Sightings Archive

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Blue Tit - 1pr - investigating nest box in spring-like conditions

Rawmarsh; Ryecroft: Sparrowhawk - 1 - over

Sheffield University: Redwing - 50+ - Feeding in St George's churchyard. ; Greenfinch - c.30 - Flying about between Hicks Building and Octagon

Thorpe Hesley: Fieldfare - 75+ ; Redwing - 35+ ; Greenfinch - 3 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Lapwing - 75 ; Black-headed Gull - c200

Thrybergh CP: Scaup - 1 - Duck numbers way down today but male Scaup still present ; Shoveler - 10 ; Kingfisher - 1+ ; Golden Plover - 4+ - In big sheep fields with Lapwings ; Water Rail - 1

Thurcroft garden: Fieldfare - 3 - Feeding on crab apple tree. ; Redwing - 2 ; Chaffinch - 1 - Male

Wales Common: Snipe - 8 ; Woodcock - 1

Wharncliffe Side: Cormorant - 1 - In flight heading south

Baslow SF: Pied Wagtail - 46 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Goldcrest - 1

Brownhills Lane: Lapwing - 19 - feeding on fields after muck spreading

Canklow Woods: Fieldfare - 21

Frecheville: Mandarin - 1 - fem on Frecheville pond ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - Frecheville pond.

Kimberworth Park: Magpie - 13 - in tree top, bottom of Grey Hill

Linacre Res: Mallard - 231 - WeBS - highest count of the year ; Mandarin - 114 ; Tufted Duck - 72 ; Moorhen - 16 ; Coot - 8 ; Black-headed Gull - c50 ; Cormorant - 5 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Little Grebe - 1

R Derwent, Baslow: Mandarin - 42 - Downstream of bridge ; Goosander - 2 - Redheads

Rawmarsh; Pottery Close: Blackbird - 6 - feeding on plums in tree ; Redwing - 5 - feeding on plums in tree

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Redwing - 10 - S ; Fieldfare - 1 - S ; Common Gull - 1 - adult, E ; Chaffinch - 1pr - in garden

RVCP, Meadowgate Lake: Shoveler - 51 - max. count in the autumn/early winter

Silver Wood: Lesser Redpoll - 20+ - Feeding in tree tops. ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 5+ ; Long-tailed Tit - 5+

Silverwood Lagoon: Kestrel - 1 - Hunting. ; 319 - 1 - On fence post along path. ; Mute Swan - 2 - Adult in small Ice free area of lagoon, juvenile on hill eating grass. ; Mallard - 1 - Male in water with M Swan. ; Moorhen - 2 - On ice. ; Common Gull - 1 - On ice with BH Gulls. ; Black-headed Gull - 22 - In middle of Lagoon stood in ice. ; Fieldfare - 100+ - Feeding on berries.

Woodhouse Tip: Golden Plover - 8 ; Lapwing - 6

Burncross, Chapeltown: Woodpigeon - 1+ - Singing from 08:00

Catcliffe Flash: Shoveler - 2 - 1 pr feeding on small area of open water ; Gadwall - 4 - 1pr + 2m ; Canada Goose - 1 ; Mute Swan - 2 - adult pair ; Coot - c50 ; 320 - c60 - on ice around open water ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - calling from carr ; Black-headed Gull - c20 - on ice ; Cetti's Warbler - 1 - foraging in dead reeds/typha in SE corner, calling occasionally

Grindleford Station: 324 - 2 - 2 Red Deer stags in woods below the road to the station

Guilthwaite Common: Common Buzzard - 1 - sat in top of low tree

Hangingwater garden: Blackbird - 2 - 1m & 1f ; Blackcap - 1 - female ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Jay - 1 ; Chaffinch - 1 - m ; Dunnock - 1 ; Magpie - 1 ; Goldfinch - 4

R Derwent, Calver: Song Thrush - 1 - on riverbank up from Calver Sough

R Derwent, Grindleford-Padley: 321 - 2 ; Goosander - 5 - 1m, 4 redhead ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Mandarin - 9+ ; Kingfisher - 1 - flew downstream

R Rother, Bolehill: Jack Snipe - 1 - on banks of Rother ; Jack Snipe - 1 - another photo ; Snipe - 11 - 2 on feeder stream. ; Jack Snipe - 1 ; Water Rail - 2 - one on feeder stream, one on river.

Rawmarsh: Redwing - c20 - 11 E; c10 W ; Fieldfare - 3 - E ; Jackdaw - 11 - flock, E

Rotherham; Northfield: Great Black-backed Gull - c20 - on rooftops & visiting recycling centre ; Herring Gull - 100+ - on rooftops & visiting recycling centre (viewing poor) ; Black-headed Gull - c200 - on rooftops & visiting recycling centre. Unusual here in these numbers. ; Redwing - 14 - flock, SW

Scholes: Fieldfare - 200+