Sightings Archive

Midhope Res: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 3 - flew NW ; Siskin - 1+ ; Tufted Duck - 4 ; Linnet - 11 - Single group with juvs ; House Martin - 5 ; Kestrel - 2 ; Sand Martin - 1 ; Herring Gull - 2 - flew NW

Rawmarsh: Swift - 2+ - light but steady W/SW movement noted

Redmires Res: Yellow-legged Gull - 2 - ads ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 70 - c. ; Black-headed Gull - 45 - c.

Redmires Top Res: Yellow-legged Gull - 3 - adult and 2 x 2cy ; Herring Gull - 8 - including a bird of the year ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 66 ; Black-headed Gull - 40 ; Crossbill - 5 - flew into top plantation

Rivelin Valley: House Martin - 7 - Over Tofts Lane late afternoon

Underbank Res: Little Ringed Plover - 2 ; Mandarin - 1

Upperdale: Spotted Flycatcher - 1 - Flycatching upstream of bridge

Walkley garden: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 - Pair settled briefly at top of silver birch

Aldwarke: Bullfinch - 1pr ; Long-tailed Tit - 14+ - flock in dense buddleia scrub ; Linnet - 7 ; Common Buzzard - 2 - singles ; Kestrel - 2 - hunting ; Willow Warbler - 2 - juv with LT flock (SK4494); 1, in hesitant song (SK4394) ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 5 - inc 1 singing briefly ; Little Grebe - 4 - full-grown, independent juvs on pond ; Moorhen - 1 - independent juv

Aldwarke; Liberty Steels: Peregrine - 2 - 1cy fem still present to 0945hrs, joined by a second on adjacent chimney, probably male

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 2 ; Moorhen - 2 ; Mallard - 20+ ; Black-headed Gull - 3 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - Adult over high. ; Grey Heron - 1 - Over. ; 319 - 1 - Soaring over farmland. ; Kestrel - 3 - Family party. ; Swift - 4 ; Swallow - 20+ ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - Yaffling, first record for some time. ; Yellowhammer - 1 - Singing Male. ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Reed Warbler - 1 - Juvs in Reed bed. ; Blackbird - 4 - Chicks in nest ; Stock Dove - 2 ; Linnet - 6+

Middleton Moor: Greylag Goose - 6 ; Mallard - 5 ; 320 - 6 ; Black-tailed Godwit - 1 - ad in summer plumage amongst gulls ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 135 - c. ; Yellow-legged Gull - 7 - ads amongst LBBs ; Black-headed Gull - 240 - c. ; Common Gull - 1 - ad with BHGs

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Chiffchaff - 1 - calling ; House Martin - 3 - feeding over woodland ; Swift - 6 - SW ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - adult, SW ; Greenfinch - 1 - f/juv

Roundwood Golf course: Canada Goose - 18 - N/NW @ 0712hrs ; Peregrine - 1 - 1cy female low over @ 0715hrs, then up onto chimney, Liberty Steels

Cross Hill Ecclesfield: Wren - 2+ - 2 juvs.at least contact calls on obs.garden.

Foxhill, Shaw Hill: Swift - 1 ; House Sparrow - c20 - Local population thriving

Loxley Valley: Dipper - 1 - juvenile near weir for Wisewood Forge Dam

Midhope Res: Mandarin - 2 - 2 juvs ; Tree Pipit - 1 - South 8.30 ; Meadow Pipit - c40 ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Siskin - c15 - incl several juvs, first decent group seen so far ; Linnet - c20 - incl several juvs ; Goldfinch - c10 ; House Martin - c25 ; Swallow - c20 ; Swift - 1 ; 319 - 2 - Interacting calls, thought to be juv and adult ; Kestrel - 2 ; Yellowhammer - 1 - singing ; Little Grebe - 8 - 8 adults ; Tufted Duck - 8 - incl 2 grown juvs ; Starling - 18 - 18 east ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 3 - 2 west, 1 east

Morley Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 4 ; Mute Swan - 6 - 316 and 035 still with 4 juvs. One adult taking insects ?from grass/reeds at N edge. ; Moorhen - 3+ - at least 1 family party ; Coot - 1+ - at least 1 family party ; Mallard - 10+ ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - feeding high in beech ; Swallow - 1+

Orgreave Lakes: Redshank - 3 ; Oystercatcher - 1 ; Yellow Wagtail - 2 - Ad and juv ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - Carrying faecal sack on east side ; Red Kite - 1 - East at 07:00 ; Barn Owl - 1 - Hunting at 07:10 ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - Juv on tip