Sightings Archive

Orgreave Lakes: Kestrel - 4 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Short-eared Owl - 1 - briefly SW of small lake late pm ; GREAT WHITE EGRET - 1 - low S following Rother towards S end of Treeton Dyke 17:35. ; Lesser Redpoll - 6 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Goldeneye - 1 - female

Parkgate; Retail World: Starling - c200 - 2-3 mobile flocks wandering car park areas

Parkgate; Stubbin incline: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - calling ; Siskin - 1+ - heard over, moving S ; Chaffinch - 5 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - in tit-flock

Rawmarsh Cemetery: Coal Tit - 2

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Grey Wagtail - 2 - feeding together on house roof in afternoon; both 1cy

Thrybergh CP: Mute Swan - 22 ; Wigeon - 20 ; Shoveler - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 18 ; Gadwall - 3 ; Cormorant - 5 ; Common Gull - 4 ; Black-headed Gull - 200+ ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 4 ; Lapwing - 85 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 10+ ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 - On feeders

Wortley vis-mig: Starling - c445 - 07:50 -08:50 c365 south, c80 west ; Woodpigeon - c240 - SE ; Redwing - 990 - SE. assumed moving ahead of adverse weather further north. ; Fieldfare - 34 - SE ; Meadow Pipit - 1 - South ; Crossbill - 1+ - Heard only ; Siskin - 1+ - Heard only ; 319 - 1 ; Yellowhammer - 1+ - Heard only ; Red-legged Partridge - 13

Agden Rocher: Fieldfare - c200 - feeding on hawthorn berries . ; Redwing - c100 - with fieldfares. ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - female making unsuccessful attempt on redwing. ; Woodpigeon - c400

Barlow Common: 319 - 4 - including 3 together ; Jay - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 2 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 20+ - in mixed flock with Black-headed Gulls ; Redwing - 3

Canklow Woods: Brambling - 1 - heard overhead at 10:30 ; Redwing - 18

Carr Forge Dam: Cetti's Warbler - 1 - One calling.

Edge Mount: Brambling - 12+ - feeding with chaffinch in cereal field. ; Chaffinch - c40

Rawmarsh Cemetery: Tawny Owl - 1 - female calling around 0645hrs

Silverwood Lagoon: Black-headed Gull - 80 ; Common Gull - 2 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 ; Fieldfare - 12 ; Cetti's Warbler - 1 - brief burst of song from southern reeded at 09.20

Thrybergh CP: 320 - 6 ; Tufted Duck - 24 ; Pochard - 1 ; Shoveler - 3 ; Gadwall - 3 ; Cormorant - 7 ; Sparrowhawk - 1

Upper Common, Scholes: Brambling - 1 - calling from small tree among gorse ; 319 - 1 ; Magpie - 8

Wortley: Jackdaw - 2500+ - c2500-3000 left roost from pre-dawn in large groups in all directions ; Redwing - c70 - Small groups across area ; Barn Owl - 1 - 07:15 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 29 - East ; Fieldfare - 89 - Small groups across area ; Stock Dove - 5 - west ; Chaffinch - 4 - South ; Woodpigeon - c1380 - South ; Starling - 45 - 40+5 west ; Pied Wagtail - 5 - South ; Siskin - 4 ; Red Kite - 1

Barlow: Lesser Black-backed Gull - c. 10

Beauchief: Sparrowhawk - 1 - over Abbey Lane

Beauchief Ponds: Moorhen - 2 ; Mandarin - 2

Chesterfield Canal, Chesterfield: Goosander - 1 - redhead ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Jay - 1

Graves Park: Jay - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 2 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - being mobbed by pair of Magpies

Kimberworth Park: 319 - 3 - high over Shepherd's Plantation, drifting over Remount Road ; Kestrel - 1 - hunting/hovering over Grey Hill, behind Remount Road

Onesacre: Fieldfare - c100 - Just north of Onesacre feeding on hawthorn berries

Orgreave Lakes: Fieldfare - 20+ ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Kingfisher - 2 ; Goosander - 2 - 2 redheads feeding on river. ; Wigeon - 33 - 33 circled main lake.

Orgreave Tip: Stonechat - 3

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Long-tailed Tit - 8+ - mobile mixed flock in garden briefly, 1020hrs ; Great Tit - 2 - with LT flock