Sightings Archive

Morehall Res: Great Crested Grebe - 2 - inc 1 nest sitting. ; Moorhen - 1 - nest sitting. ; Wren - 1 - attending nest.

Pollard Crescent,Southey Green: 319 - 2 - Pair soaring together, mobbed by crow. ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Mobbed by flock of Starlings.

Redmires Plantation: Tree Pipit - 1 - singing W edge of plantation ; Cuckoo - 1 - singing

Redmires Res: Dunlin - 1 - ad in summer plumage on Top Res ; Merlin - 1 - flew NE - came off Hallam Moors ; Crossbill - 1 - flew W ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 - calling by Top Res

Redmires Top Res: Dunlin - 1 ; Redstart - 1 - singing male ; Garden Warbler - 1 - singing

Rivelin Dams: Great Crested Grebe - 2 ; Garden Warbler - 3 - singing below dam wall

Rivelin Valley: Whitethroat - 2 - males singing against each other W of water treatment site

Unthank: Spotted Flycatcher - 2 - pair

Wyming Brook: Wood Warbler - 2 - 2 singing. One NW, one SE of track junction ; Wood Warbler - 3 - singing males ; Blackcap - 4 - singing males ; Chiffchaff - 4 - singing males ; Willow Warbler - 5 - singing ; Goldcrest - 7 - singing ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - singing ; Cuckoo - 1 - singing ; Pied Flycatcher - 0 - no sign of any in full stretch of the valley ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - Pair gathering food W of bridge below A57 end ; Siskin - 2 - calling in different areas

Blacka Plantation: Woodcock - 1 - Feigning injury adjacent to footpath

Endcliffe Park: Dipper - 1

Hillsborough: Swift - 4 - Back over the old school, Burton Street traditional territory, 19:00 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 3

Langsett Res: Oystercatcher - Pair

Langsett Wood: Pied Flycatcher - 01-Feb - singing ; Redstart - 1 - singing

Malin Bridge: Swift - 2 - First ones I've seen here this year.

Middleton Moor: Dunlin - 3 ; Ringed Plover - 2 ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Shelduck - 1

Middlewood: Swift - 4+ - Entering eaves of 2 houses on Ganton Road

Midhope Res: Oystercatcher - 1 ; Common Sandpiper - 2 ; Swallow - 3 ; Tufted Duck - 3 ; Willow Warbler - 3 - singing

Midhopestones: Snipe - 1 - Silent display flight over fields at 7.45 in light rain. ; Curlew - 4

Rawmarsh Hill: Song Thrush - 1 - full song until 2130hrs at least ; Song Thrush - 1 - full song until 2130hrs at least

Redmires Middle Res: Ringed Plover - 3 - all apparently tundrae ; Dunlin - 3 - s/p birds ; Cuckoo - 1 - calling early morning in rain

Redmires Res: Ringed Plover - 3 - on Middle Res - showing characteristics of tundrae ; Dunlin - 3 - on Middle Res ; Swallow - 20 - grounded - sat on roadside fence

Thrybergh CP: Swift - c1000 - Around a Thousand Swift feeding high above fields on Eastern side of Reservoir @ 18:00hrs ; Egyptian Goose - 1 - On water edge near landing stage and visitors centre. @20:00hrs ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Lapwing - 6 - Displaying over adjacent fields.

Underbank Res: Whooper Swan - 1 ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Swallow - 3

Wharncliffe Side: Swift - 50+ - around midday, my first Swifts this year.

Bole Hill Rec: Swift - 5

Carr Vale NR: Reed Warbler - 1 ; Blackcap - 1

Ecclesfield: Red-legged Partridge - 2 - flushed from edge of Butterthwaite Lane at entrance to Butterthwaite farm.

Endcliffe Park: Dipper - 4+ - Two fledglings and parents still taking food to the nest.

Fulwood garden: Swift - 1 - over W - first of the year ; Hobby - 1 - over low W, a couple of minutes after the first Swift of the year

Hollow Meadows: Red Kite - 1 - Over A57 at 10:20

Kimberworth Park: Swift - 3 - over Remount Road

Malin Bridge: Swift - 3

Middleton Moor: Dunlin - 3 ; Ringed Plover - 2 ; Greylag Goose - 6 ; Canada Goose - 2 ; Tufted Duck - 5 ; 320 - 2 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 80+

Neepsend: Sand Martin - 5 - downstream of Hillfoot Bridge

Norwood Allotments: Swift - 25 - significant increase today. Only 6 yesterday

Orgreave Lakes: Great Crested Grebe - 32+ ; BLACK-NECKED GREBE - 2 - at S end of big lake ; Garden Warbler - 1 - singing from plantation hedge on W hillside ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - singing from small willow beside new N outlet ; Ringed Plover - 2 - Tundrae types ; Dunlin - 1 ; Whimbrel - 1 ; BLACK-NECKED GREBE - 2 - Adults present at dawn ; Whimbrel - 1 - Dropped on to West Bank at 07:50 ; Egyptian Goose - 2 - Pair on west Bank early morning. ; Wheatear - 2 - On North shore ; Swift - c70

Rawmarsh: Swift - 20+ - c20 in area + a light but steady W/NW movement throughout afternoon & evening

Redmires Res: Sanderling - 1 - ad in summer plumage on Middle Res this evening - photo taken at dusk! ; Ringed Plover - 1 - ad on Middle Res