Sightings Archive

Silverwood Lagoon: Cetti's Warbler - 1 - singing in south-west corner ; Common Buzzard - 3 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - in Hollings Lane sidings

Wortley: Jackdaw - c580 - S/SW 07:00-08:15 Presumed post roost dispersal ; Fieldfare - c220 - South ; Redwing - c590 - South ; Woodpigeon - c1990 - S/SW ; Starling - c230 - West ; Pink-footed Goose - c315 - c250 east, c40 west, c25 east ; Skylark - 1+ - Heard only ; Stock Dove - 11 - 2 west, 6 south, 3 west ; Lesser Redpoll - 7 - 6 south, lots finch so seen potentially Redpoll. ; Cormorant - 3 - 2 east, 1 west ; 319 - 1 ; Yellowhammer - 5+ ; Siskin - 1

Brincliffe Edge: Fieldfare - 20 - In garden - rarely seen here

Curbar Edge: Pink-footed Goose - 50 - c50 west at 9am ; Fieldfare - 20 ; Blackbird - 15 - 15+ ; Redwing - 15 - 15+ ; Brambling - 1 ; Siskin - 8 ; Chaffinch - 5 ; Skylark - 4 ; Reed Bunting - 1 - Female with Chaffinches ; Stonechat - 1 - Female ; Raven - 4

Edge Mount: Brambling - c5 - Flew up from Onesacre Road, under beech trees by Edge Mount.

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 1 ; Coot - 1 ; Mute Swan - 2 - Resident pair. ; Water Rail - 1 - Squealing in Reed bed. ; Herring Gull - 20+ - Large flock of mixed Gulls flushed from surrounding farmland. ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 20+ - In Gull flock. ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Jay - 1 ; Siskin - 7+ ; Redwing - 10+ ; Goldcrest - 2

Langsett Wood: Woodpigeon - c100 - flew west towards wood at 15:30 presumably to roost ; Fieldfare - 20 - Flying over

Low Common, Scholes: Black-headed Gull - 7 ; Skylark - 1 - at least 1 calling ; Pied Wagtail - 2 ; Robin - 1 - along hedge

Meadow Head: Pink-footed Goose - 183 - 183 E over Meadowhead @ 08:45

Middle Common, Scholes: 319 - 1 - possibly from Rockingham Wood onto telegraph pole, briefly harassed by Kestrel ; Grey Heron - 1 - in long grass ; Magpie - 15+ - up from cover crop ; Linnet - 10+ ; Reed Bunting - 1 - in hawthorn

Millhouses Park: Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Mistle Thrush - 2 ; Fieldfare - 44 - SW ; Redwing - 50+ - SW ; Woodpigeon - 2150+ - S or SSW between 07:50 and 0850 ; Lesser Redpoll - 4 - SW ; Siskin - 26 - SW ; Jay - 4

Morehall Res: Goosander - 1 - Female flew up the reservoir, just above the water.

Morley Pond: Cormorant - 1 - circling ; Mute Swan - 1 - probably resident pair (Y035 and316), behind boathouse ; Lapwing - c20 - active around W end fields ; Mallard - 10+

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Redwing - 41 - 32 S; 1 W; 5 N, 3 E ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Woodpigeon - 245+ - all S. Large S movement allng wider Don valley involving many hundreds - perhaps thousands - of birds ; Herring Gull - 1 - SW ; Stock Dove - 5 - all W ; Magpie - 13 - together ; Greenfinch - 3 - S ; Common Buzzard - 1 - W, pursued by crow ; Meadow Pipit - 3 - over, inc 1 NE ; Song Thrush - 1 - S ; Brambling - 01-Feb - 1 definite W, accompanied by a second 'probable' ; Starling - 5 - SW ; Skylark - 5 - SE together ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Goldfinch - c40 - mobile flock ; Mistle Thrush - 2 - W ; Bullfinch - 1 - heard over ; Fieldfare - 426+ - 2 W, remainder S in flocks of 80 ; Siskin - 15 - inc 8 NE, 5 N & 1 S ; Pink-footed Goose - c150 - 69 very low to W @ 0755hrs; c80 E @ 0850hrs

Pebley Pond: Tufted Duck - 14 ; Mallard - 10 ; Greylag Goose - 7 ; Mute Swan - 3 ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1

R Don, Aldwarke: Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Cormorant - 1 - flew downriver & returned

Rawmarsh: Pied Wagtail - 2 - on roof of Earl Grey PH

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Goldfinch - 13 - flock, visiting gardens ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - S/SW

Redmires Res: Woodpigeon - 10000 - c. flew S in 3 hrs + many more moving S out to the E ; Pink-footed Goose - 150 - 50 E at 08:26 hrs & 100 E at 08:50 hrs