Sightings Archive

R Don. Effingham St: Moorhen - 5 - Including 1 with a dependent chick. ; 321 - 1

Rawmarsh: Swift - 0 - none, after several days of movement to W/SW

Rawmarsh Cemetery: Green Woodpecker - 1 - calling @ 0525hrs

Redmires Res: Mallard - 41 ; Tufted Duck - 6 - on Top Res ; Little Grebe - 1 - juv on Bottom Res ; Mandarin - 1 - on Top Res ; Curlew - 2 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 25 - c. ; Black-headed Gull - 40 - c. ; Kestrel - 2 ; Swallow - 25 - flew SW ; Willow Warbler - 14 ; Spotted Flycatcher - 4 - family party by Middle Res ; Redstart - 1 - juv by Top Res ; Jay - 1

Thrybergh CP: Kingfisher - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 6 ; Grey Wagtail - 4 - Family party ; Yellow Wagtail - 2 ; Reed Warbler - 3 ; Swift - 8 ; Swallow - 4 ; Sand Martin - 12 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 3 ; Linnet - 14 ; Goldfinch - 20 ; Chaffinch - 4

Walkley garden: House Sparrow - 40+ - Very active and noisy most of day in shrubs and trees.

Wickersley: Red Kite - 2 - high over Wickersley at 14:30 towards Silverwood Lagoons

Aldwarke: Chiffchaff - 10+ - anxious pr with juvs (SK4494); 7 (SK4394) ; Magpie - 7 ; Willow Warbler - 3 - 1 juv, subsong (SK4394); 2 juv (1 subsong) (SK4494) ; Linnet - 1 - over ; Swift - 2 ; Little Grebe - 1pr+ - pair with 1+ tiny juv(s) from second brood, on pond ; Moorhen - 2+ - pair + 2 full-grown juvs ; Mallard - 2 - f/juvs ; Raven - 2 - disturbed from ground & returned to Liberty complex (presumed same as seen there earlier) ; Long-tailed Tit - 14+ - mobile flock, crossed Aldwarke Lane from Roundwood GC

Aldwarke; Liberty Steels: Raven - 2 - 1 flew over & settled on roof @ 0715hrs, then tearing at food item until 0738hrs when joined by a second bird; both left around 0755hrs ; Peregrine - 2 - 1 (m on size) on chimney & chasing FPs; a second (female) bird flew up from roof calling noisily @ 0800hrs; m returned to chimney, other bird lost from view over complex

Broomhead Moor: Red Kite - 1 ; Spotted Flycatcher - 1 - Entrance to Stone circle track

Catcliffe Flash: Grey Heron - 2 ; Black-headed Gull - 34 ; Little Grebe - 7 ; Cormorant - 2 ; Gadwall - 8 ; Great Crested Grebe - 2 - 1 immature ; Pochard - 6 ; Sand Martin - 2 ; House Martin - 2 ; Little Egret - 1

Crowhole: Grey Wagtail - 4 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; House Martin - 16+ ; Swallow - 2

Dukes Road: Cuckoo - 1 - independent juvenile disturbed from edge of path.

Ecclesall: Swift - 30 - c. flew south mid-afternoon

Foxhill: Swallow - 2+ - Shaw Hill - still active around farm

Middleton Moor: Greylag Goose - 6 ; Mallard - 8 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 670 - c. roosted ; Yellow-legged Gull - 10 - ads / near ads amongst LBBs ; Black-headed Gull - 185 - c. roosted ; Kestrel - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 11 - flew south in evening ; Swallow - 4

Millhouses: Red Kite - 1 - Flying over Button Hill

Orgreave Lakes: Black-headed Gull - 240 ; Pochard - 11 ; Tufted Duck - 150 ; Cormorant - 2 ; Great Crested Grebe - 23 ; Common Tern - 1 ; Greylag Goose - 7 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 50 ; Pied Wagtail - 5 ; Little Grebe - 7 ; Lapwing - 1 ; Swallow - 4 ; Herring Gull - 2 ; Curlew - 1 - south at 06.30 ; Little Egret - 1 ; Snipe - 1

Parkgate: Swift - 6 - over

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Chiffchaff - 2 - calling ; Blackcap - 3+ - f/juvs ; House Martin - 3 - SW together ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Swallow - 5 - noisy (family?) party heading N!? ; Willow Warbler - 1 - juv, feeding on ground in recently burnt area

R Rother, Catcliffe: Kingfisher - 1

Rawmarsh: Common Buzzard - 3 - 1 flew E to W calling @ 1455hrs; joined 2 more soaring low over High Street; single continued W, 2 drifted E

Roundwood Golf course: Green Woodpecker - 1 - calling occasionally ; Sand Martin - 1 - SW ; Bullfinch - 02-Mar - calling