Sightings Archive

Thrybergh CP: Tufted Duck - 40 ; 319 - 1 - flew north ; Kestrel - 1 ; Water Rail - 3 ; Lapwing - 150+ ; Black-headed Gull - 500+ ; Common Gull - 6 ; Herring Gull - 16 ; Little Owl - 1 ; Skylark - 3 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Dunnock - 20 - 17 singing ; Robin - 29 - 17 singing ; Song Thrush - 4 - singing ; Fieldfare - 2 - south ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 6 - 3pr ; Jackdaw - 150+ - in with large flock of corvid n of site ; Rook - 500+ - north of site ; Carrion Crow - 12 ; Chaffinch - 16 - 7 singing ; Brambling - 22 ; Greenfinch - 9 ; Bullfinch - 7 ; Reed Bunting - 18 - inc 12 at feeds ; Yellowhammer - 5 - 4 at feeds ; Raven - 1 - flew east cronking, 10:57

Thrybergh Res: Brambling - 15 - at least 15 under bushes at feeding station.

Totley Bents: Willow Tit - 01-Feb - Singing male Bents Footway & Totley All Saints Primary School with probably a second bird calling.

Walkley garden: Collared Dove - 2 - 2 collared dove, one sitting on birch twig nest in eucalyptus tree

Barlow Brook: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing. ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 01-Feb ; Goldfinch - 6+ ; Song Thrush - 1 - also singing

Barnside Moor: Woodcock - 3 - Flying out of wood probably to feed.

Damflask Res: Mandarin - 8 ; Great Crested Grebe - 2

Ellesmere Green, Burngreave: Waxwing - 25 - resting up next to single berry laden Sorbus tree.

Green Moor: Brambling - 2

Leadmill Bridge: 319 - 4 - 2 apparent pairs overhead calling

Millhouses: Blackcap - 1 - male in Springfield Rd garden

Orgreave Lakes: Oystercatcher - 4 ; Ringed Plover - 2 ; Snipe - 1

Parson*s Piece: Red-legged Partridge - 1 - on roadside wall

R Derwent, Coppice Wood: Goosander - 9 - 4 males, 2 pairs, 1 solitary female

R Derwent, Fallcliff Wood: Dipper - 2 - on moss covered branch apparently collecting nesting material. Also singing male

R Derwent, Goose Nest Wood: Goosander - 2 - 1 male 1 female

Redmires conduit: Golden Plover - 16 ; Golden Plover - 1 - record photo

Redmires Top Res: Lapwing - c200

Rivelin Valley: Dipper - 2 - Pair including regular silver ringed individual together just below Third Coppice Wheel ; Grey Heron - 2 ; Mandarin - 3 - On Frank Wheel

Shepherd*s Plantation: Woodpigeon - 1+ ; Robin - 1 - sing ; Mistle Thrush - 1+ - 1 sing ; Long-tailed Tit - 1+ ; Blue Tit - 1+ ; Nuthatch - 1 - sing ; Goldfinch - 10+

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 8 - 2pr disp ; Little Grebe - 3 ; Grey Heron - 1 - 2cy ; Mute Swan - 17 - inc 2d with 3jv still ; Greylag Goose - 16 ; Canada Goose - 4 - +1 feral grey ; Gadwall - 2 ; Pochard - 1 - m ; Tufted Duck - 22 ; Water Rail - 0 - none showed today ; Lapwing - 120 - + ; Black-headed Gull - 180 - + ; Herring Gull - 1 - ad ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - yaff. ; Skylark - 5 - sing ; Wren - 4 ; Dunnock - 27 - 10+sing ; Robin - 25 - 12sing ; Song Thrush - 3 - sing ; Fieldfare - 50 - #NAME? ; Blackbird - 13 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 8 - + inc 4+ 2-2 ; Chaffinch - 18 ; Brambling - 34 - + at least 34 counted ; Bullfinch - 6 ; Reed Bunting - 20 - inc.6 in r/bed 12 at feeders ; Yellowhammer - 4

Upper Derwentdale: Red Kite - 1 ; Crossbill - 30 - Singles and pairs no flocks

Wadsley: Waxwing - 7 - 7 high in trees again on Vainor Road at 07.45

Woodhouse Washlands: Stonechat - 1 - On fence beside Transpennine Trail near factories at Woodhouse Mill.

Cinder Hills: Robin - 1+ - sing ; Song Thrush - 1 - sing ; Fieldfare - 10+ ; Coal Tit - 1 - sing