; 319 - 2 - Displaying low over A630 Doncaster Road ; Little Owl - 1 ; Redwing - c100 - In fields adjacent to A630 ; Song Thrush - 2 - Singing.

Wentworth Deer Park: Coal Tit - 1 - singing, by Deer Sheds ; Redwing - c100 - feeding on ground by Deer Sheds & song from treetops ; Whooper Swan - c60 - NW, calling @ 0825hrs

Wentworth Park: Song Thrush - 3 - singing ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 - drumming ; Common Buzzard - 3 - 2 + 1, soaring over woodlands ; Stock Dove - 1 - singing from woodland ; Kestrel - 1 - around traditional nest site in dead Ash ; Jackdaw - numerous - hanging around usual nesting areas in various dead trees & carrying nest material

Wentworth Park; Dog Kennel Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 4 ; Greylag Goose - 1pr ; Mallard - c15 ; Coot - 7+ ; Stock Dove - 1pr ; Grey Heron - 1 - over to W (no visible evidence of breeding in plantation)

Wentworth Park; Greasbrough Dam: Jay - 1 - to N ; Mallard - 36 ; Moorhen - 10 ; Coot - 21 ; Great Crested Grebe - 5 ; Mute Swan - 1 - colour ringed Y751 (yellow)

Wentworth Park; Morley Pond: Tufted Duck - 19 ; Great Crested Grebe - 6 ; Coot - 14+ ; Mallard - 11+ ; Moorhen - 3 ; Mute Swan - 1pr - colour ringed Y316 (yellow) & Y035 (yellow) ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Greylag Goose - 1pr ; Nuthatch - 1

Westwood CP: Whooper Swan - 1 - On Westwood Dam at 12pm. Still showing on lake

Wharncliffe Side: Chiffchaff - 1 - in observers garden

White Lee Moor: Woodcock - 2 - roding at dusk.

Woolley Wood: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing by entrance to wood opp Deep Lane c11am ; Common Buzzard - 1 - low over Deep Lane

Barlow Common: Chiffchaff - 1 - heard only ; Skylark - 4 ; Linnet - 2 ; Pheasant - 1 ; Rook - 11 ; Goldfinch - 4 ; Long-tailed Tit - 3

Calver: 319 - 1

Coombs Dale: Nuthatch - 1 - heard

Handsworth Garden: Siskin - 1 - Male in tree near to seed hopper, first time seen on garden

Howden Res: Mandarin - 1 - male flew up valley and then back down again.. ; Grey Heron - 1 - ad flew down valley ; Crossbill - 1 - male flew S over res calling ; Kestrel - 3 ; Common Buzzard - 6 - individuals

Intake: Chiffchaff - 1 - calling from garden bushes on Woodhouse Rd

Kimberworth Park: Sparrowhawk - 1 - display flight between Shepherd's Plantation and Roughwood School.

Ladybower Inn: Raven - 2 - pair displaying

Longshaw: Lesser Redpoll - 6 ; Treecreeper - 4

Low Moor, Upper Midhope: Oystercatcher - 6 - in fields ; Snipe - 2 - chipping

Middlewood: Red Kite - 1 - drifted south at 09:14

Midhope Hall Lane: Curlew - 88 - Incl. 2 with rings ; Kestrel - 2 - Pair mating ; Lapwing - 4