Sightings Archive

Thrybergh Tip: Bullfinch - 3

Big Moor: Stonechat - 3 ; Kestrel - 02-Mar ; Goldfinch - 40+

Canklow Woods: Meadow Pipit - 17 - 17 south between 0815 and 0900 ; Lesser Redpoll - 2 - 2 south

Chatsworth Park: 321 - 3

Ecclesall: Grey Heron - 2 - flew W over Ansell Road at 10:30 hrs

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 1 ; Mallard - 9 ; 320 - 5 ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 8 - Down on water Main Res. ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 15+ - Steady passage over all morning. Adults + Juvs. ; Woodpigeon - 100+ - Flushed into air by shooting party. ; Stock Dove - 10+ - With WP. ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - Calling ; Tawny Owl - 1 - Calling pre-dawn ; Little Owl - 1 - In old farm building. ; Kestrel - 1 ; 319 - 2 - Worming on ploughed field. ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 12 - On farmland. ; Pheasant - 6 ; Red-legged Partridge - 4 ; Meadow Pipit - 8 - Over 1 flock. ; Willow Tit - 1 ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Linnet - 11 ; Chaffinch - 4 - Males feed On ground. ; Siskin - 3 - Over calling. ; Robin - 3 - Singing. ; Chiffchaff - 2

Malin Bridge: Kingfisher - 1

Manor Fields Park: Cormorant - 1 - over NE at 08:40. ; Meadow Pipit - 100+ - in small flocks all south 07:45- 09:00. ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - male ; 322 - 1 - Harris Hawk in tree with several magpies for company. 08.50.

Rawmarsh: Stubbin Hill: 321 - 1 - S @ 11.50 ; Mute Swan - 3 - S @ 08.00 ; Cormorant - 1 - N @ 08.32 ; Greylag Goose - 2 - S @ 08.25 ; Canada Goose - 61 - N @ 10.02 ; Mallard - 29 - E ; Sparrowhawk - 2 - S ; 319 - 1 - S ; Kestrel - 1 - S ; Lapwing - 12 - N ; Golden Plover - 6 - N @ 08.53 ; Common Gull - 1 - S ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 10 - S ; Herring Gull - 1 - S ; Great Black-backed Gull - 2 - ad S ; Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 - SW @ 08.15 ; Skylark - 18 - SW ; Meadow Pipit - 540 - S/SW in 4 hrs ; Swallow - 2 - S ; House Martin - 5 - S ; Pied Wagtail - 26 - S/SW ; Song Thrush - 2 - SW ; Redwing - 1 - SW @ 07.10 ; Fieldfare - 1 - SW @ 09.58 ; Mistle Thrush - 6 - S ; Jay - 2 - SW ; Raven - 1 - S @ 07.30 ; Goldfinch - 54 - S/SW in 4 hrs ; Linnet - 8 - SW ; Siskin - 3 - SW ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 - SW ; Chaffinch - 8 - SW ; Bullfinch - 1 - SW

Redmires Res: Meadow Pipit - 2420 - flew south in 2 hours ; Tree Pipit - 1 ; Linnet - 127 ; Goldfinch - 74 ; Chaffinch - 46 ; Siskin - 31 ; Pied Wagtail - 27 - 'alba' ; Lesser Redpoll - 11 ; Reed Bunting - 7 ; Song Thrush - 2 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Mallard - 15 - c. ; Cormorant - 1 - on bottom res ; Goosander - 1 - imm flew SW ; Common Buzzard - 3 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 25 - c. ; Snipe - 1 - flew NW ; Greenfinch - 17 - flew SSW in 2 hrs

Sheffield University: Peregrine - 2 - adult pair on St George's mid-afternoon

Storrs: Merlin - 1 - Female seen from bridleway below Underbank chapel. ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Female on Brookside lane, harassing Woodpigeons. ; Common Buzzard - 1 - Over old Dyson site

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 10 ; Little Grebe - ,10 ; Mute Swan - 18 ; 320 - 1 - F ; Pochard - 3 - Mkt,