Sightings Archive

Middleton Moor: Little Ringed Plover - 3 - ad with 2 juvs ; Curlew - 1 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1450 - c. roosted ; Yellow-legged Gull - 5 - roosted with LBBs ; Black-headed Gull - 104 - roosted

New Stubbin colliery/tip: Jay - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 7+ - in tit-flocks ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - calling ; Black-headed Gull - 6 - S ; Willow Warbler - 2 - 1 singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 5+ ; Chaffinch - 5+ - very vocal in hawthorn scrub ; Robin - numerous - many birds in full song

New Stubbin; Back Lane: Whitethroat - 1 - in roadside hedgerow ; Yellowhammer - 2 - disturbed from stubbles ; Yellow Wagtail - 01-Feb - calling but not located

Orgreave Lakes: Greenshank - 2 - Went north late morning ; Little Gull - 1 - Juvenile. On main lake at 1215, left NE at 1225. ; Snipe - 1 ; Common Sandpiper - 2 ; Kingfisher - 2 ; Greenshank - 2 - North at 11.50 ; Common Sandpiper - 2 ; 321 - 7 - Very high north at 12.00 ; Ringed Plover - 1 - At least 1 south at 12.10 heard only. ; Whimbrel - 2 ; Kestrel - 4 ; Swift - 14 ; Little Gull - 1 - 1 juv dropped in for c10 mins at 12:20, left NE

Parkgate: House Martin - 12 - over, presumed local breeders ; Swallow - 2 - over with HMs ; Pied Wagtail - 3 - 2 Westfield Rd; 1 School Lane

Rawmarsh Cemetery: Nuthatch - 1 ; Jay - 1 ; Common Buzzard - 1 - juv calling from canopy ; Coal Tit - 1 - singing

Rawmarsh; Stubbin incline: Chiffchaff - 5 ; Kestrel - 1 - male over adjacent fields ; Woodpigeon - 40-50 - on adjacent stubbles ; Long-tailed Tit - 5+ ; Bullfinch - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing ; Common Buzzard - 1 ; Jay - 1 ; Goldfinch - c20 - flock ; Blackcap - 1 - calling ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing

RVCP: Common Tern - 4 ; Egyptian Goose - 4 ; Common Gull - 1 ; 320 - 8

Silverwood Lagoon: Little Egret - 1 - west at 09.45 Still uncommon here ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Little Grebe - 10 - adults and juvs ; Black-headed Gull - 12 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - adult ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Jay - 4 ; Reed Warbler - 2 - calling in phragmites ; Grey Heron - 2 - north ; Pied Wagtail - 1

Tankersley: Gadwall - 2 ; Lapwing - 5 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1

Thrybergh: Starling - 80+ ; House Sparrow - 20

Thrybergh CP: Mute Swan - 28 ; Canada Goose - c200 ; Black-headed Gull - 55 ; Herring Gull - 4 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 8 ; Great Black-backed Gull - 1 ; Grey Heron - 2 ; Little Egret - 1 ; Swallow - 10 ; Sand Martin - 4 ; Pied Wagtail - 10 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; 319 - 2 ; Lapwing - 60 ; Goldfinch - c80 ; Linnet - 10 ; Blue Tit - 16 ; Great Tit - 8 ; Long-tailed Tit - 22+

Whiston: Little Owl - 1 - flew across road to telegraph pole

Woodseats: Whitethroat - 1 - Briefly in back garden.

Attercliffe: Great Black-backed Gull - 1 - 3cy ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - juv Warren Street

Barlborough Hall: Coot - 7 - two pairs with chicks (1 and 2) on Hall pond.

Brincliffe Edge: Blue Tit - 35 - Mixed flock of 30-40 birds possibly with goldcrests ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Female or juvenile flew from Brincliffe Edge Wood and perched on conifer.

Broomhead Moor: Stonechat - 4 - fem and 3 juvs

Ecclesall: Swift - 1 - flew SE

Green Moor: Grey Partridge - 4 - Sadly the biggest count in a few years

Handsworth garden: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Female, failed attempt to catch prey. ; Bullfinch - 2 - Pair on feeders

Middleton Moor: 320 - 37 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 200 ; Black-headed Gull - 35