Sightings Archive

Redmires Res: Tufted Duck - 1 - male ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - in top res plantation ; Lapwing - 40+ - roosting on N shore of middle res

Rotherham; Northfield: Great Black-backed Gull - 9 - 7ads; 2 1cy, loafing on roofs & visiting recycling centre ; Herring Gull - c30 - mostly adults ; Rook - 3 - at recycling centre ; Carrion Crow - 15 ; Jackdaw - 10 ; Magpie - 10

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 12 ; Little Grebe - 3 ; Cormorant - 14 - inc1s3s ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Greylag Goose - 47 ; Canada Goose - 42 - #NAME? ; Pochard - 10 ; Tufted Duck - 64 ; Goldeneye - 1 - f ; Water Rail - 3 ; Lapwing - 140 ; Black-headed Gull - 130 ; Herring Gull - 74 - inc.3-7-2-45-4-8 past s ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 10+ ; House Sparrow - 8 ; Tree Sparrow - 2 ; Chaffinch - 13 ; Brambling - 1 - call not seen ; Goldfinch - 40+ ; Bullfinch - 6 - 03-Mar ; Reed Bunting - 4

Wentworth Park: Yellowhammer - 03-Apr ; Stock Dove - 3 ; Long-tailed Tit - 4 ; Lapwing - 1 ; Cormorant - 2 - W ; Red-legged Partridge - c25 - single covey ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - male, calling from top of conifer ; Coal Tit - 2 ; Treecreeper - 1 - singing

Wentworth Park; Dog Kennel Pond: Stock Dove - 1 - singing ; Great Crested Grebe - 7 ; Mute Swan - 4 - 1pr + 2 1cy ; Mistle Thrush - 1pr - male singing ; Moorhen - 3 ; Mallard - 17 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Greylag Goose - 3 ; Black-headed Gull - c100 ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; Herring Gull - 1 - 2cy

Wentworth Park; Greasbrough Dam: Moorhen - 19 ; Mallard - c70 ; Mute Swan - 1pr - inc ringed bird Y47628 ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Coot - 8 ; Great Crested Grebe - 3 ; Tufted Duck - 2 - females ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Common Buzzard - 1 - calling from woodland to N ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - calling to N ; Grey Heron - 1

Wentworth Park; Morley Plantation: Goldcrest - 1 ; Nuthatch - 3 - 2 (SK4196); 1 (SK4096) ; Brambling - 1 - calling ; Treecreeper - 2 ; Redwing - 2 ; Coal Tit - 1

Wentworth Park; Morley Pond: Nuthatch - 1 ; Mallard - c80 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Moorhen - 1

Wentworth Park; Temple Hill Plantation: Jay - 1 ; Nuthatch - 1

Whiteley Woods: Grey Heron - 1 - Flying up-stream ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Jay - 1 ; Dipper - 1

Wire Mill Dam: Herring Gull - 1 ; Mandarin - 1 - Male ; Black-headed Gull - 1

Blackburn Meadows NR: 320 - 45+ ; Goosander - 1 - flew NE ; Snipe - 18+ ; Water Rail - 1

Canklow Woods: Lesser Redpoll - c 50 ; Redwing - c 30 ; Fieldfare - 21 - 21 south at 1015

Hillsborough garden: Goldfinch - 20+ - around feeder & bird table

Middleton Moor: Brambling - 1 - rare here ; Yellow-legged Gull - 2 ; Herring Gull - 3 ; Common Gull - 25 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 80