Sightings Archive

Stannington garden: 324 - 1 - Fritillary butterfly. Alighted briefly only. Likely Dark green. First seen in 30 years here.

Thrybergh Cemetery: Little Owl - 1 - Adult on grave stone at 11.00 AM.

Attercliffe: Peregrine - 1 - juv low past Bernard Road incinerator building.

Barbrook Valley: Whinchat - 3 - Adult male and two independent juveniles. ; Stonechat - 4 - Adult male and three independent juveniles. ; Raven - 1 - over ; Linnet - 4 ; Meadow Pipit - 4 - juveniles ; 324 - 67 - Red Deer

Broomhill: Song Thrush - 1 - Smashing a snail shell on a paved drive on Manchester Rd.

Dunston, Chesterfield: Red Kite - 1 - over, per DOS

Endcliffe Park: Dipper - 1 - by Hunters Bar at 7:25

Hollinsend Park: Pied Wagtail - 10 - on fields and Bowling green at 07:25.

Jaunty Park: Black-headed Gull - 11 - adults on field 07:40. ; Mistle Thrush - 4 ; Swift - 10 ; Pied Wagtail - 2 ; Blackcap - 2

Lower Walkley & Malin Bridge: Peregrine - 1 - noisy adult persistently mobbing a Common Buzzard high overhead at midday ; Common Buzzard - 1

Meersbrook Park: 319 - 1 - Circling over & calling

R Don, Norfolk Bridge: Lesser Black-backed Gull - c120 - inc 2 fresh independent juvs, same date as first juvs last year. ; Common Gull - 1 - 2cy ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - Juvenile tonight

Rivelin Valley: Kestrel - 4 - 4 newly fledged young on Tofts Lane near Oak Farm ; Kestrel - 4 - another photo

Stubley Hollow: Red-legged Partridge - 1 ; 319 - 2 ; Swallow - 20 ; House Martin - 7 ; Swift - 4 ; Blackcap - 2

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 9 - inc.pr 3y ; Cormorant - 1 ; Mute Swan - 51 - inc.5y ; Gadwall - 6 - f5y ; Tufted Duck - 12 - 4f ; Goosander - 3 - f/jv in from s low over water past n 0838 ; Kestrel - 1+ - call from cover ; Moorhen - 3 ; Coot - 79 - inc.6pr with y.(8-8-6-3-2-1) ; Swift - 50+ - high ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing

Botanical Gardens: Jay - 3 - 3 juvs

Canklow: Blackcap - 3 - Singing, 2 by river , 1 near railway lines AMG works 04.20. ; Wren - 1 - Singing ; Song Thrush - 1 - Singing

Crosspool: Swift - 5 - Flying between houses and visiting possible nest site on Selbourne Rd.

Endcliffe Park: Swift - 1+ - calling sounds from eaves of house in Rustlings Road

Green Moor: Little Owl - 1 - Juvenile

Hangingwater, Oakbrook Road: Swift - !+ - one entering under eaves in traditional site with calling from within

Hollinsend Park: Pied Wagtail - 3 - on fields 07:30 ; Starling - 50+ - single flock on fields. ; Swift - 4 ; Black-headed Gull - 7 - adults on fields 17:35

Jaunty Park: Pied Wagtail - 4 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Swift - 3 ; Black-headed Gull - 4 - adults on field at 07:45

Meersbrook Park: Mistle Thrush - 2 ; Jay - 2

Middleton Moor: Curlew - 8 ; Curlew - 8 ; Lapwing - 7 ; 320 - 1 ; 321 - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 1 - Juv in bushes on path to hide

Midhope Res: 320 - 1+ - fem + 3 ducklings (down from 5+)

R Don, Norfolk Bridge: Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - adult on weir in evening ; Black-headed Gull - c150 - inc at least 8 juvs ; Herring Gull - 8 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - c120 - inc 2cy ringed last year in a colony in Nordland, Norway.

R Rother, Renishaw: Mandarin - 4 - female and 3 well grown young

Ravenfield: Barn Owl - 1

Redmires Top Res: Curlew - 2

Rotherham Centre; Westgate: Kestrel - 1 - hunting

Weston Park: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - Over west ; Goldcrest - 1 - Singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 4 ; Coal Tit - 1 - With long tailed tits ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Nuthatch - 1 - Calling ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Chaffinch - 1 - Singing male

Whitwell Moor: Golden Plover - 31

Aldwarke: Stock Dove - 1 ; Sand Martin - 1 ; Swift - c20 ; House Martin - c10 ; Swallow - 2 ; Mistle Thrush - 2 ; Linnet - 12 - inc 2 singing ; Willow Warbler - 1 - brief song ; Long-tailed Tit - 5+ ; Raven - 1 - calling from derelict machinery before leaving NE @ 0835hrs (record shot)

Centenary Riverside: Song Thrush - 6 - inc 1 singing ; Reed Warbler - 4+ - inc 1 singing & 2+ fledged juvs ; Bullfinch - 3 - 1pr + 1f ; Stock Dove - 3 - 1 + 2 over