Sightings Archive

Rawmarsh; Stubbin incline: Lesser Redpoll - 2 ; Redwing - 1 ; Brambling - 1 - heard over

Redmires conduit: Kestrel - 1 ; Jay - 3 ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 6+ ; Pheasant - 1 ; Green Woodpecker - 1

Redmires Res: Tufted Duck - 3 ; Mallard - 12 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - flew W ; Kestrel - 1 ; Lapwing - 27 ; Golden Plover - 1 - flew W calling ; Black-headed Gull - 6 - flew W ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 - ads SW ; Pink-footed Goose - 110 - E in two skeins between 09:15 - 09:35 hrs ; Woodpigeon - 1400 - flew S in 2 hours ; Fieldfare - 350 - c. flew SW in 2 hrs ; Redwing - 50 - c. flew S in two hours ; Song Thrush - 2 - flew SW ; Blackbird - 8 - inc several SW ; Starling - 180 - flew W in two hours ; Skylark - 12 - flew SW in two hours ; Brambling - 43 - flew SW in two hours ; Chaffinch - 25 - flew SW in two hours ; Lesser Redpoll - 18 - flew SW in two hours ; Reed Bunting - 2 - flew SW ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Yellowhammer - 1 - male flew low to the NW calling at 08:47 hrs - a rare passage visitor here these days sadly ; Crossbill - 2 - flew NW

Redmires Top Res: Cormorant - 1

RVCP: Black-headed Gull - 905 - all south in first 45 mins of daylight

Scholes Coppice: Nuthatch - 1+ - calls ; Jay - 1+ - calls ; Brambling - 1 - at least one calling

Tankersley, Black Lane ponds: Black-headed Gull - 2 ; 320 - 3 ; Mallard - 3 ; Little Gull - 1

Upper Common, Scholes: Kestrel - 1 ; Linnet - 10+

Wadsley Common garden: Cormorant - 1 - Low over garden heading west-first record here.

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Crossbill - 2+ - flew over calling

Whirlow: Redwing - 22 - In tree in fields on Whirlow Trails ; Nuthatch - 1

Whirlow Hall Farm: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1

Whirlow Park: Bullfinch - 1f ; Jay - 3 singles ; Chaffinch - 3 ; Mandarin - 15+ - On pond at bottom of Whirlow Park/Limb Valleuy

Whirlow Trails: Goldfinch - 12 ; 321 - 1 over ; Pied Wagtail - 15 - On one of the Birkdale playing fields

Whiston Meadows: Red Kite - 1

Wickersley: Tawny Owl - 1 - calling from Pinchfield Lane 19:00.

Agden Side: Pink-footed Goose - 186 - over E at 16:25 ; Fieldfare - 300+ - large flocks moving around ; Crossbill - 7 - over SW calling

Barlow Common: 319 - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 6+

Canklow Woods: Chiffchaff - 1 ; Lesser Redpoll - 15

Forge Dam: Cormorant - 1

Peat Pits: Lapwing - 55 ; Golden Plover - 30

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Grey Heron - 1 - E/SE at rooftop height, 1210hrs

Redmires Res: Fieldfare - 50 - c. grounded in Fairthorn Clough ; Blackbird - 18 - small influx ; Goldcrest - 10 - c. ; Black-headed Gull - 18 - flew SW ; Herring Gull - 5 - flew NE ; Lesser Redpoll - 10 - flew SW ; Redwing - 5 - c. grounded ; Song Thrush - 4 - grounded ; Snipe - 1 - flew NW ; Lapwing - 25 - c. ; Raven - 2 ; Mallard - 20 - c. ; Moorhen - 1 ; Goosander - 1 - male on Top Res

Thrybergh CP: Goldeneye - 3 - 2m 1f

Ughill Moors: Stonechat - 2 - pair hoar stones road

Beauchief Golf Course: 319 - 2 - Together

Big Moor: Ring Ouzel - 1 - feeding on Haws

Canklow: Jay - 2 - Canklow Meadows Ind Est.

Canklow Woods: Common Buzzard - 1 - soaring over @ 1215hrs

Longstone Moor: Fieldfare - 10 - Feeding in hawthorns ; Redwing - 20

Middleton Moor: Dunlin - 2 ; Shoveler - 11 ; 320 - 87 ; Tufted Duck - 14 ; Lapwing - 21 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 200 ; Black-headed Gull - 30

Nether Edge: Swallow - 4 - SSE, feeding along the way

Orgreave Lakes: Stonechat - 1 - female on tip ; Reed Bunting - 2