Sightings Archive

Firsby Res: Chaffinch - 4 - All singing Males. ; Bullfinch - 7 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - Cottage Garden. ; Song Thrush - 5 - 3 singing. ; Robin - 2 - Squabbling. ; Magpie - 5 ; Carrion Crow - 3 ; Red-legged Partridge - 2 ; Pheasant - 1 - Male.

Forge Dam: 320 - 4 - 2m + 2f

Graves Park: Mandarin - 4 - 3m, 1f on top lake ; Nuthatch - 1

Hillsborough: Blackcap - 1 - male on garden fatballs

Holmebrook Valley Park: Common Gull - 1+ - On playing field with BH Gulls. ; Black-headed Gull - 200+ - Big flock on playing field. ; Greylag Goose - 1 - Back on lake ; Canada Goose - 2 - On lake.

M1, nr J30: Red Kite - 1 - over E

Norton Lees: Goldfinch - 3 - Warminster Road

Orgreave Lakes: Golden Plover - 24 - Circling big lake at 10:20 ; Curlew - 1

Rivelin Valley: Tawny Owl - 2 - 2 birds calling , one seen flying into Coppice near Tofts Lan

Sothall: 319 - 4 - two pairs, one of which mobbed a passing sparrowhawk.

Walkley garden: Stock Dove - 2 - Pair feeding below nyger as yesterday.

Bradfield Dale: Red Kite - 1 - soaring up + down dale at 16.30 .

Cowell Flat: Curlew - 17 - 15 + 2 heading west .

EUROPA VIEW: Skylark - 1 - singing over the old airport runway

Ewden Cabin: 319 - 6 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Peregrine - 1 ; Merlin - 1 - male ; Kestrel - 1 ; Raven - 6 ; Linnet - 12

Firsby Res: Coot - 1 ; Moorhen - 2 - Pair ; Magpie - 15+ - Coming in to roost ; Jay - 2 ; Carrion Crow - 1 ; Song Thrush - 2 - Singing. ; Fieldfare - 20+ - Roosting in hedgerow. ; Bullfinch - 6 ; Long-tailed Tit - 12

Fulwood garden: Reed Bunting - 2 - Males at feeders ; Brambling - 11 - At feeders ; Pheasant - 1 - Male below feeders ; Bullfinch - 2 - Pair at feeders ; Siskin - 2 - Pair at feeders ; Greenfinch - 2 - Pair at feeders ; House Sparrow - 4 - At feeders

Greystones: Meadow Pipit - 1 - Flew WNW calling - first sign of return movement

Howden Res: Sparrowhawk - 2 - seen together, photo ID ; 319 - 2 ; Crossbill - 12 - Flying over "the puddle", no sign of Parrot Crossbills

Jaunty Park: Redwing - 30 - In trees near school. ; Bullfinch - 4 ; Song Thrush - 2 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - on brook near bridge ; Siskin - 5 - in alders near bridge over brook 07:25. ; Skylark - 2 - over S/E 07:45 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 11 - on playing fields ; Herring Gull - 2 - vocal adults over. ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - adult over.

Ladybower Res, North arm: Goosander - 5 - males, 4 ad 1 imm

Langsett Res: Common Gull - 171 - In roost ; Black-headed Gull - C2600

Millhouses garden: Blackcap - 1 - male ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - male ; Wren - 1

Nether Edge Garden: FIRECREST - 1 - First sighting in garden. Disturbed feeding "local" Goldcrest.

Peat Pits: Kestrel - 1 ; 319 - 1 ; Skylark - 16 - inc 7 singing ; Golden Plover - 253 + - in rape field ; Lapwing - c100 - inc several birds displaying . ; Meadow Pipit - 2 - heading west .

Queens Park, Chesterfield: Red Kite - 1 - Being mobbed by LBB Gulls drifted north at 13.25

Ravenfield Church: Tawny Owl - 1 - Hooting at 18.00.

Sheffield Centre: Carrion Crow - 1 - Nest building in solitary tree in Aldi car park ; Dipper - 1 - Flew low over Aldi car park towards Bramall Lane

Slippery Stones: 319 - 1

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 2 ; Little Grebe - 3 ; Cormorant - 1 - b/plum. ; Mute Swan - 11 ; Pochard - 8 - m ; Tufted Duck - 25 ; Tufted Duck - 25 ; 319 - 1 - soar in e ; Red-legged Partridge - 4 - 2pr ; Water Rail - 3 - 2on pellets 1 on b/read ; Black-headed Gull - 120 ; Common Gull - 1 - 2cy ; Herring Gull - 3 - ad ; Skylark - 3 - 2 singing ; Meadow Pipit - 1 ; Wren - 2 - singing ; Dunnock - 27 - 18 singing ; Robin - 29 - 19 singing