Sightings Archive

Norwood Allotments: Pink-footed Goose - c80 - 42 west at 8:00, followed by 38 at 8:15 ; Blackcap - 1 - male feeding on elder ; Swallow - 12 - over east late afternoon.

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Goldcrest - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 3 - 'alba' wagtails, N ; Chaffinch - 3 - SW ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Goldfinch - 10 - SW ; Meadow Pipit - light passage - S/SE ; Grey Heron - 1 - E/NE

Queens Park, Chesterfield: Cormorant - 1 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 15+ - Over ; Black-headed Gull - 1

R Don, Burton Weir: Little Egret - 1

R Don, Effingham St: Goldfinch - 10 + - Bathing and drinking by shoals. ; Goldfinch - 10 + - Bathing and drinking by shoals. ; Kingfisher - 1 - Carrying small fish under Bailey bridge

R Don, Sanderson Weir: Little Egret - 1 - Flying, then perched in tree S bank on closed path.

Roundwood Golf course: Chiffchaff - 1 ; Stock Dove - 1 - in from W ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Carrion Crow - 16 - dispersing (from roost?) at dawn ; Raven - 3+ - 1 in from NW @ 0711hrs; presumably same N over Liberty Steel @ 0725hrs; 3 sat in top of birch from 0750-0800hrs, 1 leaving NE

RVCP, Main Lake: Egyptian Goose - 2

Stanage Edge: Red Grouse - 6+ - One party of 6, + 5 or 6 individuals seen

Stocksbridge: Pink-footed Goose - c80 - at 08:20 - Initially south then changed direction to west over Langsett and Peak District

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 6 - ad ; Little Grebe - 10 ; Cormorant - 5 ; Grey Heron - 2 ; Mute Swan - 19 - inc.3j ; Pink-footed Goose - 140 - +2skein nw 100+0830-40+0956 ; Greylag Goose - 19 - and 2feral white col. ; Canada Goose - 106 ; Gadwall - 1 - f ; Shoveler - 4 - f ; Tufted Duck - 87 ; Pochard - 11 - 8m3f ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - n ; Lapwing - 70 - + ; Black-headed Gull - 100 - circa ; Herring Gull - 1 - 2cy ; Skylark - 14 - inc. 1-1-1-1 all s ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Robin - 23 - 11sing ; Chiffchaff - 4 ; Great Tit - 11 ; Blue Tit - 8 ; Long-tailed Tit - 3 - + ; Carrion Crow - 17 - inc 13party ; Reed Bunting - 9 - singles around site ; Yellowhammer - 2 ; Feral Pigeon - 250 - #NAME? ; Starling - c200 - Into Reeds and Willows to roost at dusk, Thrybergh Lane end. ; Water Rail - 1 - Squealing in Reeds ; Linnet - 50+ - Flocking into roost in trees below dam ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Male with prey

Thrybergh Park: Common Buzzard - 1 - soaring over briefly

Totley Bents: Willow Tit - 1 - At the Dysons Factory ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - At the Dysons factory

Wisewood: Pink-footed Goose - c200 - over west in 2 skeins around 10:50

Barlow Common: Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Kestrel - 2

Firsby Res: Mallard - 4 - All males. ; Moorhen - 2 ; Tawny Owl - 2 - Calling to each other before dawn. ; Kestrel - 1 ; 319 - 1 ; Swallow - 3 - Over. ; Pheasant - 1 ; Red-legged Partridge - 1 ; Rook - 40+ - In sheep paddock ; Jay - 2 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Bullfinch - 3 ; Long-tailed Tit - 12 ; Chiffchaff - 2 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - Immature over high.

Five Weirs Walk: Little Egret - 1 - at 08:12. Seen again later at 09:59 and then again at 11.11 chasing away a Grey Heron.

Low Common: Black-headed Gull - 100+ - Resting, some following tractor ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 ; Herring Gull - 1 - Juv

Malin Bridge: Pink-footed Goose - c42 - over low W calling at 19:10

Morley Pond: Canada Goose - 26

Norwood Allotments: Pink-footed Goose - 25 - over west about 09:00 ; Siskin - 4 - over south ; Kestrel - 1 - infrequent visitor here, sparring for about 5 mins with sparrowhawk

Orgreave Lakes: Grey Partridge - 11

R Don, Effingham St: CASPIAN GULL - 1 - 1st winter this morning, coming to bread

Ranmoor: Pink-footed Goose - c60 - Flying SE at 18:35

Ravenfield Church: Tawny Owl - 1 - Calling loudly from old railway embankment @ 5:30AM.

Redmires conduit: Crossbill - 5

Rotherham Centre: Goose sp - approx 30 - viewed from templeborough flying in long line over town centre

Roughwood Rec: Pied Wagtail - 1

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 5 - ad ; Little Grebe - 10 ; Cormorant - 7+ ; Mute Swan - 17 - inc.3jv ; Greylag Goose - 43 - in from sw 0900 short stay then left n