Sightings Archive

Thrybergh CP: Blue Tit - 30 - +inc. 4fams. ; Magpie - 20 - #NAME?

Wingfield School: Rook - 20+ - feeding on playing field

Canklow Woods: Swift - c50 - c 50 feeding over woods 2000

Hangingwater: Tawny Owl - 2 - 1 calling from Whiteley Wood, 1 responding from Bingham Park

Orgreave Lakes: 322 - 1 - Bar-headed Goose on small lake with Canadas.

Redmires Plantation: Lesser Whitethroat - 1

Redmires Res: Lapwing - 35 - c. 30 + pair with 3 young in fields ; Oystercatcher - 2 - in from N ; Curlew - 56 - in fields early evening - good post-breeding count ; Little Ringed Plover - 7 - 2 pairs inc 1 pair with 3 young on Top Res ; Common Sandpiper - 2 - pair with young ; Nightjar - 3 - pair in clear felled area + single churring male in separate clear area adjacent to Top Res ; Woodcock - 3 - roding ; Tawny Owl - 1 - sat out in clear fell area

Upper Derwentdale: Little Ringed Plover - 2 - adults, Derwent Res.

Ash Cabin Flat: Woodcock - 02-May - at least 2 and up to 5, roding

Brownhills Lane: Curlew - 15 - all in one mowed field

Meersbrook Park: Goldfinch - 2 ; Pied Wagtail - 2 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Magpie - 14+ including some well-grown juvs

Orgreave Lakes: Yellow-legged Gull - 1

Peat Pits: Curlew - 32 - single group feeding in recently mowed field .

R Don, Effingham St: Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - 3s on weir ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - c80 - mainly imms ; Herring Gull - c15 - mainly imms

Redmires conduit: Golden Plover - 2 - at far end ; Snipe - 2 ; Curlew - 6 ; Lapwing - 10+ - including juvenile ; Skylark - 1 ; Red Grouse - 2 ; Linnet - 2 ; Meadow Pipit - c.7 ; House Martin - 02-Apr ; Swallow - 2 ; Pheasant - 1 ; 324 - 2 - Water Vole - both showing well

Redmires Middle Res: Common Sandpiper - 2

Redmires Top Res: Little Ringed Plover - 1

Sheffield University: Greenfinch - 2 - pr behind Students' Union building on Glossop Road

Barrow Hill: Red Kite - 1 - hunting early morning by roadside just before road off to Breck Farm

Brincliffe Edge: Raven - 1 - mobbed by crows

Centenary Riverside: Kestrel - 1 - Hunting over site, 07.10 and again 07.40 ; Song Thrush - 4 - 2 singing, 2 juveniles path near bridge. ; Blackcap - 1 - Singing ; Willow Warbler - 2 - Singing ; Reed Warbler - 2 - Singing ; Whitethroat - 4 - 2 pair, agitated behaviour, presumed nests nearby. ; Bullfinch - 1 - Male ; Black-headed Gull - 1 - Flew over pond ; 321 - 1 - River ; Goldfinch - 05-Jun

Dore: House Sparrow - 3+ - After an absence of many years they have now returned to this 1960's estate. 3 males gathering pampas grass seed-heads for nests.

Endcliffe Park: Mandarin - 4 - 1f + 3 juv in top pond ; Grey Heron - 1 - in tree in top pond ; Blackcap - 1 - singing between ponds

Endcliffe Park (Hunters Bar): Swift - 9 - circling high and calling

Graves Park: Swift - 13+

High Bradfield: Red Kite - 1 - Very low no more than ten feet off the ground at 08:55

Holmebrook Valley Park: Swallow - 2 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Great Crested Grebe - 4 - two adults, one carrying two chicks on its back ; Mute Swan - 6 - two adults, three cygnets and one first summer. The adult cob had an altercation with a dog - the swan won ; Mute Swan - 6 - Pair with 3 cygnets still. Also last years young still. ; Coot - 10+ - 3+ pairs with chicks round site ; Moorhen - 10+ - 2+ pairs with chicks round site

Kelham Island: Sand Martin - 7 - Feeding low over the water between the museum and the Riverside Pub. At least one masonry pipe being used there as a nest site plus two above the weir at Ball Bridge

Kimberworth Park: Swift - 5 - Low over roofs of Birk's Road @08:50

Manor Fields Park: Moorhen - 12 - 2 ad 2 large juv 8 new chicks.17:30. ; Mallard - 14 - 4 Fem 1 M 4 large juv 5 duckling. ; Kestrel - 1 ; House Martin - 3 ; Chiffchaff - 2

Norton Lees: Song Thrush - 1 - Singing away on neighbour’s aerial.

Poolsbrook Marsh: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Reed Warbler - 5 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 3 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 2 - singing ; Blackcap - 2 - singing ; Whitethroat - 2 - singing ; Yellowhammer - 1 - male ; Yellowhammer - 1 - male ; Bullfinch - 2

R Don, Rotherham Centre; adjacent interchange: Grey Wagtail - 1 - singing male ; Sand Martin - c20 - feeding over river @ resting on adjacent wires @ 0750hrs

R Don, Stevenson Road: Great Black-backed Gull - 1 - Second or third summer, first here for a while.

Rotherham Centre: Swift - 08-Oct - feeding high over town centre 07.20

St George*s Church: Peregrine - 5

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 6 - one pair with hidden nest ; Mute Swan - 45 - ad inc 20 left w 3y-2y ; Tufted Duck - 11 - 2f ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - past n 0700 ; Kestrel - 1 - m ; Pheasant - 3 - crow ; Wren - 12 - sing ; Song Thrush - 1 - sing ; Reed Warbler - 3 - sing ; Blackcap - 3 - sing