Sightings Archive

Rawmarsh; Stubbin incline: Fieldfare - 1 - feeding on apples

Redmires Top Res: Kestrel - 2 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - yaffling in top plantation ; Crossbill - 4 - in plantation W of res ; 320 - 8 - on half-frozen res ; Herring Gull - 10 - on ice ; Canada Goose - 37 - on half-frozen res ; Mallard - 22 - on half-frozen res ; Robin - 4 - generally very confiding in the snow

Thorpe Hesley: Kestrel - 1 ; Redwing - 10+ ; Fieldfare - 10+

Thrybergh CP: Mute Swan - 27 - Sadly 15 birds have been found dead over last 8 days ; Tufted Duck - 130 ; Goldeneye - 6 - One Male ; Pochard - 11 ; Wigeon - 11 ; Gadwall - 115 - Very good numbers building up ; Shoveler - 5 ; Goosander - 3RH ; Great Crested Grebe - 19 ; Little Grebe - 6 ; Cormorant - 10 ; Grey Heron - 4 ; Water Rail - 1 ; Kingfisher - 1F ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Pied Wagtail - 6 ; 319 - 2 ; Kestrel - 2m/f ; Sparrowhawk - 1f ; Redwing - 300+ - Numbers still building up ; Fieldfare - 60+

Thurcroft: Wren - 1 - 'Bobbing' up and down for several seconds on top of the garden fence in the sunshine.

Walkley: Starling - 500+ - Murmuration in distance over Crookes/Broomhill at 16:30

Warncliffe Woods /Chase: Jay - 2 ; Kestrel - 2 - One had an unsuccessful hunt. ; 319 - 1 ; Pheasant - 05-Jun ; Robin - 10+ ; Dunnock - 2 ; 324 - 1 - Stoat crossed footpath on Chase. ; Mallard - 20-25 - Noisy flock on frozen pond on Chase.

Wentworth: Corvid - 300+ - Jackdaws & Rooks ; Lapwing - 14

Baslow: Redwing - 4

Chatsworth Park: Goosander - 5 - Drakes on river behind cricket ground

Ecclesfield: Kestrel - 1 - north over Cross Hill, unusual here. ; Fieldfare - 1 - east over Cross Hill, "Chacking"

Handsworth Garden: Black-headed Gull - 10 - landed to feed on bread. 1 Fieldfare in Crab Apple

Porter Brook, Sharrow: Kingfisher - 1 - General Cemetery

R Don, Effingham St: CASPIAN GULL - 1 - 1st winter unringed but not the regular bird. Grey feathers in the right wing. ; Herring Gull - 177+ - 100s more in and out. ; Common Gull - 1 - adult on Wards roof. ; Kingfisher - 1

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Redwing - 13 - parties of 14 & 9 W in morning ; Redwing - 23 - parties of 14 + 9, W

Scholes: Fieldfare - 65+ ; Redwing - 10+ ; Magpie - 10

Thorpe Hesley: Pink-footed Goose - 100+ - west at 1230

Thrybergh CP: Tufted Duck - 100+ ; Pochard - 11 ; Wigeon - 2 ; Shoveler - 4 ; 320 - 1 ; Goldeneye - 4 ; Goosander - 2 - 2 redheads ; Gadwall - 68 ; Greylag Goose - 230 ; Canada Goose - 110 ; Golden Plover - 32 ; Lapwing - 230 ; Cormorant - 5 ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Grey Heron - 5 ; Redwing - 100+ ; Fieldfare - 50+ ; Mistle Thrush - 3 ; 319 - 3 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1

Thurcroft: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Female - perched in garden crab apple tree watching the bird feeders.

Wingfield: Rook - 24 - in tree on roundabout at Forty Martyrs

Alport Valley: Stonechat - 1 - juvenile taking advantage of feeding opportunities from areas cleared of snow from tree planting work. ; Fieldfare - 60+ - around hawthorns

Barlow: Lapwing - 170+ - one flock spread over two adjoining fields ; Little Owl - 1 ; Yellowhammer - 2 ; Skylark - 1 ; Redwing - 10+ ; Song Thrush - 2 ; Linnet - 6+ ; Long-tailed Tit - 2 ; Fieldfare - 6+

Canklow Woods: Lesser Redpoll - 12

Chatsworth Park: 319 - 2 - flying quite low together with some interaction

Darnall: Redwing - 31 - feeding on berry with other thrushes, Wilfred Road ; Mistle Thrush - 2 - Wilfred Rd ; Blackbird - 7