Sightings Archive

Dog Kennel Pond: Woodpigeon - 1+

Low Common: Swallow - 8

Malin Bridge: Tree Pipit - 1 - nocmig 05:58

Midhope Res: Tree Pipit - 5 - Single party SSE at 7.30am ; Tufted Duck - 3 ; Crossbill - 11 ; Little Grebe - 5 ; Grey Heron - 1 - Juv ; 319 - 1

Millhouses: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - In the observer's garden. A bit of excitement on a gloomy day.

Morley Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 2 ; Mallard - 40+ ; Tufted Duck - 2 ; Coot - 9 ; Kingfisher - 1 - Pos same bird as seen on Dog Kennel. ; Chiffchaff - 1

Orgreave Lakes: Little Egret - 1 ; Common Sandpiper - 3 ; Wheatear - 2 - On rocks at northern end ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - Juvenile in rush on east side ; Sand Martin - 80+ - big lagoon ; House Martin - 20+ - Big Lagoon ; Swallow - 6+ - big lagoon ; Kestrel - 1 - juvenile ; Skylark - 4

Parkwood Springs: Swift - 1 - Single bird over Oakham Drive at 14:45

Silverwood Lagoon: Little Egret - 1 - west at 09.25 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Mute Swan - 8 - some of juvs. now beginning to exercise their wings ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Common Buzzard - 2 ; Canada Goose - 18 - north ; Stock Dove - 3 ; House Martin - c.25

Abney Moor: Red-legged Partridge - c8 - at least two apparently recently installed release pens and feeders on the moor near the small reservoir.

Barlow Common: Swallow - c. 40

Fulwood: Red Kite - 1 - High E over observer's garden 14:35 (record shot) ; 319 - 2 - interacting over observer's garden early afternoon ; House Martin - 2 - hawking over observer's garden from nearby breeding colony on Moorside ; Willow Warbler - 1 - in observer's garden, giving snatches of song ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - over observer's garden ; Blackbird - 4 - eating rowan berries in observer's garden

Peat Pits: Lapwing - 19

Rivelin Valley: Swift - 2 - feeding over valley at dusk

West Nab: Stonechat - 5 - family party on wall. ; Raven - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 12 - on wires.

Barlow Common: Swift - 1 ; 319 - 1 ; Swallow - 4+ ; House Martin - up to 3 ; Linnet - c. 10

Botanical Gardens: Sparrowhawk - 1

Brightside: Ring-necked Parakeet - Approx 20 - Roosting in trees on Brightside Lane opposite Brightside Way at 19:45.

Cowell Flat: Stonechat - 7 - pair and 3 juvs, and a different pair ; Whitethroat - 3 - in bracken.

Deepcar: Woodpigeon - 1 - recently fledged juvenile perched on wall near Manchester Road

Ecclesfield: Common Buzzard - 2 - Calling and circling over horse field next to church. ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Hunting over Cross Hill, drifted west.

Ecclesfield Park: Swallow - 1 - Feeding low over freshly mown football field.

Langsett Res: Black-headed Gull - 740 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 130 ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - ad ; Common Gull - 1

Malin Bridge: Common Sandpiper - 1 - nocmig 23:42

Manor Fields Park: Swift - 12 - flew low East over Park at 09:45.

Orgreave Lakes: Turnstone - 1 - briefly at 07:30 ; Common Sandpiper - 5

Peat Pits: Stonechat - 3 - in cereal field ; Whinchat - 1 - with Stonechat

R Don, Effingham St: Peregrine - 1 - on Bernard Road incinerator building, then circled up, and stooped towards a Feral Pigeon, catchig it with nonchalant ease after levelling out and putting the air brakes on. ; Kingfisher - 1

Rawmarsh: Swift - 2 - W/SW @ 2003hrs

Redmires Bottom Res: Canada Goose - 60+ ; Linnet - 2 - Adult males ; Greylag Goose - 3 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 3 ; Black-headed Gull - 5 ; Lapwing - 1

Sheepbridge: 319 - 2 - Circling ; Sparrowhawk - 3 - Circling with Buzzards

Tankersley: Willow Tit - 1 - Calling on golf course.

Walkley garden: Crossbill - 3 - Flew across, around treetop height, towards Toft Wood, calling.

Wharncliffe Side: Wren - 3+ - nest in observers garden, one chick fledged so far

Attercliffe: Feral Pigeon - 367 - On roof of Ward's and riverside wall at Effingham St in drizzle

Baslow: Swift - 2 - Moving north in low cloud

Botanical Gardens: Woodpigeon - c6 - feeding on grass ; House Sparrow - c16 - in bamboo and other shrubs ; Robin - 1 ; Blackbird - 4 - feeding on grass ; Nuthatch - 1 - vocal ; Feral Pigeon - c30 - feeding on grass ; Dunnock - 1

Crookes Valley Park: Mallard - c20 ; Magpie - 1 ; Feral Pigeon - c10 ; Coot - c8 - adults and juveniles