Sightings Archive

Thrybergh CP: Tufted Duck - 34 ; Lapwing - 300 ; Black-headed Gull - 200 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 4 - Imm.s ; Skylark - 7 - Party s ; Meadow Pipit - 18 - S ; Dunnock - 18 ; Robin - 41 - 23 sing ; Chiffchaff - 4 ; Goldcrest - 5 ; Jackdaw - 17 - Small parties passing thro ; Starling - 80+ - in with Lapwing ; Linnet - 50+ - small flocks on site ; Lesser Redpoll - 2 - Singles s ; Siskin - 1 - Se ; Lapwing - 300 - flock I'm fields

Canklow Woods: Chiffchaff - 1 - 1 singing

Edge Mount: Barn Owl - 2 - hunting together over rough pasture at dusk .

Endcliffe Park: Kingfisher - 1 - lower lake at 17:35

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 1 ; Mallard - 6 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 10+ - Circling over farmland with Corvids. ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - Adult over. ; Swallow - 5 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Bullfinch - 1 - Male ; Linnet - 11 - On wires. ; Mistle Thrush - 18 - 17 over together, single on telegraph pole. ; Willow Tit - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 3

Greno Wood: Peregrine - 1 - In flight over Penistone Road

Hillsborough Park: Collared Dove - 140 - At least 140 in roosts on two of the islands in the pond.

Ladybower Res: Cormorant - 2 ; 319 - 2 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 7

Middleton Moor: Wigeon - 1 - Male ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - Adult

Orgreave Lakes: Ruff - 1 - circled at 08:40 then flew south

Rawmarsh:Haugh Rd: Canada Goose - 22 - SW @ 07.40 ; Merlin - 1 - circled over Stubbin Pit Site @ 16.15 mobbed by 2 Jackdaws. Flew SW @ 16.18

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 9 ; Little Grebe - 4 ; Cormorant - 6 ; Mute Swan - 18 ; Gadwall - 3 - mmf ; Shoveler - 1 - circled then left s ; Tufted Duck - 86 ; Pheasant - 2 - m call. ; Lapwing - 380 - in fields e/side ; Black-headed Gull - 300+ ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 - jv ; Woodpigeon - 120 - #NAME? ; Feral Pigeon - 150 - #NAME? ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Robin - 31 - 20 sing. ; Blackbird - 19 ; Chiffchaff - 4 - sing ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Jackdaw - 8 - odd birds passing over ; Starling - 100+ - in with Lapwing ; Hobby - 1 - east at 0850

Woodhouse Tip: Starling - 150+ ; Blackbird - 27 ; Song Thrush - 9 ; Meadow Pipit - 18 ; Skylark - 5 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Swallow - 2 - Flying south ; Goldfinch - 120+ - Mixed with Greenfinch ; Greenfinch - 50+ - In with goldfinch flock

Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet: Kingfisher - 1 - on mill pond ; Mandarin - 20+ - on mill pond ; 319 - 1

Barlow Common: 319 - 01-Feb

Big Moor: 319 - 1 ; Kestrel - 1

Crookes Valley Park: Coot - 5 - 4 adults and a fully-grown imm ; Moorhen - 3 - Adult pair and a full-grown imm ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing

Ecclesall Woods: Stock Dove - 1

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 2 ; Mallard - 12 ; Black-headed Gull - 6+ - Circling over site presumably feeding on insects. ; Jay - 2 - In willows. ; Magpie - 3 - Feeding on ground amongst sheep. ; Grey Heron - 1 - Over calling. ; Linnet - 7 ; Bullfinch - 4 ; Goldfinch - 8 ; Meadow Pipit - 3 - Over SE. ; Willow Tit - 1 - Calling. ; Kestrel - 1 - F preening on telegraph pole. ; 319 - 1 - Circling in distance. ; 320 - 5

Handsworth garden: Greenfinch - 9 - On feeders.

Hangingwater garden: Mistle Thrush - 1 - brief song at top of high trees

Manor Fields Park: Stonechat - 1 - male in central area 08:55.