Sightings Archive

Norfolk Heritage Park: Tawny Owl - 2 - hooting and "kevick" calls heard

Orgreave Lakes: SLAVONIAN GREBE - 1 ; Goosander - 2 - Male ; Kestrel - 3 ; SLAVONIAN GREBE - 1 ; Wigeon - 1 - On small lake. ; Stonechat - 3 ; Water Rail - 1 ; Little Grebe - 3 - Dozing on large lake ; Pochard - 15

R Don, Effingham St: Goosander - 8 - 3 males 5 females

R Rother, Bolehill: Pink-footed Goose - 1 - Single bird still feeding alongside Canada Geese. ; Goosander - 1 - Single redhead on river. ; Goosander - 1

R Rother, Catcliffe: Goldcrest - 20+

Redmires conduit: Lapwing - 60 ; Red Grouse - 4 ; Jay - 1 ; Kestrel - 1

Redmires Top Res: Black-headed Gull - 150 - pre-roost ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - singing ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - feeding along water's edge ; Goldcrest - 2 ; Waxwing - c.30 - flew W to roost late afternoon ; Lapwing - 51 - circling over ; Kestrel - 1 ; Starling - 350 - SW in several parties late afternoon, heading to unknown roost

Rivelin Valley: Jay - 1 ; Dipper - 1 - Stood on rock then flew upstream ; 321 - 1 - juvenile on river below Nether Cut Wheel ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Blue Tit - 1

RVCP: GREAT WHITE EGRET - 1 - Left the park at dawn,,probably roosted there,and flew high south over Killamarsh into Derbyshire

Soughley Lane, Redmires: Greylag Goose - 71 - feeding in fields ; Canada Goose - 24 - feeding in fields

Upper Common, Scholes: Carrion Crow - 30+

Walkley Bank: Long-tailed Tit - 10+ - Flock in trees on Rivelin Road

Apperknowle: Sparrowhawk - 1 - over

Crosspool: Waxwing - 25

Dalton Magna: Chaffinch - c50 - in maize game-cover crop ; Red-legged Partridge - 41 - two coveys ; Pheasant - c20 - together, mostly cocks ; Grey Partridge - 1 - with covey of Red-legs ; Redwing - 11 - flock, SE ; Pink-footed Goose - c60 - E @ 0923hrs

Frith Wood, Dronfield: Wren - 1

Handsworth Garden: Goldfinch - 20+ - On sunflower heart feeders

Listerdale Wood: Long-tailed Tit - 17+ - two flocks ; Goldcrest - 4+ - in tit-flocks ; Treecreeper - 3 - in tit-flocks ; Coal Tit - 4+ - in mixed tit-flocks ; Brambling - 1 - calling ; Kestrel - 1 - over, above canopy ; Bullfinch - 1 - calling ; Nuthatch - 1 - with tit-flock

Moss Valley, upper: Redwing - c 25 - Coal Aston ; Nuthatch - 1

Norton Lees: Sparrowhawk - 1 circling over ; Starling - 50 - c50 in street tree

Orgreave Lakes: SLAVONIAN GREBE - 1 ; Kestrel - 1

Rawmarsh; Barber*s Avenue: Sparrowhawk - 1 - flew along road & into roadside tree @ 0735hrs

RVCP: Raven - 1 - flew west ; Egyptian Goose - 2

Thrybergh CP: Goldeneye - 2 - New birds imm male + a redhead ; Goosander - 2 - M/F ; Tufted Duck - 44 ; Lapwing - 32 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Below dam ; Chaffinch - 20+ ; Chaffinch - 20+ ; Siskin - 1

Crosspool: Waxwing - 6+ - At least 6 from Barnfield Rd rear garden. Viewable from playing fields/tennis courts ; Waxwing - 29 - Feeding on berries and flycatching early afternoon. ; Waxwing - 29 - Another photo ; Waxwing - 29 - Another photo. If visiting, allow birds to feed and DO NOT STAND UNDER BERRY TREES.

Crowhole: 319 - 3 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Pheasant - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 10+

Frecheville: Goosander - 5 - Frecheville Pond, 2M+3RH at 10:00

Norton Lees: Tawny Owl - 1 calling

Orgreave Lakes: SLAVONIAN GREBE - 1 - photo ; SLAVONIAN GREBE - 1 - photo ; SLAVONIAN GREBE - 1 - photo ; SLAVONIAN GREBE - 1 - photo

Thrybergh CP: Mute Swan - 27 ; Moorhen - 6 ; Coot - 42 - Influx this morning ; Tufted Duck - 46 ; Goldeneye - 1 - redhead ; Goosander - 1 - redhead ; Great Crested Grebe - 5 ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 80+ ; Herring Gull - 12 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 4