Sightings Archive

Upper Common, Scholes: Meadow Pipit - 1 - at least 1 calling ; Pheasant - 10+ ; Robin - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 1+ - from scrub ; Magpie - 8 ; Carrion Crow - 1+

Warren Vale: Common Buzzard - 2 - over together @ 1320hrs; drifted W/SW

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Raven - 1

Whirlowbrook Hall Pond: Mandarin - 21 - 16m, 5f

Whirlowbrook woods: Raven - 2 - 2 calling over woods

Brownhills Lane: Canada Goose - 60 - feeding in roadside fields

Cowell Flat: Red Grouse - 4 ; Carrion Crow - 3 ; Kestrel - 1

Ladybower Res, North arm: Mandarin - c15 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Jay - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 2 ; Long-tailed Tit - 2

Leash Fen: Stonechat - 3 - Adult male +. 2 fem/imm

Peat Pits: Rook - 12 - feeding in field used by pigs ; 319 - 1 - perched on post in same field as rooks ; Jay - 1 ; Jackdaw - 5

R Don, Blonk St: Jay - 1 - over S

Redmires Res: Canada Goose - 40 - c. ; Greylag Goose - 36 ; Mallard - 160 - c. ; 320 - 10 - c. ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 120 - c. roosted ; Black-headed Gull - 450 - c. roosted ; Common Gull - 2 - ads roosted ; Common Gull - 2 - ads roosted ; Lapwing - 25 - c. ; Golden Plover - 20 - c. on Middle Res ; Jay - 3

Redmires Top Res: Tufted Duck - 10 ; Goldcrest - 6+ - in mixed feeding flock with tits and one treecreeper.

Sothall: Golden Plover - 6+ - nocmig recorded six times between 0338-0523hr

Thrybergh: Pink-footed Goose - c200 - Flying high overhead going from West to East.

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 2 ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Cormorant - 6 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Mute Swan - 7 - 3jv ; Canada Goose - 124 - +1 grey col.feral ; Gadwall - 2 - mf ; Pochard - 4 - mfff ; Tufted Duck - 38 ; Redwing - 2 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 2 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 14+ - in 2 parties ; Jay - 1 ; Moorhen - 17 ; Coot - 100 - circa

West Nab: Golden Plover - 27 - In field opposite WestNab Farm ; Lapwing - 9 - with golden plover ; Pheasant - 19 - in several fields in area ; Fieldfare - 3 - perched on fence resting ; Rook - 30+ - In fields at top of Swan Height

Crowhole: Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Little Grebe - 1

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1 - Flushed from waters edge. ; Kestrel - 1 ; Tawny Owl - 1 - In trees over road pre Dawn seen in headlights. ; Barn Owl - 2 - Hunting close together in darkness before dawn in set aside field. ; Little Owl - 1 - Call only in distance. ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Calling from treetop. ; Jay - 2 - In willows. ; Redwing - 2+ - Over calling at Dawn. ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - On wires. ; Pheasant - 4 ; Red-legged Partridge - 2 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - On sluice. ; Long-tailed Tit - 10+ ; Goldcrest - 2 - With LT Tits.

Graves Park: Ring-necked Parakeet - 3 - In trees bordering bottom pond.

Lodge Moor garden: Sparrowhawk - 1 - F. Caught and ate at least 2 greenfinches today making 4 this week

Meersbrook Park: Long-tailed Tit - c3 ; Jay - 2

R Don, Carbrook: Chiffchaff - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 6 ; Starling - c40

Attercliffe: Yellow-legged Gull - 4 - adult Warren St, 2 adults and 3cy Stevenson Rd

Catcliffe Flash: Mute Swan - 3 - ad pr + 1 juv ; Canada Goose - 6 ; Wigeon - 29 ; Gadwall - 35+ ; Shoveler - 9 ; Pochard - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 6 ; Cormorant - 5+ ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Little Grebe - 4+ ; Coot - 47+

Malin Bridge: Jay - 1 - in garden, unusual here

Norton Lees: Tawny Owl - 1 heard