Sightings Archive

Intake: Redwing - 300+ - conservative estimate, several waves of min 20+, max 50+ over SW in short period of time.

Leadmill Bridge: 321 - 1 - Feeding in field ; Dipper - 2 - Very active in river ; Mallard - 8

Middleton Moor: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2500+ - Still arriving at 18.00 ; Yellow-legged Gull - 6 ; Black-headed Gull - 620 ; Common Gull - 2 ; Lapwing - 64 ; 320 - 24 ; Goosander - 6 ; Tufted Duck - 1

Rawmarsh; Bellows Close: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - foraging around bungalows ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - f/imm hunting small passerines @ 0820hrs; left W. Presumed same bird chasing Starlings @ 0935hrs

Redmires: Green Woodpecker - 1 - landed on wall Hammonds Field pm

Redmires Res: Red Kite - 1 - adult flew south at 1306hrs

RVCP: SPOONBILL - 1 - N over RVCP 9:49

RVCP, Main Lake: Cormorant - 42 - max in autumn-early winter

RVCP, Meadowgate Lake: SPOONBILL - 1 - an immature bird flying north

Shepherd*s Plantation: 319 - 3 - together, calling, low over Wood

Silverwood Lagoon: Pink-footed Goose - 155 - 110 NW at 07:50, 45 NW at 09:25

Sothall: Redwing - 120+ - mostly high S-SW ; Fieldfare - 14 - S-SW ; Song Thrush - 2 - SW ; Redwing - 280+ - nocmig recorded calls overnight ; Blackbird - 25+ - nocmig recorded calls overnight ; Robin - 1 - nocmig recorded call overnight ; Golden Plover - 1 - nocmig recorded call overnight 0422hr ; Dunlin - 3+ - singles nocmig recorded 2156hr

Thrybergh Tip: Mallard - 79 ; Water Rail - 2 - Calling in reeds ; Mute Swan - 4 - 2 adult 2 juvenile ; Jay - 7 ; Redwing - 100+ - Large influx overnight. ; Gadwall - 48 ; Little Grebe - 2 ; Great Crested Grebe - 2 ; Grey Heron - 2 ; Coot - 33 ; Moorhen - 4 ; Cormorant - 6 ; Black-headed Gull - 12 ; Carrion Crow - 6 ; Shoveler - 17 ; Tufted Duck - 8 ; 320 - 6 ; Marsh Harrier - 1 - CC over flash. ; Kingfisher - 2 ; Cetti's Warbler - 02-Mar - Calling in reeds around flash. ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Unsuccessful attempt to catch a Redwing. ; Jackdaw - c40 - Over to roost in steelworks. ; 319 - 1

Wharncliffe Side: Raven - 2 - Flew over just above roof height

Wortley vismig: Redwing - c1850 - South 7 - 8.30 ; Jackdaw - c1720 - Assumed post roost dispersal, majority eventually headed west. ; Wigeon - 5 - west ; 319 - 3 ; Fieldfare - c1560 - Large 3 figure groups high over southwards 7 - 8.30am ; Lapwing - 7 - west ; Raven - 1 ; Woodpigeon - c3000 - south 7 - 8.30am ; Starling - c40 - SW ; Pink-footed Goose - c70 - West 8.12am

Aldwarke: 319 - 5 - Circling over Liberty melting shop 15.45

Bolehill Flash: Peregrine - 1 - Peregrine sparring with Raven (visible leg rings).

Ewden Height: Redwing - c30 - dusk ; Fieldfare - 1

Ewden Height - vis mig: Redwing - c30-40 - Flying around general area. ; Meadow Pipit - Oct-15 - incl 2 south ; Chaffinch - c20 - incl. 2 south, probably a lot more were moving south. ; 327 - 2+ ; Kestrel - 3 ; Snipe - 1 - west ; Jackdaw - 54 - South 7.10-8.25 ; Black-headed Gull - c500 - SSE, assumed post roost dispersal ; Siskin - 24 - Roving groups ; Goldfinch - 6 - south ; 319 - 2 ; Woodpigeon - c13000 - South, majority of movement was east of me over Broomhead Res/Deepcar and between 7.45 to 8.15 but still moving when I left at 8.30. ; Pied Wagtail - 3 - 2 south ; Linnet - 1+ ; Skylark - 1 - south ; Greenfinch - 15 - SSW ; Starling - 7 - SW ; Yellowhammer - 1

Malin Bridge: Raven - 1 - very high, kronking and flying NW above observer's garden at 14:00.

Morley Pond: Little Grebe - 1 - first for several years. ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Mallard - 40+ ; Cormorant - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Feral Pigeon - 150+ - feeding, adj' field

Oughtibridge: Pink-footed Goose - 150 - Approx 150 flying west over the village at 08:48

Peat Pits: Golden Plover - c220 ; Lapwing - 50+ - With attendant Starlings ; Stonechat - 3 ; Chiffchaff - 1

Redmires Res: Mallard - 80 - c. ; 320 - 15 - c. ; Pintail - 1 - still present with Teal