Sightings Archive

Sunday 8th October 2017

• Rawmarsh:Haugh Rd: Cormorant - 3 - N ; Greylag Goose - 12 - S @ 07.20 ; 319 - 4 - S (15.00-17.00) ; Merlin - 1 - SW @ 15.32 ; Common Gull - 2 - S ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 9 - S ; Herring Gull - 6 - S ; Great Black-backed Gull - 2 - S ; Woodpigeon - 80 - SW ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - SW ; Fieldfare - 4 - SW ; Song Thrush - 2 - SW ; Redwing - 135 - SW (60,30,20,25) ; Mistle Thrush - 6 - Over ; Chiffchaff - 1 - in back garden @ 07.40 ; Brambling - 1 - SW ; 324 - 1 - 'Commic Tern' SW @ 15.40
• Redmires Bottom Res: Cormorant - 2 ; Redwing - 220 - W in small parties ; Fieldfare - 1 - W with flock of Redwings ; Snipe - 2 - singles NW ; Raven - 2 - W ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Kestrel - 2
• Redmires Middle Res: Ringed Plover - 2 - present this evening ; Dunlin - 1 - present this evening ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - second-winter in roost ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 85 - in roost ; Black-headed Gull - 115 - in roost ; Redwing - 25 - W to roost
• Redmires Res: Cormorant - 1 - sub-ad on Bottom Res ; Common Buzzard - 1 - flew N ; Sparrowhawk - 2 ; Kestrel - 3 ; Lapwing - 180 - c. on Middle Res ; Golden Plover - 3 ; Snipe - 2 ; Ringed Plover - 1 - juv ; Black-headed Gull - 40 - c. SW ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 15 - c. SW ; Woodpigeon - 50 - flew W in 2 hours - first movt ; Song Thrush - 2 - singles in Fairthorn Clough ; Chiffchaff - 1 - in Fairthorn Clough ; Raven - 2 - flew SW ; Skylark - 1 - SW ; Meadow Pipit - 30 - c. flew SW in 2 hrs ; Redwing - 537 - flew W in 2 hrs ; Fieldfare - 1 - flew W with Redwings ; Mistle Thrush - 30 - c. 20 post-breeding flock + c. 10 west with Redwings ; Chaffinch - 16 - flew S/SW in 2 hrs ; Goldfinch - 40 - c. flew SW in 2 hrs ; Greenfinch - 10 - flew W in 2 hrs - dire! ; Siskin - 9 - flew W in 2 hrs ; Pied Wagtail - 11 - c. 5 in recently ploughed field + 6 SW ; Dunnock - 1 - flew NE over Middle Res ; Reed Bunting - 17 - flew SW in 2 hrs - obvious influx
• Redmires Top Res: Chiffchaff - 1 - in sycamores
• Roundwood Golf course: Goldcrest - 2+ ; Bullfinch - 1 ; Song Thrush - 5 - 3 SW; 2 left E ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Jay - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - left W
• Silverwood Lagoon: Gadwall - 6 ; Little Grebe - 4 ; Brambling - 1 - west ; Redwing - 7 - small party SW ; Jack Snipe - 1 - near overflow pool below NW corner of lagoon ; Greenshank - 1 - same as TCP bird, south at 10.45 ; Lesser Redpoll - 2 ; Black-headed Gull - c.110 ; Common Gull - 2 ; 319 - 1 ; Jay - 8 - continues to increase on pit top ; Reed Bunting - 10 ; Rook - 11 - in stubble field to west ; Jackdaw - 4 - NE ; Kestrel - 1
• Stanage Edge: Crossbill - 3 - over W
• Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 12 ; Little Grebe - 9 ; Cormorant - 12 - inc.4n ; Little Egret - 3 - past n0903 ; Mute Swan - 9 ; Grey Goose sp - 11 - past ne high in v formation 1040 ; Canada Goose - 41 - inc.c40se ; Tufted Duck - 56 ; Lapwing - 88 ; Greenshank - 1 - past s 1043 ; Whooper Swan - 2 - past w0954 ; Black-headed Gull - 100+ ; Herring Gull - 2 - aj ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - singles ; Dunnock - 21 ; Robin - 38 - 21sing ; Song Thrush - 2 - singles ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Blackbird - 28 ; Robin - 38 - 22sing