Sightings Archive

Middleton Moor: Kestrel - 1 ; Magpie - 10 ; Jackdaw - 15 ; Rook - 40 ; Carrion Crow - 30 ; Raven - 1 ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Blue Tit - 15 ; Great Tit - 5 ; Skylark - 1 ; Swallow - 25 ; House Martin - 15 ; Willow Warbler - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 30 ; Long-tailed Tit - 15 ; Wren - 6 ; Starling - 25 ; Song Thrush - 10 ; Blackbird - 8 ; Robin - 5 ; Redstart - 4 ; Whinchat - 3 ; Dunnock - 2 ; Pied Wagtail - 2 ; Meadow Pipit - 35 ; Chaffinch - 10 ; Bullfinch - 8 ; Linnet - 10 ; Goldfinch - 5 ; Reed Bunting - 3 ; Tufted Duck - 2

Oaking Clough Plantation: Mistle Thrush - 6

Orgreave Lakes: Swift - 29 - Over tip this evening ; Black-headed Gull - C.1500 - In pre-roost ; Common Gull - 2 ; Goosander - 10 - Juvs

Ravenfield Park: Grey Heron - 1 ; Siskin - 3 - Over calling.

Rawmarsh: Swift - 37 - 17 S/SW @ 1715hrs; 20 S @ 1855hrs ; House Martin - 15-20 - over @ 1900hrs ; Swallow - 2 - W/SW

Rawmarsh; High Street: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 - 1 ad & 1 juv on rooftop; left S ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - circling over @ 1855hrs

Redmires conduit: Red Kite - 2 - one W over Hollow Meadows, second over Wyming Brook over to Roper Hill and Rud Hill, circling High and left S.

Redmires Plantation: Stonechat - 1 - fem on track to pole. ; Crossbill - 4 - over towards Stanage Pole

Redmires Res: Swift - 2 - over W

Redmires Top Res: Yellow Wagtail - 1 - over sw calling

Roughwood Rec: Kestrel - 1 - Hunting from lamp post on Wingfield Road adj to field. ; Black-headed Gull - 20+ ; Magpie - 6

Stanage Edge: Wheatear - 2 - In Boundary Stones area ; Meadow Pipit - c10 - In Boundary Stones area. ; 324 - 1 - Grey Squirrel!

Walkley garden: Wren - 1 - first obs. here since early April. ; Blackcap - 1 - female

Wharncliffe Chase: Wheatear - 2

Wharncliffe Chase (south): Whinchat - 1

Wortley: House Martin - 20-30 - 16.3

Agden Rocher: Swift - 2 - over W

Aldwarke; Liberty Steel: Peregrine - 1 - juv, settled on safety rail briefly ; Mute Swan - 7 - 5 SW @ 0743hrs; 2 SW @ 0800hrs ; Raven - 1 - 'playing' in updraft above building briefly ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - high over

Aldwarke; Waddington Way: Blackcap - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Greenfinch - 3 - dropped into fruiting Sea-buckthorn

Catcliffe Flash: Kestrel - 1+ - 1 ad circling, juv? calling from trees ; Tufted Duck - 1 - Male ; Great Crested Grebe - 3 - 1 Juv

Cinder Bridge Field; The Tops to Stubbin incline: Pheasant - 1 - cock ; House Martin - 6 - feeding over cereals ; Swallow - 2 - with HMs

Don Canal; Eastwood Lock/Rotherham Cut: Mute Swan - 3 - ads, swam to canal basin ; Bullfinch - 1 - calling ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - over ; Chiffchaff - 3 ; Blackcap - 3 - male + 2 f/juvs feeding on elderberries ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - 1cy ; Stock Dove - 1 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - adult, SW ; Whitethroat - 1 - subsong from dense scrub; coaxed out by gentle 'pishing'!

Fitzwilliam Canal, Parkgate: Goldfinch - 8 ; Song Thrush - 1 - 1cy ; Chiffchaff - 2

Grange Park Golf Course: 319 - 1 - Low between Walkworth Wood and Barber Wood. ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 30+ - Out of W end of Walkworth Wood,N toward 8th fairway ; Swallow - 2 - over practice range

Kelham Island: House Martin - 5 - In flight and feeding over river

Longshaw: Goldfinch - 20 ; Siskin - 30 ; Robin - 3 ; Treecreeper - 2 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Raven - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 2

Orgreave Lakes: Swallow - 5+ - small number in hirundine flock ; House Martin - 40+ - in hirundine flock, hunting low over grassland ; Sand Martin - 20+ - in hirundine flock