Sightings Archive

R Don, Effingham St: Sand Martin - 5

R Don, Norfolk Bridge: Sand Martin - 8 ; Herring Gull - 10 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 3

Ravenfield Church: Swallow - 1 - Single over at16.45.

Redmires conduit: 319 - 1

Redmires Top Res: Common Sandpiper - 1 - ; Oystercatcher - 4 - 2 pairs ; Tufted Duck - 5 - 3 male 2 female

Sheffield airport: Little Ringed Plover - 2 ; Lapwing - 3 - Including one sat on a nest ; Pied Wagtail - 7 ; Meadow Pipit - 9 ; Herring Gull - 4

Thrybergh CP: BLACK-NECKED GREBE - 1 - showing very well ; Blackcap - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Skylark - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 3 ; Swallow - 2+ ; Sand Martin - 2+

Centenary Riverside: Kestrel - 1 - Hunting over. ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - Pair ; Blackcap - 1 - Singing briefly. ; Chiffchaff - 2 - Pair. ; Wren - 4 - Singing. ; Robin - 2 - Singing. ; Goldfinch - 4 ; Dunnock - 1 ; Gadwall - 4 - Pond. ; Canada Goose - 2 - Pair. ; Mallard - 10 + ; Carrion Crow - 1 - 1 feeding, 1 sat on nest. ; Blue Tit - 3 ; Great Tit - 1 - Calling. ; Long-tailed Tit - 2

Dore back garden: Brambling - 10 + - at feeders ; Siskin - 6 ; Greenfinch - 4 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 - m&f

Endcliffe Park: Mandarin - 4 - 2m+2f lower lake

Linacre Res: Tufted Duck - 34 ; Mandarin - 14 ; Cormorant - 5 ; Swallow - 16 - Perched in tree by water in cold foggy weather. ; Great Crested Grebe - 3 ; Swallow - 20 - c20 over top reservoir at 16:30

Millhouses Park: Dipper - 2 - A pair ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Working its way upstream along the bank.

Orgreave Lakes: Lesser Redpoll - 8 - Feeding on seed heads along the path between the two bridges at 17.00. ; Goldeneye - 6 ; Greylag Goose - 16

Sheffield Airport: Lapwing - 4 ; Herring Gull - 8 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1

Thrybergh CP: Chiffchaff - 4 - sing ; Great Tit - 9 ; Blue Tit - 6 ; Long-tailed Tit - 4 - 2pr ; Linnet - 6 - 2sing ; Bullfinch - 4 ; Reed Bunting - 9 - 2sing ; Great Crested Grebe - 3 - singles ; BLACK-NECKED GREBE - 1 - still present ; Mute Swan - 28 ; Tufted Duck - 19 - inc.8f ; Black-headed Gull - 100 - circa ; Skylark - 5 - sing ; Sand Martin - 13 ; Swallow - 8 ; Wren - 13 - sing ; Dunnock - 14 - 11 singing ; Robin - 17 ; Song Thrush - 2 - sing ; Blackbird - 11 - 3 singing ; Blackcap - 7 - sing ; Willow Warbler - 4 - sing ; BLACK-NECKED GREBE - 1 - feeding on hatching flies.

Tyzack’s Dam: 321 - 1

Tyzack*s Dam: Goosander - 16 - 16 still present. Plastic bearded individual watched diving and swimming strongly. Hopefully able to feed.

Attercliffe: Peregrine - 1 - ad sheltering on Bernard Rd incinerator building.

Endcliffe Park: Dipper - 2 - near to Hunter's Bar at 7:15

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 1 ; Coot - 3 ; 320 - 1 - Male. ; Mallard - 2 - Pair. ; Grey Heron - 1 ; 319 - 1 ; Jay - 2 ; Tree Sparrow - 3 - In cottage garden hedge. First record for some time. ; Chaffinch - 6 ; Bullfinch - 4 ; Skylark - 1 ; Dunnock - 2 ; Wren - 3 ; Willow Tit - 2 - Calling. ; Blackcap - 1 - Singing Male. ; Willow Warbler - 8 - Singing numbers increasing. ; Chiffchaff - 4

Hillsborough Park: Mute Swan - 2 - adult & 2 cy ; Greylag Goose - 1 - #NAME?