Sightings Archive

Whiteley Woods: Treecreeper - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 2

Bingham Park: 319 - 1

Carterknowle: Peregrine - 1

Catcliffe Flash: 320 - 25 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Coot - 41 - Several territorial foot fights going on .Spring is in the air. ; Gadwall - 38 - O Mallard, 0 Pochard ; Tufted Duck - 2 ; Shoveler - 1

Chatsworth: Long-tailed Tit - 20+ ; Blue Tit - 20+ ; Great Tit - 3+ ; Coal Tit - 1+ ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 30+ - On and near the river. ; Moorhen - 1+ ; Coot - 13+ - in single flock feeding (?) on grass beside river ; Tufted Duck - 4+ - males and females on river ; Mallard - 30+ ; Grey Heron - 3 ; Jackdaw - c20 ; Carrion Crow - 4 + ; 319 - 2 - soaring overhead ; Robin - 1 ; Woodpigeon - c30 ; Stock Dove - 2 ; Goldfinch - c10 ; Chaffinch - 10+ - some feeding on beech mast, some in hedge, one singing (first one I've heard this year) ; Blackbird - 10+ ; Redwing - c15 ; Fieldfare - c15 ; Siskin - c7 - heard only; in Alder tree tops ; Nuthatch - 2

Chatsworth Park: Mute Swan - 1 ; Canada Goose - c10

Crosspool: Waxwing - 26+ - In trees 50m west of Sportsman on Manchester Road at 11:45; flew off towards Broomhill ; Waxwing - 26+ - photo ; Waxwing - 26+ - photo of part of flock

Endcliffe Park: Kingfisher - 1 - Upper pond ; Black-headed Gull - 24

Firsby Res: Grey Wagtail - 1 - On sluice no water fowl Res completely frozen. ; Woodpigeon - 200+ - from roost in woodland. ; Pheasant - 1 - Male. ; Bullfinch - 10+ ; Siskin - 6+ ; Goldfinch - 3+ ; Brambling - 1 - Single over calling. ; Meadow Pipit - 10+ - On farmland. ; Song Thrush - 2 ; Jay - 1

Forge Dam: Mandarin - 5 - 3m, 2f ; Mandarin - 5 - another photo

Fulwood: Redwing - 4 - taking berries on Moorcroft Rd ; Fieldfare - 1 - taking berries on Moorcroft Rd

Green Moor: Brambling - 12+ ; Brambling - 12+ ; Brambling - 12+ ; Fieldfare - 2 ; Yellowhammer - 10+

Greystones garden: Redwing - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1

Handsworth: Siskin - 14 - On garden feeders. ; Greenfinch - 12

Heeley City Farm: Waxwing - 5 - in trees above the cafe at 13:30

High Storrs: Brambling - 2 - Feeding on lawn.

Hill Top; Doncaster Road: Kestrel - 1 - hunting by roadside @ 1207hrs

Hillsborough garden: Blackcap - 1 - male on birdtable ; Brambling - 1 - male on feeder

Hooton Roberts; Doncaster Road: Chiffchaff - 1 - in roadside hedge @ 1205hrs whilst stopped at traffic lights

Ibbotson Wheel Dam: 320 - 2 - Male and female at the westernmost end of the dam.

Low Bradfield: Barn Owl - 1

Manor Fields Park: Water Rail - 1 - at 08:00 ; Meadow Pipit - 1 - flew over calling ; Redwing - 5 ; Fieldfare - 3 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Moorhen - 4 - on frozen pond/reedbed area.

Millhouses: Brambling - 1 - Female in Stowe Avenue garden ; Blackcap - 1 - Male in Stowe Avenue garden

Mount Darnall: Carrion Crow - 96 ; Rook - 31 ; Jackdaw - 18

Norton Lees garden: Redwing - 1

Old Ravenfield: Grey Heron - 1 - Over. ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - On lamppost. ; Goldcrest - 1 - In church wood. ; Fieldfare - 4 - Feeding on Rose hips.

Orgreave Lakes: Carrion Crow - 4 - One bird took a Blacked Headed Gull in flightc and drowned it . The photo is of the other gulls mobbing it. ; Great Black-backed Gull - 57 - Most of them roosted on the ice till 17.30 when most left to the NE ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 18 ; Herring Gull - 468 - Including Gonso ; Black-headed Gull - 2500 ; Goosander - 29 - At dusk ; Golden Plover - 3 - On Plains ; Redshank - 1 ; Ringed Plover - 1 ; Skylark - 30 - By Wheel Wash

Pit-house West: BITTERN - 1 - flew to roost at 17:12 after coming out onto ice of frozen pool briefly; record shot