Sightings Archive

R Derwent, Grindleford: 319 - 1

R Derwent, Harper Lees: Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Dipper - 2

R Derwent, Leadmill: Kestrel - 1

Ramsley Res: Willow Warbler - 2 - singing ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Linnet - 2 ; Greenfinch - 1 - display flighting male ; Pheasant - 2 - male chasing female

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Pied Wagtail - 1pr - male singing

Redmires Res: Tufted Duck - 3 ; Little Ringed Plover - 2 - on Bottom Res ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 2 - singing ; Meadow Pipit - 20 - c. ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 - flew E

Rocher head Fields: Wheatear - 2

Roundwood Golf course: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Chaffinch - 1 - singing ; Greenfinch - 1 - singing ; Common Buzzard - 1 - down on fairway briefly ; Pied Wagtail - 1pr

RVCP: Wigeon - 16 ; Goldeneye - 4 ; Shoveler - 2 ; Gadwall - 10 ; Tufted Duck - 30

Salt Springs, Ewden: Willow Warbler - 1 - singing in scrub

Shillito Wood: Yellowhammer - 2 - m+f ; Yellowhammer - 1 - singing male ; Reed Bunting - 1 - male ; Chaffinch - 20 - around feeders ; Lesser Redpoll - 6 - incl. singing males ; Lapwing - 5 - in adjacent fields ; 319 - 1 ; Treecreeper - 1

Thrybergh CP: Scaup - 1 - male ; Common Scoter - 1 - Record shot - drake present all morning on main bay

Beauchief Golf Course: 319 - 2

Canklow Woods: Lesser Redpoll - 18

Catcliffe Flash: Sand Martin - 16 - Feeding over the flash

Ecclesall Woods: Pied Flycatcher - 1 - Male again singing and showing well SW edge of bird sanctuary in Wood 3. ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - Calling near the Donkey Field in Wood 3. ; Willow Warbler - 1 - Singing by the Limb Brook SW corner of Wood 3.

Firsby Res: Treecreeper - 2 ; Mute Swan - 2 ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Redwing - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 8 ; Willow Warbler - 1 ; Blackcap - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - female ; Grey Wagtail - 1

Fulwood garden: Brambling - 7 ; Lesser Redpoll - 3 ; Pheasant - 1

Graves Park: Treecreeper - 1 - Between middle and top pond ; Blackcap - 1 - Near Boating Lake

Green Moor: Little Owl - 2 - Pair, both alarm calling

Middleton Moor: Wigeon - 19 - “Resident “ male+ 18 dropped in 10.15 ; Shelduck - 2 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 110 ; Herring Gull - 4 ; Black-headed Gull - 46 ; Common Gull - 250+ ; Fieldfare - 30 - In shelter belt along track

Orgreave Lakes: Little Egret - 5

Ravenfield Park: Goldcrest - 2 ; Tawny Owl - 1 - At dusk. ; Woodcock - 1 - at dusk.

Redmires conduit: Swallow - 1 ; Wheatear - 1 - near conduit reservoir

Redmires Middle Res: 319 - 3

Sheffield Centre: Mallard - 2 - Drakes preening on water features. ; Carrion Crow - 1 - Single begging for food on City Hall steps.

Silver Wood: Cetti's Warbler - 1 - singing briefly near r/way line pond at 07.55. Presumably bird heard at TCP on Monday working its way up and down Silverwood Brook. First record here.

Silverwood Lagoon: Willow Warbler - 5 - singing ; Blackcap - 2 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 9 - singing ; Common Buzzard - 4 - in the air together

Thrybergh CP: Mute Swan - 36 ; Scaup - 1 - male ; Tufted Duck - 32 ; Gadwall - 4 ; Black-headed Gull - c200 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Sand Martin - 150+ ; Chiffchaff - 8 ; Willow Warbler - 2 ; Blackcap - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 6 - inc 3 WHITE WAGTAIL in field behind Doncaster point ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Grey Partridge - 2 ; Kestrel - 2 ; 319 - 4 ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Reed Bunting - 4 ; Pied Wagtail - 3 - Photo WHITE WAGTAIL

Walkley Tilt Dam: Mandarin - 7 - pair, plus 5 males

Watergrove: Oystercatcher - 2