Sightings Archive

Shepherd*s Plantation: 319 - 1 - low over Wood and Upper Common ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing, SW end ; Chiffchaff - 1 - song and calls ; Robin - 3+ - singing ; Blackbird - 1+ ; Coal Tit - 1 - singing ; Blue Tit - 1+ ; Magpie - 1 ; Carrion Crow - 1 ; Goldfinch - 1+ ; Woodpigeon - 2 - singing ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 1+ ; Wren - 2+ - singing ; Nuthatch - 1 - song and calls

Silverwood Lagoon: Chiffchaff - 1 - first of year here singing this morning ; Curlew - 1 - west at 10.15 ; Barn Owl - 1

Thrybergh CP: Tufted Duck - 53 ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Curlew - 1 - Flew East 08:35 ; Little Ringed Plover - 1 ; Stonechat - 1 - female ; Chiffchaff - 6+ - Lots of singing birds ; Water Rail - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - c300 - Numbers building all morning ; Common Gull - 3 ; Meadow Pipit - 10 ; Pied Wagtail - 10 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Reed Bunting - 6 ; Yellowhammer - 2 ; 319 - 4 ; Stonechat - 3 - On hedge fly-catching in Hope field, long staying female joined by 2 more females

Totley Moss: Lapwing - 1 ; Curlew - 1

Upper Common, Scholes: Skylark - 1+ - at least 1 singing ; Dunnock - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 1 - active around gorse, behind Remount Cottages

Walkley garden: Jackdaw - 2 - Pair in mature ash, calling, 1st sighting here in 40 years. ; Collared Dove - 2 - pair most days in March.

Whiston Brook: Redwing - 25+ - 25+ roosting in trees near Howarth lane. ; Chiffchaff - 3 ; Fieldfare - 1

Brownhills Lane: Oystercatcher - 2

Canklow Woods: 319 - 3 - Circling over calling 13.20 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 - Very vocal pair. ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Great Tit - 1 - Singing

Centenary Riverside: Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Mallard - 12 - inc 6 on river ; Long-tailed Tit - 1pr ; Moorhen - 2 - inc 1 on river ; Redwing - 10 - in riverside trees ; 320 - 3prs ; Cormorant - 1 - adult, W ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - over from NW, calling ; Kingfisher - 1 - on river

Firsby Res: Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing - first of the year. ; Woodcock - 1 ; Siskin - 1 ; Jay - 4+ ; 319 - 2 ; Linnet - c70 - Field between church and Firsby ; Mute Swan - 2 - Resident pair. ; Mallard - 2 - Pair. ; Coot - 2 ; Moorhen - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Herring Gull - 13 - Over early Morning. ; Fieldfare - 15 - set aside field. ; Redwing - 5+ - Leaving roost in cottage garden hedge. ; Song Thrush - 1 - Singing.

Green Moor: Siskin - 1 - Male ; Linnet - 20 ; Stonechat - 1 - Male ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Yellowhammer - 3 ; Little Owl - 1 ; Tree Sparrow - 10+ ; Brambling - 7+ - At least 5 males and 2 females this week

Ickles: Mistle Thrush - 2 - a pair in Riverside Way/Sheffield Road area

Kimberworth Park: Blackbird - 1 - singing from small trees, Roughwood Rd ; Magpie - 10 - most on rooftop on Shearman Avenue, close to resident pairs regular nest site in conifer

Orgreave Lakes: Goldeneye - 2 - pair ; Sand Martin - 6 - over main lake in afternoon off and on. ; Redshank - 2 ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Common Gull - 3 ; 319 - 3 ; Little Egret - 1 - main lake ; Pintail - 1 - Drake briefly 07:15.

Oughtibridge: Blackbird - 1 - female nest building in obs garden.

R Don, Effingham St: Goosander - 5 - redheads ; Canada Goose - 2

R Don, Newhall Road: Dipper - 1 - flew upstream from Hawke Street direction and landed in stream inflow, ringed bird.

Redmires Top Res: Moorhen - 1

RVCP: Whooper Swan - 2 - Long stayer plus another single