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Sightings Archive

From the Sightings Archive you are able to search for archived sighting records which are more than 3 years old and dating back to 2011.

Friday 22nd January 2021

  • Silverwood Lagoon: Long-tailed Tit - 15 ; Goldfinch - 15
  • Soughley Lane, Redmires: Greylag Goose - 10 - Including one on small side with marked white blaze and black tip to bill, but no sign of White-fronted Goose.
  • Summerley: Kestrel - 1 ; Redwing - 6 ; 319 - 1
  • Totley Bents: Lesser Redpoll - 3 ; Willow Tit - 1
  • Ulley CP: Siskin - 20 - up to twenty feeding in Alders by Morthen Arm feeding station.
  • Wadsley: Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 - Single over Overton Road
  • West Nab: Barn Owl - 1 - hunting over rough pasture @ 14.30. ; Fieldfare - c150 - feeding in sheep fields. ; Starling - c100 - feeding with Fieldfares.
  • Wharncliffe Chase (north): Stonechat - Pair ; 319 - 2 - Calling ; Jay - 2 ; Woodpigeon - c400 ; Stock Dove - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 3 west ; Kestrel - 2
  • Whirlowdale Crescent: Tawny Owl - 1 - heard

Thursday 21st January 2021

  • Brinsworth: Blackbird - 1 - Singing on Barrett estate 5.00am
  • Bromley, nr High Green: Red-legged Partridge - 3 ; Black-headed Gull - 23 ; Corvid - c1000 - Mixed Carrion Crow/Jackdaw group feeding in newly ploughed fields.
  • Brownhills Lane: White-fronted Goose - 1 - imm with 6 Greylags ; Greylag Goose - 1 - 'white-fronted' bird, but note thick orange bill with pale tip (cf the White-front).
  • Chatsworth Park: Redwing - 100+ - Parties of 70+ and 30+ ; Goosander - 1 - Redhead flying south
  • Cinder Bridge Field: Common Buzzard - 2 - over together ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - harassed by crow
  • Crosspool: Tawny Owl - 1 - roosting in tree hollow
  • Fulwood Garden: Treecreeper - 1 - Not seen one in the garden for years.
  • General Cemetery, Sharrow: Bullfinch - 2 - 1m,1f
  • Green Moor: Tree Sparrow - 8 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Male ; Greenfinch - 4
  • Hollow Meadows: Barn Owl - 1 - hunting mid-afternoon
  • Hurlfield: Tawny Owl - 1
  • Manor Fields Park: Kingfisher - 1
  • Nether Haugh: Common Buzzard - 1 - soaring high over
  • New Stubbin colliery/tip: Jackdaw - 7+ - feeding in paddock ; Rook - 11+ - feeding in paddock ; Jay - 1 - on Roman Ridge
  • R Don, Deepcar: Goosander - 1 - #NAME?
  • Rawmarsh; Stubbin incline: Bullfinch - 1 - male ; Chaffinch - 1 ; Herring Gull - 1 - SW. Very few birds about in blustery conditions ; Red-legged Partridge - c50 - single covey, in adjacent field ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1
  • Redmires conduit: Stonechat - 1
  • Redmires Middle Res: Lapwing - 30 ; Grey Wagtail - 2
  • Shillito Wood: Brambling - 3
  • Storrs Dike, Bromley: Wigeon - 1 - Female with Mallards again, last seen 8/1/21 ; Mallard - c85 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; 319 - Pair - Call/display ; Grey Wagtail - 1
  • Wadsley: Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 - First one seen hereabouts.
  • Walkley Bank: Goldcrest - 1 - feeding on fat-logs in garden
  • Wentworth Park; Cortworth Field Plantn: Common Buzzard - 1 - soaring over

Wednesday 20th January 2021

  • Baslow: Siskin - 6 - Largest count this winter on feeders
  • Frecheville: Goosander - 8 - Frecheville pond.
  • Green Moor: Tree Sparrow - 7 ; Chaffinch - 10+ - A good number here ; Greenfinch - 5
  • Hathersage: Redwing - 30 - In flock with 2 Mistle Thrushes
  • Hathersage garden: Brambling - 1 - At feeding stations
  • Millhouses Lane garden: Siskin - 2 - females, visiting the feeders
  • Orgreave Lakes: Green Woodpecker - 1 - Associating with Fieldfares
  • Ringinglow: Starling - 180+ - In field
  • Wire Mill Dam: Goosander - 3 - 2f 1 m

Tuesday 19th January 2021

  • Barlow Common: Lapwing - c. 95 ; 319 - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Skylark - 3+ ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 3+
  • Brincliffe Edge: Redwing - 15 - Chelsea Park
  • Canklow Woods: Lesser Redpoll - 70 plus - mobile flock of 70 plus
  • Centenary Riverside: Kestrel - 1 - hunting over 13.00 ; Cormorant - 4 - 2 over, 2 feeding on swollen river ; Mallard - 07-Aug ; Moorhen - 1 ; Redwing - 2 ; Raven - 1 ; Robin - 2 - 1 singing
  • Endcliffe Park: Black-headed Gull - 375 ; Common Gull - 1
  • Fulwood garden: Siskin - 1 - male briefly - first of the year ; Redwing - 1 - in trees ; Goldcrest - 1
  • Green Moor: Tree Sparrow - 7
  • Kimberworth Park: Song Thrush - 1 - Singing near Remount Road.
  • Norfolk Heritage Park: Carrion Crow - at least 17 ; Woodpigeon - at least 31 - mostly perched in tree tops ; Jay - 3 ; Robin - at least 8 - some singing

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