Sightings Archive

Parkgate Canal Basin: Chiffchaff - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 21 ; Mallard - 1

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Willow Warbler - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - W ; Greenfinch - 3 - SW ; Swallow - 1 - feeding over ; House Martin - 4 - 2 feeding over, 2 E ; Bullfinch - 2 - left E ; Mistle Thrush - 4 - E

Rawmarsh: Tawny Owl - 1 - calling around 2220hrs

Redmires Middle Res: Yellow Wagtail - 2 - over W at 19:30 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 41 ; Yellow-legged Gull - 2 - adult and 3cy

Roundwood Golf course: Coal Tit - 1

Silverwood Lagoon: Raven - 1 - west at 08.00

Thrybergh CP: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 - adult + colour ringed 3cy, ringed as chick on 13/07/2016 at Håholmen, Askøy, Hordaland, Norway ; Hobby - 1 - low to N then W @ 0935hrs ; Great Crested Grebe - 7 - 4a,3j ; Little Grebe - 2 - ad ; Cormorant - 4 ; Mute Swan - 53 - inc.3j,2j ; Gadwall - 7 - 3m,4f ; Tufted Duck - 66 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - over e ; Swift - 1 ; Sand Martin - 100 ; Swallow - 40 ; House Martin - 300+ - large hirundine flock again ; Robin - 17 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Blackcap - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 12 - 1sing ; Long-tailed Tit - 6+ ; Treecreeper - 1 - call ; Goldfinch - 100+ - flock feeding on seed heads most teazle ; Reed Bunting - 4 ; Grey Heron - 1 - noisy jv flying around

Walkley: Sparrowhawk - 1

Bernard Road: Peregrine - 2 - Sheltering from rain on incinerator building

Burngreave Cemetery: Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 - calling from a tree near cemetery boundary

Five Weirs Walk: Sand Martin - 80+ - Minimum 50 birds at Stevenson Rd, including 29 on wires & some still visiting nest holes. Minimum 30 birds at Salmon Pastures, different to ones at Stevenson Rd. ; House Martin - 5 - At Stevenson Road, with Sand Martins ; Swallow - 1 - At Stevenson Road, with Sand Martins ; Chiffchaff - 9+ - Minimum 9 callings birds between Stevenson Rd & Salmon Pastures ; Blackcap - 3 - 3 calling birds between Stevenson Rd & Salmon Pastures

Norton Lees: Blue Tit - 7+ - Feeding on fatballs ; Long-tailed Tit - 5+ - Feeding on fatballs in observer’s garden

Orgreave Lakes: Black Tern - 1 - Straight through, early morning

R Don, Effingham St: Grey Heron - 1 - on weir ; Kingfisher - 1 - just below weir

Redmires Res: Greylag Goose - 2 ; Mallard - 32 ; Shoveler - 3 - on Bottom Res - scarce here ; Kestrel - 3 ; Common Buzzard - 2 - drifted E - local birds ; Yellow-legged Gull - 2 - adult + 3 CY bird amongst LBB's ; Herring Gull - 1 - juv amongst LBB's ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 82 ; Black-headed Gull - 11 ; Common Gull - 1 - 2 CY left to NE ; Chiffchaff - 3 - #NAME? ; Willow Warbler - 1 - by Bottom Res ; Blackcap - 2 - by works ; Whinchat - 1 - juv arrived from NE at 08:30 - dropped into bushes by Bottom Res and continued W shortly after ; Wheatear - 7 - on Roper Hill - included 2 which arrived from the NE ; Meadow Pipit - 30 - c. post-breeding flock by Bottom Res ; Crossbill - 2 ; Swallow - 46 - flew SW in 2 hrs ; House Martin - 2 - SW ; Yellow Wagtail - 4 - flew S/SE in 2 hours (2,1,1) ; Tree Pipit - 9 - flew SW in 2 hours (1,1,2,1,1,2,1) ; Grey Wagtail - 3 - flew S/SE ; Linnet - 8 - flew SW ; Goldfinch - 7 - flew SW

Silverwood Lagoon: Barn Owl - 1 - over Hollings Lane meadows at first light ; Little Egret - 1 - in south-east corner of lagoon then flew east at 06.30 ; Gadwall - 7 ; Coot - c.25 ; Little Grebe - 12+ ; Moorhen - 6 ; Mute Swan - 1pr ; Black-headed Gull - 20 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - adult ; Linnet - 8 ; Reed Warbler - 6 - still a few calling in phragmites ; Reed Bunting - 10 ; Long-tailed Tit - c.40 - three flocks ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Tree Pipit - 1 - south at 07.50 ; Jackdaw - 4 - party flew SW ; Grey Partridge - 2 ; Jay - 5 ; Chiffchaff - 2 - singing ; Stock Dove - 4 ; Kestrel - 2 ; 319 - 2 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Swallow - 2