Sightings Archive

Redmires Top Res: Ringed Plover - 2 ; Woodcock - 2 - 2 flew from plantation towards reservoir. 5 minutes later one flew over 'grunting'

Sharrow Cemetery: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - calling ; Redwing - 6 - flew N at 06:30 hrs

Shatton: Treecreeper - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1

Shirecliffe: Lesser Redpoll - 15 - taking nyjer seed at garden feeders ; COMMON (Mealy) REDPOLL - 2 - in company with lesser redpolls ; Brambling - 2 - 2 males taking nyjer seed.

Stacey Bank: Dipper - 1 - on Loxley

Storrs Bridge: Chiffchaff - 5 - singing around the old factory buildings

Thrybergh CP: Cormorant - 2 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Mute Swan - 21 - most left w ; Gadwall - 4 - 2pr ; Tufted Duck - 48 ; Kestrel - 1 - very noisy m ; Red-legged Partridge - 2 ; Grey Partridge - 1 - call ; Pheasant - 3 - m ; Water Rail - 3 ; Skylark - 8 - singing ; Wren - 11 ; Dunnock - 24 ; Robin - 22 ; Song Thrush - 2 - singing ; Blackbird - 13 ; Chiffchaff - 3 - 2 singing ; Chaffinch - 12 ; Brambling - 7+ ; Bullfinch - 6 - 3pr ; Reed Bunting - 13 ; Yellowhammer - 1 - singing

Weston Park: Blackbird - 2 - singing males ; Goldfinch - 7 - Flock moving between tops of beech trees ; Robin - 2 - 1 singing ; Nuthatch - 1 - Singing loudly ; Woodpigeon - 7 - One on nest near Firth Court ; Magpie - 2 ; Blue Tit - 3 ; Carrion Crow - 4 ; Herring Gull - 1 ; Coot - 2

Barlow Common: Yellowhammer - 02-Mar ; Tree Sparrow - 2 ; Stock Dove - 2 ; 319 - 02-Mar ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Pheasant - 2 ; Long-tailed Tit - 2 - carrying nest material ; Goldfinch - 3+ ; Chiffchaff - 1 - heard only (singing) ; Mistle Thrush - 1

Canklow Woods: Common Buzzard - 3 - 3 in the air together at 0940 ; Chiffchaff - 2 - 2 singing ; Barn Owl - 1 - 1 hunting field below boston castle at 0545

Catcliffe Flash: Mute Swan - 2 - resident pair ; Gadwall - 24+ ; Shoveler - 7 - 5m, 2f ; Pochard - 3 ; Tufted Duck - 15 ; Cormorant - 3 ; Grey Heron - 2 ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Coot - 24 ; Black-headed Gull - 35+ - 35-40

Centenary Riverside: Kingfisher - 1 - under bridge. ; Goldfinch - 05-Jun - 2 singing ; Bullfinch - 2 - pair calling ; Canada Goose - 2 - 1 river , 1 pond ; 321 - 2 - flushed from pond by me,apologies. ; Robin - 2 - singing ; Mallard - 6 - river ; Wren - 02-Mar - singing ; Dunnock - 1 - singing. ; 324 - 1 - Peacock butterfly. ; 324 - 4 - Small Tortoiseshell

Cinder Hills: 319 - 1 - @09:27

Crookes Valley Park: Herring Gull - 2 - regular adult pair again this morning ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing this morning ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - male drumming near previous nest hole ; Nuthatch - 1 - singing ; Treecreeper - 1 - singing ; Goldfinch - 2 - singing

Dog Kennel Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 2+ ; Mute Swan - 2 ; Mallard - 10+ ; Tufted Duck - 5 ; Coot - 5+ ; Moorhen - 1+ ; Dunnock - 1 - sing ; Wren - 1 - sing ; Blue Tit - 1 - sing ; Goldfinch - 1+

Fulwood garden: Brambling - 6 - at feeders; still regular

Greasbrough Dam,Wentworth: Great Crested Grebe - 4 ; Mute Swan - 5 ; Mallard - 10+ ; Moorhen - 1+ ; Treecreeper - 2 - 1pr display on Weeping Willow