Sightings Archive

Thrybergh CP: Tawny Owl - 1 - Calling before dawn. ; Woodcock - 1 - in car headlights on Thrybergh Lane at dawn.

Treeton Dyke: Redwing - 20+

Upper Common, Scholes: Meadow Pipit - 2 - up from autumn sown rape.

Woodhouse Mill: Bullfinch - 6 - 4M+2F sat together in hedgerow on Smallage Lane. ; Goldfinch - 50+ - roosting at top of Smallage Lane.

Worrall: Fieldfare - 50+ - Feeding in field. ; Redwing - 6 - With Fieldfare flock

Bradfield Dale: Pink-footed Goose - c360 - c80 high overhead 11:30 ish SW, with c70 and c200 in distance to S beyond heading W in distance.

Bramley: Waxwing - 5 - unconfirmed pager report of 5 in Morrison's car park at 13:10 (note this coud be the Bramley in Leeds - conflicting info from info services)

Brightside: Ring-necked Parakeet - 14+ - In tree on Brightside Lane.at 16:00

Burbage Valley: Raven - 1 ; Wren - 1

Dale Dike Res: Tufted Duck - 4 - 2p

Ecclesfield: 319 - 3 - together calling, flying SW

Flash Farm, Stannington: Tree Sparrow - 6

Foxhill: Pink-footed Goose - 290 - c140 High west at 11:05; another skein c150 high west at 11:20

Hillsborough Park: Goosander - 2 - Pair on the lake ; Goosander - 2 - photo ; Moorhen - 4+ - Feeding on dead Canada Goose (at least 4 dead birds ). Reported to DEFRA as suspected Avian Flu although the continuous input of bread into the water can't help.

Rivelin Valley: Dipper - 1 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Long-tailed Tit - 4+

Thrybergh Tip: Shoveler - 12 - in reeds adjacent to river. ; 320 - 2 - Male and female main lagoon ; Cormorant - 5 ; Jay - 1 ; Mallard - 8 ; Mute Swan - 2 ; Tufted Duck - c30 - Mostly on River. ; Song Thrush - 1 - Singing at dusk. ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 - Near Weir.

Totley Moor: Pink-footed Goose - 74 ; SNOW BUNTING - 1 - at 09:30 ; Red Grouse - 2

Treeton woods: 319 - 6 - Two perched, four others cavorting & displaying. ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Male ; Treecreeper - 2 ; Long-tailed Tit - 8 - searching the canopy

Bingham Park: Treecreeper - 1 ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Dipper - 1

Endcliffe Park: Dipper - 2 - Near Hunters' Bar. Watching each other from adjacent rocks followed by some chasing. ; Mandarin - 9 - 5m 4f on top pond ; Nuthatch - 1 - singing

Frecheville: Goosander - 5 - 3m 2rh Frecheville Pond

Mayfield Valley: Mandarin - 14 - flew low W at dusk, presumably to roost

Pebley Pond: Brambling - 20+ - with large mixed finch foraging flock ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Great Crested Grebe - 2

Ramsley: Brambling - 2+ - very mobile ; Greenfinch - 5+ ; Reed Bunting - 3 - fem

Redmires Middle Res: Peregrine - 1 - on rocks ; 320 - 18 ; Curlew - 1 - flying around calling

Shillito Wood: Brambling - 2 ; Raven - 1 - over W calling

Thrybergh Tip: Tufted Duck - c.60 ; Shoveler - 10 ; Gadwall - 6 ; 320 - 1 ; Mute Swan - 2 ; Cetti's Warbler - 1 - brief call in corner near metal bridge at 09.35 ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Jay - 1 ; Bullfinch - 2

Totley Moor: SNOW BUNTING - 1 - showing very well by the ventilation shaft, 11:15-12:00.

Unstone: Meadow Pipit - 33

Whiteley Woods: Dipper - 1

Wire Mill Dam: Mallard - 64 ; Mandarin - 19 ; Goosander - 2 - pair ; Stock Dove - 1 - singing

Attercliffe: Peregrine - 1 - ad Bernard Road.

Brownhills Lane: Greylag Goose - 66 - grazing in fields ; Kestrel - 1 - on roadside fenceposts

Catcliffe Flash: Coot - 12 ; Tufted Duck - 6 ; 320 - 1

Crosspool: Tawny Owl - 1 - regular bird

Cutthorpe: Grey Partridge - 6 - in one covey; showing well ; Bullfinch - 1 ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 2

Endcliffe Park: Dipper - 2 - by Hunters' Bar at 8:10

Foxhill: House Sparrow - c20 - Shaw Hill Farm ; Goldfinch - c8 ; Collared Dove - 2 - Pair

Hillsborough: Pink-footed Goose - 200 - c200 flying west at 14:05

Hillsborough Park: Canada Goose - c130 - plus 4 dead birds on island ; Coot - c16 ; Moorhen - c10 ; Tufted Duck - 2 - pair ; Goosander - 1 - 1w drake ; Black-headed Gull - c170 - one with a nearly full hood.