Sightings Archive

Sunday 21st February 2021

• Brogging Moss Plantation: Blue Tit - 2 ; Wren - 1 ; Red Grouse - 1
• Burncross, Chapeltown: Greenfinch - 1 - Singing, around traditional nest site
• Calver Sough: Greenfinch - 20 - c. pre-roost in trees by garden centre
• Cartledge Bents area: Skylark - 2 ; Raven - 2 ; Red Grouse - c20 ; Golden Plover - 12 - flew over and landed on moor
• Cowell Flat: Woodpigeon - 2 ; Red Grouse - 1
• Dale Dike Res: Hoyles farm: Robin - 2 ; Great Tit - 1 ; Blue Tit - 2
• Dale Dyke: Chaffinch - 3+ ; Robin - 4 ; Magpie - 1 ; Blackbird - 1 ; Great Tit - 1 ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Mallard - 2 - male plus pure white (most likely) female accompanying him ; Blue Tit - 4 ; Nuthatch - 2 ; Wren - 2 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Dunnock - 1 ; Pheasant - 1 ; Woodpigeon - 6
• Ecclesall Woods: Song Thrush - 2 - singing
• Elsecar Res: Great Crested Grebe - 2 ; Tufted Duck - 2 ; Black-headed Gull - c280 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Jay - 1 ; Redwing - 20 ; Linnet - c150 ; Reed Bunting - 1
• Endcliffe Park: Kingfisher - 1 - On top pond
• Firsby Res: Moorhen - 3 ; Coot - 2 - Pair. ; Mallard - 4 - 2 pairs. ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - Sluice. ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - Also on sluice. ; Grey Heron - 1 - Fishing in front of Reed bed. ; Black-headed Gull - 1 - Down on main Res. ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - Adult over. ; Kestrel - 1 - Hunting. ; 319 - 1 ; Tawny Owl - 1 - Roosting. ; Barn Owl - 1 - Hunted briefly. ; Jay - 1 - Mobbing Tawny Owl. ; Song Thrush - 3 - All singing Males. ; House Sparrow - 1 - Male singing from cottage hedge. Uncommon species at this site. ; Goldfinch - 2 ; Chaffinch - 10+ - Numerous singing Males + 1 Female. ; Linnet - 3 - Over calling. ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Meadow Pipit - 1 - Flushed by hunting Kes. ; Yellowhammer - 3 ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; Stonechat - 2 - Pair on top of hedgerow. ; Skylark - 10+ ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 4
• Frith Wood, Dronfield: Nuthatch - 2
• Fulwood garden: 319 - 4 - Presumed same as some of the Mayfield Valley party. ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Soaring ; Siskin - 1 - Male singing ; Black-headed Gull - 40 - Flock circling high heading west
• Fulwood Road: Bullfinch - 2 - a pair
• Grange Park Golf Course: 319 - 1 - calling near Walkworth Wood ; Stock Dove - 1 - singing from Brick Kiln Pltn ; Woodpigeon - 150+ - 100+ @ Watson's Tip ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 4 ; Skylark - 1+ - singing ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Wren - 3 - singing ; Dunnock - 2 - singing ; Robin - 9+ - at least 9 singing ; Blackbird - 6+ ; Song Thrush - 8 - singing ; Redwing - 1+ ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 4 ; Coal Tit - 1 - singing ; Blue Tit - 6+ ; Great Tit - 2+ - singing ; Nuthatch - 2+ ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Jay - 2+ ; Magpie - 3+ ; Carrion Crow - 2+ ; Chaffinch - 4+ - at least 4 singing ; Greenfinch - 2+ - singing ; Goldfinch - 1+ ; Linnet - 7+ ; Bullfinch - 1+
• Greasbrough Dam,Wentworth: 319 - 03-Apr - 3 high calling, possible separate bird nearby