Sightings Archive

Middleton Moor: Whinchat - 5 - lined up together on fence ; Goldfinch - 130+ ; 320 - 14 ; Tufted Duck - 2

New Stubbin colliery/tip: Chiffchaff - 11 - 9 (SK4296); 2 (SK4396) ; Reed Bunting - 1 - male, dropped in from high to NE ; Kestrel - 2 - 1m; 1 f/juv ; Greenfinch - 3 ; Stock Dove - 1 - over ; Swallow - 19 - 1 N; party of 18 W ; Yellowhammer - 9+ - inc at least one juv ; Long-tailed Tit - 10+ ; Lapwing - 6 - NE ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 1 - calling ; Bullfinch - 1 - calling ; Chaffinch - c20 ; Blackcap - 2 - inc 1m ; Great Tit - 10+ - inc 5+ feeding together, with large mixed passerine flock ; Song Thrush - 2 ; Whitethroat - 2 - both 1cy ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - juv ; Redstart - 1 - f/juv ; Jay - 1

Old Ravenfield: Swallow - 15 - Flock over Arbour Lane. ; House Martin - 8 - With Swallows. ; 319 - 1 - Circling low over village. ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 5 - Various ages over farmland. ; Linnet - 30 - Feeding in stubble field. ; Yellowhammer - 1 - Juv on Hedgerow.

Orgreave Lakes: Green Sandpiper - 1 - Briefly then south ; Hobby - 1 - Hunting hirundines at 09:00 ; Tufted Duck - 110 ; Pochard - 60 ; 320 - 4 ; Shoveler - 1 ; Whinchat - 2 - On tip at southern end of small lake. ; Mediterranean Gull - 1 - Juv from 07:00

R Don, Stevenson Rd: Kingfisher - 2 - Flying low in Meadowhall direction.

Ravenfield Park: Grey Heron - 1 - Flew from stream. ; Black-headed Gull - 20+ - Flushed from excavation in nearby field. ; Goldcrest - 2+ - With Tit Flock. ; Long-tailed Tit - 20+ ; Coal Tit - 1 - With LT Tit flock. ; Treecreeper - 1 - Calling. ; Chiffchaff - 1

Rawmarsh Cemetery: Tawny Owl - 01-Feb - male calling frequently around 0210hrs; probably a second distant male responding

Rawmarsh; Haugh Road: Goldcrest - 1 - calling ; Rook - c40 - on playing field ; Carrion Crow - 10 - on playing field ; Jackdaw - 5 - on playing field

Rawmarsh; Stubbin incline: Blackcap - 3 - inc at least 1 f/juv, feeding on elderberries ; Chiffchaff - 3 ; Long-tailed Tit - 10+ ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Goldcrest - 3+

Redmires Res: Tufted Duck - 6 - on Top Res ; 320 - 3 ; Moorhen - 3 - on Top Res ; Hobby - 1 - Ad flew N at 06:50 hrs ; Peregrine - 1 - juv circled Top Res and briefly chased gulls ; Kestrel - 3 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - briefly over Soughley Lane at 06:35 hrs ; Raven - 1 ; Dunlin - 1 - called overhead briefly at 07:50 hrs ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 30 - c. ; CASPIAN GULL - 1 - Juv present again on Top Res first thing ; Herring Gull - 4 ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - 2CL again ; Swallow - 40 - flew SW ; Meadow Pipit - 30 ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 - flew S at 06:40 hrs ; Willow Warbler - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 15 - around Res perimeter

Silverwood Colliery Railway: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Large Female. ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1

Wharncliffe Side: Raven - 2 - pair flew over towards Wharncliffe Wood

White Rake: Wheatear - 3

Agden Beck: Skua sp - 1 - circling over valley drifting N then headed away NW over Dukes Road 16:50.

Aldwarke Lane: Chiffchaff - 02-Mar - calling ; Jay - 3 - over towards SF

Aldwarke SF: Chiffchaff - 5 ; Blackcap - 2 ; Whitethroat - 1 ; Mallard - 10 ; Coot - 2 ; Gadwall - 3 - 2m; 1f ; Tufted Duck - 1 - f/juv ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Moorhen - 6 - 4ads; 2 independent juvs ; Grey Heron - 1 - over ; Shoveler - 3 ; 320 - 13 ; Common Buzzard - 1 ; Lapwing - 30 - flock, loafing on open area ; Snipe - 1

Aldwarke; Waddington Way: Whitethroat - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 - male

Barbrook Pools: Wheatear - 2 ; 320 - 2 - both juvs