Sightings Archive

Effingham Road, Attercliffe: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - Yellow darvic ringed adult HC71

High Green: Jay - 2 - Pair flew high over estate 14.45 ; 319 - 1

Middleton Moor: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 175 ; Herring Gull - 1 ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1 ; 320 - 15 ; Lapwing - 17 ; Tufted Duck - 3

Onesmoor: Golden Plover - 15 - in cereal field.

Orgreave Lakes: Greenshank - 1 - Early morning on east shore ; Ringed Plover - 3 - Circling at 07:30 then east ; Wigeon - 8

R Don, Effingham St: CASPIAN GULL - 1 - Juv/1st winter on the weir.

Thrybergh CP: Blackbird - 12 ; Robin - 10 ; Goldcrest - 6 - Family party with 4 newly fledged downy young birds (first confirmed breeding record for site) ; Jay - 3 ; Grey Heron - 2 ; Lapwing - 44 ; Shoveler - 1f

Waverley Estate: Nightjar - 1 - Roosting on garden patio mid - morning.

Barbrook Plantation: Grey Partridge - 1 - unfortunately dead at the roadside

Barbrook Valley: Whinchat - c6 ; Stonechat - 4 ; Siskin - 10 - flock over ; Raven - 2

Birley Edge: Mistle Thrush - 11 - on telegraph wires over stubble field

Bradwell Ponds: Cormorant - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 1 ; Kingfisher - 1 ; 319 - 2 ; Swallow - 4

Cinder Bridge Field: Red-legged Partridge - 26+ - single covey ; Stock Dove - 4+ ; Meadow Pipit - 2 - S

Clod Hall Moor: Stonechat - 5

Leash Fen: Pheasant - 4 - family group on roadside wall at Fox Lane

Malin Bridge: Ringed Plover - 2+ - nocmig, at least 2 calling over at 02:04

Middleton Moor: Dunlin - 1 ; 320 - 16 ; Tufted Duck - 6 ; Raven - 2 ; Pied Wagtail - 15 - roosting ; Starling - c230 - roosting ; Swallow - c120 - roosting ; Black-headed Gull - c300 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 700+ - birds still streaming in at dusk ; Jay - 1 ; Snipe - 1

Nether Haugh: Kestrel - 1 - male, hunting

New Stubbin colliery/tip: Chiffchaff - 6 - inc 3 singing ; Song Thrush - 2 ; Common Buzzard - 1 - calling frequently ; Treecreeper - 1 - singing ; Meadow Pipit - 32+ - most heading S ; Swallow - 5 - all S ; Jay - 1 ; Yellowhammer - 2 ; Kestrel - 1 - N ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 7 - all S ; Mallard - 1 - W/SW ; Greenfinch - 4 - NW together ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - 'alba' ssp, W ; Linnet - 1 - over ; Stock Dove - 1 - N ; Goldfinch - c40 - in three flocks ; Chaffinch - c20 - flock, feeding on ground ; Coal Tit - 1 - Roman ridge

New Stubbin; Back Lane: Kestrel - 1 - 1cy, hunting from hay bales ; Common Buzzard - 1 - low to N ; Yellowhammer - 1

Orgreave Lakes: Mandarin - 1 - on river beside main lake.

Parkgate; fields to W: Collared Dove - 7 - flock, on wires ; Kestrel - 1 - f/juv

Parkgate; Stubbin incline: Coal Tit - 1 - calling ; Nuthatch - 1 - calling; rare here ; Chiffchaff - 1 - calling ; Common Buzzard - 1 - W

Peat Pits: Black Redstart - 1 - fem type on walls from NW side this evening.

Rawmarsh Cemetery: Chiffchaff - 1 ; Coal Tit - 1

Rawmarsh; Haugh Road: Pheasant - 1 - juv male on playing field ; Black-headed Gull - 17 - on playing field ; Rook - c20 - on playing field ; Jackdaw - c20 - on playing field

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Grey Wagtail - 2 - SW @ 0630hrs ; Chiffchaff - 1 - calling

Redmires Res: Tufted Duck - 18 ; Canada Goose - 12 ; 320 - 3 ; Mallard - 15 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Male hunting in Fairthorn Clough ; Kestrel - 2 ; Raven - 14 - loose party made its way W along ridge south of Middle Res ; Carrion Crow - 6 ; Rook - 1 - flew W calling ; Ringed Plover - 4 - juvs on Middle Res ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 45 - c. ; Herring Gull - 4