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27 January 2012

Aldwarke Lane: Song Thrush - 1 - singing at 0150
Blackburn Meadows NR: Reed Bunting - 4 ; Teal - 5 ; Green Sandpiper - 2
Brincliffe Edge: Lesser Redpoll - 1 - on garden feeder ; Siskin - 1
Endcliffe Park: Black-headed Gull - 27 - lower pond
Fulwood garden: Lesser Redpoll - 7 - on nyjer feeder ; Woodpigeon - 3 - pair closely attending what seemed to be a freshly fledged juv
Handsworth garden: Yellowhammer - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1
Hangingwater: Sparrowhawk - 1 - female in garden ;
Hillsborough: Long-tailed Tit - 7 - in garden ash tree
Meersbrook: Redwing - 19 - west over Rushdale Road
Norton Hammer: Dipper - 2 - A pair on the R.Sheaf just below Woodseats Road.
Parson Cross: Sparrowhawk - 1 - female flying over
Porter Clough: Treecreeper - 1 ; , Nuthatch - 2 ; Long-tailed Tit - 5
Ringinglow: Rook - 17 - Castle Dyke playing fields
Sheffield Centre: Goldfinch - 70+ - gathering at about 16.30hrs in buddlea scrub behind former NUM HQ, next to City Hall
Shirebrook Valley: Kestrel - 1 - Female ; Sparrowhawk - 2 - male and big female ; Willow Tit - 3
Trippet Wood: Black-headed Gull - 15 - In the pond
Whiteley Woods: Nuthatch - 2 - Bluebell wood ; Long-tailed Tit - 5 - Below Wire Mill Dam ; Goldcrest - 1

26 January 2012

Blackburn Meadows NR: Teal - 6 ; Great Tit - 6 - at feeders ; Blue Tit - 15 - at feeders ; Reed Bunting - 4 - at feeders ; Green Sandpiper - 2
Bleaklow: Bullfinch - 1 - male on heather moor/ peat clough at 498m at Stable Clough
Canklow Woods: Green Woodpecker - 1 - yaffling
Centenary Riverside: Goosander - 3 - on the river ; Tufted Duck - 21 - on the river
Green Moor: Tawny Owl - 1
Ickles: Greenfinch - 39
Low Moor, Upper Midhope: Mistle Thrush - 1 - singing male ; Fieldfare - c100
Midhope Res: Crossbill - 2 ; Siskin - 1 - singing male ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - singing male ; Greylag Goose - 1 ; Goldcrest - 5+ - 2 singing
Moorgate, Rotherham: Bullfinch - 1 - m - feeding on birdtable @ 16.00
Penistone Road, Hillsborough: Lapwing - 1 - over NE at 08:00
Pit-house West: BITTERN - 1 - came in to roost at 16.50
R Don, Norfolk Bridge: Mute Swan - 1 - Imm ; Grey Wagtail - 1
Rivelin Valley: Long-tailed Tit - 4 - by Wolf Pond ; Treecreeper - 1 - Wolf Pond ; Goldcrest - 2 - By Wolf Pond ; Goldfinch - 3
Rother Valley CP: Goosander - 5 ; Smew - 1 ; Red-crested Pochard - 1 ; Goldeneye - 11 - including two displaying males ; Redshank - 2
Sheffield University: Peregrine - 1 - St Georges, 17.00. Arrived at dusk.

25 January 2012

Blackburn Meadows NR: Green Sandpiper - 1
Broomhill: Waxwing - 10 - Flying over Manchester Road junction towards Crosspool.
Canklow Woods: Green Woodpecker - 1 - yaffling
Catcliffe Flash: Mute Swan - 5 - 2 ads + 3 imms ; Goosander - 1 - male ; Teal - 30 ; Shoveler - 3 ; Wigeon - 7 ; Black-headed Gull - 25+ ; Coot - 14 - big reduction ; Grey Heron - 5 ; Tufted Duck - 12 ; Gadwall - 7
Chatsworth, Emperor Lake: Crossbill - c10
Ecclesall: Long-tailed Tit - 5+ ; Wren - 1
General Cemetery, Sharrow: Greenfinch - 8
Hangingwater: Magpie - 12 - in single tree
Herringthorpe: Ring-necked Parakeet - 5 - flying over Herringthorpe playing fields heading towards Clifton Park 0840hrs
Morehall Res: Curlew - 1 - flew west at 16:13
Norton Lees: Redwing - 22+ - flock moving through
Peter Dale: Fieldfare - 12+ - with Starlings ; Marsh Tit - 2 ; Starling - 12+ - with Fieldfare ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Female
Renishaw: Little Owl - 2
Rotherham Centre; Don Canal, Brown's Cut: Grey Wagtail - 2 - 2 (pair?), inc 1 singing @ 0805hrs
Sharrow: Coal Tit - 2 - pair visiting feeders ; Blue Tit - 1 - tapping inside nestbox
Sheffield University: Peregrine - 1 - on St George's at 11.30 ; Peregrine - 1 - Female on St Georges at 1500
Thrybergh CP: Scaup - 1 - 1st winter male still present ;
Tideswell: Jackdaw - 7+ - All around the village main street

24 January 2012

Blackburn Meadows NR: Teal - 23 ; Green Sandpiper - 1 ; Magpie - 58 - pre roost gathering ; Greenfinch - 76 - going to roost
Centenary Riverside: Tufted Duck - 15 - on the river
Greno Wood: Tawny Owl - 1
Handsworth garden: Long-tailed Tit - 15 ; Coal Tit - 3 ; Grey Wagtail - 1
Lodge Moor: Redwing - 1 - Feeding under bushes with Blackbirds
Millhouses: Goldcrest - 1 - Feeding in garden
Outo Kumpo steelworks Europa Way: Peregrine - 1 ; Red-legged Partridge - 14 ; Fieldfare - 74 - mainly dropping in to roost ; Greenfinch - 57 - roost flights ; Long-tailed Tit - 13 ; Little Owl - 1
R Don, Rotherham Centre; by Tesco: Kingfisher - 1 - calling @ 0810hrs ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - 1 singing; 1 over calling - 1625hrs
Rotherham Centre; Tesco car park: Sparrowhawk - 1 - low to E
Rotherham Centre; Walker Place: Blackbird - 1 - in full song @ dusk
Sharrow: Nuthatch - 1 - visiting sunflower feeder
Walkley Bank: Blackcap - 1 - wintering male in garden since 03/12/2011, now started singing

23 January 2012

Aughton: Escaped/Feral Species - 1 - Budgerigar
Bamford: Nuthatch - 1 - On Stickenholme Golf Course ; Treecreeper - 1 - On Stickenholme Golf Course ; Buzzard - 1 - Near railway station
Blackburn Meadows NR: Green Sandpiper - 1 ; Bullfinch - 8 ; Lesser Redpoll - 11
Bolehill Flash: Yellowhammer - 6 ; Reed Bunting - 2
Canklow - Blackburn Meadows: Song Thrush - 6 - 6 singing in 30 min walk
Canklow Woods: Sparrowhawk - 3 - 3 in the air together
Centenary Riverside: Teal - 7 - on the river ; Tufted Duck - 13 - on the river ; Goosander - 2 - on the river ; Little Grebe - 1 - on the river
Crosspool: Waxwing - c10 - Manchester Rd at 14:38,between Den Bank Drive and Coldwell Lane.
Hangingwater: Blackcap - 1 - f on bird table in garden 12:20
Hathersage: Nuthatch - 1 - Baulk Lane ; Fieldfare - 30+ - Near Greens Farm
Leash Fen: Short-eared Owl - 3 - 1700hrs
Low Bradfield: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Goldfinch - 12 ; Fieldfare - 15 ; Woodpigeon - 32
Midhope Moor: Raven - 1
Midhope Res: Little Grebe - 1 - first returning bird
Morehall Res: Crossbill - 2 ; Jay - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Cormorant - 5+ ; Teal - 2 females ; Wigeon - 1 female ; Gadwall - 1 female ; Blue Tit - 1+ - singing
Mosborough: Pheasant - 1 - Male in garden ; House Sparrow - 20+
Orgreave Lakes: Lapwing - 50
Peat Pits: Golden Plover - c150
Pit-house West: Sparrowhawk - 3 ; Willow Tit - 1 - by the Bittern Pool
R Derwent, Hathersage: Mandarin - 12 - near Leadmill Bridge, 7 Male 5 Female ; Goosander - 1 - Male near Leadmill Bridge
R Rother, Bolehill.: Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Kingfisher - 2 ;
Rother Valley CP: Shelduck - 1 - presumed escaped female on main lake ; Escaped/Feral Species - 1 - Muscovy Duck; mainly black male by main lake ; Lapwing - 120 - on a jetty by the main lake ; Escaped/Feral Species - 1 - Chinese Goose with 2 part Canada hybrids
Rotherham Centre; Walker Place: Pied Wagtail - 2 - feeding ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - singing male ; Blue Tit - 2 - song/display
Shatton: Long-tailed Tit - 5
Sheffield University: Peregrine - 2 - On St.Georges - one present much of the day, two at 16.00. ; Goldfinch - c30 - St Georges at 16.00.
Tinsley Marshalling Yard: Little Owl - 1 ; Redwing - 40+
Tyzack's Dam: Mandarin - 19 ; Greylag Goose - 1
Ulley Res: Goldeneye - 4 - 1m,3f 13.00.

22 January 2012

Aldwarke SF: Teal - 12 ; Grey Heron - 7 ; Reed Bunting - 2 ; Shoveler - 1pr ; Redwing - 5
Aldwarke; Candlelight Field: Lapwing - 5
Aldwarke; Waddington Way: Goldfinch - 3 ; Kestrel - 1 - f hunting
Barlborough Hall: Barn Owl - 1 - Hunting mid afternoon
Baslow: Bullfinch - 8 - 4M, 4F feeding on fallen sycamore keys
Broomhead Res: Black-headed Gull - 1400 - c. roosted ; Common Gull - 50 - c. roosted ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - ad roosted. ; , Herring Gull - 230 - c. roosted ; Great Black-backed Gull - 90 - c. roosted ; Goosander - 9 - inc 5 males ; Goosander - 9 ; Waxwing - 1+ - heard only, 16:10
City Road Cemetery: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - on top of fir tree outside crematorium
Crosspool: Waxwing - 1 - heard over Den Bank Crescent at 11.00 hrs
Dore Moor: Redwing - 20
Ecclesall: Linnet - 1 - flew N - mid-afternoon
Fatty Boyns Ponds: Bullfinch - 1 - female ; Lesser Redpoll - 1
Greno Wood: Siskin - 4
Grenoside: Lesser Redpoll - 5 - moving between gardens on Main St ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Ringed male on garden feeder
Hickfield Bank: Lapwing - c30
Hillsborough: Bullfinch - 2 - males
Hillsborough Park: Tufted Duck - 1 - female ; Goosander - 25+ - some flushed by council lorry whilst counting
Leash Fen: Short-eared Owl - 1 - Quartering 1700hrs
Peat Pits: Golden Plover - 52 - in fields
Pit-house West;: BITTERN - 1 - seen twice between 16:35 and 17:00 in and over reedbed.
R Don, Aldwarke Bridge to Eastwood Lock: Teal - 1 ; Gadwall - 9 - 4prs; 1f ; Redwing - 4 ; Mallard - 16 ; Pintail - 1 - female ; Tufted Duck - 14 ; Coot - 9
R Don, Thrybergh Banks: Gadwall - 3 prs ; Tufted Duck - 53 ; Pochard - 1 - drake ; Coot - 13 ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Mute Swan - 5 - inc 1 1st winter ; Mallard - 20-25 ; Teal - c50
Ravenfield Ponds: Chaffinch - 2 - Coming to seed at entrance. ; , Willow Tit - 1 - Coming to seed at entrance. ; Siskin - 1 - Single over. ; Lesser Redpoll - 15 - Feeding in Silver Birch.
River Don Deepcar: Dipper - 3 - inc 2 ringed birds ;
Shillito Wood: Blue Tit - 4 ; Goldfinch - 10+ - drinking from puddle 1500hrs
Thrybergh CP: Canada Goose - 14 ; Goldeneye - 1 - f/imm briefly ; Cormorant - 8 - inc one wrestling with a huge Pike! ; Great Crested Grebe - 6 - most now in full breeding plumage ; Moorhen - 13 ; Coot - 150-155 ; Pochard - 8 - 7m; 1f ; Mute Swan - 14 - inc 1 1st winter ; Greylag Goose - 41 ; Yellowhammer - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 44 ; Little Grebe - 2 ; Gadwall - 11 - 3m; 8f ; Scaup - 1 - 1st winter drake ; Common Gull - 4 - 1 adult; 3 2nd winter ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; Bullfinch - 4
Thrybergh Tip: Gadwall - 4 - 1m; 3f ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 ; Greylag Goose - 37 - presumed TCP birds? ; Mute Swan - 2 ; Pheasant - 4 ; Shoveler - 4 - 3 sub-eclipse m; 1f
Tyzack's Dam: Mandarin - 7+ - 5+ drakes, 2+ ducks at 1545hrs

21 January 2012

Beeley Wood: Collared Dove - 6 ; Nuthatch - 4 ; Dipper - 2 - On river ; Great Tit - 4 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - Nr river bank
Blackburn Meadows NR: Goldfinch - 16 ; CETTI'S WARBLER - 1 ; Teal - 6 ; Bullfinch - 4 ; Blackbird - 5 ; Cormorant - 3 - flying SE
Brinsworth: Peregrine - 1 - 1515hrs - seen from M1
Firsby Res: Mistle Thrush - 2 ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Shoveler - 3 ; Teal - 20+ - Feeding in mud under willows.
Hillsborough Park: Goosander - 17
Orgreave Lakes: Rock Pipit - 1 - Rock/Water Pipit Flew low north calling towards 'Plain'
Ravenfield Ponds: Bullfinch - 10 - Flocks of 6 and 4 at opposite ends of park. ; Lesser Redpoll - 25 ; Goldcrest - 1 - In Tit flock.
Rother Valley CP: Smew - 1 - Female present on Nature Reserve lake. ; Kingfisher - 1
Rutland Road: Peregrine - 1
Stubley Hollow: Jackdaw - 443
Thrybergh CP: Scaup - 1 - first w drake still present ; , Peregrine - 2 - m&f arrived at 0919 and soared/hunted over SE ridge. Still present at 1000.
Wadsley Common: Bullfinch - 5 - on feeders ; Goldfinch - 13 - On feeders
Wentworth Forge: Grey Wagtail - 1
Wharncliffe Chase: Yellowhammer - 1+ - by Flash
Wharncliffe Wood: Siskin - 40+ - around edge of Wharncliffe Wood/Chase ; Lesser Redpoll - 20+

20 January 2012

Blackburn Meadows NR: Green Sandpiper - 1 ; Teal - 3 ; Goldfinch - 38
Centenary Riverside: Goosander - 3 - on the river ; Tufted Duck - 26 - on the river
Lodge Moor garden: Bullfinch - 1 - male at feeder ; Brambling - 1 - 1 male at feeder
Mosborough: Starling - 1 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Blue Tit - 4 ; Great Tit - 2 ; Coal Tit - 2
R Don, Effingham St: Kingfisher - 1 - Flew downstream @ 13.25 ; Grey Heron - 1 - Near Bailey bridge @ 13.25
R Don, Norfolk Bridge: Song Thrush - 1 - Singing @ 16.35.
Sheffield University: Peregrine - 2 - St Georges, 8.30 ; Peregrine - 2 - St Georges. 2 at 16.00. At least one of the pair has been present all day.
Woodhouse Washlands: Snipe - 12 ; Jack Snipe - 1

19 January 2012

Aston: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - entering nest hole in dead poplar
Attercliffe: Goldfinch - 20+ - Sussex Street, gathered in tree near canal @ 13.15
Blackburn Meadows NR: Lesser Redpoll - 11 plus
Broomhead Res: Great Black-backed Gull - 150 - roosted ; Herring Gull - 350 - roosted ; Black-headed Gull - 1250 - roosted ; Common Gull - 25 - roosted
Greystones garden: Redwing - 2
Leash Fen: Short-eared Owl - 3 - 16.50 ; Great Grey Shrike - 1 - 15.30
Lodge Moor: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - male-regularly on feeder
R Don, Norfolk Bridge: Kingfisher - 1 - Flying downstream @ 13.30
RVCP, Meadowgate Lake: Smew - 1 - female ; Red-crested Pochard - 1 - female
Shillito Wood: Chaffinch - 12 ; Yellowhammer - 3 ; Reed Bunting - 2
Thrybergh CP: Bullfinch - 2 ; Scaup - 1
Wentworth Garden Centre: Waxwing - 2 - in the car park.
Woolley Wood: Redwing - 20 - flew SW at 1610 hrs

18 January 2012

Blackburn Meadows NR: Bullfinch - 4 ; Goldfinch - 2
Catcliffe Flash: Shoveler - 2 ; Mute Swan - 5 - 2 ads, 3 imms ; Teal - 4 ; Coot - 25 ; Tufted Duck - 5 ; Mallard - c50 ; Black-headed Gull - 100+ - on ice [90% frozen]
Centenary Riverside: Goosander - 2
Fairholmes: Siskin - 12+ - on feeders ; Coal Tit - 5+ - on feeders
General Cemetery, Sharrow: Heron - 1 - Fishing again on Porter at 09.00 hrs
Langsett Res: Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Goldcrest - c10-15 ; Common Gull - 5 ; Black-headed Gull - c1700+ - Roosting 1630hrs
Linacre Res: Mandarin - 42 ; Cormorant - 2 ; Goosander - 9 - 6 males. ; Goldeneye - 2 - 2 imms still present.
Mosborough: Sparrowhawk - 1
Norton Lees: Redwing - 30+ - east at 1445hrs
Orgreave Lakes: Goosander - 4 - 2m+2redhead ; Peregrine - 1 - imm fem flushed everything up on lakes at 1545 ; Redpoll sp (Common/Lesser) - 20 ; Jay - 1 - flew over
Peat Pits: Golden Plover - c 350 ; Lapwing - 15
Pit-house West: BITTERN - 2 - flew to roost, one at 4.41, one at 4.45 ; Water Rail - 1 - calling at dusk
R Don, Attercliffe: Little Grebe - 1 - by Newhall Road bridge ; Kingfisher - 1 - fishing by Hawke Street bridge
R Don, Rotherham Centre; adjacent to Tesco: Grey Wagtail - 1 - 0800hrs
Redmires Plantation: Bullfinch - flock of 9
Rotherham Centre; Don Canal, Brown's Cut: Cormorant - 1 - caught sizeable, silvery, deep-bodied fish @ 0805hrs
Sharrow: Goldfinch - 15 - coming to feeders at 10.10 hrs
Sheffield Centre: Pied Wagtail - 20+ - just caught the tail end of wagtails roosting in bushes at 4.55pm on Arundale Gate outside the Odeon
Treeton: Yellowhammer - 12 - Flatts Lane Farm
Waverley Opencast: Fieldfare - 23 ; Goldfinch - 47
Weston Park: Coot - 1

17 January 2012

Botanical Gardens: Jay - 1 - mimicking call of a Magpie several times.
Canklow Woods: Kestrel - 2 - 2 east
Carr Vale Nature Reserve: Iceland Gull - 1 - pager report, adult on ice until 09:35 then flew N towards Poolsbrook
Dale Dike Res: Whooper Swan - 3 ;
Fanshaw Gate Hall, Derbyshire: Long-tailed Tit - 12
General Cemetery, Sharrow: Heron - 1 - looking for fish at a few sites along the Porter from Frog Lane to Stalkers Walk before flying off South at 08.45 hrs
Greystones garden: Redwing - 4 ; Long-tailed Tit - 1
Heeley Millennium Park: Fieldfare - 10+
Hillsborough: Goldfinch - 33 - in garden Ash tree
Linacre Res: Mandarin - 35 - in two groups on middle lake
Manor Top: Lapwing - 28 - SW at 10.30 ; Lapwing - 3 - SW at 10.20
Middlewood: Golden Plover - 3 - Flying north calling
Millhouses Park: Dipper - 2
Moss Valley, lower: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Bullfinch - 2 - one female, one male.
Norton: Common Buzzard - 1 - in low bush next to Bochum Parkway
Norton Lees: Redwing - 12 - loose mobile flock
Outo Kumpo steelworks, Europa Way: Stonechat - 1 - male
R Don, Blonk St: Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Kingfisher - 1
Sharrow: Magpie - 18 - gathering together in trees at dusk
Shirebrook Valley: Bullfinch - 5
Stradbroke: Snipe - 2 - flew over 1030am ; Bullfinch - 1m - first record for garden
Totley Hall fields: Fieldfare - c50 - unsettled and constantly calling and flying on. ; Redwing - 40 - with Fieldfare ; Lapwing - 60 - Flock flying overhead in SW direction.
Weston Park: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1
Wharncliffe Chase (south): Crossbill - c15 - Near Broom Royd, in deciduous tree on chase, dropping into stream to feed / drink.
Wharncliffe Wood: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Female, about 0.5 mile south of Lodge.
Woodthorpe Hall, Derbyshire: Goldcrest - 1 ; Siskin - 4

16 January 2012

Agden Side: Common Buzzard - 1 - 1 with missing primary feathers in right wing 11.00-11.30
Blackburn Meadows NR: Reed Bunting - 3
Bradfield Moors: Raven - 1 ; ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD - 1 - seen well: flew east to south side of Emlin ridge at about 2pm, then south, perched in dead tree on moor for 5+ mins then flew south harried by Crow to Dale Dike Res then flew NW to Thornseat Delf ;
Canklow Woods: Green Woodpecker - 1 - yaffling
Castleton: Fieldfare - 6+ ; Kestrel - 1 - Near Hollins Cross ; , Starling - 6+ ; Redwing - 40+ - In field near Dunscar Farm along with Fieldfare & Starlings
Cemetery Avenue: Waxwing - 16 - Feeding on berries at 08.40 hrs
Centenary Riverside: Teal - 2 - on the river ; Goosander - 4 - on the river ; Tufted Duck - 10 - on the river
Crookes Valley Park: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - unusual here
Emlin Ridge: Buzzard - 1 - perched bird with mottled upper-parts giving Rough-legged like appearance when viewed from the rear
Green Moor: Tree Sparrow - 5 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - male ; Bullfinch - 4
Greystones: Jay - 1
Hathersage: Hawfinch - 1 - At top of tree by Nether Hurst farm.
Hope: Jackdaw - 3 ; Treecreeper - 1 - Near Townend Farm ; Raven - 1 ; Treecreeper - 1 - near Townend Farm
Hurkling Stones: ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD - 1 - Showed briefly at 13.40 ; Lapwing - 22 - South
Lodge Moor garden: Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Siskin - 2 - 1F 1M ; Bullfinch - 5 - 2F (1 ringed) 3M ; Long-tailed Tit - 10+ - some ringed
Longshaw: Brambling - 60
Morehall Res: Wigeon - 1 - fem ; Common Gull - 2 ; Black-headed Gull - 50 ; Cormorant - 3
Orgreave Lakes: Goosander - 9 ; Kingfisher - 1 - on river ; Fieldfare - 50+ - feeding on hill ; Snipe - 1 - on big hill
Pit-house West: CETTI'S WARBLER - 1 - two brief views 30 yards up from chinese bridge ; Redwing - 20+ ; Sparrowhawk - 2 ; Kestrel - 2
R Don, Rotherham Centre: Goosander - 1 - drake; adjacent to Tesco
Rother Valley CP: Canada Goose - 141 ; Wigeon - 268 ; Teal - 42 ; Black-headed Gull - 166 ; Moorhen - 18 ; Coot - 463 ; Cormorant - 24 ; Smew - 1 ; Goosander - 17 ; Goldeneye - 10 ; Tufted Duck - 64 ; Red-crested Pochard - 1 ; Mute Swan - 65 ; Shelduck - 1 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 3 ; Shoveler - 2 ; Gadwall - 159 ; Mallard - 314 ; Redshank - 1 ; Willow Tit - 1 ; Great Crested Grebe - 21 ; Greylag Goose - 3 ; Pochard - 47
Rotherham Centre: Grey Wagtail - 1 - All Saints Square ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - On Chantry Bridge @ 12.30
Rotherham; Thornhill: Mute Swan - 2 - NE
Sharrow: Long-tailed Tit - 2 - feeding on fat block
Slatepit Lane nr Leash Fen: Golden Plover - 23 ; Lapwing - 16 - Feeding in field with Golden Plover
Thornseat: Buzzard - 1 ; Stock Dove - 2
Thornseat Delf: Bullfinch - 4 - party at edge of plantation
White Lee Moor: Golden Plover - 10 - landed for a short time before heading south

15 January 2012

Aldwarke: Pink-footed Goose - 130-140 - WNW @ 0905hrs
Aldwarke SF: Shoveler - 1 - sub-eclipse drake ; Golden Plover - 18 - S ; Common Gull - 1 - 1st W NE ; Redwing - 19+ ; Goosander - 2 - f/imm NE
Barlborough: Golden Plover - 106 - in usual field along Clowne Road with 46 Lapwing
Broomhead Res: Long-tailed Tit - c30 ; Siskin - c70 ; Crossbill - 1+ - flew over, trill call also heard ; Goosander - 5 - 3m+2f in group with calling ; Goldcrest - c3 - within tit group ; Coal Tit - c15
Canklow: Pink-footed Goose - 827 - in 4 skiens; c200 west at 0915, c400 west at 0930, 77 west at 0935, c150 west at 0938
Cemetery Avenue: Waxwing - 28 - feeding on berries at 08.45
Chatsworth Park: Shoveler - 1 - drake on river
Chatsworth, Swiss Lake: Mandarin - 10 - on only open water; lake 99% frozen ; Teal - 7 ; Crossbill - 2 - flying over
Cinder Bridge Field: Yellowhammer - c50 - feeding in stubble
Damflask Res: Mandarin - 1 - male ; Pintail - 1 - male [presumably the long staying individual]
Eastwood, Rotherham: Pink-footed Goose - c200 - W @ 0930hrs
Ecclesall Woods: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 4+ - Including two drumming.
Firsby Res: Bullfinch - 6 ; Goldfinch - 10 ; Grey Wagtail - 1
Gillfield Wood: Jay - 4 - Calling in hedgerow and flying into wood ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2
Green Moor: Tree Sparrow - 2 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 - 1M + 1F
Greno Wood: Pink-footed Goose - c150 - Flying SW
Grenoside: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Ringed male on garden feeder
Greystones: Magpie - 1 - Another sighting of the bird with an extremely overgrown upper mandible in garden
High Storrs: Mistle Thrush - 2
Intake: Lapwing - 25+ - south west at 10.20
Leash Fen: Short-eared Owl - 2+ - Hunting at dusk
Lodge Moor Garden: Treecreeper - 1 - In mature beech - first sighting
Longshaw: Nuthatch - 1 - On seed feeders
Middlewood: Black-headed Gull - 22 - on playing fields
Millhouses garden: Blackcap - 1 male
Millhouses Park: Kingfisher - 1
Morehall Res: Wigeon - 1 - female ; Cormorant - 2 ; Teal - 4 - females
Mosborough: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Male, perched on rooftop
Nether Haugh: Collared Dove - 7 - on wires
Orgreave Lakes: Whooper Swan - 1 - On main lake @ 08:30
Parkgate Canal Basin: Mute Swan - 45 - 36 ads; 3 sub-adults; 6 1st years ; Black-headed Gull - c200
Parkwood Springs: Linnet - c55 ; Buzzard - 1 ; Lesser Redpoll - 11 ; Reed Bunting - 3 ; Pink-footed Goose - 530 - northwest between 9:15 and 9:35 ; Goldfinch - c30 ; Golden Plover - 8 - over east
Pit-house West: Green Woodpecker - 1 ; CETTI'S WARBLER - 1 - Calling fairly frequently near Chinese bridge late afternoon, seen in flight
R Don, Aldwarke Bridge to Eastwood Lock: Little Grebe - 2 ; Teal - 2prs ; Tufted Duck - 17 ; Gadwall - 5 - 1m; 4f ; Shoveler - 3 - 2 sub-eclipse (inc 1 from Aldwarke SF) & 1 adult drake ; Goosander - 2 - in from N
R Rother, Treeton: Kingfisher - 1 - perched on tree just above bridge ; Water Rail - 1
Ravenfield ponds: Tree Sparrow - c15 ; Jay - 3 ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Goldcrest - 2 ; Tawny Owl - 1 ; Coal Tit - 4 ; Willow Tit - 1
Rawmarsh; St Mary's churchyard: Coal Tit - 1
Silverwood Lagoon: Fieldfare - c80 ; Wigeon - 4 ; Peregrine - 1 - flew north at 15.50
Stubbin incline; S of Greasbrough Lane: Redwing - c20
Stubbin, nr Rawmarsh; Old Sough: Golden Plover - 23 - 10 SE; 13 circled & left N/NW ; Redwing - c50 ; Fieldfare - c150
Stubbin, nr Rawmarsh; pit site: Lesser Redpoll - 2
Thrybergh: Goldfinch - 32 - on feeders, School Lane
Thrybergh Cemetery: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Feeding on recently felled trees
Totley: Jay - 2 - Moving low through trees at the old Rifle Range ; Collared Dove - 34 - at top of tree in school grounds for a few minutes and then moved on in westerly direction.
Tyzack's Dam: Mandarin - 16 ; Greylag Goose - 1 - Unusual here.
Ulley CP: Coot - 56 ; Siskin - 5 ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Woodcock - 1 ; Golden Plover - 52 ; Greylag Goose - 6 - south east ; Coal Tit - 2 ; Pink-footed Goose - 870 - in 7 skeins 0915-0930 ; Bullfinch - 3 ; Mistle Thrush - 2 ; Tree Sparrow - 3 ; Willow Tit - 3 ; Tufted Duck - 8 ; Jay - 4 ; Moorhen - 6 ; Yellowhammer - 14 ; Grey Partridge - 6 ; Redwing - 7 ; Lesser Redpoll - 10 ; Mallard - 71 ; Black-headed Gull - 60 ; Song Thrush - 4 ; Great Crested Grebe - 4 ; Fieldfare - 25
Walkley Bank: Pink-footed Goose - c150 - flying NW at 0930hrs
Whitwell Moor: Cormorant - 1 - Flew west from Broomhead Res ; Swan sp - 13 - West @ 9.44 - seen on horizon to north beyond Stocksbridge including several juvs. Seen during peak PFG movement. Undoubtedly the Whoopers reported on the Barnsley website over Stocksbridge. ; Fieldfare - c50 ; Pink-footed Goose - c1100 - W-NW from 9.20 to 9.53. 7 skeins seen both to north, over Broomhead Res and to the south over Broomhead/Bradfield Moors. (c120-9.20am; c100-9.29; c400- 9.40; c250-9.42; c100-9.45, 26-9.49; c100-9.53) ; , Grey Goose sp - c200 - West in a single line at 9.44am. An additional group to PFG skeins but noticeable that they flew in a single straight line ; Lapwing - 13 - loafing around area. ; Siskin - c30 ; Golden Plover - 17 - 13+4 SE over towards Peat Pits area.
Wigtwizzle: Brambling - 2 - males with chaffinch flock

14 January 2012

Agden Beck: ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD - 1 - Flew south over valley, landed briefly in tree and then proceded south behind Emlin Ridge at 15.15
Aldwarke: Cormorant - 2 - on pylon
Blackburn Meadows NR: Cormorant - 2 - west ; Pink-footed Goose - 36 - west at 09.30 ; Goosander - 2 - males north east ; Snipe - 1 ; Siskin - 1 - singing
Bradfield Moors: Pink-footed Goose - c 530 - W in 4 skeins
Broomhead Moor: Bullfinch - 3 - Edge of moorland ; Raven - 3
Broomhead Res: Great Black-backed Gull - 300+ ; Herring Gull - c400 ; Black-headed Gull - c450
Canklow Woods: Green Woodpecker - 1 - yaffling
Cemetery Avenue: Redwing - 2 - with Waxwings ; Waxwing - 28 - 0930hrs, feeding in large Mountain Ash tree at junction with Ecclesall Road
Chatsworth Park: Brambling - 1 ; Chaffinch - 60+
Firsby Res: Teal - 77 - on main res, flushed onto ice ; Pink-footed Goose - 890 - several skeins going west all morning, ie 240,60@1000 ,90@ 1015 ,230, 55 @1024 ,175@ 1042 ; Kestrel - 1 - female with prey ; Mistle Thrush - 2 ; Redwing - 1 - single east high up ; Fieldfare - 51 ; Blackbird - 12 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Tree Sparrow - 4 ; Pheasant - 7 - inc 2 cocks fighting over females ; Willow Tit - 5 ; Grey Heron - 2 ; Robin - 7 ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Yellowhammer - 7 ; Red-legged Partridge - 7 - single covey ; Common Buzzard - 1 - single mobbed by 8 Crows ; Lapwing - 12 - flew SW ; Gadwall - 2
Froggatt Bridge: Little Grebe - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 2m, 2f
General Cemetery, Sharrow: Long-tailed Tit - 5 ; Redwing - 1
Hillsborough: Goldcrest - 1 - feeding on fat balls
Hillsborough Park: Goosander - 30 - 15 male + 15 female at 11:00
Holling Dale: Crossbill - c20 - including male singing in flight ; Meadow Pipit - 4 ; Golden Plover - 5 - flushed from moor by Buzzard
Hope Cement works ponds: Goosander - 5 ; Coot - pair
Leash Fen: Short-eared Owl - 3 - at least 3 at dusk ; Pink-footed Goose - 43 - 43 at 10.05 NE and 4 at 16.50SE ; Red-legged Partridge - 1 - Calling at dusk ; Common Buzzard - 3
Lightwood: Pink-footed Goose - 160+ - NW @ 1015hrs
Loxley Chase: Lapwing - 105
Middleton Moor: Shelduck - 1 ; Teal - 57
Middlewood: Pied Wagtail - 1
Orgreave Lakes: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Goosander - 1 male ; Goldeneye - 1 female ; Pink-footed Goose - c120 - grazing in fields near Treeton village. Left as one skein at 10.20 ; Black-headed Gull - 100+ ; Coot - 50+ ; Teal - c20 ; Tufted Duck - c50 ; Jack Snipe - 1 ; Wigeon - 4 ; Shoveler - 3 ; Starling - c100 ; Pochard - c20
Pit-house West: CETTI'S WARBLER - 1 - heard and seen briefly nr Chinese Bridge ; Reed Bunting - 12+ - Coming in to roost at Bittern Pool. ; BITTERN - 2 - flew up briefly from reedbed at 1615hrs.
Ramsley Moor: Pink-footed Goose - 4 - wsw at dusk
Rivelin Valley: Tawny Owl - 3 - calling at three different locations from 1815 to 1930hrs ; Pink-footed Goose - 130 - Very vocal skein flying west at 0935
River Don: Kingfisher - 2 - One at the Weedon St bridge. One at Newhall
Stannington, west: Lapwing - 100
Thornseat: Crossbill - 2 - pair in plantation just north of lodge
Thrybergh CP: Pink-footed Goose - c90 - c90 in one large and smaller skein NW at 10:40 ; Pink-footed Goose - c550 - c450 NW at 0940, c100 N at 1000 ; Little Owl - 1
Wadsley Common: Sparrowhawk - 1 - hunting over garden ; Common Buzzard - 1 - flew west
Westfield school: Redwing - 1 - at side of caretakers house
Wharncliffe Chase: Black-headed Gull - 17 - all SE from upland roosts ; Yellowhammer - 2 - pair by flash ; Stonechat - 1 - on edge of plantation opposite Pales Wood. ; , Mistle Thrush - 2 ; Rook - c40 ; Jackdaw - c50 ; Siskin - 4 ; Meadow Pipit - 1 - NW low calling ; Fieldfare - c20 - roaming group ; Stock Dove - 4 - Pair showing courtship flight / bond renewal.
Wheata Wood/Prior Royd: Brambling - 2+ - among Chaffinches ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 5+ - inc 3+ drumming ; Nuthatch - 7+ - inc 2+ singing ; Siskin - 4 ; Treecreeper - 2 ; Goldcrest - 1
White Lee Moor: Stock Dove - c50 - feeding in Kale field, Walker Edge ;

13 January 2012

Big Moor: Pink-footed Goose - 95 - A single skein heading west at 11.40 am.
Broomhead Moor: Fieldfare - c20 - dusk ; Red Grouse - 5+
Cemetery Avenue: Waxwing - 30 - At 1500hrs
Crookes Valley Park: Robin - 3 - inc courtship display ; Long-tailed Tit - 5
Fulwood garden: Lesser Redpoll - 5 - visiting nyger feeder
Langsett Res: Black-headed Gull - c200 - Left roost NE at 0800hrs
Leash Fen: Fieldfare - 50+ - In tree tops 1600 hrs ; Short-eared Owl - 4 - hunting from at least 1500hrs onwards
Longshaw: Brambling - 2 - Amongst large flock of chaffinch near pond
Low Moor, Upper Midhope: Crossbill - 2+ ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Fieldfare - c40 ; Mistle Thrush - 3 - 2 singing
Malin Bridge: Blackbird - 1 - singing from TV aerial on Oakland Road
Middleton Moor: Lapwing - 41 ; Teal - 52 ; Shelduck - 1
Midhope Res: Goldcrest - c5 ; Mallard - c30 ; Teal - 9 - Group of 5M+4F calling
Mosborough: Robin - 4 - displaying and threatening each other ; Coal Tit - 1
Old Ravenfield: Green Woodpecker - 1 - Calling from woodland in between village and Ravenfield Ponds @ 16.15.
Orgreave Lakes: Little Owl - 1 - One on the 'plains', first record at this site. ; Skylark - 30 - At least 30 birds with several in full song. ; Golden Plover - 90 - On the 'Plains'
Owlerton: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 100+ - flown from Shirecliffe Tip 10.30hrs and roosting on Sheffield Wednesday FC stand; only visible from the elevated position at the top of Scraith Wood 300yds away
Pit-house West: Lesser Redpoll - c50 - feeding in birches and alders ; COMMON (Mealy) REDPOLL - 1 - with Redpoll flock ; CETTI'S WARBLER - 1 - Sang once at 8:55 and seen briefly
River Don, Millsands: Kingfisher - 2
RVCP: Smew - 1 - redhead on NR lake ; White-fronted Goose - 1 - with Greylags on NR lake ; Red-crested Pochard - 1 - female on NR lake
Scraith Wood: Treecreeper - 1 ; Nuthatch - 2 - singing ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1
Silver Wood: Barn Owl - 1 - over rough grassland to NW of woods at 07.20
Tyzack's Dam: Mandarin - 9 - 7 male, 2 female
Weston Park: Coal Tit - 2 - singing

12 January 2012

Blackburn Meadows NR: Green Sandpiper - 3 - at 0915
Brincliffe Edge Wood: Bullfinch - 2 - Male and female feeding in scrub at end of Bannerdale View
Canklow - Ickles: Song Thrush - 7 - 7 singing in 20 minute walk
Fairholmes Bay: Canada Goose - 27
Handsworth: Grey Wagtail - 1 - garden
Leash Fen: Short-eared Owl - 5+ - now at least five birds hunting over fen from 15:30, 1 Great Grey Shrike though always distant
Mosborough: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - on feeders ; Carrion Crow - 20+ - presumed going to roost
Orgreave Lakes: Peregrine - 1 - imm female sitting on a rock on the plains, flew off towards Treeton village.
Outo Kumpo steelworks, Europa Way: Stonechat - 1 - male
Pit-house West: BITTERN - 1 - To roost at 16:36 on Bittern Pool
Renishaw Lake: Kingfisher - 1 ; Whooper Swan - 4 ; Goosander - 7 - 4 males, 3 redheads
Thrybergh CP: Peregrine - 3 - 1 flew NW at 0905, 2 arrived from W at 0925 and hunted over fields for 15 minutes. ; Barnacle Goose - 2 ;
Waverley Opencast: Skylark - 6 - including 4 singing ; Snipe - 1

11 January 2012

Blackburn Meadows NR: Water Rail - 1 ; Goldfinch - 15 ; Bullfinch - 12 ; Lesser Redpoll - 7 ; Reed Bunting - 4 ; Song Thrush - 3 - 3 singing ; Green Sandpiper - 2 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - 1 singing ; Teal - 2
Catcliffe Flash: Cormorant - 1 ; Grey Heron - 3 ; Pochard - 1 - male ; Goosander - 2 - m+f ; Tufted Duck - 11 ; Gadwall - 2 - a pair ; Coot - 37+ ; Teal - 47 ; Mute Swan - 5 - 2 ads + 3 imms
Crookes Valley Park: Redwing - 11
Derwent Edge: Golden Plover - 1 - calling on the moor above the edge, rather early in the year
General Cemetery, Sharrow: Long-tailed Tit - 18 ; Ring-necked Parakeet - 2 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1
Grenoside: Tawny Owl - 2 - calling in village at 22:30
Hurkling Stones: ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD - 1 - Flew west over Mortimer Road, calling, and then drifted slowly over Hurkling Stones at 14.45
Linacre Res: Goldeneye - 2 ; Goosander - 4 - All males.
Lodge Moor: Waxwing - c20 - in tree on Blackbrook Road at 14.20
Low Bradfield: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - female
Oughtibridge: Dipper - 1 - on River Don from bridge also 1 Grey Wagtail below bridge.
Outo Kumpo steelworks Europa Way: Stonechat - 1 - male
Pit-house West: CETTI'S WARBLER - 1 - Heard in reedbed near Chinese Bridge 11:10-12:05 and showed briefly.
R Don, Rotherham: Cormorant - 4 - at back of new football stadium
river Don (back of new football stadium) Rotherham: Grey Wagtail - 2
Rotherham Centre: Cormorant - 7 - 6 + 1 SW @ 0803hrs
Thrybergh CP: Grey Plover - 1 - flew W at 0818 calling ; Scaup - 1
Waverley Opencast: COMMON (Mealy) REDPOLL - 1 ; Lesser Redpoll - c20 ; Yellowhammer - 5 - coming to seed
Woodseats, Fraser Road: Dipper - 1 - on small stream.

10 January 2012

Beighton Marsh NR: Mute Swan - 1 ; Redwing - 30+ ; Fieldfare - 1 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Bullfinch - 2
Blackburn Meadows NR: Green Sandpiper - 2
Blue Man's Bower: Wigeon - 24 ; Teal - 8
Brincliffe Edge Wood: Bullfinch - 2 - Pair feeding
Cemetery Avenue: Waxwing - 25 - Flew in from south at 10:15am then flew off again south after 5 mins without attempting to feed.
Centenary Riverside: Goosander - 4 - on the river
Collegiate Crescent: Nuthatch - 1 - calling from grounds of Hallam Uni buildings
Crookesmoor: Tawny Owl - 1 - Male calling
Dungworth: Lapwing - c160 - flock circling over fields near Cow Gap Farm
Freebirch: Golden Plover - c50 - 3:15 pm resting in field of winter wheat to East of Slatepit Lane
Hillsborough Park: Tufted Duck - 1 - 1f ; Grey Heron - 3 - One bird mobbed a Goosander on the water as it flew over it, another cornered a grey squirrel on an over-hanging branch and 'had a go at it' ; Goosander - 20+ ; Collared Dove - 187+ - Emerged from large Holly tree on one of the islands of the pond at 8.00-8.15
Leash Fen: Short-eared Owl - 2 - at 3:45 pm hunting over Leash Fen
Orgreave Lakes: Golden Plover - 30+ - flew over at 1500hrs
Pit-house West: CETTI'S WARBLER - 1 - heard twice from the chinese bridge at 1445 and 1500 ; Lesser Redpoll - c100
R Don, Attercliffe: Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Lesser Redpoll - c40 - In trees off Stevenson Road 9am
Rother Valley CP: Goldeneye - 8 ; Smew - 1 - Redhead on Meadowgate Lake.
Rotherham Centre; Don Canal, Brown's Cut: Grey Wagtail - 1 - singing male
Sheffield Centre: Magpie - 1 - Carrying sticks to a nest in a tree on Barkers Pool
Silverwood Lagoon: Jack Snipe - 1
Treeton Dyke: Goosander - 14 - 8 female and 6 male ; Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Goldeneye - 2 - one pair ; Redwing - 9

09 January 2012

Broomhead Res: Mediterranean Gull - 1 - 2nd year bird in roost around 16.30
Canklow Woods: Tawny Owl - 2 - 2 calling at 1815
Cemetery Avenue: Mistle Thrush - 2 - driving Waxwings away at 11 am ; , Waxwing - 26 - flighty and competing with Redwings and Mistle Thrush ; , Waxwing - 29 ; Redwing - 15
Ewden Valley: Stock Dove - 2 ; Herring Gull - 28 - NW with GBBG's ; Red Grouse - 8 ; Common Buzzard - 1 ; Golden Plover - 27 NW ; Great Black-backed Gull - 44 - NW in several groups around 3pm, seemed to be flying beyond Langsett Res.
Greystones Drive: Waxwing - 10+ - At the junction of Greystones Drive and Greystones Grange Road, birds flycatching.
Hillsborough: Heron - 1 - stood in River Loxley at Hillborough corner 10 A.M.
Leash Fen: Short-eared Owl - 2 ; Great Grey Shrike - 1
Orgreave Lakes: SNOW BUNTING - 1 - Still present, feeding on N shore ;
Outo Kumpo Steelworks Europa Way: Stonechat - 1 - male which was also present on 4th Jan
Pit-house West: CETTI'S WARBLER - 1 - Sang 3 times from Pithouse reed beds
Redmires, Top Res: Black-headed Gull - 233 - roosted ; Common Gull - 1 - second-winter roosted with BHGs ; Lapwing - 25
Rotherham Centre: Cormorant - 2 - SW together @ 0810hrs ; Blackbird - 2 - males in full song at dusk.
Sheffield University: Peregrine - 1 - male on St Georges Church 1430
Underbank Res: Jay - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 5 ; Great Tit - c10 ; Coal Tit - c5 ; Nuthatch - 2 ; Long-tailed Tit - c5 ; Blue Tit - c50
Whiston: Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 - 1 perched in bushes by side of Worrygoose Lane at 14:50
Whiteley Woods: Grey Wagtail - 1

08 January 2012

Agden: Fieldfare - 50+ - feeding in fields ; Pink-footed Goose - 600+ - 11.30am in 7 skeins all north ; , Buzzard - 1 - 1 over south west ;
Agden Beck/Hobson Moss: ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD - 1 - juvenile ;
Aldwarke SF: Grey Heron - 3 ; Great Black-backed Gull - 1 - ad SW ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Magpie - 16
Aldwarke SF; Candlelight field: Lapwing - 6 ; Meadow Pipit - 1
Aldwarke; Waddington Way: Redwing - c120
Bingham Park: Greenfinch - 60-80 - flock in trees at 1530hrs, unusual here
Bradfield Dale: Grey Goose sp - c200 - flying north in two skeins at about 12.45 and 13.15
Broomhead Res: Mediterranean Gull - 1 - 2nd year ; Redpoll sp (Common/Lesser) - 30 - Around edge of res ; Great Black-backed Gull - 91 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 ; Herring Gull - 128 ; Pink-footed Goose - c170 - Over NW at dusk
Canklow Woods: Green Woodpecker - 1 - yaffling
Cemetry Avenue: Waxwing - 14+ - at junction of Cemetery Avenue with Ecclesall Road 1245hrs
Damflask Res: Mandarin - 2 - pair in inlet near Matley Wood ; Mandarin - 2 - Pair
Derwent Res: Crossbill - 5+ - In trees just above Res ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1
Forge Dam: Moorhen - pair - pair mating, rather early in year
Froggatt Bridge: Mandarin - 20
Grenoside: Sparrowhawk - 1
Heeley City Farm: Peregrine - 1 - 1 male circling, slowly heading NE towards town at 1415hrs
Hillsborough Park: Goosander - 51
Loxley Chase: Mediterranean Gull - 1 - Feeding in fields
Mam Tor: Brambling - 16 - Flew over Mam Nick
Middleton Moor: Shelduck - 10 - presumably grounded in the clag ; , Teal - 17
Monsal Dale: Dipper - 1 - singing
Monsal Head: Pink-footed Goose - c240 - over W at 11:50
Mosborough: Sparrowhawk - 1 - male
Orgreave Lakes: Pink-footed Goose - 130 - Flying high over lakes ; SNOW BUNTING - 1 - On shore 200 yards SE of Rother Bridge ;
R Don, Eastwood: Pintail - 1 - f; presumably the wandering bird of unknown provenance ; Teal - c20 ; Tufted Duck - 11 ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Mute Swan - 2 ; Goosander - 5 - 3m; 2f ; Gadwall - 10 - 6m; 4f
Redmires Res: Shelduck - 1 - One on middle res at 1445 - no sign of the Smew
Redmires, Middle Res: Goldeneye - 1 - drake, seen about 09.30hrs ; Shelduck - 1 ; Smew - 1 - male reported on middle reservoir c10:30hrs
Rocher Cliffs: Pink-footed Goose - c20 - flying northwest about 12.30pm
Silverwood Pit Top: Green Woodpecker - 1 - Calling from woodland bordering stream at bottom of Pit Top. ; Lesser Redpoll - 25 - Feeding in paddock next to woodland.
Strines Inn: Peregrine - 1
Thrybergh CP: Moorhen - 16 ; Lapwing - 31 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - 1st W male carrying prey. ; Scaup - 1 - moulting 1st W drake still present ; Cormorant - 9 ; Pochard - 5 - 3m; 2f ; Great Crested Grebe - 17 ; Tufted Duck - 38 ; Greylag Goose - 35 ; Bullfinch - 3 - 2m; 1f ; Mute Swan - 4 ; Gadwall - 3 - 1m; 2f ; Canada Goose - 68 - + 1x Greylag hybrid ; Redwing - 6 ; Herring Gull - 1 - W ; Common Gull - 6 - 2 ad & 3 2nd W + 1 S ; Black-headed Gull - 110-120 ; Pied Wagtail - 2 ; Jackdaw - 20-25 - NW ; Little Grebe - 4
Thrybergh CP; adjacent fields: Fieldfare - c150 - inc c40 W ; Common Buzzard - 1 - to E; mobbed by corvids
Tyzack's Dam: Mandarin - 2 - 2 drakes
Upperdale: Marsh Tit - 2 - Coming to feeders
Wardlow Mires: House Sparrow - 20
Wheata Wood: Chaffinch - 40+ - feeding flock ; Brambling - 2+ - among Chaffinch flock ; Long-tailed Tit - 9 ; Treecreeper - 2 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2+ - at least two drumming, including one in proximity to last year's nest site

07 January 2012

Blackburn Meadows NR: Sparrowhawk - 1 - male ; Kingfisher - 2 ; Teal - 15 ; Green Sandpiper - 2 ; Snipe - 5 ; Lesser Redpoll - 14 ; Reed Bunting - 2 ; Grey Heron - 1
Chapeltown Park: Dipper - 1 - On stream at Park gate 0830hrs
Chatsworth Park: Chaffinch - 50+ ; Brambling - 50+
Crookes: Waxwing - 2 ;
Firsby Res: Heron - 2 ; Long-tailed Tit - 10 ; Goldcrest - 3 ; Teal - 30 - Nervous flock feeding in mud under willows. ; Bullfinch - 6 - Feeding party ; , Jay - 1 ; Willow Tit - 3
High Bradfield: Mediterranean Gull - 1 - Second winter feeding on worms in wet fields with BHG and CG. Green colour ring on left leg, metal ring on right leg above knee ;
Hillsborough: Sparrowhawk - 1
Hillsborough Park: Heron - 1 ; Goosander - 44 - 22 male + 22 female at 11:30
Malin Bridge: Dipper - 2 - between Stannington Road and Rivelin Valley Road at 4.20pm
Orgreave Lakes: Shelduck - 4 - Briefly on largest lake ; Cormorant - 11 - Including Puffin Island rung bird ; Pochard - 159
Ravenfield church: Robin - 4 - Coming to feeders. ; , Grey Wagtail - 1 - Feeding in car park and sewage works.
Ravenfield Ponds: Coal Tit - 4 - Coming to feeders ; Lesser Redpoll - 2 ; Willow Tit - 1 - Coming to feeders
Shillito Wood: Blue Tit - 6 ; Yellowhammer - 2 ; Chaffinch - 4
Silver Wood: Rook - c200 - feeding in tilled field beyond NW corner of wood
Silverwood Lagoon: Wigeon - 5
Thornbridge Hall: Little Grebe - 2 ; Mandarin - 25
Wharncliffe Chase (north): Fieldfare - 13
Wharncliffe Chase (south): Mallard - 21 - on flash ; Reed Bunting - 1 - by flash ; Lesser Redpoll - 5+ - Hollow Plantation ; Coal Tit - 2 - Hollow Plantation ; Goldfinch - 2 - Hollow Plantation ; Treecreeper - 1 - Hollow Plantation
Wheata Wood: Treecreeper - 1 ; Lesser Redpoll - 4

06 January 2012

Bingham Park: Tawny Owl - 1 - calling briefly at 1630hrs
Blackburn Meadows NR: Green Sandpiper - 2 ; Lesser Redpoll - 27 ; Teal - 28
Canklow: Pink-footed Goose - 80 - flying over industrial estate towards Rotherham @ 11:30am
Canklow Woods: Sparrowhawk - 2
Centenary Riverside: Teal - 8 ; Gadwall - 4
Chatsworth Park: Kingfisher - 1 ; Brambling - 50+
Crookes: Waxwing - 2 - Still present at end of Northfield Avenue at 12.30pm. ; Waxwing - 2 - just inside entrance to Bolehill Park this morning again ; , Waxwing - 2 - video of 1st winter here http://youtu.be/lEcrrYpoNqs ; , Waxwing - 2 - another photo ;
Crookes Valley Park: Black-headed Gull - 15 ; Coot - 1
Edensor: Mistle Thrush - 1 - singing
Firsby Res: Teal - 15 - Feeding in mud under dead Willows. ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - Calling
Frecheville: Mistle Thrush - 1 - singing
Langsett Moor: Red Grouse - 10+ ;
Langsett Res: Fieldfare - 50+ - conservative estimate ; , Starling - 30+
Leash Fen: Short-eared Owl - 1 ; Pink-footed Goose - c.200 - at 1305hrs flying west
Lodge Moor: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - On garden fat feeder
Norwood Allotments: Redwing - 4 ; Nuthatch - 2 ; Pink-footed Goose - c65 - c35 low over W at c1230hrs and c30 high over W at 1515hrs
Owler Bar: Pink-footed Goose - c200 - 1205hrs heading WNW and over Totley Moss
Owlerton: Pink-footed Goose - 36 - over at 12:30hrs ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - adult Yellow-legged type Gull ;
Pit-house West: Woodcock - 1 - flew over bittern pool 1630 but no sign of bittern
Rawmarsh; High Street: Pink-footed Goose - 53 - low to W, calling @ 1243hrs
Rother Valley CP: Smew - 1 - Redhead still present on Meadowgate Lake this morning
Sharrow: Waxwing - 10+ - Present at 1100hrs, Cemetery Avenue but no sign in afternoon.
Sheffield Centre: Sparrowhawk - 1 - female chasing Starlings over roof tops on West Street, alighted on scaffolding near 'The Varsity' pub
Sheffield University: Goldfinch - c20 - Feeding on plane tree, St Georges churchyard. ; Peregrine - 1 - Flew in amongst group of pigeons to perch on St. George's at 1400hrs
Silverwood Lagoon: Tree Sparrow - 9+ - in hedgerow bordering f/path below western banking - never recorded them here before, probably attracted to food regularly put down for pheasants by local shoot
Thrybergh CP: Dunlin - 1 ; Pink-footed Goose - 300+ - flew E at 0935 ; Scaup - 1
Wharncliffe Side: Pink-footed Goose - 43 - Flying low NW at 12.45

05 January 2012

Crookes: Waxwing - 2 - still feeding at the park end Northfield Avenue
Greystones garden: Coal Tit - 2 ; Goldfinch - 11
Hillsborough Park: Goosander - 40 - 20 male and 20 female-types on the pond at 1530hrs
Kimberworth: Siskin - 8 - feeding on Alder trees, Wilton Court at c.1030hrs
Oxspring Bank: Waxwing - 3
Pit-house West: BITTERN - 1 - flew in to roost on pond, furthest away from Chinese Bridge, at 1625hrs
Sheffield University: Peregrine - 1 - A very bedraggled bird on St Georges, 10.00-12.00

04 January 2012

Agden Res: Long-tailed Tit - 3+ - on feeders ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - female, on feeders ; Coal Tit - 4+ - at feeders ; Kestrel - 1
Canklow: Redwing - 67
Catcliffe Flash: Coot - 40 ; Gadwall - 2 ; Black-headed Gull - 25 ; Teal - 48 ; Mute Swan - 5 - 2 ads + 3 imms ; Goosander - 2 - 1 male, 1 redhead ; Tufted Duck - 11 ; Shoveler - 2 ; Grey Heron - 2
Damflask Res: Pintail - 1 - male [presumed feral] ; Goldfinch - 12+ ; Mandarin - 1 - male ; Canada Goose - 30+ ; Black-headed Gull - 12 ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Coal Tit - 1
Grenoside: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Ringed male on garden feeder
Greystones garden: Redwing - 1 ; Goldfinch - 13 ; Greenfinch - 1
Hillsborough Park: Goosander - 47 - 25 male, 22 redhead
Lodge Moor: Lesser Redpoll - 1 - On feeder
Mosborough: Long-tailed Tit - 8
Neepsend: Grey Heron - 1 - on footbridge over R Don at Corporation Steet Roundabout within a few feet of traffic at 1330hrs
Northfield Avenue, Crookes: Waxwing - 2 - Still present just inside the park entrance
Orgreave Lakes: Grey Partridge - 2 - on big hill
Sharrow: Nuthatch - 1 - visiting feeders
Sheffield University: Peregrine - 1 - St Georges, 15.15
Silver Wood: Nuthatch - 3 - including one singing ; Grey Wagtail - 1
Silverwood Lagoon: Buzzard - 1 - regular over western paddocks ; Fieldfare - c120 ; Lapwing - 12 ; Common Gull - 8 ; Snipe - 1
Ulley Res: Goldcrest - 2 ; Tufted Duck - 4 - 3m 1f ; Common Buzzard - 1 ; Mute Swan - 5 - 2ad + 3imms

03 January 2012

Blue Man's Bower: Grey Heron - 1 ; Stock Dove - 15 ; Blackbird - c15 ; Fieldfare - c20 ; Teal - 5 - 4m+1f ; Corvid - c300 - Large Rook/Carrion Crow mix ; Mallard - c80 ; Woodpigeon - c200 ; Redwing - c70 ; Wigeon - 5 - 2m+3f ; Goosander - 1 - Flying over R.Rother towards Orgreave.
Fulwood garden: Pheasant - 1 - male in garden ; Bullfinch - 3 - on feeder ; Goldfinch - 5 - on feeder ; Brambling - 1 - male on feeder ; Lesser Redpoll - 3 - on feeder
General Cemetery, Sharrow: Tawny Owl - 2 - calling and seen in flight at 16:15pm
Greno Wood: Goldcrest - 3+ ; Coal Tit - 8+ ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Bullfinch - 1+
Greystones: Redwing - 1 - eating holly berries
Hillsborough Park: Goosander - 48 - 27 male + 21 redheads. Majority departed towards Hillsborough at 3.00pm
Rotherham; Don Canal, Brown's Cut: Grey Wagtail - 1 - singing male, briefly, towards dusk
Sheffield Centre: Peregrine - 2 - Adult pair on BT building, the female is rung.
Thrybergh CP: Scaup - 1
Underbank Res: Tufted Duck - 4 - all males ; Grey Wagtail - 1
Wheata Wood: Blue Tit - 23+ - including 10 in same bush ; Lesser Redpoll - 2 ; Chaffinch - 25+

02 January 2012

Agden Beck: Stonechat - 1 - female
Blackburn Meadows NR: Common Buzzard - 1 - Flew west ; Reed Bunting - 3 ; Willow Tit - 1 ; Green Sandpiper - 1 ; Teal - 15
Broomhead Res: Common Gull - 82 ; Goosander - 3 ; Teal - 1 ; Herring Gull - 203 ; Mediterranean Gull - 1 - second winter roosted again ; , Lesser Black-backed Gull - 7 ; Black-headed Gull - c1000 ; Great Black-backed Gull - 87 ; Common Buzzard - 1
Canklow: Buzzard - 3 - north west at 1040
Canklow Woods: Green Woodpecker - 1 - yaffling
Chatsworth Park: Canada Goose - 16 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - singing ; Tufted Duck - 2 - drakes ; Coot - 42 ; Chaffinch - 100+ - feeding on beech-mast ; Brambling - 100+ - feeding on beech-mast with chaffinches ; Black-headed Gull - 230
Cinder Bridge Field: Skylark - 3 ; Fieldfare - 40-50 ; Common Buzzard - 3 - soaring over together with much calling @ 1122hrs
Crookes: Waxwing - 2 - On tree, Northfield Ave at entrance to park
Dore garden: Lesser Redpoll - 5 - at feeders ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - male,took Redpoll from feeders
Ecclesall: Bullfinch - 2 - M+F ; Long-tailed Tit - 1
Ecclesall Woods: Mandarin - 2 - Pair in Limb Brook
Graves Park: Black-headed Gull - 238
Hillsborough Park: Nuthatch - 1 ; Goosander - 30 - 15 male + 15 female
Leash Fen: Great Grey Shrike - 1 - at dusk ; Short-eared Owl - 1 - at dusk
Longshaw, wood: Treecreeper - 4 ; Coal Tit - 8 - in tit flock ; Brambling - 3 + - 2 males and female amongst tit and chaffinch flock.
Orgreave Lakes: Peregrine - 1 - Immature female on plains
Parson Cross Park: Chaffinch - 8 - feeding in stubble ; Jackdaw - 11 - feeding ; Magpie - 30 ; Linnet - 35+ - feeding in stubble ; Collared Dove - 28
Peat Pits: Red Grouse - 6 - feeding in Kale field
Pit-house West: Water Rail - 2 - 2 calling at dusk ; BITTERN - 1 - Flew to roost at western end of Bittern Pool at 16:30.
Ravenfield Church: Nuthatch - 2 - coming to feeders.
Ravenfield Ponds: Willow Tit - 2 - Coming to feeders. ; , Goldcrest - 1 - Feeding close to path. ; Siskin - 4
Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - W ; Woodpigeon - 5 - eating ivy berries
Rawmarsh; St Mary's churchyard: Song Thrush - 2 ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 15-20 ; Goldcrest - 2
Rivelin Valley: Dipper - 1
Silver Wood: Green Woodpecker - 1 - yaffling along disused railway line ; Nuthatch - 3 ; Peregrine - 1 - north over fields at 11.05
Silverwood Lagoon: Mute Swan - 3 ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; Lapwing - 8
Stubbin incline, nr Rawmarsh; N of Greabrough Lane: Mistle Thrush - 1
Stubbin incline, nr Rawmarsh; S of Greabrough Lane: Redwing - 10+ ; Willow Tit - 1 - singing male ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Fieldfare - c20
Tyzack's Dam: Greylag Goose - 1 ; Mandarin - 6 - 3 male 3 female ; Mallard - 30+
Wheata Wood: Jay - 3+ ; Lesser Redpoll - 2+ ; Siskin - 2+ ; Robin - 4 ; Redwing - 9+ ; Nuthatch - 4 ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 3 - 2 drumming males, 1 female ; Coal Tit - 7+ ; Goldcrest - 1
White Lee Moor: Stock Dove - 50+
Woodseats: Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 - heading SW at 16.00hrs

01 January 2012

Blackburn Meadows NR: Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Goldfinch - 8 ; Pheasant - 2 ; Teal - 22 ; Green Sandpiper - 1
Brinsworth: Ring-necked Parakeet - 3 - Kynance Cres; in flight @1540hrs travelling towards Tinsley Woods
Broomhead Res: Goldcrest - c3 ; Mallard - 100+ ; Herring Gull - 6 - 1230hrs on water ; Goosander - 2 - males ; , Teal - 2+ - 2 females with Mallard but poss others heard calling ; Siskin - 200+ - single flock feeding in trees in SW corner ; Great Black-backed Gull - 10 - on water ; Goldfinch - c10 - with Siskin ; Lesser Redpoll - c20 - with Siskin
Chatsworth Park: Buzzard - 1 ; Brambling - 100 ; Chaffinch - 100
Crookes: Waxwing - 2 - At end of Northfield Ave by entrance to park, 1045hrs
Firsby Res: Tufted Duck - 9 - On main Res ; Heron - 3 ; Willow Tit - 1 - Calling ; Bullfinch - 9 - Flock feeding in hedge ; Goldfinch - 3
Graves Park: Jackdaw - 1 - nest prospecting ; Wren - 1 - in song ; Mallard - 2 - copulating ; Stock Dove - 1 - in song
Greno Wood: Tawny Owl - 1
Hillsborough Park: Goosander - 1 - Single male 12:00
Linacre Res: Goldeneye - 2 ; Crossbill - 1 ; Mandarin - 17
Low Moor, Upper Midhope: Redwing - 3 ; Fieldfare - c100 ; Starling - c30
Middleton Moor: Lapwing - 13 ; Teal - 36
Midhope Res: Canada Goose - 10 ; Long-tailed Tit - 8 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Bullfinch - 3 - 1m,2f ; Teal - 14 - calling/display in single group
Peat Pits: Herring Gull - c20 - settled in fields ; Golden Plover - c300 ; Short-eared Owl - 1 - 1pm mobbed by crow before settling in field to shelter from rain
Pit-house West: BITTERN - 2 - In flight at 16:18, roosted separately
R Don Hillfoot Bridge: Siskin - 30+ - feeding in alders
R Don, Corporation St: Kingfisher - 1
Ravenfield: Long-tailed Tit - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - Feeding around garden pond ; Coal Tit - 1 ; House Sparrow - 25 - Coming to feeders
Ravenfield Ponds: Tree Sparrow - c15 ; Lesser Redpoll - 4 - Over calling. ; Wren - 9 - Inc some very vocal birds. ; Buzzard - 1 ; Siskin - c30
Rawmarsh; Rectory Fields allotments: Coal Tit - 1 - singing male
Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Blackbird - 4 - 3m;1f eating ivy berries ; Woodpigeon - 6 - eating ivy berries
Thrybergh CP: Scaup - 1 - 1w male still present ;
Tyzack's Dam: Moorhen - 4 - Time 1pm. ; Coot - 2 ; Black-headed Gull - 60 ; Mandarin - 3 male 2 female
Upper Commons: ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD - 1 - seen briefly, very pale buzzard, bright white tail, thought to be the bird in the Agden area seen recently.
Wadsley Common: Lesser Redpoll - 4 - On feeders in garden
Wharncliffe Chase (north): Fieldfare - c80 - feeding flock near Pales Wood
Wharncliffe Chase (south): Sparrowhawk - 1 - Female hunting near Hollow Plantation ; Mistle Thrush - 2
Wharncliffe Wood: Goldcrest - 3+
Wheata Wood: Coal Tit - 3 ; Robin - 4 ; Nuthatch - 4 ; Redwing - 6+
Woodseats: Song Thrush - 1 - in song

31 December 2011

Bents Green: Pied Wagtail - 2
Blackburn Meadows NR: Green Sandpiper - 1 ; Snipe - 2 ; Teal - 44
Broomhead Res: Common Gull - 84 ; Great Black-backed Gull - 84 - in roost ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 3 ; Herring Gull - 312 ; Mediterranean Gull - 1 - 2nd year bird ; Black-headed Gull - c1200 ; Crossbill - 7
Canklow-Blackburn Meadows: Mistle Thrush - 1 - singing ; Song Thrush - 10 - 10 singing in 25 minute walk
Chatsworth Park: Redwing - 35 ; Black-headed Gull - 192 - feeding/bathing on floodplain ; Stock Dove - 1 ; Brambling - 30+ - Feeding on beechmast ; Chaffinch - 70+ - feeding on beechmast
Crookes: Waxwing - 2 - reported on Northfield Avenue, 1435hrs
Damflask Res: Mandarin - 3 - also 3 Pintail, 2 Cormorant and a Buzzard ;
Greasbrough: Redwing - 7 - over Goodwin Rd with Fieldfares ; Fieldfare - 25
Hillsborough Park: Goosander - 31 - 20 Drake, 11 Redhead c1530hrs
Leash Fen: Short-eared Owl - 3 - present for at least 5 days now, usually viewable distantly from 14:45 onward
Longshaw: Brambling - 40+ - large flock gathering to roost in tall trees between Discovery Barn and pond, viewable from path
Norwood Allotments: Redwing - c30 - briefly in tall trees then away southwest ; Waxwing - 1 - Over NE calling at 11:15
Orgreave Lakes: Gadwall - 30 ; Pochard - 130 ; CASPIAN GULL - 1 - 4th calender year on large pit late afternoon ; Goosander - 30 ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - 1st cal year bird on large pit late afternoon ; SNOW BUNTING - 1 - on edge of large pit late afternoon
Parkgate; Retail World: Sparrowhawk - 1 - soaring over
R Don, Corporation St: Siskin - 40+ - feeding in Alder tree
Ravenfield Ponds: Redpoll sp (Common/Lesser) - 10 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Female ; Willow Tit - 3 ; Goldcrest - 2 ; Tree Sparrow - 5 ; Lesser Redpoll - 10 ; Fieldfare - 200+ - Feeding in field @ 1215hrs ; Jay - 1 ; Goldcrest - 3 ; Siskin - 12 ; Bullfinch - 4 - 3 male 1 female ; Coal Tit - 4 ; Siskin - 8
Rocher Head: Redwing - c20 ; Fieldfare - c150
Rother Valley CP: Great Crested Grebe - 21 ; Coot - 280 ; Cormorant - 27 ; Teal - 124 ; Mallard - 175 ; Wigeon - 234 ; Smew - 1 - reported at 1200hrs ; Smew - 1 - redhead on Nature Reserve lake ; Red-crested Pochard - 1 - On Main Lake. Female/immature ; Gadwall - 144
Silverwood Lagoon: Peregrine - 1 - flew NE at 09.40
Wadsley Common: Linnet - 6 - Drinking from puddles in garden
Waverley Opencast: Bullfinch - 6 ; Lesser Redpoll - c30
Woodseats: Treecreeper - 1 - in song

30 December 2011

Aldwarke: Cormorant - 7 - on pylon
Aldwarke SF: Common Gull - 1 - ad, N ; Fieldfare - 13 ; Gadwall - 5 ; Teal - 8 ; Reed Bunting - 2
Aldwarke; Waddington Way: Redwing - c250 - gorging on haws; area buzzing with subsong.
Chatsworth Park: Redwing - c15 - feeding on holly with blackbirds; sub-song evident ; Nuthatch - 7 - heard/seen in 5 mile walk ; Brambling - 10+ - with party of 60+ chaffinces
Chatsworth, Swiss Lake: Tufted Duck - 5 ; Teal - 7
Chee Dale: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - over car park towards topley pike. ; Dipper - 3 - Along R Wye ; Long-tailed Tit - 12+ - Flock in trees near railway bridge. ; Grey Heron - 2 - One on river and one flying downstream.
Crookes: Waxwing - 2 - In high trees at end of Northfield Avenue at 10.30am
Dore: Pink-footed Goose - 180 - A single large skein heading SW at 12.35
Ecclesall: Jay - 1 ; Bullfinch - 2 - Two females on feeders
Fatty Boyns Ponds: Fieldfare - c30 ; Redwing - c40 ; Bullfinch - 4 ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1
Greasbrough: Fieldfare - 50+ - Greasbrough Rec near council depot
Greystones: Tawny Owl - 1 - On chimney pot, Greystones Avenue 16.30
Hillsborough: Greenfinch - 19 - in garden ash tree
Hillsborough Park: Heron - 1
Ickles: Mistle Thrush - 1 - singing at 0605 ; Song Thrush - 2 - singingat 0605
Kimberworth: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 - Munsboro woods ; Bullfinch - 3 - Munsboro woods ; Redwing - 250+ - in trees off rough ground near Fenton Road ; Fieldfare - 200+ - in brassica fields between Kimberworth & Masbrough
Linacre Res: Goldeneye - 1 ; Goldeneye - 2 - The male which has been present for several weeks plus an imm. redhead. ; Mandarin - 11
Middleton Moor: Herring Gull - 4 ; Teal - 20 - Mostly drakes, many displaying ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 34
Orgreave Lakes: Skylark - 12
Poolsbrook Marsh: Gadwall - 4
R Don, Thrybergh Banks: Teal - c50 - calling/displaying ; Grey Heron - 2 ; Coot - 2 ; Tufted Duck - 39 ; Little Grebe - 3
R Sheaf, Abbeydale: Grey Heron - 1
Renishaw: Goosander - 3 ; Whooper Swan - 4 ; Shoveler - 1
Salmon Pastures: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1
Sharrow: Goldfinch - 19 - at feeders at 1300hrs
Sheffield Centre: Pink-footed Goose - c100 - W over Bernard Road at 12:20
Slatepit Lane: Golden Plover - 120 - Repeatedly circling low over the fields.
Surrey Plantation (nr Hollow Meadows): Woodcock - 1
Thrybergh CP: Long-tailed Tit - 5 ; Fieldfare - 120+ - inc 20 S. Leucistic bird still present with main flock. ; Scaup - 1 - 1st W drake ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 ; Mute Swan - 3 ; Golden Plover - 100-110 - W ; Linnet - 8 ; Gadwall - 1pr ; Redwing - c20 - with FF flock ; Lapwing - c45 ; Moorhen - 10 ; Great Crested Grebe - 18 ; Greylag Goose - 40 - inc 10 in high from N/NE ; Fieldfare - c100 - leucistic bird still present ; , Cormorant - 6 ; Canada Goose - 79 - + 1x Greylag hybrid ; Tufted Duck - 22
Thrybergh Tip: Goldfinch - c40 - feeding in alders ; Bullfinch - 2-3 ; Stock Dove - 4 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Redwing - 100+ ; Reed Bunting - 1
Waverley Opencast: Lesser Redpoll - c40 ; Snipe - 1
Wharncliffe Chase (south): Mistle Thrush - 4 ; Fieldfare - 19 ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 ; Lapwing - 100+ - circled before re-settling in fields ; Yellowhammer - 2 ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; Redwing - 6
Wharncliffe Wood: Goldcrest - 7 ; Jay - 2 ; Nuthatch - 2