Sightings Archive

Barlow Brook: Dipper - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 4+ ; Goldfinch - 2

Bingham Park: Jay - 1 ; 319 - 1

Canklow Woods: Bullfinch - 5

Clough Lane: 324 - 2 - 2 Hares in fields off Clough Lane

Endcliffe Park: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - Lower pond ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 50+ - Lower pond ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Brambling - 2 ; Treecreeper - 2

Firsby Res: Tawny Owl - 1 - very loud calling for several minutes.

Forge Dam: Goldcrest - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 3 ; Black-headed Gull - 1 ; Mandarin - 9 - Male & female ; Grey Heron - 1

Fulwood Rd: Brambling - 4 - First seen in ob's garden in 39 years

Ibbotson*s Dam: Kingfisher - 1 - Flew downstream

Kimberworth Park: Goose sp - 150+ - N then W over Scholes @ 11:15.

Limb Valley: Tawny Owl - 2 - Calling

Longshaw: Goldfinch - 3+ ; Robin - 1 ; Woodpigeon - 1 ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 - hunting over moors ; Brambling - 180+ - Beech trees south of pond ; Mandarin - 17 ; Raven - 2

Manor fields Park: Water Rail - 1+ - 1 poss 2 birds in watercourse below top pond at 16:20. ; Moorhen - 8 - on top pond 16:15.

Meersbrook Park: Song Thrush - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1

Millhouses Lane garden: Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 - visiting the bird feeders - suet balls a favourite!

Parkwood Springs: Raven - 1 - soaring over at 15.10. Left SW and still visible over Walkley and Crookes ; Dipper - 1 - on Don south of Wardsend Cemetery ; Siskin - 4 ; Pheasant - 1 - male ; 327 - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Common Buzzard - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 1

Redmires Top Res: Lapwing - c50

Rivelin Valley: Dipper - 1 - singing

RVCP, Fishing Lake: Smew - 1 - Redhead still present at 14:00

Sharrow: Redwing - 10+ - Cemetery Ave ; Waxwing - 10+ ; Waxwing - 10+ ; Waxwing - 30+ - Cemetery Avenue ; Waxwing - 30+ ; Redwing - 20+ ; Redwing - 20+ ; Redwing - 20+

Shepherd Wheel: Grey Heron - 2 - 1 adult, 1 immature

Shepherd*s Plantation: 319 - 1 - Hunting through wood then onto Upper Common. ; Chaffinch - 1+ ; Brambling - 20+ - flushed from ground feeding with chaffinches.

Shillito Wood: Fieldfare - 5+ ; Brambling - 2 ; Nuthatch - 1+ - Feeding on seeds ; Reed Bunting - 6+ - Mainly females but at least 1 male

Stubley Hollow: Redwing - 5

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 11 ; Little Grebe - 7 ; Cormorant - 7 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Mute Swan - 28 - many left w ; Pink-footed Goose - 330 - 2 skeins s c160 c170 at 1100 ; Greylag Goose - 180+ ; Canada Goose - 100 ; Gadwall - 6 - under n/bank ; Pochard - 9 - 1 fem ; Tufted Duck - 37 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Lapwing - 120 ; Black-headed Gull - 250 ; Herring Gull - 1 ; Wren - 2 ; Robin - 24 ; Long-tailed Tit - 24+ - 3 parties ; Bullfinch - 10 - 3pr at feeders ; Reed Bunting - 8 - at feeders ; Brambling - 12 - at feeders mostly m 3f seen

Walker Edge/Canyard Hills: Kestrel - 1 ; 319 - 1 - in trees by old quarry

Wardsend Cemetery: Treecreeper - 1 ; Goldcrest - 2+ - including 1 singing

West Nab: Golden Plover - 450+ - large flock in field oppisite farm appeared to be quite agitated moving around a fair bit

Whiteley Woods: Dipper - 2+ - 2 flew together upstream ; Grey Wagtail - 1

Attercliffe: Great Black-backed Gull - c160 ; Herring Gull - c200 - at Viridor Salmon Pastures site ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - adult

Blackburn Meadows NR: Snipe - 20+ ; Jack Snipe - 2+

Catcliffe Flash: Mute Swan - 4+ - 2 ads. 2 imms ; Wigeon - 5