Sightings Archive

Thrybergh CP: Black-headed Gull - 120+ ; Common Gull - 1 - 2cy ; Herring Gull - 3 - inc. 2past n ; Grey Wagtail - 3 - singles ; Wren - 11 ; Dunnock - 17 ; Robin - 39 ; Song Thrush - 7 ; Redwing - 6 ; Fieldfare - 100 - came in then left n ; Blackbird - 47 ; Goldcrest - 3 ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 10+ - 2 flocks 6-4+ ; Rook - 1 - past sw ; Lesser Redpoll - 3 - singles ; Siskin - 2 - 1n1w ; Bullfinch - 7 ; Reed Bunting - 5 ; Yellowhammer - 3

Wentworth Lakes: Great Crested Grebe - 9 ; 321 - 1 ; Whooper Swan - 12 - flew E off Dog Kennel Pond @ 11.40 ; Pink-footed Goose - 75 - W @ 15.00 ; 319 - 6 ; Sparrowhawk - 2 ; Kestrel - 2 ; Red-legged Partridge - 3 ; Lapwing - 85 - usual wintering flock to W of Morley Pond ; Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - high to SW over Morley Pond ; Pied Wagtail - 2 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Fieldfare - 10 - W ; Redwing - 30 - W ; Goosander - 2 - redheads SW @ 13.41 ; Nuthatch - 3 ; Tawny Owl - 1 - calling ; Jay - 1 ; Goldfinch - 40 ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 - over ; Siskin - 2 ; Reed Bunting - 2

Aldwarke SF: Lesser Redpoll - 1 ; Coot - 3 ; Moorhen - 3 ; Little Grebe - 2 - 1 adult, 1 1cy ; Common Buzzard - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 12+ ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; 320 - 12 ; Shoveler - 10 ; Gadwall - 29 ; Redwing - 3 ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Goldcrest - 1

Aldwarke; Liberty Steel: Cormorant - 31 - 14 SW from 0649hrs; max 17 on pylons by 0820hrs

Broomhead Moor: Red Kite - 1 ; Stonechat - 4 - near start (opposite Broomhead Hall) of track to shooting cabin ; Common Buzzard - 3

Broomhead Res: Brambling - 2 - near clearing with feeders by Rushy Lane

Centenary Riverside: Kingfisher - 2 - On river, 1 male, other unsure ; Moorhen - 2 - River ; Mallard - 5 - 3 male, 2 female , river ; Chaffinch - 1 - Alarm call

Dale Dyke: Greylag Goose - 32 - dropped in from N.

Damflask Res: Cormorant - 2 ; Kestrel - 2 - plus medium sized bat sp flying around early afternoon.

Derwent Edge: Whooper Swan - 13

Dog Kennel Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 4 ; Cormorant - 2 ; Mallard - 40+

Ecclesall Woods: Nuthatch - 1 ; Jay - 2

Emlin Ridge: Merlin - 1 - Sparring with sparrowhawk.

Endcliffe Park: Kingfisher - 1 - Fishing on top pond.

Grange Park Golf Course: Kestrel - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 1 - calling ; Redwing - 16 - fly NE ; Bullfinch - 1

Graves Park: 324 - 1 - Red Admiral butterfly

Green Moor: Tawny Owl - 2 - Calling late evening ; Tree Sparrow - 7

Low Bradfield: Dipper - 1 - on stream near tennis courts

Manor Fields Park: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Kingfisher - 1 - again using watercourse at 08:10. ; Lesser Redpoll - 2 ; Bullfinch - 6 ; Greenfinch - 10 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Fieldfare - 4 ; Redwing - 20 ; Stock Dove - 2

Midhope Res: Mallard - c45 ; 320 - 6 ; Tufted Duck - 3 ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Canada Goose - 39