Sightings Archive

Frecheville: Swallow - 2 - Flying south low over roof tops ; Jay - 5 - High, heading West

Graves Park: Nuthatch - 1 ; Ring-necked Parakeet - 7+

Langsett Res: Greylag Goose - c750 - 08:00 - my highest count here ; Starling - 10 - flew NW ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Pied Wagtail - 10 ; Little Grebe - 7 - juvs ; Cormorant - 1

Midhope Res: Meadow Pipit - 150+ - flew south 07:30-09:15 ; House Martin - c70 - flew south ; Little Grebe - 8 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Bullfinch - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 1 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - c30 ; Raven - 1 ; Siskin - 3 ; Swallow - 1 ; 320 - 32 ; Mallard - 45 ; 319 - 01-Feb ; Jay - 9 influx ; Sand Martin - 1 - with House Martins ; Skylark - 5 - south, single group

Onesmoor: Lapwing - 28

Orgreave Lakes: Meadow Pipit - 139 - South ; Swallow - 25 - South ; Sand Martin - 2 - South

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Chiffchaff - 2 - 1 singing ; Meadow Pipit - 60+ - light S passage between 0705-1005hrs ; Grey Wagtail - 3 - 1 W/SW; 2 W, then NW ; Greenfinch - 3 - W ; Linnet - 1 - SE ; Jay - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - NE ; Swallow - 09-Nov - inc flock of 8-10, all SW ; Pied Wagtail - 2 - single 'alba' sp. SE & SW ; Long-tailed Tit - 3+

Peat Pits: Golden Plover - 40+ ; Wheatear - 5 ; Linnet - 11 - big drop in numbers since rape stubble has been ploughed and reseeded. ; Meadow Pipit - 5 ; 319 - 1

Rawmarsh: Starling - c60 - flock resting on mobile mast; Bellows Road; much singing

Roundwood Golf course: Swallow - 4 - SW ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Coal Tit - 2 ; Jackdaw - 2 - N ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 7 - 6 W/SW; 1 NE ; Grey Heron - 1 - N/NE

Silverwood Lagoon: Raven - 1 - west at 09.20

Spout House Hill: Mistle Thrush - 2 ; Skylark - 9 ; Linnet - 60+

Upper Midhope: Linnet - 75

Canklow: 319 - 1 - Circling low near roundabout 09.35

Edmund Road: Pink-footed Goose - 50+ - Skein seen and heard at 18:00

Kimberworth Park: Starling - c20 - on Elder squabbling over berries

Longshaw: Kestrel - 1 ; 319 - 1 - Being mobbed by corvids ; 324 - 15 - Red Deer - 2 groups. The stags were roaring, plus another heard in the distance.

Redmires Res: Canada Goose - 2 ; Mallard - 92 - on Middle Res ; 320 - 8 ; Tufted Duck - 12 ; Kestrel - 1 - imm male ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - male hunting in Fairthorn Clough ; Chiffchaff - 4 ; Jay - 10 - flew W in one hour (3,6,1) - influx ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 26 ; Herring Gull - 4 ; Black-headed Gull - 22 ; Meadow Pipit - 30 - flew S in dribs and drabs ; Song Thrush - 1 - in Fairthorn Clough ; Dunnock - 3 - flew NW over Bottom Res and continued over Redmires Plantation

Sothall: Raven - 1 - sound recorded over garden at 0615hr - presumably leaving a local roost.

Catcliffe Flash: Wigeon - 41

Cinder Hills: Kestrel - 1 - fem/imm caught rodent from beneath hawthorn hedge adj Scholes Coppice.

Ecclesall Woods: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 1 ; Mallard - 1 ; 320 - 1 - Main Res early morning. ; Grey Heron - 1 ; 319 - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Male ; Pheasant - 40+ - Seemingly everywhere. ; Red-legged Partridge - 1 - With Pheasants. ; Grey Partridge - 1 - Calling at dawn. ; Jay - 1 - Calling. ; Rook - 20+ ; Skylark - 1 ; 324 - 2 - Roe Deer.

Greystones garden: Chiffchaff - 1

Midhope Res: Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Meadow Pipit - 5 ; Long-tailed Tit - c15 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Jay - 01-Feb