Sightings Archive

Redmires Res: Little Grebe - 1 - ad on Middle Res ; Tufted Duck - 3 - male + female with well-grown juv ; Mallard - 14 ; Long-eared Owl - 1 - ad hunting along road by Top Res at 07:40hrs ; Oystercatcher - 1 - in fields ; Lapwing - 10 - in fields ; Curlew - 1 - juv still present fields ; Kestrel - 2 ; Nuthatch - 2 ; Willow Warbler - 28 - including around 20 flushed by a LEO ; Chiffchaff - 2 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 8 ; Herring Gull - 3 ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - juv flew W ; Long-tailed Tit - 25 - flushed by a LEO on Top Res ; Spotted Flycatcher - 4 - family party by Top Res ; Chiffchaff - 3 ; Swallow - 25 - c.

Slatepit Lane: Little Owl - 1

Stony Ridge: Barn Owl - 1 - between there and Fox House

Thrybergh CP: Grey Heron - 2 ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Reed Warbler - 3 ; Swift - 10 ; Swallow - 6 ; Sand Martin - 4 ; House Martin - 8 ; Lesser Whitethroat - 2 ; Kingfisher - 1 ; 319 - 3 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Common Tern - 2

Walkley: Swift - 10+ - Circling over Greenhow/Fir Street at dusk in increasing numbers.

Ecclesall: Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 - flew N calling at 07:35 hrs - an overdue garden tick (overjoyed would be an understatement)

Millhouses: Swift - c 28 - Screaming parties over at 20:00.

near Ringinglow: Grey Partridge - c5 - Adult plus several small young, in field where breeding previously found in 2021.

Pit-house West: Water Rail - 1 - calling Bittern Pool ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Reed Warbler - 1 - still singing

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Swift - 9 - S/SW @ 0925hrs

Redmires Res: Swallow - 80 - c. feeding over Middle Res

Sothall: Oystercatcher - 1 - nocmig sound recorded over garden 0015hr

Tyzack*s Dam: Grey Heron - 7 - Loafing on the bank presumably having fed well with easy pickings from what’s left of the water in the dam.

Agden Rocher: Red Kite - 2 ; Stonechat - 5 - Adults and young flitting between fence posts.

Blue Man*s Bower: Greenfinch - 3 - over ; Mallard - 1 - W ; Reed Bunting - 2

Catcliffe Flash: Mute Swan - 1pr+ - #NAME? ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 - adult ; Tufted Duck - 2 ; Pochard - 5 - 3m; 2f ; Mallard - 50-60 ; Gadwall - 70-80 ; Coot - 31 - few juvs ; Chiffchaff - 2 - 1 singing ; Little Grebe - 7+ - adults (inc 1 on nest; 1 carrying nest material; 2prs feeding single, dependent juvs) + 3+ independent juvs. ; Moorhen - 8 - 4 adults + 4 independent juvs ; Cormorant - 3

Higger Tor: Whinchat - 1 ; Stonechat - 5 - family party ; Peregrine - 1 - female headed low W

Hutcliffe Wood Cemetery: Green Woodpecker - I - Juv feeding on lawns near crematorium

R Don, Stevenson Rd: Sand Martin - 30+ - feeding low and drinking from river and sitting on 'phone wires

Ringinglow: Hobby - 1 - headed low W

Tankersley: House Martin - c40 - incl juvs ; Sand Martin - 1 ; Swift - 2 ; Swallow - 3 ; Bullfinch - 1 - Juvenile ; Lapwing - 5 - All juvs

Treeton colliery tip: Chiffchaff - 10+ - calling from scrub ; Yellowhammer - 2 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 1 - brief, hesitant song

Treeton SF: Common Buzzard - 1+ - adult circling over calling, answered by 1-2 calling juvs from woodland to NE ; Swallow - 30-40 - inc many juvs, feeding over filters ; Pied Wagtail - c25 - mostly juvs, feeding on filters ; Grey Wagtail - 6 - inc 1 male & several juvs, feeding on filters ; Linnet - 1 - over

Treeton; Spa House Farm: Kestrel - 1 ; Starling - c60 - post-breeding flock, feeding on pasture ; Linnet - 6 - flew up from field onto wires

Ulley Brook Bog: Linnet - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 4+ - calling ; Mallard - 1 - SE ; Moorhen - 1 - calling ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - calling ; Goldfinch - 9 - flock ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - calling from roadside trees ; Greylag Goose - c50 - noisy flock flew over from SE (Ulley CP?), circled area & returned

Wadsley Common: Barn Owl - 1 - Over field to west of Aldene Ave, caught on trail cam

Aldwarke; Liberty Steels: Peregrine - 2 - one sat on chimney for some time before joined by a second

Calver: Mandarin - 8 - 5 and 3 along leat between weir and mill, mostly imms

Catcliffe Flash: Little Grebe - 2 ; Pochard - 5 ; Cormorant - 2 ; Greylag Goose - 2 ; Tufted Duck - 2 ; Black-headed Gull - 2