Sightings Archive

Rud Hill: Starling - 40 - c.

RVCP, Main Lake: Herring Gull - 350 - flew north ; Red Kite - 1 - 1 drifting north

RVCP, Meadowgate Lake: Sand Martin - 1 - first arrival here,,,,, small colony again around the flood barrier on the R.Rother. up to 5 pairs.

Silverwood Lagoon: Green Woodpecker - 1 - in willow scrub below NW corner of lagoon ; Siskin - c.15 - in birches near Hollings Lane entrance ; Chiffchaff - 2 - singing ; Linnet - 12+ - pairs in suitable breeding habitat all around pit top ; Little Grebe - 6 - three pairs now on territory

Thrybergh CP: Mute Swan - 62 ; Tufted Duck - 58 ; Goldeneye - 1F ; Pochard - 1 ; Wigeon - 2pair ; Water Rail - 1 ; Great Crested Grebe - 18

Walkley Bank: Blackcap - 1 - Male feeding on Rowan berries

Wharncliffe Chase: Fieldfare - c450 - Potentially undercounted. ; Redwing - c350 ; Song Thrush - 2 - singing ; Goldfinch - 6 ; 319 - 2 ; Meadow Pipit - 10+ - First parachute displays of season ; Yellowhammer - 1 - singing ; Reed Bunting - 3 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - drumming ; Cormorant - 1 - adult NE ; Golden Plover - 4 - flew SW ; Mistle Thrush - 5+ - 2 singing ; Skylark - 15+ - Numerous singing ; Siskin - 11 ; Green Woodpecker - 2 - yaffling ; Linnet - 2 ; Raven - 1 ; Red-legged Partridge - 6+ ; Curlew - 2 ; Lapwing - 1 ; Starling - c50

Whirlow Hall Farm: Redwing - c70

Whirlow Park: 319 - 1 ; Tawny Owl - 1 calling

Brownhills Lane: Red Kite - 1 - Heading west

Burbage Green Drive: Meadow Pipit - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Blackbird - 1 ; Wren - c8 - At least 8 individuals singing

Callow Bank: Kestrel - 1

Centenary Riverside: 319 - 2 - Over site, pair ? @14.15 ; 320 - 8 - Calling from pond. ; Canada Goose - 2 - River

Elsecar Res: Pink-footed Goose - 1 - 1 lone bird sat on Res

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 1 ; Mallard - 6 - 3 Pairs. ; Gadwall - 2 - Pair main Res. ; Greylag Goose - 2 - Present again. ; Cormorant - 1 ; 319 - 1 - Over set aside field. ; Fieldfare - 1 - Calling from tree top. ; Redwing - 4 ; Song Thrush - 2 - Singing. ; Siskin - 10+ - Inc Male singing from tree top. ; Bullfinch - 5 ; Linnet - 4 - Over. ; Lesser Redpoll - 3 ; Chaffinch - 6 - All singing Males. ; Jay - 2 - In willows. ; Goldcrest - 1 - Calling in hedgerow. ; Skylark - 2 - Singing. ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing in scrub below small Res Dam wall. First of year.

Gibbing Greave Wood: Nuthatch - 3+ - one around usual nest hole ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - male

Hathersage Moor: Kestrel - 1 ; 319 - 1

Herringthorpe Wood: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 3 ; Nuthatch - 1

Leash Fen: Red Kite - 1 - North

Nether Green: Red Kite - 1 - heading east

Nether Haugh: 319 - 1 - Flew over Cortworth Lane 12.15

Orgreave Lakes: Dunlin - 1 - On island. First record this year. ; Redshank - 3 ; Shoveler - 6 - 3 pairs

R Don, Effingham St: 320 - 1 - male still present, not seen it for a while.

R Don, Stevenson Rd: Pied Wagtail - 16 - on waste ground

Rawmarsh: Greylag Goose - 3 - N @ 0733hrs

Redmires: Golden Plover - 12 - distant flock displaying over Friar's Ridge general area, observed from Middle Res ; Tufted Duck - 1 - Top Res female ; Oystercatcher - 4+ - 4 poss 5 birds middle res. One sat on Top Res dam wall ; Curlew - 12 ; Lapwing - 20 ; 320 - 2 - pair, middle res

Redmires - Soughley Lane/Brownhills Lane: Oystercatcher - 2 ; Curlew - 63

Redmires Bottom Res: Greylag Goose - 52

Redmires conduit: Red Grouse - 3 - 2 fem, 1 male ; Skylark - 2 ; Pheasant - 4 - Male ; Lapwing - 28 ; Starling - 21

RVCP, Main Lake: Curlew - 1

Silver Wood: Chiffchaff - 2 - singing along disused railway line