Sightings Archive

Woodhouse Washlands: Jack Snipe - 4 ; 319 - 1

Catcliffe Flash: Wigeon - 35+ ; Gadwall - 15+ ; Black-headed Gull - 40+ ; Cormorant - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1

Dronfield: Jay - 2 - Hallowes golf course ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Fieldfare - 6 ; 319 - 1

Ecclesall: Blackcap - 1 - female in garden on Ansell Road

Holdworth: Pink-footed Goose - c200 - 2 skeins N.W. at dusk. ; 319 - 1 - hunting from fence post.

Malin Bridge: Pink-footed Goose - c70 - over E towards Shirecliffe 9:05 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - singing, defending berry laden Rowan. ; Skylark - 1 - over calling ; Pink-footed Goose - 23 - W at 16:05 ; Redwing - c12 - nocmig 9 calls 01:00-07:00, 9 calls 20:00-23:30 ; Blackbird - 1 - nocmig, 2 calls 23:49

Norbriggs Flash: Mute Swan - 2 ; Gadwall - 8 ; Water Rail - 1 - on the river

Orgreave Lakes: Whooper Swan - 10 - 6 ads + 4 juvs on big lake mid-morning ; Whooper Swan - 10 - 6 Adults, 4 immatures ; Whooper Swan - 10 - Still present at 13.30 ; Black-headed Gull - 100+ ; Tufted Duck - 15+ ; Pochard - 70+ ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 20+ ; Great Crested Grebe - 2 ; Goosander - 9 - M&F ; Little Grebe - 2 ; Lapwing - 8 ; Cormorant - 2 ; Grey Heron - 2 ; Wigeon - 3 ; Little Egret - 1 ; 320 - 2 - Males ; Pied Wagtail - 2 ; Pink-footed Goose - 45 - Northwest ; Lesser Redpoll - c.300

Redmires Res: Greylag Goose - 29 - in fields ; Pink-footed Goose - 1350 - flew east in 6 skeins between 08:20 and 08:45 hrs ; Canada Goose - 2 ; Mallard - 14 ; Woodpigeon - 21500 - south in first 2 hrs ; Fieldfare - 150 - flew south in 2 hrs ; Redwing - 20 - flew south ; Starling - 250 - flew west in 2 hrs ; Skylark - 5 - flew south-west ; Chaffinch - 36 - flew west in 2 hrs ; Greenfinch - 6 - flew west ; Goldfinch - 12 - flew west ; Brambling - 12 - flew south-west ; Crossbill - 1 - male flew west ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 6 - flew south-west ; Common Gull - 2 - ads flew south-west

Scholes Coppice: 319 - 3 - Together over wood and Keppels Field.

Shepherd Wheel dam: Moorhen - 6 - 2 ad + 4 juv

Sothall: Pink-footed Goose - c 50 - SW at 2340hr

Thorpe Hesley Pit Site: Robin - 1 - singing ; Blackbird - 1+ ; Redwing - 1+ ; Long-tailed Tit - 10+ ; Goldfinch - 1+ ; Bullfinch - 3

Wharncliffe Chase (north): Woodpigeon - c45000 - SW 6.45-8.50 incredible spectacle ; Jackdaw - c800 - Leaving roost ; Chaffinch - c300 SW ; Redwing - c50 ; Fieldfare - c80 ; Siskin - 3 SW ; Meadow Pipit - 12 SW ; Goldfinch - 17 SW ; Pink-footed Goose - c210 - East in 2 groups - 60@7.20 and 150@8.15 ; Pied Wagtail - 9 S ; Brambling - 6 SW ; Starling - 305 NW ; Skylark - 35 west ; Greenfinch - 28 west ; Stock Dove - 1 SW ; 319 - 1 ; Bullfinch - 3 - 1 west ; Yellowhammer - 5 North ; Lapwing - c40 NW ; Cormorant - 5 west ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Linnet - 1+ ; Lesser Redpoll - 1+ ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Goose sp - 50-60 - NW in a disorderly formation from 8.20-8.30. Very dark looking.

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Pink-footed Goose - 50 - heading west ; Tawny Owl - 2 ; Greylag Goose - 10 - flew over east ; Common Buzzard - 1 ; Woodpigeon - 3000+ - continuous movement through afternoon

Bassingthorpe Farm: 319 - 1 - Resting for over 5 mins halfway up pylon then SE low over Indian War Path. ; Mistle Thrush - 3+ - @ pylon then W over Fenton Road. ; Corvid - 40+