Sightings Archive

Middleton Moor: Lapwing - 103 ; Snipe - 2+ - calling late dusk ; 320 - 17 ; Goosander - 10 - roost ; Tufted Duck - 9 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2500+ ; Black-headed Gull - c350 - inc bird ringed as pullus in Poland (Lodz) in 2019. ; Common Gull - 3 ; Herring Gull - 6 ; Yellow-legged Gull - 14 - 13 adults and a 2cy. ; Jackdaw - c400 - sat amongst roosting Gulls up to near dark, then flew noisily to nearby plantation.

Mitchell Field: Fieldfare - 50+ - Gathering on field bushes

Morley Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Mallard - c200

Oughtibridge garden: Redwing - 2 - Feeding on Rowan berries ; Blackbird - 5

Rawmarsh: Grey Wagtail - 2 - W together @ 0755hrs; Rockcliffe Road ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - drifted E @ 1015hrs

Redmires Res: Canada Goose - 40 - c. in fields ; Greylag Goose - 50 - c. in fields ; Mallard - 60 - c. ; 320 - 10 - c. ; Lapwing - 100 - c. over Middle Res ; Golden Plover - 40 - c. over Middle Res ; Dunlin - 1 - in with Lapwings ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 5 ; Black-headed Gull - 30 - c. ; Starling - 150 - c. in fields

Redmires Top Res: Lapwing - 100+ - Circling over from East

Rockingham Wood: 319 - 2 - possibly more?1 low over wood,then 1 low over field toward copse SK399962, with regular calls from within wood.

Shirecliffe Tip: Ring-necked Parakeet - c25 - flocks of c20 and 5 low W 9-10am ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Goldcrest - 2 ; Sparrowhawk - 2 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Fieldfare - c80 - small flocks moving W ; Redwing - 30+ - small flocks W and birds in woodland and bushes. ; Jay - 1 ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - c10

Thrybergh CP: Cormorant - 1 ; Little Egret - 1 ; Egyptian Goose - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 5 ; Goldeneye - 2 - 2 RH departed south 09:45 ; Fieldfare - 20 ; Redwing - 35 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Goldcrest - 2 ; Goldfinch - c80 ; Lapwing - 88 ; 319 - 2 ; Kestrel - 1 - M

Woodall Common: Stock Dove - 25 ; Chaffinch - 100 ; Linnet - 50 ; Greenfinch - 4 ; Yellowhammer - 4 ; Sparrowhawk - 1

Agden Rocher: Redwing - 200+ - constant trickle of birds dropping in to feed on yew berries. ; Fieldfare - 67+ - feeding with Redwings. ; Mistle Thrush - 3 ; Goldfinch - 21 ; Meadow Pipit - 17 ; Yellowhammer - 1 ; Peregrine - 1 ; Skylark - 2

Barlow Common: Fieldfare - 1 ; Redwing - c12

Catcliffe Flash: Gadwall - 20 ; Wigeon - 20 ; Grey Heron - 2 ; Little Grebe - 2 ; Cormorant - 3 ; Tufted Duck - 2 ; 320 - 2 ; Black-headed Gull - 15 ; Shoveler - 10

Coal Aston: Goldfinch - 14 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - heard ; Fieldfare - c14 - Flew into tree ; Starling - c34 - On wire

Dronfield: Swift - 1 - flew over obs garden at c12:15; only seen in silhouette briefly

Kenwood Hall Hotel: Brambling - 5 - flock over high SSE at 15:12

Lodge Moor garden: Brambling - 1 - At feeder with usual Goldfinches, Greenfinches etc ; Redwing - 4 ; Fieldfare - 1

Middleton Moor: Little Stint - 1 - Juvenile ; Dunlin - 3 ; Snipe - 14 ; Lapwing - 70 ; Golden Plover - 1

Orgreave Lakes: Pochard - 160 ; Tufted Duck - 25 ; Black-headed Gull - 20 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 10 ; Herring Gull - 5 ; Lapwing - 30 ; Stonechat - 1 ; Greylag Goose - 4