Sightings Archive

R Don, Swinton Bridge: Cormorant - 5 - in riverside trees, inc 3 adults

Ravenfield: Little Owl - 2 - Pair in roadside tree near recycling Centre @ 07:20.

Rawmarsh; Rectory Fields allotments: Mistle Thrush - 1 - singing

Redmires conduit: Golden Plover - c70 - on the ground in horse fields ; Curlew - c30 - circling over moors and calling. ; Tawny Owl - 1 - short burst of calling from plantation ; Golden Plover - 35+ - 22 seen wheeling over. 35 seen later in field. (Could have included 22) ; Lapwing - 10+ - lots of displaying ; Starling - 12 - browsing with Golden Plover ; Curlew - 1+ - seen over 3 times. Could have been same or different birds

Redmires Res: Cormorant - 1 - flew W ; Canada Goose - 34 - in fields ; Greylag Goose - 28 - in fields ; Mallard - 18 ; Oystercatcher - 2 - in fields on Roper Hill - my first back ; Lapwing - 40 - 20 pairs - Conduit, Roper Hill & Soughley Lane combined ; Golden Plover - 1 - displaying along the Conduit ; Snipe - 3 - "chipping" - 2 along the Conduit & 1 over south side of Bottom Res ; Curlew - 6 - 3 pairs along Conduit ; Kestrel - 1 - displaying ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Common Buzzard - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 44 ; Herring Gull - 4 - flew W ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 - singles W ; Nuthatch - 2 ; Mistle Thrush - 7 - inc 4 singing males ; Song Thrush - 11 - including 8 singing males ; Blackbird - 3 - singing males ; Redwing - 2 - flew N ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - male singing ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - on Roper Hill ; Skylark - 5 ; Meadow Pipit - 7 - 1 displaying by Middle Res + 6 flew N ; Greenfinch - 8 ; Chaffinch - 7 - singing males ; Siskin - 2 ; Reed Bunting - 4 - males singing ; Crossbill - 5 - flew W calling

Sheffield airport: Ringed Plover - 2 - Building accivity started on site another site bites the dust. ; Lapwing - 6 ; Herring Gull - 12 ; Great Black-backed Gull - 4 ; Black-headed Gull - 35 ; 321 - 1 ; Skylark - 6 - Singing birds

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 5 ; Little Grebe - 3 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Shoveler - 2 - m ; Pochard - 5 - m ; Tufted Duck - 30 ; Water Rail - 2 ; Ringed Plover - 1 - flew north ; Black-headed Gull - 120+ ; Common Gull - 2 - 2cy ; Herring Gull - 1 - ad ; Skylark - 5 - singing ; Wren - 6 - singing ; Dunnock - 33 - 20 singing ; Robin - 27 - 19 singing ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - singing ; Blackbird - 15 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Great Tit - 9 ; Blue Tit - 15 ; Long-tailed Tit - 2 ; Magpie - 16 ; Chaffinch - 9 - 5 singing ; Bullfinch - 14 ; Reed Bunting - 8 - 4 singing ; Yellowhammer - 3 - 1 singing

Ughill Moors: Golden Plover - c80 - dropped down onto moor.

Win Hill: Meadow Pipit - 4 - near summit ; Raven - 2 - apparent pair flew over several times ; Crossbill - 5+ - Party flew over calling, heading S from plantation N of Win Hill ; Lesser Redpoll - 2 ; Siskin - 8 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - full song in flight ; Kestrel - 2 - hunting moorland ; Lapwing - 3 - displaying in fields just S of summit ; Skylark - 2 - singing from fields immediately S of summit

Agden Res: Greylag Goose - 59 - In nearby field with sheep and Turnips/Beet ; Pink-footed Goose - 1 - with Greylags

Blackburn Meadows NR: Chiffchaff - 1 - Calling from scrub

Chesterfield centre: Cormorant - 4 - Flew west over market hall.

Damflask Res: Coot - 1 ; 321 - 2 ; Great Crested Grebe - 1

Dronfield garden: Siskin - 10+ ; Brambling - 8

Firsby Res: Coot - 3 - On very full main Res. ; Kestrel - 1 ; Little Owl - 1 - Calling early morning in the fog. ; Skylark - 1 - Singing over farmland. ; Meadow Pipit - 2 ; Yellowhammer - 4 - 3 singing Males 1 Female. ; Reed Bunting - 2 ; Reed Bunting - 2