Sightings Archive

Middleton Moor: Wigeon - 1 ; 320 - 31

Millhouses: Pink-footed Goose - 32 - SE over Marriott Road@1140.

Monsal Dale: Long-tailed Tit - 12 - two parties of 6 each ; Cormorant - 1 - flying downstream ; Kestrel - 1 ; Rook - 10 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 3 - over E ; Jackdaw - 12 - incl one-legged mendicant

Orgreave Lakes: 332 - 1 - Circled site at 12:30, then drifted high Over Catcliffe.

Peat Pits: Golden Plover - 17 - in horse pasture ; Lapwing - 45 ; Stonechat - 2

Pit-house West: GREAT WHITE EGRET - 1 - Dropped towards Bittern Pond at 14:02, then left north 10 minutes later.

Ramsley Res: Jack Snipe - 2

Rawmarsh: Mistle Thrush - 1 - on top of Methodist Church spire; High Street

Rod Moor: Woodpigeon - 2000+ - flocks heading low S and SW through Load Brook 8:30-9:30 in strong SW wind. ; Pink-footed Goose - c256 - skeins of c150 and c100 NW into strong wind, and 5 straight S 8:30-9:30

Shepherd Wheel: Kingfisher - 1

Thorpe Hesley: Pink-footed Goose - c105 - W at 0925 ; Fieldfare - 17 ; Lapwing - 10 ; Linnet - c40 ; Jay - 1 - over

Thrybergh CP: Greylag Goose - 98 ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Water Rail - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1

Upper Whiston: Little Owl - 1 - Adjacent footpath at Guilthwaite Hall.

Wortley vis-mig: Woodpigeon - c2650 - S/SW 07:00-08:00 ; Redwing - c100 - c90 SW ; Starling - c750 - S/SW incl one large group of 500+ birds ; Fieldfare - 27 - Many just flying around with Redwings, 20+ >SW ; Chaffinch - 13 - SW ; Stock Dove - 12 - 3+9 S/SW ; Lesser Redpoll - 5 SW ; Greenfinch - 11 SW ; Yellowhammer - 3 - incl 1 SW ; Pink-footed Goose - c70 - Low west 07:50 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - incl brief song ; Kestrel - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1

Aldwarke: Peregrine - 1 - Brief low sweep of Liberty melting shop roof 08:15

Brown Edge: Ring Ouzel - 1

Cinder Hills: Redwing - 20+ ; Blackbird - 1+ ; Goldfinch - 1+

Damflask Res: Cormorant - 3

Edge Mount: Fieldfare - 200+ - flying around Edge Mount and Onesmoor in three groups then flew towards Wharncliffe Crags ; Blackbird - 2 ; Linnet - 3 ; Long-tailed Tit - 7 - party in trees ; Kestrel - 2

Edge Mount-West Nab: Jackdaw - 3 ; Carrion Crow - 05-Jun ; Rook - 20+ ; Starling - 30/40 ; Pheasant - 3 ; Red Grouse - 1 ; Woodpigeon - 15/20 - flew over

Firsby Res: Coot - 3 - Main Res. ; Mute Swan - 4 - Same 4 still present. ; Herring Gull - 1 - Over with BH Gulls. ; Black-headed Gull - 3 - Over. ; Great Black-backed Gull - 1 - Over. ; Jackdaw - 2 - Over calling. ; Fieldfare - 1 - Calling from top of tree. ; Redwing - 5 - Over. ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - On telegraph pole.

Hooton Common: Meadow Pipit - 17 ; Skylark - 17 - inc 3 singing ; Yellowhammer - 3 ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; Stock Dove - 6 ; Golden Plover - 3 - S, then W ; Cormorant - 2 - W ; Herring Gull - 1 - adult, SW ; Goldfinch - 9 - over ; Song Thrush - 3 ; Common Buzzard - 1 - disturbed from ground ; Linnet - c320 - flock in winter cereal field

Hooton Roberts; Crooked Lane: Red-legged Partridge - c60 - in several coveys ; Stock Dove - 40-50 - single flock, with WP ; Meadow Pipit - 4 ; Song Thrush - 2 ; Common Buzzard - 1 ; Goldcrest - 01-Feb ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Jay - 1 ; Skylark - 1 ; Woodpigeon - c200 - single flock ; Redwing - 15 ; Brambling - 1 - over, calling ; Yellowhammer - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 10 ; Great Black-backed Gull - 1 - adult, SW ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 - female, hunting

Hooton Roberts; Holmes Lane: Cormorant - 1 - SW ; Goldcrest - 1