Sightings Archive

Roundwood Golf course: Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Jay - 1 - in from N

Sheffield University: Peregrine - 1 - adult female feeding on prey item on flats off Winter St

Stanage Edge: Wheatear - 1 - where Long Causeway cuts down ; House Martin - 15 - hawking around the edge ; Swallow - 12 - hawking

Stanage Edge, below: Green Woodpecker - 1 - unusual here ; Treecreeper - 2 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - circling

Strines Moor: Snipe - 2

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 6 ; Little Grebe - 7 ; Cormorant - 7 ; Mute Swan - 36 ; Pink-footed Goose - 85 - c85 NE @ 09:23 ; Canada Goose - 97 - inc.96 in from s ; 320 - 1 - male left NW ; Tufted Duck - 49 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Golden Plover - 6 - circled ; Black-headed Gull - 300 - inc 50 east ; Swift - 1 - @ 09:34; 1 @10:04 presumed same ; Sand Martin - 18 - 8+10 all south ; Swallow - 50+ - feeding ; House Martin - 110+ - 60 feeding; 50 south ; Meadow Pipit - 9 - 2-1-1-1 flew south; 4 in field ; Grey Wagtail - 3 ; Robin - 31 ; Blackcap - 6 ; Willow Warbler - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 16 - 1sing ; Long-tailed Tit - 10 ; Jay - 1 - north ; Raven - 1 - flew south @0951, back north @ 10:26 ; Linnet - 45 - flock ; Goldfinch - 80+ - flock ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Bullfinch - 8 ; Reed Bunting - 4 - singles

Treeton Dyke: Cetti's Warbler - 1 - singing in usual trees, showed on water's edge

Ughill Moors: Red Kite - 1 - Over Ughill Moors 08:40, and later over Moscar Cross and Strines Moor. Juvenile.

Carr Vale Nature Reserve: Pink-footed Goose - 239 - in four skeins, of 62, 73, 31 and 73, over a couple of hours ; Hobby - 2 ; Mediterranean Gull - 1 ; Swift - 01-Feb ; House Martin - 2 ; Swallow - 6+ ; 319 - 11 ; Jay - 2 ; Snipe - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Lapwing - 12 ; Goldcrest - 1

Cowell Flat: Marsh Harrier - 1

Ewden Cabin: 319 - 7 ; Red Kite - 1 ; Marsh Harrier - 1

Green Moor: Tawny Owl - 1 ; Grey Partridge - 4 ; Pink-footed Goose - 50 - flew E at 12.10 ; Pink-footed Goose - 45 - flew ENE at 12.17

Grindleford: 319 - 1

Hillsborough: House Martin - 7 - Over Overton Road drifted SE ; Pink-footed Goose - 40+ - Over Middlewood at 20.30 heading W

Hurlfield: Common Buzzard - 7 - in from S/W circled over Springs Academy then left N/E 12:05-12:08.

Kiveton Community Woodland: Barn Owl - 2

Manor Fields Park: Pink-footed Goose - 180 - in 3 lots. c30+c30+c120. 09:05-09:50. ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Blackcap - 3 - 1 male ; Chiffchaff - 4 ; Meadow Pipit - 3 - all south.

Middleton Moor: Shoveler - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 1 ; 320 - 1 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 268

Oughtibridge garden: Blackcap - 1 - Male eating blackberries

Peat Pits: Wheatear - 1

Porter Clough - Clough Lane: Little Owl - 2

Ramsley Moor: Chiffchaff - 4 - In one rowan ; Whinchat - 2 ; Ring Ouzel - 3

Rawmarsh:Haugh Rd/Stubbin Hill: Cormorant - 1 - S @ 08.16 ; Pink-footed Goose - 34 - SE @ 08.22 ; Mallard - 35 - E @ 07.35 ; Sparrowhawk - 2 ; 319 - 7 - Circling @ 10.30 ; Bar-tailed Godwit - 1 - NW @ 08.05" ; Great Black-backed Gull - 2 - S ; Herring Gull - 4 - SE ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 6 - S ; Swift - 6 - SW - 3 @ 14.10 @ 3 @ 17.50 ; Mistle Thrush - 3 ; Canada Goose - 2 - S @ 10.25 ; Jay - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing in garden @ 10.10

Redmires Res: Dunlin - 1 - on Middle Res ; Ringed Plover - 1 - juv on Middle Res ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 30 - c. ; Black-headed Gull - 45 - c.