Sightings Archive

Orgreave Lakes: Red-crested Pochard - 2 - pair ; Pochard - 109 - another photo ; Pochard - 109 - Photo of nasal shield B6 ; CASPIAN GULL - 2 - 2 1st winters on the ice with 100s of other gulls.

R Rother, Catcliffe : 321 - 3

Rawmarsh; High Street: Mistle Thrush - 1 - on Methodist Church spire around 1245hrs

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Long-tailed Tit - 1 - in garden briefly

RVCP: Little Egret - 3 ; Egyptian Goose - 4 ; Wigeon - 160

Shepherd Wheel: Kingfisher - 1 - Male

Stone Moor: Curlew - 1 - calling late afternoon

Thorpe Hesley: Lapwing - 80 ; Pied Wagtail - 11

Treeton: Redwing - 23 ; Fieldfare - 51 ; Blackbird - 27 ; Woodpigeon - 5 - all feeding on berries.

Whiteley Woods: Nuthatch - 1 ; Dipper - 1

Apperknowle: 319 - 1 - On field wall, then flew down into field

Barlow: Chiffchaff - 2 - at the sewage works; one of 10 different bird species on just one bed ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Goldcrest - 03-Apr ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Fieldfare - 115+ - at the top of trees, then eating apples in an orchard ; Redwing - 12+ ; 319 - 1 ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 2 ; Long-tailed Tit - 8+ ; Wren - 5+ ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Goldfinch - 2

Bramley: Pink-footed Goose - 1+ - heard, over NW at 15.45

Burbage Valley: Raven - 1 ; Mandarin - 2 - 1 male , 1 female ; Pink-footed Goose - 150 - overhead

Coal Aston Air Strip: Lapwing - 50+ - Field adjacent to air strip ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Flew from lane adjacent to Air Strip

Ecclesfield. Pond: Redwing - 14

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 6 - Feeding on sluice together. ; Black-headed Gull - 1 - Single down on ice. ; Herring Gull - 1 - Over. ; 319 - 2 - Singles perched low near road, other in tree In set aside field. ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - On sluice. ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - On sluice with Grey Wagtail. ; Song Thrush - 1 - Flew from Old Quarry. ; Kingfisher - 1 - Calling up stream towards Ravenfield Park.

Handsworth garden: Blackcap - 2 - Pair

High Bradfield: Brambling - 30+ - in mixed flock with Chaffinches feeding in small plantation off Brown House Lane ; Chaffinch - 10+ - with Brambling

Holmebrook Valley Park: Bullfinch - 2 - 1 male and 1 female on bird feeders. ; Robin - 5 ; Blackbird - 7 - eating fallen seed from feeders. ; Greenfinch - 2 - Male and female on feeders. ; Chaffinch - 4 - 1 male and 3 females ; Great Tit - 2 ; Blue Tit - 3 ; Dunnock - 5 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 2 ; Woodpigeon - 2 ; 324 - 1 - 1 weasel near feeders

Hundall: Redwing - 7 - in field

Kirk Edge: Kestrel - 1 - hover hunting

Low Bradfield: Greenfinch - 3+ - in tree tops with mixed flock of singing Goldfinch ; Goldfinch - c10 - Singing from treetops along Dale Rd

Malin Bridge: Pink-footed Goose - 118 - over low west 11:44

Millhouses garden: Blackcap - 2 - 1M+1F feeding on fat balls, Hastings Rd

Orgreave Lakes: Whooper Swan - 6 - Flew NW at 08:15. Also seen over RVCP. ; Pink-footed Goose - 1 - Single wary and vocal, presumably ground bird. ; Pink-footed Goose - 120 - NW at 15:15 ; 320 - 91 ; Shoveler - 3 ; Wigeon - 59 ; Goldeneye - 6 ; CASPIAN GULL - 1 - 1st winter on ice early morning ; CASPIAN GULL - 1 - 2nd 1st w this afternoon ; Great Black-backed Gull - 1 - Colour-ringed bird yellow. Ring black letters 4DOB ; Herring Gull - 1 - Colour-ringed, Yellow ring Black letters Y:H32 ; Peregrine - 1 - Male. Mid-morning. ; Lesser Redpoll - 18 ; Mistle Thrush - 3 - West ; Great Black-backed Gull - 78 - Still present until 17:00 when most of the birds left. ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 17 ; Herring Gull - 561 ; CASPIAN GULL - 1 - 1st winter ; Black-headed Gull - c1200 ; Goosander - 32 ; CASPIAN GULL - 2 - first winters, bird 1: ; CASPIAN GULL - 2 - bird 2: ; Stonechat - 1 ; Goldeneye - 6 - 3p ; Common Gull - 1 - adult

Peat Pits: Lapwing - 8 - flew over Swan Heights and landed on the frozen solid ground of Peat Pits.

Pit-house West: Water Rail - 2+ - sharming at dusk ; Cetti's Warbler - 1 - calling near Chinese Bridge. ; Reed Bunting - 6

Rawmarsh: Jackdaw - 19 - flock, E @ 0845hrs