Sightings Archive

Monday 3rd May 2021

• Blacka Moor: Wren - 6+ ; Song Thrush - 02-Mar - Singing males; sounded like one had incorporated Curlew and Buzzard calls into its song. ; Willow Warbler - c15 ; Woodpigeon - 2 ; Lesser Redpoll - c10 - 20 - one or perhaps two flocks feeding in conifer tree tops ; Carrion Crow - 2 ; Jay - 1 ; Chaffinch - 2+ ; Garden Warbler - 1 ; Great Tit - c5 - Two using nest boxes by new ponds. ; Blue Tit - c5 ; Chiffchaff - c4 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Magpie - 1 ; Yellowhammer - 1+ - Singing from near house along Moss Rd ; Whitethroat - 2 - both singing males ; Meadow Pipit - c8 ; Tree Pipit - 2 - singing/displaying males ; Skylark - 2 ; Curlew - 4 - flying over ; Red Grouse - 2 ; Wheatear - 02-Mar - M and F on wall above Cowsick ; Stonechat - 1 - M ; Bullfinch - 1 - male ; Goldcrest - 2 ; Blackcap - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 2 - pair ; Snipe - 1 - drumming and chipping from Cowsick area ; Linnet - 2 - pair
• Canklow: Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - Singing on Centenary way nr road bridge Ickles roundabout 06.35
• Dog Kennel Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Mallard - 1+ ; Moorhen - 1 ; Coot - 1+ - 1 on nest @ W end ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - 1 pair ; Stock Dove - 1 - singing from N side, W end ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Wren - 1 - singing ; Goldfinch - 2+
• Ecclesall Woods: Jay - 4 ; Grey Heron - 2 - On nests ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1
• Eleven Acre Plantation: Woodcock - 1+ - Roding ; Tawny Owl - 2 - m- and f-type calls heard
• Firsby Res: Moorhen - 1 ; Mallard - 5 - Female with 4 small ducklings. ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Female circling high. ; 319 - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Song Thrush - 2 - Both singing. ; Skylark - 2 ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; Bullfinch - 2 - Near building. ; Goldfinch - 2 - Pair have built a nest no eggs yet. ; Linnet - 4 ; Whitethroat - 2 ; Reed Warbler - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Sat on nest in brambles. ; Willow Warbler - 2 ; Blackcap - 4 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - Over.
• Five Weirs Walk: Moorhen - 4 - One on nest with 3 eggs in middle of river near footbridge ; Grey Wagtail - 4 ; Blackcap - 1 - Singing ; Wren - 2 - Singing ; Greenfinch - 1 - singing ; Blackbird - 6 ; Mallard - 7 ; Red-legged Partridge - 1 - Walking ahead of observer on riverside path east of East Coast Road, carried on walking and crossed (still walking!) Stevenson Road before carrying on down Hecla Drive presumably heading for Attercliffe Cemetery before heading into works yard of Outokumpu ASR Rod Mill
• Fulwood garden: Starling - 30 - Party of adults landed on lawn to feed; many carrying food off to nearby nests. ; Mallard - 2 - Pair on lawn under feeders, with female briefly perched on top of feeder
• Greenland: Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - Singing off Tinsley Park Road 07.10
• Leash Fen: Whimbrel - 1 - over WSW calling at 06.38. Given the flight direction, possibly the bird from Big Moor on 27/04 (last seen heading towards Leash Fen) lingering in the area
• Morley Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Mute Swan - 1 ; Greylag Goose - 3 ; Moorhen - 1 ; Coot - 1+ ; Mallard - 10+ ; Tufted Duck - 17 ; Swallow - c30 ; House Martin - c10 - feeding low over water,in rain with SL and possibly 1 SM? No activity @ Dog Kennel from SM. ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Robin - 1 - coming within inches to take food(suet pellets), pos nest in rhododendron adj fishing pog under beech. ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing from S side. ; Jackdaw - 2+ - 1 entering nest hole in beech, above fishing pog. ; Reed Bunting - 1 - singing from N side.
• Norfolk Park garden: Goldfinch - 5+ - first juvenile of year I've seen visiting garden feeders
• Orgreave Lakes: Arctic Tern - 60 - birds present 16:15-18:30 when the last flock of 25 circled up high together and left N ; Mediterranean Gull - 2 ; Kittiwake - 3 - 3 ads ; Hobby - 1 ; Kittiwake - 3 - Adults 16.15 - 17.08 when the left south ; Mediterranean Gull - 2 - adults spent c30min on water and headed off south
• Redmires Top Res: Red Kite - 1 ; Swallow - 3 ; Tufted Duck - 4 - 2 pairs