Sightings Archive

Handsworth: Woodcock - 1 - flew low over garden. ; Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 - in garden,feeding on hawthorn berries.

Hathersage: Sparrowhawk - 1

Hillsborough Park: Black-headed Gull - 110 ; Herring Gull - 1 ; Greylag Goose - 1 - plus largely white domestic bird ; Goosander - 2 - males ; Canada Goose - 47 ; Mallard - 135+ - plus at least 6 (various) domestic types ; Coot - 19 ; Moorhen - 7 ; Mute Swan - 2 - 1st w. ; 324 - 1 - Canada x Barnacle Goose hybrid; seems fond of the Greylag Goose so perhaps some interesting items due next year! ; 322 - 1 - Muscovy Duck (individual with with head/neck/wings) ; Goldcrest - 2 ; Starling - 20

Middleton Moor: Yellow-legged Gull - 4 - Adults ; Shelduck - 1 ; 321 - 1 ; 320 - 4 ; Glaucous Gull - 1 - reported by DOS

Norwood Allotments: Ring-necked Parakeet - 4 - over North

Orgreave Lakes: Golden Plover - 32 - Circled then flew NW at 0955. ; Goldcrest - 2 - By the river ; Water Rail - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - By the river

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Hawfinch - 2 - W/NW @ 1055hrs

Redmires: Pintail - 1 - single over NW at 08:07 ; Hawfinch - 1 - flew west at 07:47

Redmires Res: Canada Goose - 22 - in fields ; Pintail - 1 - flew NW at 08:07 hrs ; Goldeneye - 1 - redhead still on Bottom Res ; Kestrel - 2 ; Common Buzzard - 1 - now daily here.... ; Lapwing - 200 - c. ; Golden Plover - 75 - c. ; Dunlin - 2 - in with GP's as they circled Middle Res ; Black-headed Gull - 48 ; Common Gull - 1 - ad flew W ; Blackbird - 10 - c. inc 8 which spiralled out of plantation and flew E ; Fieldfare - 132 - flew W ; Redwing - 56 - flew W ; Starling - 75 - c. flew W ; Chaffinch - 21 - flew W ; Goldfinch - 10 - flew W ; Hawfinch - 1 - flew W at 07:47 hrs

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 13 ; Little Grebe - 8 ; Cormorant - 8 ; Mute Swan - 11 ; Pink-footed Goose - 140 - c140 east at 0914 ; Canada Goose - 29 - inc 18 in frm s ; 320 - 1 ; Pochard - 1 - m ; Common Scoter - 1 - f ; Tufted Duck - 70+ ; 319 - 1 - in tree to w mobbed by corvid ; Water Rail - 1 - call frm r/bed ; Golden Plover - 8 - in e field with l/wing ; Lapwing - 340+ - inc 37 on front 300+in fields ; Redshank - 1 - seen 0830 left e 0905 ; Black-headed Gull - 120+ ; Common Gull - 2 - 2nd w ; Herring Gull - 3 - 2ad 1imm ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - left w ; Skylark - 2 - singles s ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Dunnock - 17 ; Robin - 27 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Redwing - 3 ; Fieldfare - 1 ; Blackbird - 34 ; Rook - 2 - past w ; Starling - 90 - 2parties sw ; Tree Sparrow - 2 - at feed stat. ; Chaffinch - 12 ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 ; Goldfinch - 50 ; Siskin - 2 - singles ; Bullfinch - 8 - 04/02/2002 ; Yellowhammer - 16 - inc 15 in stubble field

Thrybergh Res: Common Scoter - 1 - Still on res second day

Tyzack*s Dam: Little Egret - 1 - at 13:10 on Abbeydale Rd South bank so view from Beauchief Gardens to avoid flushing ; Kingfisher - 1

Ulley Res: Coot - 20+ ; Great Crested Grebe - 2 - Parent with Juv. ; Tufted Duck - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1 - In sluice. ; 319 - 1 ; Kingfisher - 1 - Heard calling near bridge not observed.

Woolley Wood: Hawfinch - 1 - feeding in yews

Barlow Common: Raven - 4 ; Yellowhammer - 4 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 6+ ; Meadow Pipit - 06-Aug ; Goldfinch - 2 ; Jay - 1