Sightings Archive

Rotherham Centre, Chantry Bridge: Mute Swan - 1 ; Mallard - 1+ ; Sand Martin - 3 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Blue Tit - 1 ; Goldfinch - 2+

Rough Wood: Pied Flycatcher - 1 - m attending nestbox

Sheffield Centre: House Sparrow - 1 - m calling in near-deserted Pinstone St

Thorpe Hesley: Swallow - 1

Ughill: Whimbrel - 1 - Still present with Curlew flock at Wet Shaw. ; Curlew - c50 ; Wheatear - 3

Wentworth Village: Mallard - 1+ - Duck + 10 ducklings on small pond nr garden center

Wharncliffe Chase (north): Cuckoo - 1 - singing ; Skylark - 2+ - singing

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Pied Flycatcher - 3 - singing males ; Kestrel - 1 ; Common Buzzard - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 2 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 79 - singing ; Robin - 92 - singing - a site record ; Wren - 68 - singing ; Chaffinch - 10 - singing ; Linnet - 2 - 1 singing ; Coal Tit - 20+ - 19 singing ; Siskin - 10+ - 3 singing ; Lesser Redpoll - 20+ - 3 singing ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 ; Nuthatch - 2 - singing

Barbrook Plantation: Redstart - 1 - m, showing v. well ; Tree Pipit - 1 ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 02-Mar ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 1

Baslow: Swallow - 1

Bent Hills: Yellowhammer - 3+ - 2 males singing, and at least one female ; Reed Bunting - 2+ ; Linnet - 10+ ; Willow Warbler - 5 - singing ; Curlew - 1 ; Lapwing - 3 ; Meadow Pipit - 20+ ; Skylark - 1

Brightholmlee: Barn Owl - 2 ; Woodcock - 1 - roding

Burbage: Ring Ouzel - 2

Catcliffe Flash: Shoveler - 1 - male

Endcliffe Crescent: Blue Tit - 3 - window birdfeeder at Lawrencefield Apartments ; Coal Tit - 2 ; Great Tit - 2 ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Robin - 1 ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Blackcap - 2 - Pair in trees behind Lawrencefield Apartments ; Tawny Owl - 1 - Calling very early morning

Graves Park: Chiffchaff - 2 ; Ring-necked Parakeet - 2 ; Song Thrush - 2 ; Bullfinch - 2 - a pair ; Robin - 2 - a pair

Green Moor: Fieldfare - 30 ; Yellowhammer - 3 ; Tree Sparrow - 8+

Kimberworth: Robin - 2 - Courtship feeding on top of the bird table ; Bullfinch - 2 - Pair - now daily visitors to the sunflower hearts feeder. ; 324 - 1 - Bee fly at the bottom of the garden ; 324 - 1 - Grey Squirrel - ripping chunks of turf out of a neighbour's garden and refurbishing it's dray. ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 - On sunflower hearts feeder. First time in 17 years we have seen a Redpoll in our garden.

Ladybower Res, West arm: Chiffchaff - 7+ ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Mandarin - 1 ; 319 - 1 ; Sand Martin - 1+ ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 9+ - Singing ; Cormorant - 1 ; Mallard - 6 - Female with 5 ducklings

Loxley Chase: Willow Warbler - 5 - singing ; Yellowhammer - 1 ; Song Thrush - 2 - one carrying food into nest. ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Goldfinch - 5

Malin Bridge: Willow Warbler - 1 - singing in gardens early am

Manor Fields Park: Redstart - 1 - female in central area 12:15 ; Blackcap - 3 ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing. ; Chiffchaff - c4 - singing around site ; Whitethroat - 1 ; Song Thrush - 4 - 2 pairs ; Blackbird - 10+ - min 10 birds M&F ; Goldfinch - 12+ ; Chaffinch - 2 - 1 singing male ; Greenfinch - 4+ ; Mallard - 3+ - 1 M +2 Fem inc 1 Fem with young. ; Moorhen - 4+ - 2 pair poss 3 pair ; House Sparrow - 10+ - around feeders.

Millhouses Park: Mandarin - 3 - pair + lone female ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - probable pair