Sightings Archive

Crookes: Woodpigeon - 500-1000 - Flock of c200 low over Cobden View Rd at 08:15 then c5 flocks flying up Rivelin Valley in 10 minutes.

Edge Mount: Brambling - 22 - 2 flocks (15,7) feeding on beech mast on road. ; Coal Tit - 7 ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Woodpigeon - c200 - feeding on beech mast. ; Stonechat - 2

Kenwood Hall Hotel: Goosander - 2 - redheads again (both 1st w., probably male and female) ; Moorhen - 4 - 2 adult, 2 1st. w ; Mallard - 10 - 7 male, 3 female ; Tawny Owl - 1

Kimberworth Park: Magpie - 13 - feeding on Grey Hill, grass recently cut, majority squabbling over remains of hedgehog

Malin Bridge: Blue Tit - 7 - on garden feeders, unusually high count.

Markham Vale: Jack Snipe - 3 ; Snipe - 1

Midhope Moor: Kestrel - 3 ; Stonechat - 1

Midhope Res: 320 - 2 - Pair ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 52 ; Goldcrest - 1

Nether Green: Woodpigeon - 1000+ - flew west up Rivelin Valley and SW up Porter Valley in 30 mins, 07:45-08:15. Parties of up to 200.

Onesmoor: Skylark - 48+ - feeding everywhere in the cereal field ; Golden Plover - 22

R Don, Effingham St: Goosander - 8

R Don, Stevenson Road: Dipper - 1

Rawmarsh: Woodpigeon - 200+ - steady S/SW movement in morning during lull in bad weather ; Pied Wagtail - 2 - on roof of Earl Grey PH ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - on roof of Earl Grey PH ; Kestrel - 2 - male soaring high over drifting, then stooped on second bird moving rapidly E @ 1155hrs

Redmires Res: Woodpigeon - 5200 - c. flew S in 1 hour ; Fieldfare - 250 - c. flew SW ; Crossbill - 19 - mostly blogging ; Lapwing - 35 - c. ; Skylark - 2 - flew SW ; Brambling - 1 - flew W ; Black-headed Gull - 25 - c. ; Jackdaw - 15 - flew W

Silverwood Lagoon: Tufted Duck - 2 ; Cormorant - 1 - south ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 ; Fieldfare - c.100

Slittingmill Farm: Egyptian Goose - 4 - in flooded field

Thrybergh CP: Goldeneye - 1 - redhead

Treeton Meadows: Wigeon - 2 ; 321 - 5

Wales Common: Snipe - 7

Woodhouse Washlands: Little Egret - 1 ; 321 - 4 ; Mallard - 14 ; Wigeon - 16 ; Water Rail - 1 ; Redwing - c50 ; Fieldfare - 14 ; Kestrel - 2 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Lesser Redpoll - 12 - south

Wortley: 319 - 2

Silverwood Lagoon: Pochard - 1 - a male - first record here this year ; Little Grebe - 2 ; Cormorant - 1 - north ; Coot - 14 ; Jack Snipe - 1 ; Cetti's Warbler - 1 ; Lesser Redpoll - 5 ; Common Buzzard - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Jay - 5 ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Song Thrush - 1

Thrybergh CP: Mute Swan - 27 ; Tufted Duck - 15 ; Goldeneye - 1F ; Great Crested Grebe - 5 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Goldfinch - 40+ ; Lapwing - 15 ; Lesser Redpoll - 2 ; Chaffinch - 10+ ; Jay - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 - Attempted to catch Rat at feeding station ; Kestrel - 1

Weston Park: Shag - 1 - CR individual RZW on the grass across the lake behind the University Library. Shuffled away towards the middle of the park when disturbed by a passing park vehicle [unwell?]

Barlow Common: Grey Wagtail - 1 ; 319 - 1

Crookes Valley Park: Shag - 1

Dog Kennel Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1 - moved from dead branch at top of tree into adjacent field ; Moorhen - 7 - feeding at edges of adjacent field ; Coot - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 20+ ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1

Kenwood Hall Hotel: Goosander - 2 - redheads at dusk (observer's first site record) ; Tawny Owl - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1

Kimberworth Park: Black-headed Gull - 50+ ; Herring Gull - 2 - calling from rooftops of Sidons Close

Low Common, Scholes: Fieldfare - c40 - up from stubble

Low Moor, Upper Midhope: Fieldfare - c300

Middle Common, Scholes: 319 - 1 ; Kestrel - 3 - hunting over cover crop ; Meadow Pipit - 3+