Sightings Archive

R Don, Attercliffe: Cormorant - 1 - subadult fishing Norfolk Bridge, not seen often actually on the river. ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 6 - adults ; Great Black-backed Gull - 2 - 1w birds ; Herring Gull - c20 - mainly imms. ; Sparrowhawk - 1

R Don, Effingham St: Kingfisher - 2 - Around Effingham St and Norfolk Bridge, some noisy interaction. ; Canada Goose - 2 ; 319 - 1 - over low SW, mobbed by LBBG

R Don, Rotherham Centre: Goosander - 1pr

Rotherham Centre: Jackdaw - c40 - flock high over town centre in aerial display several times during day before drifting back towards Moorgate & surrounds, a traditional breeding area

Sheffield University: Peregrine - 1 - 1st egg at 00:25 this morning

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 2 - pr ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Mute Swan - 41 ; Tufted Duck - 45 ; Scaup - 1 - m ; Water Rail - 2 ; Black-headed Gull - 50+ ; Herring Gull - 2 - 2cy past sw ; Skylark - 8 - sing ; Wren - 11 - sing ; Dunnock - 18 - 11sing ; Robin - 23 - 12sing ; Song Thrush - 3 - sing ; Mistle Thrush - 2 - sing ; Fieldfare - 1 - past s ; Chiffchaff - 1 - sing ; Siskin - 1 - past w ; Reed Bunting - 8 - 4sing ; Yellowhammer - 2 - 1sing

Wyming Brook: Dipper - 2 ; Grey Wagtail - 2

Aldwarke SF: Mallard - 7 - 3prs + 1m ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 1pr ; Magpie - c20 ; Meadow Pipit - 3 - singles, all N ; Mute Swan - 1pr ; Coot - 4 ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Gadwall - 23 ; Common Buzzard - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 1pr ; Waxwing - 11 - N @ 1105hrs

Canklow Woods: 319 - 1 - North @ 17:00

Creighton & Piccadilly Woods: Chiffchaff - 3 - inc 2 singing males ; Mistle Thrush - 3 - inc 2 singing males ; Long-tailed Tit - 5 - inc pair nestbuilding ; Treecreeper - 2 - inc singing male ; Song Thrush - 3 - inc 2 singing males ; Goldcrest - 4 - inc 2 singing males ; Coal Tit - 5 - inc 4 singing males ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 - chasing with loud rattling calls ; Nuthatch - 4 - inc singing male & 2 courtship/territorial ; Redwing - 1 ; Stock Dove - 1

Ecclesall: Waxwing - 13 - at junction of Dobcroft Road & Ecclesall Road South, mid afternoon

Firsby Res: 319 - 1 - Low over sheep paddock. ; Mallard - 4 ; Coot - 2 ; Lapwing - 1 - Flushed from plowed field by Buzzard. ; Bullfinch - 12 ; Song Thrush - 1 - In full song. ; Chiffchaff - 3

Graves Park: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Seen drumming from path 150 metres NW of Charles Ashmore car park. Pair of Mandarin ducks checking out nest holes in same area.Goosander-Pair on lake. ; Coot - 43 ; Moorhen - 20 ; Tufted Duck - 13 ; Canada Goose - 5 ; Mallard - 66 ; Mandarin - 7 ; Stock Dove - 1+ - prospecting for nest site ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - male, in Cobnar Wood

Harthill Res: Chiffchaff - 5 ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Willow Tit - 1

Middleton Moor: Curlew - 44 - Roosting ; Goosander - 7 - 6 redheads and 1 adult male

Millhouses: Waxwing - 13 - At junction of Dewar Drive/Stowe Avenue

Morehall tip / R.Don: Kingfisher - 3 - In territorial dispute ,lots of calling and chasing up and down the river . ; Dipper - 2 - making regular trips to traditional nest site . ; Chiffchaff - 1 - feeding in riverside trees . ; 319 - 1 - displaying over tip .

Orgreave Lakes: Sand Martin - 7 - flew north

Ramsley Moor: Sand Martin - 1 - low towards Bar Brook in buffeting wind

Rawmarsh; Rosehill/Victoria Park: Nuthatch - 2 - inc singing male ; Goldfinch - c10 - inc bird with brown areas replaced by grey ; Goldcrest - 2 - inc singing male ; Stock Dove - 1

Ringinglow: Redwing - 12+ ; Curlew - 1

Rivelin: Grey Wagtail - 1 - by the middle stream

Sheephouse Wood: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - drumming

Spitewinter Lane: Curlew - 2 - apparent pair

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 4 - 1pr disp. ; Cormorant - 2 ; Mute Swan - 32 - 12-2cy ; Tufted Duck - 46 - inc.17f ; Pheasant - 4 - call. ; Water Rail - 2