Sightings Archive

Thrybergh Tip: Goldfinch - c40 - in alders ; Lesser Redpoll - 2 - with GO flock in alders ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - singing male ; Jay - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - c10 ; Goldcrest - 01-Feb ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Cormorant - 1 - SW ; Common Buzzard - 1 - W, mobbed by K ; Kestrel - 3 ; Greylag Goose - 1 - SW, returning N ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Bullfinch - 3 - inc singing male ; Pheasant - 1 - cock ; Song Thrush - 6 - inc 3 singing males ; Mute Swan - 2 - SW @ 0715hrs ; Greylag Goose - 3 - in from E/NE

Thrybergh; Bluebell Wood: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - drumming

Brindwoodgate: Common Buzzard - 3 - Circling and calling and being mobbed, Highlightley Lane at 13:45

Endcliffe Park: Dipper - 1 - in river by lower lake

Firsby Res: Coot - 2 - Main Res. ; Mallard - 6 - 3 pairs. ; Grey Heron - 1 - Over set aside. ; Pheasant - 1 - Calling at first light. ; Grey Partridge - 2 - Flew into setaside. ; Red-legged Partridge - 3 - On ploughed field. ; Jackdaw - 40+ - Various flocks over from roost early morning. ; Carrion Crow - 4+ ; Magpie - 2 ; Jay - 1 - Calling. ; Yellowhammer - 3+ - Singing on farmland. ; Chaffinch - 5 ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; Skylark - 3 - Over farmland. ; Treecreeper - 1 - Near road. ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - In sluice. ; Song Thrush - 2 - Both in full song. ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Fieldfare - 5 - Over. ; Black-headed Gull - 50 - Following tractor in field. ; Herring Gull - 1 - Adult with BHG.

Forge Dam: Grey Heron - 1

Graves Park: Brambling - 2 - At least 2 Brambling in mixed finch flock - Old Norton Nursery ; Bullfinch - 2m + 2f - #NAME? ; Redwing - 120+ - Large flock feeding on pastureland and subsequently gathering in surrounding trees ; Tufted Duck - 12m + 8f

Mount Darnall: Ringed Plover - 7 - On old airport. ; Lapwing - 7 - On old air port

Norton Lees: Mistle Thrush - 2 - Feeding in observer's garden

Queens Road, S2: Waxwing - c40 - Noisy flock settled briefly in tree in Halfords car park at 9.30

Sharrow: Waxwing - c100 - Either in tall trees behind Rossi's restaurant, or swooping down in small flocks to tackle the remaining berries in the trees at the intersection of Sharrow Lane and London Road.

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 7 ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Mute Swan - 41 - 30ad 11jv ; Canada Goose - 48 ; Gadwall - 4 - 3m1f ; Pochard - 13 - 8m5f ; Tufted Duck - 35 ; Goldeneye - 1 - m dep. w 0930 ; 319 - 1 - n ; Water Rail - 2 ; Black-headed Gull - 350+ ; Common Gull - 2 - 1st wint. ; Herring Gull - 24 - 2ad 2 1st wint. down 20west ; Skylark - 8 - sing ; Dunnock - 15 ; Robin - 12 ; Song Thrush - 2 - sing ; Redwing - 15 - flushed from fields ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - sing ; Long-tailed Tit - 6 - 3pr ; Tree Sparrow - 5+ ; Linnet - 5 - past s ; Bullfinch - 6 - 3pr

Ulley: BEAN GOOSE (Tundra/Taiga) - 1 - Tundra Bean Goose reported still at Ulley

Agden Side: Stonechat - 2 - 2 males

Arundel St./Furnival St., Sheffield City Centre: Waxwing - 50 - Flock flying around city centre.

Attercliffe: Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - 2w on roof at Warren St ; Herring Gull - 10 - inc this obvious adult 'argentatus'

Banner Cross: Waxwing - 40 - seen again near Methodist church, at 9.30am and briefly at 4.30pm ; Waxwing - 28 - Looked to be a pre-roost gathering at 4.30, with small flocks arriving every few minutes. Dispersed by Carrion Crow landing in the same tree.

Barlow Brook: Mistle Thrush - 2

Barlow Common: 319 - 2

Bolsterstone Heads: Mistle Thrush - 2 ; Fieldfare - 13 - calling from large trees near Hall ; Wren - 1 - singing in ivy ; Great Tit - 4 ; Blue Tit - 3 ; Woodpigeon - 5

Bolsterstone Heads Lane: Starling - 50+

Bolsterstone Stonemoor: Lapwing - 100+ - in fields nex to stonemoor Road ; Curlew - 2 - Calling perched on stone wall in same area as Lapwings ; Rook - 8 - in field with sheep

Canklow Woods: Common Buzzard - 4 - 4 in the air together at 0945

Cowley Lane, Holmesfield: Barn Owl - 1 - Flying low / hunting at 18:30

Damflask Res: Mandarin - 16 - 9 males and 7 females

Darnall: Greenfinch - 9 - single group feeding under bushes on Greenland estate .

Ecclesall Woods: Waxwing - 24 - SW/WSW over playing fields

Edge Mount: Snipe - 1 - chipping at dusk .