Sightings Archive

Peter Dale: 319 - 2 ; Sparrowhawk - 1

R Don, Rotherham; Centenary Riverside to Main Street: Cormorant - 1 - adult ; Mallard - 10 - 7m; 3f ; Coot - 1 ; Kingfisher - 1 - male, on canal then onto river ; Goosander - 4 - 2m; 1f river; 1f, canal ; Long-tailed Tit - 7+ ; Chaffinch - 2 - 1m; 1f ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Moorhen - 2 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - singing

Ravenfield Ponds: Treecreeper - 1 ; Siskin - 1 - over calling.

Rawmarsh:Haugh Rd: 321 - 2 - SW @ 16.45 ; Whooper Swan - c47 - N. 7 @ 08.30 & c40 @ 16.40 ; Greylag Goose - 5 - N ; Grey Goose sp - 1 - N with Greylag's

Stanedge: Brambling - 1 - One male feeding on the ground beneath the feeders in the car park

Thornseat Delf: Common Buzzard - 1

Thrybergh CP: Little Grebe - 2 ; Mute Swan - 19 ; Gadwall - 5 - 2m3f ; Pochard - 7 - m ; Tufted Duck - 17 ; Water Rail - 3 - came to be fed

Treeton Dyke: Goosander - 3 - Three redheads ; Pochard - 7 ; Goldeneye - 2 ; Goosander - 1 - Red head

Treeton SF: Pied Wagtail - 31 ; Grey Wagtail - 3 - On filter beds with pieds

Ughill Moors: Oystercatcher - 2 ; Golden Plover - c90

Ulley Res: Scaup - 1 - imm male still present this afternoon ; Great Crested Grebe - 13 - Wait last 3 pairs displaying.

Wheston: 319 - 1 ; Common Gull - 25 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - took a Starling from among a flock of 40+, showing that the 'safety in numbers' theory does not always work ; Lapwing - 3 ; Meadow Pipit - 1

Baslow Edge (below): 319 - 1

Baslow SF: Pied Wagtail - 68 - Feeding on filters in freezing conditions

Bole Hill Rec: Tawny Owl - 2 - rival males hooting in woodland off Bole Hill Road

Brownhills Lane: Lapwing - 200+ - In fields at side of road at 9am

Damflask Res: Oystercatcher - 1 - on overflow at dusk ; Mandarin - 10

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 2 - Resident pair in sluice Reed bed. ; Mallard - 4 - 2 pairs. ; 320 - 5 ; Mute Swan - 3 - circled Main Res but didn’t land. ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Large Female. ; Little Owl - 1 - In farm building. ; Jay - 2 ; Magpie - 8 - From roost in willows. ; Carrion Crow - 2 ; Song Thrush - 2 - Singing. ; Blackbird - 5+ ; Mistle Thrush - 2 ; Fieldfare - 15+ ; Yellowhammer - 5 - Inc 4 together on farmland. ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; Willow Tit - 1 ; Chaffinch - 4 - all males ; Bullfinch - 6 ; Skylark - 1 - Singing ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 6 - Over NE together. ; Pheasant - 1 - Male.

Howden Res: PARROT CROSSBILL - 12 - at the drinking pool above Howden Res this morning

Ladybower Res, North arm: Canada Goose - 110

Manor Fields Park: Water Rail - 1 - in reedbed at 08:25 ; Kestrel - 1 - over at 07:15 ; Redwing - 100+ - mobile around park 06:50-08:30. ; Moorhen - 3 - top pond. ; Mallard - 7 ; Linnet - 2 ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Greenfinch - 8

Middleton Moor: Golden Plover - 41 ; Skylark - c.70 - more Skylarks than I have ever seen together before. They were feeding in a field

Millhouses: Chaffinch - 2m - irregular garden visitor ; Blackcap - 1f - infrequent garden visitor

Millhouses Lane garden: Stock Dove - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - visiting sunflower hearts feeder ; Siskin - 2 - male + female ; Goldfinch - 4+ ; Bullfinch - 4+ - 2+males, 2+females ; Grey Heron - 1 - flying over, away from the Ecclesall Woods heronry

Morley Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 3 ; Grey Heron - 2 - in field W of boathouse ; Mute Swan - 3 ; Greylag Goose - 19 ; Mallard - 30+ ; Kestrel - 1 - mobbed by sev carrion crows

Norbriggs Flash: Gadwall - 8 ; 320 - 4 ; Peregrine - 1 - male over south