Sightings Archive

Redmires Res: Lesser Redpoll - 25 - flew NW ; Siskin - 10 - c. flew NW ; Crossbill - 12 - W/NW in 3 parties ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 14 - drifted SW ; Stonechat - 1 - by Bottom Res ; Blackbird - 2 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 25 - c. roosted ; Common Gull - 1 - ad roosted

Ringinglow: Red Kite - 2 - Between Ringinglow village and Long Line. One landed in field with cows.

Rodside: Redwing - 20 - On berries on side of road by lodge ; Goldfinch - 15 ; Lapwing - 50 - In fields below road

RVCP: Shoveler - 4

Silver Wood: Nuthatch - 2 - Calling. ; Meadow Pipit - 6 - surrounding fields - over path from woods together. ; Skylark - 5 - over path from woods together. ; Linnet - 12 - surrounding fields - on wires.

Silverwood: Pink-footed Goose - c50 - W @ 0907hrs

Silverwood Lagoon: Pink-footed Goose - c.90 - east at 09.40

Thorpe Hesley: Pink-footed Goose - c100 - SSE 9.30am

Thrybergh CP: Meadow Pipit - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 5+ ; Siskin - 3 - 2 feeding in Ash with GO flock; 1 E ; Goldfinch - c25 - flock feeding in Ash in car park ; Lapwing - c75 - loafing on shore ; Common Gull - 3 - 2 1cy & 1 ad, all W/SW ; Greylag Goose - 6 ; Stock Dove - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - c100 - loafing on shoreline ; Mute Swan - 20 - inc 1 1cy ; Canada Goose - 1 ; Cormorant - 1 - briefly ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 20 ; Gadwall - 1pr

Thrybergh Tip: Sparrowhawk - 3 - 2 together over Thrybergh junction, one near Bar mill mobbing a Raven. ; Raven - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - c15 ; Marsh Harrier - 1 - Briefly over River Don. ; Shoveler - c30 ; Pochard - 10 ; Tufted Duck - 8 ; Gadwall - 6 ; Cetti's Warbler - 2 - Singing ; Mute Swan - 5 - 2 adults, 3 juveniles. ; Kestrel - 1 - Female. ; 319 - 2 ; Jay - 3

Walkworth Wood: 319 - 3 - drifted in from W edge of Grange Park, 11:00 ; Robin - 1+ - singing ; Wren - 1+ ; Blackbird - 1+ ; Long-tailed Tit - 10+ ; Coal Tit - 1+ - calls ; Blue Tit - 1+

White Edge: Woodcock - 1 - 1 flew in from fields to near Curbar Gap car park at dawn ; Pink-footed Goose - 14 - low over to south at c08:15 ; Kestrel - 2 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Raven - 8 ; Meadow Pipit - 10 - 10+ ; Skylark - 3 ; Linnet - 1 ; Red Grouse - 1

Canklow Woods: Common Buzzard - 3 - 3 in the air together at 1200

Catcliffe Flash: Gadwall - 30 ; Cormorant - 4 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Wigeon - 6+ ; Shoveler - 3+ ; Tufted Duck - 1 ; Little Grebe - 1

Cinder Hills: 319 - 1 - low over trees

Dronfield Bypass: 319 - 1

Graves Park: Mandarin - 14 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - c. 10 ; 319 - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 3 ; Ring-necked Parakeet - 2 ; Wren - 1

Green Moor: Little Owl - 1 ; Little Owl - 3 - Updated- 3 on same wall

Greenhill: Pink-footed Goose - 42 - Heading west at 08:45

Keppels Field: Kestrel - 1 - along W edge

Kimberworth Park: Pied Wagtail - 1 - at Oaks Lane shops

Middle Common, Scholes: Kestrel - 2 - hunting over cover crop, moving onto Upper Common over stubble ; Linnet - 10+

Middleton Moor: Whooper Swan - 7 ; Pintail - 3 ; Shoveler - 6 ; Tufted Duck - 12 ; Merlin - 1 - moving through to S

Morley Pond: 319 - 4

Orgreave Lakes: Whooper Swan - 3 - On main lake ; Kestrel - 3 - Mobbed by Black-headed Gull ; Kestrel - 3 - Playing ; Little Grebe - 11 ; Pochard - 30 ; Black-headed Gull - 240