Sightings Archive

Sunday 11th April 2021

• Firsby Res: Willow Warbler - 3 - Singing. ; Chiffchaff - 6 ; Chaffinch - 1 - Singing Male. ; Goldfinch - 3 ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Lesser Redpoll - 9
• Forge Dam: Mandarin - 1 - male ; Grey Wagtail - 2
• Fulwood garden: Brambling - 6 - Still present at feeders
• General Cemetery, Sharrow: Willow Warbler - 4+ - Mainly in the green space next to the Cemetery but flying to and from the trees at the bottom corner next to Montague St
• Gleadless Valley LNR: Chiffchaff - 4 ; Wren - 1 ; Greenfinch - 1
• Grange Park Golf Course: Sparrowhawk - 1 ; 319 - 1 - into W edge of Gallery Bottom ; Kestrel - 2 ; Stock Dove - 2 - singing ; Woodpigeon - 3+ - singing ; Skylark - 1 - singing ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - 1 pair - stream @ Ockley Bottom ; Wren - 10 - singing ; Dunnock - 3+ - at least 3 singing ; Robin - 13+ - singing ; Blackbird - 1+ - singing ; Song Thrush - 7 - singing ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - singing near Walkworth Farm ; Blackcap - 5 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 10 - singing ; Goldcrest - 3 - singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 2+ ; Coal Tit - 1 - singing ; Blue Tit - 1+ - inc 1 nest building in base of tree - Barber Wood @ Thundercliffe, SK3893 ; Great Tit - 4+ - singing ; Nuthatch - 4 - singing ; Treecreeper - 3 - singing ; Jay - 1+ ; Magpie - 4+ ; Carrion Crow - 1+ ; Chaffinch - 3 - singing ; Goldfinch - 5+ ; Linnet - 1 ; Bullfinch - 1 - calls
• Heeley City Farm: Grey Wagtail - 1
• Heeley Green: Willow Warbler - 1 - heard singing from gardens on Gleadless Rd/Gleadless Ct ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing from grounds of Heeley Parish Church
• Howbrook: Grey Partridge - 1 - Flushed from the edge of Booth Wood ; 324 - 1 - Brown hare in field by Booth Wood
• Linacre Res: Mallard - 45 - WeBS count ; Mandarin - 24 ; Coot - 5 ; Moorhen - 8 ; Great Crested Grebe - 2 ; Tufted Duck - 69 ; Canada Goose - 1 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 - 2 adults ; Goosander - 1 - female ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 5 - singing and displaying ; Swallow - c30 - feeding with other hirundines over the top reservoir in a snow/hail shower ; House Martin - 2 ; Sand Martin - 1 ; 319 - 4 ; Reed Bunting - 3 - 2M+1F feeding in and around the willows by the boardwalk on the top res. Scarce here
• Longstone Edge: 319 - 4 - Group of 3 + 1 in air above open cast workings
• Loxley: Barn Owl - 1 - hunting over golf course
• Meersbrook Park: Chiffchaff - 1
• Moss Valley, upper: Skylark - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 2 ; Swallow - 1
• Norton Lees: Goldfinch - 3
• Norwood Allotments: Golden Plover - 14 - over west at 18:09 in v formation low enough to see all in breeding plumage.
• Orgreave Lakes: Yellow Wagtail - 1 - At back of small lake ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing ; Blackcap - 2 ; Willow Warbler - 1 - Singing ; Great Crested Grebe - 10 - One on a nest by the island ; Mute Swan - 1+ - One on nest on island ; Tufted Duck - 23+ ; Black-headed Gull - 75+ ; Skylark - 5 - Singing ; Sand Martin - 20+ ; Swallow - 3+ ; Greylag Goose - 6 ; Lapwing - 3 - Mobbing Crow over island ; Ringed Plover - 5+ ; Pied Wagtail - 3 ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Wigeon - 1 ; Gadwall - 13+ ; 319 - 1 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 1
• Porter Brook: Grey Wagtail - 3 ; Dipper - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Mandarin - 3 - 2 males, 1 female ; Jay - 1
• R Don, Aldwarke: Chiffchaff - 6 - 4 singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 2