Sightings Archive

Midhope Res: Song Thrush - 10+ - 7.30 singing/seen around res and immediate area ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Tufted Duck - 3 males

Midhopestones: Merlin - 1 - East towards Underbank Res 15.30

Norwood Allotments: Whooper Swan - 29 - 5 northwest at 18:55 and 24 west at 19:29. Showing really well against the sky tonight.

Pebley Pond: White-fronted Goose - 1 - Still present ; Pink-footed Goose - 5 ; Great Crested Grebe - 3 ; Tufted Duck - 5 ; Oystercatcher - 2 - Possibly the pair from last year ; Canada Goose - c30 ; Greylag Goose - c8

Rawmarsh: Common Buzzard - 1 - over, then SE @ 1615hrs ; Whooper Swan - 1+ - over (presumably N?) @ 1904hrs (heard from indoors)

Redmires - Soughley Lane/Brownhills Lane: Curlew - 43

Redmires conduit: Lapwing - 20+ ; Starling - 30+ ; Curlew - 2 ; Red Grouse - 1 ; Whooper Swan - 2 - Flying over top reservoir

Redmires Middle Res: Curlew - 213 - at least, roosted. ; Oystercatcher - 4 ; Lapwing - 46

Redmires Top Res: Tufted Duck - 5 ; Woodcock - 1 - roding at dusk ; Song Thrush - 1

Redscope Plantation: Wren - 3 - singing ; Dunnock - 2 - singing ; Robin - 3 - singing ; Blackbird - 1+ ; Song Thrush - 1 - feeding ; Blue Tit - 1+ ; Magpie - 1+ ; Carrion Crow - 2 - 1 pair ; Chaffinch - 1 - singing ; Goldfinch - 1+ - singing

Rud Hill: Golden Plover - c60 - in flight

RVCP, Main Lake: Goosander - 26 - max in early months

Shillito Wood: Siskin - 2 ; Goldfinch - 8 ; Chaffinch - 8 ; Blue Tit - 2 ; Coal Tit - 3 ; Great Tit - 2 ; Yellowhammer - 4 ; Reed Bunting - 4 - All males ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Pheasant - 3

Silverwood Lagoon: Whooper Swan - 2 - north at 09.10 ; BITTERN - 1 - 'boomed' once from northern reedbed at 09.25 but not heard again by 10.15

Thrybergh CP: Mute Swan - 48 ; Whooper Swan - 2 - Flew in from S, still present 1040 ; Tufted Duck - 44 ; Great Crested Grebe - 28 ; Goldeneye - 1RH ; Water Rail - 1 - Coming to food ; Kestrel - 2pair ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Song Thrush - 4 ; Redwing - 12 ; Skylark - 8+ - Lots of singing birds ; Bullfinch - 8 ; Chaffinch - 12

Agden Res: Curlew - 46 - in fields to S of dam wall ; Oystercatcher - 4 - on dam wall

Agden Side: Marsh Harrier - 1 - Cream crown flew from Emlin over to Canyards 14:35

Arbourthorne: Mallard - 15 - 3 female 12 male on pond early am ; Black-headed Gull - 25+ - on pond and adj fields ; Starling - 40+ - in trees by pond ; Pied Wagtail - 3 ; Moorhen - 2

Aughton: Brambling - 1 - Hedgerow on Smallage lane ; 319 - 3 - Circling above Smallage lane heading to Woodhouse mill

Barnside Moor: Red Kite - 1

Beauchief: Kestrel - 1 - Allotments area ; Woodpigeon - 30 - in field near Beauchief Hall ; Mandarin - 4 - 3m, 1f - Beauchief Ponds

Beauchief Abbey area: Kestrel - 1

Blackburn Meadows NR: Common Buzzard - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - 1 calling in the canal hedge. ; Reed Bunting - 3 - One singing.

Bramley: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - Adult over Bramley Sunnyside school field.

Coombs Dale: Dipper - 1

Dore Moor: Magpie - 10 - c. pre-roost gathering

Dukes Road: Raven - 2

Eckington: Barn Owl - 1 - Quartering on waste ground west of River Rother

Emlin Moor, Agden: Peregrine - 1

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 2 ; Mallard - 4 - 2 pairs. ; Grey Heron - 1 ; 319 - 1

Flash Farm: Tree Sparrow - 3 ; House Sparrow - 1

Grange Park: 319 - 1 - hunting, N edge of Barber Wood, ; 319 - 1 - displaying low over Brick Kiln Extension ; Coal Tit - 2+ - feeding on suet pellets @ Brick Kiln Ext'

Grange Park Golf Course: Greenfinch - 1 - singing, W edge of Driving Range ; Kestrel - 1 - male,in small tree, edge of 8th fairway

Graves Park: Grey Wagtail - 1