Sightings Archive

Linacre Res: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 4 ; Mandarin - 6 - 6/7m up in fir tree on the far side of lower reservoir. ; Nuthatch - 6 ; Treecreeper - 4 ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 2

Orgreave Lakes: Whooper Swan - 47 - heading north towards Rotherham at 08:30 ; Whooper Swan - 9 - another 9 heading NW at 08:44 ; Ringed Plover - 2 - 2 north ; Curlew - 1 ; Goldeneye - 10

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Kestrel - 1 - male, hunting ; Siskin - 19 - 13 N; 3 4 S/SW + pair 'down' ; Redwing - 7 - NE ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Great Tit - 5 - territorial/courtship interaction ; Bullfinch - 1pr ; Greenfinch - 1 - singing male ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - singing male

R Don, Attercliffe: Herring Gull - c50 ; Great Black-backed Gull - 2 ; Cormorant - 3 - 2+1 towards city centre

R Don, Effingham St: Iceland Gull - 1 - 2w on roof at 9:45 with BHG, and also reported at 07:25, and still present at 13:30.

Roundwood Golf course: Siskin - 2 ; Redwing - 2 ; Magpie - 12+ ; Coal Tit - 1 - singing male ; Goldfinch - 8

Silverwood Lagoon: Short-eared Owl - 2 - wintring birds still present

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 6 ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Mute Swan - 21 - 15ad6jv ; Whooper Swan - 2 - ad dep.to w with 2m.swan 0915 ; Pochard - 10 - 6m4f ; Tufted Duck - 21 ; 319 - 1 - soar.in n ; Red-legged Partridge - 2 ; Water Rail - 2 ; Moorhen - 14 ; Coot - 70 ; Black-headed Gull - 70 - + ; Common Gull - 1 ; Herring Gull - 1 - 1st wint. ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - ad came in ; Woodpigeon - 100 - + in 2 flocks ; Green Woodpecker - 2 - singles yaff. ; Skylark - 6 - sing. ; Wren - 10 ; Dunnock - 34 - 17sing ; Robin - 22 ; Song Thrush - 3 - sing ; Mistle Thrush - 3 - sing +2past e ; Blackbird - 16 ; Great Tit - 10 ; Blue Tit - 10 ; Long-tailed Tit - 6 - 3pr ; Goldcrest - 2 - singles 1singing ; Bullfinch - 13 - 2-2-2-7 ; Reed Bunting - 5 - 1sing. ; Yellowhammer - 6 - 4sing.

Wadsley Common: Siskin - c20 - In garden every day this week to and fro on feeders.

Endcliffe Park: Mandarin - 2 - pair on upper pond ; Moorhen - 1 - sitting 6/7 metres up tree near upper pond ; Kingfisher - 1 - male at lower pond

Greaves* Piece: Great Grey Shrike - 1 - Shrike in same location it was reported yesterday

Handsworth: Siskin - 1 - Male on garden feeders.

Herringthorpe: Jackdaw - 50 - 50+ on ground on herringthorpe playing field

Ickles: Waxwing - 5 - 5 over ickles roundabout towards centenary riverside at 0805

Manor Fields Park: Stonechat - 1 - in central area 16:30.

Moscar: Barn Owl - 1 - Flushed from edge of road on Rod Side above junction with A57.

Mount Darnall: Iceland Gull - 1 ; Herring Gull - 78 - including one caspo candidate on old airport ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 3 - on old airport ; Great Black-backed Gull - 1 - On old airport

R Don, Effingham St: Iceland Gull - 1 - 2W again, Effingham St, coming to cake handouts with the BHG ; Iceland Gull - 1 ; Iceland Gull - 1

Redmires conduit: Golden Plover - 80 - In rough field E of conduit ; Lapwing - 40 - With Golden Plover in rough field

Redmires Top Res: Curlew - 71 - 22 roosting on top dam wall joined by 49 from field on Roper Hill to roost ; Merlin - 1 - SE over top res late afternoon flushing Curlews ; Oystercatcher - 2 - Roosting on top dam wall ; Waxwing - 30 - W to roost at 17:45 ; Crossbill - 2 ; Mallard - 6

Rivelin Valley: Curlew - 14 - In fields West of Rails Rd with Lapwing ; Lapwing - 10 - In fields west of Rails Rd

River Don Attercliffe: Dipper - 1

Soughley Lane, Redmires: Greylag Goose - 19 - Grazing in fields ; Canada Goose - 25 - Grazing in fields ; Kestrel - 1

West Nab: Stonechat - 2 - 2 males sat on gorse .

Bingham Park: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - drummed twice then disturbed by very loud machine in nearby garden

Bolsterstone: Little Owl - 1 - on fence post near Waldershaigh ; Golden Plover - 1+ - heard calling but not seen ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing near Heads Lane ; Fieldfare - 30+ - foraging in fields off Heads Lane

Bolsterstone Stone Moor: Lapwing - 10 - in field off Stone Moor Road ; Lapwing - 5 - in rushy field off Stone Moor Road