Sightings Archive

Wharncliffe Chase (north): 319 - 1 ; Raven - 1

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Nuthatch - 1+ - nest box with fresh mud around lid ; Greylag Goose - 2 - flew over north

Wharncliffe Wood: Woodcock - 3 - roding

White Lee Moor: Crossbill - 40 ; Siskin - 50+ ; Brambling - 1 - Male ; Lesser Redpoll - 5 ; Linnet - 1 ; Chaffinch - 4

Woodhouse Washlands: 321 - 3 ; Lapwing - 2 ; Kingfisher - 1

Bar Brook Valley: Skylark - 4 ; Meadow Pipit - 5 ; Lapwing - 2 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Stonechat - 2 ; 324 - 3 - Red Deer

Baslow: Goosander - 2 - Redheads ; Mandarin - 8 ; Kingfisher - 2 - Pair

Bassingthorpe Spring: Wren - 2+ - singing ; Dunnock - 1 - singing ; Robin - 3+ - singing ; Blackbird - 1 - singing ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Blackcap - 1 - singing from scrub ; Chiffchaff - 2 - singing from scrub ; Long-tailed Tit - 1+ ; Nuthatch - 1 - singing ; Treecreeper - 1 - singing ; Jay - 1+

Birley Edge: Green Woodpecker - 2 - 1 yaffling in valley; 1 flushed from brush on Back Edge a hundred metres away so not necessarilly a pair

Bole Hill Rec: Swallow - 1 - Single flying rapidly W towards Rivelin Dams ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing in woodland

Botanical Gardens: Nuthatch - 1

Burbage Edge: Ring Ouzel - 4 ; Wheatear - 1 ; Raven - 3 ; Stonechat - 5

Dore: Mandarin - 2 - Over Kerwin Rd calling at 19:15, flying towards Abbeydale

Ecclesall Woods (Wood 3): Willow Warbler - 1 - singing briefly at the NE corner of the playing field ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - yaffling ; Blackcap - 1 - singing by the Ryecroft Glen car park

General Cemetery, Sharrow: Chiffchaff - 2 calling ; Song Thrush - 1 - Sunbathing ; 324 - 1 - Comma butterfly

Graves Park: Little Grebe - 1 - on boating lake ; Mandarin - 1 - f in tree by Bunting Nook ; Stock Dove - 2 - in trees by Bunting Nook

Greystones: Woodpigeon - 6 - Pair of juveniles seen in nest in neighbour's garden

Greystones garden: House Sparrow - 6 - a pair copulating in observer's garden

Hazelbarrow Farm: Yellowhammer - 1 - male in hedge ; Linnet - 1 - flew over

Holdworth: Swallow - 1 - flying around farm outbuildings. ; Yellowhammer - 2 - singing males.

Knoll Top Farm: Red Kite - 1 - Gliding west at 14:15

Leadmill Bridge: Chiffchaff - 3 - 3 calling

Leadmill Bridge to Shatton: Canada Goose - 32 - 28+2+2 ; Dipper - 3 - pr + 1 ; Goosander - 4 - 2prs ; Mallard - c20 ; Coot - 2 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; 319 - 2

Low Bradfield: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing in Schoolrooms car park

Loxley Valley: Chiffchaff - 1 - Just above Langlands Garden Centre

Meersbrook Park: Chiffchaff - 1

Midhope Res: Chiffchaff - 1 ; Curlew - 40 - At least one with colour rings ; Skylark - 1 - singing ; Meadow Pipit - 5 - 2-3 displaying ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 ; Tufted Duck - Pair ; Song Thrush - 2 - singing ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - singing ; Siskin - 7 - One displaying ; 319 - 2 - Pair circling ; Oystercatcher - Pair ; Little Grebe - 4 - Some trilling ; 320 - 3 - Pair + a male ; Lapwing - 3

Moss Valley: Blackcap - 2

Norton: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing on Norton Church Road

Oaking Clough: Ring Ouzel - 1

Orgreave Lakes: Little Ringed Plover - 01-Feb ; Willow Warbler - 1 - seen and heard near bridge over river ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Skylark - 4+ ; Lapwing - 4+ ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; Redshank - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Goldeneye - 1 ; 320 - 3+ ; Willow Warbler - 2 - singing between bridges