Sightings Archive

M1/ M18 junction: Red-legged Partridge - 1 - on hard shoulder of motorway, perhaps taking grit/ salt spread on road?

Middle Common: Skylark - 1 - singing

Midhope Res: Curlew - 51 - In fields below Midhope Hall Lane. ; Song Thrush - 4 - singing ; Oystercatcher - 7 ; Canada Goose - 15 ; Skylark - 7 - south - groups of 3,3,1 ; Linnet - 12 ; Jay - 1 ; Greylag Goose - 75 ; Lapwing - 3 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - male ; Siskin - 5 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; 319 - 1

Millhouses Park: Stock Dove - 2 - Pair. Display flight then copulating. ; Treecreeper - 2 - Pair ; Goldcrest - 4+ - Two singing

Norwood Allotments: Whooper Swan - 5 - over west just after dark

Orgreave Lakes: Pink-footed Goose - 70-80 - Flew NW at 08:20

Peat Pits: Golden Plover - c100 ; Lapwing - c70

Pebley Pond: Little Egret - 1 ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Lapwing - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 4 ; Canada Goose - c40 ; Greylag Goose - 6 ; Common Buzzard - 2

Redmires conduit: Skylark - 4 - Also one male stonechat

Rivelin Valley: Curlew - 20+ - In fields west of Rails Road, late morning

Rockingham Wood: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 3 - 2 drumming and rattle calls ; 319 - 1 - into N end of wood from Low Common ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Dunnock - 1 - singing ; Robin - 3+ - singing ; Goldfinch - 1+

Shepherd*s Plantation: Wren - 1 - singing ; Robin - 3 - singing ; Coal Tit - 1 - singing ; Great Tit - 1 - singing ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing ; Nuthatch - 1 - singing

Shirebrook Valley: Pink-footed Goose - 60+ - Flow low west at 08.25.

Thrybergh CP: Mute Swan - 48 ; Water Rail - 1 ; Great Crested Grebe - 24 ; Goosander - 1 - RH ; Tufted Duck - 42 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Pochard - 1 ; Cormorant - 2 ; Black-headed Gull - 66 ; Herring Gull - 18 ; Bullfinch - 6 ; Greenfinch - 6 ; Chaffinch - 20 ; Goldfinch - 27 ; Siskin - 1 - At Southend feeders ; Fieldfare - 12 ; Redwing - 25 ; Blackbird - 12 ; Song Thrush - 6 - Singing birds ; 319 - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Yellowhammer - 2 ; Reed Bunting - 2

Tyzack*s Dam: Mandarin - 8 - Four pairs ; Coot - 4 - Two pairs.

Ughill: Curlew - 1

Waverley individual Estate: Lapwing - 34 ; Goldfinch - 44

Wentworth Lakes: Oystercatcher - 1 - W, over Dog Kennel then Morley Pond, calling @ 10:40

Wentworth, Temple Hill Plantation: Song Thrush - 1 - singing

West Nab: Curlew - 2 ; Lapwing - 30+ - in several fields ; Fieldfare - 18 ; Skylark - 03-Apr - all singing inflight ; Kestrel - 1 ; Carrion Crow - 4 ; Blackbird - 2 ; Woodpigeon - 5

Aldwarke; Waddington Way: Magpie - 10+ - engaged in territorial/display behaviour

Barlow Common: Barn Owl - 1 ; Skylark - 03-Apr - 1-2 singing ; Linnet - 3 ; Pheasant - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 2 ; Stock Dove - 6

Brownhills Lane: Barn Owl - 1 - hunting late afternoon, mobbed by Magpies after successful dive onto prey. ; Canada Goose - 68 ; Oystercatcher - 2 - among Canadas

Derwentdale: Crossbill - 22 - Mainly in small parties max size 4 ; 319 - 4+ - up together ; Black-headed Gull - 49 - moving north up the valley without return

Elsecar Res: Goosander - 6 - 3m, 3f

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Lesser Redpoll - 5+ - Mixed Finch flock near wooden entrance gate.