Sightings Archive

Firsby Res: Mallard - 1 ; 320 - 4 - Flew from mud at end of large Res. ; Moorhen - 6 - Feeding on mud. ; Grey Heron - 1 - Calling not seen. ; Black-headed Gull - 1 - Over. ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 - Both single adults over. ; Kestrel - 2 - Juvs chasing each other. ; 319 - 1 ; Pheasant - 4 - M + F plus 3 fully grown F Juvs.. ; Grey Partridge - 2 - Flushed almost under observers feet. ; Red-legged Partridge - 8 - On farmland near wooden bridge. ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Goldfinch - 3 ; Linnet - 50+ - Flock on stubble field. ; Goldcrest - 1 - In hedge near entrance gate. ; Swallow - 5 - On Arbour Lane. ; Jay - 1+ - Calling in Willows not observed. ; Woodpigeon - 100+ - Feeding in stubble fields.

Hurlfield: Osprey - 1 - picked up over city centre c13:40.gained height over Hurlfield and drifted east towards Manor top 13:50. ; House Martin - 6 - SW at 14:50 ; Sparrowhawk - 2 ; Common Buzzard - 6+ - minimum six birds over/thru 13:00-16:00.

Langsett Res: Black-headed Gull - 574 - in roost ; Common Gull - 5 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 127

Listerdale Wood: Common Buzzard - 4 - over, frequently 'hanging' into stiff breeze & mobbed by corvids

Manor Fields Park: Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Blackcap - 4 - 2 male ; Chiffchaff - 3 - 2 singing ; Whitethroat - 3

Millhouses: Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 - One over towards Hutcliffe Wood.

Nether Haugh: Common Buzzard - 1 - low over @ 0835hrs ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - over

Orgreave Lakes: Goosander - 3 - redheads flew S at 0826. ; Little Egret - 1 - adult on island. ; Hobby - 1 - Adult low over northern end of Big Lake at 08:30

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Sparrowhawk - 1 - 1cy male, hunting ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 5 - 4 SW; 1 N ; Meadow Pipit - 3 - SW ; Goldcrest - 1 ; House Martin - 1 - high over

Poolsbrook CP: CASPIAN GULL - 1 - 1cy reported by info services

Rother Valley CP: Mute Swan - 24 ; Greylag Goose - 26 ; Canada Goose - 277 ; Wigeon - 17 ; Gadwall - 25 ; 320 - 45 ; Mallard - 241 ; Shoveler - 4 ; Pochard - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 55 ; Cormorant - 11 ; Little Egret - 1 ; Grey Heron - 10 ; 319 - 1 ; Moorhen - 36 ; Coot - 373 ; Lapwing - 106 ; Black-headed Gull - 56 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 4 ; Herring Gull - 5 ; Great Crested Grebe - 39 - Including three broods each of three young. ; Kingfisher - 2 ; Sand Martin - 1 ; Blackcap - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 7+

Roundwood Golf course: Coal Tit - 01-Feb ; Herring Gull - 2 - adults, SW ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - SW

Stubbin, nr Rawmarsh; Back Lane: Linnet - 40-50 - in stubble field ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - hunting ; Mistle Thrush - 5 ; Yellowhammer - 4 ; Kestrel - 1 - hunting ; Jay - 1 ; Stock Dove - 2 ; Red-legged Partridge - 2 ; Song Thrush - 3 - behaviour/frequent calling suggesting migrants?

Thrybergh Park: Common Buzzard - 1 - over @ 0700hrs ; Canada Goose - 40-45 - E (from Thrybergh tip?)

Thrybergh Tip: Little Egret - 1 - circling low over before dropping in @ 0918hrs

Totley Bents: Willow Tit - 1 - At the Dysons factory.

Upper Ewden: Merlin - 1+ - 2 sightings of female type ; Hobby - 1 - hunting Meadow Pipits over Earnshaw Ridge. ; Raven - 2 ; Meadow Pipit - 200+ - flocks of 40 and 30 moving S early evening, plus good numbers blogging. ; House Martin - 15

Woodhouse: Bullfinch - 1m

Woodhouse Washlands: Little Egret - 2 ; 321 - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Goldfinch - 10+

Broomhill: Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 - Flying south over junction of Manchester Rd/Fulwood Rd

Linacre Res: Chiffchaff - 1 ; Moorhen - 18 - 5 ads, 13 juvs ; Coot - 5 ; Mallard - 58 ; Tufted Duck - 22