Sightings Archive

Ramsley Res: Stonechat - 2 - pair, male singing ; 320 - 1+ - calling

Rawmarsh; Barber*s Avenue: Greenfinch - 1 - singing from conifers ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Magpie - 1 - refurbishing nest by roadside

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Greenfinch - 4

Redmires conduit: Red Grouse - 1 - Eating lichen on wall

Redmires Middle Res: Redshank - 2 - apparent pair early morning

Roundwood Golf course: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing

Scholes Coppice: Red-legged Partridge - 1 - calls ; Pheasant - 1+ - calls ; Woodpigeon - 10+ - 2 singing ; Wren - 3 - singing ; Robin - 9+ - singing ; Blackbird - 2+ ; Chiffchaff - 2 - singing ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 2+ ; Coal Tit - 1 - singing ; Blue Tit - 1+ ; Great Tit - 3+ - at least 1 singing ; Nuthatch - 1+ - at least 1 singing ; Treecreeper - 1 - singing and calls ; Goldfinch - 1+ - singing

Wadsley Common garden: Siskin - 12 ; Lesser Redpoll - 2 ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing ; 319 - 1 - low over

Watergrove: Oystercatcher - 1 - By small pond

Wickersley Park: Red Kite - 1 - Circling high over village before heading towards Morrisons. ; Siskin - 1 - Single calling.

Bole Hill Park (Crookes): Pheasant - 1 - Male at 06:00

Canklow/Boston Park: Chiffchaff - 5 - 5 singing

Damflask Res: Great Crested Grebe - 2 - pair, later seen dropping onto Agden ; Pink-footed Goose - 1 - still with Canadas ; Canada Goose - 19

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 1 ; Mallard - 4 - 2 pair. ; Greylag Goose - 2 - Pair arrived noisily early morning. ; Cormorant - 1 ; 319 - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Jay - 1 - Calling in willows. ; Redwing - 10+ - Over. ; Fieldfare - 5+ - With Redwings. ; Song Thrush - 1 - Singing. ; Skylark - 2 - Singing ; Meadow Pipit - 1 ; Yellowhammer - 4 - 2 pairs. ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; Linnet - 6 ; Chaffinch - 2 - Singing Male. Female appearing to be checking nest sites. ; Goldfinch - 1 ; Siskin - 6+ ; Chiffchaff - 3 - All singing.

Hastings road garden: Blackcap - 1 - Female feeding on meal worms at garden feeder very aggressive toward a starlings and house sparrows attempting to share feeders ; Starling - 6 ; House Sparrow - 8 ; Woodpigeon - 2 - Attempting to use feeders by hovering .complete failure

Kelham Island: Mandarin - 2 - A pair sitting on a bat box 6m up a riverside sycamore

Langsett Res: Black-headed Gull - c2700 - Roost 18.15 ; Oystercatcher - 5 - 2 pairs ; Pied Wagtail - c40

Middleton Moor: Golden Plover - 72 ; Snipe - 3 - Two amongst Golden Plovers, plus one “ chipping “ ; Greylag Goose - 2

Millhouses: Blackcap - 2 - Male and female in Stowe Avenue garden ; Greenfinch - 2 - Pair. Female collecting nesting material

Orgreave Lakes: Ringed Plover - 1 ; Common Gull - c60 ; Oystercatcher - 3 ; Goosander - 1 - f ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Oystercatcher - 3 ; Goosander - 3 ; Skylark - 20

Owlthorpe: Mandarin - 2 - Pair still present.

Redmires Middle Res: Linnet - c30

RVCP, Main Lake: Common Buzzard - 8 - in display over the park,,again on 01/04

Thrybergh CP: Whooper Swan - 4 - 2 adults 2 Juv at 08:00

Waverley, near AMRC: Ringed Plover - 1

Bingham Park: Dipper - 3+ - 3 seen together inc 2 mating. 2 together further upstream; 1 chasing/following the other. ; Greenfinch - 2 - Singing

Blackburn Brook, Ecclesfield: Dipper - 2 - Pair together between stone weir and footbridge.

Brooks Bank Farm (Yorks Water - private): Pheasant - 1 - male ; Curlew - c20 - flying about and sometimes landing in pastures ; Woodpigeon - c20 - in treetops ; Blue Tit - 1 ; Carrion Crow - 3 ; Goldfinch - c5 ; Meadow Pipit - c10 ; Reed Bunting - 2 ; 319 - 3 - overhead ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Great Tit - 2 - a pair ; Chaffinch - 2 - a pair ; Song Thrush - 2 - a pair ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Magpie - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 - hover hunting