Sightings Archive

Firsby Res: Mute Swan - 2 ; Mallard - 3 ; Coot - 2 ; Moorhen - 1 ; Water Rail - 1 - Calling in flooded swampy area. ; Kestrel - 1 - Male. ; 319 - 1 - Calling. ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Siskin - 1 - Over calling. ; Goldfinch - 4 ; Bullfinch - 1 ; Chaffinch - 2 - 2 Males. ; Common Gull - 9 - Down on farmland.

Foxfield Spring Wood, Chapeltown: Treecreeper - 2

Foxlow Ponds: Snipe - 31 ; Jack Snipe - 3 ; Grey Heron - 6 ; Fieldfare - 20+ ; Redwing - 20+ ; 319 - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Jay - 2

Froggatt Edge: Fieldfare - c12

Green Moor: Tree Sparrow - 7

Handsworth garden: Goldcrest - 1 - On fat ball feeder.

Hillsborough: Waxwing - c40 - in trees by football ground on Penistone Road 14:10.

Leash Fen: Barn Owl - 1 - hunting at dusk

Longshaw: Tawny Owl - 1 - calling

Olive Mill Dam, Loxley: Kingfisher - 1

Owlerton: Raven - 2 - over Herries Road 14:15

Parson Cross: Waxwing - c20 - flew over towards Ecclesfield.

Pingle Lane Tip: Herring Gull - 3 - Over. ; Fieldfare - 50+ - Feeding in Hawthorns. ; Redwing - 10+ - With FF.

R Don, Effingham St: Goosander - 9 - 2 drakes displaying with 7 redheads. ; Goosander - 9

R Don, Jordans Lock: Goosander - 8 - 4 drakes with 4 redheads.

R Don, Newhall: Peregrine - 1

R Don, Tinsley: Lesser Redpoll - 1 ; Goldcrest - 6

Silver Wood: Tawny Owl - 1 - Roosting tucked in tight to tree trunk. ; 319 - 1 - Very pale bird over. ; Nuthatch - 1 - Calling. ; Nuthatch - 1 - Calling. ; Goldcrest - 2 ; Meadow Pipit - 1 - Over approach path to woods.

Totley: Waxwing - c40 - flock gathered in top of tree near junction of Baslow Road and Totley Hall Lane.

Treeton Meadows: Canada Goose - 39 ; Wigeon - 6 ; 320 - 7 ; Gadwall - 3

Ughill Farm: Robin - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 1 - in willow shrubs by Loftshaw quarry pool ; Barn Owl - 1 - Hunting in driving rain an strong wind. ; Redwing - 10+ ; Woodpigeon - c5 - sheltering in trees ; Pheasant - 1 - male ; Fieldfare - c30 - feeding flock on Furnace Hill along with Golden Plover ; Golden Plover - 50+ - resting or feeding on Furnace Hill ; Kestrel - 1 - attempting to hover hunt in difficult conditions ; Starling - 100+ - 1 - 3 flocks of ground-feeding birds

Ulley Brook Bog: Water Rail - 1 - Calling ; 319 - 4 ; Redwing - 13

Woodhouse Washlands: Barn Owl - 1 - Hunting by the railway viaduct.

Chapeltown: Waxwing - 24 - Group flew low over library calling 09:40

Ecclesfield: Waxwing - 40+ - Landed briefly in tree to rear of no.86 Cross Hill at 14:30

Graves Park: Goosander - 7 - 6 male, 1 redhead

Hassop: Waxwing - 100+ - Around station car car park and Trail towards Gt Longstone

Hillsborough Corner: Waxwing - c40 - near bottom of Walkley Lane in trees outside the memorial hall 15:00. headed E and returned, possibly feeding on Rowans on Dodd Street.

Linacre Res: Mandarin - 9 ; Goosander - 2 ; Cormorant - 2 ; Black-headed Gull - 152

Lowedges: Waxwing - 30+ - At junction of Gervase Rd and Lowedges Rd at 14:30

Norton Lees garden: Redwing - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - on Holly berries ; Woodpigeon - 3+ - feeding on Holly berries

Rivelin Valley: Mandarin - 12 - 7 males, 5 females on Walkley Bank Tilt dam (aka Havelock Dam)

Rotherham; St Anns roundabout: Goldfinch - 40-50 - flock, settled in treetops @ 0825hrs; probably dispersing post-roost

Silverwood Lagoon: Tufted Duck - 11 ; Common Gull - 2 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 ; Black-headed Gull - 30 ; Woodcock - 1 ; Raven - 1 - SW at 08.25 ; Common Buzzard - 2 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 4

Thorpe Hesley: Fieldfare - 12 ; Kestrel - 3 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; 319 - 3 ; Lapwing - c50

Thrybergh CP: Mute Swan - 27 ; Tufted Duck - c60 ; Goldeneye - 1 - fem ; Pochard - 15 ; Goosander - 2 - M+F