Sightings Archive

Wharncliffe Wood: Crossbill - 2 - intriguing birds with deep looking bills (but only seen in profile at distance and in flight). Flew over/out of pine belt at SK320952 south over the clearing before turning east towards Greno Woods. Might be nothing in it but calls also at least passable for Parrot.

Woodseats: 319 - 1 - over, mobbed by Crow

Attercliffe: Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - ad Warren St ; Herring Gull - c10 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - c40 ; Great Black-backed Gull - 1 - ad Warren St

Botanical Gardens: Jay - 1

Firsby Res: Mallard - 4 ; 320 - 3 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Moorhen - 2 ; 319 - 2 - Singles, ; Red-legged Partridge - 9 ; Black-headed Gull - 100+ - I

Middleton Moor: Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - Adult ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 750+ - still coming in @ 18:00 ; Black-headed Gull - 380 ; Starling - 300

Orgreave Lakes: Golden Plover - 2 - South ; Dunlin - 1 ; Lesser Redpoll - 4 - Between bridges

Parkwood Springs/Neepsend: Common Buzzard - 1

R Don, Effingham St: Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - 1st w. on weir with Black-headed Gulls around 14.15. Other than a brief Lesser Black-backed Gull, only large gull present at the time. ; Kingfisher - 2 ; Cormorant - 2 - over west

R Don, Neepsend Lane: Goosander - 1 - redhead

R Don, Nursery Street: Moorhen - 1+ - including (near/) full grown juvenile still begging for food. ; Kingfisher - 1

R Don, Stevenson Rd: Jay - 2 ; Kestrel - 2

R Don, Stevenson Road: Kingfisher - 01-Feb

R Sheaf, Heeley: Mallard - 18

Redmires Middle Res: Lapwing - 212 - on S shoreline ; Golden Plover - 10 - among Lapwing ; Ringed Plover - 1 ; Dunlin - 1 ; Snipe - 1 - on S shoreline ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - first-winter

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 12 ; Little Grebe - 5 ; Cormorant - 14 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Mute Swan - 10 ; Pink-footed Goose - 45 - c45 nw 0930 buffeted by strong wind ; Gadwall - 1 - f left s ; 320 - 2 - left s ; Pochard - 2 - mf left e ; Tufted Duck - 53 ; 319 - 1 - down near feed stat. ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - s ; Kestrel - 2 - singles ; Lapwing - 245 - + inc 200 in fields 45 on front ; Black-headed Gull - 200 ; Herring Gull - 3 - 2j 1ad in ; Woodpigeon - 60 - #NAME? ; Skylark - 3 - singles s ; Swallow - 1 - s 1003 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - singles ; Robin - 19 - 7sing ; Blackcap - 1 - f/j ; Goldcrest - 3 - singles ; Long-tailed Tit - 4 - + ; Jackdaw - 9 - odd birds moving ; Starling - 550 - #NAME? ; Greenfinch - 6 ; Bullfinch - 7 - 2-2-2-1 ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; Yellowhammer - 2

Wincobank Hill: 319 - 2

Apperknowle: Grey Partridge - 12 - per DOS

Brincliffe Edge: Common Buzzard - 1 ; Redwing - 5

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 2 ; Mallard - 4 ; Black-headed Gull - 20 ; Kestrel - 1 - M over sheep paddock. ; 319 - 2 - Together, soaring and calling over set aside field. ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - With kill in willows. ; Willow Tit - 2 ; Goldfinch - 2 ; Bullfinch - 6 ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 - Single over. ; Siskin - 2 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Blackbird - 2 - males ; Snipe - 1 - Flew from exposed mud calling. ; Grey Partridge - 1

Manor Fields Park: Chiffchaff - 2 - 2 vocal birds around ; Skylark - 5 - low over SW calling. ; Lesser Redpoll - 3 - with Goldfinch flock. ; Redwing - 1 ; Bullfinch - 5

Meadowhall: Peregrine - 1 - Female over Tinsley Viaduct towards Meadowhall at midday.

Meersbrook Park: Nuthatch - 1

Orgreave Lakes: Dunlin - 1 ; Stonechat - 2 - Pair on weedy mound

Ramsley Moor: Snipe - 1 - Flying high to west ; Siskin - 30+ - Flock in alders below old reservoir ; Lapwing - 5 - High to South- west