Sightings Archive

Greystones: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Female, stayed for about 30 mins, mostly preening. ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - 2nd photo ; Long-tailed Tit - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1 - OG ; Redwing - 1 - OG

Hangingwater allotments: Song Thrush - 1 - singing quietly to itself

Hathersage: Lesser Redpoll - 6 - At feeding stations in my garden ; Long-tailed Tit - 10 - At feeding stations in my garden ; Brambling - 1 - At feeding stations in my garden ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - On roof in neighbouring garden

Heeley City Farm: Siskin - 10 - At feeding stations in my garden

Hillsborough Park: Goosander - 2 - pair ; Canada Goose - c60 ; Black-headed Gull - c40

Mayfield Valley: Raven - 1 - flew S with food item ; Robin - 1 - singing Douse Croft Farm

Meersbrook Park: Redwing - 20-30 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Heard drumming.

Peat Pits: Golden Plover - c170

Pit-house West: BITTERN - 1 - Flew to south side of 'Bittern Pool' at 16:45 ; Water Rail - 1 - Calling from Chinese Bridge Pool ; Woodcock - 1 ; Jackdaw - c.2500 - Massive roost at northern end of site.

Ringinglow: Kestrel - 1 - Male ; Fieldfare - 3+ - In flock of about 20 Starlings, Redwings & Mistle Thrush ; Mistle Thrush - 1+ ; Redwing - 1+ ; 319 - 1 - Mobbed by 2 Crows

Rivelin Valley: Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Dipper - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Male carrying prey ; Long-tailed Tit - 15 - Foraging flock near Hagg Lane allotments ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Golden Plover - 1 - One among a flock of 70 lapwing and black-headed gulls feeding in spring wheat on N side of Rivelin ; Lapwing - 71 ; Raven - 1 - Flying south

Rockingham Wood: 319 - 1 - low over wood calling ; Pheasant - 1+ - calls ; Robin - 1+ ; Long-tailed Tit - 1+ ; Blue Tit - 1+ ; Nuthatch - 1+ ; Jay - 1+ ; Chaffinch - 20+ ; Brambling - 2 ; Goldfinch - 2+

Rother Valley CP: Jay - 3

RVCP: Sparrowhawk - 2 ; Goosander - 8

RVCP, Intermediate Pond: Little Egret - 1

RVCP, Meadowgate Lake: Goldeneye - 8

Silverwood (pit wood): Tawny Owl - 3 - Pair together under Squirrel drey Thrybergh end, single in Silver Birch Ravenfield end.

Tankersley: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Female

Thrybergh CP: Water Rail - 1 ; Tufted Duck - C50 ; Pochard - 12 ; Gadwall - 9 ; Great Crested Grebe - 12 ; Little Grebe - 8 ; Chaffinch - 26 ; Goldfinch - C30 ; Greenfinch - 6 ; Bullfinch - 6 ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Blue Tit - 12 ; Great Tit - 10

Unstone: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2

Upper Common, Scholes: 319 - 4 - Together, regular calls,one peeled away toward Rockingham Wood @ 12:20.

Wadsley Common garden: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Drumming. ; Blackcap - 1 - Female on feeders daily for last week.

West Wood, Tankersley: Mallard - 32 ; 319 - 2 - Calling ; Goldfinch - 4 - One singing

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Woodcock - 5 - 4 in northern heath area, 1 below Wharncliffe Crags

Whiteley Woods: Dipper - 1 - feeding in stream

Green Moor: Tree Sparrow - 4 ; Little Owl - 1

Kimberworth: Long-tailed Tit - 8 - birds all feeding at the same time on the garden fatball feeder.

Langsett Wood: Goldfinch - 30+ ; Greenfinch - 3 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 drumming

Low Moor, Upper Midhope: Greylag Goose - 85 ; Pink-footed Goose - 1 - Lame bird still with Greylags

Midhope Res: 320 - Pair ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Mallard - 7 ; 320 - 27+ - Large count on partially frozen water ; Cormorant - 1 ; Siskin - 5+ ; Greylag Goose - 40+ ; Canada Goose - 30+ ; Coal Tit - 2+ - Singing

Millhouses garden: Blackcap - 1m

Ringinglow: Fieldfare - 10+ - In fields with Redwing & Starling ; Redwing - 10+

Thrybergh CP: Little Grebe - 8 ; Great Crested Grebe - 15 ; Tufted Duck - C50 ; Pochard - 15