Sightings Archive

Miller*s Dale: Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing

Norton Lees: Goldfinch - 8 - flew over observer’s garden

Orgreave Lakes: Little Egret - 1 ; Goldeneye - 2 - 1pair ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Wigeon - 9 ; Goosander - 2 - 1 pair ; Wheatear - 3 - 2 females and 1 male on the plains ; Lapwing - 6 - 3 displaying pairs ; Skylark - 5 - singing birds ; Goldeneye - 3 ; Redshank - 1

Pilley: Brambling - 2 - 2 in Stone Row Court/Colliery lane area.

R Rother Orgreave: Mandarin - 1

R Rother, Catcliffe: Goosander - 2

Redmires conduit: Stonechat - 3 - 2 male, 1 female

Redmires Top Res: Redwing - c10 - feeding in leaf litter at bottom of Stanage Pole track ; Bullfinch - 3 - 2 male, 1 female

RVCP: Egyptian Goose - 4

Silverwood Lagoon: Red Kite - 1 - drifted SW at 09.40

Wadsley garden: Willow Tit - 1 - First for garden. ; Coal Tit - 2 - Pair exploring hole in stone wall

Walkley garden: Blackcap - 1 - Single male at fat ball feeder ; Goldfinch - 4 - In hawthorn and ivy.

Barlow Common: Skylark - 3 ; Greenfinch - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1

Barnside Moor: Meadow Pipit - 10+ - Display ; Curlew - 1

Brightside: Common Buzzard - 2 - high over

Burncross: Greenfinch - 1 - Song/display

Crookes: Sparrowhawk - 1 - In small tree by Springvale Road between Western and Cobden View Roads. Flew off across the road, dashing close to surfaces.

Europa Way steel works: Ringed Plover - 3 ; Golden Plover - 29

Fulwood garden: Lesser Redpoll - 1 - male at feeders and singing in trees ; Greenfinch - 4 - including singing male ; Goldfinch - 2 ; Chaffinch - 2 - pair ; Brambling - 1 ; Wren - 1 - singing ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing ; Starling - 15 - several singing

Green Moor: Wheatear - 3 - In field together ; Blackcap - 1 - Singing

Heeley: Sparrowhawk - 1 - mobbed by Crows

Hudson*s Rough: 319 - 3 - 2 in from Bassingthorpe, joined by another, calling regularly ; Moorhen - 1 - near pond ; Wren - 2 - singing, SE of f/p ; Robin - 2+ - singing ; Blackbird - 1+ ; Chiffchaff - 1 - song and calls ; Goldcrest - 2 - 1 singing W of pond. 1 singing S of pond. ; Blue Tit - 1+ ; Great Tit - 1+ - at least 1 singing ; Nuthatch - 1 - calls ; Chaffinch - 1 - singing ; Goldfinch - 1+ ; Woodpigeon - 1+ - singing ; Magpie - 1+

Low Moor, Upper Midhope: Curlew - 5+ ; Skylark - 3 - Singing ; Wheatear - 1 ; Lapwing - 14+ ; Snipe - 5+ - Max 5 seen displaying in the air at one time, much calling/chasing/chipping ; Red Kite - 1 - Flew across Low Moor towards Langsett Res ; Meadow Pipit - 5+ - Display

Midhope Hall Lane: Curlew - 29 ; Fieldfare - 10 ; Redwing - 1+ ; Skylark - 1 - Singing

Midhope Res: Little Grebe - 2 - a pair trilling ; Oystercatcher - 3 ; Bullfinch - 2 - a pair

Mount Darnall: Chiffchaff - 3 - singing males

Norton Lees: Collared Dove - 2 - Warminster Rd

Orgreave Lakes: Curlew - 1 - flew in from the south at 08:08, landed briefly on north bank main lake before flying off south again. ; Wheatear - 1 ; Skylark - 15+ ; Little Ringed Plover - 1 ; Little Egret - 1 ; Wheatear - 6 - 2 Males and 4 Females ; Wheatear - 6 - Second Photo ; Sand Martin - 25 - single flock briefly 6pm. ; Wheatear - 4 - 3m, 1f

R Don, Effingham St: Goosander - 3 - redheads

R Don, Middlewood: Dipper - 1 - singing downstream of Beeley Wood Weir ; Mandarin - 2 - males ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - male

R Don, Newhall Road: Sand Martin - 2 ; Kingfisher - 2

R Don, Oughtibridge: Dipper - 1 - singing downstream of weir

R Don, Stevenson Road: Kingfisher - 1

Rawmarsh; Lane Head: Common Buzzard - 1 - W/SW @ 1250hrs

RVCP: Herring Gull - 120

Sharrow: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing Ventnor Place/Wostenholm Road

Sheffield Airport: Lapwing - 4 - pairs displaying ; Skylark - 2 - singing

Sheffield University: Peregrine - 3 - Two (especially one) harassing the other, stooping near it. Calls heard.

Stocksbridge: Sparrowhawk - 2 - Display