Sightings Archive

Wharncliffe Chase (south) + woodland fringe: Long-tailed Tit - 17 ; Goldcrest - 5+ ; Nuthatch - 10+ ; 327 - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 15 ; Stonechat - 1 ; 319 - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 4 ; Bullfinch - 1 ; Greenfinch - 1 ; Redwing - 3 ; Stock Dove - 3 ; Red-legged Partridge - 30+ ; Woodpigeon - 500+

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Lesser Redpoll - 100+ - flock in silver birches to the north of the heath

Wincobank: Common Buzzard - 3 - juv mobbed by Carrion Crows, plus 2 adults.

Agden Res: Tufted Duck - 7 ; Goldcrest - 5+ ; Lesser Redpoll - 2 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Coal Tit - 10+ ; Jay - 2 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1

Aldwarke: Goosander - 4 - 1 male and 3 redheads on the river near to Asda. ; Kingfisher - 1 - Hovering briefly over the river near to Asda.

Aldwarke SF: Long-tailed Tit - 2+ ; Meadow Pipit - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 31 ; Gadwall - 3prs ; Moorhen - 8 ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Song Thrush - 3 ; Mallard - 1pr ; Coot - 1 ; 320 - 6 - 4m; 2f ; Shoveler - 3 - 2m; 1f ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Herring Gull - 5 - SW ; Kestrel - 1 - female, left towards Liberty complex

Aldwarke; Asda car park: Pied Wagtail - 1pr - feeding together

Aldwarke; Liberty Steel: Sparrowhawk - 1 - soaring over @ 1108hrs ; Peregrine - 1 - adult, on chimney

Attercliffe: Goosander - 3F - Between East Coast Road and Newhall Road ; Water Rail - 1juv - Between Stephenson Road and Newhall Road ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - East Coast Road ; Mallard - 1m, 1f - Mating ; Kingfisher - 1 - Between Stephenson Road and Newhall Road

Beauchief: 319 - 1 - Sitting in tree near Beauchief ponds. Mobbed & seen off by crow. ; Tawny Owl - 1 calling

Beauchief ponds: Mallard - c10 ; Mandarin - c9 ; Mandarin - c9

Bramley: Sparrowhawk - 2 - 1in air mobbed by Crow, other perched in observers garden. ; 319 - 1 - Over village at same time as SH and mobbed by same Crow.

Canklow Woods: Common Buzzard - 3 - 3 in the air together at 1030

Dalton: Great Black-backed Gull - 1 - SW ; Herring Gull - 4 - SW ; Moorhen - 1 - Dalton Brook ; Rook - 8 - around nest sites on pylon arms ; Pink-footed Goose - c150 - E @ 0955hrs

Denaby Common: Cormorant - 1 - S ; Red-legged Partridge - 7

Dronfield: Goldcrest - 2 - Feeding in garden ; 319 - 1 - In field E of Frith Wood

Elsecar Res: Pink-footed Goose - 150+ - skeins of 100+ & 50+ East ; Cormorant - 3 ; Nuthatch - 2 ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Bullfinch - 2

Firsby Res: Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Grey Heron - 2 - Together ; 319 - 1 - Worming. ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - Over calling. ; Fieldfare - 1 - Call ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Blackbird - 10+ ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Siskin - 2+ ; Chaffinch - 1 ; Jackdaw - 5 ; Jay - 2 ; Long-tailed Tit - 11

Grange Park Golf Course: 319 - 2 - Low, hunting between Driving Range and Brick Kiln Plantation @ 12:45. ; Kestrel - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 2 - @ Walkworth Farm. ; Stock Dove - 1 - Singing from Gallery Bottom. ; Woodpigeon - 10+ ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 1 - At least 1 calling, N of Watsons Tip. ; Wren - 1+ ; Dunnock - 1 ; Robin - 1+ - singing ; Blackbird - 1+ ; Redwing - 10+ - Most @ Far Bank, edge of 5th fairway. ; Goldcrest - 1+ ; Long-tailed Tit - 10+ - several parties across site. ; Blue Tit - 1+