Sightings Archive

Firsby Res: Pheasant - 2 ; Yellowhammer - 4 - 3 singing Males plus 1 F. ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 1 ; Skylark - 1 - Singing early morning. ; Chaffinch - 4+ - Singing Males.

Green Moor: Common Buzzard - 5 - All circling together over the village ; Yellowhammer - 4 - Feeding on lawn together ; Long-tailed Tit - 5

Hammond*s Field: Kestrel - 1 - Hunting this evening

Leash Fen: Lapwing - c80 - flock on the north-east fringes of the fen

Longshaw: Brambling - 20+ - At least 20 between Fox House and the Discovery Centre, including 2 at Discovery Centre Feeders.

Manor Fields Park: Water Rail - 1 - in reedbed 08:15. ; Kingfisher - 1 - Still fishing top pond 08:30 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - On watercourse ; Mallard - 6 - 3 M +3F on pond ; Moorhen - 3 ; Chaffinch - 5 ; Bullfinch - 4 ; Goldfinch - 30+ ; Greenfinch - 5 ; Song Thrush - 2 ; Mistle Thrush - 3 ; Collared Dove - 6

Mayfield Valley: Grey Wagtail - 2 - Pair on stream just up from Mill House animal sanctuary ; Nuthatch - 2 - Singing just up from Mill House animal sanctuary

More Hall: Robin - 6+ - singing ; Wren - 1 ; Song Thrush - 2 ; Black-headed Gull - 3 ; Magpie - 2 ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Coal Tit - 3 ; Blackbird - 5 ; Great Tit - 2 ; Dunnock - 1 ; Blue Tit - 2 ; Goldcrest - 3 ; Goldfinch - 1 ; Cormorant - 4 ; Long-tailed Tit - 5+

Moscar Cross: Snipe - 3+ - chipping and drumming late dusk ; Woodcock - 3 - single and pair roding at dusk

R Don, Effingham St: Canada Goose - 9

R Don, Newhall Bridge: Goosander - 2 - Pair

R Don, Spider footbridge - Washford Bridge: Mallard - 76 ; Moorhen - 5 ; Canada Goose - 9 ; Greylag Goose - 3 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Great Black-backed Gull - 3 - Two adults and juvenile at recycling plant ; Kingfisher - 1

Redmires Middle Res: Curlew - 137 - Roosted ; Oystercatcher - 4 - Much calling and territorial chasing ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Male unsuccessfully chased a finch

Silverwood Lagoon: Pink-footed Goose - 1+ - NW in mist at 08.05 (heard)

Wharncliffe Side: Waxwing - 1+ - reported in private garden - per WaxwingsUK ; Waxwing - 10 - Feeding on Cotoneaster berries in garden by School Lane @ 14:30

Whiteley Woods: Dipper - 1

Barbrook Pools: Stonechat - 1 - Male

Bingham Park: 321 - 1 - fishing in the dark at 20:00

Broomhead/Rushy Wood area: Song Thrush - 1 - Singing from top of larch tree ; Blackbird - 6 - all males around feeders ; Blue Tit - 5 ; Great Tit - 3 ; Long-tailed Tit - 4 ; Dunnock - 2 ; Robin - 4 ; Coal Tit - 10+ ; Nuthatch - 3 ; Treecreeper - 2 - feeding on fat blocks ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - calling and drumming from dead conifer ; Magpie - 1 ; Magpie - 2 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - circling feeders ; Kestrel - 1 - perched on dead trunk watching ground below ; Woodpigeon - 4

Catcliffe Flash: Mute Swan - 3 - ad pr + 1 imm ; Gadwall - 5+ ; 320 - 2 - a pair ; Pochard - 2 - males ; Tufted Duck - 16+ - beginning to congregate ; Cormorant - 6 - 5 down + 1 south ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - male hunted through south ; Moorhen - 2 - territorial dispute ; Coot - 5+ ; Black-headed Gull - 20+ ; Common Gull - 1

Coombs Dale: 319 - 2 ; Bullfinch - 1 - Male ; Long-tailed Tit - 2

Dore, Devonshire Rd: Raven - 1 ; Goldfinch - 10

Endcliffe Park: Kingfisher - 1 - fishing on upper pond at 17:20

Firsby Res: Coot - 2 ; Mallard - 3 ; Barn Owl - 1 - Hunting at dusk. ; 319 - 1