Sightings Archive

Wentworth Park; Morley Pond: Coot - 4 ; Moorhen - 2 ; Mallard - 4 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 2

Wyming Brook: Nuthatch - 1 - Feeding on fat blocks at Wyming brook ; Treecreeper - 1 - Also feeding on fat blocks at same time as nuthatch

70 Acre Hill: Jay - 2 - 1 calling from Gorse bushes. ; Great Tit - 2 ; Goldcrest - 1

Beauchief: Stock Dove - 2 - On garden lawn (Abbey Crescent) foraging in the snow.

Bingham Park: Kingfisher - 1 - lower pond ; Dipper - 1

Bingham Park Ibbotson*s Dam: 320 - 2 pairs - Asleep

Bolehill Flash: Water Rail - 2 ; Snipe - 2

Bramley: Black-headed Gull - 5 - Feeding on bread. ; Fieldfare - 10+

Brinsworth: Fieldfare - 2 - Both squabbling over Ivy berries throughout day.

Broomhall Street: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Female in unsuccessful attack on feral pigeon

Crowhole: Treecreeper - 1 ; Redwing - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 2 ; Song Thrush - 6 - five species of thrush in one field; the above three plus Blackbird and Robin ; Pheasant - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 8 ; Collared Dove - 03-Apr

Ecclesall: Fieldfare - 1 - In tree on Alms Hill Road ; Fieldfare - 40 - c. ; Redwing - 10 - c. ; Meadow Pipit - 1 - flew N ; Blackcap - 1 - male in garden on Ansell Road ; Bullfinch - 1 - male in garden on Ansell Road

Ecclesall Woods: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Drumming ; Jay - 1 - Heard ; Redwing - 20 (approx) - On the ground, foraging among fallen leaves.

Endcliffe Park: Black-headed Gull - 5 ; Goldcrest - 1 - near cafe ; Treecreeper - 2 - seen together near cafe ; Meadow Pipit - 1

Firsby Res: Coot - 1 - Still present. ; Moorhen - 1 ; 320 - 15 - Flew from stream. ; Grey Heron - 1 - Calling. ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Woodcock - 1 ; Snipe - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Little Owl - 1 ; Barn Owl - 1 - Hunting @ dawn caught Vole ; Reed Bunting - 2 ; Bullfinch - 11 ; Bullfinch - 11 ; Chaffinch - 2 - Singing Males. ; Meadow Pipit - 1 - Feeding in sluice. ; Redwing - 12 - Over. ; Song Thrush - 5 ; Blackbird - 12+ ; Fieldfare - 1 ; Robin - 2 ; Wren - 4 ; Pheasant - 8 ; Red-legged Partridge - 1 ; Woodpigeon - 20+ ; Stock Dove - 1 ; Magpie - 4 ; Carrion Crow - 2

Forge Dam: Goldcrest - 1 - Struggling to fly, probably very hungry. Landed briefly on observer's boot. ; Mandarin - 2 - m+f ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Mandarin - 2 - Male & female

Fulwood: Fieldfare - 6 - in observer's garden, feeding on holly berries ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - observer's garden, regular last week or so ; Chaffinch - 16 - around feeders in observer's garden ; Bullfinch - 3 - at feeders in observer's garden ; Greenfinch - 4 - at feeders in observer's garden ; Goldfinch - 5 - at feeders in observer's garden ; Siskin - 1 - male at feeders in observer's garden ; Blackbird - 4 - observer's garden

Green Moor: Fieldfare - 8+ ; Fieldfare - 8+ - photo ; Fieldfare - 8+

Greystones: Fieldfare - 30+ ; Fieldfare - 30+ - Observer's garden, feeding on overgrown privet

Kelham Island: Kingfisher - 1 - Fishing successfully on the goit in the remaining clear water

Meersbrook: Fieldfare - 3 - By cycle path next to Virgin Active Gym

Millhouses garden: Fieldfare - 1 - fewer flying around today ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1m - first visit by a male for a few weeks ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - infrequent visitor - flew over garden and landed on a neighbour's tree

Millhouses Park: Mandarin - 2 ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Goldcrest - 2 ; Stock Dove - 3 ; Dipper - 1 - Perched on a rock in the River Sheaf towards the Archer Road end of the park.

Millhouses Sheaf Valley Walk: Nuthatch - 2 ; Long-tailed Tit - 6 ; Goldcrest - 3 ; Redwing - 5 ; Bullfinch - 2