Sightings Archive

Elsecar Res: Tufted Duck - 4 - 2 pr

Frith Wood, Dronfield: Nuthatch - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2

Froggatt Edge: Willow Warbler - 3 - Singing in birches at northern end

Fulwood garden: Brambling - 5 - 2m, 3f

Green Moor: House Sparrow - 15+ ; House Sparrow - 15+ ; Siskin - 2 ; Yellowhammer - 3

Hathersage Dale: Ring Ouzel - 1 - male - above Green's House

Kimberworth: Chiffchaff - 1 - Moving from tree to tree, picking off insects, at the bottom of the garden. ; Wren - 1 - Picking off greenfly on a garden rose bush.

Limb Valley: Goldcrest - 2 ; Pied Wagtail - 2 - In horse fields at top of Valley

Midhope Res: Wheatear - 1 - male ; Curlew - 72 - Scattered groups around, all headed towards Low Moor towards dusk. ; Oystercatcher - Pair ; Chiffchaff - 01-Feb ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Siskin - 1 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - adult west ; Tufted Duck - 1 - male ; Mallard - 12 ; Little Grebe - 2 - trilling ; Meadow Pipit - c70

Orgreave Lakes: Curlew - 1 - South ; Wigeon - 5 ; Little Egret - 1 ; Wheatear - 1 - Male ; Little Ringed Plover - 10 - On west shore late afternoon ; Ringed Plover - 4 - On west shore with LRP ; Golden Plover - 68 - Circled Waverley estate

R Derwent, Leadmill: Goosander - 2 - m+f ~ 500m below Leadmill bridge

Ramsley Res: Brambling - 3 ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 ; Goldfinch - 6+

Redmires: Ringed Plover - 1 - Middle Res ; Little Grebe - 1 - Top res ; Swallow - 1 - Bottom res ; Wheatear - 1 - Field adjacent to bottom res ; Golden Plover - 180 - Flying low alongside Fulwood Head Rd towards Redmires Res

Rivelin Valley: Siskin - 3 ; Brambling - 1 ; Bullfinch - 2 - All in observers garden

Spittal House: Golden Plover - 8 - obs first sighting here. Feeding in field ; Lapwing - 4 - In field

Summerley: Swallow - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 - Male hunting ; Chiffchaff - 1+ - several calling ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 1

Thorpe Hesley: 319 - 2 - flew over ; Long-tailed Tit - 2 - in hedgerow

Unstone: Linnet - 6 ; Grey Wagtail - 2

Wentworth: Yellowhammer - 1 - singing ; Greenfinch - 4 - together in village ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Red-legged Partridge - 3

Wharncliffe Chase: Merlin - 1 ; Ring Ouzel - 1 - male ; Redstart - 1 - male ; Wheatear - 5 - 5m ; Stonechat - 3 ; Fieldfare - 1 ; Curlew - 2 ; Raven - 1 ; Linnet - 10 ; Meadow Pipit - 250+ ; Green Woodpecker - 1

Wharncliffe Wood: Willow Warbler - 1 - Brief song

Whinfell Quarry Gardens: Nuthatch - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1

Whirlow Park: Nuthatch - 1

Attercliffe: Iceland Gull - 1 - 1w/2cy in flight over Warren Street this afternoon, feeding at the Viridor site with c200 LWHG's

Botanical Gardens: Chiffchaff - 1

Bowden Housteads Wood: Blackcap - 4 - 4 singing males ; Chiffchaff - 5 - singing male n/e section

Bowden Housteads Wood NE section: Nuthatch - 4 - 4 territorial Pair. 1 pair prospecting nest holes. ; Sparrowhawk - 2 - 2 - 1 pair displaying both birds calling loudly.

Cutthorpe: Chiffchaff - 2

Fulwood garden: Brambling - 7 - 3m, 4f - photo of female ; Brambling - 7 - photo of one of the males ; Siskin - 8 - at least this number coming and going ; Bullfinch - 2 - pair

Fulwood Head: Golden Plover - 70+ - feeding in field adjacent to road.

Holmebrook Valley Park: Greenfinch - 1 heard ; Long-tailed Tit - 2 - One collecting nesting material

Linacre: Chiffchaff - 2 ; 324 - 2 - Hares - in fields between Linacre & Old Brampton ; 324 - 1 - Wood Mouse ; Wren - 1

Linacre Res: Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Sand Martin - c5 ; Swallow - c5 ; Pied Wagtail - 2 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Great Crested Grebe - 1

Lodge Moor: Brambling - 1 - 1 of several at feeders in last few weeks ; Goldcrest - 1 - feeding on insects in silver birch