Sightings Archive

Thrybergh CP: Canada Goose - 83 ; Gadwall - 7 - 4m3f ; Shoveler - 1 - m ; Pochard - 6 - m ; Tufted Duck - 26 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - flew s ; Water Rail - 2 - still very confiding ; Lapwing - 160+ ; Black-headed Gull - 60 ; Herring Gull - 3 - 2ad 1-.2nd w ; Skylark - 1 - sing ; Robin - 32 ; Song Thrush - 1 - sing ; Blackbird - 24 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Great Tit - 13 - 3sing ; Long-tailed Tit - 2 ; Chaffinch - 9 - 1sing ; Goldfinch - 37+ ; Bullfinch - 22 - inc 9-in hedges 13- 9m4f at feed stat. ; Reed Bunting - 11 - 10 at feed stat.4m6f ; Yellowhammer - 1

Wentworth Lakes: Great Crested Grebe - 10 ; 321 - 1 ; Cormorant - 3 ; Greylag Goose - 1 ; Canada Goose - 7

Baslow: Goosander - 2 - Pair on river

Baslow SF: Pied Wagtail - 29 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Goldcrest - 3 - Feeding in riverside trees ; Mandarin - 14

Brightside: Kestrel - 1

Brinsworth: Fieldfare - 1 - Visiting throughout day, feeding on Ivy bush berries.

Crookes: Waxwing - 3 - briefly in large tree at the top of School Road at 10:05

Hangingwater garden: Siskin - 3 - 2m + 1f, repeat visits

Orgreave Lakes: Oystercatcher - 1

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Little Grebe - 2 - singles ; Mute Swan - 15 - 13ad 2-1st w ; White-fronted Goose - 1 - in from fields not seen later ; Greylag Goose - 47 ; Canada Goose - 90 ; Gadwall - 6 - 3pr ; Pochard - 6 - m ; Tufted Duck - 35 ; Water Rail - 2 ; Moorhen - 12 ; Coot - 70+ ; Black-headed Gull - 200 ; Herring Gull - 1 ; Dunnock - 15 ; Robin - 27 ; Song Thrush - 1 - sing ; Blackbird - 14 ; Blue Tit - 14 ; Bullfinch - 12 - inc.8-6m 2f at feed stat. ; Reed Bunting - 7 - 2m5f at feed stat ; Yellowhammer - 1 - f ; White-fronted Goose - 1 - adult albifrons still present at dusk ; Greylag Goose - 54 ; 324 - 1 - Muscovy Duck

Attercliffe: Peregrine - 2 - adult pair on Bernard Road incinerator building

Brightside: Chiffchaff - 1 - heard calling in shrubs at President Park

Howden Res: PARROT CROSSBILL - 12+ - reported still present at Ronksley South Plantation at 13:10 SK164935

Orgreave Lakes: Oystercatcher - 1 - back on patch this morning

R Don, Rotherham Centre; adjacent interchange: Cormorant - 1 - on river; left S ; Long-tailed Tit - 2 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Goldfinch - c10

R Don, Stevenson Rd: CASPIAN GULL - 1 - 1w still at Stevenson Rd this lunchtime between the blizzards

Sheffield Centre: Mistle Thrush - 1 - Singing in tree on Norfolk Road

Silverwood Lagoon: Jack Snipe - 1 - went up from boggy area at southern end

Cinder Hills: Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Robin - 1 - singing ; Blue Tit - 1 - singing ; Woodpigeon - 90+ ; Pheasant - 1 - calls

Crookes: Waxwing - 3 - 3 at the top of the tree in St Thomas's grounds

Dog Kennel Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 4 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Mute Swan - 4 ; Greylag Goose - 2 ; Mallard - 10+ ; Lapwing - 20+ - adjacent field S side ; Blue Tit - 1 - singing ; Chaffinch - 1 - male

Endcliffe Park: Dipper - 1 - Near Hunters Bar at 7:30

Greasbrough Dam,Wentworth: Great Crested Grebe - 3 ; Mallard - 40+ ; Kestrel - 1 - male, caught rodent ; Mute Swan - 2 ; Coot - 3 ; Moorhen - 2 ; Black-headed Gull - 35

Hillsborough Park: Mute Swan - 4 - long-staying 1st winters joined (and occasionally hassled) by pair of adults ; Canada Goose - 56 - observer's highest count of the winter so far ; Greylag Goose - 1 - #NAME? ; 324 - 1 - Canada x Barnacle Goose (still paired with Greylag) ; 322 - 1 - Muscovy Duck