Sightings Archive

Treeton SF: Grey Wagtail - 2 - male & f/juv on filter beds ; Pied Wagtail - 2 - juvs on filter beds

Treeton; Bole Hill: Common Buzzard - 1 - over

Treeton; Spa House Farm: Grey Heron - 1 - over, E to W ; Peregrine - 1 - juv female hunting unsuccessfully; left W ; Goldfinch - c30 - on thistles in field edge

Ulley Brook Bog: Reed Bunting - 1 - female ; Sedge Warbler - 1pr - carrying food to juvs/nest ; Linnet - 2 ; Swallow - 2 - adults, feeding over ; Kingfisher - 1 - low over, E to W ; Chaffinch - 2

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Green Woodpecker - 2 - calling in the central heath area

Middleton Moor: Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - Adult ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 20 ; Lapwing - 14 ; Shelduck - 6 - Pair plus 4 well grown young ; Stonechat - 3 - Juvs on fence by path to hide

Midhope Res: Grey Wagtail - 1 - juvenile ; House Martin - 1+ ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - Calling, my first here - assumed post breeding dispersal? ; Meadow Pipit - 3 ; Siskin - 1 ; 320 - 5 - Adult + 4 well grown ducklings ; Little Grebe - 15 - 7 adults, 8 juveniles ; Tufted Duck - 5 - moulting ; Common Sandpiper - 2 ; Swallow - 1

R Don, Beeley Woods: Dipper - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 3 - Adult feeding newly fledged juvenile

Redmires Res: Little Grebe - 2 - on Top Res ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 95 - c. on Middle Res ; Black-headed Gull - 32 - on Middle Res ; Common Gull - 1 - pristine ad W ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - still reeling by Bottom Res

Whirlow Park: Moorhen - 1+ - adult with 2 small young on top pond

Endcliffe Park: Grey Heron - 2 - 1 Juv ; Black-headed Gull - 20+ - inc Juvs ; Mandarin - 5 ; Moorhen - 4+ - 3 chicks

Greystones: Swift - 40 - Screaming party high over srea

Handsworth garden: Grey Wagtail - 1 - landed on garage roof for a few minutes

Loxley Valley: Rook - 300+

Dennis Knoll: Mistle Thrush - 3 - Family party

Orgreave Lakes: BLACK-NECKED GREBE - 2 - one adult & one juv. on large lake (Treeton end) ; Mediterranean Gull - 1 - Adult South at 06:35 ; BLACK-NECKED GREBE - 2 - Still present ; Little Egret - 1

Sharrow: Tawny Owl - 2 - calling on chimney stack.

Stone Moor/S/bridge: Robin - 6 - mixed adults &young ; Song Thrush - 2 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - on rough grassland at top of moor ; Blackbird - 10+ ; Willow Warbler - 4 ; Chiffchaff - 2 - still singing ; Goldcrest - 3 - one ad two juvs ,in conifers ; Wren - 4 - very vocal from several points ; Great Tit - 3 ; Blue Tit - 2 ; Treecreeper - 2 ; Carrion Crow - 1 ; Redstart - 2 - one male one juvenile ; Spotted Flycatcher - 5 - two adults three juveniles ; Woodpigeon - 4

Wharncliffe Chase: Linnet - 15+ - Incl. at least 3 juvs ; Mistle Thrush - 7 - family group ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 - Single adults N 19.15 ; Meadow Pipit - 20+ - incl juvs ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - juv ; Stonechat - 2 - a pair, Northern end ; Reed Bunting - 4 - All males, 1 singing 19.15-20.15 ; Willow Warbler - 2 - Adult feeding juv in bracken ; Skylark - 2 ; Stock Dove - 2 - a pair ; Goldfinch - 9 - Single group containing just one juvenile ; 319 - 01-Feb ; Tree Pipit - 3+ - With Meadow Pips ; Swallow - 18 - 4 east 19.30 ; Kestrel - 01-Feb ; Mallard - c162 - Single group all moulting on flash ; Yellowhammer - 1 - singing, southern end ; Whitethroat - 1 - Calling from bracken ; Swift - 1 - 21 ; House Martin - 1 - 21.15 ; 324 - 1 - Fox ; 324 - 5+ - Brown Hares

Aldwarke; Liberty Steel: Peregrine - 1 - on water tower ; Stock Dove - 1 - singing from pylon; Thrybergh Bar Mill

Arbourthorne: Hobby - 1 - Flew N/W along along Arbourthorne Rd at 08:22 ; Swift - 18+ - over pond & estate. ; Mallard - 15 - on pond ; Moorhen - 10 - 2 adults 5 chicks 3 juvs from 1st brood ; Black-headed Gull - 11 - on fields and pond ; Starling - 80+ - large mobile flock around fields and estate ; Carrion Crow - 25 ; Jackdaw - 1 ; Collared Dove - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - around pond 9am

Attercliffe: Peregrine - 1 - juv male on Bernard Rd incinerator building, legs/colour rings not visible.

Blackburn Meadows NR: Jackdaw - 350+ - Left the roost at 05.55 .