Sightings Archive

Ulley CP; field to SW: Great Black-backed Gull - 2 - adults; sat in field

Ulley; field to SW: Meadow Pipit - 4 ; Kestrel - 1 - on wires ; Starling - c40 - feeding in field

Wyming Brook: Crossbill - 30

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 1 ; Mallard - 2

Greystones garden: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Chased a Starling out of observer's garden

Hillsborough Park: 320 - 1 - F or juv on pond at 18:15. Observers first record here.

Malin Bridge: Dunlin - 2+ - nocmig, calls of 2+ birds 03:19

Padley Gorge: Nuthatch - 1 - heard ; Dipper - 1 - Near top of Gorge

Ravenfield Park: Moorhen - 1 ; Mallard - 10+ ; Tufted Duck - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 6+ - Down on farmland. ; Lapwing - 15 - On farmland between Park and St James Church. ; Skylark - 20+ - Down on crops. ; Meadow Pipit - 4+ - Over. ; Goldcrest - 1

Silverwood Lagoon: Shoveler - 1 - male ; Pochard - 2 - males ; Gadwall - 3 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 ; Common Gull - 2 ; Black-headed Gull - 60 ; Coot - 15 ; Moorhen - 5 ; Little Grebe - 4 ; Grey Heron - 1 - west ; Redwing - 2 ; Lesser Redpoll - 2 ; Snipe - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Skylark - 7 - in stubble to west ; Pied Wagtail - 3 - with skylarks ; Linnet - 6 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1

Upper Padley: Jay - 1 ; 324 - 1 - Hare

Aldwarke: Cormorant - 3 - max, on pylon ; Mute Swan - 5 - 2 ads & 3 1cy SW @ 0801hrs

Aldwarke; Liberty Steel: Cormorant - 5 - max, on pylon ; Peregrine - 2 - adult hunting FP before retiring to chimney, then m & f both over together @ 0815hrs. One eventually took FP in mid-air & spent 35mins plucking/eating it on adjacent roof.

Brinsworth: Coal Tit - 2 - Foraging in observers garden 12.00

Low Bradfield: Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1

Malin Bridge: Redwing - 1 - nocmig 02:35

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Chiffchaff - 3 ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 - hunting ; Meadow Pipit - 6+ - party of 6 SE plus others heard moving over ; Greenfinch - 2 - NW ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 5 - 3 SW; 2 SE ; Pied Wagtail - 6 - 'alba' wagtails, all N ; Siskin - 1 - heard over ; Goldcrest - 01-Feb ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - heard over ; Chaffinch - 1 - SW ; Redwing - 1 - NE ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 - heard over ; Goldfinch - 9

Redmires Top Res: Crossbill - 15 - approx; vocal flock over low calling, heading towards Wyming Brook ; Common Gull - 2 - adults with BHGs

Roundwood Golf course: Mistle Thrush - 15 - single flock ; Coal Tit - 1

Silverwood Lagoon: Water Rail - 1 - calling from phragmites in north-west corner at 07.10

Thornhill: 319 - 1 over

Thrybergh CP: Wigeon - 7 ; Gadwall - 6 ; Tufted Duck - 44 ; 319 - 2 ; Kestrel - 1 - Male ; House Sparrow - 33 - Thrybergh garden ; Linnet - 60+ ; Lapwing - 35 ; Little Grebe - 10 ; Great Crested Grebe - 3 ; Carrion Crow - 40+ - Good numbers a few jackdaws mixed in ; Red-crested Pochard - 4 - Thrybergh Lane end, 2 male 2 female ; Barn Owl - 1 - Hunting in West paddock after dusk.

Win Hill: Kestrel - 2

Wyming Brook: Crossbill - 12 - a flock of c12 feeding in trees reported this morning

Ecclesall: Crossbill - 5 - flew low to NW at 12:07 hrs

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 1 ; Mallard - 2+ - Arrived early morning. ; 320 - 4 - On main Res early morning. First record for some time. ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Tawny Owl - 2 - Calling before dawn. ; 319 - 1 ; Song Thrush - 2 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Pheasant - 4 ; Red-legged Partridge - 2+

Fulwood garden: Chiffchaff - 3 - in observer's garden this morning ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 - over East ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1

Howden Res: Pink-footed Goose - 120+ - SE at 09.15 ; Chiffchaff - 2 - one singing