Sightings Archive

Rawmarsh:Haugh Rd: Pied Wagtail - 2 - S ; Redwing - 570 - SW in 2.5hrs ; Fieldfare - 5 - SW ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - SW ; Jay - 1 - SW ; Raven - 1 - E, calling @ 09.10 ; Goldfinch - 56 - S ; Starling - 60 - SW

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 8 ; Little Grebe - 9 ; Cormorant - 18 ; Grey Heron - 2 ; Mute Swan - 13 ; Gadwall - 2 - mf ; Pochard - 3 ; Tufted Duck - 58 ; Water Rail - 1 ; Lapwing - 50+ ; Black-headed Gull - 200+ ; Common Gull - 1 ; Herring Gull - 2 - 1ad1imm ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 3 - 1ad2imm ; Skylark - 4 - singles south ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Song Thrush - 5 ; Redwing - 60+ - inc.30+20 in then SW ; Fieldfare - 30 - south ; Goldcrest - 4 ; Long-tailed Tit - 10+ - 2 parties ; Starling - 230+ - 7 parties SW ; Bullfinch - 4 - 02-Feb ; Yellowhammer - 5 ; Peregrine - 1 - south

Wadsley Common garden: Fieldfare - 15 - SW over garden @ 10:45 ; Redwing - c100 - SW over garden. @ 15:00

Wentworth Lakes: Great Crested Grebe - 11 ; 321 - 1 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Mallard - 210 ; Tufted Duck - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 2 ; 319 - 6 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Red-legged Partridge - 2 ; Snipe - 1 - NW ; Black-headed Gull - 150 ; Common Gull - 2 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - S ; Great Black-backed Gull - 3 - S ; Collared Dove - 37 ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Skylark - 4 - SW ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Redwing - 60 - SW ; Nuthatch - 2 ; Jay - 1 ; Siskin - 4 ; Lesser Redpoll - 18 ; Jackdaw - 150

Wharncliffe Side: Redwing - 100+ - Flying south over village

Worrall: Redwing - 30+ - Loose flock feeding in garden trees

Bingham Park: Kingfisher - 1 - Male in lower pond ; Grey Heron - 1 - In lower pond ; Grey Wagtail - 1

Brinsworth: Kestrel - 1 - Flew over and landed in tree next to Howarth House 12.35.

Broomhead Moor: Snipe - 11 - circling moor between shooting lodge and Dukes Road. Presumably flushed by a Common Buzzard that had just flown through. ; Fieldfare - c.10 - small groups over SW and S

Carr Vale NR: YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER - 1 - twitter report of one 'by second viewing screen over river for second day'. Subsequently reported on Peter Fidler reserve (in the SBSG recording area)

Drakehouse: Common Buzzard - 1 - hovering into stiff breeze @ 1300hrs

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 1 ; Mallard - 12 ; 320 - 9 - Together around fallen tree in water. ; Black-headed Gull - 3 - Inc 2 on water. ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - Juv over. ; Kestrel - 1 ; Jay - 1 - Feeding on path. ; Jackdaw - 2 - Over calling. ; Carrion Crow - 3 - Feeding on farmland. ; Meadow Pipit - 4 ; Siskin - 10+ - Small flocks over. ; Lesser Redpoll - 6+ ; Bullfinch - 4 - Feeding in undergrowth. ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Calling from woodland near road. ; Coal Tit - 1 - Cottage garden hedge. ; Long-tailed Tit - 15

Forge Dam: Kingfisher - 1 - Flew up stream ; 320 - 1 - Female ; Grey Heron - 1

Freebirch: Starling - 500+ - Feeding in stubble field with corvids

Loxley Valley: Magpie - 40+ - pre-roost gathering in a field off Greaves Lane

Malin Bridge: Goldcrest - 1 - bird in full song in garden.

Parkgate; Broad Street: Pied Wagtail - 2 ; Redwing - 8 - SW

R Don, Norfolk Bridge: Redwing - 12 - over S

Ravenfield Ponds: Tufted Duck - 1 - Male. ; 319 - 1 - On pylon. ; Kestrel - 1