Sightings Archive

Orgreave Lakes: Oystercatcher - 2 - On island. ; Goldeneye - 5 - 1 male.

Oxley Park, Stocksbridge: Willow Tit - 1 - singing by Oxley Park Allotments

Peat Pits: Skylark - 6 - all singing ; Curlew - 2 - heading north ; Golden Plover - c300 - in rape stubble ; Lapwing - c40 - in surrounding fields , many displaying . ; Starling - c70 - roving flock feeding in surrounding fields .

R Don, Effingham St: Canada Goose - 2 ; 319 - 1 - over N ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Canada Goose - 2 ; Iceland Gull - 1 - 2w still present at lunchime

Redmires conduit: Song Thrush - 1 - in prolonged song at dusk ; Golden Plover - 105 ; Lapwing - 40 - with Golden Plover in rough field below conduit

Redmires Top Res: Curlew - 102 - on dam wall, then circling (98 in photo) looking to roost ; Oystercatcher - 3 - chasing over res at dusk; 2 earlier in fields on Roper Hill ; Waxwing - 19 - single flock W to roost at 17:40 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - my first of the year back here

Rivelin Dams: Grey Wagtail - 2

Rivelin Filters: Curlew - 40+ - flew overhead at 13:00 then landed in field below Lodge Lane

Rivelin Valley: Curlew - 51 - usual place field adj. with rails road ; Lapwing - 2 - in with curlews ; Little Owl - 2 - a pair behind Coppice House Farm ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Kingfisher - 1 - on river by playgrond then flew downstream past the paddling pools ; Red Kite - 1 - flying west with buzzard

Stocksbridge: Siskin - 2 - at garden feeders today are the first this winter, usually regular

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 6 ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Cormorant - 3 - 1sinensis type ; Mute Swan - 13 ; Gadwall - 3 - mmf ; Pochard - 9 - 6m3f ; Tufted Duck - 41 ; 319 - 2 - singles soar.1e1se ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - soar.sw ; Water Rail - 2 ; Lapwing - 8 - 4pr disp. ; Black-headed Gull - 100 ; Herring Gull - 3 - 1st wint. ; Woodpigeon - 350 - #NAME? ; Skylark - 7 - sing ; Wren - 16 - 12sing ; Dunnock - 36 - 17sing ; Robin - 23 - 10sing ; Song Thrush - 1 - sing ; Blackbird - 17 ; Long-tailed Tit - 4 - 2pr ; Magpie - 14 - 7pr ; Chaffinch - 14 ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 ; Siskin - 1 - past nw ; Bullfinch - 8 - 02/02/2004 ; Reed Bunting - 12 - 5singles +7at feed.stat. ; Yellowhammer - 4 - 3sing+1f

Wadsley Common: Brambling - 1 - Female on garden feeders.at 15:00

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Woodcock - 2 - Flushed from damp woodland ; Mallard - 2 - pair on grazing pond

Aldwarke SF: Pied Wagtail - 6 ; Grey Wagtail - 3 ; Mallard - 1pr ; Tufted Duck - 2prs ; Coot - 7 ; Magpie - c20 ; Common Buzzard - 1 ; Redwing - 1 ; Moorhen - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1

Attercliffe: Shelduck - 1 - flying west towards city near Sheffield Arena

Denaby Common/Low Meadow: Canada Goose - 27 ; Greylag Goose - 18 ; Moorhen - 1 ; Wigeon - c280 ; Lapwing - c75 - lots of displaying ; Gadwall - 20-30 ; 320 - Oct-15 ; Common Buzzard - 2 - sat on fence posts ; Red-legged Partridge - 5 ; Black-headed Gull - 14 ; Carrion Crow - 20 ; Shoveler - 2prs ; Pheasant - 2 - cocks

Dronfield: Blackcap - 1 - female still taking sunflower hearts in garden

Greystones: Goldcrest - 1 - In observer's garden ; Bullfinch - 2 - Male & female In observer's garden ; Siskin - 1 - Male In observer's garden ; Blackcap - 1 - Female In observer's garden

Handsworth: Stock Dove - 3 - Feeding under garden feeders,.

Kilnhurst: Kestrel - 1 ; Greylag Goose - 3 - 1 S; 2 N ; Mute Swan - 2 - S ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - singing male

Kilnhurst Ings: Gadwall - 14 - 8m; 6f ; Moorhen - 6 ; Cormorant - 4 - 3 N; 1 S ; Redwing - 20-30 - in hawthorns at dawn, probably having roosted; lots of song ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing male ; Greylag Goose - 12 - all S