Sightings Archive

Silverwood Lagoon: Gadwall - 4 ; Tufted Duck - 6 ; Little Grebe - 6 ; Coot - 10 ; Snipe - 1 ; 319 - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 6 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 3 - singing ; Blackcap - 3 - singing ; Yellowhammer - 1 - singing ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Canada Goose - 1 - north ; Greylag Goose - 1 - chased off by male M Swan each morning ; Grey Partridge - 2 ; Linnet - c.12 - in gorse at either end of lagoon ; Skylark - 12+ - 4 singing ; Reed Bunting - 10 - a couple singing

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 6 ; Mute Swan - 25 - pair n/build ; Tufted Duck - 50 ; Black-headed Gull - 200 - + ; Sand Martin - 200 - circa ; Meadow Pipit - 2 ; Wren - 8 ; Dunnock - 17 ; Robin - 20 ; Song Thrush - 2 - sing ; Blackcap - 3 - sing ; Willow Warbler - 1 - sing ; Chiffchaff - 8 - sing ; Long-tailed Tit - 4 - 2pr ; Rook - 2 - se 1n ; Tree Sparrow - 2 - at f/stat ; Chaffinch - 14 - 6sing ; Lesser Redpoll - 3 - in alders ; Bullfinch - 4 - 2pr at f/stat ; Brambling - 17 - +1m in gorse bank 8+in alders 8 at f/stat ; Reed Bunting - 9 - around site ; Yellowhammer - 3 - at f/stat.

Wharncliffe Wood: Crossbill - 45 - flock perched in oak tree, several birds singing

Woodhouse Tip: Blackcap - 1 - Short bursts of song ; Chiffchaff - 2 - Singing ; Goldcrest - 1 - Singing

Attercliffe: Herring Gull - 55 - Warren St ; Great Black-backed Gull - 10 - all imms of various ages.

Bassingthorpe Lane: 319 - 1 - On pylon E of Bassingthorpe Farm ; Kestrel - 1 - Calls from conifers @ former sports ground ; Fieldfare - 12 - E from former sports ground @ 10:50.

Bramley: Blackcap - Male - Singing in garden

Burbage Valley: Raven - 1 - over, displaying and calling ; Kestrel - 1

Catcliffe Flash: Mute Swan - 1 - male ; Gadwall - 8+ ; 320 - 1 - male ; Shoveler - 2 - a pair ; Pochard - 3 - 2m, 1f ; Tufted Duck - 17 - 9m, 8f ; Cormorant - 1 ; Great Crested Grebe - 2 - a pair ; Moorhen - 1+ ; Coot - 24+ - 5 occupied nests ; Robin - 3 - 3 singing

Crookes Valley Park: Blackcap - 1 - male singing this morning; first of the year ; Nuthatch - 1 - singing ; Song Thrush - 3 - 1 singing, 1 calling and 1 seen

Ecclesall: Blackcap - 1 - singing in Button Hill garden

Firsby Res: Coot - 3 ; Moorhen - 2 ; Mallard - 2 - Males. ; Pied Wagtail - 2 - Pair on sluice. ; 319 - 2 - Pair ; Tree Sparrow - 2+ - Cottage garden hedge. ; Chaffinch - 4 - 3M,1F. ; Bullfinch - 5 ; Long-tailed Tit - 3 ; Willow Tit - 1 - Call along stream. ; Chiffchaff - 3 - Singing. ; Willow Warbler - 1 - Singing near wooden bridge.

Firvale: Ring-necked Parakeet - 6 - at dusk feeding on Plane seeds in the Northern General grounds ; 324 - 1 - Alexandrine Parakeet - with Ring-necked Parakeets, presumed the same bird seen last year in Graves Park.

Fulwood garden: Brambling - 7 - at feeders this morning; males in fine plumage

Green Moor: Brambling - 12 ; House Sparrow - 10+

Greenhill: Common Buzzard - 4 - Circling together over Westwick Road/Hemper Lane

Kimberworth: Song Thrush - 1 - only seen infrequently.

Leash Fen (fields just to the n/e): Golden Plover - 12 - all in summer plumage ; Curlew - 2 ; Lapwing - 2 ; Pheasant - 2 ; Raven - 01-Feb ; Meadow Pipit - 1

Malin Bridge: Blackcap - 1 - wintering male still singing, getting louder.

Manor Fields Park: Red Kite - 1 - Gained height and drifted north at 16:06. Record shot. ; Red Kite - 1 - another photo

Middlewood: House Martin - 1 - Checking out eaves at a traditional breeding site on Carlton Road

Neepsend: Sand Martin - 3 - low over river am

Nether Edge: Bullfinch - 2 - Pair on feeders.

Old Ravenfield: Lapwing - 1 - Over farmland at edge of village.

Pit-house West: Willow Warbler - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 3