Sightings Archive

Middleton Moor: Snipe - 13 - left to the south at dusk ; Jackdaw - 600 - c. roosted in a copse - largest roost I’ve ever seen here ; Starling - 4000 - roosted in reedbed ; Crossbill - 1 - flew south at 16:20 hrs

Redmires Top Res: Black-headed Gull - 711 - Decent roost ; Common Gull - 1 - Adult with BHGs at roost ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 8 - In roost

Rivelin Valley: Kestrel - 1 - Hovering by A57 W of water treatment works ; Dipper - 2 ; Mandarin - 25 ; Long-tailed Tit - 3 ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1

Soughley Lane, Redmires: Kestrel - 1 - On wires

Wyming Brook: Goldcrest - 4 ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Coal Tit - 2 ; Siskin - 1+ - Over calling

Attercliffe: Peregrine - 1 - juv on Bernard Rd incinerator building, logs not visible so unsure if CR present.

Big Moor: Fieldfare - c60 - over ; 324 - 12 - Red Deer - Family party of stag, 9 hinds and 2 bucks.

Brightside: Peregrine - 1 - 08:40 flew over Post Office sorting office towards Pitsmoor.

Canklow Woods: Bullfinch - 5 ; Lesser Redpoll - 13

Chatsworth Park: 321 - 1 ; Tawny Owl - 1 - heard

Edensor: Bullfinch - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 1

Frecheville: Goosander - 2 - 2 RH on Frecheville pond at 07:50

Green Moor: Song Thrush - 1 - First in some time

Leash Fen: Kestrel - 1

Lodge Moor garden: 322 - 1 - Probable Brown-headed Parrot seen eating Rowan berries most days and competing today with 3 Fieldfare, 1 Redwing and several Blackbirds for the last few berries.

Malin Bridge: Redwing - c14 - nocmig 19 calls 19:00-00:00 ; Grey Heron - 1 - nocmig 21:38 ; Blackbird - c3 - nocmig 5 calls 23:47-23:52

Meadowhall: 319 - 1 - 08:45 ; Cormorant - 3 - On high bridge structure by River Don

Norwood Allotments: Pink-footed Goose - c100 - over east at 15:46 ; Ring-necked Parakeet - 17 - feeding on beech then departed 15:57

Orgreave Lakes: Lesser Redpoll - c.50 - In plantation ; Little Egret - 1

Owler Bar: Little Owl - 1

Parkgate; Retail World: Starling - c80 - several mobile feeding flocks foraging in car park

R Don, Effingham St: Canada Goose - 3 - inc male of this year's breeding pair

Rawmarsh: Sparrowhawk - 1 - E, harassed by crow @ 0928hrs

Rawmarsh; Bellows Road: Starling - c40 - max perched on favoured mobile mast (10-20 regular)

Redmires Middle Res: Moorhen - 1 - adult ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - feeding in overflow sluice by road

RVCP, Main Lake: Little Egret - 1

RVCP, Meadowgate Lake: Red-crested Pochard - 2 - a pair ; Dunlin - 1 ; Goldeneye - 1 - female

Shillito Wood: Yellowhammer - 4 ; Goldfinch - 6 ; Blackbird - 4 ; Great Tit - 3 ; Blue Tit - 3 ; Coal Tit - 4 ; Dunnock - 2 ; Robin - 1 ; Pheasant - 1 ; Raven - 3

Silverwood Lagoon: Whooper Swan - 9 - SSW at 08.35

Treeton Dyke: Cetti's Warbler - 1 - calling constantly in south-east corner

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Cormorant - 4 - flew over north ; Tawny Owl - 1 - roosting in regular sessile oak tree ; Golden Plover - 1 - flew over calling ; Lesser Redpoll - 5

Attercliffe: Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - adult Warren St

Hathersage: 321 - 1 - mobbed by Crows ; Canada Goose - 2 - Field by Leadmill Bridge

Howbrook: 319 - 1 - Juvenile on lawn, visited on consecutive days

Limb Valley: Redwing - 5 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Bullfinch - 2 - Females ; Mandarin - 25 - M&F in pond

Longshaw: Tawny Owl - 1 - heard

Malin Bridge: Redwing - c6 - nocmig 10 calls 01:00-06:00

Midhope Res/Low Moor: 320 - 1 ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Moorhen - 1 ; Mallard - 20 ; Woodpigeon - c150 SE ; Fieldfare - c400 - Large roaming groups ; Brambling - 1+ ; 319 - 1 ; Goldcrest - 5+ ; 327 - 5+ ; Goldfinch - 12 ; Bullfinch - 1 ; Kestrel - 1

Padley: Jay - 3 - singles ; 319 - 1 ; Tawny Owl - 1 - heard

Rawmarsh: Mallard - c30 - E in small parties, 1535-1540hrs

Catcliffe Flash: Wigeon - 174 ; Cormorant - 4 ; Grey Heron - 3 ; Gadwall - 74 ; Little Grebe - 4