Sightings Archive

Holmebrook Valley Park: Long-tailed Tit - 7+ ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Redwing - 2 - over

Meadow Head: Tawny Owl - 1 - In trees at Morrison’s car park

Orgreave Lakes: Little Egret - 1 - On island ; Greenshank - 1 - On Island at midday.

Peat Pits: Golden Plover - 138 ; 319 - 1 - feeding on worms

Redmires conduit: Jay - 1 - one collecting acorns

Redmires Top Res: Red-legged Partridge - 1 - disturbed from roadside, flew into plantation.

Rother Valley CP: Little Egret - 2 - Flew from Meadowgate lake to main lake. ; Red-crested Pochard - 1

Sheffield University: Peregrine - 1 - Juvenile PRA preening on nest box

Ulley Res: Great Crested Grebe - 4

Wadsley Common garden: Redwing - 12 - West over garden-first this autumn.

Big Moor: Merlin - 1

Kimberworth: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Flying through the trees at the bottom of the garden.

Linacre Res: Mandarin - 58 ; Tufted Duck - 48 ; Great Crested Grebe - 10 ; Moorhen - 18 ; Coot - 10 ; Wigeon - 1 ; 320 - 1

R Don, Norfolk Bridge: Grey Heron - 1 - Struggling with a fully grown dead Brown Rat, after a struggle it swallowed it whole.

River Rother: Little Egret - 2 - 2 on river between RVCP and Killamarsh at noon.

Rother Valley CP: Mute Swan - 30 ; Canada Goose - 53 ; Greylag Goose - 1 ; Grey Heron - 2 ; Little Egret - 1 ; Cormorant - 19 ; Great Crested Grebe - 12 ; Little Grebe - 3 ; Mallard - 293 ; Wigeon - 83 ; Shoveler - 2 ; Gadwall - 2 ; 320 - 44 ; Tufted Duck - 83 ; Pochard - 18 ; Red-crested Pochard - 3 - Male and two females on Meadowgate Lake. ; Coot - 421 ; Moorhen - 42 ; Lapwing - 124 ; Black-headed Gull - 23 ; Herring Gull - 1

RVCP, R Rother: Goosander - 6 ; Kingfisher - 1

Barlow Common: Little Egret - 1 - flying down the valley ; Grey Wagtail - 01-Feb ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Goldfinch - 1

Chatsworth House: GREAT WHITE EGRET - 3 - Flying low south together passing directly overhead at 13.45

Hangingwater garden: Goldfinch - c.30 - sheltering in trees

Kiveton Community Woodland: Skylark - present - birds heard moving high to S/SW

Redmires Res: Canada Goose - 60 - c. increase sadly ; Mallard - 70 - c. ; Wigeon - 1 - male still with Mallards ; Kestrel - 2 ; Fieldfare - 1 - in Fairthorn Clough ; Ring Ouzel - 2 - in Fairthorn Clough feeding on rowans ; Redwing - 2 - flew W ; Blackbird - 1 - in Fairthorn Clough ; Lapwing - 110 - c. on Middle Res ; Starling - 100 - c. ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 45 - c. on Middle Res ; Herring Gull - 1 - ad winter with LBB's ; Black-headed Gull - 60 - c.

Shirecliffe: Redwing - c330 - inc flocks of 150, 50, 30 & 40 W ; Song Thrush - 13 - small flocks overhead and dropping in. ; Fieldfare - 6 ; Siskin - 3 ; Chaffinch - 10 ; Jay - 3 ; Skylark - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 1 ; Linnet - 5

Walkley garden: Tawny Owl - 1 - Calling kee-wit in lime tree before flying towards city.

Agden Side: Crossbill - 1 - EAST AT 17.30

Big Moor: Great Grey Shrike - 1 - seen am ; Great Grey Shrike - 1 - reported on Big Moor this morning. No other details. ; Merlin - 2

Brightside: GREAT WHITE EGRET - 1 - Low WNW over President Park at 09:07

Catcliffe: Chiffchaff - 1 - along the river

Catcliffe Flash: Mute Swan - 6 - ad pr + 4 imm ; Wigeon - 30 ; Gadwall - 74 ; 320 - c12 ; Shoveler - 8+ ; Cormorant - 4 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Little Grebe - 2 ; 319 - 1 ; Moorhen - 14+ ; Coot - 80 ; Long-tailed Tit - 6+

Firsby Res: Mallard - 9 ; Wigeon - 2 - Males on main Res. Uncommon here. ; Moorhen - 1