Sightings Archive

Walkley garden: Coal Tit - 2 - At fat balls with other tits ; Blackcap - 1 - Single female in water bath and shrubs

Brinsworth: Kestrel - 1 - Over towards Brinsworth 13,45

Canklow Woods: Pink-footed Goose - 100 - c 100 SE at 11:00 ; Common Buzzard - 5 - 5 in the air together at 1150

Centenary Riverside: Sparrowhawk - 1 - 15.15

Firsby Res: Stonechat - 4 - Set aside field ; Siskin - c30 ; Blackcap - 1 - Male ; 319 - 2 ; Kestrel - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 7 ; Goldcrest - 3 ; Moorhen - 1 ; Jackdaw - 4 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 - Over

Fulwood garden: Jackdaw - 8 - around feeders, including one showing characteristics of 'Nordic' Jackdaw (monedula) ; Jackdaw - 1 - another picture of monedula-type bird

Handsworth: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Handsworth Crem 14.15

Harley: Pink-footed Goose - 30 - c30 east at 09:00 ; House Martin - 15 - over trees at 15:00 ; Swallow - 2

Norwood Allotments: Pink-footed Goose - c74 - over east at 10:53 ; Goosander - 3 - over east at 11:00, ; Red Kite - 1 - NE about 10:30

Parson Cross: Common Buzzard - 1 - Flew very low south over Chaucer School,pursued by 2 Magpies. ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Female made an unsuccessful dive on prey item,then drifted East.

Ramsley Moor: Redwing - 100+ - In bracken and birches with Mistle Thrushes and Blackbirds

Ravenfield Park: 319 - 8 - Together over Hooton Cliff Wood. ; Siskin - c20 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Goldcrest - 6 ; Great Tit - 3 ; Skylark - 6 ; Meadow Pipit - 4 ; Tawny Owl - 1 - Called briefly @ 13:00hrs approx.

Silver Wood: Pink-footed Goose - c.70 - ESE at 10.10

Sothall: Golden Plover - 1 - nocmig sound recorded over garden ; Redwing - 2 - nocmig sound recorded over garden between 1900-0600hr ; Golden Plover - 2 - nocmig sound recorded over garden between 1900-0600hr 5th-6th Oct

Thrybergh: Black-headed Gull - 6 ; Starling - 6 ; Goldfinch - c30 ; Kestrel - 2 ; Greenfinch - 1

Walkley Bank: 319 - 3 - Flying over

Barlow Common: Little Owl - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Skylark - 6 ; Meadow Pipit - 1

Baslow: Pink-footed Goose - 100 - S W at 9.20

Blacka Plantation: Fieldfare - 1+ - Calls heard ; Redwing - 2 - Took off to east.

Canklow Woods: Lesser Redpoll - c 40

Catcliffe Flash: Wigeon - 74 ; Gadwall - 33 ; 320 - 6 ; Mute Swan - 6 - 1pr & 4 1cy ; Gadwall - c60 ; Great Crested Grebe - 1+ - adult + dependent juv ; Shoveler - 18 ; Black-headed Gull - c80 ; Moorhen - 21 ; Coot - 90+ ; Little Grebe - 4 ; Mallard - 4 ; Jay - 1 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - 2cy

Centenary Riverside: Song Thrush - 1 ; Mallard - 9 ; Moorhen - 2 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 2+ - inc 1 singing ; Cormorant - 1 - W ; Greenfinch - 1

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 2 ; Mallard - 1 ; Stonechat - 4 - 2 pairs set aside field. ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Calling in cottage garden. ; Chaffinch - 1 ; Linnet - 5 - Over. ; Meadow Pipit - 1 ; Starling - 5 ; 319 - 1 - Juv begging for food. ; Pheasant - 6 - Family party on farmland. ; Jay - 2 - In willows. ; Siskin - 4 - Over calling. ; Lesser Redpoll - 2+ - Call only.

Guilthwaite Common: Sparrowhawk - 1 - over ; Herring Gull - c20 - in recently cultivated fields ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - c40 ; Great Black-backed Gull - 1 - adult ; Stock Dove - 2 ; Little Owl - 1 - calling

Harthill Res: Great Crested Grebe - 4 ; Moorhen - 8 ; Canada Goose - 200 - c.110 on Bottom Res + c. 90 E at 08:00 hrs ; Greylag Goose - 80 - Flew E at 08:00 hrs ; 320 - 5