Sightings Archive

RVCP, Main Lake: House Martin - 1 - with sand martins and swallows

Sheffield Airport Runway: Wheatear - 3 ; Lapwing - 2 ; Skylark - 2 ; Kestrel - 1

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 6 - 3pr ; Mute Swan - 30 ; Greylag Goose - 5 - inc 1past nw ; Tufted Duck - 3 - inc.1f ; 319 - 1 - to e soar ; Kestrel - 1 ; Pheasant - 4 - crow. ; Lapwing - 4 - 2pr nest sites ploughed in ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - 2cy ; Swift - 8 ; Little Owl - 1 - call ; Skylark - 5 - sing ; Sand Martin - 50+ ; Swallow - 12+ ; House Martin - 10+ ; Wren - 10 - sing ; Dunnock - 15 - 10sing ; Robin - 7 ; Song Thrush - 5 - 4sing ; Blackbird - 16 ; Blackcap - 7 - 5sing ; Whitethroat - 2 - sing ; Willow Warbler - 4 - 3sing ; Chiffchaff - 3 - sing ; Reed Bunting - 7 - 1sing ; Yellowhammer - 2 - 1sing

Tinsley: Oystercatcher - 1 - Flew over north at 10.50

Agden Res: Common Sandpiper - 1 pr

Bar Brook: Wheatear - 4+ ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Willow Warbler - 2 ; Curlew - 2 ; Cuckoo - 1 - Heard only

Bar Brook Valley: Whinchat - 1 - m ; Snipe - 1 ; Red Grouse - 1 ; 319 - 1 ; Curlew - 2

Barbrook Plantation: Pied Flycatcher - 1 - m ; Willow Warbler - 4

Broomhall: Willow Warbler - 1 - Singing on estate near Springfield School

Catcliffe: Red Kite - 1 - reported over at 16:00

Centenary Riverside: Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing. ; Blackcap - 1 - Singing. ; Reed Warbler - 1 - Singing. ; Whitethroat - 1 - Singing + alarm call. ; Song Thrush - 3 - Singing. ; Chaffinch - 1 - Singing. ; Robin - 1 - Singing. ; Goldfinch - 2 ; Blue Tit - 2 - Pair ; Great Tit - 2 - Pair ; Canada Goose - 7 - River and pond. ; Cormorant - 3 - Over

Middleton Moor: Shelduck - 1

Orgreave Lakes: Common Sandpiper - 3 ; Wheatear - 3 ; Hobby - 1 - North scattering hirundines as it passed. ; Wheatear - 8 - At least 8 Greenland types ; Sand Martin - C.300 - C.300 ; Swallow - C.100 ; House Martin - C.30 ; Swift - 6

Peat Pits: Golden Plover - c 25 - These appear to be 'altifrons'.

Pit-house West: Willow Tit - 2 - one each at opposite ends of the site ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing male ; Reed Warbler - 2 - singing Bittern Pool

Rotherham Centre; Chantry Bridge: Sand Martin - 8

Rotherham Centre; Main Street: Swallow - 1 - W ; Herring Gull - 4 - W/SW

RVCP: Lesser Whitethroat - 2 - singing males

Sheffield University: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 4 - vigorously mobbing Peregrine perched on corner of Arts Tower for sustained period. Territorial behaviour? Not seen them doing this before. ; Peregrine - 1 - on corner of Arts Tower mobbed relentlessly by 4 Lesser Black-backed Gulls over 10 minutes

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 3 ; Mute Swan - 52 ; Tufted Duck - 17 - 10m7f ; Kestrel - 1 ; Pheasant - 4 - crow ; Herring Gull - 1 - 2cy ; Swift - 2 ; Skylark - 5 - sing ; Sand Martin - 70+ ; Swallow - 40+ ; House Martin - 5+ ; Wren - 12 - sing ; Dunnock - 13 - 9sing ; Robin - 8 ; Song Thrush - 2 - sing ; Blackcap - 6 - 5sing ; Whitethroat - 2 - sing ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - sing ; Willow Warbler - 3 - sing ; Chiffchaff - 4 - sing ; Magpie - 10 - 7 active nests