Sightings Archive

Norfolk Park garden: Collared Dove - 2 ; Robin - 2 - on feeders ; Dunnock - 1 ; Blackbird - 1 - male ; Blue Tit - 1

Norton Lees: 319 - 1 - over ; Long-tailed Tit - 1 - on fatball feeder

Orgreave Lakes: Shelduck - 2 ; Lesser Redpoll - 4 ; Redshank - 1 - 1st returning bird ; Lapwing - 2 - Pair holding territory ; Curlew - 1

Ramsley Moor: Pink-footed Goose - 45 - heading NW at 10.45 ; Stonechat - 1

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Blackcap - 1 - sub-song & seen briefly in garden @ 0750hrs; seen again 0850hrs

Redmires Res: Greylag Goose - 35 - c. in fields on Soughley Lane ; Canada Goose - 15 - on Res ; Mallard - 14 ; Tufted Duck - 2 - pair on Middle Res ; Lapwing - 70 - c. on Middle Res ; Oystercatcher - 3 - 2 roosting on Middle Res + 1 roosting on Top Res ; Curlew - 169 - roosted on Middle Res ; Raven - 2 - over Top Res

Ringinglow: 319 - 4 - Seen together, mobbed by Crows ; Greenfinch - 1 - Singing male ; Song Thrush - 1 - Singing ; Kestrel - 1 - Male

RVCP: Chiffchaff - 1 - fishing lake ; Oystercatcher - 2 - Main Lake ; Shoveler - 1 - male Meadowgate Lake

Thorpe Hesley: Collared Dove - 2 - First garden visit of the year. ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - In woodland, drumming. ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Redwing - c50

Thrybergh CP: Little Egret - 1 - flew north ; Mute Swan - 58 ; Tufted Duck - 38 ; Wigeon - 3 ; Great Crested Grebe - 8 ; 319 - 4 ; Pied Wagtail - 4

Wentworth: Fieldfare - 10

Agden Res: Great Crested Grebe - 1 - in transitional plumage

Blackburn Brook, Wincobank: Lesser Redpoll - 1 ; Goldfinch - 5 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Song Thrush - 2 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 4

Dore: Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 - To bird feeder

Graves Park: Ring-necked Parakeet - 8 - In tree

Handsworth garden: Stock Dove - 2 - Feeding on seed at dawn. First seen on garden!

Hangingwater allotments: Blackcap - 1 - m singing softly

Millhouses Lane garden: Siskin - 2 - a pair visiting the sunflower hearts feeder

Orgreave Lakes: Kingfisher - 1 ; Goldeneye - 7

Rawmarsh Cemetery: Tawny Owl - 2 - m & f 'duetting' around 0430hrs

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Long-tailed Tit - 4 - in garden briefly before seen off by Blue Tit

Silverwood Lagoon: Great Crested Grebe - 1 - remains uncommon here, and no records at all last year

Smithy Wood, Chapeltown: Snipe - 19 - Boggy wasteland ; Linnet - 4 ; Song Thrush - 1 - Singing ; Reed Bunting - 1 male ; Pied Wagtail - 4 ; Skylark - 3

Thorpe Hesley garden: House Sparrow - 2 - taking nesting material into roof void

Underbank Res: Great Crested Grebe - 2 - a pair back on territory ; Oystercatcher - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 2 - a pair nest-building ; Goldcrest - 7 - 7 singing

Wentworth: Black-headed Gull - 200+ - feeding in fields ; Fieldfare - 4 ; Redwing - 3

Woodthorpe Hall: Ring-necked Parakeet - 1

Agden: Song Thrush - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 3 ; Siskin - 1

Agden Res: Whooper Swan - 30 ; Shelduck - 1 - Dropped into reservoir at 9.30. No sign at 11.30 ; Shoveler - 2 ; Cormorant - 5 ; Whooper Swan - 30 - through the mist ; Shelduck - 1 ; Mandarin - 2 ; Mallard - 10 ; Greylag Goose - 40 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Whooper Swan - 30 - Lots of bugling. ; Whooper Swan - 30 - Flew off NW at 13.25 ; Cormorant - 5

Barlow Common: Barn Owl - 1 ; Yellowhammer - 4 ; Mistle Thrush - 1

Bradfield: Curlew - 2 ; Greylag Goose - 3

Dore garden: Lesser Redpoll - 2 - a pair on feeders ; Pied Wagtail - 1

Hangingwater garden: Carrion Crow - 1 - on table (rare) ; Redwing - c.20 - commuting between garden and ivy berries in allotments ; Chaffinch - 1 - m