Sightings Archive

Thrybergh CP: Goldfinch - 25 ; Bullfinch - 4 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 4 ; Blackbird - 16 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Redwing - 44 ; Fieldfare - 6 ; Great Tit - 10 ; Blue Tit - 16

Totley Moss: Raven - 2 - inc one carrying an egg !

Attercliffe: Peregrine - 1 - ad on Bernard Road incinerator building ; Great Black-backed Gull - c30 - Warren Street, including colour ringed 3H1B (ringed in Notts) that has wintered here since 2015, and now 11 years old.

Centenary Riverside: Sparrowhawk - 2 - male flew down riverbank 14.10, female large pond area 14.15 ; Kingfisher - 1 - male hunting near bridge 14.35 - 14.50 ; Moorhen - 1 - river ; Mute Swan - 2 ; Mallard - 10 ; Cormorant - 1 - over ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Wren - 2 - 1 alarm calling

Forge Dam: 320 - 2

Green Moor: Fieldfare - 40 - One flock in top of tree on observers garden

Greystones garden: Blackcap - 1 - Male

R Don, Effingham St: 320 - 1 - drake still present

R Don, Stevenson Rd: CASPIAN GULL - 1 - adult briefly this afternoon

Birley Edge: Treecreeper - 1 - A first on my local patch for 30 years

Brightside: Ring-necked Parakeet - c25 - The winters first sighting back at the roost area

Deepcar garden: Goldfinch - 14 - on sunflower heart feeders ; House Sparrow - 9 - On mixed corn feeders ; Dunnock - 2 ; Blue Tit - 3 ; Greenfinch - 1 ; Jackdaw - 5 ; Magpie - 2 ; Robin - 2 ; Blackbird - 2 ; Black-headed Gull - 4

Dronfield: Blackcap - 1 - male in garden

Ecclesfield Park: Black-headed Gull - 135 - Feeding on water-logged football pitches

Firsby Res: Grey Heron - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 2 - Down on Main Res. ; Jackdaw - 10 - Over. ; Fieldfare - 6+ ; Redwing - 2+

Frecheville: Goosander - 2 - 2m Frecheville pond

Hathersage Moor: Red Grouse - 2

Longshaw: Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Chaffinch - 2 - 2 males

Rivelin Filters: Fieldfare - 120+ - on fields north of Manchester Rd

Botanical Gardens: Carrion Crow - 40+ - Including 25 in one tree

Crosspool: Fieldfare - 25 - Flew W at dusk

Elsecar Res: Great Crested Grebe - 18 ; Goosander - 32 - 13 drakes ; Moorhen - 28

Kimberworth Park: Kestrel - 1 - Male on bird feeding pole, then briefly hunting (hovering) over back gardens.

Ladybower Res, North arm: Redwing - 20 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Jay - 2

Millhouses: Magpie - 10 - on TV aerials on Springfield Av

Orgreave Lakes: Pink-footed Goose - 25 - Low south at 09:00 ; Goldeneye - 3 - Drakes ; Great Black-backed Gull - 112 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 61 ; Herring Gull - 986 ; Common Gull - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - C1000 ; Lapwing - 34 ; Goosander - 28 ; Dunlin - 1

Redmires Res: Mallard - 8 ; 320 - 6

Ringinglow: Redwing - 30 - in fields

Rivelin Valley: Kingfisher - 1 - showing v. well ; Dipper - 2 - one very confiding

Thrybergh CP: Water Rail - 1 ; Great Crested Grebe - 22

Wire Mill Dam: Goosander - 6 - Three pairs

Crookes Valley Park: Common Buzzard - 1 - drifted over from west scanning for food before dropping into trees at north corner.

Endcliffe Park: Black-headed Gull - 70+ ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Kingfisher - 1 - Male on upper pond ; Mandarin - 8

Harthill Res: GREAT WHITE EGRET - 1 - at 09:50

Orgreave Lakes: Stonechat - 1 - Male on North Bank of tip. ; Skylark - 16 - Tip ; Reed Bunting - 15 - Tip ; Dunlin - 1 - With Lapwings ; Mandarin - 1 - On island ; Goldeneye - 4 - 2 drakes ; Pochard - 84 ; Great Black-backed Gull - 43 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 28 ; Herring Gull - 671 ; Common Gull - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - C1000 ; Iceland Gull - 1 - 1st winter ; Goosander - 28 ; Goldeneye - 3

Thrybergh CP: Water Rail - 1 - Coming to food