Sightings Archive

R Don, Effingham St: Goosander - 3 - 1m, 2 redhead ; Black-headed Gull - c200 - inc adult with strong pink flush on underparts

R Rother, Catcliffe/Treeton: Kingfisher - 1 ; Goosander - 2 - a pair ; 320 - 2 ; Cormorant - 1 over ; Long-tailed Tit - 1 ; Goldfinch - c10 ; Redwing - c10

Ringinglow: Curlew - 1 - The first heard this year

Roundwood Golf course: Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Mistle Thrush - 2 ; Pheasant - 1 - crowing ; Coal Tit - 2 ; Magpie - 1pr - carrying sticks into top of conifer on perimeter

Shirecliffe: Brambling - 2 - male and female. Still daily coming to feeders since November. ; Lesser Redpoll - 10 - taking nyjer seed from feeders. ; Siskin - 1 - down from high count of 6, seemingly reduced since redpolls took over the feeders.

Silverwood Lagoon: Mute Swan - 2 - birds that took up residence a couple of days ago are a different pair - old pair both ringed red, these are both yellow ; Peregrine - 1 - west at 09.10 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - 'yaffling' in western paddocks

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 8 ; Little Grebe - 3 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Mute Swan - 57 ; Pochard - 2 - m ; Tufted Duck - 46 ; 319 - 1 ; Kestrel - 2 - 1disp. ; Red-legged Partridge - 2 ; Water Rail - 2 ; Lapwing - 44+ - inc flock 40+ ; Black-headed Gull - 170+ ; Herring Gull - 2 - imm ; Wren - 7 - singing ; Dunnock - 27 ; Robin - 26 ; Song Thrush - 5 - 4 singing ; Fieldfare - 30+ - very noisy lot ; Blackbird - 17 - 1 singing ; Chiffchaff - 3 - singles - 1 singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 4 - 2pr ; Carrion Crow - 13 ; Starling - 50+ - feeding in stubble fld ; House Sparrow - 1 - at feeder ; Tree Sparrow - 3 - 2 at feeder ; Chaffinch - 15 - inc 4 at feders ; Bullfinch - 10 ; Reed Bunting - 20 - inc 2 singing, 16 at feeders ; Yellowhammer - 1 ; Brambling - 16 - at feeders

Treeton Dyke: Bullfinch - 2 - a pair ; Bullfinch - 2 - a pair ; Siskin - 13 ; Woodpigeon - 250+

Underbank Res: Great Crested Grebe - 4 - 2 pairs ; Mistle Thrush - 3 - 3 singing ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - singing ; Siskin - 1 - singing

Walkley garden: Song Thrush - 1 - In full song at top of lime tree

Aldwarke: Peregrine - 1 - Hunting Pigeon flock over Liberty melting shop 09.40.

Bamford Moor: Raven - 2

Barbrook Plantation: Stonechat - 1 - Singing by road-gate ; Crossbill - 2 - Pair briefly, then flew off west

Canklow Woods: Lesser Redpoll - 50 plus

Crowhole: Kingfisher - 1 ; Treecreeper - 1

Ellesmere Green: Waxwing - 42 - inc colour ringed bird, ringed in Aberdeen in Nov/Dec 2018.

Firsby Res: 320 - 1 ; Jay - 1 ; Song Thrush - 2 - Singing. ; Fieldfare - 2 - Flew from roost at dawn. ; Tree Sparrow - 2+ ; Skylark - 1 - Singing ; Siskin - 3

Handsworth garden: Bullfinch - 5 - 2 pair +male,2 pair daily

Ladybower Res, North arm: Canada Goose - 120 - party of 85 just N of viaduct and 35 towards Fairholmes ; Curlew - 22 ; Oystercatcher - 2 - With Curlew ; Mute Swan - 1 - imm ; 321 - 1 ; 324 - 1 - Black Rabbit in field ; Tawny Owl - 1 - Calling

Middleton Moor: Shelduck - 1 ; Common Gull - 70 ; Golden Plover - 2 - Flying north

Morley Plantation: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - calls ; Robin - 1+ - singing ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing ; Nuthatch - 1+ - calls ; Chaffinch - 1 - singing

R Don, Stevenson Rd: Pied Wagtail - 12 - feeding on waste ground ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - on waste ground

Ravenfield Church: Coot - 2 - Squabbling at Dawn. ; Mute Swan - 2 - Pair feeding most likely from Ravenfield Park. ; Mallard - 2 - Both Males. ; Song Thrush - 1 - Singing. ; Tawny Owl - 2 - Calling from woodland pre dawn.

Redmires Top Res: Oystercatcher - 3 - also 2 on bottom res.