Sightings Archive

Silverwood Lagoon: Linnet - 4 ; Goldfinch - 20 ; Long-tailed Tit - c.30 - three flocks ; Pink-footed Goose - c.80 - NW at 09.25 ; 319 - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - 'drumming' in The Close ; Lesser Redpoll - 7 - in alders in Sw paddocks ; Jay - 3 ; Great Tit - 1 - singing ; Reed Bunting - 8 ; Jackdaw - 2 - north

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 14 ; Little Grebe - 4 ; Grey Heron - 1 - imm ; Mute Swan - 16 ; Pink-footed Goose - 200 - c200 west at 09:59 ; Greylag Goose - 90+ ; Canada Goose - 80+ ; Gadwall - 4 - 2pr ; Pochard - 14 - 3f ; Tufted Duck - 38 ; Kestrel - 1 - male ; Red-legged Partridge - 6 ; Water Rail - 3 ; Black-headed Gull - 150 ; Common Gull - 1 - ad ; Herring Gull - 2 - inc 1 south ; Great Black-backed Gull - 2 - south ; Robin - 25 ; Fieldfare - 2 - singles ; Great Tit - 9 ; Blue Tit - 14 ; Rook - 3 - n ; House Sparrow - 2 - at feeders ; Goldfinch - 40 - inc flock 30 ; Reed Bunting - 14 - inc 13 at feeders ; Brambling - 17+ - at feeders

Totley Bents: Willow Tit - 1 - singing male Bents Footway and (presumably the same) at Totley All Saints Primary School

Whiteley Woods: Kingfisher - 1 - Flew downstream from nr Hangingwater Bridge ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Jay - 1

Aston: Barn Owl - 1 - Flew across A57 east just off J31 M1 at 20.00

Barlow: Lapwing - c. 32

Barlow Brook: Nuthatch - 1 ; Redwing - 6+ ; Long-tailed Tit - 6+ ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Siskin - 2

Barlow Common: 319 - 1 ; Song Thrush - 2

Bolsterstone/Heads Lane: Redwing - 15 ; Fieldfare - 28 - with Redwings ; Kestrel - 1 ; Carrion Crow - 3 ; Blackbird - 4 ; Jackdaw - 11 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 500+ - Large groups flying over Bolsterstone towards Underbank and Langsett reservoirs to roost around 16.30 ; Woodpigeon - 600/700 - Vast flock coming in to roost in conifer plantations around Ewden and Morehall areas

Burbage Valley: Kestrel - 1 - Female ; Stonechat - 1 - Female

Crowhole: Chiffchaff - 2 - at the sewage works ; Fieldfare - 60+ ; Pied Wagtail - 2 ; Long-tailed Tit - 01-Feb ; Tufted Duck - 3 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 2 ; Stock Dove - 1

Ecclesall: Tawny Owl - 1 - Calling from tree near to junior school on Ringinglow Road at 6:55 ; Tawny Owl - 1 - Calling from gardens, top end of Falkland Road at 7:00

Endcliffe Park: Dipper - 1 - by Hunters Bar at 7:20

Green Moor: Brambling - 7+ ; Brambling - 7+

Longshaw: Brambling - 6+ ; Mandarin - 1 - Male ; Treecreeper - 1 ; 324 - 2 - Brown Hare

Longshaw Lodge: Brambling - 1 - Under feeders

Meersbrook Park: Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 ; Nuthatch - 1 - Heard

Millhouses: Magpie - 19 ; Brambling - 3 - A garden first

Millhouses Garden: Tawny Owl - 1 - Landed on bird table just after I put food out scattering several blackbirds.

Norton Lees: Magpie - 12 - Flying around for about 10 mins this morning, calling noisily.

Orgreave Lakes: Common Gull - 1 ; Ringed Plover - 1 ; Redshank - 1 ; Kingfisher - 1 - On main lake

Parkgate; Barbers Avenue: Starling - c1000 - low to W in long, snaking, linear flock @ 0750hrs

Pit-house West: BITTERN - 1 - On show in reeds from 16:20 until dark and occasionally sub-booming. ; Water Rail - 2 - At least 2 calling ; BITTERN - 1 - On show at edge of reedbed from 16:20 to dark, occasionally emitting a low boom!

R Don, Effingham St: Kingfisher - 2 - female fishing, joined by male. ; Goosander - 3 - 2m, 1f

Redmires Top Res: Crossbill - 3 - 1 male 2 female roadside

Rivelin Valley: Mandarin - 7 - 7 on Frank Wheel (4 males , 3 females) ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Drumming on Tofts Lane