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08 February 2010
Botanical Gardens: Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 - Flying over brocco bank from Botanical GardensCentenary Way Riverside: Green Sandpiper - 1
Fulwood: Redwing - 1 - In garden
Norfolk Park: Jay - 3 ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Redwing - 50+ - feeding on the arena area ; Goldcrest - 1
Sheffield Centre: Peregrine - 1 - St George's church 08:30
07 February 2010
Agden Bog: Pink-footed Goose - 90+ - single flock flew over at 1425hAldwarke SF: Teal - 3 ; Reed Bunting - 27 ; Dunnock - c15
Aldwarke: Candlelight field: Ringed Plover - 1 - calling but unseen.
Bolehill Flash: Water Rail - 1
Brincliffe Edge: Blackcap - 1 - 1 male on garden feeder
Broomhead Res: Crossbill - 50+ - feeding in conifers in Allas Lane triangle wood
Cowell Flat: Black Grouse - 1 - male flew across Cowell Flat
Harthill Res: Tufted Duck - 26 ; Mandarin - 1 - male with Mallards ; Reed Bunting - 5 ; Chaffinch - 3 - singing
Haywood Farm: Pink-footed Goose - 46 - NNW at 1445
Linacre Res: Goosander - 6 - Two redheads and four males. a pair on the water and four over ; Buzzard - 2
Orgreave Lagoon: Lapwing - 90 ; Wigeon - 53 ; Skylark - 23 ; Goosander - 5
Pit-house West: Water Rail - 2 - feeding by pool alongside avenue above Chinese bridge. ;
Poolsbrook Marsh: Lesser Redpoll - 10 ; Willow Tit - 1 - calling ; Yellowhammer - 2 ; Gadwall - 15 ; Water Rail - 1 - squeeling in Phragmites ; Shoveler - 1 - male
R Don, Eastwood: Teal - 18 - feeding. ; Pintail - 1 - female still present.
Rivelin Filters: Siskin - 50-60 - flock feeding high in alders and birch flew off west
Stubley Hollow: Buzzard - 1
Thrybergh CP: Common Gull - 4 ; Goldeneye - 1 - f/imm ; Wigeon - 5 - 2m; 3f ; Water Rail - 1 ; Coot - 177 ; Great Crested Grebe - 7 ; Pink-footed Goose - 140+ - flying nw at 12.45 ; Cormorant - 19 - in from N at dawn, most dispersing W/SW. ; Tufted Duck - 74 ; Escaped/Feral Species - 1 - Cape Shelduck ; Greylag Goose - 1 ; Little Grebe - 3 ; Mute Swan - 47 - + 4 1st W. Inc 2 red darvic ringed birds - Y234 & Y236. ; Redwing - c50 ; Pochard - 4 - females
Thrybergh CP; fields to E: Common Buzzard - 1
Thrybergh Tip: Pochard - 6 - 2m; 4f ; Shoveler - 2 - males ; Teal - 4 ; Gadwall - 25 - mostly paired. ; Wigeon - 2prs ; Tufted Duck - 30
Tyzack's Dam: Mandarin - 4 - 2 pairs
Ulley CP: Grey Partridge - 1 ; Goosander - 1 - male
06 February 2010
Barbrook Pools: Meadow Pipit - 1Baslow SF: Pied Wagtail - 39 ; Moorhen - 15
Chatsworth Park: Cormorant - 1 - flying south along river ; Pink-footed Goose - 1 - feeding with canada geese in front of House ; Brambling - 2 - in mixed tit/finch flock ; Black-headed Gull - 95 - feeding on flooded pasture ; Coot - 42 - feeding in front of House
Elsecar Res: Goosander - 3 - 2m,1f
Endcliffe: Siskin - 20 - flock singing in open tree in garden at 0900h.
Froggatt, New Bridge: Teal - 1 - female on river
Middleton Moor: Skylark - 3
Millhouses: Blackcap - 1 - male still in garden on Stowe Avenue
Nether Edge: Blackcap - 1 - Female in Hedge on Bank Close
Pilsley(Near Chatsworth): Mute Swan - 3 - 1 adult and 2 immatures flying west
Pit-house West: Cetti's Warbler - 1 - Calling intermittently and seen feeding low in phragmites and on ground
Sheffield Centre: Redwing - 2+ - in trees around car park at junction of Fitzwilliam St and Devonshire St ; Peregrine - 2 - perched high on BT building ; Peregrine - 1 - on St Mary's Church, Bramall Lane 0820.
Ulley CP: Goosander - 3 - male ; Cormorant - 4 ; Teal - 1 - female ; Gadwall - 2
Wharncliffe Side: Lesser Redpoll - 2 - on nyger seed feeder ; Siskin - 3 - male and 2 females on nyger seed feeder
05 February 2010
Beighton Marsh NR: Yellowhammer - 10 ; Kingfisher - 1Handsworth: Grey Wagtail - 2 - in schoolyard of Handsworth Grange School, 1600h ; Blackcap - 1 - male still in garden
Pebley: Corn Bunting - c12 - In hedge at rear of field opposite pub. Also c250 linnets, 1 peregrine, 1 buzzard
R Don, Rotherham Centre: between Crinoline & Chantry Bridges: Goosander - 1 - female feeding.
Sheffield University: Redwing - 7 - St George's churchyard.
04 February 2010
Dore: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Male feeding from bird feeder at 13:25 Flew West into neighbouring gardensGrenoside: Lesser Redpoll - 3 - In garden feeding on Nyger seed ; Brambling - 2 - In garden feeding on sunflower hearts
Greystones: Blackcap - 1 - 10:00 Male feeding in Mahonia shrub in car park garden behind flats.
Millhouses: Blackcap - 1 - Male again this morning in Springfield Rd garden. Also a pair of siskin and a pair of bullfinch.
Napier Street, Sheffield: Magpie - 25 - pre roost @1625
Rotherham Centre: Cormorant - 3 - SW @ 0805hrs
03 February 2010
Heeley City Farm: Pink-footed Goose - 250+ - flying west at 10:15Langsett Res: Common Gull - c80 - Several on water at 1500h with small parties flying in all the time.
Normanton Springs: Pink-footed Goose - 280+ - flying nw at 10.15 am
Oughtibridge Hagg: Crossbill - 4 - plus largeflock of siskin, lesser redpoll and goldfinch, perhaps 200 birds.
Parkgate: Retail World roundabout on A633: Pied Wagtail - many - gathering from all directions to roost in shrubbery on traffic island at dusk
Pit-house West: Pink-footed Goose - 250+ - Two skeins flew north west at 10:20 ;
Rotherham Centre: Goosander - 1 - Redhead on River Rother at Bow Bridge
02 February 2010
Fulwood: Sparrowhawk - 1 - a male in and around observers garden for about 1 hour.Heeley City Farm: Peregrine - 1 - Flying low over heading west at 8:15 am.
Pebley: Red-legged Partridge - 14 - Flew across road to field opposite pub. ; Corn Bunting - c15 - Far edge of field opposite pub.
Pebley Pond: Goldeneye - 1 - Male, also 37 Tufted Duck, 4 Mute Swan, 4 Great-crested Grebe, 1 Canada Goose
R Don, Rotherham Centre: Grafton Bridge: Goosander - 1 - redhead flew upriver.
Rotherham Centre: Cormorant - 3 - E together @ 1620hrs
Rotherham Centre: Howard Street/Effingham Street: Chiffchaff - 1 - Calling from ornamental plantings in busy pedestrian precinct at lunchtime.
Sheffield Centre: Peregrine - 1 - spooking pigeons from roof on Rutland Road, before flying towards Netherthorpe
Silverwood Pit Top: Snipe - 1 - Flushed by Barn Owl. ; Barn Owl - 1 - at 7.30 AM ; Bullfinch - 10 - In perimeter hedge overlooking valley towards E Herringthorpe.
Thrybergh CP: Pochard - 9 ; Great Crested Grebe - 12 ; Tufted Duck - 190 ; Wigeon - 9 ; Goldeneye - 1 - female ; Water Rail - 1 ; Ringed Plover - 1 - on slipway ;
, Little Grebe - 1 01 February 2010
Canklow Woods: Ring-necked Parakeet - 4 - 4 noisy birds flew out of Canklow Woods near the Holiday Inn hotel at 1640h and chased each other across the dual carriageway. Relocated a few minutes later at Canklow Bridge in fading light.Catcliffe Flash: Shoveler - 4 - Two pairs ; Wigeon - 3 - 2 Male, 1 female
Derwentdale: Common Buzzard - 2+ ; Kestrel - 1 - Windy Corner ; Crossbill - 3 - Kings Tree ; Nuthatch - 2 - on feeders ;
Langsett Wood: Raven - 1
Linacre Res: Green Woodpecker - 2 - 2 yaffling birds ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 - One bird drumming
Longshaw: Common (Mealy) Redpoll - 1 - at feeders ; Brambling - 7+ - at feeders ;
, Lesser Redpoll - 6 Peat Pits: Golden Plover - 11 - Also 6 Fieldfare. 110 Canada Geese at Damflask.
R Don, Rotherham Centre: Crinoline Bridge: Goosander - 1 - f/imm flew upriver, under bridge.
Shirebrook Valley: Willow Tit - 1
Silverwood Lagoon: Barn Owl - 1 - over paddocks at southern end of lagoon @ 07.40
Sothall: Collared Dove - 1 - damaged egg in garden with a well developed chick inside
Woodhouse Tip: Magpie - 15 - in 1 feeding group ; Stock Dove - 3
31 January 2010
Agden: Merlin - 1 ; Fieldfare - 20+Aldwarke: Cormorant - 19 - on pylons.
Aldwarke SF: Woodcock - 1 ; Dunnock - 10-15 ; Reed Bunting - 35-40
Aston: Peregrine - 1 - Male took Collared Dove low over gardens on Wentworth Avenue.
Barbrook Plantation: Woodcock - 1 ; Goldcrest - 1
Barlborough: Ruff - 1 - 1 in fields with lapwing near Nitticarr Farm ; Golden Plover - 4 - in fields
Baslow: Dipper - 2 - Pair on River Derwent
Baslow Edge: Long-tailed Tit - c20 ; Brambling - 1 - with c 15 chaffinches in game crop ; Goldcrest - 3 - associating with Long tailed tit flock
Baslow SF: Meadow Pipit - 3 - on filters
Centenary Way Riverside: Linnet - c15 ; Green Sandpiper - 1
Ecclesall Woods: Pink-footed Goose - c150 - flew north-west at 11.45
Graves Park: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker - 2 - Early stages of pairing up - some display and aggression. SE corner, near Charles Ashmore Road gates.
Grindleford: Goosander - 8 - 5 males, 3 females. 200 yds upstream from bridge.
Haywood Farm: Buzzard - 5 - Group drifted slowly over from south ; Raven - 2 - Over W from Froggatt Edge
Ladybower Res: Shelduck - 1
Leash Fen: Woodcock - 1
Longshaw: Raven - 2 ; Brambling - 5+ - Feeding below feeders. Few Redpoll this morning and no sign any Mealies. ;
Monsal Dale: Treecreeper - 1 - calling
Pit-house West: Cetti's Warbler - 1 - calling by Chinese Bridge just after dawn ; Common (Mealy) Redpoll - 1 - seen well in mixed flock of Redpoll / Goldfinch ; Goldfinch - 35
R Don, Eastwood: Little Grebe - 2 ; Teal - 8 ; Pintail - 1 - female still present.
RVCP, Main Lake: Ruff - 1 ; Redshank - 4
RVCP, Meadowgate Lake: Teal - 388 - Meadowgate Lake only
Thrybergh CP: Tufted Duck - 193 ; Shoveler - 1 - female ; Great Crested Grebe - 6-7 ; Wigeon - 9 - 5m; 4f. ; Greylag Goose - 12 ; Pochard - 25 ; Cormorant - 10 - in from N at dawn. ; Gadwall - 13 - inc aerial courtship flighting. ; Little Grebe - 2 ; Common Gull - 10 - inc 6 SW ; Reed Bunting - 3 ; Willow Tit - 1 ; Shelduck - 1 pr ; Lapwing - 33 ; Tree Sparrow - c10 - Around feeding area. ; Mute Swan - 47 - + 4 1st W. Small parties leaving W towards canal basin at Parkgate during morning. ; Water Rail - 1 - rummaging amongst wet leaf litter under willows at S-end.
Thrybergh CP, adjacent fields: Common Buzzard - 2
Treeton Dyke: Shoveler - 7 ; Bittern - 1 - bird flew into reedbeds at the side of the concrete walkway at 09.25am. ; Gadwall - 109 ; Coot - 130 ; Peregrine - 1 - male ; Bullfinch - 8
Ulley CP: Goldcrest - 1 ; Stock Dove - 14 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Fieldfare - 107 ; Willow Tit - 1
Upperdale: Marsh Tit - 1 - yawn.....
Water-Cum-Jolly-Dale: Teal - 5 ; Mute Swan - 3 - 2 adults, 1 juv.
Wentworth Dams: Buzzard - 1+
Woodseats: Pink-footed Goose - c.250 - west at 11.43hrs.
Wybourn Estate: Greenfinch - 9 ; Goldfinch - 7 ; Lesser Redpoll - 3 - feeding on niger seed past 3 days ;
Yeld Wood, Baslow: Woodcock - 1
30 January 2010
Blackburn Meadows NR: Cormorant - 2 - adult and imm landed on canal ; Black-headed Gull - 200+ - washing at day break ; Goosander - 4 - 2 male + 2 redheads ; Snipe - 3 ; Water Rail - 1 - calling ; Reed Bunting - 6+Centenary Way Riverside: Teal - 4 ; Snipe - 1
Chatsworth Park: Cormorant - 1 - on river in front of house ; Coot - 36 - on river in front of house
Damflask Res: Great Crested Grebe - 1
Ecclesall Woods: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 5+ - At least 5 birds with 3 birds heard drumming at the same time
Ewden Height: Black Grouse - 1 - male
Firsby Res: Goldcrest - 1 - In hedge at far corner of main lake. ; Treecreeper - 1
Gibbing Greave Wood: Nuthatch - 2
Green Moor: Sparrowhawk - 1 - presumed 1st year male hunting Sparrows ;
Longshaw: Brambling - 5 ; Common (Mealy) Redpoll - 2-3
Millhouses: Blackcap - 1 - Male present in Springfield Rd garden all week
Orgreave: Goosander - 27 - On largest lagoon
R Don, Beeley Wood: Dipper - 4 - All colour rung ; Goosander - 9 - 3 males, 6 females
Stubley Hollow: Buzzard - 1 - Also 1 reed bunting ; Little Owl - 1
Thornseat Delf: Crossbill - 2
Ulley CP: Lesser Redpoll - 4 ; Buzzard - 1
Upperthorpe: Blackcap - 1 - female
Wentworth Forge : Nuthatch - 2 - calling
Win Hill: Crossbill - 2+ - at the upper edge of larch woodland below Win Hill, others calling
Woodseats/Bolehill Wood: Blackcap - 1 - Male feeding on apple,banana and peach.
29 January 2010
Beighton Marsh NR: Gadwall - 3 - 2 male 1 femBroomhead Res: Herring Gull - 138 - roosted ; Great Black-backed Gull - 33 - roosted ; Common Gull - 85 - roosted ; Black-headed Gull - 1370 - roosted ; Goosander - 8
Ewden Beck: Fieldfare - 140
Handsworth: Pink-footed Goose - h - heard over garden 22:05
Harthill Res: Mandarin - 1 - male
Langsett Res: Black-headed Gull - c1500 - Roost at 4pm with parties still flying in.
Longshaw: Common (Mealy) Redpoll - 2+ - with up to 20 Lesser Redpoll also several Brambling and at least 2 male Chaffinch of nominate (continental) form ;
, Common (Mealy) Redpoll - 2+ - another photo ; Longstone Edge: Raven - 2
Pit-house West: Firecrest - 1 - in woodland by broken fence along lime avenue @ 13.50, and calling @ 15.05
Ramsley Res: Robin - 1 - of the nominate (continental form) feeding along fence in NE corner of res. Labelled photo enc. to show features. Also Buzzard over ;
Rotherham A630 Centenary Way: Tawny Owl - 1 - Flying over A630 by Canklow Road at 0220am
Shirebrook Valley: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2
Silverwood Railway: Green Woodpecker - 1
Wharncliffe Side: Brambling - 1 - female on peanut feeder at 1107h
28 January 2010
Blue Man's Bower: Snipe - 14 ; Shoveler - 2 ; Teal - 4 ; Wigeon - 19Catcliffe Flash: Pochard - 8 ; Tufted Duck - 25 ; Goosander - 21 - 12 Male, 9 Redhead
Centenary Way Riverside: Shoveler - 1 - Female ; Linnet - c20 ; Goosander - 3 - 2 males and 1 female flew up from river
Firsby Res: Tree Sparrow - 4
Fulwood: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - working along trees on Chorley Road.
Malin Bridge: Grey Wagtail - 1 - on the roof of St Polycarp's church
Northern General Hospital: Pied Wagtail - 100 - Large flock of approximately 100 flying low across NGH site at 1645h
Orgreave Lagoons: Linnet - 36 ; Cormorant - 11 ; Wigeon - 20 ; Skylark - 26
Pebley Pond: Corn Bunting - 17 - on wires and in field opposite pub
Pit-house West: Water Rail - 1 ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Coal Tit - 2 ; Yellowhammer - 4
R Don, Rotherham Centre between Crinoline & Grafton Bridges: Goosander - 3 - 2m; 1f
Sheffield Centre: Blackbird - 1 - singing at junction of Fitzwilliam Street and Devonshire Street at 1700h.
Stannington, west: Kestrel - 1 - Male holding a down-facing angle for several minutes in strong wind without having to flap it's wings ;
27 January 2010
Catcliffe Flash: Tufted Duck - 10 ; Wigeon - 6 - 2 Male & 4 female ; Goosander - 12 - 6 Male & 6 Redheads ; Shoveler - 14 - 10 male & 4 Female ; Gadwall - 4 - 3 male & 1 female ; Pochard - 4 - Two pairs ; Goosander - c25 - 2.30pmDerwentdale: Crossbill - 26 - Feeding actively in larches just above Kings Tree
Leadmill Bridge: Dipper - 1 - Colour ringed bird with 2 red rings on left leg (metal ring on right)
Longshaw: Common (Mealy) Redpoll - 1-2 - with up to 20 Lesser Redpoll ;
, Brambling - 6 - including 4 males ; Napier Street, Sheffield: Magpie - 42 - pre roost @ 1615
Pit-house West: Lesser Redpoll - c30
Rotherham Centre: Cormorant - 8 - SW @ 0800hrs
Silverwood Lagoon: Snipe - 2 ; Pochard - 14 - site record
Whiston: Blackcap - 1 - male again visiting garden on School Hill, feeding on fat balls
26 January 2010
Blue Man's Bower: Shoveler - 10Carr Vale: Reed Bunting - 16 - On feeding station by viewing mound. ; Lapwing - 50 + ; Wigeon - 60+
Centenary Way Riverside: Green Sandpiper - 1
Clifton, Rotherham: Clifton Park: Goldfinch - 6 ; Magpie - 18 - sat together in same tree, pre-roost. ; Redwing - c30 - feeding on open grassland.
Fairholmes: Siskin - 3 - coming in to feeders ;
High Green: Song Thrush - 1 - Full song at 0700
Howden Res: Crossbill - 40 - 40+ 'Glip' Crossbills (type C). Sonogram here. ;
Langsett Res: Crossbill - 18 ; Red Grouse - 1+
Pit-house West: Firecrest - 1 - In ivy covered tree on lime avenue, 1130. ; Willow Tit - 1 ; Bittern - 1 - flying to roost on Bittern Pool at 1700 hrs
R Don, Beeley Wood: Dipper - 4 - Territorial display, singing and courtship noted. Two birds colour ringed.
Ravensdale: Raven - 1 - Flying over
Rotherham Centre: Cormorant - 7 - SW together @ 0800hrs
Rotherham Centre; Wharncliffe Street: Sparrowhawk - 1
RVCP: Ruff - 1 - On lawns with 4 redshank.
Sharrow: Blackcap - 1 - Male singing in tree in observer's garden. Visiting bird table again today and daily through January
Upperdale: Marsh Tit - 1
25 January 2010
Canklow to Ickles: Song Thrush - 9 - 9 singing in 20 minute walkHandsworth: Blackcap - 1 - Male in garden
Langsett Res: Black-headed Gull - c300
Loxley: Song Thrush - 2 - two having a singing "duel" in grounds of Loxley Park residential home
Midhope Res: Teal - c40 ; Siskin - c50 ; Lesser Redpoll - c5
R Don, Aldwarke: Pintail - 1 - Female near waterside Cottages ; Chiffchaff - 1 - still opposite Gala Bingo
RVCP: Redshank - 4 - On Lawns ; Ruff - 1 - On Lawns ; Snipe - 8+ - Meadowgate
24 January 2010
Ewden height: Common Buzzard - 2 ; Black Grouse - 1 - maleRiver Rother, Orgreave: Teal - 26 ; Green Woodpecker - 1
Aldwarke SF: Snipe - 3 ; Teal - 23 ; Reed Bunting - 30-40 ; Woodcock - 1
Bingham Park: Dipper - 1 - with orange ring over green ;
Blackburn: Common Buzzard - 1 - flew over M1 towards Woolley Woods
Blue Man's Bower: Shoveler - 6
Bolehill Flash: Teal - 1 - male ; Cetti's Warbler - 1 - calling @ 0835 ; Water Rail - 2 - 1 feeding in stream & 1 calling
Broomhead Res: Herring Gull - 163 ; Great Black-backed Gull - 15 ; Common Gull - 112 ; Black-headed Gull - 678 - In roost ; Cormorant - 3 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 4
Centenary Way Riverside: Cormorant - 6 - west ; Goosander - 1 - east
Chesterfield: Peregrine - 1 - Roosting on steeple of the Crooked Spire Church @ 1300h
Eastwood, Rotherham: Chiffchaff - 1 - In large willow plantation, across river from Gala Bingo.
Hooton Roberts; fields to NW: Linnet - c50 ; Common Buzzard - 1 - calling (not seen) ; Grey Partridge - 6 ; Greylag Goose - 1 - S
Mayfield Valley: Reed Bunting - 1 - Douse Croft Lane garden; male feeding on scattered seed mix with chaffinches. First observed here in three years.
Middleton Moor: Teal - 23 - Lagoon 95% frozen
Midhope Res: Teal - 53
Midhopestones: Common Buzzard - 1
Millhouses: Blackcap - 2 - 1 male 1 female again on fat balls in garden
Mount Darnall: Brambling - 2 - with 4 Chaffinch
Oakbrook Road, Sheffield: Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 ;
Orgreave Lagoons: Wigeon - 26 - feeding around island on south lagoon ; Black-headed Gull - 107 ; Great Black-backed Gull - 6 ; Peregrine - 1 - Adult ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 4 ; Shelduck - 3 - Three on large lagoon showing much better credentials than the RV bird ; Skylark - 1 - in full song ; Goosander - 5 - 3 males +2 females
Parkers Lane , Dore: Siskin - 3 - With mixed group of Goldfinch and Greenfinch all at Garden feeders
Pit-house West: Tawny Owl - 1 - Calling at c 11.00am
R Don, Eastwood: Teal - 7 ; Goosander - 1 - male ; Pintail - 1 - female. Probably same bird as present in the area intermittently for a couple of years. Origins unknown. ; Coot - 12
River Rother, Orgreave: Water Rail - 1 - One calling from river bank
RVCP, Main Lake: Redshank - 4 - On the Lawns
Sheffield Centre: Peregrine - 1
Shirtcliffe Valley: Kingfisher - 1 - Flew upstream behind Goathland Drive at 1130h
Silverwood Pit Top: Jack Snipe - 1
Thrybergh CP: Water Rail - 1 ; Mute Swan - 46 - + 4 1stW ; Common Gull - 3 ; Canada Goose - 47 - + 1 x Greylag hybrid ; Gadwall - 11 ; Wigeon - 5 ; Greylag Goose - 14 - all in from E. ; Great Crested Grebe - 7 ; Pochard - 3 ; Tufted Duck - 133 ; Fieldfare - 55 - 25 NW; 30 W ; Little Grebe - 2
Ulley CP: Goosander - 1 - male
Underbank Res: Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Cormorant - 1
Whiston: Blackcap - 1 - male visiting garden feeder on School Hill - seen on several occasions throughout January
23 January 2010
Bolehill Flash: Cetti's Warbler - 1 - heard singing ; Willow Tit - 1 ; Water Rail - 1 - callingBarbrook Plantation: Woodcock - 1
Barbrook Pools: Teal - 2
Breck Farm: Greylag Goose - 140 - On floods with one P F Goose, one Bar-headed Goose, and the rather dodgy White-Front/Lesser White-Front that has been around for the last couple of years!! ; Tree Sparrow - 6
Broomhead Wood: Crossbill - 16
Ecclesfield: Mistle Thrush - 1 - Singing
Ewden Height: Black Grouse - 2 - Males
Green Moor: Fieldfare - 180
Handsworth: Blackcap - 1 - male still in garden
Ladybower Res: Cormorant - 1 - at least 1 North Atlantic (ssp. carbo) with several Continental (ssp. sinensis) Cormorants
Leash Fen: Grey Partridge - 1 - calling at dusk
Linacre Res: Mandarin - 4 ; Green Woodpecker - 2 ; Goosander - 8 - 7 males
Longshaw: Treecreeper - 2+ - around feeders ; Brambling - 1 - with chaffinches under feeders ; Lesser Redpoll - 5+ - on feeders ;
, Dipper - 1 - perched on fence by stream, near start of path to Longshaw from B6521 ; Raven - 3 ; Siskin - c10 - on feeders ; Millhouses: Blackcap - 2 - I male, 1 female in Springfield Rd garden
Padley Gorge: Goldcrest - 1+ - singing
Parkers Lane , Dore: Brambling - 3 - With half a dozen Chaffinch at garden feeders
Pebley: Linnet - 120 - at least in field opposite Pebley Pub ; Corn Bunting - 11 - at least in field opposite Pebley Pub ; Yellowhammer - 40 - at least in field opposite Pebley Pub
Pit-house West: Firecrest - 1 - Calling and showing well just east of the Chinese Bridge ; Willow Tit - 2 ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Lesser Redpoll - c40 ; Water Rail - 1
Redmires Res: Raven - 2
Rivelin Valley: Kingfisher - 1 - flying upstream near Roscoe Wheel Weir (SK316881)
Rother Valley Country Park: Ruff - 1 - Male on 'Lawns' by main lake with Redshank ;
, Pintail - 1 - Drake on Reserve. ; Goosander - 22 - 20 on NR and 2 on N lake Sheffield Centre: Peregrine - 1 - Over Carver Street around 1430h
Treeton SF: Grey Wagtail - 6 - also 30 Pied Wagtail
Upperdale: Marsh Tit - 2 - On garden feeders ; Dipper - 1 - On river
Walkley Bank: Song Thrush - 3 - feeding on mealworms in garden on Bell Hagg Road.
Woodall: Grey Partridge - 11 ;
22 January 2010
Centenary Way Riverside: Little Grebe - 1 - On R RotherHandsworth: Blackcap - 1 - male in garden
Longley: Redwing - 20 + - in tree on field behind Herries Rd at c1600h
Millhouses Park: Heron - 2 - On River Sheaf for last few days
Napier Street, Sheffield: Magpie - 35 - @ 1630 - roost
Orgreave Lagoons: Goosander - 19m+16f - all roosting on main lagoon ; Wigeon - 30+ ; Woodcock - 1 ; Snipe - 3 ; Teal - 40+ ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 40+ - good numbers of gulls on main lagoon at dusk ; Tufted Duck - 10
Pit-house West: Water Rail - 1
R Rother, Orgreave: Little Grebe - 2 - pair on river
Renishaw: Pink-footed Goose - 1 - also white-fronted goose sp. and Bar-headed Goose in flight with Greylags
River Don, Aldwarke.: Pintail - 1
Silverwood Pit Top: Meadow Pipit - 4 ; Linnet - 50
21 January 2010
Beeley Wood: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - female ;Blue Man's Bower: Teal - 11 ; Shoveler - 14 ; Wigeon - 5 ; Goosander - 1 ; Snipe - 8
Bolehill Flash: Cetti's Warbler - 1 - sang and showed briefly in reedbeds @ 08.40 but no further sign by 10.00
Brecks, Rotherham: Brambling - 1 - again at garden bird-table. ;
Canklow: Goosander - 3 - S, following line of Rother
Ewden: Stock Dove - 7
Ewden Height: Red Grouse - c15 ; Black Grouse - 1 - Male
Guilthwaite Common Lane: Little Owl - 1
Langsett Res: Crossbill - 6+ - First flock heard only in nw corner. Second flock of six seen on the edge of North America wood, south side of res.
Orgreave Laggons: Lapwing - 11
Orgreave Lagoons: Teal - 12 ; Skylark - 61 ; Goosander - 8
Pebley: Red-legged Partridge - 10 ; Corn Bunting - 5 - on Wires opposite Pebley Inn ; Corn Bunting - c10 - In hedge of field opposite pub. ; Yellowhammer - c25 - Field opposite pub.
R Don, Aldwarke: Pintail - 1 - Female still on river above Waterside Cottages
Renishaw: White-fronted Goose - 1 - With Greylags ; Greylag Goose - c60 - In field east of B6053, also bar headed goose.
River Don, Aldwarke: Pintail - 1 - Female opposite waterside cottages. ; Teal - c10
Rotherham Centre: Goosander - 5 - SW @ 0800hrs ; Cormorant - 3 - SW @ 0800hrs
Silverwood Lagoon: Pink-footed Goose - c.210 - flew NW @16.15
Upperdale: Marsh Tit - 2-3
Waverley Opencast: Snipe - 8
Win Hill: Raven - 2 - and 1 Buzzard
20 January 2010
Blue Man's Bower: Teal - 10 ; Wigeon - 6 ; Shoveler - 12Brecks, Rotherham: Brambling - 1 - on garden bird-table.
Centenary Way Riverside: Lapwing - 6 ; Green Sandpiper - 1 ; Goosander - 2
Crookes Valley Park: Grey Heron - 1 - on ice ; Black-headed Gull - 50 - on ice ; Mallard - 45 - lake still half frozen
Pebley: Corn Bunting - 17 - on wires opposite Pebley Pub. Also 120+ Linnet, 45+ Skylark and smaller numbers Yellowhammer, Chaffinch and Reed Bunting
Poolsbrook CP: Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - Adult late afternoon
R Don, Eastwood: Pintail - 1 - female just upstream of "Riverside Cottages" ; Pintail - 1 - female still present @ 14.20, associating with Mallards just upstream from 'River Cottages'
Rotherham Centre: Cormorant - 7 - SW together in loose flock @ 0800hrs.
Sheffield University: Peregrine - 1
Silverwood Lagoon: Jack Snipe - 1 - on boggy ground around small overflow pool below NW corner of lagoon
19 January 2010
Broomhead Res: Black-headed Gull - 1800+ ; Goosander - 9 - 4 males, 5 females ; Great Black-backed Gull - 8 ; Common Gull - 15 ; Herring Gull - 23Centenary Way Riverside: Teal - 10 ; Pintail - 1 - female associating with 5 mallard ; Gadwall - 13 ; Tufted Duck - 22
Linacre Res: Mandarin - 6 - 3 males, 3 females ; Woodpigeon - 120 - Feeding in field near entrance
Lodge Moor: Brambling - 19 - With usual Greenfinches, Chaffinches, Bullfinches on Sunflower feeders
Longshaw: Common (Mealy) Redpoll - 2 - Also 20 lesser redpoll, 2 Brambling
Pebley: Corn Bunting - c10 - In fields between The Pebley pub and Pebley Ponds ; Linnet - 80+ - in fields between The Pebley pub and Pebley Ponds
R Don, Thrybergh Banks: Kingfisher - 1
Walkley Bank: Reed Bunting - 1 - male on ground feeding on seed under feeders (first record in 18+ years at this address)
18 January 2010
Bolehill Flash: Cetti's Warbler - 1 - present 1.15pmCanklow: Woodcock - 1 - flew over Canklow towards Canklow Woods
Centenary Way Riverside: Gadwall - 11 ; Shoveler - 1 ; Green Sandpiper - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 29 ; Teal - 22
Crookes Valley Park: Coot - 2 - on lake still 80% frozen
Ecclesall: Ring-necked Parakeet - 3 - in magnolia bush, Bents Drive
Longshaw: Common (Mealy) Redpoll - 2 - Male and female. ; Brambling - 3 ; Raven - 2 - Flying over ; Peregrine - 1 - Flew over mid-morning.
Mayfield Valley: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 - Douse Croft Lane garden feeders; also Nuthatch - 2.
Nether Green: Blackcap - 1 - Male feeding in observer's garden.
Normanton Springs: Willow Tit - 1 - singing male
Pit-house West: Kingfisher - 1 ; Goosander - 1f - on river ; Water Rail - 2 - showing well & calling ; Woodcock - 2 - flying round at dusk
Rotherham Centre: Cormorant - 7 - 6W; 1NE
RVCP, Meadowgate Lake: Goosander - 12 - 8f+4m
Stubley Hollow: Blackbird - 43 - Also 115 redwing, 88 fieldfare, 21 house sparrow, 2 grey partridge, 1 little owl
Upperdale: Marsh Tit - 2 - Coming to feeders in garden of house next to bridge.
West Handley: Tree Sparrow - 2+
17 January 2010
Agden Side: Buzzard - 1Aldwarke: Cormorant - 11 - on pylons.
Aldwarke SF: Skylark - 1 ; Snipe - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 38 - feeding in dense vegetation & flying up into hedgerow.
Barlborough: Woodcock - 1 - In woods near park area, also 22 Corn Bunting Near Pebley Inn.
Beeley Wood: Nuthatch - 2+ ; Lesser Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - in tit flock, on main path just NE of Beeley Wood Lane entrance
Bingham Park: Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 - flew over and into gardens opposite
Bolehill Flash: Greylag Goose - 4 - NW ; Cetti's Warbler - 1 - single burst of song from Phragmites at 0823hrs. ; Water Rail - 6+ - 2 together on inlet stream; 4+ around reedbed. Lots of 'sharming'.PLEASE NOTE: DO NOT TRY TO USE FLOODED BOARDWALK ON PATH THROUGH REEDBED. IT IS DAMAGED AND MAY CAUSE INJURY! ; Lesser Redpoll - 2
Brincliffe Edge: Blackcap - 2 - Pair visiting feeder in garden - seen also 13, 15 and 16 January
Broomhead Res: Goosander - 8 ; Black-headed Gull - 700 - on ice post-roost - off E ; Crossbill - 1+ - Calling and singing by green bridge
Centenary Riverside: Goosander - 12 - 7m; 5f ; Redwing - c50 - in riverside trees. ; Stock Dove - 2 ; Green Sandpiper - 1 - feeding ; Shoveler - 3 - 1m; 2f ; Teal - 12 ; Tufted Duck - 41 ; Cormorant - 12
Centenary Way Riverside: Goosander - 7 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - south west
Fatty Boyns Ponds: Tawny Owl - 1 - still present. ;
Graves Park: Moorhen - 10 ; Coot - 40 ; Treecreeper - 1 - In waterfall Wood ; Yellowhammer - 1 - flying north at 11.16hrs. ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 - Involved in dispute in Waterfall Wood
Haywood Farm: Dipper - 1 - Feeding 15 mins in 2 ft wide stream (nearby Derwent in spate) ; Siskin - 50-60 - Feeding in alders ; Raven - 3 - W over Hope Valley mobbing Buzzard ; Woodcock - 1
Ladybower Res: Cormorant - 6 - on fishing pens
Longshaw: Common (Mealy) Redpoll - 2 - coming to feeders with 12+ lessers ; Pink-footed Goose - h - Skein heard calling overhead
Loxley Valley: Bittern - 1 - a report of one at Old Wheel Dam 0945h then flew SW
Meadowgate Lake, RVCP: Mandarin - 1 - male ; Woodcock - 1 - east @ 1245
Meadowhall: Fieldfare - 2 - next to tram terminus
Monsal Dale: Marsh Tit - 2 - seen from viaduct adjacent to tunnel entrance
Parkgate Canal Basin: Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 10 ; Mute Swan - 30 - + 5 1st W.
Sheffield University: Peregrine - 2
Silverwood Lagoon: Grey Partridge - 5 ; Buzzard - 1 ; Stonechat - 1 ; Green Sandpiper - 1 - at boggy southern end @ 08.20, then flew off SW
Thornseat Delf: Crossbill - 30 - roving flock
Thrybergh CP: Moorhen - 21 ; Mute Swan - 48 ; Great Crested Grebe - 4 ; Gadwall - 13 ; Tufted Duck - 273 ; Coot - 218 ; Shelduck - 1 ; Pochard - 45
Ulley CP: Little Owl - 1 ; Common Gull - 2 ; Woodcock - 1 ; Yellowhammer - 44 - inc 14 west ; Tree Sparrow - 2 ; Common Buzzard - 2
Upperdale: Marsh Tit - 2 - In garden with bird tables next to bridge over River. ; Raven - 3 ; Dipper - 1
16 January 2010
Beeley Wood: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Female in tit flock 150 yds up river from end of roadBlackburn Meadows NR: Woodcock - 1 ; Water Rail - 1 - calling ; Peregrine - 1 - Male flew over at 15.05 ; Goosander - 8 - Flew east
Bolehill Flash: Cetti's Warbler - 1 - showed briefly near wooden bridge early afternoon ; Shoveler - 2 - pair on R Rother N of flash ; Water Rail - 1 - showed well at N edge of reeds; another calling ; Fieldfare - 20 - in hawthorn tress ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 - on river Rother N of flash
Broomhead Res: Glaucous Gull - 1 - 1st winter ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - On Wood Pigeon kill at roadside. Surprisingly appeared to be a male with rusty throat and blue tinged upperparts.
Carr Vale Nature Reserve: Pink-footed Goose - 90 - Still present this morning until the local shoot appeared and now they have gone----, still an 8 day stay is very good. At CV today 155 Wigeon, 40 Teal, 35 Stock Doves and 16 Lesser Redpoll.
Denaby Common: Pink-footed Goose - 10 - Flew SE
Mayfield Valley: Brambling - 1 - Douse Croft Lane; female feeding in garden with 10 goldfinches and 8 chaffinches. Also of interest in garden: Great spotted woodpecker - 1; Nuthatch - 1; Stock Dove - 2; Pheasant - 3.
Pebley: Corn Bunting - 8 - in fields between The Pebley and Pebley Pond
Pit-house West: Bittern - 1 - flew in at 16:25 from direction of RVCP and went to roost in reedbed
RVCP, Main Lake: Whooper Swan - 7 - 7 adults from early morning until 10 am when flew of south ;
Stannington: Meadow Pipit - 1 - Feeding on garden lawn ;
Staveley: Grey Partridge - 10
Waverley Opencast: Snipe - 7
Wigtwizzle: Crossbill - 4+ - in clearing opposite houses on Lee Lane
15 January 2010
Beeley Wood: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Female, feeding mainly in silver birch near the railway footbridge.Catcliffe Flash: Woodcock - 1 - Flushed from near the main road
Centenary Riverside : Green Sandpiper - 1 - Flew up Don
Denaby Common: Snipe - c20
Great Hollins Wood: Tawny Owl - 1 - Roosting in tree, midday.
Poolsbrook CP: Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - adult on ice briefly early afternoon ; Caspian Gull - 1 - Another photo ;
, Caspian Gull - 1 - Cracking adult on ice at lunchtime ; Rotherham Centre: Effingham Street: Blue Tit - 1 - in full song. ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - calling
Woolley Wood: Goldcrest - 3 - including one in song plus good selection tits, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, GS Woodpecker.
14 January 2010
Bolehill Flash: Coot - 1 - feeding at edge of reedbed ; Cetti's Warbler - 1 - seen again at 1415. ; Water Rail - 3+ ; Water Rail - 2+ - 1 feeding along reed edge plus calling in reeds. ;, Cetti's Warbler - 1 - A calling bird seen briefly, at c1045, at edge of reeds on path between reedbeds. ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Female ; Reed Bunting - 6+ ; Fieldfare - c15 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 Carr Vale Nature Reserve: Pink-footed Goose - 90 - 90 Pink-feet still present, also 140 Wigeon 26 Teal (highest count this year), Water Rail calling and a Barn Owl
Catcliffe: Redwing - c30 - at edge of R Rother ; Goosander - 1 - Female on R Rother
Centenary Way Riverside: Teal - 2 ; Goosander - 2 ; Green Sandpiper - 1 ; Linnet - 40 ; Fieldfare - 30 - Feeding on recently thawed earth banks ; Tufted Duck - 6
Damflask Res: Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Nuthatch - 1
Longshaw: Brambling - 1 ; Lesser Redpoll - c5 - On feeders ; Siskin - c5 - On feeders
Morehall Res: Tawny Owl - 1 - on metal fence by reservoir. ;
R Derwent, Froggatt: Mandarin - 2 - Pair.
Rawmarsh: Pheasant - 1 - male still feeding in garden - now quite tame!
Wigtwizzle: Crossbill - 3 - 2 males and female
13 January 2010
Bolehill Flash: Willow Tit - 1 ; Water Rail - 1 - In feeder stream. ; Cetti's Warbler - 1 - Showed and called briefly from greater reedmace at SW end of marsh, around noon.Botanical Gardens: Blackcap - 1 - Male feeding on cotoneaster berries in snow in garden adjacent to the Gardens.
Carr Vale Nature Reserve: Pink-footed Goose - 90 - The flock of 90 Pinkfeet is still present as were c140 Wigeon.
Centenary way riverside: Tufted Duck - 13 ; Goosander - 5 ; Shoveler - 2 ; Teal - 1 ; Gadwall - 7
Millhouses: Tawny Owl - 2 - 2 fighting in garden on Stowe Avenue
Pit-house West: Bittern - 1 - Flew in from direction of Chinese bridge and landed in north end of southern reedbed, 13.05.
Sheffield city airport: Woodcock - 4 ; Snipe - 4
12 January 2010
Bell Hagg: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker - 1 male - seen at the top of Coppice Road (track) feeding on 1 metre high saplingsBolehill Flash: Willow Tit - 2 ; Bittern - 1 - Two brief but close views of one flying low over the reedbeds at 1010 and then walking quickly across the footpath between the reedbeds at 1040. ; Redwing - 10+ - feeding under trees alongside the Rother ; Water Rail - 5+ - three fairly close together alongside the stream and at least two on either side of the footpath through the reedbed ; Teal - 2 ; Green Woodpecker - 2 ; Reed Bunting - 6 ; Snipe - 2 ; Blackbird - 30+ - feeding under trees alongside the Rother ; Yellowhammer - 2 ; Green Woodpecker - 2
centenary way riverside: Goosander - 6
Centenary way riverside: Snipe - 2
Handsworth: Fieldfare - 39
High Hazels Park: Lesser Redpoll - 100 - Including striking snowy white albinistic bird; mostly unmarked white over head and body broken by bright red poll and dark wings
Malin Bridge: Redwing - 17+
Moorgate, Rotherham: Ring-necked Parakeet - 4 - Flew over Swinden Technology Centre (near Rotherham General Hospital) at about 9:45
Moscar Cross: Black Grouse - 2 - 2 by junction of A57 and Mortimer Rd
Pit-house West: Bittern - 1 - At the side of a stream, completely still but out of camouflage ;
, Bittern - 1 - Flew from Chinese bridge to roost in tall reeds in middle pond at 1620 ; Cetti's Warbler - 1 - heard briefly in bushes near railway bridge over river Ranmoor: Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 - Oakbrook Rd
RVCP, Meadowgate Lake: Bullfinch - 3 - 2fem+1male ; Goosander - 8 - 5males+3females ; Goldeneye - 4 - two pairs on river
Sharrow Cemetery: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1
Silverwood Lagoon: Grey Partridge - 9 ; Linnet - c120
Strines: Red Grouse - c.250 - Between Wigtwizzle junction and A57
Treeton Dyke: Gadwall - 89 ; Golden Plover - 7 - north
Treeton SF: Pied Wagtail - 40+ ; Grey Wagtail - 3
Wigtwizzle: Crossbill - 5
Woodhouse Tip: Fieldfare - 47
11 January 2010
Aston: Greenfinch - c40 ; Snipe - 7 ; Starling - c400Bolehill Flash: Water Rail - 4 - Also 2 Jack Snipe ; Reed Bunting - c6 ; Snipe - c10 ; Teal - 6 ; Water Rail - c5 - Beside stream. ; Woodcock - 1 - Flushed from scrub beside path back to Treeton. ; Willow Tit - 1
Brocco Bank: Tawny Owl - 1 - 1 flew over Brocco Bank at 8.30 mobbed by a magpie
Cawthorne Grove/Frazer Road: Woodcock - 1-2 - Heard only, heading south at 16.55
Millhouses: Tawny Owl - 1 - One calling
Pit-house West: Green Woodpecker - 2 ; Willow Tit - 3
R Don, Eastwood: Goosander - 1f ; Teal - 2 ; Shelduck - 1
R Don, Rotherham Centre: Crinoline Bridge to Grafton Bridge: Mute Swan - 1 - 1st W
Ranmoor: Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 - Oakbrook Road, 15.15.
Rother Valley Country Park: Goldeneye - 20+ - on River Rother ;
, Great Crested Grebe - 2 - on River Rother ; Willow Tit - 1 ; Shoveler - 1 - on River Rother Sheffield Centre: Peregrine - 1
Silverwood Lagoon: Redshank - 1 - flew off W from SE corner @ 09.00 - quite surprising as lagoon has been frozen solid since 18th December
Thrybergh: Peregrine - 1
Waverley Opencast: Woodcock - 1 ; Snipe - 6 ; Jack Snipe - 1 ; Lesser Redpoll - 150 - mixed flock of redpoll and goldfinch