Sightings Archive

Wentworth Lakes: Kingfisher - 3 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Fieldfare - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 2 ; Long-tailed Tit - 10 ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Nuthatch - 3 ; Siskin - 2 ; Yellowhammer - 2 ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; Raven - 1 - calling bird S over Morley Pond @ 09.50 ; Linnet - 1 - N

Whiteley Woods: Ring-necked Parakeet - 2

Aldwarke SF: Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Great Black-backed Gull - 1 - adult, SW ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Shoveler - 5 - 3m; 2f ; Grey Heron - 1 - imm ; Coot - 2 ; Reed Bunting - 1

Aldwarke; Liberty Steel: Cormorant - 3 - on pylon ; Peregrine - 1 - male sat on water tower

Apperknowle: Raven - 1

Attercliffe: Chiffchaff - 1 - Feeding in shrubs along edge of R Don just N of Norfolk Bridge

Bingham Park: Kingfisher - 1 - male, caught & ate fish

Brownhills Lane: Fieldfare - 14

Canklow Woods: Long-tailed Tit - 20 - flock of 20

Chatsworth Park: Canada Goose - 78 ; Pink-footed Goose - 1 - with Canadas ; Little Grebe - 2 - on river ; Coot - 23

Damflask Res: Common Gull - 8 - ; Mandarin - 20 - c20 male and female

Fatty Boyns Ponds: Bullfinch - 4 ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 - on adjacent farmland

Firsby Res: 319 - 1 - Circling low. ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Very low down Arbour Lane ; Mistle Thrush - 2 - Feeding on ground with Winter Thrushes in sheep paddock. ; Redwing - 4 ; Fieldfare - 3+ ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Blackbird - 6+ ; Starling - 8+ - With Thrushes in Sheep paddock. ; Bullfinch - 1 - Male ; Goldfinch - 2 - Over.

Forge Dam: 320 - 3 - male & 2 females ; Black-headed Gull - 2 - one playing with drowned rodent

Gleadless: Meadow Pipit - 7 - on the "common".09:30. ; Skylark - 2 - over "common" South calling at 09:40. ; Goosander - 1 - single drake flew west over at c09:50.

Greystones garden: Brambling - 1 ; Bullfinch - 2 - male & female ; Song Thrush - 1

Kimberworth: Bullfinch - 2 - Male and female. Seen for the first time since their young fledged in the summer.

Langsett Res: Black-headed Gull - 1800 - roost ; Common Gull - 72 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 ; Herring Gull - 2

Lodge Moor Road: Redwing - 15 - ; Fieldfare - 2 ; Meadow Pipit - 4 ; Pied Wagtail - 2

Manor Fields Park: Mallard - 10 - on top pond. ; Moorhen - 3 - at least 3 on top pond/reedbed. ; Peregrine - 1 - low over towards Manor Top 14:59. ; Goldfinch - 12 ; Bullfinch - 1 ; Chaffinch - 2 ; Greenfinch - 2 ; Redwing - 5 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 3 ; Meadow Pipit - 1 ; Blue Tit - 5 ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Great Tit - 2 ; Herring Gull - 2 - 2 adults over. ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - 1 adult over. ; Black-headed Gull - 30 - 30+ over. 14:35-15:45.

Mount Darnall: Fieldfare - 13 ; Redwing - 9 ; Bullfinch - 3 ; Jay - 3 ; Little Owl - 1 ; Kestrel - 1

Parkgate Canal Basin: Mute Swan - 74 - inc 9 1cy ; Mallard - 60-70 ; Black-headed Gull - c60 ; Herring Gull - 3 ; Whooper Swan - 1 - long-staying 2cy

R Don, Aldwarke: Cormorant - 1 - on pylon @ 1010hrs ; Mallard - 5prs ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 2+ ; Bullfinch - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 - female, hunting

R Don, Stevenson Road: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 217 - Gathered with Herring Gulls on partly flooded industrial site viewable from 5 weirs walk