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11 March 2010

Beighton Marsh NR: Yellowhammer - 5 - 3 male 2 female ; Fieldfare - 3 ; Buzzard - 1 - soaring on thermals
Silverwood Lagoon: Redshank - 1 ; Jack Snipe - 1

10 March 2010

Barlborough Hall: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - drumming
Harthill Res: Gadwall - 2 - a pair ; Mute Swan - 2 - also nest with 2 eggs ; Tufted Duck - 44 ; Pochard - 1 - male ; Water Rail - 1 ; Lapwing - 2 ; Skylark - 3 ; Willow Tit - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 2 - with partially constructed nest in a low blackthorn hedge ; Great Crested Grebe - 12 ; Kingfisher - 2 - a pair
Pebleygrove Farm: Teal - 4 ; Kestrel - 1
Silverwood Lagoon: Curlew - 1 - on pools at southern end @ 06.30
Thrybergh CP: Pintail - 4 - 2 pairs circled for 5 minutes before heading E at 0730.

09 March 2010

Agden Rocher: Lapwing - 2 - displaying over fields near Rocher Head Farm
Bamford Edge: Kestrel - 1
Canklow: Redwing - 64
Longshaw: Brambling - 2+ - At least two males still feeding on the ground under feeders outside the cafe with Chaffinches ;
Orgreave Lagoons: Lapwing - 10 ; Whooper Swan - 37 - north west at 0830 ; Wigeon - 30 ; Goldeneye - 5 ; Goosander - 2 ; Oystercatcher - 1 - late afternoon ; Redshank - 1
Overstones Farm: Starling - c40 - Feeding with Lapwing amongst sheep ; Lapwing - 12
R Rother, Treeton: Water Rail - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - at weir
Slatepit Lane: Fieldfare - 120+ ; Golden Plover - c 105 ; Lapwing - c85 ; Curlew - 3 - SK305736
Stanage Edge: Raven - 3 - inc 2 flying together above edge ; Buzzard - 1 - Soaring above edge

08 March 2010

Centenary Riverside: Green Sandpiper - 1 ; Teal - 2
Derwent Res: Goldeneye - 3 - Male, 2 females on Derwent Res
Gillfield Wood: Buzzard - 2 - Soaring and calling over wood.
Grenoside: Blackcap - 1 - Female in garden
Tankersley: Yellowhammer - 1 - Song at 1700h

07 March 2010

Agden Beck: Raven - 2
Aldwarke: Cormorant - 16 - on pylons.
Aldwarke SF: Magpie - 20 ; Gadwall - 16 ; Lapwing - 3 - displaying ; Reed Bunting - c30 ; Bullfinch - 2 - females.
Big Moor: Stonechat - 2 - male and female near stone circle ; Buzzard - 1
Ewden: Buzzard - 1 - soaring over Salt Springs Beck
Fearfall Wood: Crossbill - 2
Fulwood Head: Golden Plover - 68 - in fields
Graves Park: Pintail - 3 - Full-winged female still present with the 2 clipped birds. ; Greylag Goose - 3 ; Tufted Duck - 2 - Male and female ; Stock Dove - 5 - 1 in song ; Lesser Spotted Woodpecker - 2 - Male and female in Cobnar Wood. Male drumming.
Green Moor: Lapwing - 6 ; Common Buzzard - 1 - Single bird soaring
Grenoside: Yellowhammer - 2 - 2 Singing males on Jawbone Hill
Hallam Moor: Raven - 2 - circling high
Hickfield Bank: Lapwing - 4 - displaying
Ladybower Res, North arm: Whooper Swan - 12 - On reservoir at 1430h 11 adults, 1 juv.
Linacre Res: Tufted Duck - 10 ; Nuthatch - 4 - calling
Mayfield Valley: Redwing - 90 - in field on Hangram Lane
Orgreave Lagoons: Ringed Plover - 1
Oughtibridge: Dipper - 2 - Colour rung pair ;
Peat Pits: Golden Plover - 40+ ; Lapwing - 15+
R Don, Eastwood: Bullfinch - 3 - 1m; 2f ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Mute Swan - 2 - 1st W ; Tufted Duck - 3 - 2m; 1f ; Redwing - 2 ; Teal - 2
Redmires conduit: Meadow Pipit - 2 - first seen back here after winter
Redmires Res: Redwing - 1 ; Fieldfare - 25 - in fields ; Meadow Pipit - 3 - singles N ; Skylark - 8 - in stubble field ; Common Gull - 1 - N ; Snipe - 3 ; Siskin - 8 - SW ; Curlew - 11 ; Mistle Thrush - 4 ; Lapwing - 57 ; Golden Plover - 2 - S ; Red Grouse - 5 - displaying pairs ; Lesser Redpoll - 10 - E ; Lesser Redpoll - 10 - E ; Brambling - 3 - N ; Crossbill - 1 - heard ; Reed Bunting - 2 - males singing
Ridgeway: Common Buzzard - 5 - 5 together soaring and heading north.
Ringinglow: Redwing - 80 - in football field opposite old fire station
Rod Moor: Common Buzzard - 2 - displaying
Sheffield Centre: Peregrine - 1 - On ledge on BT building. ;
Silverwood Pit Top: Grey Partridge - 4 ; Buzzard - 1 ; Barn Owl - 1 - Hunting at dusk.
Spitewinter Lane: Lapwing - 70+ - in fields, SK307737 ; Golden Plover - c50 - in fields, SK307737
St George's Church, Sheffield: Redwing - 4 - including one in song ;
Thrybergh CP: Yellowhammer - 3 - inc 1 singing male. ; Bullfinch - 4 - 3m; 1f ; Ringed Plover - 1 ; Common Gull - 3 ; Mute Swan - 11 - (inc Y412 & Y236) + 2 1st W. ; Black-headed Gull - c160 - stood on ice (c40% frozen). ; Water Rail - 1 - still present at S-end. ; Wigeon - 4 - 3m; 1f ; Reed Bunting - 1 - singing male. ; Pochard - 6 ; Kestrel - 2 ; Tufted Duck - 21 ; Great Crested Grebe - 12 - inc display. Pair with nest platform at S-end.
Thrybergh CP & surrounding fields: Song Thrush - 3 - singing males
Thrybergh Park: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - drumming ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - calling
Totley Hall Fields: Redwing - 30+ - Feeding in field and resting in bushes ; Greenfinch - 6 - flying around together and calling landing in hedgerow trees
Tyzack's Dam: Mandarin - 5 - 4 males and a female ;
Ulley CP: Siskin - 3 ; Golden Plover - 90 ; Lesser Redpoll - 6 ; Woodcock - 1 ; Goosander - 1 - 'redhead' north west ; Common (Mealy) Redpoll - 1 - in alders by the road bridge
Wharncliffe Chase: Chaffinch - 12 - All singing. ; Red-legged Partridge - 3 ; Song Thrush - 2 - Both in song ; Meadow Pipit - 2 ; Mistle Thrush - 4 - 4 territories across area. ; Siskin - 4 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 4 - Drumming heard and pair chasing between groups of trees. ; Skylark - 9 - Back with a vengeance with much singing and territorial disputes. ; Common Gull - 6 - E ; Nuthatch - 6
Whitwell Moor: Lapwing - 20 - in field at junction of Whitwell Lane and Lee House Lane ; Skylark - 12 - together in field off Long Lane - birds singing
Wigtwizzle: Tawny Owl - 1 - calling in daylight from plantation
Woodhouse Mill: Whooper Swan - 19 - flew north at 17.10

06 March 2010

Bell Hagg Rd, Walkley Bank: Blackcap - 1 - male singing and visiting feeders all week.
Big Moor: Reed Bunting - 1 - female flushed from wet grass area ; Buzzard - 3 - Soaring together low over ridge calling near stone circle
Bramley: Fieldfare - 1 - In a garden on Flanderwell Avenue.
Cowell Flat: Black Grouse - 1 - 1 male
Dale Dike Res: Peregrine - 1 - Perched on wall on Mortimer Road near junction with Lane Head Road.
Derwent Res: Red-breasted Merganser - 1 - Male near dam wall
Low Bradfield: Curlew - 3 - flew over
Peat Pits: Lapwing - 30+ ; Golden Plover - 20+
R Don, Salmon Pastures: Dipper - 1
Ulley CP: Goosander - 1 pair ; Little Owl - 1
Walker Edge: Curlew - 1 ; Dunnock - 5+ - at least 5 singing males ; Common Gull - 4
Westend Valley: Crossbill - 1
White Lee Moor: Siskin - c100 - flying into plantation

05 March 2010

Beeley Wood: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - male perched at the top of a silver birch at 0950h
Catcliffe Meadow: Common Buzzard - 1 - Single bird soaring
Garden opp Endcliffe Park: Blackcap - 1 - female eating from fatball
Handsworth: Blackcap - 1 - Male still in garden
Langsett Wood: Song Thrush - 7 - Numerous in small area at entrance to woods with 3 singing ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 - Drumming plus calling.
Langsett/Midhope: Red Grouse - c30 - Several calling plus display flights. ; Curlew - 4 - Lots of territorial display - calling as they flew over area. ; Lapwing - c20
Midhope Res: Teal - c15 - Very flighty group plus pairs in margins ; Goosander - 4 - 2 pairs
Moorgate, Rotherham: Redwing - 60+ - still around feeding on Oakwood College playing fields and roosting in crackwillow
Poolsbrook CP: Caspian Gull - 1 - Adult on lake 1400-1515 ;
Ravenfield Park: Willow Tit - 1 ; Goldcrest - 2 - 2 seperate individuals at each end of park.
Rivelin Valley: Willow Tit - 1 - in allotments west of Reaps Wood.
Silverwood Wood: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - calling from top of beeches in lower woods @ 14.00
Thrybergh Cemetery: Little Owl - 1 - Perched in tree near chapel.
Wharncliffe Side: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - calling opposite Wharncliffe Arms at 0845h

04 March 2010

Beighton Marsh NR: Kingfisher - 1
Bole Hill Rec: Redwing - 12+ - feeding in leaf litter in woods below BMX track.
Broomhead Res: Whooper Swan - 2 - mid-way down res at 1730h ; Goosander - 3 - 1M+2F ; Song Thrush - 4 - Males singing along footpath from Dam Wall to junction with New Road
Catcliffe Flash: Chiffchaff - 1 - flycatching on SW corner
Concord Sports Centre: Oystercatcher - 1 - Heard flying over at c21.00 while playing football.
Grenoside: Blackcap - 1 - Male in garden feeding on mealworms
Peat Pits: Golden Plover - c300
R Don, Rotherham Centre: Goosander - 1 pr - Crinoline to Grafton Bridges
Rawmarsh: Song Thrush - 1 - singing male; Rectory Fields allotments
Redmires conduit: Lapwing - 20 - including several displaying pairs ; Golden Plover - 1 - male displaying ; , Stonechat - 1 - male ; Raven - 1 - over west calling
Rother Valley Country Park: Redshank - 1 ; Goldeneye - 3 - 1M+2F ; Goosander - 12 - 4M+8F
Silverwood Lagoon: Lapwing - 3 ; Buzzard - 1
Thrybergh CP: Pink-footed Goose - c170 - flew NW at 0920h
Underbank Res: Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Siskin - 4 ; Great Crested Grebe - Pair
Wharncliffe Chase: Goldfinch - 5 - 2 pairs, 1 singing. ; Robin - 6 - In song ; Chaffinch - 4 - All in song ; Common Buzzard - 8 - 3pm All visible FROM Wharncliffe Chase - pairs circling north of High Green plus Wortley area plus 4 towards Stocksbridge. ; Pied Wagtail - 3 - 1 singing ; Mistle Thrush - 4 - 2 pairs, song ; Red-legged Partridge - 1 - Flushed from wooded edge.

03 March 2010

Cow Hey: Curlew - 1 - calling 1000hrs
Crook Hill: Golden Plover - 5
Derwent Dam: Kestrel - 1 - Soaring and calling low above dam
Ecclesfield: Kestrel - 1 - Display flight.
Freebirch: Lapwing - 7 ; Golden Plover - 30 ; Fieldfare - 38
Fulwood Head: Golden Plover - 50
Leash Fen: Curlew - 2 - calling 1700hrs
Linch Clough: Red Grouse - c60 - area between clough and Deer Holes
Sheffield Centre: Redwing - 6+ - in trees around margins of Devonshire Green. Snatches of song heard.
Sheffield City Airport: Whooper Swan - 11 - NW at 1015h
Silverwood Lagoon: Jack Snipe - 1 ; Canada Goose - 8 - On Lagoon at 18.00. ; Barn Owl - 1 - Hunting at 18.15 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - Seen on brick water course.
Stanage Edge: Golden Plover - 20 - feeding in field near Bole Hill

02 March 2010

Beeley Moor: Common Crane - 1 - Pager report flying N over Beeley Moor at 11am, and presumably into the SBSG recording area
Broom, Rotherham: Ring-necked Parakeet - 2 - Grange Road ;
Broomhead Res: Crossbill - 2+ - flock heard only ; Curlew - 1 - calling ; Goosander - 1 - male ; Buzzard - 1
Carr Vale Nature Reserve: Pink-footed Goose - 95 - At Carr Vale this morning 95 Pink-footed Geese flew north-west, nine Buzzards could be seen from the mound as was an immature Peregrine. Wildfowl included 205 Wigeon and two Shoveler whilst amongst the waders the first Ringed Plover of the year was seen along with the pair of Oystercatchers and a Redshank.
Ecclesall Woods: Common Crane - 1 - Photo taken by Andy Hitchen who saw the bird circling over Ecclesall Woods at c1200h before setting off in the direction of Ringinglow. ;
King Tree: Crossbill - 3+ - In top of conifers 300yds North of turning circle at 1100h
Langsett/Midhope: Song Thrush - 2 - In full song. ; Curlew - 10 - 1630h; newly arrived party ; Lapwing - 12 - Several pairing off
Midhope Res: Greylag Goose - 2 - a pair
Pit-house West: Kingfisher - 1 ; Lesser Redpoll - 150 - flock ; Bittern - 1 - Dropped in to large reed pool at 18:05 from direction of Chinese Bridge. ; Water Rail - 1

01 March 2010

Blackburn Meadows NR: Pink-footed Goose - c80 - flew NW at 0940h
Bowden Housteads Wood: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Female flew towards Darnall
Leadmill Bridge: Grey Wagtail - 1
Longshaw: Brambling - 1 - male at feeding station by cafe.
Oughtibridge: Pink-footed Goose - c200 - Flew NW at 0830h
Peat Pits: Golden Plover - c200
R Don, Rotherham Centre; Crinoline to Grafton Bridges: Grey Wagtail - 1 - singing male.
Redmires Res: Canada Goose - 24 ; Lapwing - 57
Rotherham; Thorn Hill: Kestrel - 2 - probably M & F, soaring over together.
Rough Wood: Green Woodpecker - 1 - Yaffling.
Russell Wood, Rivelin: Tawny Owl - 1 - calling in daylight at 1500hrs
Silverwood Lagoon: Pink-footed Goose - c350 - flew NW at 09.20
Westend Moor: Snow Bunting - 1 - north of Black Clough, heard calling several times but not seen
Westend Valley: Crossbill - 13

28 February 2010

Aldwarke: Cormorant - 5 - on pylons.
Aldwarke SF: Gadwall - 19 ; Snipe - 3 ; Bullfinch - 7 ; Tufted Duck - 12 ; Shoveler - 1pr ; Woodpigeon - 250-300 ; Teal - 2+ ; Reed Bunting - 26+
Bell Hagg Rd, Walkley Bank: Sparrowhawk - 1 - male perched on roof overlooking gardens
Broomhead Res: Crossbill - 8 ; Siskin - 60
Ecclesall: Curlew - 1 - flew N over Ansell Road at 1140 hrs
Emlin Ridge: Buzzard - 2
Fatty Boyns Ponds: Tawny Owl - 1 - roosting
Freebirch: Fieldfare - 30
Graves Park: Lapwing - 21 - One flock flying east.
Greystones: Siskin - 4 - Feeding on sunflower seed in feeders and on lawn
Harthill Res: Willow Tit - 2 ; Bullfinch - 6 ; Woodpigeon - 250 ; Great Crested Grebe - 7 ; Skylark - 2 - singing ; Tufted Duck - 60
Hathersage: Common Buzzard - 2 - soaring overhead
Hickfield Bank: Skylark - 2 - singing males.
Hillsborough: Pink-footed Goose - 70 - Flew N at 12:50
Intake: Pink-footed Goose - 60+ - flew NW at 1240h
Langsett Res: Common Gull - 70 - in roost ; Black-headed Gull - c200 ; Teal - 25
Low Moor, Upper Midhope: Snipe - 2+ - Chipping and drumming late dusk
Loxley Valley: Dipper - 1 - on Damflask "steps" ; Mute Swan - 1 - still on Old Wheel Dam ; Tufted Duck - 2 - drakes on Old Wheel Dam (SK28Z) and Olive Dam (SK38E) ; Siskin - c40 - roving flock moving between Black Lane and Low Matlock Lane
Middleton Moor: Lapwing - 86 ; Curlew - 3
Parkgate Canal Basin: Mute Swan - 19 - + 7 1st W
Peat Pits: Lapwing - 40+ ; Golden Plover - 30+ ; Skylark - 3
Poolsbrook Marsh: Skylark - 1 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - heard ; Gadwall - 8 ; Pochard - 3
R Don, Eastwood: Little Grebe - 3
Redmires Res: Canada Goose - 24
Rivelin: Tawny Owl - 1 - over Manchester Road by treatment works at 2300
Rocher Cliffs: Curlew - 3 - over south west all together
Stocksbridge: Brambling - 1 - male
Thrybergh CP: Escaped/Feral Species - 1 - Cape Shelduck ; Kestrel - 3 ; Common Buzzard - 1 ; Canada Goose - 44 ; Gadwall - 3 - 2m; 1f ; Lapwing - 6 ; Cormorant - 12 ; Mute Swan - 24 - + 4 1st W. (Inc Y221). ; Great Crested Grebe - 8 ; Little Grebe - 2+ ; Common Gull - 11 ; Tufted Duck - 31 ; Goldeneye - 1 - 1st W male briefly. ; Moorhen - 24 ; Coot - 119 ; Wigeon - 12 - 8m; 4f
Thrybergh Park/Bluebell Wood: Common Buzzard - 2 - soaring over together.
Thrybergh Tip: Mute Swan - 13 - + 10 1st W ; Cormorant - 7 - inc 4 NE ; Tufted Duck - 10 ; Pochard - 9 - 7m; 2f ; Gadwall - 20 - frequent aerial display ; Greylag Goose - 7 ; Wigeon - 1 ; Teal - 12
Treeton Dyke: Coot - 70 ; Great Crested Grebe - 3 ; Goosander - 6 ; Little Grebe - 2 - calling ; Tufted Duck - 32 ; Reed Bunting - 5 - singing ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Greylag Goose - 2 ; Pochard - 5
Ulley CP: Common Buzzard - 3 ; Woodcock - 2 ; Goosander - 1 - redhead
Waldershaigh: Curlew - 2 - flying north, 1300h ; Pink-footed Goose - 1 - in field south of Heads Lane, 1310h
Waverley Opencast: Snipe - 4 ; Jack Snipe - 2 ; Peregrine - 1 - adult prob male hunting over the site.
Whitwell Moor: Golden Plover - 18 - Flew west ; Skylark - 5+ ; Curlew - 14+

27 February 2010

Bolehill Flash: Cetti's Warbler - 1 - calling in reedbed
Brincliffe Edge: Blackcap - 1 - 1 female on garden feeder
Chatsworth Park: Pink-footed Goose - 2 - feeding by river north of Paines bridge ; Redwing - 30
Ladybower Res, North arm: Peregrine - 1 - adult male over
Millhouses: Blackcap - 1 - Male still in Stowe Ave garden
Normanton Spring: Tawny Owl - 1 - singing at 0530h
Pit-house West: Cetti's Warbler - 1 - singing in reeds at 1100-1130h ; Lesser Redpoll - 50+ - flock feeding on alders ; Common (Mealy) Redpoll - 2 - with the Lesser Redpoll flock
Rother Valley Country Park: Kingfisher - 1 ; Gadwall - 20+ ; Oystercatcher - 1 - with wigeon on bank ; Goosander - 30+ - on various lakes ; Pochard - 60+
Shirebrook Valley: Willow Tit - 1 ; Kingfisher - 1 - following the brook up stream
Silverwood Lagoon: Buzzard - 2 ; Barn Owl - 2 - Hunting from 17.15 ; Short-eared Owl - 1 - showed briefly again this morning ; Short-eared Owl - 1 - Hunting around 17.40
Slippery Stones: Crossbill - 1
Thrybergh Cemetery: Little Owl - 1
Thrybergh Tip: Great White Egret - 1 - pager report 08:00-08:07 then flew S
Tyzack's Dam: Mandarin - 8 - 4 male & 4 female with some obvious pairing
Ulley CP: Golden Plover - 17 - east ; Buzzard - 4
Wentworth Village; Wentworth Forge: Nuthatch - 1
Westend Valley: Common Buzzard - 2 ; Crossbill - 12+
Woodhouse Tip: Fieldfare - 30+ ; Redwing - 20+ - foraging in fields with Fieldfare and Mistle Thrush ; Mistle Thrush - 9

26 February 2010

Centenary Way Riverside: Linnet - 66 ; Gadwall - 2 ; Mallard - 80
Moorgate, Rotherham: Redwing - 60+ - roosting in crackwillow trees and feeding on Oakwood Technology college playing fields
Parkway,Handsworth: Barn Owl - 1 - Flew across Parkway at 2320h
Silverwood Lagoon: Oystercatcher - 1 - on northern shoreline @ 15.45 ; Teal - 46

25 February 2010

Blue Man's Bower: Snipe - 1
Aldwarke: Cormorant - 7 - on pylons
Bell Hagg Rd, Walkley Bank: Blackcap - 1 - male singing and visiting feeders all week
Blackburn Meadows NR: Snipe - 3 ; Pochard - 3 ; Bullfinch - 4 ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; Goosander - 2 - pair
Blue Man's Bower: Gadwall - 13 ; Wigeon - 12 ; Shoveler - 4 ; Teal - 20
Catcliffe Flash: Shoveler - 6 - 4m; 2f ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Goosander - 7 - 3m; 4f/imm ; Teal - 7 - 4m; 3f ; Pochard - 9 - 3m; 6f ; Tufted Duck - 22
Centenary Way Riverside: Linnet - 12 ; Teal - 15
Firsby Res: Fieldfare - 100+ - In field at side of Res.
Fulwood: Golden Plover - 4 - over S mid-afternoon - hard weather movement
Orgreave Lagoons: Wigeon - 36 ; Goosander - 1 ; Shelduck - 3 ; Lapwing - 106 ; Linnet - c30 ; Skylark - 13 ; Goldeneye - 2
Silverwood Lagoon: Ringed Plover - 1
Thrybergh Cemetery: Little Owl - 1
Todwick: Woodpigeon - 1 - carrying nest material into garden conifer.
Treeton/Ulley: Common Buzzard - 1 - Sat on pylon/telegraph pole in Fields between Treeton Lane & Burnt Wood

24 February 2010

Kelham Island: Peregrine - 1 - Hunting
Rawmarsh: Rectory Fields allotments: Song Thrush - 1 - singing male
Sheffield Centre: Peregrine - 1 - active around St George's church, seen eating prey.
Silverwood Wood: Fieldfare - 115 - in stubble field along northern edge of wood
Thrybergh CP: Whooper Swan - 8 - photo ;
Tyzack's Dam: Mandarin - 1 - Male

23 February 2010

Carr Vale Nature Reserve: Whooper Swan - 4 - Four adults flew north at 0800. Also three female Goosanders today/ A Hawfinch on 21st was an exceptional record being the first since 1997.
High Bradfield: Black Grouse - 1 - Single bird feeding in snow covered field alongside Penistone Road above High Bradfield village.
Normanton Spring: Woodcock - 1
Rawmarsh Hill; St Mary's churchyard: Tawny Owl - 1 - female calling @ 0020hrs
Rawmarsh; Rectory Fields allotments: Song Thrush - 1 - singing from 0530hrs
Rivelin Filters: Buzzard - 1 - 0830h flew over towards Lodge Moor
Sheffield Centre: Peregrine - 1 - Adult birding flying over Grosvenor Hotel at 0735h, towards BT building - carrying prey.
Silverwood Lagoon: Red Kite - 1 - flew over heading NE, 1520h

22 February 2010

Firsby Res: Goldcrest - 1 ; Buzzard - 3 - Chasing each other very low over res and surrounding fields calling. ; Willow Tit - 1 ; Bullfinch - 3
Oakbrook Road, Sheffield: Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 ;
Orgreave Lagoons: Golden Plover - 32 - Over large lagoon at 17:00hrs ; Ringed Plover - 1 - On large lagoon
Rotherham Centre: Cormorant - 2 - NE between 1645-1650hrs
Sheffield Centre: Peregrine - 1 - on St George's church 0845
Sheffield University: Magpie - 11 - together on Favell Road
Silverwood Lagoon: Short-eared Owl - 1 - a grey-brown individual, almost certainly the bird seen at nearby Silver Wood on 10th February

21 February 2010

Aston: Yellowhammer - 1 - A nice addition to the garden list ;
Baslow: Lapwing - 3 - in snow-covered field ; Black-headed Gull - 53 - in snow-covered field ; Mandarin - 7 - flying north along R Derwent ; Redwing - 40 - heading south in light snow
Baslow Edge: Red Kite - 1 - moving slowly north at 12.10, mobbed by 2 jackdaws
Baslow SF: Pied Wagtail - 31 ; Meadow Pipit - 5 - feeding on filters
Blacka Moor: Siskin - c70 - feeding in alders and constantly on the move. near stepping stones
Brincliffe Edge: Treecreeper - 1 - surprise addition to garden list
Heeley: Blackcap - 1 - Male. In snow feeding from bird table.
High Green: Common Buzzard - 1 - Flew over AM in light snow. ; Lapwing - 41 - Over late AM. ; Siskin - 3 ; Grey Wagtail - 2
Mayfield Valley: Brambling - 1 - Male feeding with Chaffinches in garden.
Poolsbrook CP: Skylark - 22 - S in heavy snow - hard weather movt ; Common Gull - 10 - on ice with BHG's ; Great Crested Grebe - 2 ; Black-headed Gull - 200 - on ice
Poolsbrook Marsh: Gadwall - 19
Rother Valley Country Park: Pink-footed Goose - 45 - flew west ; Dipper - 1 - Single on river between A Frame bridge and Stone Bridge
Sharrow: Redwing - 13 - Passing through observer's garden at 16.45 hrs settling in silver birch
Thrybergh CP: Kittiwake - 1 - 2nd W or adult winter (poor visibility) found on water 0740hrs. Probably arrived with small party of Common Gulls. Still present, stood on ice with gulls @ 0800hrs. ; Common Gull - 9 ; Pochard - 9 - 6M; 3F ; Great Crested Grebe - 15 - minimum, inc birds in full display. ; Wigeon - 11 - 6m; 5f ; Canada Goose - 76 ; Ringed Plover - 1 ; Escaped/Feral Species - 1 - Cape Shelduck ; Greylag Goose - 34 ; Mute Swan - 48 - + 9 1st W. Reservoir c50% frozen - heavy snow stopped play! ; Tufted Duck - 18
Treeton Dyke: Bullfinch - 3 ; Greylag Goose - 1 ; Great Crested Grebe - 2 ; Canada Goose - 60 ; Shoveler - 5 - off W ; Gadwall - 20 ; Coot - 90 - despite 95% frozen

20 February 2010

Baslow Edge: Yellowhammer - 1 - male singing;first this year
Bell Hagg Road, Walkley Bank: Siskin - 1 - male on feeder ; Blackcap - 1 - male singing and feeding on mealworms
Birley Edge: Yellowhammer - 1 - Feeding on seed under birdtable in garden
Blackburn Meadows NR: Goosander - 7 ; Mute Swan - 2 - Pair. ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - calling ; Greenfinch - 40+ - pre roost gathering ; Water Rail - 2 - calling ; Reed Bunting - 9 ; Long-tailed Tit - 20+ ; Willow Tit - 1 ; Magpie - 60+ - coming in to roost
Centenary Way Riverside: Green Sandpiper - 1
Chatsworth Park: Heron - 6 ; Pink-footed Goose - 2 - feeding on riverbank (not with canada goose flock) ; Brambling - 5 - feeding with small group of chaffinches ; Redwing - 50+
Ecclesfield: Sparrowhawk - Pair - Display observed at 10.45am. ; Bullfinch - 4 - Group
Greystones: Waxwing - 1 - lone bird sat in tree at junction of Greystones Drive and Dobbin Hill at 0920 hrs
Ulley CP: Cormorant - 6 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Goosander - 12 - inc 4 males
Wybourn Estate: Lesser Redpoll - 9 - feeding on niger seed ; , House Sparrow - 15 ; , Goldfinch - 6

19 February 2010

Catcliffe Flash: Pochard - 1 - Male ; Goosander - 9 - 5m,4f
Firsby Res: Tree Sparrow - 20+ ; Peregrine - 1
Ladybower Res: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Feeding on a fat ball. ;
Toadpool Farm: Linnet - 4 - on power lines ; Snipe - 2

18 February 2010

Aston: Pink-footed Goose - 65 - Flew low southeast
Greystones: Blackcap - 2 - Two males eating an apple placed in garden tree
Langsett: Crossbill - 29 - Noisy flock around area.
Loxley: Coal Tit - 1 - Singing male opposite entrance to Loxley Park residential home
Sheffield Centre: Peregrine - 2 - Pair on BT Building 11:00, falcon caught pigeon and consumed prey on the roof of Grovenor Hotel before returning ;
Thrybergh CP: Barnacle Goose - 8 - another photo. ; , Barnacle Goose - 8 - arrived at about1230. Still grazing by the main hide at 1400. Wary but approachable. ;
Treeton: Peregrine - 1

17 February 2010

Bolehill Flash: Cetti's Warbler - 1 - Calling loudly and showing briefly by wooden boardwalk at 0925
Centenary Way Riverside: Teal - 16 ; Linnet - 26
Fitzwilliam Canal, Parkgate: Mute Swan - 1 pr
Millhouses Park: Dipper - 1 - On R. Sheaf near cricket pitch
Rawmarsh: Song Thrush - 1 - singing male at dawn, Rockcliffe Road
Sharrow: Blackcap - 2 - 2 males on fat as well as birdtables in garden at 1545h
Sheffield Centre: Peregrine - 1 - adult on Grosvenor Hotel at around 1300h.
Silverwood Lagoon: Jack Snipe - 1
Thrybergh CP: Ringed Plover - 3 - displaying on slipway.
Ulley CP: Cormorant - 2 ; Goosander - 6 - 3m,3f ; Black-headed Gull - c50 ; Yellowhammer - c2 ; Woodpigeon - c300 ; Coal Tit - 3 ; Treecreeper - 4
Walkley Bank: Blackcap - 1 - male feeding and singing in a garden on Bell Hagg Road.
Wharncliffe Side: Lesser Redpoll - 25 - flock feeding on nyger seed on various feeders and on ground in garden ; Siskin - 7 - feeding on nyger feeders ; Reed Bunting - 2

16 February 2010

Chapeltown: Barn Owl - 1 - on a fence post at juncion 35a M1 at 2315h
Pebley Pond: Goosander - 1 - female
Pit-house West: Willow Tit - 4 - 2 pairs near Chinese Bridge. ; Kingfisher - 1 - with fish
Rivelin Filters: Woodcock - 1 - flying over woods at 1815h Flock of siskins 60+ 9am.
Sheffield Centre: Peregrine - 1 - On BT building at 1330
Shirebrook Valley: Skylark - 1 - In full song on Linleybank Meadow ; Willow Tit - 1 - In trees alongside Centenary Ponds
Walkley Bank: Blackcap - 1 - singing in a garden on Bell Hagg Road, and feeding on mealworms

15 February 2010

Bolsterstone: Golden Plover - 27
Kilnhurst Ings: Pink-footed Goose - c.80 - West at 1620h
Langsett/Midhope: Red Grouse - c60 - Several calling / display flight. ; Greylag Goose - 2 - Low south over moor. ; Siskin - 5
Longshaw: Brambling - 5+ - under feeders outside cafe
Loxley: Woodcock - 1 - low over Loxley Road at 5.50pm (SK318896) - first record in area for observer
Meadowhall Retail Park: Goldfinch - 60 - Feeding in two small trees in car park area
Moorgate, Rotherham: Redwing - 100+ - feeding on Oakwood Technology College playing feilds 9am
Sheffield Centre: Peregrine - 1 - on St George's church tower 10:00
Silverwood Lagoon: Mute Swan - 22 - Inc 3 Juvs
Silverwood Pit Top: Barn Owl - 1
Totley: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Male feeding on blackbird on log rockery in garden for over 35 minutes

14 February 2010

Agden: Chaffinch - 15+ ; Stock Dove - 6 - over west ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 ; Nuthatch - 4 ; , Coal Tit - 20+ ;
Aldwarke: Cormorant - 17 - on pylons
Aldwarke SF: Reed Bunting - c40 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Pintail - 1 - female ; Gadwall - 7 - 5m; 2f ; Grey Heron - 2 ; Tufted Duck - 3 ; Teal - 3 ; Snipe - 1 ; Bullfinch - 8 - 2m; 6f
Bingham Park: Dipper - 2
Bolehill Flash: Cetti's Warbler - 1 - singing and seen briefly by wooden walkway ; Reed Bunting - 2 ; Water Rail - 1 - + calling
Broomhead Res: Crossbill - 14
Catcliffe Flash: Goosander - 18 ; Shoveler - 11
Centenary Riverside: Lesser Redpoll - 5 - feeding in riverside alders ; Goldfinch - c10 - feeding in riverside alders ; Linnet - 28
Chatsworth Park: Mute Swan - 3 - Ad and 2 imms on river
Dalton: Doncaster Road: Magpie - 11 - post-roost.
Froggatt Bridge: Pink-footed Goose - 84 - Over W at 11:10 ; Teal - 1 - male on riverside marsh ; Mandarin - 14
Graves Park: Moorhen - 25 ; Pintail - 3 - Full-winged female still present with clipped pair, doing nothing to improve it's credentials ; Mallard - 90 ; Shoveler - 2 - both males ; Black-headed Gull - 74 ; Coot - 39 ; Pink-footed Goose - 1 - Single feeding on the lawns between the lakes and the Rose Garden Cafe.
Hickfield Bank: Skylark - 3 - singing.
Leash Fen: Merlin - 1
Linacre Res: Goosander - 5 ; Mandarin - 12 - + mostly males ; Tufted Duck - 11 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 - drumming ; Siskin - 65 - flock in larch trees by Middle Res
Longshaw: Lesser Redpoll - 12 - On feeders
Loxley Valley: Meadow Pipit - 8 - Old Wheel Farm
Middleton Moor: Teal - 12
Morehall Res: Great Crested Grebe - 1
Orgreave: Teal - 5 - on R Don ; Goosander - 3 - on R Don ; Kingfisher - 1 - on R Don ; Cormorant - 1 - flew S ; Tufted Duck - 6 - on R Don
Orgreave Lagoons: Goldeneye - 1 ; Skylark - 12 ; Goosander - 5 ; Wigeon - 58 ; Linnet - 93 ; Wigeon - 25 - flew S ; Herring Gull - 15 - flew N ; Great Black-backed Gull - 25
Parkgate Canal Basin: Mute Swan - 41 - + 11 1stW
R Don, Eastwood: Moorhen - 10 ; Teal - 9
Raynor Clough: Stock Dove - 70+ - flock disturbed from fields nearby
Rivelin Valley: Dipper - 4 - Two together near bridge near children's playground - two individuals further upstream - one just above road crossing other on river much further up. no visible rings on any.
Thrybergh CP: Kestrel - 2 ; Great Crested Grebe - 8-9 - with birds in full display. ; Red-legged Partridge - 5 - in adjacent fields ; Greylag Goose - 14 ; Moorhen - 26 ; Common Gull - 6 - 4 ads + 2 1stW. ; Coot - 161 ; Pochard - 5 - all males ; Wigeon - 8 - 3m; 5f ; Mute Swan - 43 - + 11 1stW. Lots of incomings & outgoings during morning. This is max count. ; Tufted Duck - 51
Treeton Dyke: Bullfinch - 4 ; Gadwall - 56 ; Coot - 50 ; Tufted Duck - 12 ; Goosander - 3 ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 19 ; Goldfinch - 24 - flew out of roost in hawthorns
Treeton SF: Rook - 45
Treeton Wood: Herring Gull - 10 - party N at 0900 - sign of return movt N

13 February 2010

Aldwarke: Cormorant - 9 - on pylons.
Barlborough Hall: Merlin - 1 - 1 Male hunting over park and fields
Barlborough Hall Park: Common Buzzard - 5 - in and around park ; Corn Bunting - 15 - in hedge on edge of park ; Linnet - c100 - feeding in stubble field
Blackburn Meadows NR: Lapwing - 1 ; Cormorant - 2 - SW ; Reed Bunting - 15+ ; Water Rail - 1 ; Woodcock - 1 ; Snipe - 5+ ; Pink-footed Goose - 100+ - NW
Brightholmlee: Common Buzzard - 3
Broomhead Res: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 ; Herring Gull - 53 - in roost ; Goosander - 10 ; Great Black-backed Gull - 9 ; Black-headed Gull - 800+ ; Common Gull - c100
Catcliffe Flash: Shoveler - 20 - at dusk ; Magpie - 131 - Coming in to roost in bushes around the n/e end of flash stopped counting at 5.05pm
Centenary Way Riverside: Green Sandpiper - 1
Cowell Flat: Reed Bunting - 2 ; Black Grouse - 1 - male in flight
Ecclesfield: Raven - 1 - High over east. ; Skylark - 2-3 ; Pink-footed Goose - c350 - Two skeins over NW at 10.45am (c100) and 10.53am (c250). ; Meadow Pipit - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Heard calling from Smithy Wood. ; Cormorant - 1 - East ; Common Gull - 2 - Slowly circled over area.
Holling Dale Plantation: Buzzard - 4
Lodge Moor: Long-tailed Tit - 2 - On feeders along with usual Bramblings(12 today), Chaffinches, Greenfinches, Goldfinches, Blackbirds, Blue Tits,Great Tits,Coal tits, Robin and Dunnock. Also male Sparrowhawk, and two Redwings for second day.
Oakbrook Road/Rustlings Road Junction: Ring-necked Parakeet - 1
Orgreave: Golden Plover - c120 - circling over ; Grey Partridge - 1 - calling at dusk
Rotherham: Waxwing - 2 - Two birds seen well in garden in Kimberworth ;
Salmon Pastures: Blackbird - 18+ - all males in bushes on the nature reserve ; Pink-footed Goose - c46 - over NW
Sheffield Centre: Peregrine - 2 - on BT building 16:00
Silverwood: Nuthatch - 2
Stubley Hollow: Woodcock - 1
Thrybergh CP: Pink-footed Goose - c65 - NW at 0945.
Ulley CP: Mute Swan - 6 - inc 3 south east ; Skylark - 2 - inc 1 singing ; Greylag Goose - 1 - south west ; Goosander - 4
White Lee Moor: Raven - 2 ; Greylag Goose - 6 - flew west
Wigtwizzle: Crossbill - 8 - loosly scattered individual birds, sometimes with 2 together
Woodhouse Tip: Mistle Thrush - 7 - Perched on electicity cables
Woodseats: Blackcap - 1 - A male feeding on apple and banana. Seen daily to 21st.
Wybourn Estate : Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 - in trees for about 2 minutes then flew off east ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - female being mobbed by crow ; , Long-tailed Tit - 1 - feeding on fat balls ; , Lesser Redpoll - 3 - feeding on niger seed ;

12 February 2010

Barbrook Pools: Reed Bunting - 2
Blackburn Meadows NR: Snipe - 6 ; Jack Snipe - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 7 ; Green Sandpiper - 1 - calling ; Water Rail - 1 - calling ; Reed Bunting - 3
Chatsworth: Mute Swan - 3 - 1 adult, 2 imms. ; Goldcrest - 2 ; Buzzard - 1 ; Pink-footed Goose - 120 - A single skein heading NW at 10.47 am. Also 2 feeding on the cricket pitch.
Eastwood, Rotherham: Eldon Rd allotments/playing fields: Redwing - 6
Firsby Res: Tufted Duck - 8 ; Bullfinch - 6 ; Teal - 2
Greasbrough: Lowfield allotments: Yellowhammer - c20 - flew onto adjacent farmland.
Langsett Res: Pink-footed Goose - c150 - Calling as they flew low NW over res at 5.15pm in fading light. ; Black-headed Gull - c1600 - 5pm
Langsett/Midhope: Fieldfare - c70 ; Siskin - c40 - Single noisy flock with a few Redpoll. ; Lesser Redpoll - c10 ; Greylag Goose - 2 - Low south ; Mistle Thrush - 7 - 1 in song ; Starling - c50 ; Treecreeper - 2 ; Chaffinch - c30 - Several singing.
Pebley: Corn Bunting - 8+ - in field opposite pub with 15+ Yellowhammer,4+ Reed Bunting, 40+ Linnet with at least 1 Twite(pinkish rump showing clearly), 20+ Goldfinch, Merlin(male)caught Skylark, Buzzard, 3 Kestrel, 70+ Fieldfare, 15+ Redwing ;
Rawmarsh: Cormorant - 1 - W @ 0750hrs

11 February 2010

Barlborough: Golden Plover - c130 - in fields along Clowne Road with c45 Lapwing
Baslow: Brambling - 1 - On sunflower seed feeder
Blue Man's Bower: Teal - 5 ; Snipe - 4
Bolehill Flash: Water Rail - 1
Catcliffe Flash: Goosander - 9 ; Shoveler - 22
Centenary Way Riverside: Green Sandpiper - 1 ; Linnet - c30 ; Linnet - c 30
Lady Canning's Plantation: Woodcock - 2
Langsett Wood: Crossbill - c10 - feeding in deciduous trees, as well as conifers.
Mayfield Valley: Little Owl - 1 - Sitting in Hawthorn tree just off Foxhall Lane, 1715h.
Orgreave Lagoons: Skylark - 29 ; Linnet - c 80 ; Wigeon - 57 ; Lapwing - 73 ; Goosander - 6
Pebley pond: Cormorant - 4 - perching in trees on island, also 1 Goldeneye, 2 Pochard, 14 Tufted Duck and 1 Great Black-backed Gull.
R Don, Rotherham Centre: Crinoline Bridge: Grey Wagtail - 1
Rotherham Centre: Cormorant - 1 - NE @ 0800hrs

10 February 2010

Bolsterstone: Golden Plover - 52 - Settled in field at 3.15pm
Broomhead Res: Crossbill - 30+ - in Allas Lane wood ; Siskin - 150+ - in Allas Lane wood
Graves Park: Pintail - 3 - Full winged female with resident clipped pair. ; Mallard - 127 ; Redwing - c50 - Feeding in leaf litter in Waterfall Wood ; Lesser Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Male in Cobnar Wood ; Stock Dove - 3 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Female
Langsett Res: Black-headed Gull - c600 - 3pm onwards
Silverwood Wood: Short-eared Owl - 1
Tinsley Marshalling Yard: Little Owl - 1 - Resident bird