Sightings Archive

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Whitethroat - 1 ; Linnet - 2 - SE ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - 1 W + 1 heard over

Parkgate; Retail World: Starling - 50-60 - mobile foraging flock in car park, feeding on scraps dropped by shoppers

R Don, Effingham St: Great Black-backed Gull - 2 - 1cy and 2cy on weir ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - c40 - good numbers of juvs, including Green Bowland ringed bird

R Don, Stevenson Rd: Green Sandpiper - 1 - feeding on waste ground puddles

Rawmarsh; Barber*s Avenue: Siskin - 2 - SW

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Sparrowhawk - 1 - over @ 0920hrs

Roundwood Golf course: Coal Tit - 2+ ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - calling ; Mistle Thrush - 2 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - NE ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 - adults, both SW

St.Michaels Crescent, Ecclesfield: Swift - 1 - Feeding over housing estate in windy conditions.

Thrybergh CP: Pintail - 1 - Female

Walkley: Swift - 1 - Single flying S ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Concealed in plum tree. ; Willow Warbler - 1 - Calling in snowberry and hawthorn

Attercliffe: Great Black-backed Gull - 6 - 1cy, 2cy and 4 adults Warren St/Stevenson Rd

Catcliffe Flash: Shoveler - 5 ; Wigeon - 10 ; Kingfisher - 1

Hackenthorpe: Swift - 3 - heading SE at noon.

Hail Mary Hill Wood: Hobby - 1 - over woods and towards Treeton. ; 319 - 1

Kimberworth Park: Sparrowhawk - 1 - over gardens @Remount/Shearman Avenue, onto Roughwood School,causing sparrows to alarm @ 19:05.

Middleton Moor: Wigeon - 5 ; 320 - 15

Orgreave Lakes: Mediterranean Gull - 1 - adult again early morning ; Sand Martin - 23 ; Lapwing - 4 ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 1 - 1 still giving quiet/sub song a little way north of river bridge.

Oughtibridge: Swift - 1 - with house martin flock

Rawmarsh: Swift - 10 - party over 0920-0925hrs; drifted away SW ; Siskin - 1 - heard over

Skye Edge Fields: Ring-necked Parakeet - 7 - Group flying to roost, highest count seen.

Burbage Valley: Kestrel - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Stonechat - 3 - 1 Male + 2 Juv

Dronfield: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Circling high above Greendale

Ewden Height: Swallow - 193 south - 6.50-8.00 ; House Martin - 100 south ; Tree Pipit - 2 south ; Linnet - 5 south ; Siskin - 72 - 52 south ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Brief song ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 87 south ; Pied Wagtail - 6 south ; Goldfinch - 19 south ; Chaffinch - 12 south ; Stock Dove - 8 south

Middleton Moor: Wigeon - 5 ; Lapwing - 37

Rawmarsh: Swift - 1 - SW @ 1335hrs

Rawmarsh; High Street: Woodpigeon - 1pr - courtship & successful copulation

Silverwood Lagoon: Siskin - 2 - SW at 06.40

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Siskin - 100+ - Flock feeding in silver birch and conifers

Aughton: Marsh Harrier - 1 - juv circling high over mobbed by Crow and Sparrowhawk, drifted off E.

Burbage: Stonechat - 6 + ; Whinchat - 3+ - Female/juvs. In mixed group with Stonechats, Reed Buntings and Willow Warblers ; Reed Bunting - 2 + - Juveniles ; Willow Warbler - 4+ ; Ring Ouzel - 4 - Flew South West from Houndkirk direction ; Kestrel - 1 ; Wren - 3+ ; Meadow Pipit - 15 ; Carrion Crow - 2

Burbage Edge: Black Redstart - 1

Carr Vale: Bar-tailed Godwit - 4 - flew north at 09:20

Cinder Hills: Whitethroat - 1

Dronfield: Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 - Becoming a regular visitor to garden ; 319 - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1

Duckmanton: Swift - 100+ - large feeding flock high overhead

Ecclesfield: Swift - 1 - Cross Hill, South ; 319 - 1 - Mobbed by crows over "Morrison's". ; House Martin - 6 - 2 adults feeding 4 young on the wing, Sycamore Rd

Ewden Height: House Martin - 33 - south ; Siskin - c100 - 3 large groups in area including one c50+ towards Broomhead. ; Meadow Pipit - c30 - Incl. 11 south ; Swallow - 50+ ; Pied Wagtail - 2 ; Tree Pipit - 1 ; Raven - 2 ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 - North towards Midhope calling ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - female ; Willow Warbler - 4+ - Juvs. ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - South ; Wheatear - 3 ; Blackcap - 1 - Juv ; Crossbill - 5

Eyam Moor: Stonechat - 20+ - incl several family parties, just along the eastern edge of the moor ; Swallow - c20 ; House Martin - 1

Fulwood: Hobby - 1 - W over observer’s garden this morning ; Swift - 12 - Feeding party lingered for 15 mins over observer’s garden just after 09:00