Sightings Archive

Redmires Res: Little Grebe - 4 - pair with 2 well-grown young on Middle Res ; Mallard - 14 ; Tufted Duck - 7 ; Cormorant - 2 ; Kestrel - 1 - juv ; Lapwing - 20 - c. in fields along conduit ; Snipe - 4 - party flew W over Ocean View ; Black-headed Gull - 4 - flew SW ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 6 ; Herring Gull - 1 - 1W ; Swallow - 15 - flew SW ; Siskin - 12 - flew W - first movt ; Crossbill - 1 - heard over Bottom Res ; Redstart - 1 - female / imm at top of clough by Bottom Res ; Whitethroat - 1 - by Middle Res ; Chiffchaff - 12 - around reservoir perimeter ; Willow Warbler - 9 - around reservoir perimeter ; Whinchat - 1 - female / imm briefly perched up in Fairthorn Clough ; Goldfinch - 25 - c. ; Meadow Pipit - 50 - c. post-breeding flock on Roper Hill ; Tree Pipit - 3 - singles flew S ; Yellow Wagtail - 7 - 5 grounded on Roper Hill with Meadow Pipits + 2 singles SW

RVCP: Egyptian Goose - 6 ; Tufted Duck - 70 ; Siskin - 9 - first of the autumn

Tankersley: Snipe - 1 - Openly feeding 14.00 ; Lapwing - 5 ; 319 - 2 ; House Martin - 8

Thrybergh CP: Grey Heron - 3 ; Little Egret - 1 ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Lapwing - 70 ; Swallow - 4 ; Swift - 1 ; Blackcap - 2 ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 ; Reed Warbler - 1 ; 319 - 3 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Jay - 1

Treeton SF: Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Peregrine - 1 - imm ; Swallow - 18 ; House Martin - 12 ; Sand Martin - 3 ; Carrion Crow - 61 - Feeding on beds and loafing in nearby trees, ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 3

Birley Edge: Raven - 2 - Flying over, calling, headed SE at 08:20

Crookes: Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 - Heard, near the Cobden View pub.

Crowhole: Sparrowhawk - 1 - bathing in a stream, then flew off ; Swallow - 8+ ; House Martin - 1 ; Goldfinch - 10+

Grindleford: 319 - 1 ; Kestrel - 1

Intake: Siskin - 13 - Flew south in one flock at 08:35

Longshaw: Redstart - 1 - male

Middleton Moor: 320 - 51 ; Mallard - 12 ; Tufted Duck - 6 ; Coot - 2 ; Lapwing - 5 ; Whitethroat - 1 - feeding on blackberries

Onesmoor: Swift - 1 - headed E ; 319 - 6 - over cut field together

Orgreave Lakes: Mallard - 1 - at north end main lake on water circling and head twitching. Likely end stage avian 'flu. ; Lapwing - 1 - Juvenile

Padley Gorge: Grey Wagtail - 1

Peat Pits: Black Redstart - 2 - both female types ; Wheatear - 1

Poolsbrook Marsh: Cetti's Warbler - 1 - calling from behind main pool ; Kingfisher - 2 - separate birds over main pool ; Chiffchaff - 10 - c. ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 - flew S calling at 07:20 hrs

R Derwent, Grindleford to Padley: Goosander - 4 - 4 Redheads ; Dipper - 1 ; Jay - 1 ; House Martin - 1 ; Swallow - c19 ; House Martin - 1

R Don, Oughtibridge: Dipper - 2 - 1 adult and 1 juvenile. ; Grey Wagtail - 6

R Rother M1/Howarth Lane: GREAT WHITE EGRET - 1

Rawmarsh: Common Buzzard - 1 - S/SE over Bellows Road @ 1435hrs

RVCP: Tufted Duck - 44

Shepherd Wheel: Moorhen - 2+ - pair with 4 fresh chicks and a juv from a previous brood.

Wentworth: Swallow - 15-20 - still plenty around village, skimming around rooftops ; Kestrel - 1 - over Cortworth Lane into Deer Park

White Rake: Wheatear - 2

Elsecar: 319 - 1 ; Nuthatch - 2 - 1,1 ; Chiffchaff - 4 - 2,1,1 ; Jay - 2 - 1,1 ; Goldcrest - 2 ; Treecreeper - 1

Firsby Res: Wigeon - 1 - Female,