Sightings Archive

Crowhole: Mandarin - 2

Dalton: Kestrel - 1 - female ; Black-headed Gull - 15 - on sports ground

Howden Res: 321 - 1

Longshaw: Fieldfare - 50

R Don, Aldwarke: Moorhen - 4 ; Mallard - 7 ; Bullfinch - 1

R Don, Stevenson Rd: CASPIAN GULL - 1 - 1w again with small gull flock

R Sheaf, Broadfield Road: Mandarin - 3 - 2m, 1f

Shepherd Wheel: Kingfisher - 1 - flew up from river with fish and sat in tree over looking top dam feeding

Stannington: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - female feeding in trees on Anvil Close ; Long-tailed Tit - 6 - Feeding on fat balls

Thrybergh CP: Little Grebe - 4 ; Mute Swan - 13 - inc 2jvs still with ads ; White-fronted Goose - 1 - left north at 0910 with150+glag after birds in field were shot at by farmer ; Greylag Goose - 155+ - left n after gun shots; 40+ returned later ; Canada Goose - 74 ; Gadwall - 2 ; Pochard - 6 - m ; Tufted Duck - 32 ; Red-legged Partridge - 2 ; Water Rail - 2 ; Lapwing - 165+ ; Black-headed Gull - 200+ ; Long-tailed Tit - 6 - 3pr ; Goldfinch - 30 ; Greenfinch - 10+ ; Bullfinch - 32 - inc.2-2-2-7-19 ; Reed Bunting - 6 ; Yellowhammer - 2

Barlow Common: Lapwing - 46 ; Skylark - 04-May ; Fieldfare - 30+ - in mixed winter thrush flock of 100+ ; Redwing - 70+ ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Stock Dove - 3

Broomhill: Waxwing - 3 - 3 flying between trees in garden of Lawson Rd and junction of Manchester Rd and Fulwood Rd.

Centenary Riverside: Goosander - 1 - Male, river ; Mallard - 9 - 6 male, 3 female. ; 321 - 1 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 8 ; Wren - 2 ; Moorhen - 3

Hangingwater garden: Siskin - 3 - 2m + 1f photo through window

Hillsborough Park: Mute Swan - 3 - pair of adults plus 1 2nd cy ; Greylag Goose - 1 - + 2 largely white birds (1 possibly not pure Greylag) ; Tufted Duck - 2 - males ; 324 - 1 - Canada x Barnacle Goose (still paired with the Greylag)

Millhouses: Blackcap - 2 - One of each gender at feeders

Pit-house West: Woodcock - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1

R Don, Niagara Weir: Dipper - 1

Rother Valley CP: Lapwing - 40+ ; Magpie - 42 ; Tufted Duck - 40+ ; Pochard - 44 ; Goldeneye - 6 ; Wigeon - 240+ ; Gadwall - 22 ; 320 - 10 ; Great Crested Grebe - 6 ; Cormorant - 34 ; Grey Heron - 3 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 6 ; Herring Gull - 7 ; Goosander - 27 ; Egyptian Goose - 2 ; Song Thrush - 2 ; Kestrel - 1

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 3 ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Mute Swan - 6 ; Pink-footed Goose - 1 ; White-fronted Goose - 1 ; Greylag Goose - 144 ; Canada Goose - 6 - inc.1hybid can/glag ; Gadwall - 2 - mf ; Tufted Duck - 61 ; 319 - 1 - drifted e ; Water Rail - 2 ; Moorhen - 9 ; Coot - 70+ ; Lapwing - 150+ ; Wren - 2 ; Dunnock - 17 ; Robin - 28 ; Blackbird - 24 ; Jay - 1 ; Greenfinch - 9 ; Bullfinch - 13 - 02/02/2009 ; Reed Bunting - 6

Ulley CP: Golden Plover - 500+ - in same field over road - numbers building daily. ; Scaup - 1

Brownhills Lane: Greylag Goose - 48 ; Fieldfare - c50 - with c30 Redwings and 100 starlings

Crookes: Waxwing - 3 - Perched in tree on Stannington View Road, dropping into gardens periodically.

Fulwood: Brambling - 1 - scarce at present