Sightings Archive

Firsby Res: 320 - 4 - Flushed from stream. ; Little Grebe - 1 - Still present Trilling early morning. ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - On sluice. ; Fieldfare - 14 - Over calling. ; Chaffinch - 2 - Singing Males.

Graves Park: Wren - 1 ; Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 ; Chaffinch - 2 - 1m, 1f ; Redwing - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1

Greystones: Starling - 125 - Seen from observer's garden. Beats previous garden record by 65!!!! Good job they didn't spot the bird food. ; Fieldfare - 1 - with Starlings ; Chaffinch - 3 - Females in observer's garden - becoming a rarity these days.

Handsworth garden: Goldfinch - 25+ - Feeding on overhanging conifers and bird feeders ; Bullfinch - 2 - Pair ; Greenfinch - 5 - On feeders ; Redwing - 14 - Over ; Goldfinch - 43 ; Greenfinch - 2 ; Blackcap - 1 - Male ; Blackbird - 5 - Feeding from fat ball feeder.

Orgreave Lakes: Whooper Swan - 43 ; Ringed Plover - 1

Pit-house West: Woodcock - 3

RVCP: Redwing - c.60 - loose flock

RVCP, Northern Lake: Whooper Swan - 2

Tankersley: Greenshank - 3 ; Ringed Plover - 1

Thorpe Hesley: Little Owl - 1 ; Lesser Redpoll - 100+ - Feeding in overgrown field

Thrybergh: House Sparrow - 25 - At garden feeders ; Yellowhammer - 1 - male

Thrybergh CP: Tufted Duck - 50 ; Scaup - 1 - male ; Pochard - 2 ; Gadwall - 7 ; Water Rail - 1 ; Grey Heron - 2 ; Great Crested Grebe - 8 ; Lapwing - 10 ; 319 - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 10

Blue Man*s Bower: Little Egret - 1

Langsett Res: Oystercatcher - 1

Low Moor, Upper Midhope: Snipe - 1 ; Greylag Goose - c80

Midhope Hall Lane: Curlew - 97 - 36 at 07:40 had increased to 97 at 14:30 with snow falling ; Yellowhammer - 1

Midhope Res: Oystercatcher - 2+ ; Little Grebe - 1

Norton Lees garden: Long-tailed Tit - 3

Orgreave Lakes: Goosander - 11 - 5 Drakes 6 redheads along river. ; 320 - 20+ - On river ; Shoveler - 2 ; Little Egret - 1

Redmires Plantation: Siskin - 30+ - mobile feeding flock ; Skylark - 4 ; Green Woodpecker - 1

Silver Wood: Siskin - 3 - in birches by Woodlaithes duckpond

Thrybergh CP: Tufted Duck - 62 ; Pochard - 2 ; Scaup - 1M ; Gadwall - 9 ; Grey Heron - 2 ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 6 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Stonechat - 1F ; Skylark - 6 ; Reed Bunting - 3 ; Scaup - 1 - still showing well

Upper Midhope: Redwing - c50 ; Fieldfare - c15

White Edge: Snipe - 12 - in fields between White Edge and The Grouse Inn ; Jack Snipe - 1 ; Raven - 1

70 Acre Hill: Kestrel - 1 - Male hunting top of hill 12.45 ; Jay - 1

Barlow Common: 319 - 3 - Three together, soaring

Beauchief Golf Course: Kestrel - 1

Bents Green: Common Buzzard - 3 - Three in the air together, early afternoon

Birley Vale: Blue Tit - 2 ; Robin - 3 ; Woodpigeon - 5+ - two singing males ; Magpie - 9+ ; Wren - 2

Brinsworth: 319 - 3 - Circling and calling over Barrett Estate 11.05

Carbrook Ravine NR: Robin - 3 ; Woodpigeon - 6 ; Wren - 1 ; Magpie - 3 ; Blackbird - 1 ; Blue Tit - 4 ; Great Tit - 3 ; Redwing - 1 - perched in tree apparently alone

Fairholmes: Mallard - 2 - 2 males repeatedly diving under surface for 6-10 seconds