Sightings Archive

Darnall: Pink-footed Goose - 70+ - Flew north at 12.35

Five Weirs Walk: Goosander - 8 - Redheads - 1 between Hawke St & Newhall Rd, 2 at Stevenson Rd, 5 at Effingham Rd

Norwood Allotments: Crossbill - 1 - flew over northwest around 8:00 calling ; Skylark - 2 - One over southeast, one over in the dark around 19:00 ; Blackcap - 1 - female feeding on elder again.

Orgreave Lakes: Little Egret - 1 ; Snipe - 5 - North ; Golden Plover - 2 - South at 15:00

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 7 ; Little Grebe - 12 ; Cormorant - 5 ; Grey Heron - 2 ; Mute Swan - 16 - inc 4 juv ; Wigeon - 7 - 6m,1f ; 320 - 1 - left south ; Pochard - 4 - 2m,2f ; Tufted Duck - 60+ ; Water Rail - 1 ; 319 - 1 - down in fields ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - male flew east ; Lapwing - 150+ ; Pied Wagtail - 8 - on front ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Goldcrest - 1

Wadsley Common garden: Blue Tit - c20 - Large tit party through garden including 4 Great Tits, 7 Long-tailed Tits and a Treecreeper.

Agden Res: Tufted Duck - 6 - Males & females ; Pied Wagtail - 2

Damflask Res: Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 7+ ; Mandarin - 9 - Males & females ; Cormorant - 2

Dore: Blackcap - 1 - A male feeding on berries with a few Redwings, Song Thrushes and Blackbirds.

Green Moor: Grey Partridge - 16+ - In one group feeding together in field, appeared to be immature birds present and probably the biggest party I have ever seen ; Grey Partridge - 16+ - Image ; Grey Partridge - 16+ - photo ; Pheasant - 20+ - All together in one field

Greystones garden: Redwing - 1

Middleton Moor: Yellow-legged Gull - 1 ; Fieldfare - 1 ; Redwing - 1 ; Siskin - 1 ; Chaffinch - 7 ; Tufted Duck - 4 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2100 - roosted - big roost with birds arriving from the south and west ; Yellow-legged Gull - 14 - 11 ads/near ads + 2 2CY + 1 3CY ; Herring Gull - 4 - ads roosted ; CASPIAN GULL - 1 - First-winter roosted ; Black-headed Gull - 180 - c. roosted ; Snipe - 1 - calling after dark ; Fieldfare - 20 - roosted in gorse ; Redwing - 50 - c. roosted in gorse ; Song Thrush - 2 - roosted in gorse

Moscar Cross: Barn Owl - 1 - hunting by roadside - mid-afternoon

Shillito Wood: Pheasant - 3 - 1M, 2F ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 4 ; Blue Tit - 4+ ; Great Tit - 1 ; Coal Tit - 2 ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Robin - 1 ; Dunnock - 1 ; Chaffinch - 10+ ; Brambling - 1 - male ; Goldfinch - 2 ; Yellowhammer - 3 ; Reed Bunting - 2

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 7 ; Little Grebe - 8 ; Cormorant - 5 ; Mute Swan - 18 - inc.2left s ; Wigeon - 1 - m prob left s ; Pochard - 5 ; Tufted Duck - 80 - circa ; Water Rail - 1 ; Lapwing - 200 - #NAME? ; Black-headed Gull - 100 ; Herring Gull - 1 - ad ; Great Black-backed Gull - 3 - came in 2a 1j ; Chiffchaff - 1 - calling briefly

Agden Res: Cormorant - 1

Attercliffe: Linnet - 1

Canklow Woods: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing

Catcliffe Flash: Wigeon - 51 ; 320 - 11 ; Mute Swan - 6 - Family party ; Shoveler - 6 ; Mallard - 8 ; Gadwall - 32 ; Coot - 67

Damflask Res: Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Mandarin - 29

Holmebrook Valley Park: Mallard - 46 - WeBS count ; Coot - 7 ; Moorhen - 10 ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Mute Swan - 6 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 17 - 7 on lake, 10 over ; Greenfinch - 6 ; Goldcrest - 1