Sightings Archive

Centenary Riverside: Mute Swan - 8 - Two adults, six juveniles feeding under bridge. ; Mallard - 10 - River

Chatsworth: Nuthatch - 1 ; Raven - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 15+

Five Weirs Walk: Chiffchaff - 1 ; Goosander - 6 - Red heads ; Dipper - 2 - on Washford wier ; Collared Dove - 2 - on the Bailey bridge

Moss Valley: Green Woodpecker - 1 - Carterhall Lane ; Rook - 4 - Heading West over Charnock playing fields. Not a common occurrence in this location. ; Common Buzzard - 2 ; Kestrel - 1

Norfolk Park: 319 - 5 - Three soaring together high over Lowfields/Heeley, while two others lower and calling (twice the height of tree top level) - then all birds closer and interacting - at one point another smaller raptor, poss Sparrowhawk ,mobbing one Buzzard. The Buzzards drifted off over Norfolk Heritage Park and Cholera Monument area

Rawmarsh; High Street: Common Buzzard - 1 - over then S/SW @ 1105hrs

Redmires: Pink-footed Goose - c80 - Flying SE at 08:45

Redmires Res: Greenfinch - 20 - flew W ; Siskin - 90 - c. around Bottom Reservoir ; Lesser Redpoll - 10 - c. with Siskin flock ; Swallow - 10 - flew W ; Meadow Pipit - 100 - flew S ; Chiffchaff - 10 - c. around reservoir perimeter

Rivelin Valley: Swallow - 18 - Flying west over Tofts Lane at 11:50

Thrybergh CP: Mute Swan - 21 ; Canada Goose - c400 ; Greylag Goose - 18 ; Egyptian Goose - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Pochard - 4 ; Tufted Duck - 8 ; Gadwall - 2 ; Cormorant - 10 ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 4 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Skylark - 22 - Small numbers moving southward ; Meadow Pipit - 40+ - Small numbers southward ; Swallow - 60+ ; Sand Martin - 2 ; House Martin - 20 ; Chiffchaff - 3 ; Blackcap - 1 ; 319 - 1 ; Kestrel - 2 ; Peregrine - 1 - Juv hunting north of dam back onto pylon ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Goldcrest - 2 ; Siskin - 1 ; Goldfinch - 80 ; Chaffinch - 16 ; Song Thrush - 3 ; Blackbird - 10

Wharncliffe Side: Pink-footed Goose - 60+ - flew over observers garden heading SE at 19:05

Canklow Woods: Common Buzzard - 8 - in the air together at 11:00, new site record

Catcliffe Flash: Wigeon - 20+ ; Shoveler - 1 - Single drake.

Cortworth, nr Wentworth: Jay - 1 - over from Luke Spring Wood

Elsecar; Heritage Centre: Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Coal Tit - 1

Ewden Height: Meadow Pipit - 2765 - estimated count moving SE 06:55-08:50 and continuing as I left, impossible at times to keep up with movement on a broad front.. ; Pied Wagtail - 21 - SE ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing ; Swallow - 47 - SE ; Stonechat - 03-Apr - Family group inc juvs ; Siskin - 59 - SE ; Stock Dove - 5 - South ; Chaffinch - 72 - S/SE ; Pink-footed Goose - 15 - ESE at 07:11 ; Yellow Wagtail - 2 - SE ; Hobby - 1 - Juvenile ; Jackdaw - 6 - SE ; Linnet - 35 - SE ; Goldfinch - 69 - SE ; Lesser Redpoll - 28 - SE ; Greenfinch - 5 - South ; Cormorant - 4 - East ; Starling - 6 - SE ; Bullfinch - 1 - SE ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - SE ; House Martin - 76 - South ; Crossbill - 8 - South ; Skylark - 12 - South ; Raven - 1 ; 319 - 3 ; Kestrel - 2 ; Red-breasted Merganser - 2 - Probable - 2 flew south 08:30 approx.

Green Moor: Little Owl - 4 - Adult with two Juvs and a separate adult ; Chiffchaff - 5+ ; Chiffchaff - 5+ - Photo ; Wheatear - 1 ; Red-legged Partridge - 2 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - c30 - In ploughed fields ; Linnet - 30+

Limb Valley: Common Buzzard - 4 - Jousting, in various combinations, with Sparrowhawk. Viewed from Bole Hill ; Sparrowhawk - 1

Loxley Valley, West Lane: Osprey - 1 - Flew east at 09:30

Nether Haugh: Common Buzzard - 1 - over fields to SW @ 1215hrs ; Jay - 2 - in roadside trees, Cortworth Lane