Sightings Archive

Wardlow Hay Cop: Willow Warbler - 4+ ; Chiffchaff - 2+ ; Whitethroat - 2 ; Nuthatch - 1 - with tit/warbler flock

Agden: 324 - 2 - Bank Vole ; Tufted Duck - 1 - Male ; Swallow - 10+ ; Nuthatch - 2

Aldwarke: Mute Swan - 2 - N, then NE @ 0735hrs ; Cormorant - 1 - on pylon

Aldwarke; Liberty Steel: Peregrine - 2 - adult on chimney + juv male unsuccessfully hunting pigeons for several minutes

Green Moor: Tawny Owl - 3 - Adult and two well grown owlets

Limb Valley: Mistle Thrush - 13 - Near Smelting Mill Farm

Norfolk Park: House Sparrow - c30 - Mix of adults and young. ; Goldfinch - c10 - Adults and young on feeders; young begging food from parents. ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - flew into garden, caught bird on feeders, and flew off with it

Norton Lees: Sparrowhawk - 1

Orgreave Lakes: Common Scoter - 1 ; Yellow-legged Gull - 2 ; Redshank - 1 ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Ringed Plover - 1 ; Yellow Wagtail - 6 - Juvs ; Common Scoter - 1 - Drake ; Redshank - 1 ; Ringed Plover - 1 ; Yellow-legged Gull - 2 - 3rd Summers

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Greenfinch - 1 - N ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 5+ ; Stock Dove - 2 - disturbed from ground ; Jay - 1 ; House Martin - 17 - over briefly; very little else in air this morning ; Redstart - 2 - elusive juv male, calling frequently + a second bird answering close by ; Canada Goose - 4 - low to SW @ 0647hrs

Pebley Pond: Wood Sandpiper - 1 - feeding on muddy edges ; Egyptian Goose - 4 ; Mute Swan - 5 - 2 adult 3 young, now 11 weeks old. ; Lapwing - c40 ; Grey Heron - 2 ; Canada Goose - c 80

R Don, Effingham St: Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - Briefly on weir before flying up to Tesco roof (looks a different bird to the 4cy phtographed same day by Andy D) ; Feral Pigeon - 231 - mostly on roof of Ward's ; Moorhen - 1+ - adult and small chick ; Kingfisher - 1 - flew upriver ; Sand Martin - 4 - feeding over river ; Yellow-legged Gull - 2 - juv/1cy and 4cy on weir, photo of 1cy ; Yellow-legged Gull - 2 - 3s/4cy

Rawmarsh; High Street: House Martin - c12 - feeding over briefly @ 0900hrs

Redmires conduit: Kestrel - 2 ; 319 - 5 - Soaring and calling over Middle Moss area of Hallam Moors, drifted off towards Moscar Flat. ; Goldfinch - c20 ; Meadow Pipit - c20 - Mixed adults and young feeding over pastures ; Stonechat - 1 - Heard only. ; 324 - c8 - Black Darters, singles and mating pairs.

Roundwood Golf course: Goldcrest - 1 - calling ; Coal Tit - 1 - calling ; Sand Martin - 16 - feeding over ; Swallow - 3 - with SMs

Waterthorpe: Starling - 50 - Large flock came in the garden today.

Aldwarke: Kestrel - 1 - hunting over 'Mushroom' roundabout ; Cormorant - 3 - on pylon @ 1230hrs

Broomhead Moor: LONG-TAILED SKUA - 1 - juvenile reported at c15:30

Brownhills Lane: Swallow - 30+ - On the wires ; Swallow - 30+ - On the wires

Great Longstone: Red Kite - 1 - Flew from perch on Longstone Edge across towards Ashford

Green Moor: Starling - 140+ - On wires - good count here ; Siskin - 1 - Male ; Siskin - 10+ - Re-count, just had a relatively large group for Green Moor ; Siskin - 20+ - More arriving and feeding on birch seeds?

Hathersage: Canada Goose - 59 - Fields near Leadmill Bridge

Hathersage Moor: Stonechat - c4 - a family

Longshaw: 324 - 5 - Red Deer stags ; Jay - 1

Malin Bridge: Blue Tit - 6+ - in large roving Tit flock in garden ; Willow Warbler - 1 - juv with lost tail with tit flock, first of year in garden. ; Great Tit - 1 - juv ; Coal Tit - 1 - ad with flock, first for a while ; Chiffchaff - 1 - patchy ad with flock ; Long-tailed Tit - 7+ - only second visit over last few months, feeding on seed and fat balls

Midhope Res: Woodcock - 1 ; Willow Tit - 1 ; Redstart - 1 - juv ; Yellow Wagtail - 2 - juvs

Norfolk Heritage Park: Mistle Thrush - 15+ - All feeding on mown grass area along with about 5 Magpies. Perhaps on ants and crane fly larvae.

Orgreave Lakes: Ruff - 1 - flew 2 circuits around both lakes, looking to land, but carried on and left to SW (19:25) ; Yellow-legged Gull - 4 - ad and 3x 2-3s roost/pre-roost ; Common Gull - 2 - ad and juv ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - c60 - sev juvs ; Herring Gull - c6 - 2 juvs ; Black-headed Gull - 5-600+ - good numbers still on at 20:00 ; Great Black-backed Gull - 1 - ad/near ad

Pebley Pond: Egyptian Goose - 4 (2ad + 2juv) - First for several years. ; Canada Goose - 122 ; Greylag Goose - 9 ; Grey Heron - 5 - most together for several years

R Derwent, Harper Lees: Dipper - 1

Redmires: Kestrel - 2 ; Swallow - 20+ - Seen feeding juveniles ; Stonechat - 3 - Juv