Sightings Archive

Wyming Brook: Pink-footed Goose - 50+ - at 08:50 - oart of flock seen only

Aldwarke: Goosander - 1 - redhead, W/SW following river

Aldwarke SF: Common Buzzard - 1 - left SW ; Pheasant - 7 - 4m; 3f ; Magpie - 20+ ; Redwing - 27 ; Kestrel - 2 ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; Herring Gull - 2 - SW ; Coot - 2 ; Woodcock - 1 ; 320 - 3 - 2m; 1f ; Great Black-backed Gull - 3 - SW ; Song Thrush - 2 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - female, over

Attercliffe: Peregrine - 1 - adult, possibly female, on Bernard Rd incinerator building

Barbrook: Stonechat - 4 - Two on fence around cottage, two in bracken 100 yards from A621 gate ; Reed Bunting - 3 - In shelter belt near cottage

Dalton: Sparrowhawk - 1 - soaring over

Denaby Common/Low Meadow: Lapwing - c120 ; Black-headed Gull - c45 ; Carrion Crow - c15 ; Pied Wagtail - 3

East Moor: Fieldfare - 30 ; Redwing - 3 ; Fieldfare - 3 - Different flock

Edge Mount: Brambling - c100 - 3 separate groups feeding under beech trees around site with large numbers of chaffinch. ; Chaffinch - 100+ ; Raven - 3 - mobbing buzzards. ; 319 - 3 ; Kestrel - 1

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 2 ; Black-headed Gull - 20+ ; 319 - 2 - Soaring together and calling. ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Mobbing Buzzard. ; Mistle Thrush - 3 ; Fieldfare - 6+ - Over with Redwings. ; Redwing - 10+ - Mixed flock with FF. ; Siskin - 1 - Single low over sluice calling. ; Goldfinch - 10+ - Bathing in puddle and feeding on farmland. ; Meadow Pipit - 2 - Singles over. ; Skylark - 1 - Singing very high.

Flanderwell: Common Buzzard - 1 - soaring over; drifted N towards Silverwood

Kilnhurst Ings: Cormorant - 14-15 - 14 S; 1 N ; Sparrowhawk - 2 - 1 S @ 0745hrs + 1m hunting ; Mute Swan - 1 - N @ 0750hrs ; Snipe - 45 - minimum ; Jack Snipe - 6 - minimum ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Moorhen - 4 ; Chaffinch - 1 ; Redwing - c30 ; Long-tailed Tit - 12 ; Coot - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 1 ; Greenfinch - 3

Kilnhurst Riverside: Song Thrush - 1 ; Common Buzzard - 1 - left E, then N ; Cormorant - 02-Mar - 2 N; 1 S ; Bullfinch - 1 - male ; Mallard - 2prs - on river ; Stock Dove - 2 - over ; Siskin - 1 - over ; Redwing - c25 ; Fieldfare - 10 - inc 6 feeding on windfall apples ; Blackbird - c20 - feeding on apples ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - made unsuccessful pass at Blackbird ; Great Black-backed Gull - 6 - S ; Herring Gull - 7 - S

Linacre Res: Mallard - 80 ; Tufted Duck - 4 ; Mandarin - 21 ; Coot - 2 ; Moorhen - 16 ; Little Grebe - 2 ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 58

Long Line: Barn Owl - 1

Loxley: Tawny Owl - 1 - very recently dead bird on junction of Myers lane and long lane ; Merlin - 1 - Female hunting over fields on Myers lane

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Great Black-backed Gull - 1 - SW ; Fieldfare - 22 - single flock S/SW ; Long-tailed Tit - c15 ; Great Tit - 7 ; Coal Tit - 1

Peat Pits: Goldfinch - 31 ; Golden Plover - 73 - in cereal field.

Ravenfield Park: Moorhen - 2 ; Coot - 4 ; Mallard - 10+ ; Bullfinch - 1 - Male. ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Coal Tit - 2

Roundwood Golf course: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - calling

Silverwood Lagoon: Gadwall - 7 - departed NW ; Pochard - 1 - male ; Cormorant - 1 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - regular adult