Sightings Archive

Sunday 15th November 2020

• Ecclesall Woods: Song Thrush - 1 - Full song.
• Firsby Res: Herring Gull - 21 - Flock over together. ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Fieldfare - 2+ ; Redwing - 20+ - Feeding ; Skylark - 1 - Over calling. ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 - with Goldfinches. ; Bullfinch - 2 - Pair. ; Goldfinch - 6 ; Linnet - 20+ - Feeding on farmland. ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - With Linnet flock. ; Meadow Pipit - 3 - Down with Linnets. ; Goldcrest - 3 ; Long-tailed Tit - 5+
• Greystones garden: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Male
• Hutcliffe Wood: Song Thrush - 1 - One singing occasional phrases.
• Kilnhurst: Great Black-backed Gull - 3 - S ; Herring Gull - 2 - S
• Kimberworth Park: Grey Wagtail - 1 - Flitting between rooftops and garages on Strafford Road.
• Langsett Res: Goosander - 1 - redhead ; Black-headed Gull - 2350+ - roosted ; Common Gull - 21 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2
• Linacre Res: Mallard - 115 - WeBS count ; Mandarin - 80 ; Tufted Duck - 48 ; Goosander - 2 - 2 redheads ; Black-headed Gull - 29 ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Moorhen - 11 ; Coot - 4 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Raven - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1
• Longshaw: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 4 ; Goldcrest - 8
• Millhouses: Tawny Owl - 2 - Sheaf Valley Walk. Two calling at 06:30
• Mount Darnall: 319 - 2 ; Grey Partridge - 12 ; 327 - 12 - West ; Siskin - 3 - West ; Redwing - 21 - West
• Orgreave Lakes: Black-headed Gull - 240+ ; Tufted Duck - 30+ ; Pochard - 78+ ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 40+ ; Great Crested Grebe - 2+ ; Lapwing - 40+ ; Cormorant - 4 ; Grey Heron - 2 ; 320 - 6 ; Gadwall - 3 ; Pied Wagtail - 3 ; Little Grebe - 2 ; Goosander - 6 ; Goosander - 6 - 2nd photo ; Goldeneye - 1 - male on large lake ; Goosander - 6 - 3rd photo ; Goosander - 6 - 4th photo
• Ravenfield Park: Coot - 1 ; Mallard - 16 ; Tufted Duck - 2 ; Goosander - 1 - Redhead still present. ; Grey Heron - 3 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - On stream. ; Herring Gull - 5 - Down on farmland. ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - With Herring Gulls. ; 319 - 1 - Worming. ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Lesser Redpoll - 5+ ; Siskin - 3 - Over calling. ; Long-tailed Tit - 4
• Rawmarsh; Rosehill Victoria Park: Brambling - 01-Feb - 2 birds over to E calling, at least one a BL ; Nuthatch - 02-Mar ; Stock Dove - 1 - singing ; Redwing - 2
• Rawmarsh; Sandhill: Carrion Crow - 10 - together in recently ploughed field
• Silverwood Lagoon: Jack Snipe - 1
• Stanage Edge, below: Raven - 2
• Swinton Common: Kestrel - 1 - male, hunting from telegraph pole; Wentworth Road
• Swinton Common; Blackamoor Road: Meadow Pipit - 5 - in set-aside ; Linnet - c60 - in set-aside; one taken by SH ; Yellowhammer - 2 ; Goldfinch - 12 ; Skylark - c30 - in set-aside; prompted to sing in brief sunny spell ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - took LI in flight ; Fieldfare - 26 - left SW ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 ; Jackdaw - 7 - feeding in paddock, Pottery Farm ; Pheasant - 3 - 2m; 1f, Pottery Farm ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - over
• Swinton Common; Wentworth Road: Yellowhammer - 2 - over
• Swinton; Creighton Wood: Nuthatch - 2 ; Long-tailed Tit - 6
• Swinton; Pottery Ponds: Mallard - 9