Sightings Archive

Rawmarsh; Gwyn Reed Nature Area: Redwing - 3 ; Stock Dove - 2 - over

Rawmarsh; High Street: Lesser Redpoll - 2 - SE

Rawmarsh; Rosehill Victoria Park: Coal Tit - 1 ; Stock Dove - 5 - inc 1 singing ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Nuthatch - 2 ; Woodpigeon - c100 - most feeding under beeches

Rawmarsh; Sandhill Park: Pink-footed Goose - 10+ - skein over to W or NW, above low cloud/mist @ 0925hrs (same as Thrybergh birds?) ; Goldcrest - 2+

Redmires: Woodpigeon - c.2000 - Heading west 09:45-11:45

RVCP: Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 - behind Bedgreave Mill ; Little Egret - 3 - 2 on River Rother, 1 Meadowgate Lake

Shirebrook Valley: Chiffchaff - 1 - 1 calling by the visitors centre gates.

Silverwood Lagoon: Water Rail - 1 - calling in eastern seedbed ; Reed Bunting - 8 ; Long-tailed Tit - 40+ - flock of c.20 in south paddocks and several other smaller flocks around pit top ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - only thrush feeding on abundant supply of berries

Thrybergh CP: Pink-footed Goose - 90 - 90 West 09:20 ; Wigeon - 3 ; Tufted Duck - 22 ; Gadwall - 8 ; Water Rail - 3 ; Little Grebe - 2 ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Cormorant - 3 ; Black-headed Gull - C80 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 12 ; Herring Gull - 28 ; Common Gull - 1 ; Goldfinch - 60+ ; Chaffinch - 10 ; Greenfinch - 4 ; Lesser Redpoll - 3 - In silver birch in South paddock ; House Sparrow - 16 ; Dunnock - 18 ; Robin - 10 ; 319 - 2

Thrybergh Tip: Coot - 4+ ; Moorhen - 2 ; Mute Swan - 4 - Family party. ; Mallard - 10+ ; Gadwall - 60+ - With more arriving. ; Shoveler - 10+ ; 320 - 2+ - Calling from Reed bed but not seen. ; Water Rail - 1 - Sharming. ; Kingfisher - 2 - Plenty of calling and chasing. ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - Juvenile down on water briefly. ; Cormorant - 2 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Jay - 2 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Call only. ; Fieldfare - 2 ; Redwing - 30+ - Numerous flocks feeding on Berries. ; Chaffinch - 1 - Male. ; Linnet - 10+ ; Goldfinch - 1 - Feeding on seed heads. ; Bullfinch - 1 - Female. ; Goldcrest - 6+ ; Little Grebe - 2

Walkley garden: Chaffinch - 2 - healthy looking pair under seed feeder and in fruit trees.

Warren Vale Community Woodland: Jay - 1 ; Bullfinch - 5 ; Greenfinch - 1 ; Pheasant - 1 - female

Warren Vale LNR: Goldcrest - 1 ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Song Thrush - 1

Warren Vale LNR; Birch Wood: Common Buzzard - 2 - adult & 'whining' juv on N edge of woodland ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Siskin - 1 - heard, over

Catcliffe Flash: Mandarin - 1 - female ; Water Rail - 1 - sharming dusk ; Shoveler - 4 ; Sparrowhawk - 2 - hunting together dusk

Deepcar/ Garden: Long-tailed Tit - 9 - flock flew in 08:30ish onto feeders and left about 20 minutes later ; House Sparrow - 08-Dec ; Coal Tit - 2 - on peanut feeders ; Blue Tit - 04-May - as coal tits ; Collared Dove - 2 ; Woodpigeon - 3 ; Magpie - 2 ; Jackdaw - 06-Aug ; Stock Dove - 1 ; Goldfinch - 12 ; Dunnock - 2 ; Robin - 1 ; Wren - 1

Heeley City Farm: Mistle Thrush - 1

Holmebrook Valley Park: Pink-footed Goose - 100 - West at 11:20

R Sheaf, Heeley - Broadfield Road: Grey Wagtail - 1

Redmires conduit: Goldcrest - 10 - in alder by conduit

Redmires Res: Greylag Goose - 60 - c. ; Canada Goose - 46 ; Mallard - 60 - c. ; 320 - 32 ; Moorhen - 1 ; Snipe - 1 - flushed on Roper Hill ; Lapwing - 40 - c.