Sightings Archive

Catcliffe Flash: Shoveler - 5 ; Pochard - 2 ; Tufted Duck - 3 ; Cormorant - 3 ; Little Grebe - 2 ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Moorhen - 3+ ; Coot - 135+ ; Black-headed Gull - 40

Cowell Flat: Grey Partridge - 1

Endcliffe Park: Kingfisher - 1 - Active on lower pond at 17:20

General Cemetery, Sharrow: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Goldcrest - 3 ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Carrion Crow - 15

Grenoside: Red Kite - 1 - mobbed by crows over high ground near crematorium

Hillsborough: Swallow - 1 - SW over Hillsborough Barracks at c.13.15

Kimberworth: Goldcrest - 2 - Feeding in trees at the bottom of garden ; Long-tailed Tit - 6 - to bird feeder fat balls

Leash Fen: Stonechat - 3 - Two males, one female ; Peregrine - 1 - Female

Millhouses: Ring-necked Parakeet - 2 - Flying over Springfield Rd

Owlerton: 319 - 1 - circling over Owlerton/Wardsend area, drifting eastwards

Rawmarsh:Haugh Rd: Cormorant - 1 - N @ 16.15 ; Canada Goose - 1 - S @ 16.45 ; 319 - 3 ; Lapwing - 2 - N @ 17.00 ; Golden Plover - 11 - NW @ 16.36 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 - S ; Skylark - 16 - on playing field @ 17.00 ; Fieldfare - 2 - SW ; Mistle Thrush - 2 - over ; Goldfinch - 27 - S @ 16.47

Redmires: Crossbill - 33 - flocks of 2,25 & 6 9-9:30. ; Brambling - 5 - SW ; Woodpigeon - c2500 - Good movement this am 8:00-10:30, S over Lodge Moor and SW over Redmires. ; Snipe - 1 - W ; Chaffinch - 41 - SW ; Bullfinch - 3 - W ; Lesser Redpoll - 13 - W ; Redwing - 265 - S and SW ; Fieldfare - 5 - W ; Cormorant - 2 - 1E, 1W ; Greenfinch - 7 - W ; Siskin - 4 - W ; Starling - c120 - W ; Hawfinch - 10 - 7 'sree'ing over S at c08:05, another 3 SW at 09:43. Record shot

Redmires Middle Res: Golden Plover - c45 ; Golden Plover - c150 - on north and south shores with lapwings

Sheffield Centre: Peregrine - 1 - over Law Courts

Silverwood Lagoon: Pink-footed Goose - c.60 - east at 09.40

Wardsend Cemetery: Jay - 4 ; Green Woodpecker - 1

Canklow Woods: Chiffchaff - 1 - 1 with tit flock

Forge Dam: 320 - 3 - Females

Freebirch: Starling - 1000+ - Large party feeding behind Leash Fen

Hillsborough Park: Goosander - 1 - redhead

Malin Bridge: Dipper - 2

Owlthorpe: Skylark - 6 - 4 SSW and 2 in fields. ; Redwing - 364 - SW or SSW in 2 hours. ; Fieldfare - 1 - With Redwings ; Song Thrush - 6+ ; Blackbird - 30+ ; Long-tailed Tit - 55+ - In 4 flocks. ; Goldcrest - 15+ ; Goldfinch - 60+ - Including one flock of 35+ ; Bullfinch - 4

R Don Livesey Street/Club Mill Lane: Dipper - 1

Rawmarsh:Haugh Rd: Sparrowhawk - 1 ; 319 - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Merlin - 1 - circled high above playing field mobbed by Crow @ 16.35. Flew NW ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - N ; Stock Dove - 3 - SW ; Redwing - 3 - SW ; Raven - 1 - flew E mobbed by Sparrowhawk @ 16.15

Redmires Middle Res: Dunlin - 5 - On south shore with c300 lapwing and c30 golden plover

Rotherham Centre: Lesser Redpoll - 1 - S/SW

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Nuthatch - 1 ; Common Buzzard - 1

Wire Mill Dam: Kingfisher - 1 - repeatedly diving into the water

Endcliffe Park: Kingfisher - 1 - Fishing on lower lake at 17:05 ; Kingfisher - 1 - Upper lake at 17:10. Possibly same bird as seen earlier on lower lake?

Greystones: Redwing - 4 - Observer's garden

High Storrs Rise - Garden: Goldfinch - 13 - Feeding in garden

Hope Valley: Redwing - 3+ - With Fieldfare in flock of 30+ ; Fieldfare - 15+ - with Redwing ; Kestrel - 1

Lodge Moor: Woodpigeon - 1000 plus - Large flock streaming south @ 08:10

Millhouses: Redwing - 3 - small flock flying around during the morning.

Rawmarsh:Haugh Rd: Golden Plover - 37 - NW @ 16.10

Rawmarsh:New Stubbin: Tawny Owl - 1 - calling @ 19.30 ; Little Owl - 1 - calling @ 19.15

Redmires Middle Res: Woodpigeon - 1000 +

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 10 ; Little Grebe - 12 ; Cormorant - 12 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Mute Swan - 15 ; Pochard - 1 - m