Sightings Archive

Rother Valley CP: Tufted Duck - 45 - c. ; Pochard - 22 ; Goldeneye - 3 - males ; Goosander - 2 ; Coot - 35 - c. ; Moorhen - 8 ; Blackbird - 13 ; Song Thrush - 2 ; Bullfinch - 6 ; Pink-footed Goose - 1+ - skein heard overhead moving west - not seen in fog ; Little Egret - 3 - around small ponds at southern end of park

Silverwood Lagoon: Pink-footed Goose - 240 - 200 west at 09:30, 40 west at 09:40

Thrybergh CP: Tufted Duck - 92 ; Pochard - 7 ; Shoveler - 7 ; Scaup - 1M ; Goldeneye - 4 - 2 pair ; Wigeon - 1 ; Gadwall - 33 ; Greylag Goose - 220+ ; Pink-footed Goose - 246 - 3 skeins West ; Water Rail - 1 ; Lapwing - 120+ ; Golden Plover - 17 - Sheep fields ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Cormorant - 7 ; Mute Swan - 33 ; Common Gull - 4 ; Black-headed Gull - C100 ; Red-legged Partridge - 8 ; Stonechat - 1 - Pond field ; Chaffinch - 6 ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Collared Dove - 2 ; Jackdaw - 12 ; Kestrel - 1

Whiston Meadows: Snipe - 2 ; Jack Snipe - 1 ; Stonechat - 1

Aldwarke; Liberty Steels: Peregrine - 2 - a pair chasing over complex and (unsuccessfully) hunting Feral Pigeons cooperatively before perching up on chimneys

Barlow Common: Barn Owl - 1 ; Little Owl - 1 ; Fieldfare - 30+ ; Meadow Pipit - 2

Bolehill Flash: Water Rail - 2 - on the stream. ; Fieldfare - c12 ; Blackcap - 1 - female

Canklow Woods: Siskin - 8 - scarce here

Crosspool: Waxwing - 1 - Manchester Road at 15:00

Firsby Res: Great Black-backed Gull - 3 - over ; Mute Swan - 2 ; Coot - 3 - An increase of 1. ; Mallard - 4 - Stood on Ice. ; Water Rail - 1 - Call only. ; Herring Gull - 4 - Over. ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Tawny Owl - 1 - Roosting close to path.

Grouse Inn: Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Lapwing - 2 - in field nearby

Handsworth: Collared Dove - 1 - 1 aerial display.

Longshaw: Goldcrest - 1

Orgreave Lakes: Herring Gull - 94 - At 12.30 including this aberrant 2year bird. ; Stonechat - 2 - 1 pair.

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Greenfinch - 1 - feeding on rose-hips ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - male, in full aerial 'switchback' display ; Magpie - 8 - together ; Redwing - 6

Ravenfield Park: Lesser Redpoll - 30+ ; Tawny Owl - 1 ; Pink-footed Goose - 1+ - flew west calling - not seen

Rawmarsh; Barber*s Avenue: Common Gull - 1 - adult on playing field ; Black-headed Gull - 31 - on playing field

Redmires Middle Res: Long-tailed Tit - c12 - Busy flock at feeders ; Long-tailed Tit - c12 - another photo

Roundwood Golf course: Siskin - 2

RVCP: Raven - 2 - Flew E ; Wigeon - 160

Thrybergh CP: Scaup - 1 - Male ; Shoveler - 6 ; 320 - 1 ; Cormorant - 6 ; Pink-footed Goose - 110 - flew west ; Great Crested Grebe - 14 ; Lapwing - 120 ; Golden Plover - 5+ ; Jackdaw - 12 ; Stonechat - 1 - Female ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - In North hedgerow ; Skylark - 2 ; Kestrel - 3 ; 319 - 3 ; Song Thrush - 4

Thurcroft: Lesser Redpoll - 4 - feeding together at the top of a silver birch. ; Fieldfare - 1 - at the back of an apple tree on the Mineral Line.

Abbeydale: Redwing - 1 - Low berry hedge in car park by Barnardo’s & Tesco, Abbeydale Rd

Agden Rocher: Woodcock - 1 - Flushed from side of path nr Rocher End Brook ; Jay - 1 ; Raven - 1

Bingham Park: Treecreeper - 2