Sightings Archive

Hudson*s Rough: Bullfinch - 1 - calling

R Don, Effingham St: Yellow-legged Gull - 3 - juvs on weir ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - c80 - inc new 4cy bird ringed in Stavanger, Norway in 2015.

Rawmarsh Cemetery: Song Thrush - 1 - singing; in garden in evening ; Blackcap - 1 - singing

Redmires: Swallow - 280+ - 280+ in two vocal parties fairly high W at 21:25. Then 100+ feeding low over Fairthorn Clough area at 21:40 may have been some of the same birds.

Redmires Middle Res: Lesser Black-backed Gull - c90 - at 07:00

Redmires top Res: Lapwing - 2 - 2 juveniles

Wingfield School: Rook - 30+ - feeding on playing field with several Jackdaws

Barlow: Linnet - 2 ; Yellowhammer - 1

Chapeltown: Tawny Owl - 1 - Calling noisily in middle of night in close proximity to houses

Cinder Hills: Wren - 1 - singing ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing

Dog Kennel Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 1+ ; Greylag Goose - 10+ ; Mallard - 20+ ; Tufted Duck - 6+ ; Black-headed Gull - 7+ ; Moorhen - 1+ - Adult and juvs

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 3 - Feeding on exposed Mud. ; Mallard - 5 - Mother and 4 nearly full size ducklings. ; Lapwing - 1 - Feeding on mud ; Snipe - 1 - Feeding ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 4 - Family party ; Swallow - 50+ ; House Martin - 30+ - with Swallows. ; Blackcap - 1 - Brief burst of song. ; Chiffchaff - 2 - Singing ; 319 - 1

Longshaw: Green Woodpecker - 3 - Sheffield plantation ; Mistle Thrush - 4+ - In woods near pond ; Mandarin - 3 - Juveniles on pond with Mallards

Longshaw Lodge: Siskin - 4 - On feeders

Middle Common: Yellowhammer - 1 - singing

Morley Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 2+ - 1pr with at least 2 juvs ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 10+ ; Blackcap - 1 - singing

Norton Lees: Swift - 20+

Orgreave Lakes: Ruff - 1 - partial sp male, early morning ; Yellow-legged Gull - 2 - ad and 2nd sum

Scholes Ground: 319 - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 1 - singing ; Swift - 10+

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 8 - inc.2d3y ; Little Grebe - 1 - ad ; Mute Swan - 50 - inc.5yand 7ad left sw ; Gadwall - 3 - f2y ; Tufted Duck - 28 - 6f ; Kestrel - 4 - fam ; Little Ringed Plover - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 20+ - inc.2 juv ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - 2nd sum. ; Reed Warbler - 3 ; Blackcap - 3 - 2 singing ; Whitethroat - 6 - prob fam. ; Willow Warbler - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Tree Sparrow - 2 ; Bullfinch - 1

Upper Common, Scholes: Skylark - 3+

Walkley: Oystercatcher - 1 - nocturnal migrant heard calling heading east or south-east at 00.45

Agden: Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Swallow - 1 ; Siskin - 4

Aldwarke; Liberty Steel: Peregrine - 3 - one plucking/eating prey on chimney from 0755-0950 at least, joined briefly by 2 more birds (at least one a juv) around 0840hrs.

Bar Brook Valley: Whinchat - 1 - male carrying food

Burbage Valley: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - reeling

Canklow Woods: Common Buzzard - 2 - in the air at 13:00 ; 324 - 1 - Dark Green Fritillary - field below Boston Castle first site record

Crookes: Swift - 5

Damflask Res: 319 - 2 ; Swallow - 5 ; Greylag Goose - 14 ; Black-headed Gull - 8 ; Spotted Flycatcher - 2 - visiting nest with food ; Spotted Flycatcher - 2

Froggatt Bridge: Mandarin - 4 - adult and three near-adult juveniles ; 319 - 1

Green Moor: Little Owl - 4 - Adults and two Owlets ; Little Owl - 4 - Photo ; Little Owl - 4 - Photo

Leash Fen: Grasshopper Warbler - 3 - reeling birds

Longstone Edge: Swift - 8+ - with swallows

Longstone Moor: Tree Pipit - 1 - On northern edge

Middleton Moor: Common Sandpiper - 1 - first here this year ; Little Ringed Plover - 1 ; Lapwing - 8 ; Willow Warbler - 30+ ; Whitethroat - 3

Orgreave Lakes: Mediterranean Gull - 1 - Juvenile on Big Lake from 06:20

Parkgate Canal Basin: Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Song Thrush - 2 - inc 1 singing ; Mute Swan - 32 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - adult/near adult ; Black-headed Gull - 73 - inc 8 juvs ; Mallard - 9