Sightings Archive

Wharncliffe Chase (north): Greenfinch - 3 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; 319 - 2 ; Stock Dove - 2 ; Meadow Pipit - 2 ; Jackdaw - 62 - NE to roost at Wortley ; Long-tailed Tit - 10 - Group

Wharncliffe Side: Sparrowhawk - 1 - juvenile male in observers garden

Aldwarke: Jay - 1 ; Chaffinch - 2 ; Snipe - 4 ; Jack Snipe - 1 - typically, almost trodden-on! ; Meadow Pipit - 2 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - over ; Linnet - 6 ; Common Buzzard - 1 - hunting

Aldwarke; Liberty Steel: Cormorant - 4 - max, on pylon ; Peregrine - 1 - adult, probably male ; Raven - 1 - briefly

Apperknowle: 319 - 1 ; Fieldfare - 4

Canklow Woods: Jackdaw - 70+ - west at 16:20

Canyon Pond, Treeton: Cetti's Warbler - 1 - Male singing and showing well at edge of pool.

Catcliffe Flash: Black-headed Gull - 40+ ; Tufted Duck - 3 - M&F ; Gadwall - 4+ - M&F ; Wigeon - 45+ - M&F

Centenary Riverside: Jackdaw - c200 - noisy flock E/SE @ 0640hrs (post-roost) ; Cormorant - 2 - NE, one returning W ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Mute Swan - 4 - adult pair (941 & 587 yellow) on river; 2 1cy N @ 0658hrs ; Grey Heron - 1 - adult, river ; Redwing - 9 - inc 8 S ; Lesser Redpoll - 5 - over ; Goosander - 2 - redheads, on river ; Goldfinch - 7 ; Mallard - 1pr ; Goldcrest - 2 ; Kestrel - 1 - male ; Moorhen - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - c20 - in two flocks ; Jay - 1

Damflask Res: Mandarin - 15

Ecclesall: Pink-footed Goose - 60 - flew ESE at 16:35

Ickles; Sheffield Road: Kestrel - 1

Kilnhurst: Common Buzzard - 1 - soaring over

Lodge Moor garden: 322 - 1 - Probably a Brown-headed Parrot. Seen most days for the last 12 days eating Rowan berries

Malin Bridge: Redwing - c7 - nocmig: 7 calls 00:30-06:00, 3 calls 18:30-23:00 ; Song Thrush - 3 - nocmig, 00:44, 05:46 and 23:49

Orgreave Lakes: Black-headed Gull - 220+ ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 12+ ; Tufted Duck - 13+ - M&F ; Cormorant - 4 ; Great Crested Grebe - 5 ; Lapwing - 20+ ; Pochard - 70+ - M&F ; Grey Heron - 4 ; Little Egret - 1 ; Gadwall - 20+ - M&F ; Little Grebe - 2

Parkgate Canal Basin: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 ; Herring Gull - 3 ; Mute Swan - 63 - inc 7 1cy ; Mallard - c70 ; Long-tailed Tit - 8 ; Black-headed Gull - c80 - attracted by swan feeding-time

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Magpie - 13 - together ; Kestrel - 1 - male, hunting ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - over ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 3

Peat Pits: Golden Plover - c180 ; Stonechat - 3 - fly catching from wall. ; Golden Plover - 200+

Pit-house West: Water Rail - 3+ - at least 3 calling at dusk. No sign of Bittern ; Chiffchaff - 1 - calling ; Cetti's Warbler - 1 - calling (not singing) by Bittern Pool .Climbed up into base of Willow at edge of reedbed ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Tawny Owl - 1 - male calling at dusk

R Don; Centenary Riverside to Main Street: Mallard - 8 - 5m; 3f ; Goldfinch - 11 ; Mute Swan - 1pr ; Chiffchaff - 2 - together, Don Island ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Pheasant - 1 - female, Don Island

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Goldfinch - 10 - flock

Redmires Res: Canada Goose - 2 ; Mallard - 8 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - hunting over Bottom Res ; Lapwing - 10 - c. ; Herring Gull - 4 - flew W ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 3 - ads flew W ; Black-headed Gull - 25 - c. flew SW ; Common Gull - 1 - ad flew W with BHGs ; Mediterranean Gull - 1 - ad winter flew W with BHGs at 07:37 hrs ; Woodpigeon - 250 - c. flew SW ; Fieldfare - 100 - flew S ; Brambling - 80 - c. flew W in 2 hrs ; Chaffinch - 20 - c. Flew W ; Meadow Pipit - 14 - around Top Res