Sightings Archive

Troway: House Sparrow - c5 ; Robin - 3 ; Carrion Crow - 1 ; Chaffinch - 1

Upper Haugh; Chapel Walk: Treecreeper - 1 - singing ; Jay - 1

Walkley garden: Peregrine - 1 - Single stooped over Fir St

Wentworth Park; Deer Park: Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Stock Dove - 1 - singing

Wentworth Park; Dog Kennel Pond: Coot - 9 ; Goosander - 4 - 3m;1f. One shot on water by estate worker, rest left! ; Tufted Duck - 6 - 4m; 2f ; Great Crested Grebe - 10 - several displaying ; Moorhen - 6 ; Black-headed Gull - 30-40 ; Mallard - 2prs ; Grey Heron - 1 - adult (surprisingly ignored by shooter) ; Red-legged Partridge - 3 ; Herring Gull - 1 - 2cy ; Lapwing - 24 - over ; Long-tailed Tit - c25 - single flock ; Stock Dove - 1 - singing ; Cormorant - 5 - dropped in briefly

Wentworth Park; Greasbrough Dam: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 3 - together in treetops; left S calling ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing, Dam Head ; Black-headed Gull - c90 - loafing on water ; Treecreeper - 1 - calling, Dam Head ; Redwing - 3+ - Dam Head ; Mallard - 15 ; Mute Swan - 1 - adult ; Reed Bunting - 1 - female, N shore ; Great Crested Grebe - 2prs - display/copulation ; Moorhen - 15 ; Coot - 6 ; Cormorant - 1 - imm ; Grey Heron - 2 - adult & imm ; Mistle Thrush - 1pr - fields to N ; Jay - 1 ; Stock Dove - 1 - singing, woodland to N

Wentworth Park; Morley Plantation: Treecreeper - 1 - singing ; Nuthatch - 1 - calling

Wentworth Park; Morley Pond: Moorhen - 2 ; Great Crested Grebe - 4 ; Mallard - c20 ; Oystercatcher - 1 - on island (water level very low; dropped for dredging?) ; Red-legged Partridge - 5+ ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - on bridge ; Jay - 2

Wentworth Park; N of Dog Kennel Pond: Stock Dove - 2 - singing ; Kestrel - 1 - female at traditional nest site in shattered Ash ; Jackdaw - 6prs - around nest sites in Ash trees ; Long-tailed Tit - 6 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - calling from woodland ; Treecreeper - 1 - singing ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - over

Wortley Top Forge: Goosander - 5 - 3 males and 2 females on river above road bridge near Forge Lane next to Wortley Top Forge

Barbrook Res: Raven - 1

Barlow Common: 319 - 03-Apr ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Bullfinch - 1 ; Goldfinch - 4 ; Long-tailed Tit - 1 ; Rook - 20+ ; Meadow Pipit - 1

Brightside: Ring-necked Parakeet - 24+ - Two flocks to roost opposite Brightside Way at 17:09 + 2 more birds from the west making 24. Maybe more came in after dusk.

Catcliffe: Kestrel - 1 - Low over Parkway

Centenary Riverside: 320 - 2 - Pair on river ; Mallard - 10 ; Goosander - 1 - Male ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Dunnock - 1 - Brief song ; Robin - 2 ; Wren - 2 ; Redwing - 2 ; Long-tailed Tit - 10 ; Blue Tit - 4 ; Great Tit - 03-Apr - 1 calling/singing 12.00 near pond ; 321 - 1 - Pond

Firsby Res: Mallard - 1 ; Moorhen - 1 ; 319 - 1 ; Barn Owl - 1 - Distant views hunting at dusk. ; Jackdaw - 50+ - Over in 3 flicks heading to roost. ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Fieldfare - c150 - Feeding on Winter wheat field with Starlings, and Redwings. ; Starling - c200 ; Redwing - c60 ; Green Woodpecker - 2 ; 319 - 4 ; Bullfinch - 5 ; Woodpigeon - c500 ; Magpie - 23 - Coming to roost together, ; Jackdaw - c100 - Going to roost. ; Skylark - 3 ; Meadow Pipit - 3 ; Grey Heron - 3 ; Barn Owl - 1 - Hunting at dusk