Sightings Archive

Thrybergh CP: Gadwall - 3 - m ; Egyptian Goose - 2 - mf ; Tufted Duck - 58 - 42m16f ; Scaup - 1 - m ; 319 - 1 - past n ; Kestrel - 2 - 1 over dam 1m call in treetop ; Black-headed Gull - 200 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - yaff.in e ; Sand Martin - 50+ - on early then drifting north ; Wren - 18 - sing ; Dunnock - 18 - 12sing ; Robin - 10 - sing ; Song Thrush - 2 - sing ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - sing ; Chiffchaff - 9 - sing ; Bullfinch - 10 - 2-2-2-4 ; Reed Bunting - 4 - 2sing ; Yellowhammer - 5 - 2sing

top of Granville Rd Sheffield: Common Buzzard - 1 - chased off by 2 crows towards Manor Top

Treeton: Willow Warbler - 1 - singing below cricket ground

Ulley CP: Willow Warbler - 1 - singing along Morthen arm.

Woodthorpe, Sheffield: Sandwich Tern - 2+ - 2, poss 3 high Sterna Sp. SSE at 08:15 were thought probably this species

70 Acre Hill: Skylark - 6+ - including at least 4 singing ; Meadow Pipit - 4+ - including one singing ; Linnet - c.4 ; House Martin - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 8 - including 7 singing ; 327 - 1 - heard

Bamford Moor: Red Grouse - 2

Bole Hill nr Bamford: Lapwing - 6+ - Aerial displaying ; Curlew - 1 - On nest ; Red Grouse - 2 - Pair ffeeding

Bolehill Wood, Bamford: Curlew - 1 - On nest

Brinsworth: Blackcap - 1 - Well hidden singing in garden Ivy bush 18.00' ; Blackcap - 1 - Male at 18.50 in garden Ivy bush

Canklow Woods: Woodcock - 1 - heard at 2010 ; Redwing - 1 - 1 heard at 2300

Centenary Riverside: Chiffchaff - 2 - 2 singing in close proximity. ; Wren - 5 - Singing ; Song Thrush - 2 - singing ; Chaffinch - 1 - Calling ; Greenfinch - 1 - calling ; Dunnock - 1 - singing ; Robin - 2 - singing ; Blue Tit - 1 ; Canada Goose - 2 - Pair on pond ; 321 - 1 ; 320 - 4 - 2 pair ; Mallard - 2 - pair ; Gadwall - 2 - pair on river ; Cormorant - 2 - over ; Kestrel - 1 - over ; Gadwall - 2 - a pair

Cutthroat Bridge: Ring Ouzel - 4 - 3 males , 1 female moving South West . Males singing ; Wren - 1 ; Red Grouse - 1 ; Linnet - 2

Edge Mount: Fieldfare - c150 - noisy group sat in tree tops pre dawn before heading north .

Leash Fen: Stonechat - 2

Orgreave Lakes: Little Ringed Plover - 1 ; Ringed Plover - 2 ; Redshank - 4 ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Goldeneye - 11 - 3 males

Overstones Farm: Curlew - 4 - 2pairs preening & feeding ; Rook - 6+ ; Lapwing - 6+

Owler Bar: Skylark - 1

R Don, Attercliffe: Goosander - 2 - 1pr, Norfolk Bridge

R Don, Effingham St: Sand Martin - 6 ; Sand Martin - 5 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 6 - adults

R Don, Rutland Rd: Sand Martin - 3

R Don, Stevenson Rd: Sand Martin - c15

R Loxley, Hillsborough: Grey Wagtail - 2 - visiting nest site with food

Rod Moor: Common Buzzard - 3 - 3 circling near Crawshaw head

Sheffield Airport: Ringed Plover - 2 - presumed pair ; Little Ringed Plover - 2 - pair ; Lapwing - 8 ; Skylark - 7+ - including at least 2 singing ; Carrion Crow - 31+ ; Linnet - 6+ ; Meadow Pipit - c.6 - including 2 singing ; Wheatear - 2

Sheffield University: Mistle Thrush - 1 - rattling on top of Bartolome House

Shillito Wood: Brambling - 1 ; Yellowhammer - 3 ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; Curlew - 1 ; Lapwing - 3 ; Skylark - 1 ; Coal Tit - 01-Feb ; Pheasant - 3 ; Meadow Pipit - 6 ; Goldcrest - 1

Snake Pass: Ring Ouzel - 1 - m flew across road near Inn

Thrybergh CP: Egyptian Goose - 2

Thrybergh Park: Great Crested Grebe - 4 ; Mute Swan - 16 ; Greylag Goose - 8