Sightings Archive

Sunday 14th February 2021

• Ecclesall Woods Garden: Woodpigeon - c10 ; Coal Tit - 2 ; Redwing - 3 ; Siskin - 4
• Elsecar Res: Grey Heron - 1 ; Great Crested Grebe - 2 ; Gadwall - 2 ; Tufted Duck - 2 ; Black-headed Gull - c190
• Ewden/Village area: Magpie - 10 - in res overflow area ; 320 - 4 - same area as mallards ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - drumming in wood up from village ; Blackbird - 08-Oct ; Blue Tit - 07-Aug ; Great Tit - 4 ; Coal Tit - 3 ; Chaffinch - 3 ; Wren - 1 ; Woodpigeon - 6+ ; Bullfinch - 1 - male ; Black-headed Gull - 10-Dec ; Carrion Crow - 2 ; Magpie - 1
• Firsby Res: Moorhen - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1 - Fishing in gap in ice. ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - On sluice. ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - Also on sluice. ; Black-headed Gull - 2 ; Herring Gull - 2 - Over. ; 319 - 1 ; Jay - 1 - On ground in cow field. ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - Down in sheep paddock with Mixed flock of Redwing and Starling. ; Redwing - 20+ - Down in sheep paddock. ; Starling - 15+ - With Redwings. ; Yellowhammer - 4 ; Bullfinch - 2 - Pair. ; Pheasant - 1 - Male. ; Red-legged Partridge - 4 - On farmland. ; 324 - 2 - Roe Deer being chased by 2 Alsatian dogs ; 324 - 1 - Brown Hare.
• Fitzwilliam Canal, Parkgate: Long-tailed Tit - 12+ ; Greenfinch - 3 - inc song ; Goldfinch - 5+
• Forge Dam: Grey Wagtail - 1 - In and around playground; frequent visitor.
• Gleadless Common: Stonechat - 1 - still present 12:25. ; Meadow Pipit - 4 ; Starling - c120 - mobile flock around the Common. ; Fieldfare - 1 - landed briefly then flew off. ; Carrion Crow - 6
• Greystones garden: Redwing - 2 ; Long-tailed Tit - 2
• Handsworth garden: Greenfinch - 1 - Starling - 30 ; Blackbird - 12 ; Robin - 2 ; Pied Wagtail - 2; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Coal Tit - 1
• Limb Valley - pond at bottom of the Valley/Whirlow Park: Mandarin - c16m - Could well have been more, but hard to see in corner of pond ; Mandarin - c16m
• Linacre Res: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - with a tit flock was observer's first here for 40 years. ; Mandarin - 166 ; Goosander - 2 ; Raven - 2 - displaying
• Linacre Wood: Green Woodpecker - 1 - Calling
• Millhouses garden: Coal Tit - 2 ; Blackbird - 5 ; Grey Heron - 1 - immature
• Norton Lees garden: Long-tailed Tit - 1
• Orgreave Lakes: Stonechat - 3+ - look to have survived the cold snap ; Skylark - 1 ; Dunlin - 1 - feeding at edge of large lake ; Ringed Plover - 1 ; Goldeneye - 5
• Parkgate Canal Basin: Mallard - c80 ; Mute Swan - 51 - inc 17 2cy ; Herring Gull - c80 ; Black-headed Gull - c100
• Parkgate; Forge Way: Blackbird - 8 - feeding on verge ; Redwing - 6 - feeding with Blackbirds
• R Don, Eastwood: Goosander - 19 - 10m; 6f on river; 2m & 1f flew upriver ; Shoveler - 6 - 3m; 3f ; Gadwall - 9 - 6m; 3f ; Coot - 5 ; Tufted Duck - 10 - 7m; 3f ; Cormorant - 2 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Moorhen - 7 ; Mallard - 42+ ; Stock Dove - 4 ; 320 - 9 - 5m; 4f in noisy display ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - over ; Mute Swan - 1 - adult ; Pintail - 1 - female, with MA flock ; Wood Duck - 1 - female, loafing with MA flock
• Rawmarsh Cemetery: Sparrowhawk - 1 - calling from canopy ; Kestrel - 1 - female ; Magpie - 12 - noisy, mobile party
• Rawmarsh; Barber*s Avenue: Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Redwing - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 24 - on playing fields
• Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Kestrel - 2 - over together, interacting @ 0730hrs ; Mistle Thrush - 2 - vying with Woodpigeons for remaining ivy berries
• Ringinglow: Goldfinch - 1 - This replaces the submission that accidentally said Ringinglow Bog. ; Corvid - c70 flying around
• Ringinglow Bog: Goldfinch - 1