Sightings Archive

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Grey Heron - 2 - one N/NE @ 0710hrs, joining second over Roundwood then both E to Thrybergh Tip ; Whitethroat - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 12 ; Jay - 1 ; Blackcap - 1 - male ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Greenfinch - 3 ; Wheatear - 1 - smart 1cy perched on dead mullein stem for 20mins from 0730hrs before flushed by dog walker

Rawmarsh:Haugh Rd: Lapwing - 42 - over Back Lane @ 17.30 ; Wheatear - 1 - imm on playing field @ 07.30

Redmires Middle Res: Lesser Black-backed Gull - c230 - roost ; Yellow-legged Gull - 2 - adults inc limpig bird ; Black-headed Gull - c100 - inc yellow colour ringed bird, unable to read combination.

Ringinglow: Swallow - 7 - Norfolk Arms ; Pied Wagtail - 3 - Norfolk Arms

Rivelin Valley: 319 - 5 - Drifting South over the valley at 2-30pm ; Sparrowhawk - 2 - Interacting with the Buzzards

Roundwood Golf course: Coal Tit - 01-Feb ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - f/juv over ; Goldfinch - 70-80 ; Jay - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 8 ; Lesser Redpoll - 4 - dropped into treetop

RVCP, Main Lake: Egyptian Goose - 1

RVCP, Meadowgate Lake: Common Sandpiper - 2

Silverwood Lagoon: Mute Swan - 11 - pair 9 juvs ; Coot - 15 ; Gadwall - 5 ; 320 - 4 ; Little Grebe - 6 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 18 ; Black-headed Gull - c30 ; Canada Goose - c160 ; Chiffchaff - 3 - singing ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Jay - 8 ; Kestrel - 1 ; 319 - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Skylark - 5 ; Meadow Pipit - 8 - a few singles south ; Bullfinch - 4 ; Long-tailed Tit - c30 - several small flocks around pit top ; Reed Bunting - 6

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 9 ; Little Grebe - 6 ; Cormorant - 10 ; 321 - 1 - jv ; Canada Goose - 92 - in from s24+68 ; Tufted Duck - 53 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - m ; Lapwing - 190 - circa160 in field 30 on front ; Black-headed Gull - 50+ ; Herring Gull - 2 - jv ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 3 - inc 1s-1s ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 12 - odd birds moving s ; Swallow - 4 - inc.2s-2s ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - w ; Robin - 38 - 23sing ; Chiffchaff - 11 ; Goldcrest - 3 - singles ; Bullfinch - 6 - 02/02/2002

Tyzack*s Dam: Goosander - 2

Bakewell: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Stanedge Road ; Wren - 1 - Stanedge Road ; 321 - 1 - Milford

Beauchief gardens: Ring-necked Parakeet - 7

Rawmarsh:Haugh Rd: Peregrine - 1 - male low to W over playing field @ 17.30

Redmires Middle Res: Yellow-legged Gull - 3 - 2 adults and a first-winter in roost ; Herring Gull - 1 - Adult ; Common Gull - 1 - Roosted ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 225 - Roosted ; Black-headed Gull - 255 - Roosted ; Ringed Plover - 4 ; Lapwing - 4 ; Tufted Duck - 3

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 8 ; Little Grebe - 8 ; Cormorant - 6 - inc. 1 past e ; Grey Heron - 1 - jv ; Mute Swan - 35 ; Tufted Duck - 53 ; Pheasant - 4 - mfff ; Lapwing - 130+ - inc 120in fields ; Dunlin - 1 - jv in from e ; Herring Gull - 7 - 1ad 6 jv ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 13 - 12jv 1 near ad ; Black-headed Gull - 60+ ; Swallow - 9 - past s ; Robin - 27 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - past w ; Blackbird - 16 ; Chiffchaff - 18 - 3sing ; Starling - 100+ - in with Lapwing ; Bullfinch - 4

Botanical Gardens: Swallow - 5 - 5 S at 18:00

Catcliffe Flash: Mute Swan - 5 - ad pr + 3 imm ; Wigeon - 7+