Sightings Archive

Ulley CP; Morthen arm: Mistle Thrush - 3 - inc 2 high to SW ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 3 - inc 2 singing ; Reed Bunting - 1 - SW

Walkley garden: Crossbill - 1 - Distant calls heard, Bentley Road, possibly flying over

Agden Side: Swallow - 4 - 4 birds heading east

Barnside Moor: Red Kite - 1 - Adult bird drifting low across moor.

Canyards hill: Common Buzzard - 2 - Pair working area together

Cowell Flat: Snipe - 3 - 3 birds together circling about.

Five Weirs Walk: Blackcap - 1 - Male in riverside scrub at Washford Bridge ; Goosander - 2 - 2 redheads on river at Salmon Pastures ; Peregrine - 1 - On Bernard Street incinerator buildings ; Cormorant - 1 - flying past Bernard Street incinerator building

Graves Park: Woodpigeon - 50+

Heeley City Farm: Redwing - 6 - over south this morning

Manor Fields Park: Common Buzzard - 1 - low over site towards ManorTop at 16:15. ; Kestrel - 1 - hovering over site. ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Snipe - 1 - flew over at 16:32 ; Moorhen - 10 ; Goldfinch - 25+ - single flock ; Pied Wagtail - 3 - together on site

Middleton Moor: Whooper Swan - 2 - On the lagoon ; Water Rail - 1 - Scuttled across track in front of hide

Pike Lowe, Midhope: Raven - 7

Range Moor: Common Buzzard - 4 - Spread over moor ; Crossbill - 2 - 2 bird over

White Lee Moor: Crossbill - 11 - Group of birds above wood.

Barlow: Little Owl - 1 ; 319 - 1 ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 20 ; Siskin - 3 ; Goldfinch - c. 20 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Rook - 12

Bole Hill Rec: 319 - 2 - circling low over woodland off Bole Hill Road.

Burbage Moor: Red Grouse - 5+ - Party of 5 seen, plus other individuals heard

Burbage Valley: Stonechat - 1m

Cinder Bridge Field: Peregrine - 1 - 1cy, low to W @ 0915hrs

Endcliffe Park: Black-headed Gull - 23 ; Mistle Thrush - 3 - On recreation ground

Forge Dam: Mandarin - 2 - Male & female

Greystones garden: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Female

Kimberworth Park: Grey Heron - 1 - Fly SE toward Hudson's Rough.

Moss Valley, upper: Little Owl - 1 - Geer Lane Farm ; 324 - 1 - Hornet feeding on ivy flowers

Rivelin Valley: Little Egret - 1 - flying up lower section of valley (seen from Bolehill Recreation Ground)

Sheffield Centre: Grey Wagtail - 1 - Drinking from fountain on train station forecourt

Shirebrook Valley: Kingfisher - 1 - Flew over Carr Forge Pond ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - Carr Forge pond ; 319 - 3

Stubbin, nr Rawmarsh; Back Lane: Red-legged Partridge - 3 - calling, pre-dawn ; Raven - 2 - W together @ 0710hrs ; Common Buzzard - 2 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Carrion Crow - 8 - feeding in recently tilled field ; Meadow Pipit - 10 - inc 9 S ; Pheasant - 8 - 7m; 1f ; Woodpigeon - present - 50-60 feeding in fields + c300 E after dawn, probably dispersal from roost(s) in Wentworth Park ; Linnet - c65 - in two flocks ; Stock Dove - 3 - in field ; Pied Wagtail - 22 - feeding in recently tilled field ; Sparrowhawk - 2 - adult male & 1cy, hunting over fields ; Kestrel - 1 - f/imm ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 - SW ; Herring Gull - 1 - SW ; Yellowhammer - 5 ; Skylark - c20 - in stubbles ; Chaffinch - 3 - SW

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 9 - ad ; Little Grebe - 9 ; Cormorant - 6 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Mute Swan - 19 - inc,3jv ; Pochard - 5 - mmmff ; Tufted Duck - 90 ; Lapwing - 50 ; Black-headed Gull - 70+ ; Herring Gull - 2 - 1ad1-2cy ; Skylark - 9 - inc.1sing ; Meadow Pipit - 12 - inc.10 in fields ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Wren - 11 ; Dunnock - 14 ; Robin - 24 ; Song Thrush - 2 ; Redwing - 2 - call.from h/row ; Blackbird - 18 ; Blackcap - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 4 - 1sing ; Goldcrest - 2 ; Great Tit - 13 ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 6+ ; Magpie - 13 ; Magpie - 13 ; Jay - 1