Sightings Archive

Orgreave Lakes: Redshank - 4

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Kestrel - 1 - adult m, hunting ; Redwing - 2 - SW ; Greylag Goose - 1 - SW @ 0705hrs ; Siskin - 2 - N ; Meadow Pipit - 2 - singles, SW ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 4 - SW ; Herring Gull - 8 - 2 SW; 6 SW, then S ; Great Black-backed Gull - 1 - SW ; Canada Goose - 1 - SW ; Mistle Thrush - 5 - inc party of 3 W ; Waxwing - 5 - 4 dropped in & gorged on rose-hips 0700-0705hrs before flushed off to SW by dog walker. A fifth bird dropped in for 5mins @ 0705hrs before continuing SW ; Magpie - 15+ - loose, mobile flock + pair at nest

Pitsmoor: Mistle Thrush - 2 - pair nest building behind satellite dish . ; Magpie - 2 - sprucing up last years nest .

R Don, Attercliffe: Iceland Gull - 1 - viewed from Norfolk Bridge at 10:45 in flight for around 1 minute. Headed upstream towards Effingham

Rivelin: Goldcrest - 1 - Making regular visits to suet feeder in garden

Rivelin Valley: Mallard - 6 ; Moorhen - 1 ; Mandarin - 2 - Pair now present on Upper Coppice Wheel ; Dipper - 2 - Pair displaying and calling ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Nuthatch - 2 ; Little Owl - 1 - On Coppice House Farm

Rotherham: Waxwing - 24 - outside Magna Centre

Roundwood Golf course: Mistle Thrush - 2 - inc singing male ; Goldcrest - 2 - inc singing male ; Stock Dove - 2 ; Coal Tit - 1 - singing male ; Grey Heron - 1 - adult, flew W ; Song Thrush - 2 - inc singing male ; Woodpigeon - frequent - inc bird at nest in conifer

Sheffield airport site: Iceland Gull - 1 - 2nd winter on old Sheffield airport before flying into town to roost ; Ringed Plover - 9

Silverwood Lagoon: Whooper Swan - 11 - NW at 08.05

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 6 ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1 - past se0820 ; Mute Swan - 40 - circa 40 most left w ; Pochard - 3 - mmf ; Tufted Duck - 34 ; Scaup - 2 - m ; Kestrel - 1 - past se ; Water Rail - 2 ; Black-headed Gull - 100 ; Herring Gull - 2 - ad ; Skylark - 7 - sing ; Wren - 10 - sing ; Dunnock - 24 - 14sing ; Robin - 24 - 11sing ; Song Thrush - 2 - sing ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - sing ; Blackbird - 15 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 4 - 2pr ; Magpie - 12 - 6pr ; Carrion Crow - 11 ; Lesser Redpoll - 2 ; Bullfinch - 6 - 3m3f at feed stat. ; Reed Bunting - 6 - 3sing ; Yellowhammer - 8 - 2sing

Ecclesall: Bar-tailed Godwit - 1 - over calling at 21:10

Graves Park: Goosander - 1 - male on lower pond

Greave*s Piece: Great Grey Shrike - 1 - at 10:45 ; Great Grey Shrike - 1 - On South side of farm track in open area before bridleway. Very mobile and flying quite high at 11am ; Woodcock - 1 - flushed ; Lesser Redpoll - c50 - Mobile flock in trees either side of farm track at 8.30. At least one larger and paler bird, possibly Mealy. ; Great Grey Shrike - 1 - Showing well and in full song late afternoon ; Great Grey Shrike - 1

Greystones: Waxwing - 30+ - Some images of the birds that were about on Thursday. Some have coloured ID rings which the info I've been given tells us that they were ringed in Dec 2016 in the Aberdeen area. ; Waxwing - 30 - Another pic ; Waxwing - 30 - Another pic

Hillfoot, Totley: Willow Tit - 1 - by cobbled path (Chapel Lane) between Hillfoot Road and Penny Lane

Middleton Moor: Curlew - 19 ; Redshank - 1

near Owler Bar: Little Owl - 1 - on Moorwood Lane

Orgreave Lakes: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing beside railway line N of footbridge. ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Goldeneye - 10 - 3 males.

Overstones Farm: Lapwing - 10 - Pairs displaying on field by road at 17:00 ; Curlew - 1

Pebley Pond: Mandarin - 1 - Male, first one for six years

R Don, Effingham St: Iceland Gull - 1 - Again this morning at 07:00 ; Iceland Gull - 1 - photo ; Iceland Gull - 1 - photo ; Goosander - 4 - a pair on the Don and a pair flew over

Ravensdale: Marsh Tit - 1

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Waxwing - 14 - N @ 1113hrs

Sheffield airport site: Iceland Gull - 1 - 2nd winter roosting on the old Sheffield airport

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 3 ; Mute Swan - 28 - 10- 2nd cy ; Wigeon - 1 - ad m ; Tufted Duck - 36 ; Scaup - 2 - m ; Water Rail - 2 ; Black-headed Gull - 100 ; Common Gull - 1 - 1st wint. past w ; Herring Gull - 5 - 2ad 3imm ; Skylark - 8 - sing