Sightings Archive

Howden Res: Goosander - 1 - drake flew N

Keppels Field: Kestrel - 1 - female hunting ; Jay - 1 ; Magpie - 5 ; Carrion Crow - 6

Little Longstone: Kestrel - 1

Midhope Res: Fieldfare - c100 ; 319 - 4 ; Greylag Goose - 132 ; Canada Goose - 6 ; Oystercatcher - 6 ; 320 - 11 - 7 males, 4 females, calling and courtship behaviour ; Kestrel - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1

Norfolk Heritage Park: Redwing - 20 - 30 - singing in tree tops in Jervis Lum and 1 feeding on football field with Mistle Thrush ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 - drumming heard ; Blue Tit - at least 10 ; Great Tit - c6 - some singing males ; Mistle Thrush - c6 - one singing male, the rest feeding on ground ; Woodpigeon - c20 - some singing ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Robin - c6 - some singing ; Goldfinch - c10 ; Carrion Crow - 4 ; Magpie - c10 ; Jay - 2 ; Long-tailed Tit - c6

Orgreave Lakes: Ringed Plover - 2 - Late afternoon

Pit-house West: Raven - 2 - South at 11am ; Willow Tit - 1 - Male singing

R Don, Effingham St: Goosander - 2 - Pair hunting below weir

R Loxley: Dipper - 1 - singing near Old Wheel Dam

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Blue Tit - 1pr - investigating nest box

Redmires Bottom Res: Canada Goose - 8

Redmires conduit: 319 - 2 - One calling in flight, other calling from trees above Hammonds field (at same time)

Redmires Middle Res: Lapwing - 190+ - All on shorelines

Redmires Top Res: Canada Goose - 1

Rowland: 319 - 1

RVCP, Main Lake: Mute Swan - 34 - max count for the year. up to 4 pairs thought to have bred but by the year end the avian flu had taken its toll and only 2 youngsters were still alive. ; Pochard - 45 - max for year

Scholes Coppice,Bell Pits: Wren - 1 ; Dunnock - 1 - singing ; Robin - 1 - singing ; Blackbird - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1 - up from brambles ; Chaffinch - 2 - females

Sheffield University: Peregrine - 2 - Pair on St. Georges church

Thrybergh CP: Water Rail - 1 - coming to food ; Grey Heron - 2 ; Great Crested Grebe - 12 ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 48 ; Gadwall - 5 ; Pochard - 1 ; Goosander - 1 - redhead ; Cormorant - 3 ; Black-headed Gull - c2000 - Very large movement north from 4 pm onwards c600 attempting to roost being put off by Gas gun ; Herring Gull - c50 - Moving N with BHG ; Redwing - 25 ; Goldcrest - 2 - Showing very well on feeders Thrybergh Lane end ; Blackcap - 1 - Female in garden southern boundary ; Kestrel - 1 - male

Upper Midhope: Linnet - 150-200 - In fields between Midhope Res and Upper Midhope

Westend Valley: 320 - 10

Worrall: Barn Owl - 1 - hunting over rough pasture @ 07.00

Wortley: Common Gull - 1

Attercliffe: Peregrine - 1 - ad on Bernard Road incinerator building

Aughton: Mistle Thrush - 1 ; 319 - 2 - circling over woods.

Brightside: Ring-necked Parakeet - 70+ - in to roost, 17:00-17:25 ; 324 - 2 - Alexandrine Parakeet - pair roosting with RNP's opposite Synters.

Cinder Bridge Field: Kestrel - 2 - hunting close together

Cinder Bridge Road: Kestrel - 1 - male (different bird)

Cinder Hills: 319 - 2 - together, over ,N, toward Upper Ox Close Wood ; Wren - 1 - singing ; Robin - 1+ - singing ; Coal Tit - 1 - singing ; Great Tit - 4+ ; Goldfinch - 1+

Crosspool garden: Mistle Thrush - 1 - Singing loudly on tree top 07:15-07:45

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 1 ; Mallard - 4 - 2 pairs. ; Grey Heron - 1 - Main Res early morning. ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Greylag Goose - 20+ - Over from direction of TCP. ; Kestrel - 1 ; 319 - 1 ; Skylark - 2 ; Siskin - 6+ - Small numbers over calling. ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; Jay - 1 ; Song Thrush - 2 - Both singing. ; Fieldfare - 4 ; Redwing - 6

Harthill Res: Water Rail - 1 - In reeds below car Park

Kimberworth garden: Greenfinch - 2 - Feeding in Alder tree ; Siskin - 2