Sightings Archive

Redmires Res: Lesser Redpoll - 6 - flew SW

Shepherd Wheel: 319 - 2 - circling together ; Nuthatch - 1 - hiding a peanut ; Grey Wagtail - 2

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 4 ; Little Grebe - 11 ; Cormorant - 4 ; Grey Heron - 1 - past nw ; Mute Swan - 10 - inc.4jv ; Pink-footed Goose - 80 - c80 se 0913 ; Canada Goose - 68 ; Gadwall - 2 - mf ; Shoveler - 6 - circled left e ; Pochard - 12 - inc 5f ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - m harassing raven ; Red-legged Partridge - 14 - covey ; Lapwing - 60 ; Black-headed Gull - 200 ; Herring Gull - 2 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - on dam ; Goldcrest - 2 ; Long-tailed Tit - 15+ - in 2parties ; Raven - 1 - NW @ 09:20 ; Goldfinch - 40 - flock ; Reed Bunting - 2

Thrybergh Tip: Cormorant - 7 - SW ; Mute Swan - 4 - resident pair + 2 over to SW ; Coot - 6 ; Gadwall - 11 - 7m; 4f ; Tufted Duck - 8 ; Shoveler - 3 - drakes ; Canada Goose - 3 - 1 in noisily from TCP; 2 N/NE ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 14 ; Mallard - 2 - drakes ; Greylag Goose - 11 - NE then E, towards Thrybergh CP @ 0748hrs ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - calling ; Siskin - 1 - over, unseen ; Song Thrush - 1 - over ; Goldfinch - c20 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - circling over briefly ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 - over ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - calling ; 320 - 5 - 3m; 2f ; Brambling - 1 - over, unseen ; Pheasant - 15 - 2 cocks & 13 hens feeding together in open ; Jay - 3 ; Bullfinch - 8+ ; Redwing - 125+ - inc c86 SW (c15, c60 & 11); remainder feeding around site in small parties

Whiteley Woods: Dipper - 2 ; Dipper - 2 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Jay - 2 - very vocal

70 Acare hill: Pied Wagtail - 7 - West ; Woodpigeon - 58 - Sw ; Chaffinch - 17 - W ; Redwing - 83 - West ; Song Thrush - 4 - West ; Blackbird - 4 - West ; Goosander - 5 - North east ; Brambling - 4w - West ; 327 - 8 - West ; Goldfinch - 21 - West ; Linnet - 7 - West ; Bullfinch - 2 - West ; Reed Bunting - 2 - West all birds between 08.00 until 10.00

Agden Side: Merlin - 1 - over Cowell then gained height drifting E ; Jay - 3 - back and forth collecting acorns ; Fieldfare - 12 - 10 and 2 ; Yellowhammer - 1 - over calling

Carr Vale NR: YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER - 1 - reported still present on embankment at 12:30 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Treecreeper - 02-Mar ; Goldcrest - up to 8 ; 319 - 1 ; Coal Tit - 2 - all species in SBSG area

Ecclesall: Grey Heron - 1 - nocturnal bird picked up at 05.12am via AudioMoth recorder - usually see the local heron at first light, so may have been a 'mover'

Green Moor: Pink-footed Goose - 160 - c160 over east at 16:00

High Bradfield: Common Buzzard - 7 - 4 and 3

Hurlfield: Common Buzzard - 4 - together overhead and calling at 14:05. ; Sparrowhawk - 2

Manor Fields Park: Goldfinch - 50 - c50 in single flock ; Bullfinch - 5 ; Greenfinch - 7 ; Chaffinch - 1 - male in finch flock ; Reed Bunting - 1 - Fem type with finch flock. ; Stonechat - 1 - in central area 09.30 ; Redwing - 40+ - on or over ; Mistle Thrush - 3 ; Song Thrush - 8 - c8 with thrushes 08:45-10:15 ; Blackbird - 15 - Min 15 - mobile with thrushes ; Long-tailed Tit - 12 - mobile flock

Moscar Cross: Wheatear - 1 - fem type on gas terminal walls ; Red-legged Partridge - 1 ; Brambling - 8 - SW ; Jackdaw - 130 - single flock SW ; Pink-footed Goose - 1+ - over E calling above cloudbase 10:10

Peat Pits: Wheatear - 1 - big, bright and long legged Greenland type male

Roughwood Rec: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Hunting low over field and onto Forty Matyrs.