Sightings Archive

Baslow: Goldcrest - 2 - Again in observer’s garden

Derwent Moors: Red Grouse - 30 - c30 ; Merlin - 1 - Female/juv type low and fast over the moor near Back Tor towards Strines ; 319 - 3 ; Kestrel - 2 ; Raven - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 12 - 12+

Derwent Res: Siskin - 50 - 50+ ; Brambling - 10 - 10+ ; Chaffinch - 30 - c30 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - on Dam wall

Foulstone Delph: Fieldfare - c200 - looking to roost on moor

Middleton Moor: Wigeon - 1 ; Greylag Goose - 2 ; 320 - 28 ; Tufted Duck - 6 ; Black-headed Gull - 93 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1200+ ; Yellow-legged Gull - 4

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Long-tailed Tit - 5+ ; Greenfinch - 1 - over ; Goldfinch - 8

Parkgate; Stubbin incline: Common Buzzard - 06-Jul - in air & on ground in adjacent field with 'begging' calls from 2 birds before dispersing ; Chaffinch - 3 - 2m; 1f

R Derwent, Leadmill-Shatton: Dipper - 2 - 2 singles ; Mandarin - 2 - 1m, 1f

Ramsley Moor: Fieldfare - 250 - through low west this morning ; Fieldfare - 250 - Single party through west at 10.30

Redmires Res: Marsh Harrier - 1 - Cream-crown over SE at 17:25. ; Marsh Harrier - 1 - juv flew SE at 17:25 hrs ; Lapwing - 60 - c. ; Blackbird - 25 - c. most of which flew W along the tree line at dusk ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 5 - c. ; Black-headed Gull - 90 - c. roosted ; Common Gull - 1 - flew E

Thrybergh Bar Mills: Common Buzzard - 1 - over

Walkers Clough: Ring Ouzel - 2 - 2 Feeding with c40 Fieldfare

Attercliffe: FIRECREST - 1 - with LTTit flock in riverside Buddlea, Sallows and Alders by end of Viridor sheds on 5-weirs walk just E of Norfolk Bridge. Moved off towards Salmon Pastures LNR. ; Goldcrest - 2 ; Long-tailed Tit - 6

Baslow: Goldcrest - 2 - Feeding in monkey puzzle tree in garden ; Treecreeper - 1 - Feeding on trunk of apple tree in garden

Five Weirs Walk: FIRECREST - 1 - in Tit flock just east of Norfolk Bridge ; Dipper - 1 - East of Norfolk Bridge

Hillsborough Park: Goosander - 6

Middleton Moor: Shoveler - 1 - Drake ; Wigeon - 1 - Female ; 320 - 29 ; Tufted Duck - 3 ; Lapwing - 127 ; Golden Plover - 26

Midhope Res: Black-headed Gull - c1132 - West to Langsett Res roost 17.15-18.20. None stopped at Midhope Res. ; Common Gull - 4 - West with BHG’s ; Tufted Duck - 4 ; Redwing - 158 - South 17.15 - 18.20 ; Meadow Pipit - 6 - South ; Starling - c115 - West in 3 groups 17.15 - 18.20 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - West ; Mallard - 54 ; Little Grebe - 2 ; Fieldfare - 2 - South ; Barn Owl - 1

Padley Gorge: Fieldfare - 150

R Don, Effingham St: Goosander - 5 - 3 imm/eclipse drake, 2 redhead ; Kingfisher - 1

R Don, Norfolk Bridge: Kingfisher - 1

R Don, Stevenson Road: Kingfisher - 1

Totley Hall Farm: Mistle Thrush - 1 - singing in trees on Totley Hall Farm, close to Totley Hall Lane.

Wharncliffe Side: Grey Wagtail - 1 - flew on to patio then hopped into room through french windows and flew out again.

Blacka Moor: Ring Ouzel - 1 ; Fieldfare - 500+ ; Redwing - 30

Crowhole: Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 1

Frecheville: Goosander - 5 - 1m + 4 rh on Frecheville pond at 08:30

Greystones garden: Redwing - 4 - Observer's garden

Hillsborough: Cormorant - 1 - perched on roof of football stadium ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Nr Sheffield Wednesday ground

Longshaw: Chiffchaff - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 ; Goldcrest - 3

Redmires Top Res: Cormorant - 1

Rod Side: Ring Ouzel - 1

Stocksbridge: Peregrine - 1 - Over bypass 17:30

Wharncliffe Chase: 319 - 3 - Together

Whirlow Park: Tawny Owl - 1 - perched on the ground having been chased by a crow

Worrall garden: Goldcrest - 1 - First sighting here in our 9 years here.

Beauchief Golf Course: Ring-necked Parakeet - 3+ - SE over Beauchief Abbey Lane/Beauchief Golf Course then bizarrely 3 more (or the same) over lower part of Westwick Rd heading SE this afternoon.

Canklow Woods: Common Buzzard - 3 - 3 in the air together at 1250

Catcliffe Flash: Wigeon - 117 ; 320 - 16

Fulwood: Tawny Owl - 2 - Calling from copse on Crimicar Lane.

Langsett Res: 320 - 54 ; Mallard - 4

Low Moor, Upper Midhope: Redwing - 150 ; Fieldfare - 400 - birds feeding on berries and out on the moor ; Fieldfare - 400 - another shot ; Brambling - 2 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - flew from upper Midhope SW over Pike low ; Common Buzzard - 1