Sightings Archive

Firsby Res: Goldcrest - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1 - Singing. ; Chiffchaff - 5 - Singing. ; Willow Tit - 1 ; Stock Dove - 1

Froggatt Bridge: Mandarin - 8 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - yaffling ; Greylag Goose - 2

Greave*s Piece: Great Grey Shrike - 1 - Attempting to mimic other birds' songs (Yellowhammer, Song Thrush), presumably to attract prey. ; Yellowhammer - 1 - Male, landed in same tree as Shrike, presumably attracted by singing. ; 324 - 2 - Red Deer (females)

Hangingwater garden: Blackcap - 1 - male singing hesitantly

High Green: Waxwing - 1

High Storrs: Blackcap - 1 - 1 male on sunflower hearts.

Hurlfield: Red Kite - 1 - low over Hurlfield at 14.05 than gained height over Gleadless valley.

Kirk Edge: Grey Partridge - 2 - Flew across Delf Road and settled in fields

Linacre Res: Stock Dove - 5 ; Goosander - 1 ; Mandarin - 9 ; Great Crested Grebe - 6 ; Cormorant - 3 ; Chiffchaff - 10 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Mallard - 36 ; Tufted Duck - 31 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Coot - 10 ; Moorhen - 9 ; Black-headed Gull - 3

Manor Fields Park: Whooper Swan - 2 - flew west over at 06:45. ; Reed Bunting - 1 - male in reedbed. ; Moorhen - 2 - pair on reedbed pond.

Middleton Moor: Shelduck - 1 ; Common Gull - 10 ; Black-headed Gull - 95 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 28

Morehall Res: Woodcock - 2 - roding ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Coot - 4 ; Moorhen - 12 ; Mallard - 20+ - Lower count than usual ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Goosander - 3 - 3 males flying towards broomhead, presumably the same birds at broomhead ; Woodcock - 2 - Roding

Orgreave Lakes: Rock Pipit - 1 - littoralis Rock Pipit still along northern shore this morning

Parkway; Handsworth: Common Buzzard - 2 - soaring over together @ 1125hrs

Peat Pits: Lapwing - c20 ; Golden Plover - c80 ; Peregrine - 1 - making unsuccessful attempt on plovers . ; Skylark - 8 - all singing ; Meadow Pipit - 5 - 3 singing ; Curlew - 3

Ravensdale: Peregrine - 1 - In top of small tree on crag - eating prey

Rawmarsh: Waxwing - 15 - Feeding flock of 15 birds on Chapel Walk @ 1200

Shillito Woods: Brambling - 1 ; Yellowhammer - 4 ; Reed Bunting - 4 ; Siskin - 3 ; Goldfinch - 1

Silver Wood: Chiffchaff - 8 - 2 singing main woods, 1 woodland south of Hollings Lane, 5 along disused railway line

Silverwood Lagoon: Stonechat - 1 - male in reeds in SE corner

Strawberry Lee Pastures: Wheatear - 1 - Male perched on top of dry stone wall

Sunnybank: Chiffchaff - 1 - 1 singing

Thrybergh CP: Grey Goose sp - 80 - 2 skeins circa 40 in each nw ; Whooper Swan - 37 - n at 0912 with a to grey goose pos. bean

70 Acre Hill: Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Lesser Redpoll - 10+ - Feeding ; Siskin - 2 ; Reed Bunting - 1 - Male on pond ; Chaffinch - 2 - Singing ; Dunnock - 1 - singing ; Robin - 2

Agden Res: Whooper Swan - 27 - flock of 27 this afternoon, but no sign at dusk.

Aldwarke: Lapwing - 8 ; Ringed Plover - 2prs ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 1pr ; Linnet - 10 ; Snipe - 3 ; Meadow Pipit - 2 ; Grey Heron - 1 - NE ; Cormorant - 1 - on pylon briefly around 0615hrs

Burbage Valley: Meadow Pipit - 4+ ; Stonechat - 2+ - Male & female

Burngreave: 319 - 2 - high overhead

Canklow Woods: 319 - 1 - Over woods near Holiday Inn. 12.25

Chesterfield Canal: Chiffchaff - 1

Crawshaw Farm: Curlew - 38 - foraging in field near head of Royds Clough. ; Stonechat - 2 - male and female on fence near Crawshaw Wood

Crosspool: Grey Wagtail - 2 - 2 flew over Darwin Lane.

Crowhole: 319 - 1

Europa View Sheffield Business Park (Sheffield Airport): Ringed Plover - 2

Firsby Res: Treecreeper - 2 - In dead trees near entrance ; Goldcrest - 3 ; Long-tailed Tit - 7 ; Chiffchaff - 4 - Singing ; Blackbird - 3 ; Kestrel - 2 - Aggressive Territorial behaviour ; Wren - 3 ; Skylark - 1 - Ascending singing display