Sightings Archive

Thrybergh CP: Redwing - 20 ; Song Thrush - 6 ; Siskin - 2 - 2SE first this winter ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; 319 - 2 ; Skylark - 8

Tommy Flockton*s Marsh: Wigeon - 42 ; 320 - 11 ; Little Egret - 3

Totley Brook: Kingfisher - 1

Totley Moor: Stonechat - 1 - male still present

Walkley: Magpie - c35 - pre-roost gathering in disused allotments off Morley Street

Agden Res: Whooper Swan - 7 ; Mandarin - 13 ; Oystercatcher - 3 ; Whooper Swan - 7 - record shot

Brightside: Ring-necked Parakeet - 50+ - Again roosting in tree opposite Royal Mail Sorting Office. Very vocal again this morning and a lot of preening going on

Dore: Green Woodpecker - 1 - Yaffling in observers garden for 5 minutes

Edge Mount: Red Kite - 1 - Heading WSW ; Brambling - 200 - Huge flock feeding under beech trees. ; Fieldfare - 170

Endcliffe Park: Kingfisher - 1 - Flying over upper lake at 17:25

Graves Park: Goosander - 2 - 2 redheads Boating Lake

Linacre Res: Goosander - 16 - 13 redheads ; Tufted Duck - 52 ; Mandarin - 4 ; Great Crested Grebe - 4 ; Little Grebe - 3 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - drumming

Malin Bridge: Goldcrest - 1 - in garden ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing in garden at dusk

Ringinglow: Pink-footed Goose - 100 - Large skein heading north at 12:10 seen from Totley Rise garden

Thrybergh: House Sparrow - 16

Thrybergh CP: Mute Swan - 22 ; Tufted Duck - 52 ; Scaup - 1 - male ; Gadwall - 3 ; Cormorant - 2 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Lapwing - 30 ; Oystercatcher - 2 - One with metal leg ring new bird ; Black-headed Gull - c200 ; Common Gull - 3 ; Herring Gull - 12 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 ; Red-legged Partridge - 8 ; Grey Partridge - 2 ; Meadow Pipit - 6 ; Pied Wagtail - 25 - NW fields ; Stonechat - 1 - female ; Linnet - 3 ; Greenfinch - 8 ; Goldfinch - 15+ ; Chaffinch - 10 ; Jackdaw - 18 ; Reed Bunting - 4 ; Yellowhammer - 1 - male ; Kestrel - 2 - Pair male calling and displaying ; 319 - 1

Tyzack*s Dam: Goosander - 7 - 2m, 5f

Attercliffe: Great Black-backed Gull - 2 - adults ; Herring Gull - c70

Burbage Bridge: Stonechat - 2 - Perched on fence by carpark

Crowhole: 319 - 2 ; Mandarin - 1

Ecclesall: Common Buzzard - 2 - pair displaying over Ansel Road

Gleadless: Common Gull - 1 - Low NE over Charnock Rec

Langsett Res: Oystercatcher - 1 ; Curlew - 1 - Low SE ; Tufted Duck - 1 male

Low Moor, Upper Midhope: Curlew - 1 ; Fieldfare - c100 ; Stock Dove - 3 - Male display ; Lapwing - 6+ - Some display

Middleton Moor: Lapwing - 245 ; Common Gull - 72 ; 320 - 16 ; Wigeon - 1 - Male ; Stonechat - 2 ; Fieldfare - 125 ; Starling - 40 - Feeding with fieldfare ; Curlew - 16

Midhope Res: Oystercatcher - 2

Moss Valley: Reed Bunting - 1 - Female Carter Hall Lane ; Yellowhammer - 10 - Flock of 10 in ploughed field N of Ryall's Wood

Orgreave Lakes: Goldeneye - 3 ; Oystercatcher - 1 - Single bird flew in with leg ring. ; Oystercatcher - 1 - second picture. ; Reed Bunting - 3 ; Pink-footed Goose - 70+ ; Pheasant - 3

R Don, Effingham St: Mute Swan - 2 - colour ringed pair again, later seen at Newhall Road. ; Coot - 1 ; Goosander - 9 - 5 redhead, 4 males

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Woodpigeon - 5 - feeding together on ivy berries

Redmires Res: Black-headed Gull - 15 - c. roosted on Top Res ; Curlew - 65 - c. circled Top Res at dusk and roosted on the dam wall ; Oystercatcher - 7 - roosted (6 on the Top Res + 1 on the Middle Res)

Renishaw Park: Ring-necked Parakeet - 4 ; Green Woodpecker - 1