Sightings Archive

Dale Dike valley: Swift - 1 - feeding over meadows ; Robin - 2+ - family group ; Greenfinch - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Chaffinch - 1

Dukes Road: Golden Plover - 2 - 1 ad. + 1 juv ; Meadow Pipit - 10+ ; Curlew - 2 - top of Agden Dike ; Raven - 2 ; Skylark - 3+

Firsby Res: Little Grebe - 2+ - Adults with chicks, first breeding pair for at least ten years. ; Chiffchaff - 3 - Singing ; Reed Bunting - 3 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Yellowhammer - 6 ; Greenfinch - 2 ; Goldfinch - 6 ; Chaffinch - 9 ; House Martin - 30+ - Over Pastures. ; Swift - 12c ; 319 - 3 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - In sluice. ; Coot - 4 ; Moorhen - 2 ; Black-headed Gull - 4 - Over ; Reed Warbler - 1 - Singing. ; Garden Warbler - 1

High Street,Ecclesfield: Swift - 7 ; Song Thrush - 1 - Singing ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 - Adults flew south.

Hoyles Farm (adj. Dale Dike Res.): Robin - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 1 ; Jackdaw - 1 - fly over ; Redstart - 4 - adults feeding young ; Oystercatcher - 2 - flying over ; Goldfinch - 2+ - 1 adult male feeding young on Marsh Thistle down ; Kestrel - 1 - hover hunting

Jack Flat: Pied Flycatcher - 2 - Pair carrying food to nest site

Old Ravenfield (St James Church): Yellow Wagtail - 2 - On public footpath from church to arbour lane. ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing in church yard. ; Reed Bunting - 4 - Singing in Oilseed field next to church. ; Swallow - c15 - Over fields.

Peat Pits: Curlew - 2 - pair with 1 chick ; Lapwing - 4 - plus one mid sized chick

Rocher Flat: Golden Plover - 1 - on rough pasture

Rocher Head: Red Kite - 1 - Being mobbed by corvids, Lapwings and a Curlew. ; Lapwing - 4+ - mobbing Red Kite ; Curlew - 1 - mobbing Red Kite ; Swift - 3+ ; Corvid - 20+ - flying after Red Kite, mobbing it in tree top ; Wren - 2 ; Blue Tit - 10+ - family group vocal in treetops

Rocher Head Fields: Lapwing - 11 - start of post breeding flock

Sheffield University: Peregrine - 1 - V3X fell of the perch today. Was unharmed, halfway down sliding she decided to have a maiden glide. She landed safely in the grass and I reported it to the Uni security and steve came to take her back up to the nest.

Sothall: Water Rail - 1 - nocmig sound recorded 0155hr

Strines Res/Brogging: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Wren - 3 ; Coal Tit - 1+ - taking food into trees from garden feeder ; Chaffinch - 1 - male with food for young ; Pied Wagtail - 2 - 1 adult feeding on ground with fledgling following it ; Blue Tit - 2+ - family with young in tree tops ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Robin - 1 ; Blackcap - 2 ; Great Tit - 1

Thrybergh CP: Oystercatcher - 1 ; Lapwing - 8 ; 319 - 2 ; Kestrel - 2 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Tawny Owl - 1+ ; Swift - 20 ; Willow Warbler - 3 ; Whitethroat - 4 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Blackcap - 4 ; Bullfinch - 4 ; Skylark - 5

White Lee Moor: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - Singing

White Path Moss: Curlew - 4 - 2 pairs alarming - presumably with young present ; Golden Plover - 3 - territories ; Snipe - 2 - territories ; Reed Bunting - 3 - territories ; Red Grouse - 7 - Pair with 3 young + 2 other adults flushed ; Skylark - 3 - singing

Whitwell Moor: Woodcock - 1 - Roding

Wragg House Plantation (adj. Dale Dike Res.): Tree Pipit - 1 - singing male in recent clearfell area ; Blackcap - 1 ; Whitethroat - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Blue Tit - 2+ - family with young in treetops ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Robin - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 2

Green Moor: Little Owl - 1 ; Garden Warbler - 2 ; Tree Sparrow - 10+ ; Red-legged Partridge - 1