Sightings Archive

Thrybergh CP: Common Gull - 3 ; Herring Gull - 5 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Dunnock - 20 ; Robin - 21 ; Song Thrush - 3 ; Redwing - 8 ; Fieldfare - 7 - inc.6s ; Blackbird - 51 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Goldcrest - 2 ; Jay - 1 ; Starling - 84+ - inc 9-25-50 all w ; Brambling - 3 - in treetop left s ; Bullfinch - 4

Attercliffe: Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - adult on Warren St roof ; Herring Gull - c40 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 10 ; Great Black-backed Gull - 4

Barlow Common: 319 - 2 ; Raven - 2 ; Siskin - 06-Aug ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 2 ; Coal Tit - 1

Burbage Valley: Kestrel - 1 - female

Catcliffe Flash: Mute Swan - 5 - ad pr + 3 imm ; Wigeon - 3 - much reduced numbers ; Gadwall - 33 ; 320 - 1 ; Shoveler - 6+ ; Pochard - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 5 ; Cormorant - 4 ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Coot - 100+ ; Black-headed Gull - c140

Lodge Moor: Brambling - 2 males - With other finches at feeders in garden

Meersbrook Park: Bullfinch - 2 - 1m, 1f ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1

Middleton Dale: Kingfisher - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1

Middleton Moor: Glaucous Gull - 1 - Juvenile. Appeared in roost at 15.45. ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1000+ - At 16.00 ; Yellow-legged Gull - 7 ; Shoveler - 8 - 4 pairs

Orgreave Lakes: Peregrine - 1 - Male. East early morning ; Pochard - 86 ; Lapwing - 90 ; Whooper Swan - 6 - 3 ads and 3 juv ; Whooper Swan - 6 ; Stonechat - 2 - m/f among linnets. ; Goosander - 1 - m.

R Don, Rotherham Centre; adjacent ex-Tesco: Goosander - 5 - 3 1cy drakes on river + a pair flew downriver @ 0802hrs ; Cormorant - 1 - NE @ 0802hrs

R Don, Rotherham Centre; adjacent interchange: Grey Wagtail - 1

Rawmarsh:Haugh Rd: Pink-footed Goose - c300 - high to E @ 16.05 ; Herring Gull - 32 - S in 1.5 hrs ; Fieldfare - 4 - SW

Sheffield City Centre: Pied Wagtail - 50+ - gathering to roost at 16:45 in shrubs next to Sheffield Hallam Uni Student's Union building.

Linacre Res: Tufted Duck - 21 - Highest count of the month.

Canklow Woods: Common Buzzard - 3 - 3 in the air together at 1430

Derwent Dam: Kestrel - 2 - Seen together ; Grey Heron - 2

Fairholmes: Nuthatch - 1 ; Treecreeper - 1

Hillsborough Park: Canada Goose - 48 ; 324 - 1 - Canada x Barnacle Goose hybrid ; Greylag Goose - 1 - #NAME? ; Mute Swan - 2 - juvenile/1st w. ; Mistle Thrush - 2 - over ; Long-tailed Tit - 9+ ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 7+ - including a flock of 7 by lake ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Starling - 8 - dinky murmuration over lake but probably didn't roost in park

Middleton Moor: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1230 ; Yellow-legged Gull - 8 ; Black-headed Gull - 35 ; Shoveler - 8 ; Pintail - 2 ; Goosander - 10 ; Starling - 200

Orgreave Lakes: Linnet - 250 - At least 250 on tip ; Goldfinch - C.60 ; Greenfinch - 2 - Pair among Linnets. Not common here. ; Stonechat - 3 - Fem on east side of small lake. Pair on tip.

R Don, Rotherham Centre: Goosander - 2 - 1m; 1f

Rawmarsh:Haugh Rd: Cormorant - 2 - S @ 07.30 ; Goosander - 1 - W @ 15.45 ; Curlew - 1 - NW, calling @ 12.50

Redmires Bottom Res: Hawfinch - 1 - SW and then back E calling at 07:57 just above treetops; may have dropped into plantation

Redmires Middle Res: Peregrine - 1 - adult male W at 07:20 ; Common Sandpiper - 1 - Very late bird reported ; Greenfinch - 44 - W prior to 08:40 ; Redwing - 65 - W in several small parties ; Fieldfare - 180 - W in small parties ; Starling - 460 - W prior to 08:40 ; Stock Dove - 6 - W with Woodies