Sightings Archive

Rawmarsh Cemetery: Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 6+ ; Woodcock - 1 - flew through, heading N ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Kestrel - 2 - around church tower

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Great Tit - 1pr - in dispute with Blue Tits over nest box ; Blue Tit - 1pr - in dispute with Great Tits over nest box

Redmires Res: Skylark - 3 - flew N in snowstorm ; 320 - 13 ; Tufted Duck - 3 - on Top Res ; Herring Gull - 1 - ad ; Black-headed Gull - 15 ; Redwing - 10 - in fields ; Rook - 40 - in fields ; Lapwing - 185 - on Middle Res

Soughley Lane, Redmires: Pink-footed Goose - 1 - with Greylags in field forming corner with Brownhills Lane mid afternoon

Tyzack*s Dam: Goosander - 3 - 2M & 1F ; Tufted Duck - 2 ; Black-headed Gull - 20+

Bingham Park: Kingfisher - 1 - Upper pond

Crookes Valley Park: 320 - 1 - male

Dore: Magpie - 1 - carrying nesting material

Ewden Height: 319 - 1 ; Fieldfare - 2 ; Woodpigeon - c150

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 1 ; Mallard - 6 - 3 pairs. ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Herring Gull - 1 - Over. ; Herring Gull - 1 - Over. ; Coal Tit - 2 - Lots of calling along path. ; Long-tailed Tit - 5+ ; Treecreeper - 1 - Calling. ; Siskin - 1 - Over. ; Kestrel - 1 - Female

Fulwood garden: Brambling - 7 - 3m and 4f around feeders ; Siskin - 4 - 2m and 2f at feeders ; Bullfinch - 1 - male ; Greenfinch - 9 ; Goldfinch - 5 ; Chaffinch - 8

Greystones garden: Blackcap - 1 - Male in observer's garden

Handsworth Garden: House Sparrow - 8 - feeding on fat balls. Also 8 woodpigeon, 4 collared dove and 2 stock dove feeding on ground

Hangingwater garden: Bullfinch - 3 - 2m & 1f ; Goldfinch - 8 ; Blue Tit - 6 ; Long-tailed Tit - 6 ; Jay - 2 - daily to peanuts ; Blackcap - 1 - singing daily ; Woodpigeon - 3 ; Blackbird - 3 - 2m & 1f ; Chaffinch - 1 - m ; Magpie - 2

Hudson*s Rough: Song Thrush - 1 - singing

Langsett Res: Oystercatcher - 2 - Pair hunkered down on wall besides a raging overflow 09:30

Low Moor, Upper Midhope: Lapwing - c30 - Early signs of establishing territories ; Curlew - 5 ; Snipe - 1 - Heard calling briefly

Malin Bridge: Blackcap - 1 - male again at garden fatball feeder

Midhope Res: Oystercatcher - 7

Peat Pits: Skylark - 3+ - One singing briefly, probably many more in area. ; Lapwing - 34 ; Golden Plover - C300-400 ; Curlew - 1

Ravenfield Church: Nuthatch - 1 ; Redwing - 20+ - Down on farmland.

Redmires conduit: Red Grouse - 12+

Thrybergh CP: Mute Swan - 52 ; Water Rail - 1 ; Goldeneye - 1 - RH ; Tufted Duck - 36 ; Gadwall - 2 ; Pochard - 1 ; Redwing - 64 ; Goldcrest - 1

Walkley Bank: Blackcap - 1 - male visiting feeders in garden

Weston Park: Mandarin - 2 - male & female ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1

Blacka Moor: Magpie - 2 ; Skylark - 6 - feeding together on ground ; Fieldfare - 2 ; Kestrel - 1 - f

Blackburn Meadows NR: Tawny Owl - 1 - Singing from trees on the canal bank at 20.10

Bramley: Marsh Harrier - 1 - Juv/Female low over at approx 13:00.

Crosspool-garden: Sparrowhawk - 1

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 1 ; Mallard - 1 - Male main Res early morning. ; Grey Heron - 1 ; 319 - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 - Perched in trees near road. ; Song Thrush - 2 - Both singing. ; Siskin - 8+ - Small flock over calling.

Hassop: 319 - 7 - at least, with some interaction ; Raven - 4 - 2 plus 2

Heeley Millenium Park: Song Thrush - 1

Hillsborough: Red Kite - 1 - flying W at 12:30, being mobbed.

Kimberworth Park: Magpie - 10 - on Grey Hill

Meersbrook Park: Redwing - c21 - 2 Groups - c7, c14 ; Nuthatch - 1