Sightings Archive

Rawmarsh: Fieldfare - c25 - flock, E @ 1045hrs

Rawmarsh; Bellows Road: Starling - 50-60 - on mobile mast, with many birds singing despite miserable conditions

Rawmarsh; High Street: Mistle Thrush - 1 - 0n top of Methodist Church spire

Redmires Res: Canada Goose - 50 - c. in fields ; Greylag Goose - 76 - in fields ; Pink-footed Goose - 150 - flew E in 2 skeins at 08.40 & 09,20 hrs ; Mallard - 50 - c. ; Tufted Duck - 1 - male on Middle Res ; 320 - 2 ; Kestrel - 3 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Common Buzzard - 1 - sat on telegraph pole on Soughley Lane ; Lapwing - 50 - c. ; Red Grouse - 8 ; Blackbird - 5 - c. ; Fieldfare - 140 - c. flew S ; Redwing - 20 - c. flew S ; Woodpigeon - 800 - flew S in 2 hrs ; Starling - 40 - c. ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Meadow Pipit - 4 ; Bullfinch - 1 - male by Top Res ; Brambling - 1 - heard overhead ; Brambling - 1 - heard overhead ; Reed Bunting - 4 - flew SW ; Herring Gull - 7 - on Top Res ; Crossbill - 4 - flew W at 07.50 hrs ; Stonechat - 1 - female by Middle Res ; Lesser Redpoll - 2

Rud Hill: Whooper Swan - 4 - ads flew SE at 09.10 - last seen flying over Ox Stones ; Reed Bunting - 10 - flew SW

Silver Wood: Mistle Thrush - 1 - singing in woodland near Woodlaithes duckpond

Thrybergh CP: Mute Swan - 33 ; Tufted Duck - 48 ; Gadwall - 7 ; Lapwing - 115 ; Cormorant - 4 ; Fieldfare - 100+ ; Redwing - 200 ; Blackbird - 38 ; Song Thrush - 4 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Linnet - 80+ ; Kestrel - 2m/f

Upper Common, Scholes: Wren - 1 - moving through gorse ; Blackbird - 3+ ; Bullfinch - 1 - at least 1 calling from scrub ; Carrion Crow - 5

Walkley garden: Goldcrest - 1 - With mixed tit flock in hazel and ivy

Wortley: Fieldfare - 100+ ; Redwing - 10+ ; Lesser Redpoll - 2 ; 319 - 2

Attercliffe: CASPIAN GULL - 2 - first winters Warren Street (new Dutch colour ringed bird) and Effingham St (unringed). ; Great Black-backed Gull - 15 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 6 ; Herring Gull - c200

Barlow Common: Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Pied Wagtail - 1

Bole Hill, Treeton: Yellowhammer - 3 ; Raven - 1

Edge Mount: Brambling - 9+ - feeding with Chaffinch flock on beech mast. ; Chaffinch - c60 ; Raven - 2

Forge Dam: Song Thrush - 1 - singing W of pond ; Mallard - 20 ; Moorhen - 2 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 8

Greystones garden: Redwing - 1 - Observer's garden ; Goldcrest - 1

Hathersage - Leam: Tawny Owl - 1 calling

Holmebrook Valley Park: Goosander - 3 - A male and 2 redheads ; Pink-footed Goose - 150 - East at 09:00

Lodge Moor: Pink-footed Goose - 100 - Heading SE at 10:50

Mayfield Valley: Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Fieldfare - 80 ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 12 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Jay - 2

Meersbrook Park: Mistle Thrush - 1 - Singing from top of tree

Middleton Moor: Lapwing - 204 ; Golden Plover - 9 ; 320 - 34 ; Goosander - 4 - Two pairs ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 136 ; Common Gull - 1 ; Fieldfare - 45 - Party moving S W

Moorfoot: Starling - 100 + - Very vocal in trees and round eating areas.

Morehall Res: Cormorant - 5 ; Black-headed Gull - 3 ; Mallard - 30+ ; Moorhen - 2 ; Woodpigeon - 4 ; Treecreeper - 2 ; Nuthatch - 3 ; Great Tit - 1 ; Blue Tit - 2 ; Robin - 1