Sightings Archive

Silverwood Lagoon: Gadwall - 3 ; Common Gull - 1 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - regular adult ; Black-headed Gull - 50 ; Coot - 12 ; Moorhen - 3 ; Grey Heron - 1 - over, probably to Woodlaithes duckpond ; Greylag Goose - 22 - north ; Kestrel - 1 ; Common Buzzard - 1 ; Jay - 1 ; Pheasant - 20+ ; Reed Bunting - 4 ; Tawny Owl - 2 - pair 'duetting' in Hollings Lane sidings pre-dawn

Thrybergh CP: Tufted Duck - 48 ; Scaup - 1M ; Goldeneye - 1 ; Shoveler - 6 ; Gadwall - 18 ; Pochard - 5 ; Great Crested Grebe - 14 ; Little Grebe - 3 ; Pink-footed Goose - 130 - East 0945 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Water Rail - 2 ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1F ; Red-legged Partridge - 7 ; Meadow Pipit - 8 ; Lapwing - 200+ ; House Sparrow - 16 ; Bullfinch - 1 ; Chaffinch - 8

Tyzack*s Dam: Goosander - 10 ; Goosander - 10 - Another picture. ; Black-headed Gull - 30 ; Siskin - 7

Wentworth: Redwing - 50 ; Kestrel - 1

Windmill: Common Gull - 55 - Flying south

Wortley: Brambling - c30 - foraging amongst leaf-litter in Cross Fields Plantation.

Aldwarke SF: Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Pheasant - 2 - cocks ; Coot - 5 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Shoveler - 7 - 3m; 4f

Bingham Park: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - drumming in treetops

Ecclesall: Blackcap - 1 - male in garden on Ansell Road

Fatty Boyns Ponds: Common Buzzard - 1 - disturbed from adjacent field ; Goldcrest - 2 ; Jay - 01-Feb

Firsby Res: Mute Swan - 2 - Resident pair. ; Mallard - 4 - Main Res. ; Moorhen - 2 ; Kingfisher - 1 - Flew along stream from Ravenfield Park calling then over road. ; Tawny Owl - 1 - Roosting ; Jay - 1 - Calling ; Redwing - 2+ - Near cottage. ; Bullfinch - 2 - Pair.

Greystones garden: Blackcap - 3 - 2M,1F in observer's garden

Lodge Moor: Pink-footed Goose - 38 - Heading SE at 12:15

Mayfield Valley: Lesser Redpoll - 100+ - At bottom of Clough Lane

R Don, Thrybergh Tip: Coot - 1 ; Cormorant - 4 - loafing on fallen trees in river ; Moorhen - 2 ; Tufted Duck - 5 - 4m; 1f ; 320 - 13 - much noisy display ; Mallard - 1pr ; Gadwall - 5

Ravenfield Park: Goosander - 2 - Pair. Uncommon at this site. ; Goosander - 2 - Pair. Uncommon at this site. ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Mallard - 1 ; Tawny Owl - 1 - Roosting high above Path. ; Siskin - 1 - calling ; Long-tailed Tit - 10+ ; Blue Tit - 2 ; Great Tit - 3 ; Goldcrest - 3

Rawmarsh; High Street: Sparrowhawk - 1 - circling over @ 1120hrs

Redmires Middle Res: Cormorant - 1

Redmires Res: Goldeneye - 2 - pair on Top Res mid-morning ; Herring Gull - 3 - flew W ; Lapwing - 80 - c. ; Mallard - 20 - c. ; Greylag Goose - 70 - c. in fields ; Fieldfare - 20 - flew E

RVCP: Little Egret - 7 ; Whooper Swan - 1 - The long staying bird present all month.

Thrybergh Tip: Shoveler - 7 - 3m; 4f ; Coot - 10 ; Mute Swan - 3 - adult pair + 1 2cy ; Greylag Goose - 6 ; Cormorant - 2 ; Moorhen - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Gadwall - 5 ; Kestrel - 1 - male ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 1