Sightings Archive

Orgreave Lakes: Herring Gull - 20+ ; Great Black-backed Gull - 3+ ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2+

Oughtibridge garden: Blackcap - 1 - Male feeding on birdtable suet pellets

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Sparrowhawk - 1 - adult male in treetop; left E ; Mallard - 2 - NE ; Herring Gull - 2 - SW ; Common Gull - 1 - adult, S

Parkgate; Aldwarke Road: Goldfinch - 7 - feeding in birch ; House Sparrow - c10 - flock

Peat Pits: Golden Plover - c110

Pebley Pond: Little Egret - 1 - been around for a few days ; Mute Swan - 2 - Resident pair back again this year. ; Common Buzzard - 1

R Don, Eastwood: Tufted Duck - 1pr ; Mallard - 26 ; Gadwall - 1pr ; Cormorant - 13 - 2 on river + 11 loafing on riverside gantry ; Little Grebe - 2 ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Goosander - 2 - drakes

Rawmarsh: Common Buzzard - 1 - over then W/NW @ 1405hrs

Rawmarsh; Barbers Avenue: Greenfinch - 1 - singing from Leylandii

Rawmarsh; fields to W: Kestrel - 1 - female

Redmires Res: Common Buzzard - 1 - adult sat in trees on conduit ; Mallard - 20 - c. ; 320 - 4 ; Lapwing - 66 - on Middle Res - until flushed by dog walker ; Tufted Duck - 3 - on Top Res ; Black-headed Gull - 25 - c. ; Meadow Pipit - 1 - on conduit ; Greylag Goose - 4 ; Linnet - 16 - on Middle Res - unheard of here in January!

Rocher Flat: Lapwing - 30 - in fields

Sheffield University: Peregrine - 2 - male and female (in photo) present late afternoon

Silverwood Lagoon: Song Thrush - 1 - singing at dawn ; Tawny Owl - 1 - calling at dawn ; Tufted Duck - 6 ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - regular adult ; Snipe - 2 ; Woodcock - 1 ; Water Rail - 1 - calling from reeds in SE corner ; Herring Gull - 5 - a few singles SW ; Stock Dove - 1 ; Common Buzzard - 1 ; Jay - 2

Thorpe Hesley: Goldfinch - c50 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Keeping an eye on Goldfinch ; 319 - 1 ; Lapwing - c30

Thrybergh CP: Water Rail - 1 ; Blackcap - 1f - Female in garden southern boundary ; Greenfinch - 6 ; Redwing - 3 ; Bullfinch - 2

Grindleford: 319 - 2

Hangingwater garden: Long-tailed Tit - 6 ; Blackbird - 2 - m ; Blackcap - 2 - 1m, 1f ; Blue Tit - 4 ; Goldfinch - 4 ; Magpie - 1 ; Wren - 1 ; Great Tit - 2 - 1m, 1f ; Dunnock - 2 ; Chaffinch - 1 - f ; Robin - 1 ; Greenfinch - 4

Old Brampton: Raven - 1

Rivelin Valley: Whooper Swan - 5 - In flight from South West, circled over Oldfield Rd and went back across valley.

Wharncliffe Side garden: Brambling - 1 - Male in observers garden, seemed to be infected with trichomonosis ; Treecreeper - 2 - on tree trunks, second ever record ; Lesser Redpoll - 2 - on sunflower heart feeders

Attercliffe: Peregrine - 1 - ad female on Bernard road incinerator building

Canklow/Boston Castle: Stonechat - 1 - male still present

Chatsworth Park: Red Kite - 1 - Over golf course ; 321 - 2 individuals ; Cormorant - 2 - In dead tree by river ; Mistle Thrush - 2 ; Raven - 1 ; Tawny Owl - 1 calling ; Corvid - c200+ - Feeding on ground quite near the House. Appeared to be mainly Rooks, but some Jackdaws ; Redwing - 100+ - In fields towards Beeley

Dore garden: Blackcap - 1 - male at feeders

Fulwood garden: Blackcap - 1 - still bossing sunflower heart feeder ; Brambling - 3 - 2m, 1f around feeders ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - male at feeders ; Siskin - 2 - around feeders

Greystones garden: Blackcap - 1 - Observer's garden ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 1

Hangingwater garden: Greenfinch - 2 - first for many months - joy!

Harthill Res: Pink-footed Goose - 1 - down ; Goosander - 7 - 2M,5F ; Shoveler - 1 ; Pochard - 1 ; 320 - 1 ; Little Egret - 1 ; Great Crested Grebe - 2 - displaying