Sightings Archive

R Don, Stevenson Rd: Sparrowhawk - 2 - low over ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Common Buzzard - 1 ; Sand Martin - 3 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 2 - pair lining completed nest with feathers. ; Kestrel - 1 - over with prey

Rawmarsh: Common Buzzard - 2 - soaring over @ 0930hrs; drifted W

Redmires conduit: Snipe - 1 - showing near double metal gate

Rockingham Wood: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - drumming ; Chiffchaff - 1 - sing ; Nuthatch - 1 - calls

Sheffield airport: Wheatear - 6 - 4 males 2 females.

Sheffield Centre: Swallow - 1 - over Devonshire Green ; Chiffchaff - 1 - 1 singing South Street Park

Sheffield University: Peregrine - 1+ - Confirmation received that the male currently breeding on Wakefield Cathedral was ringed as a chick on St George's on 16th May 2014

Silver Wood: Chiffchaff - 3 - singing along disused railway line

Silverwood Lagoon: Little Grebe - 8 ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Redshank - 1 - west ; Grey Heron - 1 - NW ; Chiffchaff - 3 - singing

Totley Bents: Willow Tit - 4+ - A coordinated count by 3 observers on the final survey visit (surveying began in February) confirmed 4 territories in the Totley Bents area;

Underbank Res: Willow Tit - 1 - singing near western end of reservoir

Upper Common, Scholes: Skylark - 1+ - singing ; Meadow Pipit - 2+ ; Dunnock - 1 - sing

Upperthorpe: Chiffchaff - 1 - Flycatching in garden

Wadsley Common garden: Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing

Canklow Woods: Chiffchaff - 2 - 2 singing

Catcliffe Flash: Mute Swan - 2 - ad pair ; Gadwall - just 1 ; Tufted Duck - 15 ; Goldeneye - 3 - 1M,2F still present ; Little Grebe - 3 - a pair + 1 ; Robin - 2 - singing ; Blue Tit - 2 - a pair at previously used nest site ; Coot - 10+

Dronfield: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Stunning male in obs garden this afternoon ; Siskin - 30+

Emlin Ridge: Osprey - 1 - north over Emlin Ridge, as viewed from Agden Side, lost crossing Dukes Road 10:15-10:20

Fulwood garden: Brambling - 1 - male at feeders ; Siskin - 2 - males at feeders ; Reed Bunting - 1 - male at feeders

Loxley Valley: Mandarin - 1 - Drake on Old Wheel Dam

Middleton Moor: Wheatear - 2 - 1m, 1f.

More Hall Res: Swallow - 1

Mount Darnall: Curlew - 1

Orgreave Lakes: Swallow - 2 - In at 0850

Rother floods: Greylag Goose - 7 ; Mute Swan - 2 ; Mallard - 6

Rotherham Centre; Main Street: Sparrowhawk - 1 - soaring over

Rotherham; Thorn Hill: Common Buzzard - 2 - soaring high over @ 1620hrs

Sheffield airport: Ringed Plover - 6 - Including two birds displaying. ; Little Ringed Plover - 2 ; Wheatear - 3 - All males ; Herring Gull - 24 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 6 ; Great Black-backed Gull - 3

Wharncliffe Side: Woodcock - 1 - roding over observers garden early morning

Attercliffe: Sand Martin - 7 - back on territory on the Don with the warmer weather, at Effingham St and Stevenson Rd ; Common Buzzard - 1 - low SW

Barbrook Plantation: Snipe - 1

Barbrook Res: Lapwing - 3 ; Curlew - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Canada Goose - 3 ; Mallard - 2 ; Skylark - 10+ ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 10+

Baslow: Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing

Brightside: Kestrel - 1 - displaying over steelworks

Canklow: Mistle Thrush - 1 - Singing ; Pied Wagtail - 5 - Flight display AMG works 07.50 ; Jay - 1 - Over AMG works 06.45

Chatsworth Park: Oystercatcher - 4 - 2 pairs

Ecclesfield: Bullfinch - 2 pairs - Butterthwaite Lane ; Chiffchaff - 4 singing - Trans Pennine Trail, Station Rd-Nether La. ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Large female circling. ; Kestrel - 1 - Female. ; Meadow Pipit - 22 - On old pit top. ; Skylark - 4 - 2 singing. ; Snipe - 1 - Flushed from flooded field

Fulwood garden: Reed Bunting - 1 - Male at feeders ; Brambling - 2 - Males around feeders

Hartley Brook: Dipper - 1 - Calling on the flooded river at back of Green Lane social club.

Holmebrook Valley Park: Canada Goose - 13 - obs highest count for the site. ; Tufted Duck - 5 - 3M + 2F ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 5+

Kiveton Community Woodland: Little Egret - 1 - Still visiting the streams north end of the site.

Longshaw: Mandarin - 5 ; Tufted Duck - 2 - Male & female

Longshaw Lodge: Siskin - 1 - Male

Norfolk Bridge: Iceland Gull - 1 - 2cy on roof with other Gulls 09:05-09:15 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 6 - adults ; Great Black-backed Gull - 4