Sightings Archive

Thrybergh CP: Grey Heron - 2 - 1a1j ; Mute Swan - 4 - inc.2a1j+1a attacked by dogs ; Greylag Goose - 59 ; Canada Goose - 90 - circa ; Gadwall - 4 - 2pr ; Pochard - 14 ; Tufted Duck - 74 ; Water Rail - 2 ; Lapwing - 100+ ; Black-headed Gull - 220 ; Herring Gull - 2 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Robin - 20 ; Redwing - 20 - + ; Fieldfare - 80 - + ; Blackbird - 31 ; Long-tailed Tit - 30 - #NAME? ; House Sparrow - 6 - + ; Tree Sparrow - 2 ; Lesser Redpoll - 16 - 14-Feb ; Siskin - 1 - n ; Bullfinch - 4 ; Reed Bunting - 7

Totley: Grey Wagtail - 1 - Old Hay Brook

Totley Bents: Nuthatch - c3

Walkley Bank: Tawny Owl - 1 - calling in tree near Rivelin Street

Baslow: Redwing - 80+ - Feeding in roadside hawthorns and adjacent pasture ; Brambling - 4 - At least 4 feeding with chaffinches on beechmast at bottom of Bar Road

Baslow SF: Pied Wagtail - 48 - Feeding on filters in freezing conditions

Derwent Res: Mallard - 52 - single party in W inlet

Fulwood garden: Brambling - 5 - at feeders - all females ; Bullfinch - 2 - pair at feeders ; Goldfinch - 8 - at feeders ; Chaffinch - 15 - around feeders - good count ; Pheasant - 1 - male below feeders and then on extension roof ; Blue Tit - 2 - including one in nestbox

Graves Park: Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 - Heard near bottom lake

Kimberworth Park: Fieldfare - 3 - E low over rooftops, Cinder Hill Road @ 08:50

Norton Lees garden: Redwing - 4 - In trees at back of garden

Rawmarsh; Bellows Close: Collared Dove - 4 - together (scarce here)

Ringinglow: Brambling - ~40 - Feeding below beech trees between Ringinglow Road and Cottage Lane

Ulley Res: Coot - 4+ ; Moorhen - 2 ; Mallard - 20+ ; Tufted Duck - 12 - near bridge. ; Gadwall - 2 - Pair. ; Cormorant - 1 - Left W. ; Mute Swan - 4 - 2 Adults + 2 Juvs. ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 - Hunting over path. ; 319 - 1 - Ulley village. ; Redwing - 30+ - Al round site in woodland and hedgerows. ; Fieldfare - 20+

Walkley garden: Siskin - 3 - Brief visit to nyger seed and water pots with 2 goldfinch.

Woodseats: Lapwing - 45 - Heading SW quite low.

Aldwarke: Cormorant - 4 - on pylon

Bakewell: Redwing - c25-30 - Stanedge Road

Barlow Common: Lapwing - 25 ; Redwing - c10 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Linnet - 2 ; Bullfinch - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Rook - 1 ; Goldfinch - 6 ; Greenfinch - 2 ; Jay - 1

Botanical Gardens: Blackcap - 1

Centenary Riverside: Kestrel - 1 - Sat on railway post. ; Goosander - 3 - 2 males, 1 female on river. ; Moorhen - 2 - River. ; 321 - 1

Fulwood: Brambling - 3 - 2 males and a female at feeders ; Bullfinch - 1 - female at feeders ; House Sparrow - 4 - at feeders ; Rook - 10 - in garden below feeders ; Chaffinch - 12 - at feeders ; Great Tit - 1 - inspecting next box in observer's garden ; Blue Tit - 2 - inspecting next box in observer's garden

Lodge Moor: Brambling - 3 - Two males one female at sunflower hearts feeder

Millhouses garden: Grey Wagtail - 1 - 1st winter bird still around

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Carrion Crow - 8 - dispersed W before dawn ; Magpie - 24 - dispersed W before dawn ; Redwing - 145+ - N/NE ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - 'alba' wagtail, NE ; Chaffinch - 1 - W ; Starling - 32 - W/SW ; Common Gull - 3 - singles SW, all adults ; Herring Gull - 1 - adult S ; Kestrel - 1 - male, hunting ; Canada Goose - 13 - NE, then E (to Thrybergh CP?) @ 0845hrs ; Fieldfare - 5 - N ; Redwing - 145+ - NE/N

Roundwood Golf course: Siskin - 5 - left N/NE ; Chaffinch - 1 - left N ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - left S ; Grey Heron - 1 - E

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 15 ; Little Grebe - 5 ; Cormorant - 10+