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From the Sightings Archive you are able to search for archived sighting records which are more than 3 years old and dating back to 2011.

Sunday 26th February 2017

  • Brightholmlee/Carhouse area: Redwing - 37 - perched in large ash tree on Carhouse Lane ; Mistle Thrush - 4 - Feeding in pasture on Carhouse ; Song Thrush - 1 - Feedinging in field with alpacas ; Bullfinch - 2 - Pair in blackthorn bushes in Carhouse Meadows Reserve ; 321 - 1
  • Broomhead Res: Curlew - 32 - circling res ; Tufted Duck - 7 ; Crossbill - 2 ; Lesser Redpoll - c40
  • Canklow Woods: Common Buzzard - 3 - 3 in the air together at 1220
  • Crookes: 322 - 1 - Eagle Owl in garden on Brighton Terrace Rd
  • Dale Dike Res: Greylag Goose - 67 ; Curlew - 3 - flew NE
  • Dalton: Bullfinch - 2 ; Willow Tit - 1 - on Dalton Brook ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 3 - SW ; Long-tailed Tit - 1 ; Greenfinch - 1 - singing male ; Black-headed Gull - 41 - feeding on recreation ground
  • Damflask Res: Great Crested Grebe - 1
  • Endcliffe Park: Kingfisher - 2 - male and female interacting on upper pond
  • Fatty Boyns Ponds: Mute Swan - 2 - SW @ 0653hrs ; Pheasant - 1 - cock ; Greylag Goose - 3 - SW @ 0700hrs ; Little Grebe - 1 - trilling ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Coal Tit - 1 - singing male ; Long-tailed Tit - 3
  • Greasbrough Dam,Wentworth: Goosander - 2 - females ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1
  • Handsworth: Stock Dove - 3 - feeding under gaden feeders. ; Waxwing - 80 - in tree on Handsworth Road (north of Parkway)
  • Harthill Res: Tufted Duck - 27 ; Mute Swan - 4 ; Great Crested Grebe - 6
  • Hillsborough: Dipper - 4 - On River Don by Wardsend Cemetery 4 over a stretch of 100 metres acting territorially (2 pairs?)
  • Oughtibridge: Peregrine - 1 - Flying east over Beeley Wood
  • Porter Valley: Dipper - 2 - Flying down stream on river below Wire Mill Dam
  • R Don, Aldwarke: Cormorant - 3 - on pylons by 0910hrs ; Moorhen - 4 ; Mallard - 5prs ; Pheasant - 1 - cock ; Goosander - 5 - 1pr; 3f ; 320 - 1 - drake
  • R Don, Eastwood: Mallard - 40-50 ; 320 - 5 ; Gadwall - 9 - 6m; 3f ; Cormorant - 2 - imm + ad in full breeding plumage ; Moorhen - 1 ; Mute Swan - 5 - 4 ads; 1 2cy ; Tufted Duck - 2 - drakes
  • R Don, Thrybergh Banks: Coot - 5 ; 320 - 9 ; Mallard - 4 ; Mute Swan - 2 ; Tufted Duck - c120 ; Gadwall - 27 ; Moorhen - 2 ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Stock Dove - 1 - singing male
  • Rivelin Valley: Curlew - 36 - in field Rivelin valley road/Rails road
  • Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 10 ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Mute Swan - 15 - 9ad 6jv ; Canada Goose - 10 - along wit the grey col.feral ; Gadwall - 3 - 2m1f ; Pochard - 10 - 6m4f ; Tufted Duck - 30 ; Scaup - 1 - imm.m ; 319 - 4 - soaring t,gther in s ; Water Rail - 2 ; Moorhen - 14 ; Lapwing - 180 - #NAME? ; Black-headed Gull - 250+ ; Common Gull - 1 - ad ; Herring Gull - 6 - 1ad 21st wint.+31st wint. past w ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - yaff. ; Skylark - 12 - 8sing ; Wren - 12 - sing ; Dunnock - 20 - 14sing ; Robin - 23 - 14sing ; Long-tailed Tit - 6 - 3pr ; Blackbird - 25 ; Bullfinch - 16 - 06/06/2004 ; Reed Bunting - 3 ; Yellowhammer - 6 - 3sing
  • Thrybergh Res: Scaup - 1
  • Thrybergh Tip: Shoveler - 12 ; Pochard - 1 - drake ; Little Grebe - 1 - trilling ; Canada Goose - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 5 ; Pintail - 1 - f, in from high to E/NE @ 0813hrs ; Mute Swan - 1pr ; Reed Bunting - 2 - singing males ; Water Rail - 2 - sharming ; 320 - c30

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