Sightings Archive

Low Moor, Upper Midhope: Snipe - c2 - One, possibly two, chipping. ; Greylag Goose - 7+

Middleton Moor: Curlew - 95 ; Lapwing - 25

Midhope Moor: Red Grouse - 15+ ; Wren - 1 ; Stock Dove - 2 ; Golden Plover - 3 - flew low over moor ; Wren - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - In trees beside Fenny Common Brook

Midhope Res: Mallard - 6+ - at least 3 pairs ; Tufted Duck - 2 - both males ; Little Grebe - 2 - Pair trilling ; 320 - 1 - A pair with Mallards ; Canada Goose - c7 - 6 on water with another 1-2 possibly settled on a nest site ; Curlew - c20 - Flew over Res from east towards Low Moor ; Robin - 4 ; Great Tit - 2 ; Goldfinch - 1 ; Coal Tit - 4 ; Long-tailed Tit - 2+ ; Blue Tit - 2 ; Blackbird - 1 - male ; Greylag Goose - 2 - Flew over Res. towards Low Moor from east. ; Mistle Thrush - 1

Millhouses: Blackcap - 1 - Male still in Stowe Avenue garden

Orgreave Lakes: Whooper Swan - 21 - down this morning. Very vocal and inc 4 imms. Left NW at c09:00

Parkgate: Sparrowhawk - 1 - E @ 0630hrs; Infirmary Road ; Common Buzzard - 1 - over @ c0820hrs

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Black-headed Gull - c250 - SW in parties up to c50, around sunrise ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - singing ; Herring Gull - 10 - 7 SW; 3 N ; Cormorant - 01-Feb - single(s) SW & NE ; Canada Goose - 1 - NE @ 0715hrs ; Kestrel - 1 - high to W ; Meadow Pipit - 1 - N ; Jackdaw - 2 - SW ; Bullfinch - 2

R Don, Aldwarke: Mute Swan - 2 - adult & 2cy ; Goosander - 1pr

Ramsley Moor: Stonechat - 1 ; Treecreeper - 1 ; 319 - 1

Redmires: Curlew - 1 ; Lapwing - 13 ; Red Grouse - 4 ; Skylark - 1

Ridge Wood, Howden Res: Brambling - 100+ - 100+ seemed to be feeding on beach mast. ; Crossbill - C20 - Several pairs and singing birds. ; Common Buzzard - 12 - Max in the air at one time .

Roundwood Golf course: Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Coal Tit - 2 - 1 singing ; Chaffinch - 2 - 1 singing ; Greenfinch - 1 - singing ; Kestrel - 1pr - hunting & soaring over ; Sparrowhawk - 3 - male hunting + 2 females displaying over ; Mistle Thrush - 1pr ; Mute Swan - 1 - SW @ 0735hrs

Snake Pass: Crossbill - 1 - Male singing in suitable habitat. ; 319 - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Brambling - 1 ; Goldcrest - 40+ ; Siskin - 40+ ; Coal Tit - 30+ ; Chaffinch - 40+ ; Wren - 9 ; Robin - 6 ; Blackbird - 1 ; Great Tit - 3

Stone Moor: Red Grouse - 3 ; Curlew - 3 - overhead heading to usual fields at Bolsterstone ; Kestrel - 1 - hunting in windy conditions ; Jackdaw - 7 ; Black-headed Gull - 2 ; Blue Tit - 2 ; Great Tit - 2 ; Wren - 1 ; Goldfinch - 3

Strines Res: Whooper Swan - 18 - at 08:30 - still present at 13:25, sheltering at neck end

Walkley garden: Whooper Swan - 5 - Flying NW in close formation at c09:20

Wharncliffe Side: Waxwing - 13 - on School Lane

White Lee Moor: Yellowhammer - 1 - male briefly singing.

Barlow Common: 319 - 1

Cinder Hills: Redwing - 6+ ; Bullfinch - 1 - male ; 319 - 2 - prob pair active between Scholes Paddock and Upper Ox Close Wood

Dronfield: 319 - 1 - Over Greendale

Holmesfield: Little Owl - 2 - #NAME?

Hurlfield: Tawny Owl - 3 - calling 05:15-06:00.

Leash Fen: Lapwing - 140

Long Line: Red Kite - 1

Longshaw: Brambling - 8 - Discovery Centre ; Nuthatch - 1 - DC ; Long-tailed Tit - 2 - DC ; Redwing - 40+

Longstone Edge: Raven - 1 - around open cast workings

Low Bradfield: Curlew - 24 - at 15:30

Middleton Moor: Curlew - 103 ; Lapwing - 15