Sightings Archive

Redmires Middle Res: Whooper Swan - 4 - 4 adults resting on water at 12:45 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 ; Herring Gull - 1 ; Oystercatcher - 6 - flock, mobile between dam wall and fields.

Redmires Top Res: Whooper Swan - 24 - W over Top Res

Rivelin Valley: Kingfisher - 1 - on Wolf Wheel Dam

Roper Hill: Starling - 40

Silver Wood: Tawny Owl - 1 - Roosting high in tree. ; Nuthatch - 5+ - Lots of calling around the wood. ; Treecreeper - 2+ ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Calling.

Sothall: Water Rail - 1 - nocmig recorded over garden 0226hr

Thrybergh CP: Scaup - 1m ; Sand Martin - c250 ; Chiffchaff - 6 ; Grey Wagtail - 3 ; Fieldfare - 80+

Thrybergh Tip: Snipe - 1 ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 - SE ; Bullfinch - 1pr ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - adult, NE ; Cetti's Warbler - 2 - singing constantly from N & S shores ; Reed Bunting - 2 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - low to SW ; Mute Swan - 1pr ; Mallard - 3 - 1pr + 1m ; Gadwall - 5 - 1pr + 3m ; Moorhen - 3 ; Shoveler - 20 - mostly paired ; Pochard - 2prs ; Tufted Duck - 25 ; Grey Heron - 2 - inc one in from E ; Coot - c15 ; Great Crested Grebe - 3prs - very territorial ; Greylag Goose - 12 ; Canada Goose - 23 - inc 2 SW & 17 over from Thrybergh CP then NW ; Chiffchaff - 16 - singing ; Goldcrest - 2 - 1 (SK4695); 1 singing (SK4595) ; Jay - 2 ; Chaffinch - 2 ; Kestrel - 1 - male ; Sparrowhawk - 4 - up together, displaying overhead ; Stock Dove - 3 - 2 over ; Song Thrush - 3 - 1 singing (SK4696); 2 inc 1 singing (SK4695)

Thrybergh; Bank Wood: Chiffchaff - 3 - singing

Ughill Farm: Merlin - 1 - in Wet Shaw - female flushed flock of c50 Meadow Pipits with c2 Goldfinch. ; 319 - 5 - Two probable pairs plus one

Wadsley Common garden: Brambling - 1 - Female on feeders.

Walkley Bank: Whooper Swan - 1+ - calling overhead at 21:20

Wharncliffe Side: Chiffchaff - 1 - in observers garden feeding on insects

Whiston: Chiffchaff - 1

Agden Side: Curlew - 2 ; 319 - 1 ; Lapwing - 2 ; Meadow Pipit - 81

Bradfield Dale: Blue Tit - 3 ; Pheasant - 2 ; Chaffinch - 1 ; Great Tit - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Mallard - 1 ; Wren - 2 ; Siskin - 1 - calling from tree tops ; Meadow Pipit - c30 - flock feeding in fields ; Kestrel - 1 - hover hunting ; Curlew - 1 - feeding then flying and calling ; Dunnock - 1 ; Goldfinch - 1

Canklow Woods: Chiffchaff - 2 - 2 singing

Cowell Flat: Wheatear - 3 ; Snipe - 2 - chipping

Dale Dike - Low Bradfield: Blue Tit - 12 ; Mistle Thrush - 2 ; Pheasant - 3 ; Jackdaw - 1 ; Robin - 9 ; Chaffinch - 7 ; Great Tit - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 7 ; 324 - 1 - Muscovy Duck ; Woodpigeon - 10 ; Mallard - 3 ; Long-tailed Tit - 2 ; Wren - 2 ; Blackbird - 7 - one singing male ; Goldfinch - 9 ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Magpie - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 2 - a pair ; Meadow Pipit - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1

Damflask Res: Great Crested Grebe - 1

Fulwood garden: 327 - 1 - On feeders in garden

Hallfield: Meadow Pipit - c40 - feeding flock ; Pied Wagtail - 2 - pair ; Chaffinch - 2 ; Goldcrest - 2 ; Greylag Goose - 2 - a pair in field ; Canada Goose - c30 - in sheep pasture ; Black-headed Gull - c80 - feeding in seep pasture alongside Jackdaws and sheep