Sightings Archive

Leash Fen: Skylark - 8 - S or SW in one hour. ; Fieldfare - c75 ; Redwing - 7 ; Meadow Pipit - c15 ; Stonechat - 2 ; Starling - c40 - SW ; Brambling - 1 - South

M!: Kingfisher - 1 - 1 west over the M1 near Chapletown.

Orgreave Lakes: GANNET - 1 - Juv circled site low over water then flew north. ; Stonechat - 1 - Male on west bank below wheel wash

Redmires: Woodpigeon - 600+ - flocks moving SW on a broad front viewed from Shirecliffe

Rotherham Centre: Kestrel - 1 - Hovering over railway line outside New York Stadium. ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - On lamppost at back of Riverside house.

Sheffield Centre: Peregrine - 1 - hunting pigeons 8:30

Shirecliffe: Brambling - 2 - singles W ; Crossbill - 2 - females S ; Fieldfare - 10 ; Blackcap - 1 - male ; Kestrel - 2 - pair on football field feeding on worms

Stubley Hollow: Redwing - 54 - ; Buzzard - 1 ; Skylark - 4 ; Treecreeper - 1

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 8 ; Little Grebe - 4 ; Cormorant - 16 - most dispersing ; Mute Swan - 4 - ad ; Canada Goose - 140 - + ; Gadwall - 6 - 3m3f ; Pochard - 11 - 6m5f ; Tufted Duck - 56 - + ; Goldcrest - 2 ; Greenfinch - 43 - #NAME? ; Fieldfare - 11 - in from s

Upper Common, Scholes: Sparrowhawk - 1 - hunting ; 319 - 2

Woodlands Valley: Whooper Swan - 6 - 6 birds in 2 groups of 3 heading east towards Ladybower Res at 11:30

Agden Res: Tufted Duck - 5 - 2 male + 3 female ; Cormorant - 2

Brightside: Pink-footed Goose - c180 - heading east towards Meadowhall at 12:57

Catcliffe Flash: Mute Swan - 6 - ad pr + 4 imm ; Wigeon - 45+ ; 320 - 18 ; Gadwall - 50+ ; Shoveler - 9+ ; Tufted Duck - 3 ; Cormorant - 3 ; Moorhen - 12+ ; Coot - 49 ; Black-headed Gull - c25

Firsby Res: Mallard - 4 - 3 Males 1 F. ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 - On wires., ; 319 - 1 - Calling.

Highfield: Whooper Swan - 3+ - flew west at 23:02 at about 30 ft above the rooftops regulary calling over Highfields and well illuminated by city lights

Intake: Chiffchaff - 1 - In observers garden.

Meersbrook Park: Woodpigeon - 25+ - Feeding on ground at top of Park

Millhouses Park: Red Kite - 1

R Don, Stevenson Rd: Little Egret - 1 - feeding in river ; Goosander - 4 - redheads

Redmires: Crossbill - 14 - flying between conifer plantations

Redmires Middle Res: Golden Plover - c50 - on north shore with Lapwings; very mobile.

Sheffield University: Peregrine - 1 - adult female circled from flats N of Arts Tower and landed on lights in centre of Brookhill roundabout, then hopping from one light cover to the next.

Silver Wood: Pink-footed Goose - c.150 - east at 10.50

Wingfield: 319 - 2 - Over flats causing 20+ feral pigeons to scatter@13:35.

Attercliffe: Peregrine - 2 - On Bernard Rd incinerator building

Greystones garden: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Male perched on garden bench just outside kitchen window

Holmebrook Valley Park: Great Crested Grebe - 3 - Now 3 adults on lake ; Moorhen - 8 ; Coot - 4 ; Mallard - 52 ; Black-headed Gull - 43 ; Tufted Duck - 1 - Male ; Mute Swan - 6

Kimberworth: Goldfinch - 5 - On garden seed feeder

Norwood Allotments: Ring-necked Parakeet - 3 - 2 this morning and 3 this afternoon. Briefly perched in trees. ; Brambling - 1 - over south at 16:45 calling

Pit-house West: BITTERN - 1 - Flew to roost from southern end of pool at 18:10 ; Water Rail - 2 - Calling at dusk ; Willow Tit - 2 - Among tit flock behind 'Bittern Pool'

Rotherham; Drummond Street: Pied Wagtail - 5 - feeding together on pavement

Silverwood Lagoon: 320 - 10 ; Gadwall - 4 ; Tufted Duck - 13 ; Pochard - 1m ; Mallard - 2 - wary, probably wild ; Meadow Pipit - 7 - scattered around pit top ; Skylark - 12 - including 1 singing ; Black-headed Gull - c.90 ; Common Gull - 3 ; Siskin - 2 - in alders nearHollings Lane entrance ; 319 - 3 - in the air together over The Close ; Little Grebe - 4

Wincobank Hill: 319 - 1

Aston: Red Kite - 1

Dog Kennel Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 3 ; Cormorant - 1 - Took quite large fish ; 319 - 1 ; Moorhen - 2 ; Black-headed Gull - 17 ; Mute Swan - 4 - Resident family.

Kiveton Community Woodland: Hen Harrier - 1 - Hunting low over the grass on top of site

Ladybower/Derwent: Brambling - 200 +