Sightings Archive

Redmires Res: Pink-footed Goose - 50 - flew W at 08:50 hst ; Blackbird - 10 ; Fieldfare - 450 - c. flew SW in 3 hrs ; Starling - 300 - flew W ; Crossbill - 1 - flew W ; Moorhen - 1 ; Goldcrest - 10 - c. ; Lapwing - 42 - in fields ; Reed Bunting - 6 - flew SW ; Redwing - 50 - c. flew SW ; Brambling - 5 - flew W

Roundwood Golf course: Fieldfare - c150 - single flock, low to S ; Herring Gull - 6 - all SW ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - calling ; Great Black-backed Gull - 2 - SW ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - calling ; Red-legged Partridge - 1 - calling

Shepherd Wheel: Moorhen - 4 - 1 adult, 3 juvs

Stannington: Redwing - 30+ - Small groups mixed in with mass Woodpigeon movements SW ; Woodpigeon - 5000+ - Large flocks heading south over Oldfield

Thrybergh; Bluebell Wood: Common Buzzard - 3 - over, interacting, 0912-0915hrs ; Peregrine - 1 - over, 0912-0915hrs, harassing Buzzards

Upper Common, Scholes: Kestrel - 3 - hunting, all hovering almost simultaneously

Wadsley Common garden: Blue Tit - 10 - on feeders. ; Goldfinch - 25 ; Pink-footed Goose - c100 - Over high to SE.

White Edge: Pink-footed Goose - 150 - c150 NE at 8.50am ; Red Grouse - 3 ; Raven - 2 ; Meadow Pipit - 12 - 12+ ; Starling - 30

Whiteley Woods: Grey Wagtail - 1

Wire Mill Dam: Mandarin - 3 - 2m, 1f

Bradway: Pink-footed Goose - 82 - Heading SW over Bradway.

Brincliffe Edge Wood: Tawny Owl - 1 - Male calling

Canklow Woods: Lesser Redpoll - 40+ - single flock

Chapeltown: Pink-footed Goose - c150 - NW 10.50

Graves Park: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Jay - 3 - on ground together

Greenhill: Pink-footed Goose - 150+ - flew west at 09:49

Heeley City Farm: Grey Wagtail - 1

Kimberworth Park: Fieldfare - 30+ - west over Remount Road at 12:15

Low Moor, Upper Midhope: Lesser Redpoll - c60 - Mixed Siskin/Goldfinch group ; Siskin - c40 ; Goldfinch - c20 ; Fieldfare - 500+ ; Crossbill - 20 - 5+15 over towards Langsett ; Starling - c200 - Incl c110 west ; Pink-footed Goose - c70 - NW 9.50am ; Merlin - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Kestrel - 3 ; Stonechat - 1 ; Jay - 5 ; Raven - 1 ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Woodpigeon - c500 - Blogging around area uncertain wether to move due to fog over moors ; Black-headed Gull - c300 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 12

Redmires Res: Canada Goose - 25 ; Greylag Goose - 20 ; Mallard - 8 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Lapwing - 25 - c. ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 11 - flew SW ; Herring Gull - 1 - ad ; Black-headed Gull - 25 ; Common Gull - 17 - flew SW ; Woodpigeon - 200 - c. flew SW ; Fieldfare - 50 - c. flew SW ; Redwing - 20 - c. flew SW ; Blackbird - 10 ; Lesser Redpoll - 15 ; Pink-footed Goose - 30 - flew low to the west at 08:45 ; Jackdaw - 8 - flew W ; Reed Bunting - 4 ; Dunnock - 4 - by Top Res ; Goldcrest - 8 ; Starling - 200 - flew W in a single wave ; Pink-footed Goose - 30 - flew W at 08:27 hrs ; Fieldfare - 150 - flew SW ; Common Buzzard - 1

Silver Wood: Pink-footed Goose - c160 - NW at 10:40

Wortley: Barn Owl - 2 - Hunting pre-dawn ; Jackdaw - c250 - Leaving roost ; Redwing - c10 ; Fieldfare - c60 ; Pink-footed Goose - 1+ - Heard only due to thick fog, possibly heading south ; Brambling - 01-Apr - With Fieldfare ; Grey Wagtail - 1

Barnside Moor: 319 - 1 - Ground feeding for worms ; Fieldfare - c50

Bents Green: Woodpigeon - 1000+ - N to S over Common Lane area in more or less continuous wide stream for several minutes. Occasionally the stream broadened out to a "skyful".

Blue Man*s Bower: Lesser Redpoll - 22 - south ; Fieldfare - 12 ; Redwing - 41 ; Long-tailed Tit - 17+ - in large mixed tit flock ; 319 - 2

Brightside: Ring-necked Parakeet - At least 80 - Roosting in the usual trees on Brighrside Lane.

Canklow Woods: Raven - 2 - pair displaying tumbling at 11:50