Sightings Archive

Wednesday 1st January 2020

• Aldwarke: Raven - 1pr - over mobbed by crows, before retiring to Liberty site @ 0835hrs where harassed by PE @ 0850hrs ; Mute Swan - 10 - 7 (1 2cy) @ 0825hrs & 3 @ 0850hrs, all to canal basin ; Cormorant - 1 - on pylon briefly
• Aldwarke; Liberty Steel: Peregrine - 1 - adult f, eating prey on chimney, 0800-0830hrs; later mobbing RNs on adjacent rooftop
• Bramley: Black-headed Gull - 5+ ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 3 ; House Sparrow - 10+ - On observers garden. ; Goldfinch - 20 - Coming to seed. ; Carrion Crow - 2 - Calling at Dawn. ; Magpie - 2 ; Collared Dove - 4 ; Woodpigeon - 1 ; Blackbird - 3 ; Starling - 2 - On fat balls. ; Dunnock - 1 ; Blue Tit - 1
• Brincliffe Edge: Blackcap - 1 - male on garden feeder daily for last 2-3 weeks
• Broomhead Res: Goosander - 8 ; Wigeon - 1 ; Great Black-backed Gull - 3 - flew over north west ; Goosander - 4 - 3 males & 1 redhead at western end late afternoon
• Dog Kennel Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Mallard - 50+ ; Wigeon - 2 - 1pr ; Coot - 4 ; Moorhen - 2 ; Black-headed Gull - 30+ ; Herring Gull - 1
• Ecclesall: Redwing - 10 - in garden on Ansell Road
• Firsby Res: Moorhen - 1 ; Mallard - 5 ; Black-headed Gull - 51 - Down on main Res. ; 319 - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 3 ; Starling - 100+ ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - with Starlings. ; Redwing - 1 - amongst Starling flock. ; Grey Partridge - 2 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Calling. ; Jackdaw - 3 ; Jay - 2 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Bullfinch - 1 - Male. ; Long-tailed Tit - 10+
• Kimberworth Park: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Low over Roughwood School descending into estate.
• Langsett Res: Common Buzzard - 1 - over Res and later calling from plantation ; Raven - 1 - calling ; Black-headed Gull - 4100 - c. roosted ; Common Gull - 20 - c. roosted ; Herring Gull - 3 - first-winters left to the E at 15:45 hrs
• Malin Bridge: Cormorant - 1 - 1 flying low east at 10:45
• Mayfield Valley: Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 - calling in small copse - observed entering a potential nest hole
• Millhouses Lane garden: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 - both males, one visiting the suet balls, the other chasing it off, one of several visits during the day ; Bullfinch - 8+ - 4+m, 4+f ; Goldfinch - 5+ ; Dunnock - 2 ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Blue Tit - 2 - one visiting nest box ; Greenfinch - 5+ - 2m, 3f ; Robin - 2 - disputing their winter territories ; Chaffinch - 2 - 1m,1f ; Long-tailed Tit - 8+ ; Blackcap - 1 - f ; Stock Dove - 2 ; Blackbird - 3 - 2m, 1f ; Woodpigeon - 1 ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Magpie - 1+ ; Collared Dove - 2 ; Feral Pigeon - 2 - mostly feeding on sunflower hearts or suet balls, others foraging under the feeders
• Morehall Res: Cormorant - 1 ; Goosander - 2 - redheads ; Herring Gull - 5 - on res
• Morley Pond: Grey Heron - 1 ; Mute Swan - 1 - behind boat house ; Moorhen - 1 ; Redwing - 60+ ; Fieldfare - 1+ ; Tufted Duck - 2 - lpr
• Norton Lees: Redwing - 3
• Norton Lees garden: Redwing - 1
• Olive Wheel Dam, Loxley: Goosander - 1
• Orgreave Lakes: Whooper Swan - 3 - 3 adults on Big Lake from at least 10:30 ; Shelduck - 5 ; Wigeon - 25 ; Gadwall - 30 ; Shoveler - 2 - Pair on small lake ; Whooper Swan - 3 - Left north west at 15.37 ; Shelduck - 5 - Still present at dusk. ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - Adult ; Common Gull - 1 ; Great Black-backed Gull - 82 - At dusk ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 4 ; Herring Gull - 166 ; Goosander - 21
• Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Common Gull - 2 - 3cy NW & adult, SW ; Redwing - 1 - N/NE