Sightings Archive

Monday 26th April 2021

• Centenary Riverside: Kingfisher - 1 - On riverbank 14.50
• Cinder Hills: Tawny Owl - 1 - Roosting high in tree (prob nest) ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Blackbird - 1 - singing ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing
• Cressbrook: Nuthatch - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Goldfinch - 2
• Cressbrook Mill: Mallard - 2 - Pair on pond
• Dog Kennel Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 3 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Mute Swan - 1 ; Mallard - 15+ - inc 2 family parties, one with 9 recently fledged the other with 2. ; Moorhen - 1 ; Coot - 4+ - 1 on nest @ W end, attacked female Mallard when got to near nest. ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Greylag Goose - 3 - in from Morley ; Sand Martin - 4 - At least 1 pair nesting - regularly into drainage hole under arch. ; Great Tit - 2 - singing, 1 either side of lake. ; Goldfinch - 1+ - singing
• Fulwood: Starling - 3+ - several adults carrying food to nest site on Crimicar Drive and Crimicar Avenue
• Fulwood garden: Willow Warbler - 1 - singing - first of year here ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing
• Green Moor: Fieldfare - c20 ; Tawny Owl - 1 - Adult caught in net of garden pond was released unharmed ; Yellowhammer - 2 ; Tree Sparrow - 8 ; Blackcap - 2 ; Willow Warbler - 2
• Kimberworth: Bullfinch - 2 - Courtship feeding at the bottom of the garden.
• Langsett: Barn Owl - 1 - Hunting 8am over fields. ; Pied Flycatcher - 1 singing ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 5+ singing ; Blackcap - 2 singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 singing
• Lawrence Field: Cuckoo - 1 - Calling occasionally
• Limb Valley: Green Woodpecker - 1 - Yaffling ; Fieldfare - 12 - Party of 12 in horse pasture, Upper Limb Valley
• Lodge Moor: Tree Sparrow - 2+ - several calling from thick bushes at W end of Lodge Moor Rd
• Meersbrook Park: Willow Warbler - 1 ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Goldfinch - 2
• Middleton Moor: Shelduck - 4 - Resident pair again chasing off second pair ; Wheatear - 2 ; Linnet - 3 - Pair plus additional male ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - Singing briefly ; Fieldfare - 20 - On field south of access track
• Midhope Res: Common Sandpiper - 3 - Pair feeding quietly plus a single calling ; Song Thrush - 5 ; Willow Warbler - 5 singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 singing ; Pied Wagtail - Pair - Mobbing Sparrowhawk ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 ad NE ; Great Black-backed Gull - 1 E ; Siskin - 5+ ; Linnet - Pair ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Curlew - 6 - Pair mobbing Buzzard ; Oystercatcher - Pair ; Snipe - 1 chipping ; Sparrowhawk - 1 male ; Tufted Duck - 2 pairs ; Little Grebe - 5 ; Moorhen - Pair ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 ; 319 - 2 ; Grey Heron - 1
• Miller*s Dale: Chiffchaff - 4 ; Mallard - 8 - 6m, 2f - one with a single duckling ; Mandarin - 2 - a pair ; Moorhen - 2 ; Blackcap - 1f
• Morehall tip / R.Don: Mallard - 19 - 2 females with broods of 9 + 8. ; Dipper - 2 - pair making regular food trips to traditional nest site.
• Morley Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 2 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Mallard - 5+ ; Tufted Duck - 14 ; Moorhen - 3 - family party - at least 2 recently fledged under rhododendron, adult alarming, unsettled by Coot. ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Blackbird - 1 - singing from tree top on N side.
• Netherthorpe, Sheffield: Mistle Thrush - 1 - singing from top of tower block on Martin Street
• Orgreave Lakes: Swift - 4 ; Whitethroat - 3 - singing ; Wigeon - 1 - drake ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 - male ; Swift - 2 - High over lakes 18.00-19.00 ; Wheatear - 1 - Male ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 - Female ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 3 - Singing males ; Sand Martin - c50 ; Swallow - c10 ; Swift - 3 ; Yellow Wagtail - 4 ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Grey Partridge - 1 - Caing ; Sedge Warbler - 1