Sightings Archive

Middleton Moor: Lapwing - 72 ; Snipe - 8+ - At least 8 feeding in grassy area ; Shoveler - 1 - Female ; Goosander - 4 - redheads at dusk ; Lapwing - 64 - at dusk ; Curlew - 1 - on No. 4 lagoon ; Snipe - 4 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1400 - c. roosted ; Great Black-backed Gull - 1 - ad roosted amongst LBBs ; Yellow-legged Gull - 4 - ads roosted amongst LBBs ; Herring Gull - 2 - ads roosted with LBBs ; Black-headed Gull - 180 - c. roosted ; Starling - 2000 - c. roosted in reedbed ; Jackdaw - 420 - c. roosted in copse by No. 4 lagoon

Onesacre: Redwing - 12 - over Onesacre Hall heading south

Orgreave Lakes: Whooper Swan - 1 - Single ad until 10:45 when flew SE

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Redwing - 2 - N ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Lesser Redpoll - 2 - NE ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 2+

R Don, Eastwood: Mallard - 19 ; 320 - 2 ; Moorhen - 2 ; Little Grebe - 7 - together

Ramsley Moor: Redwing - 30+ - feeding in rowans ; Blackbird - 2 - with redwings ; Goldfinch - 6

Rawmarsh Cemetery: Tawny Owl - 1 - male calling around 0500hrs

Redmires Bottom Res: Whooper Swan - 2

Redmires Middle Res: 320 - 14 ; Mallard - 8 ; Canada Goose - 16 ; Lapwing - 28 ; Coal Tit - 2 ; Long-tailed Tit - 4

Redmires Top Res: 319 - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 21

Water Grove: Wigeon - 2 - 2 present with 3 mallards on this small area of water

Woodthorpe, Sheffield: Peregrine - 1 - 18:00 - Fem towards Richmond Park doubled back low over Richmond Rd towards Manor Top. Very unusual here.

Camp Fields Long Ln, Stocksbridge: Red Kite - 1 - Soaring for about 3 minutes then flew in the direction of Midhopestones at 14:15

Hollow Meadows: Fieldfare - 6

Kimberworth Park: 319 - 3 - together over Shepherd's Plantation @ 10:45

Meersbrook: Common Buzzard - 1 - One over Lidl Supermarket on Chesterfield Road, Meersbrook

Midhope Res: Black-headed Gull - 1000+ - Large groups moving west up the valley towards Langsett Res before dusk. ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 150+ - >west to Langsett Res ; Common Gull - 5 - > west ; Little Grebe - 7 ; 320 - 9 ; Grey Wagtail - 2

R Don, Effingham Road: Mallard - 78 ; 320 - 1 ; Feral Pigeon - 311

Rawmarsh: Sparrowhawk - 1 - S, pursued by crow @ 1652hrs

Redmires Middle Res: Whooper Swan - 17 - ar 10:00

Redmires Res: Tufted Duck - 24 ; Mallard - 40 - c. ; Merlin - 1 - Juv hunting south side of Middle Res ; Lapwing - 50 - c. ; Golden Plover - 20 - c. ; Black-headed Gull - 40 - c. ; Common Gull - 1 - ad ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 11 ; Herring Gull - 4 ; Woodpigeon - 500 - c. flew south ; Starling - 530 - c. flew west in 2 hrs ; Chaffinch - 35 - flew west ; Redwing - 190 - flew west ; Dipper - 1 - adult on Middle Res ; Brambling - 8 - flew west ; Linnet - 16 - flew south ; Greenfinch - 5 - flew west ; Bullfinch - 1 - flew west ; Meadow Pipit - 4 - flew south west

Rivelin Valley: Kingfisher - 1 - Havelock Dam ; Treecreeper - 1 - by Mousehole Forge (and again on 23rd)

Thorpe Hesley: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Female on house roof

Firsby Res: Mallard - 6 ; Gadwall - 2 - Pair still present. ; 320 - 2 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Redwing - 6 - Over calling. ; Siskin - 4 ; Lapwing - 2

Freebirch: Starling - 400+ - Feeding on pasture

Hathersage: Barn Owl - 1 - Flew across road at 23:55

Longshaw: Brambling - 15 - Mixed group of brambling siskn and redpolll ; Siskin - 10 ; Lesser Redpoll - 5 ; Redwing - 20

Loxley Valley: Peregrine - 1 - flew west up valley over Greaves Lane ; Redwing - c20 ; Goldcrest - 11 - counted in 2 hours in Loxley and Rivelin Valleys - more than in rest of year combined ; Mute Swan - 2 - on pond above Loxley Park care home, presumably from Hillsborough Park where adults were absent on 25th ; Tufted Duck - 2 - on pond above Loxley Park care home

Old Ravenfield: Kestrel - 1 - Call from old railway embankment. ; Nuthatch - 1 - Calling in trees near Church gate.