Sightings Archive

Firsby Res: Goldfinch - 4 ; Meadow Pipit - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1

Graves Park: Shoveler - 2 - 1m,1f on bottom lake ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 3 - 2+1

Green Lane, Ecclesfield: Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 - Male

Greystones: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Unsuccessful hunt by female in observer's garden ; Goldcrest - 1 - observer's garden ; Bullfinch - 2 - Male & female in OG ; Song Thrush - 1 - OG

Havelock Dam (Rivelin Valley): Mallard - 25 - + 4 domestic types ; Moorhen - 2

Howden Res: PARROT CROSSBILL - 2+ - at least two Parrot Crossbills still in with a flock of 13 birds at the usual spot at Howden Resr this morning ; Crossbill - 20+ - mobile flocks over 7km track and above Kings Tree ; Raven - 8 - groups of 5 ad 3 ; Common Buzzard - 3 ; Goosander - 2 - pair ; PARROT CROSSBILL - 10 - feeding in pines by road at start of 7km track at 14:20

Longshaw: Tufted Duck - 1 - Female on pond

Longshaw Lodge: Nuthatch - 1 ; Siskin - 3 - Males & female

Orgreave Lakes: Scaup - 1 ; Pink-footed Goose - 105 - West at 09:05 ; Reed Bunting - 40+ - Minimum of 40 west side of small lake. ; Shelduck - 1 - In at 09:30 ; Pink-footed Goose - 1 - in with Greylags. ; Raven - 2 - flew south-east @ 15.50 ; CASPIAN GULL - 1 - 1st W,in pre-roost,left north @16.15,looked like Stevenson Road bird. ; Goldeneye - 10 - 4 males

R Sheaf, Abbeydale: Mandarin - 2 - pair on river from Footbridge between Broadfield Rd/Broadfield Court

Rawmarsh:Haugh Rd: Cormorant - 2 - SW ; Pink-footed Goose - 450 - W/SW in 3 skeins. 150 W @ 09.05, 50 W @ 09.15 & 100 SW @ 09.30 ; 319 - 6 - circling together @ 14.05 ; Golden Plover - 34 - N @ 13.29 ; Great Black-backed Gull - 3 - NW

Redmires conduit: Fieldfare - 22 ; Woodcock - 1

Redmires Middle Res: Golden Plover - 45 - With 70 Lapwing on north shore till disturbed.

Redmires Res: Greylag Goose - 49 - in fields

Redmires Top Res: Oystercatcher - 2

Redmires, Hammond*s Field: Tufted Duck - 2 - 1M. 1F

Ringinglow: Kestrel - 1

Roscoe Bank Allotments (Rivelin Valley): Bullfinch - 03-Apr ; Song Thrush - 1

Roscoe Bank Plantation (Rivelin Valley): Common Buzzard - 1

Shillito Wood: Yellowhammer - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 3 - all 3 on the feeders at the same time ; Reed Bunting - 02-Mar ; Coal Tit - 4+

Silver Wood: Pink-footed Goose - c.200 - west at 09.00

Ulley CP: Greylag Goose - 160 - In field below Green Lane ; Pink-footed Goose - 1 - 1 among Greylags ; Fieldfare - 30

Whirlow Hall Farm: Redwing - 50 - c. in fields

Aston: Pink-footed Goose - c300 - flew NNW at c10:30

Attercliffe: Pink-footed Goose - c150 - flew south west @ 10.05

Ecclesall: Goldcrest - 1 - on silver birch in observer's garden

Endcliffe Park: Kingfisher - 1 - upper lake at 9:40 ; Kingfisher - 1 - lower lake at 11:25

Firsby Res: Little Owl - 1 - Flew from Holly bush in Sheep paddock. ; Mistle Thrush - 3 - Sat on roof of converted barn. ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Blackbird - 10+ ; Chaffinch - 1 - Female. ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Long-tailed Tit - 5+ ; Wren - 5 ; Robin - 4

Forge Dam: Pink-footed Goose - 100+ - 100~200 heading west at 10:55

Harley: Pink-footed Goose - 250 - c250 flew west at 10:55

Heeley City Farm: Coal Tit - 2 - only 3rd/4th record for this inner city site ; Pink-footed Goose - 400+ - flew SW at c10:30 ; Pink-footed Goose - 58+ - a further skein flew SW at 11:36 & another skein heard only going south west in the dark at 17:40

Hillsborough: Grey Wagtail - 1 - Hillsborough Corner ; Starling - 1+ - small roost audible on high street light at Hillsborough Corner.

Hillsborough Park: Canada Goose - 50 - counts have been very stable at this site over the winter ; Greylag Goose - 1 - #NAME? ; 324 - 1 - Canada x Barnacle Goose (still paired with Greylag) ; Tufted Duck - 3 - males

Ibbotson Wheel Dam: Kingfisher - 1 - at 9:50

Kiveton Community Woodland: Pink-footed Goose - 320+ - Two groups of 160+ birds in each group, West towards Rother Valley Country Park, photo of second group ; Barn Owl - 2 - 2 birds still present and hunting on old pit top

Nether Haugh: Grey Partridge - 5 - flew over road at 15.00

Peat Pits: Short-eared Owl - 1 - Moving east. Tussle with Buzzard ; 319 - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 4 ; Stonechat - 2 ; Golden Plover - 200+ ; Common Gull - 7 ; Magpie - 8 ; Jackdaw - 5 ; Rook - 10 ; Jay - 2 ; Sparrowhawk - 1

R Don, Stevenson Rd: CASPIAN GULL - 1 - 1w again.

Rawmarsh:New Stubbin: Cormorant - 1 - N ; Greylag Goose - 4 - SW