Sightings Archive

Sunday 31st May 2020

• Barlow Common: Swallow - 6 ; Linnet - 4+ ; 319 - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1
• Barlow Commonside: Chiffchaff - 4 heard ; 321 - 1 ; 324 - 1 - Broad-bodied Chaser ; Coot - 2
• Big Moor: Curlew - 4 - 2 pairs displaying
• Blacka Moor: Yellowhammer - 1
• Botanical Gardens: Swift - 13 - Max count of the week
• Dore: Coal Tit - 1+ - adult feeding 2+ fledged young in observer’s garden
• Dronfield, Monk Wood: Chiffchaff - 2
• Dukes Road: Golden Plover - 6+ - at least 3 pairs in SK2194, incuding a nest with 4 eggs ; Red Kite - 1 - around Hobson Moss in afternoon, at times low over moor ; Hobby - 2+ - at least 2 probably more, catching moths Emlin Ridge/New Cross/Hobson Moss/Flint Hill. One seen well a 2cy bird as expected. ; Peregrine - 1 - circling with prey over Hobson Moss
• Ecclesall: Swift - 2
• Ecclesall Woods: Pied Flycatcher - 1 - Male ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Jay - 1 ; Pied Flycatcher - 1 - Male with silver ring on left leg. Carrying food
• Firsby Res: Mallard - 5 - 2 ducklings now nearly fully grown. ; Coot - 5 - Adult with 4 large chicks. ; Moorhen - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - Feeding on sluice. ; 319 - 4 - In the air together. ; House Martin - 1 ; Swallow - 2 - Drinking from main Res. ; Swift - 10 ; Skylark - 5 - Lots of displaying and chasing. ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Reed Warbler - 1 - Singing ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - Singing ; Blackcap - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 2 - Singing. ; Whitethroat - 3+ ; Reed Bunting - 1 - Male. ; Mistle Thrush - 2 ; Song Thrush - 1 - Carrying food. ; Bullfinch - 1 ; Linnet - 2 - Over. ; Chaffinch - 1 - Mae hunting insects
• Flash Farm, near Stannington: Tree Sparrow - 1+ - One in tree next to footpath; several others calling nearby.
• Graves Park: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 heard ; Chiffchaff - 2 heard ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Coot - 4 - Pair with 2 young on bottom lake
• Greasbrough: Peregrine - 1 - Heard call, was seen flying over Mill Street with prey
• Greystones: Woodpigeon - 3 - 1 Juvenile in observer's garden ; Swift - 3 ; Starling - 27+ - 20+ Juveniles in observer's garden
• Longstone Edge: Red Kite - 1 - ad soaring low over the edge
• Middleton Moor: Shelduck - 1 ; Lapwing - 28 ; Curlew - 2 ; Little Ringed Plover - 2 ; Sedge Warbler - 2 - singing ; Reed Warbler - 1 - Singing
• New Stubbin colliery/tip: Blackcap - 2+ - one singing, one calling + 2+ fledged juvs ; Willow Warbler - 13 - 9 singing + 3 calling (SK4296); 1 singing (SK4396) ; Blackcap - 2 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 4 - 1 singing (SK4396); 2 singing, 1calling (SK4296) ; Red-legged Partridge - 2 - calling ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Yellowhammer - 2 - singing ; Mistle Thrush - 4 - inc 2 over & 1 in paddock ; Bullfinch - 1pr ; Whitethroat - 1 - song & scolding calls ; Linnet - 2 - one over; one singing ; Canada Goose - 20 - very low to WNW @ 0804hrs ; Lapwing - 1 - in paddock ; Stock Dove - 2 - flew into paddock ; Long-tailed Tit - numerous - mobile, noisy flocks of adults + dependent juvs throughout site
• New Stubbin; Back Lane: Woodpigeon - c60 - feeding in adjacent field ; Red-legged Partridge - 1pr+ - #NAME?
• Rawmarsh Cemetery: Chaffinch - 3 - singing males in SK4395 & SK4396; 1f in SK4396 ; Chiffchaff - 2 - one singing, one calling - pair? ; Blackcap - 1 - singing
• Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Song Thrush - 1 - in garden again, with smashed snail shells to prove it.
• Rawmarsh; Stubbin incline: Blackcap - 2 - singing ; Song Thrush - 2 - one singing ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Chaffinch - 3 - singing ; Yellowhammer - 1 - singing ; Bullfinch - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 2 - one singing ; Pheasant - 1 - crowing cock
• Redmires Res: Greylag Goose - 14 - Inc 2 prs & 8 young ; Canada Goose - 18 - inc 3 prs with 17 young - inc fresh brood of 8 young ; Tufted Duck - 2 - on Top Res ; Ringed Plover - 2 - incl one potential sitting bird flushed by a dog off a lead ; Common Sandpiper - 2 - by Middle Res - active nest ; Moorhen - 2 - ad still sitting on eggs in willow tree by Top Res + adult on Hammonds Field ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 12 ; Black-headed Gull - 2 ; Cuckoo - 1 - Calling - chased over Top Res by Meadow Pipits
• Rivelin Valley: Mandarin - 6 - Female with 5 small ducklings scooting about chasing insects, just upstream of Wolf Wheel.
• Southgrove Road: Robin - 2 - ad feeding juv