Sightings Archive

Thrybergh CP: Chiffchaff - 1 ; Goldcrest - 3 ; Jackdaw - 19 ; Rook - 5 - 4w1e ; Carrion Crow - 27 - inc. 22 in fields ; Linnet - 30+ - flock ; Goldfinch - 46+ - inc flock 30+ ; Water Rail - 1 ; Redwing - 50+ - flew west @ 1040

Canklow Woods: Kestrel - 2 - m and f hunting field below Boston Castle

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 1 ; 320 - 1 - Flew in ; Cormorant - 4 - Arrived together. ; Grey Heron - 2 ; Black-headed Gull - 10+ - Steady passage from E. ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 12+ - Over. ; Herring Gull - 1 - Adult with LBB Gulls. ; Rook - 40+ - Feeding on farmland. ; Jackdaw - 2+ - In with Rooks. ; Jay - 3 ; Magpie - 4 ; Song Thrush - 2 ; Mistle Thrush - 2 - Over calling. ; Blackbird - 4 ; Pheasant - 4 ; Red-legged Partridge - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Tawny Owl - 2 - Calling ; Barn Owl - 1 ; Little Owl - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 - Hunting. ; 319 - 1 - Low over main Res mobbed by BHG. ; Goldcrest - 1 - Cottage garden. ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; Bullfinch - 8 ; Linnet - 14 - Single flock. ; Goldfinch - 1 ; Siskin - 2 - Over calling.

Old Ravenfield: Peregrine - 1 - Low over B603 @ 16.00 flushing Woodpigeons from farmland.

Oughtibridge garden: Blackcap - 1 - Male, bathing in garden pond

Rawmarsh: Sparrowhawk - 1 - drifted E/SE @ 1742hrs

Rawmarsh:Haugh Rd/New Stubbin: Cormorant - 1 - S @ 12.30 ; Whooper Swan - 10 - W @ 09.45 ; Pink-footed Goose - 20 - E @ 09.07 ; Snipe - 1 - NW @ 17.40 ; Herring Gull - 6 - S ; Redwing - 4 - SW ; Brambling - 1 - SW

Redmires Res: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 40 - c. roosted ; Black-headed Gull - 180 - c. roosted

Thrybergh CP: Wigeon - 1 ; 319 - 2 ; Water Rail - 1 ; Snipe - 3 - past NW ; Jack Snipe - 4 - NW together with 3 Snipe

Bingham Park: Dipper - 1

Canklow Woods: Common Buzzard - 2 - 2 in the air together at 1400

Forge Dam: 320 - 3 - Females ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Mandarin - 1 - Female

Fulwood: Chiffchaff - 1 - In observer's garden ; 324 - 1 - Red admiral on the wing

Manor: Short-eared Owl - 1 - flew east, very high at c08:00

Mayfield Valley: 319 - 4 - Circling together

Meadow Head: Tawny Owl - 1 - In tree by Morrison's car park this evening

Middleton Moor: Shoveler - 2

Norton Lees: Common Buzzard - 4 - Thermalling over Bishopscourt Road at 11:10, then flew NE

R Don Niagara Weir: Kingfisher - 1 ; Dipper - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Mallard - 3

Rawmarsh:Haugh Rd: Mute Swan - 2 - E @ 07.30 ; Snipe - 1 - W @ 17.45 ; Jay - 1 - over garden @ 16.25

Rother Valley CP: Mute Swan - 18 ; Whooper Swan - 1 ; Great Crested Grebe - 39 ; Little Grebe - 3 ; Grey Heron - 4 ; Canada Goose - 121 ; Greylag Goose - 1 ; Egyptian Goose - 1 ; Cormorant - 19 ; Mallard - 236 ; Gadwall - 18 ; 320 - 40 ; Wigeon - 43 ; Tufted Duck - 161 ; Pochard - 6 ; Goosander - 5 ; Lapwing - 36 ; Snipe - 1 ; Coot - 216 ; Moorhen - 16 ; Black-headed Gull - 110 ; Common Gull - 1 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 3 ; Kingfisher - 3 ; Skylark - 12+ - S in ones and twos. ; Redwing - 1