Sightings Archive

Thrybergh CP: Redwing - 5 ; Blackbird - 14 ; Jackdaw - 32

Aldwarke; Liberty Steel: Stock Dove - 9 - on pylons & floodlights

Baslow: Blackcap - 1 - Male in garden

Eastwood, Rotherham: Pink-footed Goose - 73 - W/NW @ 0958hrs

Ecclesall: Pink-footed Goose - 130 - flew low to NW at 10:20 hrs

Fatty Boyns Ponds: Black-headed Gull - 33 - over adjacent field ; Chaffinch - 9+ ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 10+ ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - over ; Pink-footed Goose - 133 - W @ 0744hrs; very early.

Handsworth: Oystercatcher - Roy.twigg@googlemail.com - One over calling not seen

High Green: Pink-footed Goose - c100 - NW 10.15

Orgreave Lakes: Raven - 2 - High North West ; Great Black-backed Gull - 81 - All gulls in pre roost ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 41 ; Common Gull - 6 ; Black-headed Gull - 188 ; Larus sp - 1 - An interesting gull currently not fully identified

R Derwent, Calver Weir: Grey Wagtail - 1

R Derwent, nr Calver Mill: 321 - 1 ; Dipper - 1 ; Mandarin - c24 ; Long-tailed Tit - 2

R Derwent, nr Stocking Farm: Redwing - c 40 ; Mistle Thrush - 1

Redmires Res: Canada Goose - 25 - on Middle Res ; Greylag Goose - 179 - in fields on Soughley Lane - site record with numbers continuing to build nicely ; Pink-footed Goose - 900 - flew W in 8 skeins between 08:15 - 09:45 hrs (well spread out with some to north and south of reservoirs) ; Common Buzzard - 1 - over Ocean View ; Kestrel - 3 ; Peregrine - 1 - briefly over Bottom Res - flushed goose flock in the process ; Raven - 2 - over Top Res ; Mallard - 27 ; Moorhen - 2 - still on Top Res ; Blackbird - 4 ; Bullfinch - 2 - pair by Top Res ; Fieldfare - 50 - c. flew south ; Redwing - 3 ; Mistle Thrush - 2 ; Meadow Pipit - 1 - over Top Res ; Herring Gull - 2 - first-winters ; Black-headed Gull - 20 ; Common Gull - 1 - ad flew NE

Rotherham; Barbot Hall: Common Buzzard - 1 - soaring over woodland

Rotherham; Northfield: Herring Gull - 60-70 - at recycling centre ; Great Black-backed Gull - 2 - at recycling centre

Roundwood Ponds: Cormorant - 3 - on pylon overlooking ponds

Silverwood Lagoon: Pink-footed Goose - c.790 - 60-100-200-400-30 SE 07.45 - 08.50

Thrybergh: Raven - 1

Thrybergh CP: Grey Heron - 1 ; Pink-footed Goose - 666 - Total of 666, mostly headed west - biggest flock 350 smallest 24 ; Tufted Duck - 57 ; Gadwall - 6 ; Pochard - 5 ; Mute Swan - 38 ; 319 - 4 ; Kestrel - 1 f ; Sparrowhawk - 1m ; Great Crested Grebe - 7 ; Lesser Redpoll - 8 ; Pied Wagtail - 4 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Blue Tit - 8 ; Great Tit - 6 ; Long-tailed Tit - 8 ; Coal Tit - 1

Thrybergh Tip: Pink-footed Goose - c450 - c180 & 32 @ 0751; c180 @ 0755hrs, all W; c60 NE @ 0846hrs ; Cormorant - 2 ; Coot - c40 ; Shoveler - 8 - 4m; 4f ; Mute Swan - 3 - resident pair + 1 over from SW & onto river ; Tufted Duck - 18 ; Gadwall - 11 ; Mallard - c40 - lots of display ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Cetti's Warbler - 1 - infrequent song ; Grey Heron - 1 - adult ; 320 - 7 - 2m; 5f ; Jay - 3 ; Moorhen - 2 ; Snipe - 2 ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 10+ - flock ; Goldcrest - 2 ; Lesser Redpoll - 2 ; Water Rail - 2 - 'sharming' from opposite sites of flash ; Canada Goose - 22 - SW from direction of Thrybergh CP ; Bullfinch - 6 ; Siskin - 4 - 2 + 2, over

Upperdale: Mute Swan - 2

Barlow Common: Yellowhammer - 6 - 4 together; 2 others heard. ; Pheasant - 1 ; Kestrel - 1

Bramall Lane: 324 - 1 - Bat - flew across the stadium early afternoon

Ecclesfield park: Common Gull - 1 - Fly through calling.

Graves Park: Ring-necked Parakeet - 2+