Sightings Archive

Upper Common, Scholes: Kestrel - 1 - hunting, same bird? seen hour later resting in tree NE edge of Scholes Coppice, feet away from finch flock.

Wharncliffe Chase (south): Woodpigeon - 800 - NE 13.00-14.15 ; Jay - 6+ ; Goldfinch - 5+ ; Meadow Pipit - 2 ; Redwing - 5+ ; Stonechat - 2 - pair

Wharncliffe Wood: Goldcrest - 5+ ; Long-tailed Tit - 10+

Catcliffe Flash: 320 - 7 ; Wigeon - 137 ; Black-headed Gull - 80+ ; Tufted Duck - 6+ ; Gadwall - 10+ ; Shoveler - 3

Ecclesall Woods: Song Thrush - 1 - Full song.

Firsby Res: Herring Gull - 21 - Flock over together. ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Fieldfare - 2+ ; Redwing - 20+ - Feeding ; Skylark - 1 - Over calling. ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 - with Goldfinches. ; Bullfinch - 2 - Pair. ; Goldfinch - 6 ; Linnet - 20+ - Feeding on farmland. ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - With Linnet flock. ; Meadow Pipit - 3 - Down with Linnets. ; Goldcrest - 3 ; Long-tailed Tit - 5+

Greystones garden: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Male

Hutcliffe Wood: Song Thrush - 1 - One singing occasional phrases.

Kilnhurst: Great Black-backed Gull - 3 - S ; Herring Gull - 2 - S

Kimberworth Park: Grey Wagtail - 1 - Flitting between rooftops and garages on Strafford Road.

Langsett Res: Goosander - 1 - redhead ; Black-headed Gull - 2350+ - roosted ; Common Gull - 21 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2

Linacre Res: Mallard - 115 - WeBS count ; Mandarin - 80 ; Tufted Duck - 48 ; Goosander - 2 - 2 redheads ; Black-headed Gull - 29 ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Moorhen - 11 ; Coot - 4 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Raven - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1

Longshaw: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 4 ; Goldcrest - 8

Millhouses: Tawny Owl - 2 - Sheaf Valley Walk. Two calling at 06:30

Mount Darnall: 319 - 2 ; Grey Partridge - 12 ; 327 - 12 - West ; Siskin - 3 - West ; Redwing - 21 - West

Orgreave Lakes: Black-headed Gull - 240+ ; Tufted Duck - 30+ ; Pochard - 78+ ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 40+ ; Great Crested Grebe - 2+ ; Lapwing - 40+ ; Cormorant - 4 ; Grey Heron - 2 ; 320 - 6 ; Gadwall - 3 ; Pied Wagtail - 3 ; Little Grebe - 2 ; Goosander - 6 ; Goosander - 6 - 2nd photo ; Goldeneye - 1 - male on large lake ; Goosander - 6 - 3rd photo ; Goosander - 6 - 4th photo

Ravenfield Park: Coot - 1 ; Mallard - 16 ; Tufted Duck - 2 ; Goosander - 1 - Redhead still present. ; Grey Heron - 3 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - On stream. ; Herring Gull - 5 - Down on farmland. ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - With Herring Gulls. ; 319 - 1 - Worming. ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Lesser Redpoll - 5+ ; Siskin - 3 - Over calling. ; Long-tailed Tit - 4

Rawmarsh; Rosehill Victoria Park: Brambling - 01-Feb - 2 birds over to E calling, at least one a BL ; Nuthatch - 02-Mar ; Stock Dove - 1 - singing ; Redwing - 2

Rawmarsh; Sandhill: Carrion Crow - 10 - together in recently ploughed field

Silverwood Lagoon: Jack Snipe - 1

Stanage Edge, below: Raven - 2

Swinton Common: Kestrel - 1 - male, hunting from telegraph pole; Wentworth Road

Swinton Common; Blackamoor Road: Meadow Pipit - 5 - in set-aside ; Linnet - c60 - in set-aside; one taken by SH