Sightings Archive

R Don, Neepsend: Goosander - 1 - redhead

Scholes Coppice: Woodpigeon - 1+ ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - calls ; Wren - 1 - sing ; Robin - 1 - sing ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 1+ ; Coal Tit - 1 - sing ; Nuthatch - 2+ - inc 1 sing ; Jay - 1 ; Brambling - 1+ - calls

Scholes Village: Woodpigeon - 1+ ; Collared Dove - 1+ ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Robin - 1 ; Blackbird - 6+ ; Redwing - 30+ - feeding in fields w of village ; Fieldfare - 1+ - in with Redwings ; Blue Tit - 1+ ; Great Tit - 1 - singing ; Magpie - 6+ ; Jackdaw - 10+ ; Carrion Crow - 1+ ; Chaffinch - 1 ; Goldfinch - 1+ ; Lesser Redpoll - 10+ - feeding on birch with some Goldfinch @ Scholes Pond. ; House Sparrow - 10+ - most feeding @ Scholes Green.

Sharrow: Waxwing - 25+ - Cemetery Ave @ 09.00

Stocksbridge: Raven - 1 - flew west at c09:15

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 11 ; Little Grebe - 4 ; Cormorant - 8 ; 321 - 1 ; Mute Swan - 21 ; Pink-footed Goose - 2 ; Greylag Goose - 180 - circa ; Canada Goose - 60 ; Pochard - 4 - 1f ; Tufted Duck - 28 ; Gadwall - 7 ; 319 - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Water Rail - 3 ; Lapwing - 100 ; Black-headed Gull - 250 ; Common Gull - 1 - ad ; Herring Gull - 5 - on front ; Great Black-backed Gull - 2 - w ; Skylark - 2 - s ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Dunnock - 17 - 2 singing ; Robin - 22 ; Fieldfare - 3 ; Blackbird - 19 ; Long-tailed Tit - 14+ - flock ; Magpie - 15 ; Chaffinch - 12 ; Greenfinch - 8 ; Bullfinch - 12 ; Reed Bunting - 8 ; Brambling - 6 - most counted very flighty

Tyzack*s Dam: Goosander - 5 - 1 drake, 4 redheads pre-sunrise but probably not roosting there (3 observed dropping in)

City Road Cemetery: Brambling - 3 ; Redwing - 50+ - still mobile around site 11:10-11:45. ; Jay - 2 ; Magpie - 20+

Dronfield: Sparrowhawk - 1 - flew high over Dronfield Church ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1

Dungworth - Ughill area: Barn Owl - 1 - hunting in daylight

Fox Hagg, Rivelin: Fieldfare - 15

Graves Park: Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 - Investigating nest hole ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Drumming

Green Moor: Brambling - 7+ - In gardens on Delf Mews ; Grey Heron - 1

Hunter*s Bar: Grey Heron - 1 - Flew up from the Porter Brook & up Ecclesall rd

Manor Fields Park: Brambling - 6 - In mixed finch flock using watercourse to bathe 12:00. ; Greenfinch - 8 ; Goldfinch - 25+ ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Chaffinch - 1 ; Song Thrush - 2 ; Long-tailed Tit - 5 ; Blue Tit - 7 ; Moorhen - 8 ; Mallard - 6 - 3 pair on pond.

Meersbrook Park: Nuthatch - 1

Norfolk Park: Magpie - 12+ - at least 4 pairs plus group of 4 - 5. ; Woodpigeon - 20+ - some feeding on ivy berries, 2 - 3 singing ; Blue Tit - 10+ ; House Sparrow - 3+ - in gardens neighbouring the park ; Collared Dove - 1+ - singing ; Wren - 5+ - 2 heard singing ; Goldfinch - 02-Apr ; Mistle Thrush - 7+ - feeding on playing field alongside Redwings ; Redwing - 30+ ; Long-tailed Tit - 6+ ; Greenfinch - 2+ - wheezing from tree and hedge top ; Great Tit - 1+ ; Robin - 3+ - two singing ; Blackbird - 5+ - all males