Sightings Archive

Middleton Moor: Avocet - 2 - at 10:00 ; 320 - 8 ; Avocet - 2 - Still present at 16.00

Morley Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 4 ; Mute Swan - 1 ; Greylag Goose - 6+ ; Canada Goose - 2 - 1dead in water, assume shot,probably its mate on N side. ; Mallard - 30+ ; Kestrel - 1 ; Lapwing - 1 ; Nuthatch - 1

Orgreave Lakes: Iceland Gull - 1 - 2nd winter ; Oystercatcher - 3 ; Little Ringed Plover - 1 ; Wheatear - 2 ; Wheatear - 2 - On rocks at northern end of Big Lake

Redmires Top Res: Oystercatcher - 5

Sheffield University: Peregrine - 1+ - fourth egg laid this afternoon ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - flycatching around St George's ; Peregrine - 3 - male on nest, female on Arts Tower mobbed by an imm male (no orange plastic ring visible). Further discussion on PG blog.

Silverwood Lagoon: Chiffchaff - 3 - singing

Stannington: Little Owl - 2 - near Spoon Lane on wall at 10:30 ; Little Owl - 2 - on wall near the Flash at 11:30

Thrybergh CP: Cormorant - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1 - past n ; Mute Swan - 45 - inc 19- 2nd cy ; Tufted Duck - 14 - 9m5f ; Kestrel - 1 - past n ; Water Rail - 2 - only 2 for breakfast ; Oystercatcher - 2 - in ; Curlew - 2 - past s ; Black-headed Gull - 4 ; Herring Gull - 3 ; Skylark - 4 - 3sing ; Sand Martin - 6 ; Wren - 13 - sing ; Dunnock - 30 - 20sing ; Robin - 27 - 10sing ; Song Thrush - 4 - sing ; Blackbird - 20 - 1sing ; Chiffchaff - 2 - sing ; Reed Bunting - 3 - 1sing ; Yellowhammer - 1

Wentworth Park: 319 - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - drumming ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - singing ; Nuthatch - 1 - singing ; Treecreeper - 2 - singing ; Woodpigeon - 1 - At nest ; Jackdaw - 10+

Wentworth Woodhouse: Goldcrest - 1 - singing, bet house and stable block ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - singing

Attercliffe: Peregrine - 1 - male on Bernard Road incinerator building

Barlow Common: Tawny Owl - 1 - showing quite well, and calling, at dusk ; Little Owl - 1

Catcliffe Flash: Mute Swan - 2 - ad pair - imms seemingly left or hiding ; Gadwall - 5+ ; Pochard - 5+ ; Tufted Duck - 8+ ; Goldeneye - 3 - 1M,2F ; Little Grebe - 4 - pr + 2 singles ; Moorhen - 1+ ; Coot - 10+

Chatsworth Park: Oystercatcher - 2 ; Mandarin - 7 ; Little Grebe - 1

Ecclesall: Waxwing - 3 - in trees by Ecclesall Junior School - flew off N

Fulwood garden: Reed Bunting - 1 - Male around feeders - unusual visitor ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 - Male at feeders ; Siskin - 2 - M and F at feeders

Hutcliffe Wood Beauchief: Common Buzzard - 04-Jun - Over Hutcliffe Wood , Dalewood and Beauchief Abbey. Height varied from below treetop to soaring.

Middleton Moor: Oystercatcher - 1 ; Curlew - 3 ; 320 - 6 - 4 males, 2 females ; Tufted Duck - 2 - pair ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 7 ; Black-headed Gull - 12 ; Common Gull - 1

Millhouses garden: Siskin - 2 - 2m ; Chaffinch - 2 - 1m, 1f ; Greenfinch - 2 - 1m, 1f ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1

Orgreave Lakes: Kittiwake - 1 - Adult at 8:15 then north ; Little Ringed Plover - 2 - North at 8:35 ; Curlew - 1 - North ; Peregrine - 1 - Through at 8:40 ; Wheatear - 1 - On Small Lake island early morning. ; Sand Martin - 8 - Building from 3 to 8 between 8:00 and 8:45 ; Kittiwake - 1 ; Sand Martin - 8 - through N in evening ; Wheatear - 1 - male on inflow in evening ; Goldeneye - 6

Parkgate Canal Basin: Mute Swan - 44 - inc 17 2cy ; Tufted Duck - 1 - drake ; Canada Goose - 1 ; Mallard - 10 ; Herring Gull - 1 - 2cy

Parkgate; Rotherham Road: Song Thrush - 2 - flew across road in front of car

Redmires conduit: Snipe - 5 ; Golden Plover - c40 - flock in horse fields; a few on moors