Sightings Archive

Canklow Woods: Lesser Redpoll - 24

Carl Wark: Red Grouse - 1 ; Pheasant - 1

Chapeltown: Mistle Thrush - 1 - Singing 9am

Crabtree Pond: Mallard - 8 ; Moorhen - 5 ; Ring-necked Parakeet - 2 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Flew across W to E ; Wren - 1 ; Robin - 1 ; Blue Tit - 4

Handsworth: Pink-footed Goose - c150 - SE @ 15:30

Howden Res: Goosander - 2 - pair

Longshaw Lodge: Kestrel - 1 ; Goldcrest - 2 ; Mandarin - 2 ; Long-tailed Tit - c. 8 ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 1

Middleton Moor: Mallard - 12 ; 320 - 1 ; Wigeon - 1 - fem/imm ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 11 - Off south - no roost ; Lapwing - 1 ; Starling - 9000 - c.roosted on No.3 lagoon - most birds in from the south ; Starling - c10000 - estimate, no really large flocks or murmurations, but many flocks, largest c6-800 strong dropping straight into reedbed on No 3 15:40-16:20. ; Wigeon - 1 - fem No 4 ; Lapwing - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - No 3 at dusk but ignored Starlings ; Kestrel - 1 - male ; Water Rail - 1 - sharming No 3 at dusk

Midhope Res: Little Grebe - 1 ; Bullfinch - 2

Orgreave Lakes: Whooper Swan - 4 - In from south at 0845, still on main lake at 1000.

Pitsmoor: Redwing - 6 - arrived in garden this morning to feed off the berries in a holly tree.

Redmires Middle Res: 320 - 3

Thrybergh CP: Water Rail - 1 ; Pink-footed Goose - 1 - in with Greylag Geese ; 319 - 1 ; Linnet - C50 ; Lesser Redpoll - 22 ; Goldfinch - C50 - The mixed flock has broken up this morning with most birds feeding on silver birch in caravan park ; Goosander - 2 - Males, flying in from Doncaster direction into Thrybergh Lane end, about 10:30 am.

Aldwarke SF: Song Thrush - 4 - inc 1 singing ; Moorhen - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 26 ; Gadwall - 6 ; Coot - 2 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - treatment works ; 320 - 15 ; Long-tailed Tit - 7+ ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - female, over ; Cormorant - 1 - N ; Redwing - 10 ; Pheasant - 2 - cocks

Canklow Woods: Lesser Redpoll - 39 ; Siskin - 1

Carr Vale: Water Rail - 2 - calling ; Willow Tit - 1 - calling

Carr Vale Nature Reserve: Brent Goose - 2 - flushed with Pink-feet by a helicopter and flew in to SBSG airspace before returning to field on the recording area border. Adult and 1st. winter Dark-bellied.

Catcliffe Flash: Wigeon - 20+ ; Black-headed Gull - 70+ ; Gadwall - 33 ; Tufted Duck - 3 - Males ; Pochard - 2 - Females ; Shoveler - 1 - Male

Centenary Riverside: Song Thrush - 3 - inc 2 singing ; Moorhen - 3 - inc one on river ; Mallard - 14 ; Goldfinch - 17 - flock ; 320 - 15-20 - lots of noisy display ; Cormorant - 7 - 5 W; 1 S, then W; 1 S, then NE ; Kingfisher - 1 - on river ; Herring Gull - 9 - NW/N/NE ; Long-tailed Tit - 5+ ; Little Grebe - 1 - on river ; Great Black-backed Gull - 1 - N ; Chiffchaff - 1 - by river, calling frequently

Ecclesall: Blackcap - 1 - female in garden on Ansell Road

Elsecar Res: Pink-footed Goose - c70 - West @ 10:57

Graves Park: Treecreeper - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 1

Kimberworth Park: Pied Wagtail - 1 - On pavement and road @ Oaks Lane shops.

Millhouses garden: Redwing - 1

Norwood Allotments: Pink-footed Goose - c100 - over west at 13:10 ; Blackcap - 1 - first male this winter. ; Nuthatch - 2 - feeding on hawthorn, picking berries and extracting seeds against the trunk of the tree.

Orgreave Lakes: Pochard - 130+ ; Tufted Duck - 20+ ; Black-headed Gull - 100+ ; Little Grebe - 2 ; Wigeon - 6+ ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 40+ ; Cormorant - 3 ; 320 - 9 ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Lapwing - 40+ ; Goldeneye - 1 - Female ; Pink-footed Goose - 70+ - Flying North