Sightings Archive

Walkley Bank: Whooper Swan - 1+ - calling overhead in dark at 21:25

Wire Mill Dam: Ring-necked Parakeet - 4

Woodall: Yellow Wagtail - 2 - Two flying North

Brincliffe Edge Wood: Blackcap - 1+ ; Jay - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 2+ - At least 2 singing vigorously

Calver: Willow Tit - 1 ; Goshawk - 1 - Flying northwest

Dog Kennel Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 3 ; Cormorant - 2 ; Grey Heron - 4 - fishing shallow areas, level still low, works still in progress ; Mute Swan - 2 - 1 pair ; Greylag Goose - 7 ; Mallard - 5+ ; Tufted Duck - 1 ; Moorhen - 2 ; Coot - 3 ; Oystercatcher - 2 - on exposed island ; Black-headed Gull - 5+ ; Herring Gull - 5+ ; Pied Wagtail - 2 ; Wren - 1+ - at least 1 singing ; Robin - 1 - singing ; Blackbird - 1+ ; Carrion Crow - 1+ ; Pheasant - 1+ ; Woodpigeon - 1+

Hangingwater garden: Blackcap - 1 - Fem here since 3 December. Male here since 10 December last seen 29 March

Higger Tor: Ring Ouzel - 2 - on W side ; Skylark - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 3 ; Dunnock - 2 ; Curlew - 1 - display flights over moorland to W

Morley Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Mute Swan - 2 - pair ; Greylag Goose - 1+ ; Canada Goose - 2 ; Mallard - 1+ ; Tufted Duck - 28 ; Moorhen - 1 ; Coot - 3 ; Swallow - 5+ ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing ; Dunnock - 1 - singing ; Nuthatch - 1 - singing ; Goldfinch - 1 - singing

Nether Green: Greenfinch - 2 - 2 singing males in street trees ; Nuthatch - 1 - singing in street trees ; Blackbird - 1 - singing in street trees ; Coal Tit - 1 - singing in street trees ; Dunnock - 1 - singing ; Robin - 1 - singing ; Blue Tit - 2 ; Great Tit - 1

Orgreave Lakes: Little Egret - 1

Owler Bar: Red Kite - 1 - North

R Don, Effingham St: Goosander - 8 - 1 male, 7 redheads, at least 5 of which were 2cy males. ; Sand Martin - 2

R Don, Newhall Road: Dipper - 1 - flew upstream calling ; Kingfisher - 2 ; Sand Martin - 3 - visiting nest holes ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; 319 - 1

Rawmarsh; High Street: Lapwing - 1 - W @ 1225hrs

Redmires Res: Canada Goose - 30 - c. in fields ; Greylag Goose - 35 - c. in fields ; Mallard - 20 - c. ; 320 - 2 - pair present in wet flush on Roper Hill ; Tufted Duck - 2 - on Top Res ; Common Buzzard - 2 - circling over Bottom Res ; Kestrel - 1 ; Oystercatcher - 4 ; Little Ringed Plover - 3 - pair on Middle Res dam wall + single in a wet flush on Roper Hill ; Curlew - 8 ; Lapwing - 20 - c. 10 pairs now holding territory ; Black-headed Gull - 2 ; Kittiwake - 1 - ad circled Bottom Res at 07:15 hrs - settled briefly before departing west ; Golden Plover - 300 - c. high over south side of Middle Res ; Swallow - 1 - flew E at 09:40 hrs - my earliest ever arrival here ; Fieldfare - 40 - c. ; Brambling - 20 - flew E ; Lesser Redpoll - 10 - flew E ; Reed Bunting - 4 - males singing ; Meadow Pipit - 20 - c. flew N ; Linnet - 1 - flew W ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Moorhen - 1 - on Middle Res ; Raven - 7 ; Carrion Crow - 27 ; Crossbill - 1 - heard

RVCP: Sand Martin - 150+ ; Swallow - 10+ ; Shoveler - 1

Scholes Ground: 319 - 1

Sheffield airport: Wheatear - 2 - Females. ; Lapwing - 4 - 2 pairs. ; Pied Wagtail - 2 - Males. Then moved north. ; Sand Martin - 6+ - Birds moving slowly north.

Silver Wood: Willow Warbler - 2 - singing near r/way line pond