Sightings Archive

Cordwell Valley: Redwing - 18 ; Pied Wagtail - 2 - Horsleygate ; Jay - 1 - Unthank

Firsby Res: Barn Owl - 1 - Hunting at dusk. ; Grey Heron - 2 - Flying over after dark.

Gillfield Wood: 324 - 11 - Red Deer in fields near wood. 9 + 2 stags (1 young one) ; Tawny Owl - 2 - calling

Green Moor: Fieldfare - c50

Kimberworth Park: 319 - 1 - low ,SW over Remount Road @14:30.

Longshaw: Mandarin - 21 ; Nuthatch - 5

Malin Bridge: Redwing - c28 - nocmig 21 calls 00:30-08:30, 15 calls 18:00-22:00

Middleton Moor: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1250 - Smaller roost than recently ; Black-headed Gull - 51 ; Yellow-legged Gull - 3 - Adults/near adults ; Herring Gull - 2 ; Lapwing - 55 ; 320 - 8 ; Goosander - 1 - Redhead ; Pied Wagtail - 34 ; Starling - 4500

Millhouses: Blackcap - 1 - Male in Stowe Avenue garden. The 12th winter in a row we’ve had Blackcaps in the garden

Millhouses garden: Sparrowhawk - 1 - sitting in Birch for several minutes

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Coal Tit - 1 ; Redwing - 49 - 12 SE; 17 SW; 17 N; 3 W ; Chaffinch - 10 - 4 W; 4 SW; 2 S ; Song Thrush - 1 - SW ; Mistle Thrush - 2 ; Common Gull - 1 - 1cy, NE ; Magpie - 10 - together, on ground ; Pink-footed Goose - c60 - low to W/NW @ 0845hrs (presumably same as Silverwood birds) ; Kestrel - 1 - male ; Fieldfare - 7 - 2 in from N; 5 W/SW ; Herring Gull - 14 - 6 N; 8 SW ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - N ; Greenfinch - c15 - feeding on rose-hips ; Goldfinch - c10 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Brambling - 1 - calling

Ravenfield Park: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Female, catching and plucking Woodpigeon. ; Jackdaw - c60 - Coming to roost. ; 319 - 2 ; Woodcock - 1

Rawmarsh; Bellows Road: Kestrel - 1 - NW @ 1110hrs

Redmires: Red Grouse - 8+ ; Kestrel - 1 ; Blackcap - 1 - female near feeders

Redmires Middle Res: 320 - 3 ; Greylag Goose - 41

Redmires Top Res: Pochard - 1 ; Pochard - 1 - male with pair of Tufted Duck late morning - a while since I've seen one here ; Tufted Duck - 2 - pair ; Mallard - 11

Roundwood Golf course: Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Herring Gull - 5 - SW

Shirecliffe: Ring-necked Parakeet - 5 - over S ; 324 - 4 - Roe Deer - my first here. Buck and 3 does.

Silverwood Lagoon: Pink-footed Goose - 1+ - heard, heading west above mist at 08.40

Sothall: Redwing - 17 - nocmig recorded ; Pink-footed Goose - 1+ - skein nocmig recorded over 0210hr

Stubley Hollow: Magpie - 31 ; Fieldfare - 40+ ; Redwing - 20 ; Yellowhammer - 6

Thrybergh Lane: Little Owl - 2 - Calling from opposite sides of lane.

Totley: Long-tailed Tit - 2 ; Tawny Owl - 1 - calling

Wentworth Estate: Red Kite - 1 - Landed in tree

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Sparrowhawk - 1 - female in flight ; Common Buzzard - 1 ; Woodcock - 1 ; Woodpigeon - 1000+ - over reserve ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Lesser Redpoll - 60

Attercliffe: Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - adult Warren St ; Peregrine - 1 - ad Bernard Rd incinerator building ; Great Black-backed Gull - 8 ; Herring Gull - c30 - inc colour ringed bird ringed as a chick in Norway in 2015, first seen in Sheffield in 2017, and seen previously at Duckmanton in October. ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - c30 - including birds colour ringed in Norway and Bowland, Warren St

Blacka Moor: 324 - 4 - 3 Red Deer seen + 1 stag roaring.

Burncross, Chapeltown: Tawny Owl - 2 - Brief calls during the night.

Catcliffe Flash: Mute Swan - 6 - ad pr + 4 imm ; Canada Goose - 8 ; Wigeon - 76+ ; Gadwall - c40 ; 320 - 2 ; Shoveler - 6 ; Pochard - 6 ; Tufted Duck - 6 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 160 ; Moorhen - 4 ; Coot - 94

Derwent Dam: Peregrine - 1 - Adult perched on top of West Tower Derwent Dam - has been present for several weeks sometimes in the Kestrel nest box attached to the top of the tower.

Endcliffe Park: Kingfisher - 1 - Flying over lower lake at 7:30 ; Kingfisher - 1 - Feeding on lower lake at 17:35

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 2 ; Mallard - 4+ - Arrived before dawn. ; Grey Heron - 1