Sightings Archive

Wharncliffe Chase: Meadow Pipit - 3+ ; Stonechat - 1 - female near kennels

Whiteley Woods House: 319 - 6 - 2 groups of 3;1 group flying west.

Brownhills Lane: Greylag Goose - 25

Canklow Woods: Lesser Redpoll - c40

Chatsworth Park: Cormorant - 1 - Flying north ; Raven - 2 ; Goosander - 2 - Pair

Fulwood garden: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Took Feral Pigeon after a struggle

Gleadless Common: Stonechat - 1 - single adult male.

Norfolk Park, Park Grange Road: Redwing - c10 - feeding on amenity grassland

R Sheaf, Sheffield Centre: Mallard - 6 - Pair on river where it passes under Duchess Rd and four flying up from same section of river.

Rod Side: Raven - 1 ; Carrion Crow - 4 ; Magpie - 2 ; 319 - 1 ; Fieldfare - 30 - Flying west into strong wind

Silverwood Lagoon: Mute Swan - 2 - displaying and pair-bonding near usual nest site ; Little Grebe - 6 - lots of 'trilling' ; Black-headed Gull - 110 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 ; Bullfinch - 3 ; Reed Bunting - 3 - singing ; Siskin - 5 ; Lesser Redpoll - c.30 - in alders below SW corner of lagoon ; Common Buzzard - 1 ; Song Thrush - 2 - singing ; Skylark - 8 - 3 singing

Tyzack*s Dam: Grey Heron - 2 ; Canada Goose - 5 - Presumably last year's family party. ; Mallard - 6 ; Mandarin - 8 ; Black-headed Gull - 164 - Record count for the site I think.

Waterthorpe: Starling - 10 - All seen in garden ; Blue Tit - 2 ; Woodpigeon - 3 ; Dunnock - 1 ; Collared Dove - 2 ; Blackbird - 1 ; Goldfinch - 2 ; Magpie - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 1

Wharncliffe Wood: Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Lesser Redpoll - 20+ ; Raven - 1 ; Common Buzzard - 2

Canklow Woods: Lesser Redpoll - c 40 - flock of c 40

Fulwood garden: Red Kite - 1 - Headed over low SW at 11:05

Greystones: Woodpigeon - 3 - One sat on nest in hedge of next door's garden

Handsworth garden: Blackbird - 7 - Fighting over remains of fox food

Heeley City Farm: Redwing - 7+

Heeley Millenium Park: Song Thrush - 1 singing

High Bradfield: Greylag Goose - 120+ - At distance below Nether House Farm , all of flock not visible . ; White-fronted Goose - 1 - Flew away from main flock with a few Greylags

Hudson*s Rough: 319 - 1 - Low, just above canopy. ; Wren - 1+ - singing ; Robin - 1 - singing ; Blackbird - 1+ ; Redwing - 1+ ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing ; Blue Tit - 1+ - calls ; Great Tit - 1+ ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Magpie - 2+ ; Woodpigeon - 1+ - singing ; Chaffinch - 1 - singing ; Goldfinch - 1+

Hurlfield: Peregrine - 1 - several failed attempts at local pigeons 15:40-15:50.

Low Moor, Upper Midhope: Curlew - 35 - 15 ; Oystercatcher - 3 - 2 returned to Midhope Res ; Raven - 1 ; Lapwing - 5 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Greylag Goose - 110 ; Stock Dove - 1

Mayfield Valley: 319 - 1 ; Little Owl - 1 - calling late morning ; Skylark - 4 - headed low SW late morning ; Common Gull - 1 - adult S

Meersbrook Park: Mistle Thrush - 2 - at least 2 individuals heard

Porter Brook, Endcliffe: Kingfisher - 2 - Male and Female at Home/Holme Wheel in Endcliffe Park

Porter Clough: Kestrel - 1

Porter Valley: Dipper - 2 - Pair ; Ring-necked Parakeet - 3 - Forge Dam ; Mandarin - 2 - Pair in tree at Forge Dam ; Bullfinch - 2 - Pair. Hangingwater Allotments ; Song Thrush - 7

Redmires conduit: Lapwing - 1

RVCP, Intermediate Pond: Little Egret - 1

RVCP, Meadowgate Lake: Goosander - 16 ; Goldeneye - 5 ; Cormorant - 11

RVCP, Northern Lake: Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - Adult Mobbing LBBG

Silver Wood/Old Ravenfield: Yellowhammer - 1 - singing on mid-level of Pingle Lane Tip ; Lapwing - 2 - pair displaying over fields between woods and Old Ravenfield

Smithy Wood: 319 - 2 - a pair

Stocksbridge: Siskin - 3 - at garden feeders - the first this winter

Wadsley Common garden: Goldcrest - 2 - Singing.

White Lee Moor: Crossbill - 4+ - Very high winds . Several heard but not seen in tree tops

Whiteley Woods House: Magpie - 1