Sightings Archive

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Skylark - 3 - S/SE ; Grey Heron - 1 - low to SW, then over to Golf course & lost from view

Peat Pits: Golden Plover - c170

Rawmarsh; Barber*s Avenue: Greylag Goose - 8 - E @ 0730hrs

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Song Thrush - 1 - over to S, calling @ 0715hrs; presumed migrant ; Redwing - 2 - S

Rawmarsh; Ryecroft: Sparrowhawk - 1 - over, mobbed by SGs ; Starling - c30 - flock, mobbing Sparrowhawk before dispersing

Redmires Res: Canada Goose - 40 - c. feeding on Middle Res ; Greylag Goose - 50 - c. in fields ; Mallard - 180 - c. mostly on Middle Reservoir ; Pintail - 3 - pair with Mallard in SE corner of Middle Res + single with Teal on NW end of Middle Res ; 320 - 15 - c. ; Lapwing - 60 - c. on Top Res ; Golden Plover - 12 - over Middle Res ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 25 - c. ; Black-headed Gull - 30 - c. ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - female ; Kestrel - 2 ; Song Thrush - 5 ; Redwing - 15 - c. left to the W ; Blackbird - 2 ; Lesser Redpoll - 32 - flew SW in 3 parties - influx ; Chiffchaff - 1 - by Top Res ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Linnet - 6 - on Middle Res ; Bullfinch - 2 - in Fairthorn Clough ; Goldcrest - 4 ; Merlin - 1 - flew W over Bottom Res at 07:30 hrs

Roundwood Golf course: Siskin - 1+ ; Redwing - 5 ; Canada Goose - 6 - S/SW @ 0806hrs ; Great Black-backed Gull - 3 - SW ; Herring Gull - 2 - SW

Shillito Wood: Yellowhammer - 2 ; Yellowhammer - 2 - 2nd photo ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Greenfinch - 1

Spout House Hill: Stonechat - 1

Thrybergh CP: Kingfisher - 1 ; Grey Heron - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 5+

Tyzack*s Dam: Wood Duck - 1 - Female. Presumably last winter's bird back from its summer vacation.

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Raven - 2 - to the west of Wharncliffe Crags

White Lee Moor: Mistle Thrush - 3 - feeding on rowan berries. ; Redwing - c60. - single flock heading south. ; Kestrel - 2 ; Grey Partridge - 1 - calling at dusk.

Woodhouse Washlands: Snipe - 20 ; Jack Snipe - 3

Broomhall: Peregrine - 1 - from city centre direction, stooped down out of sight.

Middleton Moor: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 3200 - c. huge roost on No. 4 lagoon ; Black-headed Gull - 120 - c. ; Goosander - 7 - roosted ; Greylag Goose - 48 ; Mallard - 20 - c. ; 320 - 25 - c. ; Lapwing - 25 - c. ; Dunlin - 1 - ad winter with Lapwings ; Jackdaw - 150 - c.

Moorhall: Merlin - 1 ; Yellowhammer - 3 ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1

Ramsley Moor: 319 - 1

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Goldfinch - c20 - flock, visiting gardens ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - low to S @ 1117hrs ; Tawny Owl - 1 - female calling, 2025hrs

Redmires: Pintail - 2 - on middle reservoir at 10:00 ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - adult on top reservoir

Redmires Res: Mallard - 100 - c. ; 320 - 10 - c. ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 20 - c. ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - ad with LBBs ; Lapwing - 80 - c. ; Kestrel - 1

Thrybergh CP: Cormorant - 3 ; Great Crested Grebe - 2 ; Tufted Duck - 9 ; Dunnock - 10 ; Blue Tit - 8 ; Great Tit - 4 ; Long-tailed Tit - 18 ; Robin - 8 ; Goldfinch - 20 ; Chaffinch - 10 ; Greenfinch - 3 ; Goldcrest - 3 ; Chiffchaff - 4 ; Swallow - 1 ; Skylark - 12 ; Jackdaw - 5 ; Jay - 1 ; 319 - 3 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Blackbird - 10 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Redwing - 6+ ; Reed Bunting - 1