Sightings Archive

Linacre Res: Mandarin - 52+ - a low count for this time of the year, and many more were heard in the trees and overhanging vegetation ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Great Crested Grebe - 2 - both juvs ; Goosander - 1 - fem ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; 319 - 3 - together over middle res ; Redwing - 4+ - a few heard ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Jay - 1

Low Common: Sparrowhawk - 1 - into N end of Rockingham Wood ; Jay - 1 - into N end of Rockingham Wood

Middle Common: Skylark - 3+ - brief song ; Meadow Pipit - 1 ; Linnet - 2

Millhouses Park: Herring Gull - 10 - SW ; Starling - 450+ - SSW in five parties between 0800 and 0900. ; Redwing - 160+ - S or SW in several small parties between 0800 and 0900.

Morley Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Grey Heron - 2 - into trees on island, W end ; Mallard - 50+ ; Long-tailed Tit - 1+

Onesmoor: Lesser Black-backed Gull - Dec-16 - in flight ; Black-headed Gull - 6+ - with Lesser Black-backs

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Redwing - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 5

Peat Pits: Stonechat - 1 - Male on wall nearby

Pingle Lane Tip: Peregrine - 1 - Juvenile Male over. ; Skylark - 12+ - Over surrounding fields. ; Meadow Pipit - 2

R Don, Aldwarke: Cormorant - 3 - on pylon ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 1 - SW ; Goosander - 1 - redhead ; Long-tailed Tit - c10 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Redwing - 2 - W

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Redwing - 6 - W

Redmires conduit: Kestrel - 1 ; Red Grouse - 4 ; Meadow Pipit - 1

Redmires Res: Canada Goose - 46 ; Greylag Goose - 50 - c. ; Mallard - 50 - c. ; 320 - 20 - c. ; Tufted Duck - 3 ; Common Buzzard - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 - juv ; Lapwing - 30 - c. ; Woodpigeon - 4500 - c. flew S in 2 hrs ; Fieldfare - 20 - around reservoir perimeter ; Redwing - 15 - around reservoir perimeter ; Blackbird - 5 - c. ; Siskin - 25 - c. flew W ; Lesser Redpoll - 10 - c. flew SW ; Goldcrest - 12 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Brambling - 3 - flew SW ; Starling - 700 - c. flew W in 2 hrs

RVCP, Main Lake: GREAT WHITE EGRET - 1

Silver Wood: Redwing - 2 - Over old Colliery railway line. ; 319 - 1 - Low over fields behind test centre.

Thrybergh CP: Water Rail - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1

West Nab: Golden Plover - 40+ - flock overflying but did not land because of activity on shooting range

Graves Park: Ring-necked Parakeet - 7 - in flight

Millhouses: Blackcap - 1 - Male in the observer's garden.

Norton Lees: Starling - c13 - flying round

Oughtibridge: Cormorant - 1

Rawmarsh Cemetery: Tawny Owl - 2 - m & f 'duetting' @ 0530hrs

Redmires Res: Redwing - 20 - c. grounded around reservoir perimeter ; Fieldfare - 10 - c. around reservoir perimeter ; Song Thrush - 1 - by Bottom Res ; Blackbird - 20 - c. around reservoir perimeter ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 - over Bottom Res ; Kestrel - 1 - juv ; Goldcrest - 5 - c. around reservoir perimeter ; Chaffinch - 5 - c. ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 - in trees by Middle Res

Redmires Top Res: Brambling - 2 - over calling in the fog

Silverwood Lagoon: GREAT WHITE EGRET - 1 - egret sp. reported by a dog-walker, size of Grey Heron so almost certainly Great White. In at 10.30, fed along edge of western and southern reedbeds for 10 minutes then harassed by B-h Gulls and departed south.

Thrybergh CP: Pink-footed Goose - 12 - Landed in East fields 13:20 ; Canada Goose - C300 ; Greylag Goose - 34 ; Cormorant - 3 ; Water Rail - 2 ; Goldfinch - 80+ ; Greenfinch - 8 ; Chaffinch - 12 ; Linnet - 28 ; Redwing - 100+ ; Fieldfare - 30 ; Song Thrush - 3 ; Blackbird - 10 ; Lapwing - 60 ; Kestrel - 1M ; Bullfinch - 4

Aldwarke; Liberty Steels: Common Buzzard - 1 - soaring over ; Sparrowhawk - 2 - singles, over complex at same time

Back Tor, Derwentdale: Golden Plover - 38 - circled over ; Peregrine - 1 - adult