Sightings Archive

Ewden Valley: Kestrel - 4 ; Swallow - 2+ - 1 pair with nest at the shooting lodge.

Kimberworth Park: 319 - 1 - over Remount Road/Grey Hill, calling

Meadowhall: Greenfinch - 03-May

Norton Lees: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Circling above top of Warminster Road

Orgreave Lakes: Linnet - 5 ; Lapwing - 2

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Tawny Owl - 1 - female calling briefly @ 2345hrs

Redmires Res: Little Grebe - 2 - Ad feeding single chick on Top Res ; Common Buzzard - 3 ; Kestrel - 1 - ad carrying food westwards ; Little Ringed Plover - 1 - on Top Res ; Common Sandpiper - 8 - 6 on Top Res & 2 flew N over Middle Res at 06:58 hrs ; Black-headed Gull - 21 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 4 ; Ring Ouzel - 1 - Flushed from bush by Bottom Res - bit early so assume a local breeder ; Curlew - 1 - alarming loudly in long grass on Roper Hill - young heard calling ; Swift - 8 - flew

RVCP, Main Lake: Whimbrel - 1 - single bird flew north ; Pied Wagtail - 1

Silverwood Lagoon: BLACK-NECKED GREBE - 06-Jul - 3-4 adults, 3 juvs. Some of independent juvs now seem to have dispersed from site.

Stanley Hill: Swallow - 10

Stubley Hollow: Swallow - 26 ; House Sparrow - 18

Thrybergh CP: Mute Swan - 33 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Cormorant - 4 ; Great Crested Grebe - 2 ; Tufted Duck - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - C40 ; Herring Gull - 4 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 ; Swift - C30 ; House Martin - 2 ; Whitethroat - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Reed Warbler - 2 ; Blackcap - 4 ; Pied Wagtail - 6 - 4 juv ; Mistle Thrush - 2 ; Kestrel - 2

Upper Ewden: Marsh Harrier - 1 - juvenile being mobbed by 2 Ravens

Bole Hill Rec: Hobby - 2 - Hobby circling over Bole Hill Park with 20+ swifts in the air. Then folded its wings into a steep dive to mob a second hobby that had joined the scene

Ecclesfield: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Low over High Street/Cross Hill junction with prey.

Norwood Allotments: Red Kite - 1 - over northwest this afternoon ; Swift - 7 - highest count for weeks, but numbers well down on last year.

Orgreave Lakes: Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - Ad ; Barn Owl - 1 - Hunting at 06:45

Rawmarsh: Common Buzzard - 1 - soaring over High Street @ 1215hrs; drifted away E

Redmires Top Res: Common Sandpiper - 3

Stanage Edge: Kestrel - 1

Stanage Edge, below: Redstart - 1

Wadsley: Swift - 16+ - Feeding over back gardens, largest number seen this year.

Aldwarke; Liberty Steels: Peregrine - 1 - soaring over, 1325-1330hrs

Castleton: Barn Owl - 1 - Hunting at bottom of Winnats Pass ; Swift - 1 - Low. Looked to be heading into eaves - probable nest site.

Chatsworth House: Oystercatcher - 2 - Pair feeding on S lawn close to house

Chatsworth, Emperor Lake: Coot - 5 - Adults with 3 young on lake

Dog Kennel Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 3 ; Cormorant - 1 - resting on tree top ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Greylag Goose - 18 ; Black-headed Gull - 3+ ; Herring Gull - 1 ; Mallard - 10+ ; Coot - 1+ ; Moorhen - 1 ; Stock Dove - 1 - singing ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Blackbird - 1 - singing ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 1+

Dore: House Martin - 8+ - Over centre of village in evening

Endcliffe Park: 319 - 1 - Mobbed by crows

Low Common: Skylark - 2+ - singing over fields of wheat and barley ; 319 - 2 - over, one calling

Loxley Valley: Common Sandpiper - 1 - flying low across Old Wheel Dam

Morehall Res: Great Crested Grebe - 3 - adults with juvenile on res.

Orgreave Lakes: Ringed Plover - 1 - adult ; Great Crested Grebe - 14 ; Sand Martin - 12 ; House Martin - 8 - Mainly collecting mud on what is left of the plains ; Swift - 6 + - several scooping water from the surface of the lake. ; Linnet - 9 ; Common Tern - 1

Oughtibridge: Yellowhammer - 1 - male with mouthful of insects.

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 2 - 1 singing ; Kestrel - 1 - circling high over ; Sparrowhawk - present - quiet calling from woodland

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Swift - c20 - circling over around 0915hrs; drifted away W/SW

Rivelin Valley: Kestrel - 3 - Adult flying with 2 juveniles over Coppice Lane .Both calling for food still.

Roundwood Golf course: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing

Spout House Hill: Golden Plover - 7 - in recently cut hayfield. ; Lapwing - 1 - recently deceased juvenile.

Thrybergh; Bluebell Wood: Common Buzzard - 1 - soaring over N end

Upper Common, Scholes: Skylark - 1+ - up and singing from wheat field

Wharncliffe Side: Pheasant - 1+ - female with several fledged juveniles in roadside verge .

Burbage Valley: Stonechat - 2 - 1 juvenile ; Kestrel - 2 - seen together