Sightings Archive

Bramley: Tawny Owl - 1 - Calling near pig farm

Catcliffe Flash: Wigeon - 50+ - 50-60 ; Shoveler - 5 - 4 ducks 1 drake

Firsby Res: Mallard - 1 ; Moorhen - 1 ; 319 - 1 - Worming on farmland. ; Jay - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 12 - On wires. ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing.

Old Ravenfield: Kestrel - 1 - Perched near Pingle Lane tip entrance ; Pied Wagtail - 14 - On farmland together.

Ravenfield: Swallow - c45 - Feeding over stubble field adjacent to St James church ; House Martin - 8 - With Swallows near church. ; Skylark - 8+ - On stubble field. ; Linnet - 60c - On stubble field. ; 319 - 5 ; Kestrel - 2 ; Long-tailed Tit - 15 - In churchyard trees with Goldcrest. ; Goldcrest - 4 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - Ravenfield ponds on Firsby Brook. ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - On spire.

Rivelin Valley: House Martin - 1 - Over Tofts Lane ; Chiffchaff - 2

Silver Wood: Pink-footed Goose - c.170 - c.60 ESE at 08.40, c.110 ESE at 08.50 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - regular on Pingle Lane Tip in recent days

Silverwood Lagoon: Canada Goose - 125 - in from north at 09.15, departed north at 10.30 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 ; Black-headed Gull - 30 ; Common Buzzard - 2 ; Meadow Pipit - 5 - scattering of singles around pit top ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Stock Dove - 4

Thorpe Hesley: House Martin - 25 - 25 flying over SE

Wortley: Chaffinch - 6 - 1 SW ; Meadow Pipit - c350 - S/SW on a broad front 7- 8.15. Still passing as I left. ; Swallow - 7 - south ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 11 ; Skylark - 27 - Single group at moderate height over fields at Wortley. Typically indecisive and although 2 moved SW the rest were assumed to have settled in fields. ; Red-legged Partridge - c50 ; Yellowhammer - 1 ; 319 - 1 ; 321 - 1 - east

Grange Park Golf Course: Raven - 1 - North calling 09:15 ; Sparrowhawk - 2 - interacting - poss adult/juv? ; Chiffchaff - 3 - singing ; Meadow Pipit - 50+ - Certain underestimate - parties moving south all morning ; Jay - 5+

Orgreave Lakes: Swallow - 5 - South

Redmires: Stonechat - 2 also 2 jays

Redmires Res: Mallard - 123 ; 320 - 7 ; Tufted Duck - 16 - on Top Res ; Kestrel - 2 - juvs ; Chiffchaff - 7 - around Res perimeter ; Mistle Thrush - 8 ; Song Thrush - 2 ; Stonechat - 1 - calling ; Meadow Pipit - 420 - flew S/SW in 2 hrs ; Pied Wagtail - 5 - Flew SW ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - singles SW ; Linnet - 41 - flew S/SW in 2 hrs ; Siskin - 38 - flew SW in 2 hrs ; Lesser Redpoll - 12 - first arrival of the autumn here ; Chaffinch - 14 - Flew SW in 2 hrs ; Swallow - 5 - flew SW ; Brambling - 1 - Flew SW with Chafinches at 07:46 hrs ; Jay - 26 - flew W in small flocks before turning back over open moorland and heading NE in a single flock ; Greenfinch - 14 ; Goldfinch - 12 - flew SW

Sothall: Meadow Pipit - 1 - nocmig sound recorded over garden 0552hr

Walkley garden: Chiffchaff - 2 - 2 bathing and in shrubs briefly

Midhope Res: Cormorant - 1 - west 17.35 ; 320 - 21 ; Little Grebe - 9 ; Tufted Duck - 3 ; Swallow - 20 - south 17.30-18.30 - 3,1 and 16 ; Pied Wagtail - 11 ; Black-headed Gull - c1500 - 18.30 with more arriving as I left ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - c400 - 18.30 with more arriving as I left ; Meadow Pipit - 6 - south 18.30 ; 319 - 2 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Jay - 4+

Orgreave Lakes: Sand Martin - 2 - Late afternoon ; Little Grebe - 15 ; Rook - 2 - South ; Sand Martin - 2 ; Rook - 2 - East ; Little Grebe - 15 - Throughout

Bingham Park: Ring-necked Parakeet - 2

Blacka Moor: Golden Plover - 8 - 8 in sheep field above Strawberry Lee pasture.

Cinder Bridge Field: Sparrowhawk - 1 - f/imm over, harassed by corvids ; Raven - 2 - W together @ 0758hrs

Cinder Bridge Road: Kestrel - 1pr - lots of calling ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Jay - 1

Grange Park Golf Course: 319 - 1 ; Red-legged Partridge - 2+ ; Pheasant - 1+