Sightings Archive

Moorland Fringe: Nightjar - 7+ - Another photo

Morley Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 2 ; Mute Swan - 7 - Colour ringed parents,male red,female yellow,resting on grass with 5 juvs ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Mallard - 10+ ; Tufted Duck - 3+ ; Moorhen - 1+ ; Coot - 1+ ; Black-headed Gull - 7 ; Swift - 2+ ; Blackbird - 1 - singing ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Chaffinch - 1 - singing

R Don, Attercliffe: Mallard - 1+ - Female with 2 small chicks just W of Newhall Road bridge ; Sand Martin - 6 - Feeding over river just W of Newhall Road bridge ; Kingfisher - 1 - Flew upstream past Newhall Road bridge ; Mallard - 28 - Between Newhall Road and Hawke St, including 5 well-grown imms ; Moorhen - 6+ - 3 pairs with one juv each between Newhall Road and Hawke St ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - Males gathering food between Newhall Road and Hawke St, c.800m apart ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - Male gathering insects from aquatic plants by footbridge W of Hawke St ; Kingfisher - 1+ - Adult and juv between Newhall Road and Hawke St ; Sand Martin - 26 - Three separate colonies between Newhall Road and Hawke St: max of six (one occupied nest hole) by Newhall Road bridge; max of 8 (3 occupied nest holes) c.400m downstream; and max of 14 (3 occupied nest holes) by footbridge near Hawke St. ; Black-headed Gull - 3 - Adults on river near footbridge upstream from Hawke St ; 324 - 2 - Emperor dragonfly and Brown Hawker between Newhall Rd and Hawke St ; Swift - 6 - Over river feeding

R Don, Effingham St: Lesser Black-backed Gull - c150 - Good numbers cooling off on the weir including 3 new colour rings, 2 presumed German yellow ringed 2cy birds, and a 2cy ringed as a chick last year in a colony near Stavanger, Norway. ; Kingfisher - 1

R Don, Stevenson Rd: Kestrel - 1 - male

Scholes Ground: Reed Bunting - 1 - singing

Ughill Moors: Oystercatcher - 1 - roosting at pond ; Canada Goose - 2 - pair with 3 goslings Loftshaw pond.

Arbourthorne: Mallard - 11 - 1 F,6 young 1 F, 3 young ; Moorhen - 5 - 1 Ad 4 young ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - unusual here. ; Swift - 10 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing at 06:55

Broomhead Moor: Peregrine - 1 - imm/2cy on post

Calver Sough: Whitethroat - 1 - alarming

Cowell Flat: Whitethroat - 1 - singing

Holling Dale: Red Kite - 1 - 15:45-16:15

Leash Fen: Lesser Black-backed Gull - c50 - light passage SE all morning.

Lodge Moor: Curlew - 11 - 10 birds feeding on Hallamshire Golf Course (freshly watered 11th fairway). Also 1 bird feeding on freshly watered 14th green

Manor Fields Park: Whitethroat - 3 - 2 M 1F carrying food ; Chiffchaff - 2+ - at least 2 singing ; Blackcap - 5 - 3 singing male. ; Blackbird - 20 ; Song Thrush - 2 ; Mistle Thrush - 3 ; Starling - 18 ; Linnet - 7 - family party ; Goldfinch - 12 - Ad + young birds ; House Martin - 2 ; Swift - 4 ; Moorhen - 7 - 1 Ad 6 chick. ; Mallard - 13 - 1 M 5F 7young 05:30-06:45

R Don, Brightside: Kingfisher - 1 - downstream ; Pied Wagtail - 2 ; Sand Martin - 4 - max, mostly 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - singing ; Mallard - 20 - 5 ad m, 2 ad f, 13 juv ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 1

R Don, Brightside Weir: Swift - 1 - with sand martins ; Sand Martin - 5 - max, mostly 1 ; Moorhen - 7 - 1 ad feeding juv on weir ; Moorhen - 7 - 2 ad with 3(?) young in nest

R Don, Brightside, Hawke St Bridge: Kingfisher - 3 - 2 ad feeding 1 juv ; Sand Martin - 10+ - 3 nesting holes in use N of bridge + some fluttering flight of young. Record shot ; Sand Martin - 10+ - young at nest entrance

Ramsley Res: Stonechat - 2 - pair ; Tree Pipit - 1+ - one singing, and maybe another alarming in wood. ; Spotted Flycatcher - 2 - calling/singing

Ravenfield: Tawny Owl - 1 - Chick calling from hole in roadside tree @ 8.45PM. ; Little Owl - 1 - Perched on farm machinery @ 10.05PM.

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 7 - inc 1pr with 3y ; Mute Swan - 45 ; Tufted Duck - 1 - m ; 319 - 4 - soar 1ne 3e ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - ne ; Kestrel - 1 - m ; Common Tern - 1 - in short stay ; Yellow Wagtail - 2 - jv ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - jv ; Song Thrush - 3 - 2 singing ; Reed Warbler - 5 - 3 singing ; Whitethroat - 4 - 1 singing ; Willow Warbler - 2 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 3 - 2 singing ; Reed Bunting - 3 - singing ; Yellowhammer - 1 - singing

Brinsworth: 319 - 1 - Low over railway lines Barrett estate, rose in thermals moved South. 11.20

Broomhill, Sheffield High School: Swift - 6 - circling over school and seemed interested in eaves of adjacent building, but not seen entering

Cressbrook Dale: Linnet - 6 - family party

Heeley & Meersbrook Allotments: Kestrel - 1 - in evening hunting for around 20 minutes

Midhope Res: 320 - 1+ - Teal with 5+ ducklings

Ravenfield: Tawny Owl - 2 - Adult and chick calling early morning near dumpit site.

River Don Ball St Bridge: Sand Martin - 11

River Don Ball St Weir: Mallard - 4 - Pair with 2x three-week-old chicks

River Don Nursery St: Sand Martin - 2 ; Peregrine - 1