Sightings Archive

Orgreave Lakes: Kestrel - 1 - Landed in water north bank trying to catch a fish. ; BLACK-NECKED GREBE - 1

Orgreave Tip: Pink-footed Goose - 80+ - flying south at 10:03

Redmires conduit: Lapwing - 6 ; Pheasant - 2

Redmires Res: Little Grebe - 4 ; Tufted Duck - 15 ; Moorhen - 1 - juv ; Lesser Redpoll - 6 - flew W ; Siskin - 50 - c. flew SW ; Chiffchaff - 14 - around reservoir perimeter

Redmires Top Res: Chiffchaff - 1

RVCP: Pied Wagtail - 45 - feeding flock ; Raven - 3 - 1 flew east followed by another 2 a short time after

Sheephill Road: Pink-footed Goose - 70 - Flying towards Holmesfield at 10:45

Shirecliffe: Pink-footed Goose - c740 - E or SE between 08:30 and 10:15 in 11 skeins. Most passing SE beyond Redmires, with just one skein to the north from direction of Langsett, and one skein overhead. ; Chiffchaff - 6+ - 3 singing ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1

Shirecliffe Tip: Wheatear - 1 - on old tip. ; Stonechat - 2 ; Whinchat - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - c25 - down ; Skylark - 3 - inc one with a half grown tail ; Linnet - 2 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - heard calling ; Blackcap - 2 - female types ; Whitethroat - 1 ; 319 - 4 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; 324 - 1 - Roe Deer hind

Tankersley: 319 - 7 ; 320 - 1 ; Canada Goose - 3 - Patch tick! ; Chiffchaff - 1

Triangle pond Treeton: Raven - 2 - 2 birds diplaying high over pond. One with yellow leg ring. ; Kingfisher - 2

Walkley: Buzzard sp - 3 - High over East to West. Mewing. Rec shot.

Cressbrook Dale: Pink-footed Goose - 70 - East at 15:00 in low cloud ; House Martin - 30+ - Feeding near Cressbrook Mill

Foxhill, Shaw Hill: Peregrine - 1 - Landed on farm roof ; 319 - 1 - Low over copse by farm

Langsett Res: House Martin - 8

Midhope Moor: 319 - 2 - Calling

Midhope Res: Common Sandpiper - 1 - 17

RVCP: Shoveler - 3 ; Cormorant - 34

Silver Wood: Little Egret - 1 - in iris beds on Woodlaithes duckpond at 10.40

Tankersley: 320 - 6 - Site flooded following overnight rainfall ; Grey Heron - 1

Wentworth: Red-legged Partridge - 20+

Ecclesfield,Colley Crescent.: 319 - 1 - Soaring, mobbed by 2 Crows. ; Sparrowhawk - 1

Ewden Height: Meadow Pipit - c100 - South 06:45-08:30 ; House Martin - c400 - Parties moving south and congregating into large feeding group over valley. ; Pied Wagtail - 7 - South ; Stonechat - 4 - Family group ; Linnet - 1 ; 319 - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Stock Dove - 4 - SW ; Goldfinch - 8 ; Lesser Redpoll - 4 - South ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing ; Kestrel - 2 ; Siskin - 16 ; Raven - 01-Feb ; Swallow - 8

Middleton Moor: Pintail - 6 ; Shoveler - 5 ; Wigeon - 3 ; 320 - 130 ; Tufted Duck - 5 ; Lapwing - 18 ; Mallard - 6 ; 320 - 104 - + ; Shoveler - 1 - female / imm ; Wigeon - 3 ; Gadwall - 1 - eclipse male with Wigeon - my first here ; Pintail - 6 - still present in evening - departed W at dusk ; Tufted Duck - 11 ; Goosander - 13 - roosted ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2350 - c. roosted but nearly half arrived in the gloom ; Yellow-legged Gull - 10 - 9 ad + a 2CY roosted ; Black-headed Gull - 90 - c. ; Stonechat - 1 - male ; Chiffchaff - 1

Orgreave Lakes: BLACK-NECKED GREBE - 1 ; BLACK-NECKED GREBE - 1 ; Common Sandpiper - 2 ; Little Egret - 1 ; VARIOUS ESCAPED SPECIES - 1 - Red-breasted Goose.

Redmires Middle Res: Tufted Duck - 1+ - 2 fresh chicks

Redmires Top Res: Yellow-legged Gull - 2 - adults late afternoon ; Common Gull - 3 - adults late afternoon ; Herring Gull - 15 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 60 ; Black-headed Gull - 80

Stanedge Pole: Stonechat - 4

Tankersley: Greenshank - 3 ; Snipe - 6+ - 6 visible, probably more hidden