Sightings Archive

Centenary Riverside: Wren - 10+ ; 321 - 1 - River ; Chaffinch - 1 ; Goldfinch - 2 ; Canada Goose - 11 - Over ; Reed Bunting - 1

Firsby Res: Coot - 2 - Main Res. ; Mallard - 2 - Pair resting on shore amongst large amount of rubbish left by youths. ; Grey Heron - 1 - Fishing from dead log. ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - Bathing and preening ; 319 - 1 - on telegraph pole ; Swift - 4 ; House Martin - 1 - Over main Res. ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - Brief burst of song. ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 2 - Singing. ; Blackcap - 2 - Singing. ; Reed Bunting - 3+ - Pair feeding chick, others calling. ; Tree Sparrow - 2 - Pair in cottage garden hedge. ; Linnet - 1 - Male. ; Long-tailed Tit - 8 ; Great Tit - 7+ - Parents feeding fledglings. ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Calling. ; Song Thrush - 1 - Singing. ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 - Another photo.

Gleadless: Starling - 30+ - 30-40 birds in flock mostly juveniles on the common at 19:00. ; Swift - 6 - over common. ; Grey Heron - 1 - over East 19:19.

Greenhill: 321 - 1 - Over

Manor Fields Park: Reed Warbler - 1 - in reedbed 7am singing ; Mallard - 21 - 5 M 5 F 7+4 young. ; Moorhen - 6 - 2 ad 4 juv ; Grey Heron - 1 - flew over 07:45 ; Garden Warbler - 1 ; Blackcap - 3 ; Whitethroat - 4+ - at least 4 males. ; Chiffchaff - 3 - singing. 07:00-08:15 ; Swift - 2 ; Song Thrush - 3 ; Robin - 4 - Inc 1 juv.

Middleton Moor: Shelduck - 2 - Pair ; Curlew - 2 ; Grey Heron - 1 - Constantly harassed by BHG’s before leaving to east ; Ringed Plover - 1 - Came in from east at 18.20 with dunlin ; Dunlin - 1

Peat Pits: Little Owl - 1 - Sat on wall

Ravenfield Church: Blue Tit - 5+ - Adults feeding young in nest.

Redmires Res: Canada Goose - 6 - 2 ads + 4 young ; Greylag Goose - 4 ; Mallard - 8 - 2 + 6 fledged young ; Tufted Duck - 2 ; Oystercatcher - 4 - 2 ads + 2 young ; Little Ringed Plover - 4 - 2 pairs ; Common Sandpiper - 3 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 3 ; Swift - 2 - flew W ; Whitethroat - 1 - male singing by Middle Res ; Whinchat - 1 - male by Middle Res ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - reeling by Middle Res ; Spotted Flycatcher - 3 - singing males ; Greenfinch - 5 - c. family party ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 - #NAME? ; Siskin - 4 - 2 pairs ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Starling - 200 - post-breeding flock

Redmires Top Res: Oystercatcher - 4 ; Oystercatcher - 4

Rivelin Valley: Swift - 2

River Don Ball Rutland Rd Bridge: Mallard - 6

River Don Ball Street Bridge: Grey Wagtail - 3 - Male feeding 2 fledglings ; Moorhen - 2 - Pair. Female on nest at top of weir. ; Mallard - 2

River Don Gardeners Rest: Sand Martin - 10+

River Don Nursery Street: Mallard - 19 - 1 Pair with 12 very young chicks, 1 other pair, 3 lone males.

River Don Riverside Pub: Mallard - 4 - 2 pairs no nest

Rutland Road Bridge: Sand Martin - 12 - Nest Prospecting and Feeding Flights ; Sand Martin - 6 - Nest Prospecting in river wall

Silver Wood/Old Ravenfield: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - still reeling on Pingle Lane Tip

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 5 - inc.2left s flushed by swim club action ; Mute Swan - 37 - many leaving ; Canada Goose - 16 ; Herring Gull - 6 - inc.5past n ; Great Tit - 28+ - inc 4 familes calling in hedgerows ; Reed Warbler - 3 - 1sing ; Willow Warbler - 1 - sing ; House Sparrow - 4+

Wadsley: Mallard - 2 - Pair on possibly suicidal walk down Laird Road.

Wadsley Common garden: Blue Tit - c7 - Pair with fledglings-one taken by magpie. ; Long-tailed Tit - 8 - Family party through garden.

Ash Cabin Flat: Woodcock - 2 - 1 roding

Birley Edge: Swift - 3 - At long last ... first seen here this Spring ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - Yaffling ; Linnet - 2

Canklow Woods: Barn Owl - 1 - at 22:05 ; Woodcock - 1 - roding at 22:0

Ecclesfield: Little Owl - 1 - Sitting atop roadside lamppost

Middleton Moor: Shelduck - 2 - Pair ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - 2nd year bird