Sightings Archive

Sheffield University: 319 - 1 - Flyover St Georges church, causing a bit of a commotion.

Stanage Edge, below: Ring Ouzel - 2

Totley Moss: Lapwing - 2

Troway: Sand Martin - 3 - over

Watergrove: Oystercatcher - 2

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Nuthatch - 10+ - 8 singing, birds observed applying mud to nest box entrance and lid ; Wren - 40+ - 39 singing ; Robin - 40+ - 35 singing ; Dunnock - 4 - singing ; Chaffinch - 9 - singing ; Coal Tit - 3 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 6 - singing ; Blackbird - 5+ - 3 singing ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Goldcrest - 2 - singing ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - calling ; Kestrel - 3 ; Common Buzzard - 4 ; Swallow - 1 - low over heath near Wharncliffe Crags

Wharncliffe Wood: Willow Warbler - 1 - singing

Blacka Moor - Strawberry Lee: Snipe - 3 - chipping

Dore: Blackbird - 4 - Males singing in close proximity at 19:30 ; Siskin - 2 - Singing ; Goldcrest - 1 - Singing at 19:10

Foxhill, Shaw Hill: 319 - 2 - Calling overhead, probable pair, harassed by raven ; Raven - 1

Fulwood garden: Redwing - 9 - over low NW

Howden Dam: 320 - 1 - drake ; Mandarin - 2 - drakes

King Tree: Brambling - 10+ - amongst finch flock, at least two singing ; Siskin - 20+ - several singing ; Chaffinch - 20+ - feeding underneath larches.

Loxley Valley: Woodcock - 1 - near derelict refractory brick works.

Markham Vale: Snipe - 17 ; Jack Snipe - 4

Midhope Res: Bullfinch - 2 - Pair ; Fieldfare - 18 ; Redwing - 2 ; Song Thrush - 3 - Singing ; Curlew - 10 - Pairs flying over towards fields from Low Moor ; Tufted Duck - 12 - Group of 10 (6m/4f) plus separate pair ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing ; 319 - 2 ; Oystercatcher - 2 - Pair ; Meadow Pipit - 5 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - Yaffling ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 ; Goldfinch - c15

Redmires Top Res: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 3 - mid-afternoon

Stanage: Snipe - 1 ; Skylark - 2

Thrybergh CP: Mute Swan - 30 ; Tufted Duck - 34 ; Scaup - 1 - male back on after a few days missing ; Gadwall - 4 ; Red-legged Partridge - 4 ; Great Crested Grebe - 4 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; 319 - 4+ ; Lapwing - 2 ; Black-headed Gull - c200 ; Kittiwake - 2 - dropped in with BHG flushed by helicopter ; Herring Gull - 8 - Bird with deformed bill back on ; Meadow Pipit - 8 ; Pied Wagtail - 6 ; Wren - 16+ - Singing birds this morning ; Song Thrush - 4 ; Fieldfare - 200+ - Still feeding in sheep field ; Willow Warbler - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 10+ ; Blackcap - 1 ; Cetti's Warbler - 1 - Long awaited first for site singing on and off all morning in southern arm ; Sand Martin - c150 ; House Martin - 1 ; Linnet - 6 ; Reed Bunting - 4 ; Yellowhammer - 3 ; Tawny Owl - 2 - 2 young birds

Upper Derwent: Red Kite - 1

Upper Derwentdale: Ring Ouzel - 1+ - singing males Swine Side early pm, and Little Moor Top in evening, possibly same bird ; Stonechat - 4 - pairs at slippery stones and Rocking Stones ; Raven - 2 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - Broadhead Clough

Blackburn Meadows NR: Raven - 2 - Circling around being mobbed by crows. ; Blackcap - 1 - Singing male. ; Chiffchaff - 5+ - Singing males. ; Sand Martin - 2

Bradfield Dale: Red Kite - 1 ; Peregrine - 1+

Brogging Moss: Golden Plover - 4 - 2 pairs on breeding territory ; Meadow Pipit - at least 2 - displaying males ; Red Grouse - st least 4

Burbage Valley: Willow Warbler - 1 - calling from rowans ; Raven - 1 - heard cronking from dir'n of Burbage Moor ; Stonechat - 5 - Burbage South inc 2 singing males ; Snipe - 1 - heard chipping from the brook area ; Goldfinch - 2+ - burbage south ; Dunnock - 2 - 2 singing males ; Wren - 12 + - singing males ; Meadow Pipit - 10+ - Displaying