Sightings Archive

Thrybergh CP: Oystercatcher - 1

Thrybergh Tip: Sparrowhawk - 1 - circling over @ 0850hrs ; Common Buzzard - 1 - circling over @ 0845hrs

Treeton meadows: Little Egret - 2 - feeding on pools at the western end.

Ughill: Barn Owl - 1 - remains in plantation, c10 flight feathers and a leg with BTO ring. Ringed by Sorby Breck in 2022 as a nestling near Hathersage.

Ughill Moors: Curlew - 1 - calling

Whiston Meadows: Treecreeper - 1

White Edge Lodge: Red Kite - 1 - Heading low to north

Wyming Brook: Siskin - 2 - males singing

Barlow Common: Peregrine - 1 - showing very well ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 7 ; Goldcrest - 1

Brownhills Lane: Greylag Goose - c50 - inc orange neck collared HSP

Catcliffe Flash: Egyptian Goose - 4 ; Tufted Duck - 8+

Ecclesfield: Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 - Calling in obs garden, Cross Hill, then flew south.

Green Moor: Little Owl - 2 - 2 traditional roosts, one slightly out of our area ; Fieldfare - 40+ ; Grey Wagtail - 1

Kimberworth Park: Pied Wagtail - 2 - active around St Johns Green

Middleton Moor: Lapwing - 232 ; Lapwing - 232 ; Lapwing - 232 ; Curlew - 3 ; Common Gull - 75 ; 320 - 17 ; Goosander - 2 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 14 ; Herring Gull - 3

Norfolk Heritage Park: Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 - 1 over Granville Road heading into park

Pebley Pond: Oystercatcher - 2 ; Little Egret - 1 ; Great Crested Grebe - 2 - beginning to display ; Tufted Duck - 5 ; Cormorant - 4 ; Canada Goose - c25

R Derwent, Leadmill to Grindleford: Dipper - 4

R Rother, Orgreave: Mandarin - 1 - Drake 100m upstream of river bridge.

Rawmarsh; High Street: Kestrel - 1 - hunting

Sharrow: Pink-footed Goose - 1+ - Substantial sounding flock heard over at 18:30, probably heading east/south-east

Stoney Middleton: Fieldfare - 200 - with about 100 Starlings in muck-spread field

Thrybergh CP: Mute Swan - 28 ; Tufted Duck - 33 ; Scaup - 1 - male ; 320 - 1 - fem ; Goosander - 1 - fem ; Black-headed Gull - 800+ - Very good numbers this morning after slurry spreading in fields ; Common Gull - 8 ; Herring Gull - 40 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 ; Lapwing - 120 ; Grey Partridge - 4 - 2 pair ; Red-legged Partridge - 5 ; Carrion Crow - 33 ; Rook - 15 ; Jackdaw - 18 ; Starling - C50 ; Peregrine - 1 - East ; 319 - 1 ; Kestrel - 2 - 2 males ; Chaffinch - 20 ; Goldfinch - 15 ; Greenfinch - 4 ; Song Thrush - 5 - Singing birds ; Blackbird - 10 ; Blue Tit - 10 ; Great Tit - 6 ; Long-tailed Tit - 8 ; Reed Bunting - 2

Ughill: Brambling - 30+ - feeding on Beech Mast at roadside Hoar Stones Road near the monument. ; Chaffinch - 30+ - mixed flock with Brambling

Wortley: Long-tailed Tit - 1 - Nest building ; Skylark - 1 - singing ; 319 - 3 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Female circling

Cutthorpe: Tawny Owl - 1

Green Moor: Little Owl - 1 ; Redwing - c30

Hillsborough Park: Redwing - 35 ; Mute Swan - 4 ; Coot - 12 ; Goldcrest - 1

Holmebrook Valley Park: Tawny Owl - 2

Kimberworth Park: Jackdaw - 40+ - over Oaks Lane

Meersbrook Park: Redwing - c5

Middleton Moor: Lapwing - 235 ; Curlew - 2 ; Golden Plover - 2 ; 320 - 17 ; Goosander - 1 - Redhead ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 11

Orgreave Lakes: Curlew - 1 - Late afternoon.

Redmires Res: Tufted Duck - 2 - on Top Res ; Curlew - 24 - on Top Res dam wall at dusk ; Black-headed Gull - 240 - c. roosted on Top Res

Roughwood Rec: Black-headed Gull - 60+

Thrybergh CP: Mute Swan - 24 ; Tufted Duck - 57