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05 February 2012
Canklow: Song Thrush - 3 - to garden feeding stationCanklow Woods: Green Woodpecker - 1 - yaffling
Heeley City Farm: Waxwing - 1 - Single bird heading south at 9:05
Sharrow: Blackcap - 1 - female on fatballs at 09.45 hrs. First sighting in the garden this Winter.
Woodhouse: House Sparrow - 4 ; Greenfinch - 6 - on feeders ; Blackbird - 6 ; Fieldfare - 4 - feeding in garden
04 February 2012
Blacka Moor: Crossbill - 1+ - heard in Strawberry Lee PlantationBlackburn Meadows NR: Bullfinch - 18 - single flock of 14 flushed by Sparrowhawk, and 4 feeding by car park ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - by car park ; Greylag Goose - 2 - south at 7.50 ; Cormorant - 10 - 3 west at 0800 then 7 north east at 9.50
Broomhead Res: Herring Gull - 1 - adult ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - 1st winter ; Great Black-backed Gull - 4 - 1 adult, 3 1st winter
Broomhead Wood: Raven - 1 ; Goldfinch - c50 ; Bullfinch - 7+ ; Siskin - c20 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - display
Centenary Riverside: Cormorant - 4 ; Mallard - 12 ; Tufted Duck - 24 - on river (lakes and canal frozen) ; Coot - 4 ; Moorhen - 2 ; Goosander - 8
Chatsworth Park: Brambling - 4 - feeding with chaffinches on beech mast ; Shoveler - 1 - drake
Ecclesall: Fieldfare - 10+ ; Redwing - 5 - Feeding on fallen apples
Ewden Beck: Dipper - 1 - on Beck by More Hall Bridge/Manchester Road
Ewden Valley: Red Grouse - c10 ; ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD - 1 - 9.15-9.30 from Ewden Eye area. Interacting with Common Buzzard pair ; Common Buzzard - Pair ; Fieldfare - c10
Greystones: Redwing - 8 - Another picture ;
, Redwing - 8 - Feeding on berries in garden ; Jordanthorpe: Common Buzzard - 1 - perched on goalpost next to main rd 10 am
Langsett Res: Crossbill - 20+ - vocal flock circling treetops ; Coal Tit - 10+ ; Goldcrest - 10+ - amongst tit flock ; Siskin - 50+ - large loud flock ; Long-tailed Tit - 10+
Lodge Moor: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - One drumming in garden willow tree
Millhouses: Redwing - 3 - Feeding on Holly berries ; Blackcap - 2 - Male and female ; Fieldfare - 18 - briefly in Stowe Avenue garden before flying towards the bannerdale centre
Morehall Res: Coot - 1 ; Herring Gull - 5 ; Black-headed Gull - 30+ ; Common Gull - 8 ; Goosander - 2 - 1M, 1F ; Wigeon - 1 - F among mallards ;
, Cormorant - 1 ; Redwing - c10 - in adjoining field ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - M Orgreave Lakes: Merlin - 1 - Male on 'Plain' perched on posts then hunting Meadow Pipits ; Knot - 1 - 1 at 08:20 before flying south ; Pochard - 115 ; Wigeon - 86 - on small lake mid-afternoon ; Gadwall - 35 ; Coot - 126 ; Dunlin - 6 ; Skylark - 20 ; Tufted Duck - 35 ; Ringed Plover - 1 - ; Fieldfare - 8
Ravenfield Church: Great Tit - 5 ; Nuthatch - 1 ;
, Robin - 3 Ravenfield Ponds: Bullfinch - 6 - 5M + 1F feeding on buds ;
, Willow Tit - 1 - Coming to seed ; Reed Bunting - 2 ; Buzzard - 1 - Low over woodland ; Lesser Redpoll - 8 - with Tit flock. ; Long-tailed Tit - 15 ; Goldcrest - 1 - with Redpolls and Tits ; Coal Tit - 8 RVCP, Main Lake: Redshank - 4
RVCP, Meadowgate Lake: Red-crested Pochard - 1 - male
Sharrow: Blackbird - 11 - 10M + 1F coming for food in small garden
Sheffield University: Peregrine - 1 - on St George's 08:00
Stannington, west: Song Thrush - 2 - Pair in Silver Birch tree in garden ;
Walkley Bank: Greenfinch - 3 - 1M, 2F at feeders with Goldfinches ;
Wharncliffe Wood: Crossbill - 2+ - heard calling from conifers ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Display
Wheata Wood: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 - drumming near car park
03 February 2012
Blackburn Meadows NR: Magpie - 30+ - coming in to roost ; Great Tit - 8 ; Goldfinch - 38 - coming in to roost along canal walk ; Bullfinch - 4 ; Long-tailed Tit - 8 - at the bird feeders ; Blue Tit - 4 ; Greenfinch - 2Broomhead Res: Greylag Goose - 28+12 - South west at dusk ; Mediterranean Gull - 1 - adult in almost full summer plumage ;
, Goosander - 14 ; Black-headed Gull - C700 ; Common Gull - 33 ; Herring Gull - 152 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 12 ; Great Black-backed Gull - 54 Crosspool: Waxwing - c15 - flew over Manchester Road 08:35 and landed in nearby trees
Damflask Res: Cormorant - 1 - Flew W. at 1500hrs ; Goldcrest - 2 ;
, Mandarin - 1 - male ; Ewden Height: ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD - 1 - juvenile present 15:30-17:00, at times mobbed by two (possible pair) Common Buzzards (one pale, one dark phase)
General Cemetery, Sharrow: Tawny Owl - 1 - calling at 16.15 hrs
Greystones: Tawny Owl - 2 - 0710hrs One in tree on Greystones Ave. Second calling from Bingham Park Woods.
Kimberworth: Coal Tit - 2 - On bird feeder
Linacre Res: Pochard - 3 - All males; uncommon here. ; Goldeneye - 2 - Both imm. males still present. ; Mandarin - 35
Lodge Moor: Buzzard - 1 - Flew south mid-afternoon ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Male took and ate a male Blackbird in garden
Millhouses Park: Long-tailed Tit - 12+ - in large mixed flock of tits
Orgreave Lakes: Dunlin - 9 ; Redshank - 1 ; Ringed Plover - 2 ; Golden Plover - 5 - in fields with lapwings ; Grey Plover - 1 - from 08:00 on ice with Lapwings
Parkwood Springs: Buzzard - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 2 ; Linnet - 20+ ; Sparrowhawk - 2 ; Meadow Pipit - 2 ; Woodcock - 1 ; Cormorant - 2 - south along river ; Siskin - 6 - feeding in alders ; Dipper - 1 ; Goosander - 2 ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Treecreeper - 2 ; Fieldfare - 25
Pit-house West: BITTERN - 2 - two to roost at 16:58 and 17:14 although Bittern Pool frozen over ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Kingfisher - 1
R Don, Effingham St: Sparrowhawk - 1 - mobbed by two crows heading towards Castle Market @ 1315 ; Goosander - 5 - 3M and 2F above weir adjacent Thomas Wards @ 1640
Rother Valley CP: Yellowhammer - 1 ; Goldeneye - 4 ; Redshank - 1 ; Snipe - 1 ; Smew - 1 ; Red-crested Pochard - 1 - Drake on Meadowgate lake ; Goosander - 26
Rotherham; Broom valley: Grey Heron - 1 - NW
02 February 2012
Blacka Moor: Raven - 2 - over Cowsick Bog and Strawberry Lee PasturesBlackburn Meadows: Green Sandpiper - 1 - on tern platform
Broomhead Res: Greylag Goose - 1 - flew over ; Goosander - 8 - 2 male, 6 redhead
Canyards: Crossbill - 1 - male on dead thisle at quarry ; Common Buzzard - 2
Harthill Res: Tufted Duck - 87 ; Woodcock - 1 ; Water Rail - 1 ; Common Buzzard - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 2 ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Willow Tit - 2 ; Teal - 2
Orgreave Lakes: Dunlin - 12 ; Ringed Plover - 1 ; Redshank - 1 ; Goosander - 17 ; Red-crested Pochard - 1
Pebley Pond: Pochard - 1 ; Common Buzzard - 1 ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Willow Tit - 2 ; Cormorant - 11 ; Mallard - 13
Rotherham Centre: Redwing - 30+ - Tesco's car park ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - Tesco's car park ; Lesser Redpoll - 17 - Tesco's car park
Rotherham Centre; Walker Place: Goldfinch - 7
Thrybergh CP: Grey Plover - 1 - flew S at 0833. Black "armpits", showing well. ; Scaup - 1 ; Shoveler - 1 ; Wigeon - 8 ; Teal - 6 ; Gadwall - 18 ; Dunlin - 2
01 February 2012
Beauchief: Heron - 1 - visiting garden pondBlackburn Meadows NR: Green Sandpiper - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 11 ; Bullfinch - 4
Catcliffe Flash - 90% frozen: Black-headed Gull - 130+ ; Coot - 23 ; Mute Swan - 5 - 2 ads + 3 imms ; Teal - 41 ; Shoveler - 4 ; Tufted Duck - 16
Ewden Valley: ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD - 1 - showed well most of the afternoon from 1300hrs onwards over Upper Commons viewed from the road below Ewden Height
Hillsborough Park: Pied Wagtail - 8 ; Redwing - 12 + - one mistle thrush ; Grey Heron - 2 ; Canada Goose - 35 + ; Goosander - 12 - 7 males 5 redheads
Linacre Res: Mute Swan - 2 - Unusual here.
Millhouses Park: Grey Heron - 4 - all feeding in a 100 yard stretch of the river
Orgreave Lakes: CASPIAN GULL - 1 - 4th Year bird again present in roost
R Don, Effingham St: Goosander - 1 - Female just upstream of weir
Rivelin Valley: Raven - 1 - heard cronking in flight towards Loxley/Bradfield, 07.30.
RVCP, Meadowgate Lake: Smew - 1 - red head still present
Stafford Road: Lesser Redpoll - 5 - At Sheffield Wildlife Trust headquarters ; Bullfinch - 2
Stocksbridge: Goosander - 3 - 8am Seen in flight from Stocksbridge by-pass/Deepcar turn off - circled a few times over valley.
Thrybergh Res: Common Gull - 1 ; Scaup - 1 - preening on a rock at the edge of the res ;
31 January 2012
Bingham Park: Tawny Owl - 1 - 1 possibly 2 calling at 0650Blackburn Meadows NR: Heron - 2 ; Great Tit - 10+ - at the bird feeders ; Long-tailed Tit - 8 ; Bullfinch - 8 ; Reed Bunting - 4 ; Moorhen - 1
Brincliffe Edge Wood: Tawny Owl - 2 - 2 calling at 1845
Canklow Woods: Green Woodpecker - 1 - yaffling
Endcliffe Park: Grey Heron - 1 - In lower pond at 0700
Grenoside: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - ringed male on garden feeder
Hangingwater: Blackcap - 1 - f continuing to visit garden feeders ;
Norwood Allotments: Heron - 1 - seemingly visiting garden ponds ; Siskin - 16 ; Tawny Owl - 3
Orgreave Lakes: Dunlin - 12 - On banks of main lake at 1630
R Don, Rotherham Centre; by Tesco: Mallard - c90 ; Moorhen - 3 ; Feral Pigeon - c120
R Don, Rotherham Centre; Chantry Bridge: Kingfisher - 1
River Don, Attercliffe: Goosander - 2 - pair ; Mallard - 4 (1f 3m) ; Moorhen - 3
Rotherham Centre: Mute Swan - 6 - low to SW @ 0815hrs
Rotherham Centre; Brown's Cut, by Tesco: Redwing - 12-15 - feeding in ornamental Sorbus
Rotherham Centre; Walker Place: Mistle Thrush - 2 ; Pied Wagtail - 2
Wadsley Common: Treecreeper - 1 ; Siskin - 6 - In garden
30 January 2012
Bingham Park: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - drummingBlackburn Meadows NR: Reed Bunting - 9+ ; Green Sandpiper - 1
Broomhill: Waxwing - 20 - calling in top of lime tree at bottom of Manchester Road
Canklow Woods: Song Thrush - 3 - 3 singing at 0650
Catcliffe Flash: Teal - 5 ; Shoveler - 4
Firsby Res: Gadwall - 2 - 1 pair ; Tufted Duck - 1 - male ; Cormorant - 1 - flew in 1345 ; Teal - 8+ - 6m,2f + several more calling from cover ; Mistle Thrush - 2 ; Willow Tit - 1 - calling ; Bullfinch - 8 - 2 groups ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - male ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Kestrel - 2
Greno Wood: Brambling - 1 - female within large Goldfinch/Chaffinch group ; Great Tit - c20 - good numbers around ; Goldfinch - c40 ; Bullfinch - 3+ ; Chaffinch - c15 ; Nuthatch - 4
Greystones: Tawny Owl - 1 - Perched in tree Greystones Avenue 7.35am
Handsworth: Yellowhammer - 4 - garden on seed tray @16 40 hrs ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - in garden ; Goldfinch - 7
High Green: Common Buzzard - 2 - Circling at 1500hrs
Highfield: Waxwing - c.20 - feeding on rowan berries at 12.30 ;
Hillsborough Park: Goosander - c.20 - 1 caught a fish and took some time to swallow it ;
, Goosander - c.20 - another photo ; Lodge Moor: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 male - On garden feeder ; Fieldfare - 250+ - In field beside Brownhills Lane
Meersbrook Park: Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 3
Moorgate, Rotherham: Reed Bunting - 1 - female - @ 13.00 trying to feed on hanging fat balls for about 10 mins
Orgreave Lakes: CASPIAN GULL - 1 - present on spit at 1530, damaged leg very evident
Rivelin Valley: Grey Heron - 3 - Circling high over valley ; Kingfisher - 1 - flew over Wolf Dam then up river. Also Dipper just below Wolf Dam
Scraith Wood: Long-tailed Tit - 8 ; Nuthatch - 1 - feeding ; Redwing - 7 - sitting in trees
Sheffield University: Peregrine - 1 - Harrying the local pigeon population 1300-1400 ; Peregrine - 1 - On St Georges (south side) with prey, prob pigeon, 10.00-10.30. ; Peregrine - 1 - on St George's at c1500hrs flew to 3 different perches in 10 mins ;
Thrybergh Cemetery: Little Owl - 1
Thrybergh CP: Black-headed Gull - 1 - ringed bird 6408763 returned for another winter - ringed in Sweden on 2003 and sighted here in 2007 and 2009
Wickersley: Starling - 30+ ; Carrion Crow - 2
29 January 2012
Abbeydale Industrial Hamt: Mandarin - 16Agden Side: Buzzard - 1 ; Fieldfare - 100+ ; Lapwing - 130 - all south ; Siskin - 1
Aldwarke: Cormorant - 7 - on pylon
Aldwarke SF: Redwing - 19 ; Mute Swan - 3 - W ; Bullfinch - 1pr ; Song Thrush - 2 ; Kestrel - 2 - 1m; 1f ; Heron - 2
Banner Cross: Song Thrush - 3 - 3 singing in 10 min walk at 0830
Barlborough: Snipe - 1
Baslow: Siskin - 8 - south over observers garden
Blackburn Meadows NR: Song Thrush - 1 ; Cormorant - 9 - 6 NW, 3 West ; Kestrel - 1 ; Goldfinch - 4 ; Reed Bunting - 4 - At the bird feeders
Bolsterstone: Raven - 1 - flying east, 14.00
Breck Farm: House Sparrow - 12
Broomhead: Pink-footed Goose - 150+ - over west
Broomhead Hall: Brambling - c20 - Around beech trees below hall
Damflask Res: Mandarin - 1 ; Mandarin - 2 - male and female near sailing club ; Long-tailed Tit - 5
Ecclesall: Redwing - 10 - in garden on Ansell Road
Ecclesall churchyard: Song Thrush - 1 ; Goldcrest - 3 - Feeding in conifer tree
Firsby Res: Teal - 12 - feeding and calling among dead trees on unfrozen part of pond ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - feeding at edge of stream ; Goldcrest - 2
Fulwood Head: Fieldfare - 80 - in trees
Gleadless Valley LNR: Grey Wagtail - 1 ;
Hall Wood, High Green: Great Tit - 5 ; Nuthatch - 2 ; Crossbill - 1+ - heard ; Treecreeper - 1+ - with tit group ; Goldcrest - 2+ - with tits ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 ; Blue Tit - c20 ; Long-tailed Tit - c15 ; Bullfinch - 3 - Group of 3 female/imms ; Jay - 1-2 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - singing ; Coal Tit - c10
Handsworth: Pink-footed Goose - c250 - west at 1000
Harthill Res: Willow Tit - 2 - by Top Res ; Lapwing - 2 - in fields ; Reed Bunting - 2 ; Chaffinch - 1 - singing male ; Great Black-backed Gull - 1 - flew N ; Black-headed Gull - 40 ; Woodpigeon - 100 ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Siskin - 10 ; Grey Partridge - 5 - covey in edge of fields NE of Bottom Res ; Pochard - 1 - male ; Coot - 74 ; Tufted Duck - 67 ; Moorhen - 11
Heeley City Farm: Waxwing - 40 - flock of 40+ in trees along Myrtle Road feeding on Hawthorn and Cotoneaster berries
Longshaw: Pink-footed Goose - 80 - A single skein heading west at 11.10 am.
Meersbrook Park: Goldfinch - 7 ; Bullfinch - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Goldcrest - 2
Orgreave Lakes: Gadwall - 45 ; Wigeon - 50 ; Treecreeper - 1 - In southeast corner along river bank. ; Pochard - 128 ; CASPIAN GULL - 1 - 4th winter bird with damaged left leg, and approximately 1500 other gulls roosted, mainly black headed ;
, Lapwing - 17 ; Ringed Plover - 2 - Still present Pebley Pond: Red-legged Partridge - 2 - in fields E of pond ; Moorhen - 12 - feeding in fields at back of pond ; Tufted Duck - 20 - c.
Poolsbrook Marsh: Reed Bunting - 2 ; Water Rail - 1 - calling by main pool
R Don, Aldwarke: Little Grebe - 1 ; Bullfinch - 3 - 2m; 1f ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Greenfinch - 7
R Don, Eastwood: Teal - 15-20 - lots of display ; Little Grebe - 3 - inc 1 in almost full breeding plumage. ; Magpie - 19 - in loose foraging flock ; Mallard - 40 ; Mute Swan - 4 ; Tufted Duck - 18 ; Gadwall - 6 prs ; Coot - 11 ; Moorhen - 3
Ravenfield: Tawny Owl - 2 - Pair calling to each other on Spencer Drive @ 03.00AM. Possibly at least one more bird involved.
Ravenfield Ponds: Lesser Redpoll - 20 - Flock feeding in treetops next to road down to first pond. ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - Calling from Woodland.
Rawmarsh; Rectory Fields allotments: Song Thrush - 1 - singing @ 0615hrs
Ringinglow: Redwing - 20 - flew S
Rivelin Valley Allotments: Bullfinch - 2 - pair
Salmon Pastures: Redwing - 4
Shillito Wood: Golden Plover - 30 - Heading south at 10.55hrs. ; Yellowhammer - 4 - At car park feed station ; Crossbill - 2 ; Reed Bunting - 1 - male at car park feed station
Silverwood: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Male flew out of Silverwood across Hollings Lane onto Pit Top.
Thrybergh CP: Tufted Duck - c105 - 48, joined later by c55 in from W/NW ; Wigeon - 1pr ; Gadwall - 14 ; Little Grebe - 4 ; Cormorant - 13 - inc 7 S ; Teal - 11 - in just after dawn. Left W/NW ; Canada Goose - 69 ; Great Crested Grebe - 8 ; Pochard - 5 - 3m; 2f ; Fieldfare - 35 ; Moorhen - 17 ; Coot - c150 ; Lapwing - c60 ; Mute Swan - 8 - 4 left @ 0730hrs ; Greylag Goose - 32 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 pr - displaying over; left NE ; Common Gull - 3 - 1 1st W; 1 2nd W; 1 S ; Yellowhammer - 2 ; Long-tailed Tit - 5 ; Scaup - 1 - 1st winter drake ; Black-headed Gull - 110-120 ; Pied Wagtail - 2 ; Herring Gull - 3 - SW ; Goldfinch - 14
Thrybergh Park: Green Woodpecker - 1 - calling
Wharncliffe Chase (north): Fieldfare - 3+ - Roundabout Plantation
Wharncliffe Chase (south): Reed Bunting - 2 - Flew south calling ; House Sparrow - c20 - Hallfield Head Farm ; Golden Plover - 15 - 14 circled area + 1 flew in from west, all appearing to be looking to land ; Fieldfare - c40 ; Lesser Redpoll - 2 ; Goldfinch - 8 ; Skylark - 1 - First returning bird, called as flew into brackeny area ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - feeding on ground near flash ; Common Gull - 2 - With BHG's ; Pink-footed Goose - c250-300 - NW at 10.10 - in view until over Moors on horizon ; Redwing - 4 ; Stock Dove - 2 ; Crossbill - 3+ - at least 2 m and 1 f on edge of Wharncliffe Wood ; Yellowhammer - 2 ; Red-legged Partridge - 2
Wharncliffe Side: Lesser Redpoll - 14 - on nyger feeders and nearby trees ; COMMON (Mealy) REDPOLL - 1 - feeding on nyger at 14:50 with other lesser redpolls
Wheata Wood: Brambling - 1 - male among chaffinches ; Chaffinch - 30+
28 January 2012
Birley Edge: Yellowhammer - 1 - Male at garden feeding station with other finchesBroomhead Res: Black-headed Gull - c600 - Large numbers of Gulls passing over and going in the direction of Langsett ; Great Black-backed Gull - 43 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 4 ; Herring Gull - 114 ; Common Gull - 27
Brownhills Lane: Lapwing - c40 ; Redwing - c300 - Mixed flock of mainly Redwing and Fieldfare, with Starling and Mistle Thrush.
Canklow: Sparrowhawk - 2
Chatsworth Park: Black-headed Gull - 270 ; Brambling - 40 - 40+ ; Chaffinch - 70 - 70+ feeding on beechmast ; Coot - 60 - feeding in front of house
Chee Dale: Dipper - 3 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Blackcap - 1 - Heard singing on opposite bank to footpath @ 13.55
Derbyshire Lane: Tawny Owl - 1 - Calling
Ecclesall: Redwing - 1 ; Collared Dove - 2 ; Jay - 1
Ewden Height: Merlin - 1 - female
Firsby Res: Tufted Duck - 8 ; Kingfisher - 1 - Flew low across main Res. ; Kestrel - 1 - Hunting Female. ; Mistle Thrush - 2 ; Bullfinch - 9 - Parties of 3&6 ; Teal - 30 - Nervous flock feeding under dead willows.
Greno Wood: Crossbill - 2 - flew from Wheata Wood to Greno Wood calling over the car park ; Tawny Owl - 1
Highfield: Waxwing - 30+ - 30+ flock feeding in hawthorn trees on Colver road in the medical centre car park at 8:30am.
Hillsborough: Herring Gull - 400 - on roof of SWFC mid-morning ; Great Black-backed Gull - 140 - on roof of SWFC mid-morning
Hillsborough Park: Goosander - 32 - mid-morning ; Goosander - 30 - 14 male 16 female ; Heron - 2
Kimberworth: Siskin - 8 - small flock feeding on Alder trees in garden at c1100hrs
Leash Fen: Short-eared Owl - 3 - hunting late afternoon
Millhouses: Blackcap - 1 - Female in Springfield Rd garden
Orgreave Lakes: Peregrine - 1 - imm female on 'plain' ; CASPIAN GULL - 1 - near adult (probably 4th winter) in roost from 15:30
R Loxley, Penistone Rd: Canada Goose - 1
Ravenfield: Corvid - c.400 - over old village and settling in trees on S side
Ravenfield Ponds: Lesser Redpoll - 5 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ;
Sharrow: Sparrowhawk - 1 - female visiting garden
Sheffield Centre: Goldfinch - c30 - gathering in tall poplar on Carver Street at about 15.40hrs
Sheffield University: Peregrine - 1 - On St Georges, unusually on south side, and still present at dusk.
Thrybergh Cemetery : Little Owl - 1 ;
Thrybergh Tip: Redwing - 10 ; Grey Heron - 4 ; Tufted Duck - 30 ; Shoveler - 9 - 4 females 5 males on pond ; Teal - 16 - on river don
Walkley Bank: Buzzard - 1 - flying west over junction of Bell Hagg Rd and Rivelin St at midday
Wickersley, Rotherham: Woodpigeon - 2 - in garden ; Collared Dove - 1 ; Starling - 40+ ; Greenfinch - 3 ;
, Magpie - 2 - a pair 27 January 2012
Aldwarke Lane: Song Thrush - 1 - singing at 0150Blackburn Meadows NR: Reed Bunting - 4 ; Teal - 5 ; Green Sandpiper - 2
Brincliffe Edge: Siskin - 1 ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 - on garden feeder
Endcliffe Park: Black-headed Gull - 27 - lower pond
Fulwood garden: Woodpigeon - 3 - pair closely attending what seemed to be a freshly fledged juv ; Lesser Redpoll - 7 - on nyjer feeder
Handsworth garden: Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Yellowhammer - 1
Hangingwater: Sparrowhawk - 1 - female in garden ;
Heeley City Farm: Canada Goose - 3 - 3 flew over heading south east at 8:30 am
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.
Orgreave Lakes: Ringed Plover - 2 - On largest lake ; Meadow Pipit - 150 - At least 150 in one flock on the 'plain' ; Little Owl - 1 - Again on large boulder pile on 'plain'.
Parson Cross: Sparrowhawk - 1 - female flying over
Porter Clough: Long-tailed Tit - 5 ; Treecreeper - 1 ;
, Nuthatch - 2 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: Willow Tit - 3 ; Kestrel - 1 - Female ; Sparrowhawk - 2 - male and big female
Thrybergh CP: Fieldfare - 3 - W ; Black-headed Gull - c110 ; Pied Wagtail - 3 ; Common Gull - 4 - all 2nd winter ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 ; Wigeon - 1 - drake ; Goldfinch - 12 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Yellowhammer - 1 ; Scaup - 1 - 1st W drake ; Mute Swan - 11 - 9 left WNW ; Goldcrest - 2 ; Lapwing - c70 ; Tufted Duck - 94 - 26, joined late a.m. by 68 from W/NW. ; Gadwall - 7 - 3m; 4f ; Pochard - 6 - 4m; 2f ; Moorhen - 16 ; Great Crested Grebe - 5 ; Greylag Goose - 21 ; Canada Goose - 21 ; Cormorant - 6 ; Bullfinch - 1 ; Little Grebe - 3 ; Reed Bunting - 1
Trippet Wood: Black-headed Gull - 15 - In the pond
Whiteley Woods: Nuthatch - 2 - Bluebell wood ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 5 - Below Wire Mill Dam
26 January 2012
Blackburn Meadows NR: Green Sandpiper - 2 ; Teal - 6 ; Reed Bunting - 4 - at feeders ; Great Tit - 6 - at feeders ; Blue Tit - 15 - at feedersBleaklow: Bullfinch - 1 - male on heather moor/ peat clough at 498m at Stable Clough
Canklow Woods: Green Woodpecker - 1 - yaffling
Centenary Riverside: Tufted Duck - 21 - on the river ; Goosander - 3 - on the river
Green Moor: Tawny Owl - 1
Ickles: Greenfinch - 39
Low Moor, Upper Midhope: Fieldfare - c100 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - singing male
Midhope Res: Goldcrest - 5+ - 2 singing ; Siskin - 1 - singing male ; Crossbill - 2 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - singing male ; Greylag Goose - 1
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 ; Goldcrest - 2 - By Wolf Pond ; Treecreeper - 1 - Wolf Pond ; Goldfinch - 3
Rother Valley CP: Smew - 1 ; Redshank - 2 ; Goldeneye - 11 - including two displaying males ; Red-crested Pochard - 1 ; Goosander - 5
Sheffield University: Peregrine - 1 - St Georges, 17.00. Arrived at dusk.
25 January 2012
Blackburn Meadows NR: Green Sandpiper - 1Broomhill: Waxwing - 10 - Flying over Manchester Road junction towards Crosspool.
Canklow Woods: Green Woodpecker - 1 - yaffling
Catcliffe Flash: Wigeon - 7 ; Gadwall - 7 ; Teal - 30 ; Tufted Duck - 12 ; Mute Swan - 5 - 2 ads + 3 imms ; Shoveler - 3 ; Grey Heron - 5 ; Goosander - 1 - male ; Coot - 14 - big reduction ; Black-headed Gull - 25+
Chatsworth, Emperor Lake: Crossbill - c10
Ecclesall: Long-tailed Tit - 5+ ; Wren - 1
General Cemetery, Sharrow: Greenfinch - 8
Hangingwater: Magpie - 12 - in single tree
Hathersage Moor: Black Grouse - 1 - Male flew up by side of road (Sorry forgot to report on the day)
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: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Female ; Marsh Tit - 2 ; Starling - 12+ - with Fieldfare ; Fieldfare - 12+ - with Starlings
Renishaw: Little Owl - 2
Rotherham Centre; Don Canal, Brown's Cut: Grey Wagtail - 2 - 2 (pair?), inc 1 singing @ 0805hrs
Sharrow: Blue Tit - 1 - tapping inside nestbox ; Coal Tit - 2 - pair visiting feeders
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: Magpie - 58 - pre roost gathering ; Green Sandpiper - 1 ; Teal - 23 ; Greenfinch - 76 - going to roostCentenary Riverside: Tufted Duck - 15 - on the river
Greno Wood: Tawny Owl - 1
Handsworth garden: Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 15 ; Coal Tit - 3
Lodge Moor: Redwing - 1 - Feeding under bushes with Blackbirds
Millhouses: Goldcrest - 1 - Feeding in garden
Outo Kumpo steelworks Europa Way: Fieldfare - 74 - mainly dropping in to roost ; Long-tailed Tit - 13 ; Peregrine - 1 ; Greenfinch - 57 - roost flights ; Little Owl - 1 ; Red-legged Partridge - 14
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 - BudgerigarBamford: Treecreeper - 1 - On Stickenholme Golf Course ; Buzzard - 1 - Near railway station ; Nuthatch - 1 - On Stickenholme Golf Course
Blackburn Meadows NR: Green Sandpiper - 1 ; Lesser Redpoll - 11 ; Bullfinch - 8
Bolehill Flash: Reed Bunting - 2 ; Yellowhammer - 6
Canklow - Blackburn Meadows: Song Thrush - 6 - 6 singing in 30 min walk
Canklow Woods: Sparrowhawk - 3 - 3 in the air together
Centenary Riverside: Little Grebe - 1 - on the river ; Teal - 7 - on the river ; Goosander - 2 - on the river ; Tufted Duck - 13 - on the river
Crosspool: Waxwing - c10 - Manchester Rd at 14:38,between Den Bank Drive and Coldwell Lane.
Freebirch: Golden Plover - 260
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: Woodpigeon - 32 ; Fieldfare - 15 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Goldfinch - 12
Midhope Moor: Raven - 1
Midhope Res: Little Grebe - 1 - first returning bird
Morehall Res: Wigeon - 1 female ; Crossbill - 2 ; Gadwall - 1 female ; Teal - 2 females ; Cormorant - 5+ ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Blue Tit - 1+ - singing ; Jay - 1
Mosborough: Pheasant - 1 - Male in garden ; House Sparrow - 20+
Orgreave Lakes: Lapwing - 50
Peat Pits: Golden Plover - c150
Pit-house West: Willow Tit - 1 - by the Bittern Pool ; Sparrowhawk - 3
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: Escaped/Feral Species - 1 - Chinese Goose with 2 part Canada hybrids ; Lapwing - 120 - on a jetty by the main lake ; Escaped/Feral Species - 1 - Muscovy Duck; mainly black male by main lake ; Shelduck - 1 - presumed escaped female on main lake
Rotherham Centre; Walker Place: Blue Tit - 2 - song/display ; Pied Wagtail - 2 - feeding ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - singing male
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: Grey Heron - 7 ; Teal - 12 ; Shoveler - 1pr ; Reed Bunting - 2 ; Redwing - 5Aldwarke; 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: Common Gull - 50 - c. roosted ; Black-headed Gull - 1400 - 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 ; Waxwing - 1+ - heard only, 16:10 ; Goosander - 9 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: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Ringed male on garden feeder ; Lesser Redpoll - 5 - moving between gardens on Main St
Hickfield Bank: Lapwing - c30
Hillsborough: Bullfinch - 2 - males
Hillsborough Park: Goosander - 25+ - some flushed by council lorry whilst counting ; Tufted Duck - 1 - female
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: Tufted Duck - 14 ; Gadwall - 9 - 4prs; 1f ; Coot - 9 ; Redwing - 4 ; Mallard - 16 ; Teal - 1 ; Pintail - 1 - female
R Don, Thrybergh Banks: Coot - 13 ; Gadwall - 3 prs ; Pochard - 1 - drake ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Teal - c50 ; Mallard - 20-25 ; Mute Swan - 5 - inc 1 1st winter ; Tufted Duck - 53
Ravenfield Ponds: Chaffinch - 2 - Coming to seed at entrance. ;
, Lesser Redpoll - 15 - Feeding in Silver Birch. ; Siskin - 1 - Single over. ; Willow Tit - 1 - Coming to seed at entrance. River Don Deepcar: Dipper - 3 - inc 2 ringed birds ;
Shillito Wood: Goldfinch - 10+ - drinking from puddle 1500hrs ; Blue Tit - 4
Thrybergh CP: Greylag Goose - 41 ; Moorhen - 13 ; Canada Goose - 14 ; Mute Swan - 14 - inc 1 1st winter ; Little Grebe - 2 ; Tufted Duck - 44 ; Pochard - 8 - 7m; 1f ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; Common Gull - 4 - 1 adult; 3 2nd winter ; Gadwall - 11 - 3m; 8f ; Bullfinch - 4 ; Yellowhammer - 1 ; Goldeneye - 1 - f/imm briefly ; Cormorant - 8 - inc one wrestling with a huge Pike! ; Great Crested Grebe - 6 - most now in full breeding plumage ; Coot - 150-155 ; Scaup - 1 - 1st winter drake
Thrybergh Tip: Pheasant - 4 ; Shoveler - 4 - 3 sub-eclipse m; 1f ; Mute Swan - 2 ; Greylag Goose - 37 - presumed TCP birds? ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 ; Gadwall - 4 - 1m; 3f ; Reed Bunting - 1
Tyzack's Dam: Mandarin - 7+ - 5+ drakes, 2+ ducks at 1545hrs
21 January 2012
Beeley Wood: Nuthatch - 4 ; Great Tit - 4 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - Nr river bank ; Dipper - 2 - On river ; Collared Dove - 6Blackburn Meadows NR: Cormorant - 3 - flying SE ; Teal - 6 ; Blackbird - 5 ; Goldfinch - 16 ; CETTI'S WARBLER - 1 ; Bullfinch - 4
Brinsworth: Peregrine - 1 - 1515hrs - seen from M1
Broomhead Res: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 3 ; Great Black-backed Gull - 73 ; Herring Gull - 221 ; Common Gull - 58
Firsby Res: Shoveler - 3 ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Teal - 20+ - Feeding in mud under willows. ; Mistle Thrush - 2
Hillsborough Park: Goosander - 17
Orgreave Lakes: Rock Pipit - 1 - Rock/Water Pipit Flew low north calling towards 'Plain'
Ravenfield Ponds: Lesser Redpoll - 25 ; Bullfinch - 10 - Flocks of 6 and 4 at opposite ends of park. ; 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: Peregrine - 2 - m&f arrived at 0919 and soared/hunted over SE ridge. Still present at 1000. ; Scaup - 1 - first w drake still present ;
Wadsley Common: Goldfinch - 13 - On feeders ; Bullfinch - 5 - on feeders
Wentworth Forge: Grey Wagtail - 1
Wharncliffe Chase: Yellowhammer - 1+ - by Flash
Wharncliffe Wood: Lesser Redpoll - 20+ ; Siskin - 40+ - around edge of Wharncliffe Wood/Chase
20 January 2012
Blackburn Meadows NR: Goldfinch - 38 ; Green Sandpiper - 1 ; Teal - 3Centenary Riverside: Tufted Duck - 26 - on the river ; Goosander - 3 - on the river
Lodge Moor garden: Brambling - 1 - 1 male at feeder ; Bullfinch - 1 - male at feeder
Mosborough: Great Tit - 2 ; Coal Tit - 2 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Blue Tit - 4 ; Starling - 1
R Don, Effingham St: Grey Heron - 1 - Near Bailey bridge @ 13.25 ; Kingfisher - 1 - Flew downstream @ 13.25
R Don, Norfolk Bridge: Song Thrush - 1 - Singing @ 16.35.
Sheffield University: Peregrine - 2 - St Georges. 2 at 16.00. At least one of the pair has been present all day. ; Peregrine - 2 - St Georges, 8.30
Woodhouse Washlands: Jack Snipe - 1 ; Snipe - 12
19 January 2012
Aston: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - entering nest hole in dead poplarAttercliffe: Goldfinch - 20+ - Sussex Street, gathered in tree near canal @ 13.15
Blackburn Meadows NR: Lesser Redpoll - 11 plus
Broomhead Res: Common Gull - 25 - roosted ; Great Black-backed Gull - 150 - roosted ; Black-headed Gull - 1250 - roosted ; Herring Gull - 350 - roosted
Greystones garden: Redwing - 2
Leash Fen: Great Grey Shrike - 1 - 15.30 ; Short-eared Owl - 3 - 16.50
Lodge Moor: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - male-regularly on feeder
R Don, Norfolk Bridge: Kingfisher - 1 - Flying downstream @ 13.30
RVCP, Meadowgate Lake: Red-crested Pochard - 1 - female ; Smew - 1 - female
Shillito Wood: Yellowhammer - 3 ; Reed Bunting - 2 ; Chaffinch - 12
Thrybergh CP: Scaup - 1 ; Bullfinch - 2
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 - 2Catcliffe Flash: Coot - 25 ; Tufted Duck - 5 ; Black-headed Gull - 100+ - on ice [90% frozen] ; Mallard - c50 ; Teal - 4 ; Shoveler - 2 ; Mute Swan - 5 - 2 ads, 3 imms
Centenary Riverside: Goosander - 2
Fairholmes: Coal Tit - 5+ - on feeders ; Siskin - 12+ - on feeders
General Cemetery, Sharrow: Heron - 1 - Fishing again on Porter at 09.00 hrs
Langsett Res: Common Gull - 5 ; Black-headed Gull - c1700+ - Roosting 1630hrs ; Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Goldcrest - c10-15
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: Peregrine - 1 - imm fem flushed everything up on lakes at 1545 ; Goosander - 4 - 2m+2redhead ; Redpoll sp (Common/Lesser) - 20 ; Jay - 1 - flew over
Peat Pits: Lapwing - 15 ; Golden Plover - c 350
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: Long-tailed Tit - 1 ; Redwing - 4
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: Bullfinch - 2 - one female, one male. ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1
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: Bullfinch - 1m - first record for garden ; Snipe - 2 - flew over 1030am
Totley Hall fields: Redwing - 40 - with Fieldfare ; Fieldfare - c50 - unsettled and constantly calling and flying on. ; 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: Siskin - 4 ; Goldcrest - 1
16 January 2012
Agden Side: Common Buzzard - 1 - 1 with missing primary feathers in right wing 11.00-11.30Blackburn Meadows NR: Reed Bunting - 3
Bradfield Moors: 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 ;
, Raven - 1 Canklow Woods: Green Woodpecker - 1 - yaffling
Castleton: Fieldfare - 6+ ; Starling - 6+ ; Kestrel - 1 - Near Hollins Cross ;
, 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: Bullfinch - 4 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - male ; Tree Sparrow - 5
Greystones: Jay - 1
Hathersage: Hawfinch - 1 - At top of tree by Nether Hurst farm.
Hope: Treecreeper - 1 - Near Townend Farm ; Jackdaw - 3 ; Raven - 1 ; Treecreeper - 1 - near Townend Farm
Hurkling Stones: ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD - 1 - Showed briefly at 13.40 ; Lapwing - 22 - South
Lodge Moor garden: Siskin - 2 - 1F 1M ; Bullfinch - 5 - 2F (1 ringed) 3M ; Long-tailed Tit - 10+ - some ringed ; Sparrowhawk - 1
Longshaw: Brambling - 60
Morehall Res: Black-headed Gull - 50 ; Cormorant - 3 ; Wigeon - 1 - fem ; Common Gull - 2
Orgreave Lakes: Goosander - 9 ; Snipe - 1 - on big hill ; Kingfisher - 1 - on river ; Fieldfare - 50+ - feeding on 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: Teal - 42 ; Shelduck - 1 ; Shoveler - 2 ; Pochard - 47 ; Willow Tit - 1 ; Redshank - 1 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 3 ; Black-headed Gull - 166 ; Moorhen - 18 ; Red-crested Pochard - 1 ; Gadwall - 159 ; Mallard - 314 ; Wigeon - 268 ; Tufted Duck - 64 ; Goldeneye - 10 ; Great Crested Grebe - 21 ; Greylag Goose - 3 ; Smew - 1 ; Coot - 463 ; Goosander - 17 ; Cormorant - 24 ; Mute Swan - 65 ; Canada Goose - 141
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: Stock Dove - 2 ; Buzzard - 1
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 @ 0905hrsAldwarke SF: Shoveler - 1 - sub-eclipse drake ; Common Gull - 1 - 1st W NE ; Golden Plover - 18 - S ; Goosander - 2 - f/imm NE ; Redwing - 19+
Barlborough: Golden Plover - 106 - in usual field along Clowne Road with 46 Lapwing
Broomhead Res: Crossbill - 1+ - flew over, trill call also heard ; Goldcrest - c3 - within tit group ; Goosander - 5 - 3m+2f in group with calling ; Siskin - c70 ; Long-tailed Tit - c30 ; 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: Pintail - 1 - male [presumably the long staying individual] ; Mandarin - 1 - male
Eastwood, Rotherham: Pink-footed Goose - c200 - W @ 0930hrs
Ecclesall Woods: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 4+ - Including two drumming.
Firsby Res: Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Bullfinch - 6 ; Goldfinch - 10
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: Black-headed Gull - c200 ; Mute Swan - 45 - 36 ads; 3 sub-adults; 6 1st years
Parkwood Springs: Linnet - c55 ; Goldfinch - c30 ; Lesser Redpoll - 11 ; Golden Plover - 8 - over east ; Reed Bunting - 3 ; Pink-footed Goose - 530 - northwest between 9:15 and 9:35 ; Buzzard - 1
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: Shoveler - 3 - 2 sub-eclipse (inc 1 from Aldwarke SF) & 1 adult drake ; Teal - 2prs ; Little Grebe - 2 ; Gadwall - 5 - 1m; 4f ; Goosander - 2 - in from N ; Tufted Duck - 17
R Noe, Hope: Dipper - 1 - singing, near bridge below Fullwood Stile Farm
R Rother, Treeton: Kingfisher - 1 - perched on tree just above bridge ; Water Rail - 1
Ravenfield ponds: Coal Tit - 4 ; Willow Tit - 1 ; Tree Sparrow - c15 ; Goldcrest - 2 ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Jay - 3 ; Tawny Owl - 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: Collared Dove - 34 - at top of tree in school grounds for a few minutes and then moved on in westerly direction. ; Jay - 2 - Moving low through trees at the old Rifle Range
Tyzack's Dam: Greylag Goose - 1 - Unusual here. ; Mandarin - 16
Ulley CP: Willow Tit - 3 ; Tree Sparrow - 3 ; Siskin - 5 ; Mistle Thrush - 2 ; Tufted Duck - 8 ; Bullfinch - 3 ; Pink-footed Goose - 870 - in 7 skeins 0915-0930 ; Coal Tit - 2 ; Jay - 4 ; Golden Plover - 52 ; Song Thrush - 4 ; Woodcock - 1 ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Greylag Goose - 6 - south east ; Coot - 56 ; Fieldfare - 25 ; Lesser Redpoll - 10 ; Moorhen - 6 ; Mallard - 71 ; Black-headed Gull - 60 ; Great Crested Grebe - 4 ; Redwing - 7 ; Yellowhammer - 14 ; Grey Partridge - 6
Walkley Bank: Pink-footed Goose - c150 - flying NW at 0930hrs
Whitwell Moor: Lapwing - 13 - loafing around area. ; 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. ; 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) ;
, Siskin - c30 ; Cormorant - 1 - Flew west from Broomhead Res ; Golden Plover - 17 - 13+4 SE over towards Peat Pits area. ; 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 ; Fieldfare - c50 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 15.15Aldwarke: Cormorant - 2 - on pylon
Blackburn Meadows NR: Pink-footed Goose - 36 - west at 09.30 ; Snipe - 1 ; Siskin - 1 - singing ; Cormorant - 2 - west ; Goosander - 2 - males north east
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
Broomhill: Nuthatch - 1 - singing, Tapton Mount
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: Fieldfare - 51 ; Redwing - 1 - single east high up ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Pheasant - 7 - inc 2 cocks fighting over females ; Red-legged Partridge - 7 - single covey ; Common Buzzard - 1 - single mobbed by 8 Crows ; Lapwing - 12 - flew SW ; Teal - 77 - on main res, flushed onto ice ; Gadwall - 2 ; Grey Heron - 2 ; 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 ; Yellowhammer - 7 ; Tree Sparrow - 4 ; Robin - 7 ; Blackbird - 12 ; Willow Tit - 5 ; Mistle Thrush - 2
Froggatt Bridge: Tufted Duck - 2m, 2f ; Little Grebe - 1
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: Golden Plover - 5 - flushed from moor by Buzzard ; Meadow Pipit - 4 ; Crossbill - c20 - including male singing in flight
Hope Cement works ponds: Goosander - 5 ; Coot - pair
Leash Fen: Common Buzzard - 3 ; Red-legged Partridge - 1 - Calling at dusk ; Pink-footed Goose - 43 - 43 at 10.05 NE and 4 at 16.50SE ; Short-eared Owl - 3 - at least 3 at dusk
Lightwood: Pink-footed Goose - 160+ - NW @ 1015hrs
Loxley Chase: Lapwing - 105
Middleton Moor: Shelduck - 1 ; Teal - 57
Middlewood: Pied Wagtail - 1
Orgreave Lakes: Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Pink-footed Goose - c120 - grazing in fields near Treeton village. Left as one skein at 10.20 ; Goldeneye - 1 female ; Goosander - 1 male ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 ; Black-headed Gull - 100+ ; Coot - 50+ ; Teal - c20 ; Tufted Duck - c50 ; Starling - c100 ; Shoveler - 3 ; Pochard - c20 ; Jack Snipe - 1 ; Wigeon - 4
Pit-house West: Reed Bunting - 12+ - Coming in to roost at Bittern Pool. ; BITTERN - 2 - flew up briefly from reedbed at 1615hrs. ; CETTI'S WARBLER - 1 - heard and seen briefly nr Chinese Bridge
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 ; Little Owl - 1 ; Pink-footed Goose - c550 - c450 NW at 0940, c100 N at 1000
Wadsley Common: Sparrowhawk - 1 - hunting over garden ; Common Buzzard - 1 - flew west
Westfield school: Redwing - 1 - at side of caretakers house
Wharncliffe Chase: Fieldfare - c20 - roaming group ; Mistle Thrush - 2 ; Stonechat - 1 - on edge of plantation opposite Pales Wood. ;
, Yellowhammer - 2 - pair by flash ; Siskin - 4 ; Black-headed Gull - 17 - all SE from upland roosts ; Stock Dove - 4 - Pair showing courtship flight / bond renewal. ; Jackdaw - c50 ; Rook - c40 ; Meadow Pipit - 1 - NW low calling Wheata Wood/Prior Royd: Treecreeper - 2 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 5+ - inc 3+ drumming ; Siskin - 4 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Nuthatch - 7+ - inc 2+ singing ; Brambling - 2+ - among Chaffinches
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: Red Grouse - 5+ ; Fieldfare - c20 - dusk
Cemetery Avenue: Waxwing - 30 - At 1500hrs
Crookes Valley Park: Long-tailed Tit - 5 ; Robin - 3 - inc courtship display
Fulwood garden: Lesser Redpoll - 5 - visiting nyger feeder
Langsett Res: Black-headed Gull - c200 - Left roost NE at 0800hrs
Leash Fen: Short-eared Owl - 4 - hunting from at least 1500hrs onwards ; Fieldfare - 50+ - In tree tops 1600 hrs
Longshaw: Brambling - 2 - Amongst large flock of chaffinch near pond
Low Moor, Upper Midhope: Mistle Thrush - 3 - 2 singing ; Fieldfare - c40 ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Crossbill - 2+
Malin Bridge: Blackbird - 1 - singing from TV aerial on Oakland Road
Middleton Moor: Teal - 52 ; Lapwing - 41 ; Shelduck - 1
Midhope Res: Mallard - c30 ; Goldcrest - c5 ; Teal - 9 - Group of 5M+4F calling
Mosborough: Coal Tit - 1 ; Robin - 4 - displaying and threatening each other
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 ; CETTI'S WARBLER - 1 - Sang once at 8:55 and seen briefly ; COMMON (Mealy) REDPOLL - 1 - with Redpoll flock
River Don, Millsands: Kingfisher - 2
RVCP: Red-crested Pochard - 1 - female on NR lake ; White-fronted Goose - 1 - with Greylags on NR lake ; Smew - 1 - redhead on NR lake
Scraith Wood: Nuthatch - 2 - singing ; Treecreeper - 1 ; 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 0915Brincliffe 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: Carrion Crow - 20+ - presumed going to roost ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - on feeders
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: Goosander - 7 - 4 males, 3 redheads ; Whooper Swan - 4 ; Kingfisher - 1
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: Reed Bunting - 4 ; Water Rail - 1 ; Goldfinch - 15 ; Bullfinch - 12 ; Lesser Redpoll - 7 ; Teal - 2 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - 1 singing ; Song Thrush - 3 - 3 singing ; Green Sandpiper - 2Catcliffe Flash: Pochard - 1 - male ; Coot - 37+ ; Tufted Duck - 11 ; Mute Swan - 5 - 2 ads + 3 imms ; Teal - 47 ; Goosander - 2 - m+f ; Grey Heron - 3 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Gadwall - 2 - a pair
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: Goosander - 4 - All males. ; Goldeneye - 2
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
Sheffield University: Greenfinch - c60 - Flying about behind Hicks building, late afternoon (pre-roost)
Thrybergh CP: Grey Plover - 1 - flew W at 0818 calling ; Scaup - 1
Waverley Opencast: Yellowhammer - 5 - coming to seed ; Lesser Redpoll - c20 ; COMMON (Mealy) REDPOLL - 1
Woodseats, Fraser Road: Dipper - 1 - on small stream.
10 January 2012
Beighton Marsh NR: Redwing - 30+ ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Mute Swan - 1 ; Fieldfare - 1Blackburn 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 ; Collared Dove - 187+ - Emerged from large Holly tree on one of the islands of the pond at 8.00-8.15 ; Goosander - 20+ ; 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'
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: Smew - 1 - Redhead on Meadowgate Lake. ; Goldeneye - 8
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 ; Redwing - 9 ; Goldeneye - 2 - one pair ; Green Woodpecker - 1
09 January 2012
Broomhead Res: Mediterranean Gull - 1 - 2nd year bird in roost around 16.30Canklow Woods: Tawny Owl - 2 - 2 calling at 1815
Cemetery Avenue: Redwing - 15 ; Waxwing - 29 ; Mistle Thrush - 2 - driving Waxwings away at 11 am ;
, Waxwing - 26 - flighty and competing with Redwings and Mistle Thrush ; Ewden Valley: Great Black-backed Gull - 44 - NW in several groups around 3pm, seemed to be flying beyond Langsett Res. ; Herring Gull - 28 - NW with GBBG's ; Stock Dove - 2 ; Golden Plover - 27 NW ; Common Buzzard - 1 ; Red Grouse - 8
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: Great Grey Shrike - 1 ; Short-eared Owl - 2
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: Common Gull - 1 - second-winter roosted with BHGs ; Lapwing - 25 ; Black-headed Gull - 233 - roosted
Rotherham Centre: Blackbird - 2 - males in full song at dusk. ; Cormorant - 2 - SW together @ 0810hrs
Sheffield University: Peregrine - 1 - male on St Georges Church 1430
Underbank Res: Coal Tit - c5 ; Long-tailed Tit - c5 ; Nuthatch - 2 ; Jay - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 5 ; Great Tit - c10 ; 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: Great Black-backed Gull - 1 - ad SW ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Magpie - 16 ; Grey Heron - 3
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: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 ; Redpoll sp (Common/Lesser) - 30 - Around edge of res ; Great Black-backed Gull - 91 ; Herring Gull - 128 ; Mediterranean Gull - 1 - 2nd year ; 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: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Crossbill - 5+ - In trees just above Res
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: Teal - 17 ; Shelduck - 10 - presumably grounded in the clag ;
Monsal Dale: Dipper - 1 - singing
Monsal Head: Pink-footed Goose - c240 - over W at 11:50
Mosborough: Sparrowhawk - 1 - male
Orgreave Lakes: SNOW BUNTING - 1 - On shore 200 yards SE of Rother Bridge ;
, Pink-footed Goose - 130 - Flying high over lakes R Don, Eastwood: Tufted Duck - 11 ; Teal - c20 ; Gadwall - 10 - 6m; 4f ; Goosander - 5 - 3m; 2f ; Mute Swan - 2 ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Pintail - 1 - f; presumably the wandering bird of unknown provenance
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 ; Smew - 1 - male reported on middle reservoir c10:30hrs ; Shelduck - 1
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: Lapwing - 31 ; Scaup - 1 - moulting 1st W drake still present ; Cormorant - 9 ; Moorhen - 16 ; Great Crested Grebe - 17 ; Tufted Duck - 38 ; Bullfinch - 3 - 2m; 1f ; Mute Swan - 4 ; Canada Goose - 68 - + 1x Greylag hybrid ; Greylag Goose - 35 ; Pochard - 5 - 3m; 2f ; Redwing - 6 ; Herring Gull - 1 - W ; Common Gull - 6 - 2 ad & 3 2nd W + 1 S ; Gadwall - 3 - 1m; 2f ; Black-headed Gull - 110-120 ; Pied Wagtail - 2 ; Jackdaw - 20-25 - NW ; Little Grebe - 4 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - 1st W male carrying prey.
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: Brambling - 2+ - among Chaffinch flock ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2+ - at least two drumming, including one in proximity to last year's nest site ; Long-tailed Tit - 9 ; Chaffinch - 40+ - feeding flock ; Treecreeper - 2
07 January 2012
Blackburn Meadows NR: Sparrowhawk - 1 - male ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Kingfisher - 2 ; Reed Bunting - 2 ; Lesser Redpoll - 14 ; Green Sandpiper - 2 ; Teal - 15 ; Snipe - 5Chapeltown Park: Dipper - 1 - On stream at Park gate 0830hrs
Chatsworth Park: Chaffinch - 50+ ; Brambling - 50+
Crookes: Waxwing - 2 ;
Firsby Res: Long-tailed Tit - 10 ; Willow Tit - 3 ; Goldcrest - 3 ; Heron - 2 ; Teal - 30 - Nervous flock feeding in mud under willows. ; Bullfinch - 6 - Feeding party ;
, Jay - 1 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 ; Pochard - 159 ; Cormorant - 11 - Including Puffin Island rung bird
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 ; Willow Tit - 1 - Coming to feeders ; Lesser Redpoll - 2
Shillito Wood: Chaffinch - 4 ; Blue Tit - 6 ; Yellowhammer - 2
Silver Wood: Rook - c200 - feeding in tilled field beyond NW corner of wood
Silverwood Lagoon: Wigeon - 5
Thornbridge Hall: Mandarin - 25 ; Little Grebe - 2
Wharncliffe Chase (north): Fieldfare - 13
Wharncliffe Chase (south): Reed Bunting - 1 - by flash ; Treecreeper - 1 - Hollow Plantation ; Coal Tit - 2 - Hollow Plantation ; Lesser Redpoll - 5+ - Hollow Plantation ; Goldfinch - 2 - Hollow Plantation ; Mallard - 21 - on flash
Wheata Wood: Lesser Redpoll - 4 ; Treecreeper - 1