Sightings Archive

Redmires: Redwing - 5 ; Goldfinch - 6 ; Robin - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Herring Gull - 1 - 3w ? ; Chaffinch - 4 ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Red Grouse - 1 ; Greylag Goose - 8+ ; Canada Goose - 12+ ; Mallard - 11+ ; Woodpigeon - 10+ ; Wheatear - 2 - Pair m + f, Soughey Lane entrance

Shillito Wood: Brambling - 10+

Smithy Wood, Chapeltown: Linnet - Pair - Nest building in gorse bush ; 319 - 5 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Skylark - 2 singing ; Common Gull - 3 over ; Chiffchaff - 1

Strines Res: Osprey - 1 - headed W over Derwent Edge at 08:45

Thrybergh CP: Mute Swan - 73 ; Tufted Duck - 38 ; Gadwall - 5 ; 319 - 4 ; Sparrowhawk - 2 ; Kestrel - 2 ; Sand Martin - 15+ ; Chiffchaff - 4 ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Black-headed Gull - C500

Totley, Moss Road: Brambling - 1 - at feeders ; Lesser Redpoll - 2 - Pair at feeders ; Yellowhammer - 2 ; Curlew - 5 - Landed in fields

Upper Padley: Song Thrush - 3 ; 324 - 7 - Red Deer ; Nuthatch - 1 heard ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Jay - 1 ; 319 - 1 heard

Wadsley Common: Lesser Redpoll - 60+ - Below trig point

Aldwarke: Cormorant - 1 - NE

Barlow Common: Yellowhammer - 1 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 ; Meadow Pipit - 1 ; Coal Tit - 01-Feb

Beighton Junction: Lesser Redpoll - 20+ - Feeding trackside ; Jay - 1

Botanical Gardens: Nuthatch - 1 ; Goldfinch - 5

Dore back garden: Brambling - 4 - 2m, at feeders ; Siskin - 8

Dronfield: Sparrowhawk - 1

Elsecar Res: Sand Martin - 2 ; Tufted Duck - 6 - 3 pairs ; Great Crested Grebe - 3 - a pair + 1 ; Mute Swan - 2 - pen back on nest with cob on guard nearby

Endcliffe Park: Mandarin - 2 - 1 male, 1 female ; Long-tailed Tit - 4 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Mandarin - 1 - On top pond ; Mandarin - 4 - 2 pairs on bottom pond

Firsby Res: Coot - 2 ; Moorhen - 1 ; Mallard - 1 - Male. ; 320 - 1 - Female still present. ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Calling ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 2 - On sluice. ; Lesser Redpoll - 2 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Pied Wagtail - 2 - Male and female ; Bullfinch - 6 ; Yellowhammer - 2 - A male singing, female close by.

Fox Hill: Red Kite - 1 - over Shaw Hill Farm, mobbed by two jackdaws

Fulwood garden: Reed Bunting - 1 - Fine male - different to previous bird ; Bullfinch - 4 - 2 pairs at feeders ; Siskin - 6 - At feeders

Hillsborough Park: Chiffchaff - 1 - 1 singing near the pond.

Lowfield: Greenfinch - 1 - Singing in tree in Asda car park in Queen's Rd and by busy A61.

Malin Bridge: Blackbird - 2 - female started building nest 3 weeks ago..in garden..both male and female very aggressive towards magpies visiting garden in Norris road..female must be sitting on eggs... ; Blackbird - 2 - another photo

Nether Edge: Bullfinch - 1 - male, St Andrew’s Rd

Norfolk Park: Reed Bunting - 1 - Male; unexpected visitor to garden feeders for 10 mins; never had one here before; nearest know location for this sp is Manor Fields Park 1km away.

Orgreave Lakes: Little Egret - 1 - N at 0820 ; Shoveler - 2 ; 320 - 4 ; Wigeon - 1 ; Little Ringed Plover - 1 ; Sand Martin - 5 - 5 at 0850 ; Wheatear - 1 - Main Lake. NW corner at 0855 ; Shoveler - 2 - Pair ; Redwing - 6 - North

Parkgate: Common Buzzard - 1 - low over

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Long-tailed Tit - 1pr - probably nestbuilding ; Greenfinch - 1 - singing ; Canada Goose - 1 - N