Sightings Archive

Thrybergh CP: 319 - 1 - w ; Kestrel - 3 - 01-Feb ; Grey Partridge - 1 - call ; Water Rail - 3 ; Skylark - 3 - sing ; Sand Martin - 3 ; Wren - 11 - sing ; Dunnock - 20 - 14sing ; Robin - 23 - 20sing ; Chiffchaff - 3 - sing ; Chaffinch - 11 - 5sing ; Lesser Redpoll - 7 ; Bullfinch - 6 - 3pr ; Reed Bunting - 8 ; Yellowhammer - 4 - 3m ; Brambling - 12 - +

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Brambling - 2 ; Common Buzzard - 6

Wharncliffe Side: Chiffchaff - 2 - Singing

Bradfield Dale: Common Buzzard - 5 - in the air together

Bramley: Little Owl - 1 - Lidgett Lane at 05:30

Damflask Res: Pink-footed Goose - 1 - flew in from NW with 2 Greylags then joined 22 Greylags feeding in field near Dyson House ; Greylag Goose - 25+ - 24 on or around reservoir plus at least one heard over ; Canada Goose - 5 ; Mandarin - 2 - pair ; Mallard - c.24 - plus 2 white domestic birds ; Common Buzzard - 1 - mewing ; Moorhen - 3 ; Coot - 1 ; Curlew - 1 - audible towards Ughill ; Black-headed Gull - c.55 ; Common Gull - 2 - adult and 2 cy ; Chiffchaff - 3 - singing ; Brambling - 5 ; Mistle Thrush - 2 - singing birds New Wood and near Low Bradfield ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing New Wood

Dungworth: Mistle Thrush - 1 - singing Green Fold Wood ; Bullfinch - 2 - Sykehouse Brook ; Long-tailed Tit - 2 - pair, one carrying nesting material ; Treecreeper - 1 - Sykehouse Brook

Edge Mount: Meadow Pipit - c150 - heading west ; Fieldfare - 23 - in beech trees on Delf rd . ; Stonechat - 1 - male calling from wall . ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Snipe - 1 - displaying . ; Lapwing - 6 - 3 pairs on territory .

Firsby Res: Coot - 2 ; Moorhen - 2 ; Kestrel - 2 - Tussling in set aside field. ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 3 - Including 2 singing. ; Reed Bunting - 1 - Male on bird table. ; Tree Sparrow - 4 ; Linnet - 2 - Over. ; Magpie - 12 - From roost at sunrise.

Green Moor: Brambling - 10 ; Yellowhammer - 3

Heeley City Farm: Canada Goose - 1 - flew over heading east ; Mallard - 3 - 2 drakes 1 duck flying over dropped down onto river Sheaf ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Jackdaw - 1 - over heading north

Holmebrook Valley Park: Chiffchaff - 3 - Singing around lake. ; Coot - 12 - 6 pairs ; Moorhen - 8 ; Tufted Duck - 3 - 2 males and 1 female ; Mute Swan - 4 ; Mallard - 35 ; Canada Goose - 2 ; Mallard - 35 ; Coot - 12 - 6 pairs ; Moorhen - 8 ; Tufted Duck - 3 - 2m, 1f ; Mute Swan - 4 ; Canada Goose - 2 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 3 - singing

Leash Fen: Snipe - 1 - chipping ; Woodcock - 1 - roding along the southern edge

Linacre Res: Chiffchaff - 2 - singing

Lower Walkley: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing Morley Street Allotments

Loxley: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing Loxley Manor ; Kestrel - 1 - over Loxley Road/Rodney Hill ; 327 - 1 - heard Loxley Recreation Ground

Meersbrook Park: Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing

Middleton Moor: Oystercatcher - 2 ; Red-legged Partridge - 2

Offerton Hall area: Kestrel - 1 ; 319 - 1

Old Wheel millpond: Mute Swan - 1 - male still mated with white domestic Greylag ; 327 - 1 - 1 heard

Peat Pits: Golden Plover - 109 ; Stonechat - 1 - male ; Snipe - 1 - displaying .

R Derwent, Shatton - Leadmill Bridge: Mandarin - 15 ; Dipper - 3 ; Goosander - 1m ; Canada Goose - 25 ; Curlew - 12 - Over

R Don, Effingham St: Kingfisher - 2 - noisy pair, presumed courtship

R Sheaf, Heeley: Kingfisher - 1 - flew downstream at Heeley Bridge.