Sightings Archive

Thrybergh CP: Goldeneye - 2 - r/h ; Water Rail - 2 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Redwing - 12 ; Fieldfare - 25 ; Blackbird - 20 ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Goldfinch - 70+ ; Bullfinch - 5 ; Reed Bunting - 3 ; Yellowhammer - 2 ; Feral Pigeon - 150

Aldwarke; Liberty Steel: Peregrine - 1 - on chimney from 0730hrs at least, before disappearing briefly & returning with prey

Green Moor: Goldfinch - 30

High Storrs: Redwing - 5 - Feeding on garden lawn.

Hudson*s Rough: Woodpigeon - 1 - sing ; Collared Dove - 1 - sing ; Blackbird - 10+ ; Robin - 2 - sing ; Wren - 1 - sing ; Blue Tit - 3+ ; Great Tit - 1+ ; Jay - 1 ; Chaffinch - 1+ ; Goldfinch - 1+

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Brambling - 5 - 1 over (heard only); 4 SW, then E ; Chaffinch - 3 - 1 SW; 2 NE ; Linnet - 1 - NW ; Common Gull - 1 - 1cy, SW ; Greenfinch - 1 - SW ; Herring Gull - 1 - adult, NE ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Jackdaw - 3 - SW ; Reed Bunting - 1 - E ; Kestrel - 1 - adult male ; Redwing - 150+ - SW in 135mins ; Fieldfare - 207+ - SW in 135mins

Parkgate; Barbers Avenue: Starling - c60 - single flock resting on wires

R Derwent, Shatton to Stepping Stones: 321 - 2 ; Goosander - 2 - 2 Redhead ; Mandarin - 8m, 4f ; Moorhen - 1 ; 319 - 2 ; Brambling - c12 ; Fieldfare - c50 - Fields mr Offerton Hall

Redmires Top Res: Crossbill - 8 - In roadside conifers

Roughwood Rec: Black-headed Gull - 63 ; Rook - 10

Roundwood Golf course: Magpie - 12 - post-roost dispersal ; Carrion Crow - 15 - post-roost dispersal ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 8+

Shatton: Mandarin - 3 - Over in the dusk, calling

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 14 ; Little Grebe - 6 ; Cormorant - 12 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Mute Swan - 6 ; Pink-footed Goose - 1 ; Greylag Goose - 58 ; Canada Goose - 138 ; Gadwall - 2 - mf ; 320 - 1 - circled site ; Pochard - 46 - 36m, 10f ; Tufted Duck - 62 ; Goldeneye - 3 - r/h ; Water Rail - 2 ; Lapwing - 80+ ; Meadow Pipit - 15 - flock, down ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Bullfinch - 2

Barlow Common: Yellowhammer - 2 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 02-Mar ; Mistle Thrush - 2 ; Redwing - 30+ ; Goldcrest - 2 ; Goldfinch - 3+

Canklow Woods: Lesser Redpoll - 51 - flock of 51

Firsby Res: 320 - 1 - Male on small area. ; Grey Heron - 1 - Flew in at dawn. ; Barn Owl - 1 ; Tawny Owl - 1 - Loud call. ; 319 - 1 - Worming on farmland. ; Woodcock - 1 ; Lapwing - 2+ ; Red-legged Partridge - 5+ ; Pheasant - 1 - Male. ; Redwing - 30+ ; Fieldfare - 3 - With Redwings.

Green Moor: Tawny Owl - 2 - Calling

Hangingwater Garden: Woodpigeon - 1 - juv browsing under feeders

Hillsborough Park: Goosander - 2 - -1 female + 1 juv

Kilnhurst Ings: Raven - 1 - Flew over, kronking, heading SE at about 1.30pm

Middle Common: 319 - 1 - W low over field toward Cinder Hills.

Middleton Moor: Water Rail - 1 - per DOS ; Black-headed Gull - 160