Sightings Archive

Rawmarsh; Stubbin incline: Bullfinch - 2+ - calling ; Swift - 12 - over adjacent pea field ; Common Buzzard - 1 - possibly same bird as cemetery record

Redmires Top Res: Common Gull - 1 - adult ; Herring Gull - 8 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 70 ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - 2 cy bird ; Tufted Duck - 5 ; Moorhen - 1 ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Curlew - 1 - agitated calls - young nearby?

Rivelin Valley: Mallard - 27 - one with 3 new chicks ; Dipper - 1 - Juvenile ; Mandarin - 1 - Female at Rivelin Corn Mill ; Moorhen - 1 - Juvenile

Silver Wood: Green Woodpecker - 1 - near railway line pond at 09.20

Storrs: Little Owl - 2 - 1 on fence, another calling nearby (unseen)

Swine Sty: Carrion Crow - 1 ; Linnet - 3+ - flying over in flock ; Meadow Pipit - 4+ - in bracken beside Bar Brook, one down beside the brook for a drink ; Kestrel - 1 - hover hunting over moor

White Edge: Wheatear - 2 - juvenile ; Whitethroat - 1 - male, perching on bracken and flying at Wheatear driving it off rock where it was perched ; Stonechat - 2 ; Blackbird - 7 ; Meadow Pipit - 1+ ; Wren - 1 ; Woodpigeon - 1

White Edge Moor: Swallow - c10 - at least 4 young perched on barbed wire fence being fed by adults

Ecclesfield: 324 - 1 - Jersey Tiger this morning.

Middleton Moor: Cuckoo - 1 - an independent juv ; Ruff - 0 - not seen today ; Bullfinch - 1 - a juv feasting on under-ripe blackberries ; Whitethroat - 2 ; Blackcap - 1 ; Redstart - 1 ; Swallow - 12 - moving through SW ; Whimbrel - 5 - Dropped in for 30 mins at 9am-left heading South West ; Redstart - 1 - Juvinile on fence post near hide ; Cuckoo - 1 - On fence post near Stile/road ; Reed Warbler - 1 - Singing in reed bed

Orgreave Lakes: Greenshank - 2 - Still present ; Redshank - 1 ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Wood Sandpiper - 1 - Juv briefly on island mid-morning ; Little Ringed Plover - 1 - Adult ; Tufted Duck - 135 - Noticeable increase ; Yellow Wagtail - 3 - On causeway ; Water Rail - 1 - Calling near outlet ; Common Tern - 4 - Family group of 2 ad and 2 juvs

Rawmarsh: Swift - c100 - wheeling over after rain @ 1100hrs; drifted away W/SW

Redmires Res: Little Grebe - 1 - on Top Res ; Tufted Duck - 6 - on Top Res ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 55 - c. ; Black-headed Gull - 70 - c. mostly SW ; Common Gull - 2 - ads flew SW ; Common Buzzard - 1 ; Spotted Flycatcher - 2 - ads at nest site by Bottom Res - alarming at Common Buzzard ; Curlew - 1 ; Swallow - 20 - c.

Thrybergh CP: Mediterranean Gull - 1 - adult ; Grey Heron - 2 ; Mandarin - 1F ; Black-headed Gull - 150+ ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 8 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Whitethroat - 5 ; Reed Warbler - 3 ; Swift - 20 ; Sand Martin - 6 ; Swallow - 2 ; Kestrel - 2 ; 319 - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Mediterranean Gull - 1

Chatsworth Park: Pied Wagtail - 2 - Pair adults carrying material to unusual nest site

Dore: House Martin - 2 - Feeding over Kerwin Dv

Effingham Street: Yellow-legged Gull - 1 ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1

Foxhill, Shaw Hill: Swallow - 3 ; House Martin - 2 ; House Sparrow - c25 ; Blue Tit - 2 ; Bullfinch - 1 - Calling. Rare here

Grange Golf Course: Long-tailed Tit - 20 - Flew across fairway with a few other Blue/Great Tits, warblers and Nuthatch

High Green: Swift - c20

Langsett Res: Oystercatcher - 3 - Adult and two well grown juvs ; Great Crested Grebe - 1

Middleton Moor: Ruff - 1 - Juvenile still present ; Redstart - 1 - Juv again on fence line ; Willow Warbler - 3 ; Linnet - 10 - Family parties ; Reed Warbler - 1 - Still singing

Midhope Res: Starling - 16 - flew NW ; Linnet - c40 ; Swallow - 9 ; Little Grebe - 7 ; 319 - 2 ; Willow Warbler - 01-Feb ; Peregrine - 1 - Juv, failed attack on Linnet/Meadow Pip