Sightings Archive

Barlow Common: Pheasant - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 2 ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Goldfinch - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - c. 10 ; Greenfinch - 2

Brightside: Ring-necked Parakeet - 26 - feeding in Plane trees at dusk on Alfred Road

Crookes Valley Park: Coot - 8 - Including one sat tight on a nest. Record site count. ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 - Adult and 2 cy on lake this morning with BHGs; unusual here ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Flew into woodland calling near previous nest site.

Firsby Res: Herring Gull - 5 - Single over, 4 down on farmland. ; Black-headed Gull - 2 - Down with HG. ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; 319 - 1 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - On telegraph pole. ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing near sluice. First record this year. ; Yellowhammer - 2 - Singing Males ; Reed Bunting - 3 ; Meadow Pipit - 2 ; Bullfinch - 6 ; Song Thrush - 1 - Singing. ; Blackbird - 2 - Alarm Calling

Forge Dam: Rook - 10+ - Carrying nesting material to trees next to cafe

Graves Park: Ring-necked Parakeet - 2 - Flew over cricket pitch at top end of Charles Ashmore Rd

Hudson*s Rough: 319 - 1 - circling low over wood ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - calls ; Wren - 1 - singing ; Robin - 2+ - singing ; Blackbird - 1+ ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing ; Coal Tit - 1 - singing ; Blue Tit - 1+ ; Great Tit - 1+ - singing ; Nuthatch - 1 - singing ; Magpie - 4+ ; Goldfinch - 1+ - singing ; Woodpigeon - 10+

Ladybower Res, North arm: Oystercatcher - 8 - 6 feeding on pasture near Ashopton viaduct. Two more further north at SK 180888 on East bank opposite Bridge End car park

Orgreave Lakes: Red-breasted Merganser - 1 - Fem/imm on Big Lake from 07:30 ; Curlew - 1 - Circled site several times ; Goosander - 3 ; Goldeneye - 5 - 2 drakes ; Redshank - 3 ; Oystercatcher - 2

R Don, Stevenson Rd: Meadow Pipit - 1 - feeding ; Pied Wagtail - 10

Redmires Res: Greylag Goose - 30 - c. In fields ; Pink-footed Goose - 1 - still with Greylags ; Curlew - 148 - roosted on Middle Res ; Lapwing - 70 - c. ; Oystercatcher - 3 ; Goldfinch - 25 - c. in bushes by Middle Res

Rother Valley CP: Mute Swan - 13 ; Greylag Goose - 37 ; Canada Goose - 208 ; Grey Heron - 7 ; Cormorant - 19 ; Great Crested Grebe - 4 ; Mallard - 86 ; Gadwall - 4 ; Wigeon - 164 ; Tufted Duck - 64 ; Pochard - 15 ; Goldeneye - 14 ; Goosander - 6 ; Oystercatcher - 3 - One on Meadowgate, Two on the Main Lake ; Redshank - 1 - Main Lake ; Black-headed Gull - 220 ; Herring Gull - 10 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 3 ; Coot - 95 ; Moorhen - 7 ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 20+ ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Meadow Pipit - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 5 - One singing

Sheffield University: Peregrine - 2 - One in the nest box, the other standing guard.

Wharncliffe Side: Waxwing - 9+ - Still present at school lane, in ash tree ; Waxwing - 12 - feeding in gardens off School Lane around 13:30 ; Waxwing - 12 ; Waxwing - 12 ; Waxwing - 12

Bramall Lane: Redwing - 1

Brownhills Lane: Oystercatcher - 4

Canklow Woods: Chiffchaff - 1 - 1 singing

Catcliffe Flash: Mute Swan - 3 - ad pr + 1 imm ; Gadwall - 2 ; Shoveler - 2 - 2m ; Pochard - 6 - 4m,2f ; Tufted Duck - 20 ; Cormorant - 4 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Little Grebe - 6+ - 3-4 pairs establishing territories ; Coot - 10+

Chesterfield Canal - Bluebank Pools NR: Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Goosander - 5 - all female/first winter ; Redwing - 06-Jul ; Yellowhammer - 2