Sightings Archive

Chatsworth Park: 319 - 1 ; Redwing - 20 ; Fieldfare - 2 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 - Drumming

Cowell Flat: Stonechat - 1

Damflask Res: Mandarin - 15

Dore garden: Siskin - 1 - first garden sighting this year ; Nuthatch - 2 - on feeders

Ecclesall Woods: Sparrowhawk - 1 ; 319 - 2

Freebirch: Skylark - 20+ - In stubble field

Greystones: Woodpigeon - 2+ - Bird on nest in neighbours garden for a week now, today saw birds swapping nest duties.

Kimberworth Park: Lesser Redpoll - 1 - First time seen in garden. Feeding on sunflower hearts from feeder, may have come in with 2 Goldfinch also on feeder. ; Magpie - 1 - collecting nest material, pos nesting between Shearman Avenue and Roughwood Road.

Limb Valley: Mandarin - 8 ; Redwing - 74 ; Curlew - 4 - in fields

Low Moor, Upper Midhope: Curlew - 13

Meersbrook Park: Pied Wagtail - 2

Middleton Moor: Shoveler - 2 - Pair present until 16/03/2021

Midhope Res: Oystercatcher - 5 - on dam wall ; Little Grebe - 1 - trilling

Millhouses garden: Wren - 1 ; Blackcap - 1 - male

Morehall Res: Robin - 04-Jun ; Blackbird - 04-May ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 3 ; Wren - 2 ; Chaffinch - 2 ; Great Tit - 04-May ; Blue Tit - 03-Jun ; Carrion Crow - 5 ; Jay - 1 ; Woodpigeon - 7 ; Cormorant - 3 ; Black-headed Gull - 8 ; Mallard - 20+ ; Pheasant - 2 ; Moorhen - 1 ; Nuthatch - 3

Norfolk Heritage Park: Jackdaw - 4 - seems to be a fairly new arrival in the area

Redmires Middle Res: Curlew - 116 - roosted on shoreline - miraculously dog-free ; Oystercatcher - 3

Rivelin Valley: Mallard - 16 ; Moorhen - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Tawny Owl - 1 - Calling near Wolf Wheel at 10am ; Woodpigeon - 13 ; Blackbird - 2 ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Robin - 2 ; Song Thrush - 1

Shillito Wood: Yellowhammer - 1 - m ; Reed Bunting - 2 - m at feeders ; Little Owl - 1+ - two sightings near shack behind woods. Record shot

Sothall: Moorhen - 1 - nocmig recorded calling over the garden 0323hr, 0341hr ; Whooper Swan - 1+ - party nocmig sound recorded over the garden 0040hr

Thrybergh CP: Water Rail - 2 ; Mute Swan - 64 ; Tufted Duck - 52 ; Gadwall - 3 ; Reed Bunting - 4 - Singing birds ; Pied Wagtail - 4 ; Bullfinch - 8 - One male with abnormal lplumage showing half white plumage

Wadsley Common garden: Brambling - 1 - Male on feeders-first this winter.

Agden Res: Oystercatcher - 2 - on the dam ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - on dam

Barnside Moor: Coot - 1 - nocmig: calling 21:32, 300m from reservoir.

Brincliffe Edge Wood: Nuthatch - 2 - pr seemingly prospecting nest sites

Broomhead Res: Grey Wagtail - 2 - On overflow cobbles. ; 319 - 2 - Over woods-very vocal. ; Pink-footed Goose - c40 - Heading north-west.

Canklow Woods: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; 319 - 1 ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Jay - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 2 ; Robin - 2 ; Coal Tit - 1 - Singing

Catcliffe Flash: Black-headed Gull - 35+ ; Tufted Duck - 14 ; Pochard - 4 - Males ; Gadwall - 3 ; Shoveler - 1 - Male ; Great Crested Grebe - 2 - Starting to do the synchronised head movements. ; Cormorant - 1

Cinder Bridge Field: Common Buzzard - 01-Feb - 1 NE @ 0750hrs (SK4296); 1 E @ 1030hrs (SK4295) ; Skylark - 3 - 1 singing ; Redwing - 1 - feeding in field edge ; Reed Bunting - 2 - feeding in field edge

Cinder Bridge Plantation: Treecreeper - 1 - singing

Ecclesall: Whooper Swan - 1+ - Calling in flight over Button Hill.at 11:30

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 3 ; Coot - 2 ; Mallard - 8 - 2 on water, 6 overhead. ; 320 - 1 ; Jay - 1 ; Redwing - c20 - Coming in to roost in hedges at dusk ; Tawny Owl - 1 - Calling after dusk.