Sightings Archive

Silverwood Lagoon: Mute Swan - 1pr ; Coot - c.25 ; Black-headed Gull - 60 ; Snipe - 1 ; Woodcock - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 6 ; Goldfinch - 30 ; Linnet - 10 ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Grey Partridge - 2 ; Jay - 4 ; Kestrel - 2 ; Common Buzzard - 1 ; Jackdaw - 4 - 2-2 north ; Long-tailed Tit - c.20 ; Meadow Pipit - 4

Agden Res: Siskin - 40 - Flock feeding on tops of trees on side of reservoir

East Moor: Stonechat - 2 ; Red-legged Partridge - 4 ; Red-legged Partridge - 4 - Another photo

Firsby Res: Mallard - 4 - 2 pairs ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Herring Gull - 2 - over together. ; Black-headed Gull - 50+ - flushed by Buzzard ; Kestrel - 1 - Male. ; Pheasant - 2 - single males ; Woodcock - 1 ; Jay - 1 ; Stock Dove - 1 ; Woodpigeon - 50+ - feeding on farmland. ; Mistle Thrush - 2 ; Redwing - 1 ; Fieldfare - 12 - 11 over, 1 down ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Treecreeper - 1

Fulwood garden: Jay - 2 ; Blackcap - 1

Hangingwater garden: Blackcap - 2 - m & f at separate times

Hillsborough Park: Tufted Duck - 5 - 3 male, 2 female

Manor Fields Park: Kingfisher - 1 - on top pond at 11:15. ; Lesser Redpoll - 3 ; Coal Tit - 2 - on feeders. ; Redwing - 12 ; Moorhen - 2

Millhouses: Blackcap - 1 - Male in Stowe Avenue

Morehall Res: Grey Wagtail - 1 - on overflow from broomhead res by bridge ; Mallard - 7 ; Tufted Duck - 2 ; Pheasant - 2 ; Moorhen - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 28 ; Woodpigeon - 6 ; Robin - 4 ; Redwing - 15/20 - feeding in holly bushes at side of res path ; Blackbird - 5 ; Goldcrest - 03-Apr - in conifers at start of res. path ; Great Tit - 2 ; Coal Tit - 7 ; Blue Tit - 3 ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Jay - 1 ; Carrion Crow - 2 ; Goldfinch - 5

Orgreave Lakes: CASPIAN GULL - 1 - 1st W on big lake at 10:09

Ravenfield Church: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Male flushing Mistle Thrushes from farmland . ; Goldcrest - 2 - in churchyard. ; Mistle Thrush - 2

Rowland: Barn Owl - 1

Walkley garden: Redwing - 7 - Feeding on hawthorn, most seen this week. ; Chaffinch - 1 - fem for 5 days, 1st ever seen here with severe scaly left leg.

Woodhouse Washlands: Snipe - 40+

Baslow: Peregrine - 1

Botanical Gardens: Blackcap - 1 - 1 m feeding on cotoneaster ; Redwing - 1 - Solitary bird with blackbird party

Chapeltown: Mistle Thrush - 1 - Singing 12.30pm

Frecheville Pond: Goosander - 4 - redheads still present ; Goosander - 4 - redheads still present

Handsworth garden: Goldfinch - 33 - On trees and feeders

Hangingwater garden: Blackcap - 1 - m feeding on miniature palm dates

Kimberworth: 319 - 1 - circled over obs garden, harassed by crows then flew off towards Bradgate Park. First sighting in 15 years

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Long-tailed Tit - 15

Shillito Wood: Lapwing - 210 - in nearby field ; Fieldfare - 240

Silverwood Pit Top: Meadow Pipit - 8 ; Jay - 2 ; 319 - 2 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Overhead. ; Black-headed Gull - c60 ; Mute Swan - 2 - On lagoon. ; Kestrel - 2 ; Linnet - 12 ; Barn Owl - 1 - Hunting in spite of rain and blustery wind @16:45hrs ; Tawny Owl - 1 - Calling in the small wood on Hollings Lane next to pit top, then moving out onto the pit top still calling.

Crookes garden: Pheasant - 1 - Visited garden everday this week in the mornings ; Pheasant - 1 - Feeding under bird feeders, regular visitor

Kiveton Park: Starling - 50+ - garden ; Blackbird - 8