Sightings Archive

Catcliffe Flash: Gadwall - 21 ; Shoveler - 11 ; Tufted Duck - 12+ ; Cormorant - 2 ; Black-headed Gull - 100+ ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 5 - 1 down, 4 south ; Moorhen - 3+ ; Coot - 15

Chapeltown Park: Brambling - 6 - Small flock just north of playground

Chatsworth Park: Mistle Thrush - 1 - Singing

Dronfield: Sparrowhawk - 1

Ecclesfield: Grey Wagtail - 1 - Stream outside Morrison's supermarket

Edge Mount: Brambling - 12+ - feeding by roadside on Lumb Lane

Greystones Close: Brambling - 1 - 1 female, moving in and out of the garden with 14 goldfinch. ; Blackcap - 1 - 1 male feeding in garden now for three days.

Ibbotson*s Dam: Kingfisher - 1 - Female, caught & ate fish, also seen earlier at Shepherds wheel

Linacre Res: Mallard - 79 ; Tufted Duck - 11 ; Little Grebe - 2 ; Mandarin - 6 ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Coot - 4 ; Moorhen - 15 ; Black-headed Gull - 66

Millhouses: House Sparrow - 20 - Springfield Rd garden

Norfolk Park: Tawny Owl - 2 - Male and female (probably more than one male at times) regularly heard calling in the park and from the park between October and now.

Onesmoor: Redwing - 80+ - Large mixed flock feeding in pasture ; Fieldfare - 80+ ; Starling - 20+ ; Golden Plover - 20 - mobile flock

Padley Gorge: Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Dipper - 1 - flying down stream

Peat Pits: Golden Plover - 200+

RVCP, Fishing Lake: Smew - 1 - redhead still present ; Goosander - 2 ; Goldeneye - 15+ ; Little Egret - 1

Shepherd Wheel: Treecreeper - 1 ; Kingfisher - 1 - Female, flew downstream.

Tapton: Waxwing - 1 - in private garden near Tapton House Rd and junction with Manchester Rd

Thrybergh CP: Tree Sparrow - 2 - at feeders ; Brambling - 2 - f and 1st win m

Walkley Bank: Blackcap - 1 - male

Whiteley Woods: Treecreeper - 1

Aldwarke: Lapwing - 1 ; Linnet - 3 ; Cormorant - 1 - NE ; Snipe - 1 ; Redwing - 3+ ; Woodcock - 1 ; Carrion Crow - 11 - SW (dispersal from roost down Don valley around dawn)

Ansell Road: Siskin - 2 - In garden with goldfinch

Big Moor: Meadow Pipit - 1 ; Jackdaw - 10 - c10 feeding in field S of Big Moor along with Rooks and Carrion Crows ; Carrion Crow - 10 - c10 feeding with Jackdaws and Rooks ; Rook - 8 - c8 feeding with Carrion Crows and Jackdaws

Broomhead Park: Mistle Thrush - 1 - singing

Cinder Hills: Chaffinch - 3 ; Bullfinch - 1 - male

Dog Kennel Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Greylag Goose - 1 ; Mallard - 10+ ; Black-headed Gull - 30+ ; Herring Gull - 3 ; Moorhen - 1 ; Coot - 1 ; Blackbird - 1+ ; Great Tit - 1+ ; Blue Tit - 1+ ; Treecreeper - 1

Firsby Res: Carrion Crow - 2 ; Fieldfare - 1 ; Blackbird - 10+ ; Meadow Pipit - 3 ; Bullfinch - 4 ; Goldfinch - 6 ; Long-tailed Tit - 8

Ford: Little Owl - 1 - Roosting on derelict barn

Graves Park: Goosander - 1 - redhead on largest lake

Green Moor: Red-legged Partridge - 5 - Small covey in field ; Red-legged Partridge - 5 ; Greenfinch - 4 ; House Sparrow - 10

Hooton Roberts: Kestrel - 1 - On road side lamppost.

Keppels Field: Woodpigeon - 10+ ; Meadow Pipit - 1

Langsett Res: Pink-footed Goose - 200 - c200 flew west at 15:13

Limb Valley: Mandarin - 13 - 10m & 3f on lower pond

Morley Pond: Grey Heron - 4 - adj fields ; Mute Swan - 4 - residents, 2Ad n juvs ; Mallard - 20+

Norwood Allotments: Pink-footed Goose - c40 - west at 15:13 ; Tawny Owl - 1 - calling at 10:00 and 15:45. Frequently heard in daylight hours over past few weeks. ; Redwing - 7 ; Ring-necked Parakeet - 2

Oughtibridge garden: Brambling - 1

Parkgate Canal Basin: Black-headed Gull - c80 ; Great Black-backed Gull - 24 - birds from nearby recycling centre washing-off