Sightings Archive

Thrybergh Park: Egyptian Goose - 2 - in 0930 ; Tufted Duck - 45 ; Scaup - 1 - m ; Red-legged Partridge - 2 - call. ; Pheasant - 6 - m call. ; Black-headed Gull - 70 - max. ; Herring Gull - 2 - ad ; Skylark - 7 - sing ; Sand Martin - 12 ; Wren - 22 - 20 sing ; Dunnock - 20 - 15sing ; Robin - 18 - sing ; Song Thrush - 3 - sing ; Redwing - 16 - call./sing in treetop left to e ; Blackbird - 14 - 2sing ; Chiffchaff - 10 - sing ; Blue Tit - 14 - lots of disp. ; Bullfinch - 10 - 6-4= 5m5f ; Reed Bunting - 6 - 3sing ; Yellowhammer - 6

Tinsley Park Golf Course: Mistle Thrush - 1 - singing

Wincobank Wood: 319 - 1 - hovering low over wood

Woodseats centre,Chesterfield Rd: Grey Wagtail - 2 - pr,surprising location

Broomhill: Carrion Crow - 2 - Pair - both carrying nesting material to a pine on Rutland park ; Nuthatch - 2 - Pair entering an outlet pipe in a building on Melbourne Ave. - possibly nesting

Burbage Valley: Ring Ouzel - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 7 ; Ring Ouzel - 3 ; Raven - 2

Endcliffe Park: Mandarin - 2 - pair on upper pond

Fatty Boyns Ponds: Chiffchaff - 9 - All singing within a 300m range.

Linacre Res: Tufted Duck - 36 ; Mandarin - 20 ; Greylag Goose - 2

Longshaw: Tufted Duck - 2 - male & female in pond ; Mandarin - 4 ; Pied Wagtail - 4

Longshaw Lodge: Siskin - 2 - male & female

Meersbrook Park: Chiffchaff - 2 - 2 calling in different areas of Park

Norton Lees: Magpie - 2 - Collecting material from lawn to line nest

Orgreave Lakes: Sand Martin - 39 ; Goldeneye - 17 ; Goosander - 34

Oughtibridge: Blackbird - 1 - female sat on eggs in obs garden . ; Dunnock - 2 - pair collecting nest material in obs garden .

R Don, Effingham St: Sand Martin - 2 ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Canada Goose - 2 ; Goosander - 2 - pair ; Stock Dove - 1

R Don, Rotherham Centre: Sand Martin - 4 - first returning birds over colony site

R Don, Rotherham Centre; Forge Island: Grey Wagtail - 3 - one bird singing then 3 over, chasing/calling excitedly

Rotherham Centre: Cormorant - 2 - singles NE @ 0751 & 0800hrs

Rotherham Centre; Don Canal, Rotherham Lock: Great Tit - 4 - very noisy; presumed territorial interaction

Shirebrook Valley: Blackcap - 1 - Singing male ; Chiffchaff - 14 - Singing males

Silverwood Lagoon: Shelduck - 1 - north at 07.50 ; Little Grebe - 08-Oct - lots of trilling and territorial dispute ; Chiffchaff - 9 - singing birds widespread around site ; Wheatear - 1 ; 319 - 2 ; Grey Partridge - 2

tinsley marshalling yard: Common Buzzard - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 2 - 2 singing

Treeton: Waxwing - 6 - In tree in playground at treeton school

Attercliffe: Sand Martin - 10 - New Hall Rd at 13:00

Big Moor: Great Grey Shrike - 1 - Seen at 14.40.

Brightside: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing President Park ; Swan sp - 4 - low over, headed towards Canal Basin, presumed Mutes.

Brincliffe Edge Wood: Chiffchaff - 1 - Brief period of song

Canklow: Waxwing - 30 plus - 30 plus feeding on centenary way at 0830

Crookes Valley Park: Tufted Duck - 2 - pair - unusual here ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Coot - 4 ; Moorhen - 2

Crowhole: Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 3 ; Goldcrest - 1

Endcliffe Park: Mandarin - 2 - 18:00 Pair of Mandarin ducks, courtship displays and mating on main pond. Flew off around 18:40. ; Mandarin - 2 - another pic

Europa View Sheffield Business Park: Ringed Plover - 1 ; Lapwing - 4 ; Skylark - 4 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Greenfinch - 1 ; Goldfinch - 12

Firsby Res: Reed Bunting - 1 ; Treecreeper - 2 - Nest building ; Chiffchaff - c8 - singing all round the site ; Curlew - 1 - Heard calling near historic breeding site at Birk lodge the farm just above the reservoirs.

Greave*s Piece: Great Grey Shrike - 1 - Perched for long periods and taking prey items. Flew off over Big Moor at 16:30 approx.

Hangingwater garden: Siskin - 1

Ickles: Waxwing - 20 - 20 over Sheffield road towards canklow at 0855

Leash Fen: Great Grey Shrike - 1 - In middle of fen, viewable distantly from Ramsley Res pull-in. Probably Greaves Piece bird but impossible to be sure due to distance.

Meersbrook Park: Chiffchaff - 1

Morehall Tip / R.Don: Dipper - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 5 - all singing along river corridor . ; Goldcrest - 7 - all singing along river corridor .. ; Nuthatch - 2 - calling near treatment works . ; Woodcock - 1 - disturbed from bankside .