Sightings Archive

Orgreave Lakes: Wigeon - 13 - on large lake ; 320 - 1 ; Lapwing - 39 ; Tufted Duck - 39 ; Pochard - 24 ; Goldeneye - 1 - Male ; Goosander - 26 - At dusk lots of display ; Great Black-backed Gull - 25 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 6 ; Herring Gull - 194 ; CASPIAN GULL - 1 - 2nd winter ; Black-headed Gull - c300

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Blue Tit - 4 - chasing excitedly through gardens; 2 seen investigating/entering nestbox

Ringinglow: Pink-footed Goose - c50 - Flying east in cloud

Wire Mill Dam: Redwing - c15 - through W ; Mandarin - c27 - c20m & 7f. Lots of displaying, chasing & fighting

Curbar: Pink-footed Goose - 1+ - Moving SE at 12.25 in thick mist

Hillsborough Park: Canada Goose - -1 - 1 dead bird floating on the pond.

Ladybower Res, North arm: Wigeon - 1 - drake ; Goosander - 1 - drake flew up valley ; Cormorant - 3 ; Greylag Goose - 10 - flock headed S

Padley: Nuthatch - 1

Redmires Top Res: Wigeon - 8

Rother Valley CP: Canada Goose - 120 - c. ; Greylag Goose - 20 - c. around feeding station ; Mute Swan - 9 ; Mallard - 150 - c. ; Gadwall - 25 - c. ; Wigeon - 92 - mostly on lawns by jet ski lake ; Shoveler - 1 - on Meadowgate Lake ; Pochard - 25 - c. ; Tufted Duck - 35 - c. ; Goldeneye - 1 - redhead on jet ski lake ; Goosander - 37 - mostly on jet ski lake ; Coot - 180 - c. ; Moorhen - 45 - c. mostly on lawns by feeding station ; Great Crested Grebe - 8 ; Cormorant - 12 ; Lapwing - 20 ; Herring Gull - 4 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 3 ; Common Gull - 2 ; Grey Heron - 2 - heard calling fog ; Redwing - 20 ; Blackbird - 10

Upper Padley: Jay - 1 ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Tawny Owl - 1 - calling

Wharncliffe Side: Brambling - 2 - On feeders in observers garden

Attercliffe: Peregrine - 1 - Ad on Bernard Road incinerater building

Fulwood garden: Tawny Owl - 1 - Calling after dark

Green Moor: House Sparrow - 30+ - Feeding together in garden

Hangingwater garden: Blackcap - 2 - m & f

Kimberworth: Tawny Owl - 1 - Hooting at 17:15

Mayfield Valley: Tawny Owl - 1 - Calling in fog mid-afternoon ; Pink-footed Goose - 10+ - Sizeable flock calling in fog, apparently moving NW

Nether Green: Pink-footed Goose - 30+ - Small to medium flock of Pink-footed Geese heading NW in cloud at 15:40. Heard not seen.

Northern General Hospital: Ring-necked Parakeet - 30+ - at least 30 at roost.

Orgreave Lakes: Pink-footed Goose - 1+ - Flock calling unseen moving NW in the fog ; Goosander - 20 ; Great Black-backed Gull - 81 - In pre roost ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 29 ; Herring Gull - 130 ; Black-headed Gull - c400 ; Goldeneye - 2

R Don, Attercliffe: Goosander - 7 - 3f,1m Effingham St, pair Washford Bridge, f Hawke Street

R Don, Effingham St: 324 - 1 - Found 1 c79mm Nikon lens cap. ; 320 - 1 - drake still present ; 321 - 1 ; Moorhen - 4 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Herring Gull - c50 ; Great Black-backed Gull - c15 ; Black-headed Gull - c150 ; Kingfisher - 1

R Don, Newhall: Dipper - 1

Rawmarsh; High Street: Mistle Thrush - 1 - on spire of Methodist Church

Thrybergh CP: Mute Swan - 48 ; Mallard - C50 ; Tufted Duck - 60 ; Gadwall - 26 ; Pochard - 10 ; Goosander - 2m ; Cormorant - 14 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Great Crested Grebe - 18 ; Little Grebe - 3 ; Lapwing - 144 ; Water Rail - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 4 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Kestrel - 2m ; Goldfinch - 30 ; Bullfinch - 4 ; Chaffinch - 5 ; Robin - 12 ; Redwing - 22 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Blackbird - 12