Sightings Archive

Thrybergh CP: Goosander - 1RH ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Redwing - C40 ; Fieldfare - 10 ; Blackbird - C20 ; Song Thrush - 5 ; Robin - 10 - One bird feeding from the hand ; Greenfinch - 6 ; Chaffinch - 10 ; Lesser Redpoll - 3 ; Brambling - 2 - At feeding station ; Bullfinch - 9 ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 - male

Totley: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 - Flew into tree near Gillfield Wood & then chasing each other around ; 321 - 1 - Flying near Totley Brook ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Feeding from suet feeder in garden off Moorwood Lane between Totley & Holmesfield ; Long-tailed Tit - c6 - Trees off Moorwood Lane

Upper Midhope: Nuthatch - 1 ; Robin - 2 ; Redwing - 12 ; Collared Dove - 3 ; Blackbird - 3 ; Blue Tit - 5 ; Great Tit - 2 ; Coal Tit - 1 ; House Sparrow - 4 ; Woodpigeon - 2 ; Starling - 1 ; Dunnock - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Goldfinch - 6 ; Chaffinch - 4 ; Fieldfare - 1 ; Greenfinch - 2 ; Magpie - 1 ; Pheasant - 1

Walkley garden: Redwing - 9 - Passing to N-E via holly and hawthorn.

Agden Res: Tufted Duck - 4 ; Mandarin - 7 - mostly pairs ; Long-tailed Tit - 10 - Roving party on south side of reservoir. ; Coal Tit - 5 - on feeders ; Raven - 1 - Single cronking flying south west. ; Great Tit - 4 - on feeders with mixed tits. ; Mallard - 5

Blackburn Meadows NR: Brambling - 1 - Caught and ringed this morning.

Brincliffe Edge: Fieldfare - 1 - Redwings relatively common in garden, but first Fieldfare for at least 10 years ; Fieldfare - 5 - earlier single bird seems to have returned with his mates

Brownhills Lane: Meadow Pipit - 10 - Feeding around manure pile in frozen fields

Castleton: Pink-footed Goose - 150+ - flew north at 12:48

Catcliffe Flash: Black-headed Gull - 42+ ; Gadwall - 16 ; Shoveler - 2 - Male ; Tufted Duck - 1 - Male ; 320 - 19 ; Wigeon - 1 - Male

Chatsworth Park: Redwing - 60+ - Feeding in litter under beech trees ; Meadow Pipit - 31 - Feeding on waterlogged pasture in front of house ; Cormorant - 1 ; Stock Dove - 2

Dale Dike Res: Raven - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Mallard - 20 ; Greylag Goose - 250 - Feeding in fields ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Blackbird - 6 ; Blue Tit - 3 ; Coal Tit - 2

Endcliffe Park: Kingfisher - 2 - Male and female on lower pond ; Dipper - 1 ; Mandarin - 1 - m top lake

Ewden Height: Grey Heron - 2 - Separate birds flying towards Broomhead Res. ; Kestrel - 1

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 2 - Feeding on sluice no ducks Main Res all frozen. ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Herring Gull - 9 - 8 over 1 down of farmland with Covids. ; Black-headed Gull - 2 - Over. ; Grey Partridge - 8 ; Pheasant - 20+ - Seemingly everywhere. ; Kestrel - 1 - Male perched over road at dawn. ; 319 - 2 ; Mistle Thrush - 2 ; Song Thrush - 3+ ; Fieldfare - 20+ ; Blackbird - 20+ ; Jay - 2 ; Jackdaw - 150+ - Left roost together @ dawn. ; Goldcrest - 1 - With LTT Flock. ; Long-tailed Tit - 12 - In trees over dam wall. ; Reed Bunting - 1 - Scarce here now. ; Siskin - 2+ ; Lesser Redpoll - 2+ ; Bullfinch - 1 ; 324 - 1 - Roe Deer.

Fulwood rd garden: Redwing - 1

Green Moor: Tree Sparrow - 9 ; Yellowhammer - 2