Sightings Archive

Totley: 321 - 1 over

Treeton Dyke: LONG-TAILED DUCK - 1 - South end of Treeton Dyke at 10.30 ; LONG-TAILED DUCK - 1 - feeding this morning ; LONG-TAILED DUCK - 1 - still present at 13:45. ; Tufted Duck - 6

Ulley Brook Bog: 319 - 2 - 1 over harassed by 2 crows 13.50, 2 over 14.10 ; Yellowhammer - 2 - Males ; Linnet - 4 - 2 pairs ; Blackcap - 1 - Singing ; Chaffinch - 03-Apr - Singing ; Blue Tit - 4 - 2 pair

Wharncliffe Chase: Cuckoo - 1 - Calling, record photo ; Willow Warbler - 8 - Singing ; Kestrel - 1 ; Skylark - 3 - Singing ; Swallow - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 4 ; 319 - 2

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Pied Flycatcher - 2 - Singing

Wharncliffe Wood: Tawny Owl - 1 - Seen hunting, caught small prey. ; 319 - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 1 - Singing

Attercliffe: Blackcap - 1 - Singing from a bush adjacent to a house on Brinsworth Street (just off Attercliffe Road).

Barbrook Valley: Whinchat - 1 - male ; Stonechat - 4 - 3m 1f ; Wheatear - 1

Beauchief: 319 - 2 - Over Beauchief Golf Course ; Grey Heron - 1 - Over BGC

Beighton/Swallownest: Swallow - 3 - N together, low over A57

Blacka Plantation: Wood Warbler - 1 - Sub-singing, good view, but fleeting. ; Siskin - 30+ - Feeding and calling in canopy ; Lesser Redpoll - 50+ - Churring in canopy. ; Pied Flycatcher - 3 - 2 male 1 singing. 1 female ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - Flew past then called briefly. ; Treecreeper - 4 - 2 in dispute. 1 singing ; Chiffchaff - 4 - 4 singing ; Curlew - 2 - 2 display flying and calling over head ; Goldcrest - 5 - 5 singing.

Botanical Gardens: Stock Dove - 2 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - f

Brinsworth: 319 - 1 - Circling very low calling over railway lines / river, Barrett estate 17.55

Fairholmes: Song Thrush - 3 - I Adult feeding 2 recently fledged young

Firsby Res: Coot - 1 ; Mallard - 5 - Female with 3 ducklings. Single Male. ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Male through site at speed. ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Calling ; Mistle Thrush - 2 - Pair. ; Red-legged Partridge - 2 - On road. ; Pheasant - 3 - 1 Male 2 Females ; Song Thrush - 1 - Singing. ; Chaffinch - 6 - 2 active nests with sitting Females. ; Bullfinch - 1 ; Whitethroat - 1 - On Arbour Lane. ; Willow Warbler - 4 ; Chiffchaff - 3 ; Reed Warbler - 1 - Still calling ; Blackcap - 6 ; Reed Bunting - 1

Fulwood Garden: Reed Bunting - pair - Pair feeding briefly ; Linnet - 1 - On feeder for short while. Male.

Green Moor: Fieldfare - 35+ - Feeding together in a field

Hay Wood: Siskin - 50+ - Noisy, active mixed flock of Siskin & Lesser Redpoll ; Chiffchaff - 1

Longshaw: Long-tailed Tit - 2

Orgreave Lakes: LONG-TAILED DUCK - 1 - on big, then small lake first thing. Later seen flying back towards Treeton Dyke. ; Wheatear - 2 - a pair ; Yellow Wagtail - 6 - at N end including a Blue-headed Wagtail. ; Pied Wagtail - 4 - including one 'White Wagtail' (alba) ; Yellow Wagtail - 14 - including one Channel/ Blue-headed ; Grey Heron - 1 - feeding on river

RVCP: Kingfisher - 1 - flew along Kermit Road at the Killamarsh end

Sheffield University: Peregrine - 3+ - Adult brought bird with ring on leg to eat & feed to chicks. Adult ate part of leg which included the ring!

Silverwood Lagoon: Reed Warbler - 5 - singing ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - singing

Treeton Dyke: LONG-TAILED DUCK - 1 - showing very well, 12.50 - 13.00, ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 ; Whitethroat - 1 ; Gadwall - 3 ; House Martin - 1

Ulley CP: Willow Tit - 1 - colour-ringed - (Red over Yellow) at Morthen Arm feeders.

Wharncliffe Chase + woodland fringe: Blackcap - 4 ; Willow Warbler - 23 singing ; Chiffchaff - 7 singing ; Linnet - 8 ; Crossbill - 2 ; Wheatear - 16 ; Tree Pipit - 9 ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 ; Cuckoo - 1 ; Curlew - 1+ ; Stonechat - 3 ; 319 - 1 ; Redstart - 3 - 2 male, 1 female ; Siskin - 9 ; Swallow - 2

Wharncliffe Side: Goldcrest - 1 - Singing in observers garden, first for over 20 years

White Edge - below: Willow Warbler - 4 singing

White Edge Moor: 324 - c17 - Red Deer

Wortley Park: Cuckoo - 1 - Flew silently over golf course around 19:00