Sightings Archive

Sunday 17th January 2021

• R Don, Attercliffe: Robin - 1 ; Mallard - 9+ ; Long-tailed Tit - 2 ; Cormorant - 1 - flying towards Carbrook
• R Don, Eastwood: Wood Duck - 1 - female associating with Gadwall (record shot) ; Gadwall - 2prs ; Moorhen - 6 ; Coot - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 13 - flock ; Mallard - 30-40 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Magpie - 9+ ; Mute Swan - 1 - adult ; Redwing - 1 ; Greenfinch - 1 ; Greenfinch - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - calling frequently ; Song Thrush - 1 - Aldwarke Island ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - Aldwarke Island
• R Don, Effingham St: Black-headed Gull - c100 ; Herring Gull - 10+ ; Carrion Crow - 1 ; Mallard - 30+ ; Feral Pigeon - 90+ ; Goldfinch - c4 ; Goldfinch - 4 ; Long-tailed Tit - 2 ; Dunnock - 1 ; Great Tit - 1 ; Blue Tit - 2 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - male
• R Don, Newhall Rd: Goosander - 2 - pair
• R Don, Salmon Pastures: Carrion Crow - 15+ - in the area of the recycling centre ; Herring Gull - 20+ - in the area of the recycling plant ; Moorhen - 2 ; Mallard - 4 ; Magpie - 3 ; Robin - 3 ; Great Tit - 1 ; Wren - 1
• R Don, Sanderson*s Weir: Cormorant - 1 - flying along river ; Mallard - 3 ; Grey Heron - 1 - flying along river
• R Don, Stevenson Rd: Skylark - 1 - over W calling ; Mistle Thrush - 4 - feeding on waste ground ; Cormorant - 2 - sat on riverside lights ; Redwing - 25 - over W
• R Don, Washford Bridge: Robin - 1 ; Chaffinch - 1 - feeding on bird seed at feeding station ; Great Tit - 1 ; Magpie - 1
• R Sheaf, Heeley: Grey Wagtail - 1
• Redmires Top Res: Woodcock - 1 - at dusk
• Scholes Coppice: Robin - 1+ - singing ; Blue Tit - 1+ ; Great Tit - 1+ ; Nuthatch - 1+ - calls ; Treecreeper - 1 - singing ; Jay - 1+ ; House Sparrow - 1+ - adj to wood ; Goldfinch - 3+
• Sheffield City Airport: Great Black-backed Gull - 12 ; Herring Gull - 5
• Sheffield Parkway: 319 - 1 - soaring above the Viola incinerator, drifted off NE
• Sheffield; Park Square: Sparrowhawk - 1 - flying/hunting? among feral pigeons ; Feral Pigeon - c50 ; Herring Gull - c30 - flying overhead from direction of Park Hill flats where they also loaf on the roof. ; Magpie - 1 ; Robin - 1 - singing
• Silverwood Lagoon: Short-eared Owl - 1 - first sighting of elusive bird for a fortnight ; Tufted Duck - 2 ; Coot - c.15 ; Moorhen - 3 ; Mute Swan - 6 ; Black-headed Gull - c.40 ; Common Gull - 2 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 ; Skylark - 4 ; Reed Bunting - 4 ; Long-tailed Tit - 15 - two parties ; Goldfinch - 20 ; Red-legged Partridge - 7 - in fields to west ; Jay - 3 ; Carrion Crow - 10 ; Common Buzzard - 1 ; Stock Dove - 1
• Summerley: Redwing - 20 - In field with several blackbirds
• Thorpe Hesley: Goldfinch - c50 ; 327 - 3 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - female flew through garden ; Fieldfare - 25+ - Feeding in field with Redwings, Starlings, 2 Mistle Thrush ; Redwing - 15+ ; Mistle Thrush - 2 ; Starling - 50+
• Thrybergh CP: Water Rail - 1 ; Tufted Duck - C40 ; Pochard - 12 ; Gadwall - 6