Sightings Archive

Ravenfield Park: Coal Tit - 3 ; Siskin - 20+ - In tree tops near Bailiffs compound. ; Goldcrest - 2 ; Red-legged Partridge - 1 - On bale.

Silverwood Lagoon: Pink-footed Goose - 110 - WSW at 08.40 ; Siskin - 1 - SW ; Redwing - 5 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - in birch and willow scrub along eastern side of lagoon ; Tawny Owl - 1 - calling in Hollings Lane sidings at dawn ; Kestrel - 1 ; Grey Partridge - 1 ; Jay - 5

Thrybergh CP: Red-crested Pochard - 2 ; Pink-footed Goose - 126 - 110+16 WSW 0825 ; Whooper Swan - 5 - Family party 2ad 3 juv 1103 ; Cormorant - 4 ; Tufted Duck - 9 ; Pochard - 1 - f ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Little Grebe - 3 ; Mute Swan - 33 ; Tawny Owl - 1 - Calling early morning close to Thrybergh village ; 319 - 1 ; Kestrel - 1f ; Lapwing - 42 ; Black-headed Gull - c150 ; Herring Gull - 4 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 ; Robin - 10 ; Starling - 80+ - Small parties moving southward all morning ; Goldfinch - 40 ; Chaffinch - 8 ; Greenfinch - 6 ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Goldcrest - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Blackbird - 18 ; Song Thrush - 5 ; Redwing - 6 ; Skylark - 20 - Moving through southward in small parties ; Jay - 2 ; Magpie - 10 ; Carrion Crow - 12 ; Jackdaw - 2

West Nab: Stonechat - 2 ; Red Grouse - 4 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 11 - single group heading west.

Wharncliffe Side: Brambling - 1 - flew over observers garden calling

Wortley: Little Egret - 1 - East 8.35 - patch tick ; Pink-footed Goose - c170 - c120 south 8.45, c50 west 8.53 ; Redwing - c155 - SW 7-10am ; Chaffinch - 57+ - South. Probable undercount as many unidentified finches seen in distance. ; Woodpigeon - c7505 - S/SW 7-10am ; Stock Dove - 16 - south ; Meadow Pipit - 3 - south ; Starling - 52 - WSW ; Brambling - 3 - 2 SW, 1 S ; 319 - 2 ; Jackdaw - c250 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 6 - east ; Common Gull - 1 ; Cormorant - 2 - west ; Skylark - 5 - south ; Greenfinch - 49 - south - groups of 25, 20 and 4 ; Tawny Owl - 2 - Calling before dawn ; Reed Bunting - 3 - south ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - south

Aldwarke; Liberty Steel: Raven - 1 - over complex briefly ; Peregrine - 1 - on corner of roof

Barlow Common: 319 - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 2 ; Pheasant - 1

Bolsterstone: Kestrel - 2 ; Mistle Thrush - 2 ; 319 - 2 - Together ; Linnet - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Wren - 1

Cinder Bridge Field: Skylark - 4+ ; Yellowhammer - 3 - The Tops ; Red-legged Partridge - 3 ; Goldcrest - 1 - calling from plantation ; Cormorant - 1 - W, towards Wentworth lakes

Heeley City Farm: Grey Wagtail - 1

Kimberworth: Coal Tit - 2 - Looking for insects in the trees at the bottom of the garden.

Longshaw: Treecreeper - 3 ; Goldcrest - 5 ; Brambling - 35-40 ; Lesser Redpoll - 15 ; Lesser Redpoll - 15 - Another photo ; Redwing - 50=60

New Stubbin colliery/tip: Lesser Redpoll - 1 - S ; Redwing - 14 - inc 12 W & 1 in from E ; Jay - 1 ; Bullfinch - 1 ; Starling - c127 - flocks of c100 & 27, both SW ; Stock Dove - 3 - E/NE ; Skylark - 8 - over