Sightings Archive

Redmires Top Res: Goldeneye - 1 - 2nd picture ; Goldeneye - 1 - male ; Goldcrest - 2 ; Crossbill - 3 - at least; some brief song ; Kestrel - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 - another photo

Silver Wood: Fieldfare - c50 - in field of winter wheat adjacent to NW corner of wood ; Meadow Pipit - 4 - in coarse grass behind Silverwood Test Centre ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Lesser Redpoll - 20+

Thrybergh CP: Scaup - 1 - male still present, feeding with group of Tufted Ducks. ; Scaup - 1 - male showing well south of Doncaster point ; Water Rail - 2 - 2 near stream feeders ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Grey Partridge - 12 ; Water Rail - 1 - southern arm ; Kingfisher - 1

Treeton SF: Pied Wagtail - 55 - c. feeding on filter beds before being flushed ; Meadow Pipit - 1 - with Pied Wags on filter beds

Ulley CP: Kestrel - 2 - Both hunting in field next to Ulley Lane. 14.15 ; 319 - 2

Upper Whiston: Linnet - 50-60 - Off Doles Lane .13.20 ; 319 - 1 - On ground in stubble field with gulls.

Attercliffe: Redwing - 30+ - Feeding on Viburnum berries, Ice Stadium

Baslow: Siskin - 1 - Female

Damflask Res: Cormorant - 3 ; Black-headed Gull - 25 ; Common Gull - 2 ; Herring Gull - 4 ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Dipper - 2 ; 319 - 1

Firsby Res: Mute Swan - 2 - Resident pair. ; Moorhen - 2 ; 319 - 1 ; Fieldfare - 20+ - Over. ; Redwing - 12 - In tree top over looking sluice.

Greystones garden: Blackcap - 1 - observer's garden ; Redwing - 14 ; Song Thrush - 1

Handsworth garden: Siskin - 1 - Male. First of winter on my feeders.

Harthill Res: Grey Plover - 5 - still present ; Redshank - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Goosander - 1 - redhead

Millhouses: Blackcap - 2 - Male and female in garden

Old Ravenfield: Skylark - 4 - On farmland adjacent to St James Church. ; Linnet - 20+ - Same field as Skylarks. ; Greenfinch - 2 - Pair in tree on Church Lane with other Finches. ; Chaffinch - 4 - In tree with GFs. ; Goldfinch - 3 - With other Finches. ; Mistle Thrush - 2 - In Horse paddock near Pingle Lane. ; Red-legged Partridge - 22 - On farmland.

R Don, Effingham St to Attercliffe: Goldfinch - 4 ; Goosander - 9 - 5m, 4 redhead - various groups

R Don, Norfolk Bridge: Pied Wagtail - 2 - singles ; Long-tailed Tit - 5

Ravenfield Park: Grey Heron - 2 - Together on farmland at Hooton Roberts end with Corvids and BH Gulls. ; Black-headed Gull - 32 - Down on farmland. ; Jackdaw - 5+ - Down on farmland with BHG,s. ; Pheasant - 2 ; Tawny Owl - 2 - Roosting under a nest high in tree tops. ; Long-tailed Tit - 15 - Along path. ; 319 - 1 - Perched on bollard in first car park.

Sheffield Canal, Attercliffe to Victoria Quays: Moorhen - 2 ; Wren - 1

Sheffield Centre: Redwing - c30 - near Park Square roundabout

Silver Wood: Lesser Redpoll - 25+ - Feeding in tree tops in centre of wood.

Thrybergh CP: Tufted Duck - 64 ; Scaup - 1 - male ; Pochard - 7 ; Goosander - 2 ; Gadwall - 42 ; Shoveler - 3 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Kingfisher - 1+ ; Lapwing - 180

Waverley: Snipe - 12

Baslow SF: Pied Wagtail - 27 ; Mandarin - 10 ; Goosander - 1 - Redhead

Beauchief Ponds: Mandarin - 15 - 9m, 6f

Chancet Wood: Wren - 1

Firsby Res: Mute Swan - 3 - Resident pair and single over. ; Moorhen - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Herring Gull - 40+ - Over early morning. ; Black-headed Gull - 1 - Single on main Res. ; 319 - 1 - Over set aside field. ; Kestrel - 2 - Hunting ; Tawny Owl - 1 - Calling ; Grey Partridge - 1 - Calling ; Red-legged Partridge - 20+ ; Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Fieldfare - 50+ ; Redwing - 25+ ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Goldfinch - 3+ - In tree tops near houses. ; Goldcrest - 3 ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 - Single over calling.