Sightings Archive

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 ; Dunlin - 2 - ads in summer plumage on Middle Res ; Common Sandpiper - 4 - on Middle Res ; Little Ringed Plover - 4 - on Middle Res ; Oystercatcher - 4 - on Middle Res ; Curlew - 3 - on Middle Res ; Snipe - 1 - chipping ; Woodcock - 1 - roding over Top Res at dusk

Richmond Park: Swift - 5

RVCP, Main Lake: Whimbrel - 1 - flew north

Sheffield S6: Swift - 3 - Overhead roof level.

Stannington: Swift - 4 - Over paddocks below Oldfield Rd ; Swift - 6+ - back in breeding areas ; Swallow - 1 - over

Tinsley SF: Little Egret - 2 - Feeding below the wier at Jordan's Lock. ; Swift - 19+ - Feeding above treetops ; House Martin - 2 - With the Swifts

Underbank Res: Whooper Swan - 1 - First seen 7am, still present 16.15

Agden Rocher: Pied Flycatcher - 1 - singing ; Tree Pipit - 1 - singing

Agden Side: Garden Warbler - 1 - singing ; Tree Pipit - 1 - singing ; Wheatear - 2

Aughton: Red Kite - 1 - Cruising over Leonard Kyte recreation grounds and adjacent housing estates ; Blackcap - 1 - Singing in trees in Leonard Kyte recreation ground

Blacka Moor: Wood Warbler - 2

Bole Hill, Treeton: Mistle Thrush - 2

Cinder Hills: Lapwing - 1 - over Middle Common then back toward Scholes Paddock ; Swift - 1

Crookes: Swift - 1 - over Duncan Road

Dukes Road: Red Kite - 1 - Hobson Moss - Flint Hill

Fairholmes: Pied Flycatcher - 1 - singing in car park

Fulwood garden: Siskin - 3 - 2m, 1f at feeders ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - male drumming and then on feeders

High Green: Grey Wagtail - Pair - Pair exiting nest site in ivy on pub wall near Charlton Brook.

Lowedges: Red Kite - 1 - High over being mobbed by crows

Middleton Moor: Shelduck - 2 - Pair ; Reed Warbler - 2 - Singing

Nether Green: Swift - 1

Orgreave Lakes: Marsh Harrier - 1 - Cream crown, followed the Rother south at 0800. ; Ringed Plover - 1 ; Bullfinch - 1 - Single male bird far side of tip. ; Ringed Plover - 2 - Tundrae types

Rawmarsh: Swift - 18 - party wheeling over around 1330hrs; first returning local birds

Rawmarsh Hill: Song Thrush - 1 - singing from 0430hrs at least

Redmires Res: Red Kite - 1 - flew E at 07:45 hrs ; Common Sandpiper - 6 ; Herring Gull - 6 ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Redstart - 2 - singing - including 'new' arrival by Bottom Res ; Garden Warbler - 2 - singing by Top Res - new in ; Whitethroat - 2 - singing ; Common Buzzard - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 - male

Ridgeway: Red Kite - 1 - circling high above Ridgeway-High Lane this morning

Rivelin Dams: Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Mallard - 1+ - female with 10 young chicks ; Canada Goose - 4 - 2 noisy pairs ; Garden Warbler - 2 - singing, 1 showing by car park ; Mandarin - 2 - males

RVCP: Wigeon - 1 - sickly looking female on River Rother ; Common Sandpiper - 1 - Meadowgate Lake ; Lesser Whitethroat - 2 - singing males

Silverwood Lagoon: Great Crested Grebe - 1

Sothall: Oystercatcher - 2+ - nocmig sound recorded over garden 0020hr and 0323hr ; Whimbrel - 1+ - nocmig sound recorded over garden 0401hr

Upper Derwentdale: Ring Ouzel - 3 - singing male Broadhead Clough, and males Bull Clough and Cut Gate. ; Stonechat - 1 - male Swine Side ; Whinchat - 1 ; Red Kite - 1 - feeding on presumed carrion with Raven Cut Gate End ; Hobby - 1 - upper Cranberry Clough ; Cuckoo - 2 - singing Slippery Stones and Windy Corner ; Redstart - 1 - male singing above Kings Tree ; Swift - 1 - N over Upper Hey ; Tree Pipit - 2 - singing above Kings Tree

Wadsley: Swift - 1 - First of year

Wharncliffe Chase + woodland fringe: Willow Warbler - 10+ - singing ; Linnet - 15+ - At least two breeding group territories holding several pairs each. ; Chiffchaff - 4 - singing ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Garden Warbler - Pair - At nest site, brief song plus alarm calls ; Tree Pipit - 5+ - singing ; Reed Bunting - 5 ; 319 - 1 ; Skylark - 30+ - Abundant on plain bordering road ; Pied Flycatcher - Pair - Male singing, female taking nest material to caverty in tree.