Sightings Archive

Middleton Moor: Lapwing - 37 ; Lapwing - 673 - circling lagoon late afternoon, landed briefly but spooked and left before dusk. ; Golden Plover - 3 - with Lapwings

Old Brampton: 325 - 1 - in first field S of church on bridleway for 10 mins around 11:30 then flew E.

Rawmarsh: Sparrowhawk - 1 - male, circled over High Street @ 1135hrs & left E/NE in a long, rapid, shallow dive ; Common Buzzard - 2 - low over Rockcliffe Road to NW @ 1145hrs

Rivelin Valley: Nuthatch - 1 - Just east of Wolf Wheel Dam ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Kingfisher - 1 - On river ; Dipper - 2 - Perched on river bank then flew downstream.

Scholes: Fieldfare - 3 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - feeding in field along with Fieldfares at Red House Farm ; Bullfinch - 1 - male at Little Lane

Scholes Village: Robin - 1 - singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 1+ ; Goldfinch - 1+

Thorpe Hesley: Redwing - c150 - Feeding in field ; Fieldfare - 3 - with Redwings

Thrybergh CP: Scaup - 1 - male - off Doncaster Point with small group of Tufted Duck ; Goosander - 1 ; Lapwing - 108 ; 319 - 2 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 10+ - Around sheep fields

Agden: Long-tailed Tit - 14 ; Siskin - 2

Aldwarke SF: Magpie - 18 - mobile flock ; Stock Dove - 1 ; Common Buzzard - 2 ; Coot - 7 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - on treatment works ; Shoveler - 11 - 5prs + 1 drake ; Red-legged Partridge - 05-Jun

Aldwarke; Liberty Steels: Peregrine - 1 - adult sat on chimney (probably male of pair)

Aldwarke; Waddington Way: Peregrine - 1 - female, left W @ 0950hrs

Baslow: Bullfinch - 6 - 4 males,2 females feeding on fallen ash keys in garden ; Siskin - 2 - Visiting garden feeders

Brick Kiln Plantation: Blackbird - 1+ ; Dunnock - 1+ ; Robin - 2+ ; Blue Tit - 4+ ; Great Tit - 2+ ; Nuthatch - 1 - at least 1, taking suet pellets from feeding post

Brincliffe Edge Wood: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1

Cross Hill Ecclesfield: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Hunting over garden.

Firsby Res: Mute Swan - 2 - Resident pair have returned majority of main Res now ice free. ; Mallard hybrid - 3 ; Black-headed Gull - 1 - Down on main Res. ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - On sluice. ; Woodcock - 1 - Flushed from along small Res side path. ; Bullfinch - 3 - Call only.

Glen Howe Park: Brambling - 2+ - With chaffinch flock feeding on beech mast ; Chaffinch - 100+ ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1

Grange Park Golf Course: Song Thrush - 1 - singing from Brown Spring ; Chaffinch - 3+ - at least 1 singing from scrub behind 8th tee ; Greenfinch - 2 - singing at Driving Range ; Goldfinch - 2+ - active around Watson's Tip ; Mistle Thrush - 5 - together in tree top at Walkworth Wood

Graves Park: Goosander - 2 - Pair on Boating Lake ; Black-headed Gull - 120 - c120 on Boating Lake

Greystones garden: Blackcap - 4 - 4 males together in observer's garden

Hangingwater garden: Long-tailed Tit - 6 ; Blackbird - 2 - m ; Blackcap - 2 - 1m, 1f ; Blue Tit - 4 ; Goldfinch - 4 ; Magpie - 1 ; Wren - 1 ; Great Tit - 2 - 1m, 1f ; Dunnock - 2 ; Chaffinch - 1 - f ; Robin - 1 ; Greenfinch - 4

Kilnhurst Ings: Cormorant - 22+ - at least 21 S (inc flock of 14, 13 of which doubled back); 1 W ; Lapwing - 17 - flock, SE ; Moorhen - 6 - inc 4 on river ; Greylag Goose - 2 - singles, S ; Mute Swan - 3 - adult pair (Y332 & Y351) on ings; 1 indecisive bird flew over site several times before finally leaving S/SE ; Grey Heron - 2 - SE ; Common Buzzard - 1 - over from S, drifted away NE ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; Goosander - 2prs - S ; Gadwall - 1 - duck ; Chaffinch - 3 - singing ; Greenfinch - 9 - flock ; Fieldfare - 1 ; Mallard - 3prs ; 320 - 1 - on river ; Treecreeper - 1 - singing ; Snipe - 5 ; Jack Snipe - 1

Kilnhurst Riverside: Pheasant - 2 - cocks ; Greylag Goose - 2 - S ; 320 - 3 - on river ; Mallard - 2prs - on river ; Meadow Pipit - 1 - S ; Little Grebe - 4 - on river