Sightings Archive

Redmires Res: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 6 - mostly ads

Rocher Flat: Golden Plover - 10 - still feeding in fields, presumed non breeders ; Snipe - 3 - chipping and drumming over rough fields ; Lapwing - 5 - inc one medium sized chick.

Rocher Head Fields: Lapwing - 9 - post breeding flock of 7, plus pair with one well grown chick.

Thrybergh CP: Common Tern - 1 - Present from this morning still on 17:30 ; Yellowhammer - 2+ ; Swift - 10 ; Sand Martin - 4 ; House Martin - 2 ; Swallow - 1

White Lee Moor: Redstart - 1 - singing ; Crossbill - 3 - flew towards Broomhead ; Garden Warbler - 1 - singing

Barlow Common: Swift - 10+ ; House Martin - 2 ; 319 - 1

Bell Ground, Tankersley: Oystercatcher - 2

Centenary Riverside: Kestrel - 1 - Over hunting @04.30 ; Blackcap - 4 - Singing ; Chiffchaff - 2 - Singing ; Willow Warbler - 1 - Singing ; Song Thrush - 3 - Singing ; Wren - 06-Jul - Singing ; Blackbird - 2 - Singing ; Whitethroat - 4 - Singing ; Jackdaw - 15-20 - Over calling

Ecclesall: Kestrel - 1 - female flew SE mid-afternoon ; Cormorant - 1 - flew SE mid-morning ; Red Kite - 1 - flew N over Ansell Road

Fulwood Head: Golden Plover - 9 ; Swift - c12 - feeding over farmland ; Lapwing - c30 - in fields, no juveniles apparent

Grouse Inn: Curlew - 1 - bubbling ; Snipe - 1 - Drumming/chipping

Meersbrook: Ring-necked Parakeet - 2 - Flying from tree to tree squawking, Upper Albert Rd

Middleton Moor: Shelduck - 4+ - 4 adults and 8 chick's. ; Ringed Plover - 3 - Small dark tundra types. ; Little Ringed Plover - 1 ; Lapwing - 8 ; Sanderling - 1

Millsands: Reed Warbler - 1 - singing from dense buddleia in edge of A61, at entrance to the Upper Don trail/Estrelli Walk, near Bridge street junction.

Neepsend: Sand Martin - 2 - Over Steelbank Weir

Redmires conduit: Curlew - 2+ - pair with 3 small chicks - photographed from path ; Curlew - 2+ - 2nd photo (from path) ; Lapwing - 10+ - Adults and 9 well-grown chicks (photo from path)

Redmires Middle Res: Sedge Warbler - 1 - Singing south of middle dam wall ; Grasshopper Warbler - 01-Feb - Reeling

Redmires Top Res: Oystercatcher - 1

Richmond Park: Swift - 15 - Wheeling in the sky above the park

Sothall: Oystercatcher - 1 - nocmig recorded 0020hr ; Moorhen - 1 - nocmig recorded 0144hr

Storrs: Little Owl - 1 - On game lane, near cow gap.

White Edge: Tawny Owl - 1

White Edge Moor: Cuckoo - 1 - calling ; Goldcrest - 2 - adult feeding recently fledged young ; Redstart - 1 - singing male ; Treecreeper - 2 - adults food collecting

Woodhead: Common Tern - 2 - flew ENE to s of A616, inside our area around Lady Cross before leaving it heading towards Flouch.

Wortley: Red Kite - 1 ; Swift - c10

Barbrook Valley: Whinchat - 2 ; Whinchat - 2 - 2nd photo ; Stonechat - 5 ; Stonechat - 5 - 3 Juv ; Stonechat - 5 - 3 Juv ; Tree Pipit - 2 ; Meadow Pipit - 5 - Silver ring on right leg ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 3 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Curlew - 1

Barlow Common: Skylark - 3+ ; Swift - 4+ ; Swallow - up to 6 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - up to 4 ; 319 - 1 ; Linnet - 4 ; House Martin - 2 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Goldfinch - 6 ; Long-tailed Tit - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 1

Bell Ground, Tankersley: Sanderling - 1 - present PM, still there at 17.30 ; House Martin - 1 ; Lapwing - c15 - 2-3 sitting

Burbage Valley: Snipe - 1 - drumming ; Cuckoo - 2 - males calling ; Woodcock - 1 - roding

Centenary Riverside: Whitethroat - 4 - 3 singing, 1 alarm calling. ; Blackcap - 2 - Singing ; Chiffchaff - 2 - Singing ; Chiffchaff - 2 - Singing ; Chiffchaff - 2 - Singing ; Chiffchaff - 2 - Singing ; Song Thrush - 2 - Singing ; Moorhen - 1 - On pond

Fulwood garden: Linnet - 2 - over ; Siskin - 1 - male regular recently