Sightings Archive

Shillito Wood: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Fieldfare - 02-Mar ; Pheasant - 06-Jul ; Goldfinch - 2 ; Coal Tit - 3+ ; Starling - c. 100 ; Treecreeper - 1

Thrybergh CP: Little Grebe - 2 ; Cormorant - 2 ; Mute Swan - 23 - inc.3jvs ; White-fronted Goose - 1 - came in from e with 5 glags ; Greylag Goose - 49 ; Barnacle Goose - 1 ; Canada Goose - 78 - in 2can/glag hybrid +1can/barnacle ; Gadwall - 3 - 2m1f ; Shoveler - 5 - 2m3f ; Pochard - 9 - 7m2f ; Tufted Duck - 27 ; 319 - 1 - in field to se ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - passed ne ; Water Rail - 2 ; Moorhen - 12 ; Lapwing - 100+ ; Black-headed Gull - 100 ; Herring Gull - 15 - inc.8s ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Great Tit - 12 ; Robin - 26 - 11 singing ; Greenfinch - 12 - inc. 11 at feed stat ; Brambling - 1 - f ; Bullfinch - 16 - inc.10 at feed stat. ; Reed Bunting - 7 - 6 at feed stat.

Ulley CP: Golden Plover - c80 - with 200+ Lapwing in field over road from car park.

Birley Edge: Pink-footed Goose - c 60 - Flying north.at 10:30

Brownhills Lane: Greylag Goose - 48 - Still present plus 23 Canada Geese nearby

Canklow: Pink-footed Goose - 74 - 74 west at 0945

Forge Dam: 320 - 3 - 2m 1f

Holmebrook Valley Park: Goosander - 1 - Female on lake ; Cormorant - 2 - On raft on lake ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 - On lake ; Greylag Goose - 1 - Still with swans on lake ; Black-headed Gull - 60+ - On lake

Howden Res: PARROT CROSSBILL - 12 - at top of usual track - single calling flock flew in and showed briefly in plantation tops at 1350. Separate flock of 17 Common Crossbill seen several times moving between here and King's Tree area

Linacre Res (WeBS Count): Mandarin - 25 ; Mallard - 55 ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 24 ; Moorhen - 11 ; Coot - 3 ; Cormorant - 4 ; Grey Wagtail - 3 ; Black-headed Gull - 28 ; Treecreeper - 2 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 2 ; 319 - 1

Pit-house West: BITTERN - 1 - didn't fly to roost - appeared at edge of reeds for ten minutes at dusk then walked back in. ; Water Rail - 1 - calling

Redmires conduit: Fieldfare - 12

Redmires Middle Res: Long-tailed Tit - 6 - At roadside feeders, also treecreeper.

Sheffield Airport: Herring Gull - 427 - Pre roost and then roosted on Great Bear warehouse roof. ; Great Black-backed Gull - 181 - Pre roost and then roosted on Great Bear warehouse roof

Thrybergh CP: Little Grebe - 4 ; Cormorant - 4 - inc.1past s ; Mute Swan - 6 ; Greylag Goose - 74+ - inc.70+ in SW field, 4 on front ; Canada Goose - 78 ; Gadwall - 2 - mf ; Pochard - 10 ; Tufted Duck - 28 ; Water Rail - 2 ; Moorhen - 12 ; Robin - 28 ; Long-tailed Tit - 6 ; Brambling - 1 - f ; Bullfinch - 18 ; Reed Bunting - 5

Wentworth Lakes: Great Crested Grebe - 8 ; Cormorant - 2 ; 321 - 2 ; Mute Swan - 8 ; Greylag Goose - 5 ; Mallard - 130 ; Goosander - 1 - m ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; 319 - 6 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Lapwing - 22 ; Black-headed Gull - 150 ; Common Gull - 2 ; Herring Gull - 4 - N ; Jackdaw - 325 - over Morley Pond to roost ; Raven - 1 - W @ 15.10

Burbage: Raven - 2 ; Kestrel - 1

Chapeltown Woods: Nuthatch - 2 ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Bullfinch - pair - Male singing

Chatsworth Park: Pink-footed Goose - 1 - With Canada Geese in front of House ; Mandarin - 24 - On river by Queen Mary’s Bower