Sightings Archive

Midhope Res: Meadow Pipit - c30 ; Greylag Goose - 58 ; Tufted Duck - 4 ; Pied Wagtail - 8

Midhopestones: Greenfinch - 5 - Family group incl juvs

Millhouses: Ring-necked Parakeet - 4 - Flew over Grove Tennis Club, Milhouses Lane at 0912 heading E.

Orgreave Lakes: Water Rail - 1 - Feeding around pipes at North end of main lake. ; Grey Partridge - 2 - On tip ; Greenshank - 2 - Yesterday’s bird + wind in at 08:00 ; Black-tailed Godwit - 1 - Adult briefly ; Common Tern - 6 - Inc family with 2 juvs ; 320 - 8 ; Sand Martin - 30 ; Stonechat - 1 - Juv on causeway ; Raven - 1 - Tatty bird east ; Common Gull - 1 - North ; Common Gull - 1 - North

Owler Bar: Swallow - 12 - Some juvs being fed by adult ; Kestrel - 1

Redmires Res: Tufted Duck - 5 - on Top Res ; Little Grebe - 1 - fledged juv on Top Res ; Kestrel - 1 ; Curlew - 2 ; Black-headed Gull - 82 - on Top Res - mostly off SW ; Common Gull - 1 - ad arrived from SE at 08:40 hrs ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 40 - c. on Top Res ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - ad with LBBs ; Herring Gull - 2 - with LBBs ; Moorhen - 1 - ad on Top Res ; Swallow - 60 - c. mostly gathered on Soughley Lane ; Whitethroat - 3 - family party by Bottom Res ; Willow Warbler - 8 - c. ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 4 ; House Martin - 2 ; Sand Martin - 1 - with Swallows

Redmires Top Res: Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - adult ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Common Gull - 3 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 15+

RVCP, Main Lake: Whooper Swan - 1 - still

Thrybergh CP: Little Egret - 1 - Present early morning ; Grey Heron - 4 ; Peregrine - 1 - Adult flew north 0905

Totley: Swift - 5 ; Swallow - 1

Totley Moor: 319 - 1 ; Raven - 1 ; Swallow - 15 ; House Martin - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 2

Underbank Res: Little Ringed Plover - 3

Canklow Woods: Chiffchaff - 2+ ; Blackcap - 1 - calling ; Common Buzzard - 1 - W ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - over

Ecclesall: Swift - 35 - c. circling overhead early evening

Ecclesfield Park: House Martin - 12

Endcliffe Park: Swift - 4

Foxhill, Shaw Hill: House Martin - 2 ; Swallow - 2 ; Swift - 2 ; House Sparrow - 2

Green Moor: Yellowhammer - 3 - Pair and juvenile in garden, adult feeding juvenile

Ibbotson*s Dam: Kingfisher - 1

Linacre Res: Tufted Duck - 1+ - a female with 3 small young

Middleton Moor: Yellow-legged Gull - 5 - Adults/near adults ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 280 ; Redstart - 1 - Juv on fence from track to hide ; Little Ringed Plover - 1 ; Ruff - 2 - Winter plumage male and juvenile

Nether Green: Swift - 15

Orgreave Lakes: Shelduck - 1 - Left east ; Greenshank - 1 - In at 06:35 ; Water Rail - 1 - Flushed from path by small reedbed ; Common Gull - 2 - Adults north

Redmires Res: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 100 - in fields pre-roost ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - ad with LBBs ; Little Grebe - 1 - fledged juv on Top Res

RVCP, Main Lake: Greenshank - 1

Thrybergh CP: Mandarin - 1f ; Pied Wagtail - 6 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 ; Swift - 20 ; House Martin - 10 ; Blackcap - 4 ; Whitethroat - 5 ; Greenfinch - 40+ - Nice mixed flock bellow dam may be a sign of good breeding season ; Goldfinch - 60+ ; Linnet - 12 ; Chaffinch - 4 ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Kestrel - 2 ; Lapwing - 16

Walkley garden: Wren - 4 - 2 Adults feeding confident young

Whiteley Woods: Bullfinch - 2 ; Grey Wagtail - 1

Cross Hill,Ecclesfield: Swift - 7 - Drifting south at 07:45

Dore: House Martin - 4 - Feeding overhead briefly at 20:00