Sightings Archive

Centenary Riverside: Mute Swan - 6 - Over ; Mallard - 9 - river ; 320 - 6 + - 6 spooked by me on pond....a number more calling obscured by reeds. ; Canada Goose - 1 - river ; 322 - 1 - White goose on river, looks to have pared up with Canada Goose....observed previously. ; 321 - 1 - river

Ecclesall: Pink-footed Goose - 200 - Flying west in 'V' formations at 12:20

Fulwood: Pink-footed Goose - 200 - c200 over low NNW in a loose single party at 12:30

Green Moor: Bullfinch - 3 - 2 male and 1 fem ; Common Buzzard - 1 ; Tree Sparrow - 10+

Howbrook, nr High Green: Lapwing - 84 ; Mallard - c40 ; Fieldfare - c30 ; Redwing - c20 ; Blackbird - 10+

Meersbrook Park: Pink-footed Goose - 170 - c170 low West at 12:25

Midhope Res: Little Grebe - 3 ; Goldcrest - 2

Roughwood Rec: Jackdaw - 20+ ; Rook - 20+

Silverwood Lagoon: Goosander - 1 - redhead SW at 09.35 ; 320 - 3 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 3 ; Snipe - 1 ; Common Buzzard - 2 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 2 ; Rook - 8 - in fields to west ; Fieldfare - 12 ; Redwing - 4 ; Red-legged Partridge - c.20 - most in fields to west

Wingfield School: Black-headed Gull - c.50 - On playing field.

Wortley: Long-tailed Tit - 8 ; Goldfinch - 10 ; Chaffinch - 10 ; Redwing - 15 ; Fieldfare - 12 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Skylark - 3 ; Red-legged Partridge - 100+ - Game release ; Pheasant - 100+ - Game release ; 319 - 1 ; Woodpigeon - 300+ ; Stock Dove - 8

Attercliffe: Herring Gull - c40 - inc green ringed 2cy Bowland ringed bird. ; Great Black-backed Gull - 6

Dog Kennel Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 3 ; Cormorant - 2 ; 319 - 1 ; Moorhen - 3 ; Goosander - 3 - E @ 12:35. ; Black-headed Gull - 150+ ; Kingfisher - 1

Handsworth: Blackcap - 1 - male,feeding on apples in garden

Malin Bridge: Barn Owl - 1 - nocmig: flight call 01:39

Millhouses Park: Dipper - 2 - My first in the park since May

Shirecliffe: Pink-footed Goose - c45 - SSE at 9:55 ; Linnet - 67 - on old tip ; Meadow Pipit - 4 ; Redwing - 5 ; Lesser Redpoll - 1

Thrybergh CP: Goldeneye - 1f ; Tufted Duck - 40 ; Pochard - 6 ; Gadwall - 4 ; Mute Swan - 44 ; Canada Goose - 110 ; Greylag Goose - 28 ; Little Grebe - 8 ; Great Crested Grebe - 4 ; Lapwing - 80+ ; House Sparrow - 23 ; Blackbird - 10 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Song Thrush - 4 ; Fieldfare - 23 ; Redwing - 10 ; Bullfinch - 3 ; Chaffinch - 8 ; Linnet - 100+ - Large flock in filterbed area ; Lesser Redpoll - 26 - Feeding with mixed flocks in caravan park ; Goldfinch - 20 ; Blue Tit - 6 ; Great Tit - 3 ; Long-tailed Tit - 28 - In 3 flocks ; Pied Wagtail - 3 ; Jackdaw - 28 ; Robin - 12 ; Cormorant - 2

Thrybergh Tip: Cetti's Warbler - 1+ - At least one bird, probably two. Calling bird late afternoon, and a bird singing at dusk from a different area. ; Shoveler - 16 ; Mute Swan - 5 - pair and 3 juvs ; Gadwall - 15 ; Pochard - 6 ; Tufted Duck - 31 ; Coot - 34 ; 320 - 1 ; Mallard - 66 ; Water Rail - 2 - sharming at dusk