Sightings Archive

Middleton Moor: Lapwing - 40 - c. ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 54 - roosted ; Herring Gull - 1 - ad roosted ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - 2 CY ; Snipe - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 29 - roosted ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Sand Martin - 5 ; Carrion Crow - 19 ; Moorhen - 2 ; Coot - 3 ; Black-headed Gull - 4 ; Common Gull - 2

Orgreave Lakes: Willow Warbler - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 5 - singing males ; Blackcap - 2 - singing males ; Swallow - 1 ; Sand Martin - 1 ; Goldeneye - 3 ; Little Ringed Plover - 1 ; Wigeon - 1 - male ; Shoveler - 2 - 1 pair left south at 09.10 ; Shoveler - 2 - second photo

Rocher Head Fields: Wheatear - 4

Stanage Edge: Red Kite - 1 - Flying north low along edge

Swinton; Horsefair Park: Chiffchaff - 2 - singing ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - over, left S ; Long-tailed Tit - 1 ; Canada Goose - 2 - E/NE ; Chaffinch - 1 - singing ; Mallard - 1pr ; Goldcrest - 3 - 2 singing

Thrybergh CP: Gadwall - 7 ; 320 - 2 ; Great Crested Grebe - 14 ; Lapwing - 3 ; Curlew - 1 ; Oystercatcher - 1 ; Redshank - 1 ; Blackcap - 4 ; Chiffchaff - 8 ; Bullfinch - 8 ; Brambling - 1+

Tyzack*s Dam: Greylag Goose - 2 - A pair drifting on the 'lake' - what's left of it since the sluice gate has been closed. They were there just for one day. Not seen any here before.

Ughill: Curlew - 30 - in fields

Walkworth Wood: Mistle Thrush - 1 - singing

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Willow Warbler - 1 - singing, first of the year ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Nuthatch - 2 - singing ; Robin - 43+ - singing ; Wren - 51+ - singing ; Dunnock - 5+ - singing ; Blackbird - 4 - singing ; Mistle Thrush - 2+ - one singing, another food carrying ; Coal Tit - 10+ - 9 singing ; Linnet - 2+ - one singing ; Common Buzzard - 1 ; Canada Goose - 7 - flew east ; Siskin - 1+ - singing

Wharncliffe Side: Starling - 2 - Nest building

Arbourthorne: Mallard - 9 - on pond ; Moorhen - 5 - 2 adults 3 chick ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing from trees around pond ; Pied Wagtail - 1+ - 1 poss 2 birds

Attercliffe: Kestrel - 1 - displaying female Norfolk Bridge ; Peregrine - 2 - pair on E side of Bernard Rd incinerator building in afternoon, St George's birds incubating at same time. ; Common Buzzard - 1 - over low, mobbed by Carrion Crows ; Herring Gull - c45 - Warren St, mainly imms ; Great Black-backed Gull - 3 - 2cy and 3cy's ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - adult

Barnside Moor/Bosville*s Piece: Linnet - c10 - flock flying over moor and landing ; Meadow Pipit - 2 - displaying ; Red Grouse - 2 ; Song Thrush - 1 - feeding in Barnside Lodge garden

Blacka Moor: Willow Warbler - 1 - Finally! ; Raven - 3 ; Chiffchaff - 10 ; Meadow Pipit - 30+ - Strawberry Lea pastures ; Skylark - 2+ ; Mistle Thrush - 2

Brooks Bank Farm conservation area: Lapwing - at least 6 - 2 on nests, some displaying ; Curlew - 1 ; Pheasant - 2 - both males ; Mallard - 3 - all males resting together by scrape ; Grey Heron - 1 - perched by scrape

Calf Knoll/Ferny Hole: Curlew - 2 - displaying

Ecclesall: Red Kite - 1 - flew S at 11:40

Ecclesall Woods: Grey Heron - 6+ - Including young calling from at least two nests.

Greasbrough Dam,Wentworth: Great Crested Grebe - 4 - Pair displaying ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; Mute Swan - 2 - Pair ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - Inspecting nest site near weir ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing

High Green: Sparrowhawk - Pair - Displaying 9.50 quite low

Langsett Res: Oystercatcher - 2 - flying over reservoir (this may be the same pair seen over Low Moor and again by the dam later on). ; Tufted Duck - 2 - a pair diving/feeding ; Greylag Goose - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 2

Limb Valley: 320 - 2 - A pair on the bottom lake. Unusual here.

Little Don Valley: Mallard - 5 - female Mallard and four ducklings near the water treatment works