Sightings Archive

Silverwood Lagoon: Jay - 2 ; Woodcock - 1 ; Nuthatch - 1 - in The Close ; Great Tit - 1 - singing

Thrybergh CP: Canada Goose - 15+ ; Mute Swan - 8 ; Coot - 40+ ; Tufted Duck - 6 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Female made a failed attempt on feral pigeons. ; Tree Sparrow - 3 - At feeders. ; Reed Bunting - 2 - At feeders.

Treeton Dyke: Kingfisher - 1

Walkley Bank: Pink-footed Goose - c150 - flying NW.at 11:00

Wentworth Park: Kestrel - 1 - female, on wires ; Stock Dove - 1 - singing ; Redwing - 21 - sat in treetops ; Woodpigeon - c600 - in trees N of lakes ; Jackdaw - present - lots of noisy activity around traditional nesting sites

Wentworth Park; Dog Kennel Pond: Cormorant - 19 - flock in from W @ 0923hrs, feeding enthusiastically ; Mute Swan - 1pr - both adults, appeared to leave W ; Great Crested Grebe - 2 ; Coot - 9 ; Mallard - 20 ; Tufted Duck - 2 - drakes ; Moorhen - 7 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Herring Gull - 2 ; Black-headed Gull - 30-40 - following feeding Cormorants ; Greylag Goose - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1 - adult

Wentworth Park; Greasbrough Dam: Fieldfare - c20 - on S shore ; Goosander - 1 - drake, over W (presumably same as seen later) ; Great Crested Grebe - 2 - one assuming breeding plumage; displaying, inc full 'penguin dance' with weed. ; Herring Gull - 1 - adult ; Grey Heron - 2 - adult & imm ; Mallard - 32 ; Coot - 11 ; Mute Swan - 1pr - both adult (828 yellow & Y850 red) ; Black-headed Gull - c50 ; Moorhen - 11 ; Yellowhammer - 1 - male, N shore ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 - chasing along N shore

Wentworth Park; Morley Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 2 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Mallard - 2 ; Moorhen - 5 ; Goosander - 1 - drake (presumed same as seen earlier) ; Wigeon - 1 - drake

Woodhouse Washlands: Snipe - 166 ; Jack Snipe - 15 ; 320 - 8 ; Wigeon - 10 ; Bullfinch - 2 - 1 pair ; Bullfinch - 2 - 1 pair ; Jay - 3 ; Magpie - 12 ; Carrion Crow - 6 ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 8 ; Blue Tit - 6 ; Great Tit - 4 ; Yellowhammer - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 3 ; Wren - 4 ; Water Rail - 2 ; Moorhen - 7 ; Mallard - 24 ; Goosander - 1 - RH ; Mute Swan - 2 ; Canada Goose - 5 ; Pink-footed Goose - 239 - Counted from photo

Brightside Lane: Ring-necked Parakeet - c40 - roosting

Canklow Woods: Barn Owl - 1

Firsby Res: Mallard - 12 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - Squabbling on sluice. ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 6 ; Tawny Owl - 1 ; Jay - 1 ; Blackbird - 10+ ; Mistle Thrush - 3 - Over together. ; Fieldfare - 3+ - In Redwing flock. ; Redwing - 30+ - Over. ; Bullfinch - 1 ; Goldfinch - 4+ ; Siskin - 5+

Graves Park: Goosander - 7 - 6f;1m bottom pond

Hathersage Booths: 319 - 1

Killamarsh: Reed Bunting - 1 - Female around feeding station in observer's garden

Middleton Moor: 320 - 34 ; Wigeon - 2 ; Mallard - 14 ; Tufted Duck - 1 ; 320 - 14 ; Fieldfare - 47 ; 320 - 14 ; Fieldfare - 47

Norton Lees: Sparrowhawk - 1

Norton Lees gardens: Redwing - 2

Orgreave Lakes: CASPIAN GULL - 1 - 1st winter