Sightings Archive

Orgreave Lakes: Grey Heron - 3 ; Gadwall - 14 ; Wigeon - 4 ; 320 - 4 ; Stonechat - 3 ; Goldeneye - 2 - M&F

Parkgate Canal Basin: Mute Swan - 24 - inc 7 1cy ; Canada Goose - 10 ; Mallard - 67 ; Great Black-backed Gull - c20 - resting/bathing on water ; Herring Gull - c50 - resting/bathing on water ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - male

R Don, Eastwood; Grafton Bridge: Goosander - 1pr - flew upriver @ 0930hrs

R Don, Effingham St: Goosander - 9 - 2 drakes with 7 redheads feeding on scraps of bread. ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1

Ravenfield Park: Woodcock - 1 - Flew from undergrowth. ; Lesser Redpoll - 30+ ; Siskin - 10+ - With Redpoll. ; Mallard - 3

Rawmarsh Hill: Pink-footed Goose - 1+ - heard over @ 2218hrs

Rotherham; Northfield: Great Black-backed Gull - c60 - loafing on rooftops & visiting recycling centre. Vast majority adults ; Herring Gull - c150 - loafing on rooftops & visiting recycling centre ; Greenfinch - 5 - feeding on rose-hips, Primrose Hill

Sheffield Centre: Mistle Thrush - 1 - In full song on the Town Hall, Surrey Street.

Silver Wood: Tawny Owl - 2 - Pair now roosting in separate trees. ; Yellowhammer - 1 - Along path to Old Ravenfield. ; Mistle Thrush - 2 - In wires through farmland. ; Meadow Pipit - 1 - Calling over farmland. ; Redwing - 2 - Bottom of Pingle Lane near village.

Stocksbridge: Waxwing - 17 - Mainly feeding on Edward Street.

Thorpe Hesley: Redwing - 4

Thrybergh CP: Mute Swan - 27 ; Tufted Duck - 56 ; Pochard - 13 ; 320 - 8 ; Mallard - C70 ; Goosander - 2 ; Gadwall - 2 ; Great Crested Grebe - 4 ; Little Grebe - 5 ; Pied Wagtail - 8+ ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Skylark - 4 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Water Rail - 1 ; 319 - 1 ; Blue Tit - 10 ; Great Tit - 8 ; Long-tailed Tit - 13 ; Fieldfare - 35+ ; Redwing - 10 ; Song Thrush - 2 ; Blackbird - 20+ ; Lapwing - 70+

Walkley Bank: Tawny Owl - 3 - calling and interacting on Bole Hill Rd

Wickersley Park: Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Siskin - 1 - Single over.

Wortley: Song Thrush - 1 - In full song 12.15 ; Pink-footed Goose - c300 - c50 east at 08:20; c250 south at 10:40 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - Singing ; Redwing - 5 ; 319 - 03-Apr ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Lesser Redpoll - 2

Beauchief: 319 - 2 - over Abbey Lane

Bramley: Barn Owl - 1 - Perched on road side post early morning. Lidget Lane.

Burbage Valley: Kestrel - 3 ; Mistle Thrush - 1

Canklow Woods: Raven - 1 - south at 09:30 ; Song Thrush - 1 - in full song

Dog Kennel Pond: Grey Heron - 1 ; Greylag Goose - 9 ; Mallard - 7+ ; Coot - 7 ; Moorhen - 2 ; Black-headed Gull - 20+

Fulwood garden: Blackcap - 1 - male on feeder, feeding for some time in at least two stints

Green Moor: Tree Sparrow - 6 ; Tawny Owl - 2

Greenhill: Waxwing - 8 - On junction of Greenhill Avenue and Greenfield Road.

Greystones garden: Blackcap - 2 - M in observer's garden ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1

Handsworth: Pink-footed Goose - ? - 1 party over at 21.50.

Hangingwater allotments: Mistle Thrush - 1 - tuning up ; Tawny Owl - 1 - calling early morning

Low Common, Scholes: Pied Wagtail - 6 - in stubble field ; Kestrel - 1 - hunting near copse between lakes

Millhouses garden: Brambling - 1 - male with c8 Chaffinches

Norton Lees: Sparrowhawk - 1 - flew over

Silverwood Lagoon: Jackdaw - 1 - Flew from pool below lagoon. ; 319 - 1 - Very pale bird

Thrybergh CP: Goldeneye - 1 - Female. ; Goosander - 1 - Redhead, ; Lapwing - c40 ; Nuthatch - 1 - On feeders at pond hide ; Tufted Duck - 60+