Sightings Archive

Silverwood Lagoon: Jay - 2 ; Little Grebe - 6

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 3 ; Grey Heron - 3 - on early am. dep. ; Mute Swan - 31 - inc.12 2nd cy ; Tufted Duck - 36 ; Scaup - 1 - m favouring f.tuft. ; 319 - 4 - 1n-1e-2se all soar. ; Water Rail - 2 ; Black-headed Gull - 60+ ; Herring Gull - 1 - 2nd cy ; Great Black-backed Gull - 2 - 1ad 1-2nd cy past w ; Skylark - 7 - sing ; Skylark - 7 - sing ; Sand Martin - 4 - 2dep.n ; Wren - 12 - 10sing ; Dunnock - 29 - 18sing ; Robin - 21 ; Song Thrush - 2 - sing ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - past e ; Chiffchaff - 6 - sing ; Carrion Crow - 9 - 2pr nest repairing ; Reed Bunting - 8 - 6sing ; Yellowhammer - 3 - 2sing

Walkley: Blackcap - 1 - female feeding reguarally on garden fat balls

Wyming Brook: Lesser Redpoll - 20-30 - In mixed flock with Goldfinches

Bingham Park: Kingfisher - 1 - male lower pond ; Song Thrush - 1

Canklow Woods: Fieldfare - c100 - c 100 south at 0920

Darnall: Carrion Crow - 2 - pair nest building .

Dore garden: Brambling - 7 - inc 2m ; Siskin - 2 - 1m ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - m

Elsecar Res: Goosander - 2 ; Great Crested Grebe - 9

Endcliffe Park: Mandarin - 2 - male & female in lower pond ; Black-headed Gull - 13 - lower pond ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Jay - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 1

Forge Dam: 320 - 1 - female

Graves Park: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker - 01-Feb - one drumming for extensive period around 06.30 150 m or so NW of Charles Ashmore Road car park. Possibly second bird singing briefly nearby (pair?). ; Brambling - 4 - in beeches at NW edge of golf course ; Tufted Duck - 20 - plenty of calling ; Coot - 35 ; Mandarin - 8 ; Canada Goose - 4

Greystones: Waxwing - 40 - 06:40 Initially around 20 individuals but joined by another 20. Preening and resting in Sycamore before coming down to Cotoneaster berries to feed. ; Waxwing - 40 - Another pic

Norton Hall: Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 - male

Norton Lees: Long-tailed Tit - 2 - Regular visitors to observer's garden

Orgreave Lakes: Little Ringed Plover - 1 ; Ringed Plover - 1 ; Redshank - 5 - At least 5. ; Goldeneye - 9 - 3 males ; Goosander - 17 ; Sand Martin - 9 - 3+6. ; Oystercatcher - 2

R Don, Effingham St: Kingfisher - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - Pair

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 4 - 1pr disp. ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Mute Swan - 31 ; Tufted Duck - 28 ; Scaup - 1 - m ; 319 - 2 - 1pat nw 1 in se ; Black-headed Gull - 50 ; Herring Gull - 1 - 2nd cy ; Skylark - 9 - 8sing ; Sand Martin - 6 - 2 on early +2+1+1 arr. later ; Pied Wagtail - 2 - mf ; Wren - 16 - 12sing ; Dunnock - 23 - 9sing ; Robin - 17 - 13sing ; Reed Bunting - 9 - 4sing ; Yellowhammer - 3

Wadsley Common garden: Blackcap - 1 - Male on feeders. ; Brambling - 1 - male on feeders ; Bullfinch - 4 ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 ; Siskin - 12

Whiteley Woods: Dipper - 2 - seen together ; Grey Wagtail - 2

Woodseats: Blackcap - 2 - Male and female

Barlow Common: 319 - 2

Crookes Valley Park: Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing

Crosspool: Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing in trees of Lydgate Park

Fulwood: Brambling - 12 - Visiting feeders in observer's garden

Hangingwater garden: Nuthatch - 2 - together on bird table, one hacking at rotten wood on the roof!

Meersbrook Park: Nuthatch - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 1

Middleton Moor: Curlew - 48 - roosted ; Goosander - 9 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 96 ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - 1stW ; Wheatear - 3 ; Pied Wagtail - 105 - roosted ; Magpie - 25 - roosted

Morehall Res: Goosander - 2 - both females