Sightings Archive

Middleton Moor: Sand Martin - 80 - c. gathered over No. 4 lagoon this evening before roosting in reedbed ; Swallow - 2 - with Sand Martins - roosted in reedbed ; Wheatear - 1 - juv flushed from main track ; 324 - 1 - Roe Deer - young one close to hide again

Norfolk Park: Swift - 1 - flying overhead

Thrybergh CP: Oystercatcher - 2 ; Lapwing - 10 ; Lesser Whitethroat - 3+ - Family party ; Reed Warbler - 6+

Walkworth Wood: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - adult foraging/feeding on dead tree E of steps ; Long-tailed Tit - 1+ ; Blue Tit - 1+ ; Great Tit - 1+ ; Nuthatch - 1+ - calls

Aldwarke; Liberty Steels: Cormorant - 1 - N/NE ; Peregrine - 1 - calls heard, then bird on chimney briefly before circling over melting shop & disappearing ; Raven - 1 - left to SW calling @ 0820hrs; circled over Eastwood several times before heading S

Barrow Hill: Red Kite - 1 - over main road

Bowden Housteads Wood: Sand Martin - 11 - High SE at 17:09

Dukes Road: Hobby - 2 - adult and first summer catching Northern Eggars most of afternoon, even in heavy showers.

Ecclesall Road: Swift - 1 - screaming low over houses opposite Berkley Centre

Flint Hill: Golden Plover - 5 - 5 adults and a flying fledged juv.

Fulwood garden: House Sparrow - 16 - at least three family groups around feeders

Green Moor: Goldfinch - 10+ - Many juveniles, bred , here with juv Tree Sparrow- also bred

Greystones: Swift - 13 - Over observer's garden

Manor: House Martin - 8 - Small nesting colony, Reynald Rd, which has nested over a number of years ; Swift - 4 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 4 ; Starling - 20

Margery Hill: WHITE-TAILED EAGLE - 13:25 - in flight briefly 13:25

Markham Vale: Reed Warbler - 4 - singing ; Sedge Warbler - 4 - 2 pairs - one ad carrying nest material + another carrying food ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - reeling ; Reed Bunting - 2 - pairs in reedbed ; Garden Warbler - 1 - singing ; Kestrel - 1 - male ; Blackcap - 1 - male singing

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Blackcap - 2 - singing ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - W ; Chiffchaff - 2 - 1 singing ; House Martin - 2 - presumed local breeders, feeding over woodland ; Long-tailed Tit - 10+ - fledged, independent juvs ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - flew into woodland from SW, probably carrying prey

Pike Lowe, Midhope: Red Kite - 1

Poolsbrook CP: 322 - 1 - Chiloe Wigeon ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 - ad sat on nest ; Reed Warbler - 2 - singing on nature reserve ; Blackcap - 3 - singing

Poolsbrook Marsh: Grey Heron - 1 - imm ; Reed Warbler - 8 - singing ; Sedge Warbler - 2 - pair in traditional spot at back of main pool - virtually silent throughout ; Garden Warbler - 2 - singing ; Blackcap - 3 - singing ; Reed Bunting - 6 - 3 pairs in suitable breeding habitat ; Song Thrush - 2 - singing ; Willow Tit - 4 - family party at back of main pool ; Willow Warbler - 2 - singing ; Whitethroat - 2 - singing ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - sang briefly

Rawmarsh: Greenfinch - 1 - singing; Rockcliffe Road

Roundwood Golf course: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Stock Dove - 2 - pair, feeding on fairway ; Goldcrest - 1 - in tit flock ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Pied Wagtail - 2 - fledged, independent juvs feeding on greens ; Little Ringed Plover - 1 - in flight; called several times but not located ; Coal Tit - 2 - inc 1 singing

West Wood, Tankersley: Sedge Warbler - 1 - singing

Westwood CP: Garden Warbler - 4 - One adult with 3 fledglings

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Pied Flycatcher - 3+ - 2 males singing briefly and female ; Woodpigeon - 5+ - one incubating on nest ; Tree Pipit - 4+ - one singing, another alarming near 2 recently fledged juveniles to the south of grazing pond ; Blackbird - 8+ - juv seen, one seen food carrying ; Nuthatch - 10+ - at least 2 family groups post fledging ; Tawny Owl - 1 - flew off from tree to the north of heath ; Blackcap - 5 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 4 ; Coal Tit - 5 - including at least 3 juvs

Agden Rocher: Rook - c150 - multiple family groups feeding together in sheep fields.

Cinder Bridge Road: Kestrel - 1 - over

Gleadless: Red Kite - 2 - Circling over Charnock playing fields then drifted NE ; Garden Warbler - 1 - Singing briefly in the hedgerow on Carter Hall Lane

Green Moor: Lapwing - 23+ - In field together

Hathersage: Swift - 14 - party screaming low around houses just S of swimming pool and entering nest sites under eaves

Ibbotson Wheel Dam: Mallard - 8 - Female and full brood of 7 half-grown young

Middleton Moor: Shelduck - 2+ - pr with 6 young ; Oystercatcher - 2 - copulating ; Lapwing - 59 ; Pheasant - 2 - males ; Redstart - 1 - male ; 324 - 1 - Male roe deer grazing by lagoon

Onesmoor: Red-legged Partridge - 8 - Adult with 7 small chicks.

Parkgate; Greasbrough Road: Raven - 1 - low to NW @ c1300hrs

Parkwood Springs: Skylark - 1 - Singing above the landfill site where the grassland is not so disturbed

R Don, Effingham St: Canada Goose - 13 - 4 Half grown chick's. One almost fully grown.7 Adults. ; Little Egret - 2 - One seen to eat a Minnow. ; Little Egret - 2 ; Grey Wagtail - 4 - adult and 3 Juvs.

Rawmarsh: Greenfinch - 3 - inc 1 singing