Sightings Archive

Stanage Edge, below: Swallow - 8

Thrybergh: Raven - 3 - Flying over high calling NW>SE Direction.

Upper Common, Scholes: Yellowhammer - 1 - male

Endcliffe Crescent, Broomhill: Sparrowhawk - at least 3 - extremely vocal and visible in the grounds of Birkdale School's Johnson Building. At least 2 imms were flying around and calling. A further individual may have been a parent.

Green Moor: Little Owl - 4 - 1 adult & 3 owlets this morning, all doing well

Orgreave Lakes: Wood Sandpiper - 2 - circled twice at 07:00 then lost ; Common Tern - 1 - south ; Curlew - 1 ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Little Egret - 2

Rotherham; Broom Valley: Swift - 0 - none seen over traditional nesting areas - failed breeding and/or early departure?

Shepherd Wheel: Chiffchaff - 1

Whiteley Woods: Dipper - 1

Bradwell: 319 - 3 ; Grey Wagtail - 1

Nether Green: Tawny Owl - 3 - 1 serenading drinkers behind The Rising Sun, two others calling in the distance

Redmires: Red Kite - 1 - reported at Redmires/Fairthorn at 10:10 ; Crossbill - 10+ - Stanage path by cleared area at 10:00. One juvenile seen. ; Merlin - 1 - flew the length of White Stones W-E.

Redmires Middle Res: Lapwing - 55

Redmires Top Res: Crossbill - 2 - male and female feeding in conifers at bottom of Stanage Pole track

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 7 - inc pr+3y ; Little Grebe - 2 - ad ; Cormorant - 2 - aj ; Mute Swan - 63 - inc 3y+2y ; Canada Goose - 36 ; Gadwall - 4 - f 3j ; Shoveler - 3 - f/j ; 320 - 6 - in from e circled then w ; Pochard - 1 - m ; Tufted Duck - 33 ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 70+ ; Swift - 2 ; Swallow - 4 - past s 2-1-1 ; Blackcap - 3 ; Reed Warbler - 4 - + prob jv call in r/bed ; Whitethroat - 3 ; Willow Warbler - 3 - singing low ; Chiffchaff - 11 ; Goldfinch - 80+ - inc. flocks 50+20+

Abney Moor: 319 - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Raven - 2

Aldwarke: Raven - 1 - on roof of industrial unit before leaving NE calling @ 0615hrs; heard calling subsequently but not relocated

Aldwarke; Liberty Steel: Peregrine - 1 - adult on chimney & 'toying' with FP flock ; Stock Dove - 4+

Baslow: Tawny Owl - 1 - Freshly dead road casualty by A623 Baslow to Calver

Botanical Gardens: Swift - 20

Brough: 321 - 1

Burbage Valley: Swallow - 3 ; Meadow Pipit - 2+ ; Stonechat - 3+ - Male and 2+ juveniles ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Whinchat - 2 - juveniles

Chapeltown: Swallow - 5 - 4+1 south 16:00-17:00

Grange Park Golf Course: 319 - 1 ; Woodpigeon - 4+ - singing ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - calling ; Wren - 1+ ; Robin - 1+ ; Blackbird - 1+ ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - singing ; Whitethroat - 1 - calling ; Coal Tit - 1+ ; Blue Tit - 1+ ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Jay - 4+ ; Magpie - 6+ ; Chaffinch - 1+ ; Goldfinch - 1+ ; Bullfinch - 1+ - calls

Midhope: HONEY BUZZARD - 1 - south through Midhope, Ewden Heights and Agden Side at 11:35

Millhouses: Tawny Owl - Pair calling

Norton Lees: Long-tailed Tit - 6+ - Family feeding on fat balls - observer’s garden

Parkgate Canal Basin: Mute Swan - 28 ; Mallard - 23 ; Black-headed Gull - c70 - inc 18 juvs ; Whitethroat - 1 ; Stock Dove - 1 ; Whitethroat - 1 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 - near-ads ; Herring Gull - 1 - 3cy

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Tree Pipit - 1 - low to W/SW calling @ 0618hrs ; Bullfinch - 3 - W ; Cormorant - 1 - E/NE @ 0658hrs ; Pied Wagtail - 7 - 6 + 1 'alba' wagtails NE ; Blackcap - 1+ - calling ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - SW ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - over ; Sparrowhawk - 1+ - fledged juvs calling from woodland, harassed by MGs

Rawmarsh; Barber*s Avenue: Swift - c20 - feeding over playing fields

Roundwood Golf course: Bullfinch - 2 ; Jay - 1 ; Goldcrest - 1 - calling ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - calling

Shatton: 319 - 1

Stubley Hollow: Goldfinch - 39 ; Yellowhammer - 7