Sightings Archive

Cinder Bridge Field; The Tops: Kestrel - 1 - male ; Grey Heron - 2 - W, calling (towards Wentworth Lakes)

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 2 ; Coot - 4 ; Mute Swan - 2 - Resident pair. ; Mallard - 2 - Pair. ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - On sluice. ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Calling. ; 319 - 1 - Mobbed by Crow. ; Swallow - 30+ - Low over water and fields towards M18. ; Treecreeper - 1 - Calling. ; Long-tailed Tit - 5+ - Small flock. ; Wren - 1 - Singing. ; Kestrel - 1 - Mobbed by 2 C Crows trying to steal its kill.

Middleton Moor: Wigeon - 2 ; Shoveler - 3 ; Little Grebe - 2

New Stubbin colliery/tip: Song Thrush - 1 ; Jay - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - calling ; Long-tailed Tit - 2+ ; Chiffchaff - 7 - 3 (SK4396); 4, (1 singing, SK4296) ; Goldcrest - 7 - 1 (SK4396); 6 (1 singing, SK4296)

New Stubbin; Back Lane: Meadow Pipit - 10+ - party of 7 down; 3+ S ; Golden Plover - 1 - W @ 0849hrs

Parkgate: Common Buzzard - 1 - low over, harassed by crow

Parkgate; Stubbin incline: Chaffinch - 6 ; Swallow - 3 - S together ; Chiffchaff - 3 - 2 singing ; Woodpigeon - c100 - on adjacent stubbles

Rawmarsh Cemetery: Goldcrest - 1

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Grey Wagtail - 1 - heard over @ 0705hrs

Rawmarsh; Stubbin incline: Chiffchaff - 5 - 2 singing ; Pheasant - 1 - cock ; Common Buzzard - 1 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - S ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Jay - 1 ; Woodpigeon - 50-60 - on adjacent stubbles ; Chaffinch - 2+ ; Sparrowhawk - 2 - circling low together, calling; one left SW

Redmires Res: Tufted Duck - 17 ; Moorhen - 1 - juv ; Osprey - 1 - flew low to the south over the Bottom Res at 1002hrs ; Lapwing - 5 - c. still in fields ; Swallow - 30 - c. flew SW ; Meadow Pipit - 20 - c. ; Reed Bunting - 3 ; Chiffchaff - 5 ; Lesser Redpoll - 15 - c. ; Mistle Thrush - 4 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 30 - c. ; Herring Gull - 3 ; Black-headed Gull - 4

RVCP: Egyptian Goose - 7

Silver Wood: Nuthatch - 3

Silverwood Lagoon: Cetti's Warbler - 1 - Singing in Reed Bed. ; Swallow - 1 ; Jay - 1 ; Kestrel - 1

Thrybergh CP: Wheatear - 1 - F/juv on Dam wall mid morning. ; Pochard - 1 - Male in front of Cafe.

Barlow Common: Meadow Pipit - c100 - flock in and over field; never seen so many MPs in one place before anywhere, let alone here in Barlow Common ; Chiffchaff - 3 ; Kestrel - 2 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 ; 319 - 1 ; Swallow - c12

Canklow Woods: Chiffchaff - 2

Cinder Bridge Field: Common Buzzard - 1 - over, harassed by crow

Kimberworth Park: Nuthatch - 1+ - calls from Roughwood school, Rhodes Avenue,Cinder Hill Road ; Greenfinch - 1 - calls at Hampstead Green

Norfolk Park: Pink-footed Goose - c40 - Flying high together, calling, in two separate skeins of 20-25 birds in each from Heeley direction towards north of Sheffield at 08:56.

Orgreave Lakes: Wheatear - 1 - On North shore behind fence. ; Whinchat - 1 - On tip. ; Stonechat - 1 - Male on tip. ; Skylark - 22 - Tip. ; Pink-footed Goose - 430 - Flew SE in several skeins between 8 and 9:30 am

Parkgate: Swallow - 8 - over field to W ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - low over ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing from garden conifers, Occupation Road

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Chiffchaff - 3+ - 1 singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 5+ ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - over, heading S/SW ; Black-headed Gull - 10 - flock, S ; Lesser Redpoll - 3 - 1 N; 2 SW ; Chaffinch - 4 - 1 N; 3 W ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - N ; Siskin - 2 - SW ; Pink-footed Goose - 154 - skeins of 113 @ 0820hrs & 41 @ 0932hrs, both E ; Jay - 2 - left towards golf course ; Swallow - 8 - all S ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Goldfinch - c10 - flock ; Skylark - 5+ - 5 S/SE with others heard ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - male, over then away to N/NE ; Song Thrush - 4 - party over from N calling; 2 dropped in, others continued S (presumed migrants) ; Golden Plover - 1 - W calling @ 0859hrs

Parkgate; Stubbin incline: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Chaffinch - 1