Sightings Archive

Mayfield Valley: LONG-TAILED SKUA - 1 ; Raven - 1 - Headed low W over Mark Lane

Meersbrook Park: Stock Dove - 3 - eating birdfood at the Wooden Man scupture.

Midhope Res: Oystercatcher - 6 ; 320 - Pair ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Common Gull - 2 - adults west ; 319 - 2

Midhopestones: Stock Dove - 84 - In fields off Midhope Hall Lane ; Fieldfare - c40 ; Skylark - 1 - singing

Millhouses Lane garden: Lesser Redpoll - 2 - females, visiting the sunflower hearts feeder

Nether Edge: Mistle Thrush - 1 - Gathering nest material in Moncrieffe Rd garden

Orgreave Lakes: Sand Martin - 1 ; Curlew - 1

Rod Moor: Golden Plover - 360 - Flying and settled in fields

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 9 ; Tufted Duck - 38 ; Gadwall - 3 ; Mute Swan - 84 ; Rook - 8 ; 319 - 6 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Red-legged Partridge - 8 ; Grey Partridge - 2 ; Bullfinch - 6 ; Pied Wagtail - 20+ - Bit of an influxs this morning ; Water Rail - 2 - At far corner of the lake. I have a photo but it is not great.

Upper Midhope: Curlew - 18+

Agden: Long-tailed Tit - 3 ; Siskin - 2 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Female

Agden Res: Grey Heron - 1 ; Oystercatcher - 3 ; Black-headed Gull - 50+

Bradfield: Siskin - 2 ; Greenfinch - 2 ; Greylag Goose - 4+

Canklow Woods: Common Buzzard - 4 - in the air together at 1100

Crookes: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Female

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 2 - Main Res. ; Mallard - 6 - 3 pairs. ; Grey Heron - 1 - Flew into far reed best. ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Red-legged Partridge - 2 ; Lapwing - 1 - Displaying ; Mistle Thrush - 2 ; Song Thrush - 1 - Singing. ; Redwing - 20+ - Cottage hedge.

Fulwood garden: Reed Bunting - 1 - at feeders - unusual visitor

Greystones garden: Bullfinch - 2 - M&F

Holbrook Marsh: Jack Snipe - 1 ; Jack Snipe - 1

Low Moor, Upper Midhope: Snipe - 2 - chipping ; Fieldfare - c150 ; Redwing - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 2 ; Oystercatcher - Pair ; Curlew - 4 ; Lapwing - c10

Mayfield Valley: LONG-TAILED SKUA - 1 - Adult showing well - picking worms off road at times ; LONG-TAILED SKUA - 1 - Landed on road on several occasions ; LONG-TAILED SKUA - 1 - Flew from road into nearby fields ; LONG-TAILED SKUA - 1 - Eventually settled in fields off Harrop Lane ; LONG-TAILED SKUA - 1 - another flight photo ; LONG-TAILED SKUA - 1 - final pic ; Brambling - 4 - 4 over at 12.00ish ; LONG-TAILED SKUA - 1 - still showing well in field, 13.20 ; LONG-TAILED SKUA - 1 ; LONG-TAILED SKUA - 1 - photo ; LONG-TAILED SKUA - 1 - photo ; LONG-TAILED SKUA - 1 ; LONG-TAILED SKUA - 1 - showing well pm; flew off at 17:58 low NW and lost to view. ; LONG-TAILED SKUA - 1 - In field with sheep pm ; LONG-TAILED SKUA - 1 - final photo ; LONG-TAILED SKUA - 1 - Adult ; LONG-TAILED SKUA - 1 - in sheep field, resting, occasional short flights, preening, feeding on worms ; LONG-TAILED SKUA - 1

Midhope: Little Gull - 1 - flying with Black-headed Gulls and settling on manured fields Midhope Hall Lane 09:30

Midhope Res: Oystercatcher - 6 - 4pm, left towards Low Moor ; Curlew - 8 ; Meadow Pipit - 2 ; Herring Gull - 1 - west ; Little Grebe - 1

Redmires Middle Res: Curlew - 92 - at least this number roosted

Silverwood Lagoon: Snipe - 2

Thorpe Hesley: Black-headed Gull - c2000 - In manured fields between Thorpe Hesley and Wentworth. A few other gull species in amongst. ; Kestrel - 1

Wharncliffe Side: Jackdaw - 200+ - in flight to the south of observers garden

Barley Hall Stables: Mediterranean Gull - 2+ - 2+ (ad) reported among several hundred Black-heads on recently manured fields by footpath between Wentworth and Thorpe Hesley near Barley Hall stables

Canklow Woods: Common Buzzard - 6 - 6 in the air together at 1740

Chapelown: Treecreeper - 1 - Warren Lane, woods

Firsby Res: Coot - 2 - Pair. ; Moorhen - 3 - together. ; Mallard - 2 - Main Res. ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; 319 - 2 - Pair displaying over woodland lots of calling. ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Treecreeper - 1