Sightings Archive

Walkley: Swift - 9 - Above South Road flying S

Back Tor, Derwentdale: Wheatear - 3+ - 1 adult and at least 2 recently fledged young ; Meadow Pipit - 3+ - adult and young catching insects ; Merlin - 1 - flew low hunting over moor

Barbrook Valley: Swift - 4 ; Stonechat - 2 - Female carrying food ; Stonechat - 2 - Male carrying food ; Whinchat - 1 - Juv ; Willow Warbler - 1 - juv ; Meadow Pipit - 2+

Baslow: Peregrine - 1 - Circling observer’s garden before heading northwest

Derwent Edge: Marsh Harrier - 1 - juv ; Wheatear - 3 - juvs, Back Tor ; Golden Plover - 2 - calling

Dukes Road: Red Kite - 2 - in afternoon, one in heavy moult.

Hoyles farm: 319 - c3

Langsett Res: Common Scoter - 1 - m still present 07:30 - record shot

Lodge Moor: House Sparrow - c15 - adults and juveniles coming to garden feeders

Malin Bridge: House Sparrow - 15+ - juvs coming down to feeders in Norris Rd garden.- still breeding behind gutter on house.... ; Starling - 50+ - Starlings coming to mealworms for several days now in Norris road garden.

Orgreave Lakes: Peregrine - 1 - Juv female ; Yellow Wagtail - 2 - juvs ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Cuckoo - 1 - Juv ; Sand Martin - 200

Peat Pits: Curlew - 5 - family party, 3 fully grown juvs ; Stock Dove - 4 ; Stonechat - 3 - in rape crop

Rawmarsh: Swift - c200 - wheeling overhead together @ 1315hrs before dispersing. Light W/SW movement throughout day

Redmires Middle Res: Yellow-legged Gull - 2 - Adult and 2cy late afternoon ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 40 - Loafing late afternoon ; Black-headed Gull - 120 - Loafing late afternoon

Redmires Res: Little Grebe - 4 - ad with 3 fledged juvs on Top Res - first confirmed breeding record here ; Tufted Duck - 2 - on Middle Res ; Canada Goose - 10 ; Greylag Goose - 22 ; Kestrel - 3 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - recently fledged juv male in bushes by Bottom Res ; Merlin - 1 - female NW ; Lapwing - 14 - flew W ; Curlew - 5 - left to the E at 05:40 hrs ; Common Sandpiper - 2 ; Black-headed Gull - 58 - flew SW in 3 hours ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 104 - arrived from E and onto Middle Res to loaf ; Yellow-legged Gull - 2 - ads with LBBs on Middle Res ; Herring Gull - 14 - with LBBs on Middle Res ; Raven - 1 - flew SW over Bottom Res ; Cormorant - 1 - sub-ad flew W ; Swift - 38 - drifted N in 3 hrs ; Swallow - 8 ; Linnet - 6 - flew W ; Whitethroat - 3 - family party by Bottom Res ; Crossbill - 2 - flew SE

Stubley Hollow: 319 - 4 ; Swallow - 8 - inc 4 young ; Chiffchaff - 3 ; Magpie - 18

Thrybergh CP: Common Scoter - 1m

Canklow: House Sparrow - 11 - feeding in garden

Lodge Moor: Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - adult in fields with LBBGs late afternoon ; Tree Sparrow - 2+ - calling from bushes Lodge Moor Rd

Thrybergh CP: Kingfisher - 1f

Beauchief Golf Course: Swift - 30+ - Maybe a large underestimate!

Birley Edge: Swift - 11

Blue Man*s Bower: Reed Bunting - 2 ; Swallow - 2 - juvs, feeding over ; Greylag Goose - 2 - S

Catcliffe Flash: Pochard - 5 ; Mallard - 40-50 ; Gadwall - 80+ - inc many independent juvs ; Tufted Duck - 10 ; Moorhen - 6+ - inc independent juvs ; Mute Swan - 1pr+ - + 2 full-grown cygnets ; Great Crested Grebe - 1pr+ - + 2juvs ; Black-headed Gull - c50 ; Canada Goose - 8 - N ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 1 - singing ; Sand Martin - 1 ; Little Grebe - 7+ - 4 ads inc pair with nest; 3+ independent juvs

Hillsborough: Moorhen - 1 - on nest on temporary island in R Don next to Leppings Lane bridge (later seen there with young)

Hillsborough Park: Common Buzzard - 1 - Quite low over tree tops flying west

Langsett Res: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 250+ ; Black-headed Gull - 300+ ; Common Gull - 1 ; Herring Gull - 1 ; Curlew - 3 ; Red Kite - 1 - flew west at 1930hrs ; Common Scoter - 1 - drake

Lodge Moor: Sand Martin - 1 - W over fields on Lodge Moor Rd ; Swift - 1 - over fields

Lodge Moor garden: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Male eating a mouse on shed roof

Middlewood: Kingfisher - 1 - on R Don below Beeley Wood works ; Peregrine - 1 - perched on tower behind Beeley Wood works

Orgreave Lakes: Black-tailed Godwit - 1 - Adult ; Green Sandpiper - 1 ; Hobby - 1 - North ; Yellow Wagtail - 2 - juvs ; Little Ringed Plover - 3 - 2 ad 1 juv ; Common Sandpiper - 5