Sightings Archive

Midhope Res: 319 - 2 ; Redwing - c30 ; Fieldfare - c50 ; Mistle Thrush - 5 ; Goldfinch - 5 ; Tufted Duck - 19 ; 320 - 43+ - 43 counted but more probablyhiding in waterside vegetation from poor weather ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Mallard - c30

Orgreave Lakes: Goldeneye - 3 - 2 males ; Goosander - 39 - Lots of display, one pair copulating ; Great Black-backed Gull - 52 - Pre roost ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 6 ; Herring Gull - 171 ; Grey Partridge - 1 - Calling at dusk.

Padley: Bullfinch - 1 - male

R Derwent, Grindleford: Cormorant - 1 - flying over

Roper Hill: Barn Owl - 1 - at dusk

Thrybergh Cemetery: Redwing - 20+ - In trees at bottom of Cemetery.

Thrybergh CP: Water Rail - 1 - Brief views.

Totley Moor: SNOW BUNTING - 1 - Feeding in front of ventilation shaft at approx 1400 hrs . Very confiding ; SNOW BUNTING - 1 - showing very well late afternoon

Walkley garden: Blackcap - 1 - Single female bathing ; Redwing - 1 - Single daily since 3rd Jan in cotoneaster

Centenary Riverside: Mute Swan - 2 - River ; Mallard - 4 ; 320 - 1 ; Moorhen - 1 ; Cormorant - 2 - 1 fishing, 1 over ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Redwing - 8 ; Goldfinch - 09-Oct ; Bullfinch - 2 - Pair calling.

Ecclesall: Blackcap - 1 - male in Ansell Road garden ; Woodpigeon - 19 - in Ansell Road garden - record count here!

Endcliffe Park: Kingfisher - 1 - flying over upper lake at 15:40 ; Mandarin - 5 - 3m, 2f on top pond

Green Moor: House Sparrow - 35+ - A good count here on our lawn for seed

Moorhall: Siskin - 30 ; Kestrel - 2 ; Peregrine - 1 ; Pink-footed Goose - 108

Norton Lees: Pink-footed Goose - 90 - c90 SW @ 13:50

Orgreave Lakes: Pink-footed Goose - 250 - c100 NW at 13:35, c150 NW at 13:45

Porter Brook, Hangingwater: Dipper - 1 - Singing male on possible territory

R Don, Effingham St: 320 - 1 - Male ; Herring Gull - c40 ; Pink-footed Goose - c250 - 100 at 13:40 going NW and another C250 at 13.50

Ravenfield Park: Redwing - 6 ; Tawny Owl - 1 - Roosting. ; Coal Tit - 3 ; Goldcrest - 6 ; Great Tit - 8 ; Woodcock - 1 ; 319 - 3 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 2

Rawmarsh; High Street: Mistle Thrush - 2 - flew towards Methodist Church

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Blue Tit - 1pr - investigating/entering nestbox again

Silver Wood: Pink-footed Goose - c.150 - WNW at 13.20

Totley Moor: SNOW BUNTING - 1 - Sheltering (like observers) and feeding behind ventilation shaft during driving snow!

Wharncliffe Side: Brambling - 2 - male and female feeding on sunflower hearts in observers garden

Wire Mill Dam: Mandarin - 6 - 6m ; Mallard - 50 ; Mandarin - 10+

Bannerdale Road: Blackcap - 1 - Male eating berries in garden.

Dore: Grey Wagtail - 1 - feeding on lawn in observer’s garden

Ecclesall: Pink-footed Goose - 22 - flew low south over Ansell Road at 10:59 hrs ; Lapwing - 1 - flew E over Ansell Road during a snow shower at 13:34 hrs - garden tick!

Firsby Res: Tawny Owl - 2 - Pair calling from willows before dawn. ; Red-legged Partridge - 1+ - Calling from stubble field. ; Carrion Crow - 3 - Over calling.

Fulwood: Brambling - 3 - m and 2f at feeders ; Greenfinch - 11 ; Goldfinch - 9 ; Chaffinch - 9 ; Siskin - 1 - male ; Blue Tit - 5

Green Moor: Yellowhammer - 2

Greystones garden: Blackcap - 1 - Male in observer's garden ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Female surrounded by Woodpigeons & a Collared Dove - never bothered with any. ; Song Thrush - 1

Harthill Res: Little Egret - 1

Meersbrook Park: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - drumming ; Nuthatch - 1

Morehall Res: Little Egret - 1 - Single bird below dam wall sitting in spruce trees and using stream.

Moss road, Totley: Willow Tit - 3 - 2 unringed and color ringed orange/yellow ; Greenfinch - 9 - At feeders ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1

Norton Lees: Chaffinch - 1 - Male feeding in observer’s garden- not seen here very often.

R Sheaf, Heeley: Mandarin - 5 - 3m, 2f - Broadfield Road area

Ravenfield Church: Tawny Owl - 1 - Calling in woodland before dawn.

Redmires Plantation: Green Woodpecker - 1

Redmires Res: Greylag Goose - 60 - c. in fields ; Canada Goose - 30 - c. ; Mallard - 100 - c. mostly on Middle Res ; 320 - 25 - on Middle Res - good count here these days ; Fieldfare - 50 - c. flew S ; Kestrel - 1 ; Lapwing - 60 - c. on Middle Res