Sightings Archive

Firsby Res: 319 - 1 ; Tawny Owl - 1 ; Redwing - 15+ ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Stonechat - 1 - Female in set aside field. ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 10+ ; Robin - 1 - Singing

Forge Dam: Kingfisher - 1 - Female ; Grey Wagtail - 1

Fulwood: Pink-footed Goose - 250 - approx, SE in three skeins close together at 09:15

Hangingwater garden: Goldcrest - 1 - passing quickly through with mixed flock of tits

Hillsborough Park: Mute Swan - 2 - juvenile/1st w.

Lower Walkley: Whooper Swan - 2+ - heard over at 23.45 (probably heading NE or E)

Manor Fields Park: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 1 - loosely assoc' with finch flock 12.30. ; Goldfinch - 30 - 30+ mobile around site ; Lesser Redpoll - 2 - in finch flock ; Bullfinch - 5 ; Blackbird - 20 - at least in mixed thrush flock ; Song Thrush - 4 ; Fieldfare - 1 - with thrushes 12.30

Middleton Moor: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 630 ; Yellow-legged Gull - 3 - Adults ; Mallard - 23 ; Lapwing - 8 ; 320 - 5

Orgreave Lakes: Stonechat - 2 - M&F on northern mound ; Stonechat - 2 - photo 2

Ramsley Moor: Brambling - 1 - Moving west ; Woodpigeon - 2000+ - Steady stream S-W in 30 minutes ; Starling - 150+ - Small parties moving west in 30 minutes ; Pink-footed Goose - 190 - S-E at 10.20

Ramsley Res: Pink-footed Goose - 360 - 190 east @ 1020h, 80 east @ 1040j, 90 east @ 1120h

Ravenfield Church: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 20+ - On freshly fertilised field with BHG. ; Black-headed Gull - 100+ ; Herring Gull - 1 ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 1

Redmires Bottom Res: Kestrel - 2 ; 319 - 1 - Harassed by Kestrel.

Redmires Res: Canada Goose - 22 - on Top Res ; Lapwing - 200 - c. on Middle Res ; Golden Plover - 110 - c. on Middle Res ; Pink-footed Goose - 140 - c. flew ENE at 09:15hrs ; Long-tailed Tit - 13 - in Redmires Plantation ; Woodpigeon - 1000 - c. flew S in 2 hrs ; Skylark - 2 - flew SW ; Starling - 163 - flew W in 2 hrs - dire!! ; Fieldfare - 10 - flew W ; Redwing - 19 - flew W ; Song Thrush - 5 - flew W ; Blackbird - 5 - flew SE ; Meadow Pipit - 12 - flew SW ; Chaffinch - 302 - flew W in 2 hrs ; Brambling - 70 - flew W in 2 hrs ; Greenfinch - 17 - flew W in 2 hrs - dreadfully poor numbers ; Goldfinch - 28 - flew SW in 2 hrs ; Crossbill - 2 - flew W ; Lesser Redpoll - 2 - flew W

Silverwood Lagoon: Hawfinch - 2 - Reported over towards Dalton at 09:45

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 14 ; Little Grebe - 6 ; Cormorant - 15 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Mute Swan - 12 ; Tufted Duck - 65 ; Goldeneye - 2 - imm.mf ; Grey Partridge - 7 - covey ; Lapwing - 60 - + ; Black-headed Gull - 350 - + ; Woodpigeon - 270 - #NAME? ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Wren - 14 ; Dunnock - 25 ; Robin - 31 ; Redwing - 5 ; Blackbird - 28 ; Goldcrest - 2 ; Long-tailed Tit - 6 - #NAME? ; Magpie - 10 ; Jackdaw - 25 - inc.flock 23s ; Rook - 1 - s ; Starling - 120 - +inc 60w5ow ; Brambling - 1 - s call.not seen ; Chaffinch - 11 ; Lesser Redpoll - 2 - 1w1s ; Goldfinch - 30 - on site ; Siskin - 1 - se ; Bullfinch - 6 - 02/02/2002 ; Reed Bunting - 2 - singles ; Yellowhammer - 6 - 01-May

Wadsley Common garden: Sparrowhawk - 2 - 2 taking prey within 5 seconds of each other-one (female) a goldfinch from a feeder, the other (male) a robin from the ground beneath.

Bradfield: Pink-footed Goose - c331 - loose flock of c236 at 9:10, then c50 and c45 all moving E viewed from Redmires.

Canklow Woods: Common Buzzard - 3 - in the air at 1400

Catcliffe Flash: Mute Swan - 5 - ad pr + 3 imm ; Wigeon - 25 ; Gadwall - 35+ ; 320 - 8