Sightings Archive

Sothall: Tree Pipit - 1 - flew SW

Wentworth Lakes: Great Crested Grebe - 17 ; 321 - 3 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Mallard - 130 ; Gadwall - 2 ; 320 - 1 ; 319 - 3 ; Kestrel - 2 ; Black-headed Gull - 2 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 - N ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Swallow - 150+ - around Morley Pond ; House Martin - 40 ; Sand Martin - 15 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Nuthatch - 2 ; Tufted Duck - 13

Whirlow: 319 - 1

Barbrook Pools: Red Grouse - 4 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 30+ ; Lesser Redpoll - 1

Blacka Hill: Whinchat - 3 - 2 Juvs + 1 Adult ; Wheatear - 1

Botanical Gardens: Swift - 3

Kiveton community woodland: Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 - Flying over the site constantly calling

Middleton Moor: Dunlin - 1 ; Ringed Plover - 1 - juv. Arrived 16.10, left 16.17 when harassed by B-H Gull

Midhope Res: 319 - 1 ; Kestrel - 2 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 11 ; Canada Goose - 82 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Little Grebe - 4 ; Mallard - 17 ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Little Ringed Plover - 1 - adult ; Yellow Wagtail - 7 ; Tufted Duck - 9

Orgreave Lakes: Wheatear - 1 ; Yellow Wagtail - 10 - 3 singles and a group of 7 south by 07:40 ; Swallow - 60+ - Steady stream of hirundines south early morning ; Sand Martin - 40 ; House Martin - 40 - Mostly juveniles ; Dunlin - 1 ; Common Sandpiper - 2 ; Little Ringed Plover - 1 - Juv ; Shelduck - 5 - Juveniles, onto main lake at 1330. ; Dunlin - 2

Ponderosa: Ring-necked Parakeet - 3 - Perched in trees in corner closest to university. Also 2 bullfinch, flock of 30+ long-tailed tits with 1 chiffchaff and 1 willow warbler in flock

R Don, Attercliffe: Lesser Black-backed Gull - c45 - inc 5 juvs

R Don, Norfolk Bridge: Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - adult ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2+ - including 2 adult intermedius ; Herring Gull - 4 - juveniles ; Swift - 10+ - overhead ; Herring Gull - 7+ - inc 4 juvs. Comparison shot of juv Herring Gull (left) and juv Lesser Black-backed Gull (right)

Ramsley Moor: Swallow - 50+ - Small parties S- W 8.15-8.30 ; Sand Martin - 2 - At least two in with swallows ; Whinchat - 4 - Juvs

Roe Wood: Ring-necked Parakeet - 3 - Flying and calling over 6 days

Sheffield Centre: Grey Heron - 1 - Flying over in evening

Stubley Hollow: Little Owl - 2 - ; Buzzard -1 ; Chiffchaff - 4 ; Willow Warbler -1 ; Whitethroat - 1 ; Tree Creeper - 1 ; Starling - 120 ; Goldfinch - 45; Swallow -21 ; Bullfinch - 8

Thrybergh CP: Little Grebe - 1 - jv ; Great Crested Grebe - 12 ; Cormorant - 12 ; Mute Swan - 42 ; Gadwall - 4 - 2pr ; Tufted Duck - 49 ; 319 - 3 - 2soar. in n ; Lapwing - 60+ ; Black-headed Gull - 200+ ; Common Tern - 1 - in ; Swift - 3 ; Sand Martin - 70 - 40-20-10 all s ; House Martin - 58 - 30-8-10 all s 10w ; Swallow - 7 - 2-1-4 all s ; Robin - 20 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Blackbird - 16 ; Blackcap - 6 ; Whitethroat - 1 ; Reed Warbler - 3 ; Chiffchaff - 29 - 10feed in same tree ; Bullfinch - 9

Tyzack*s Dam: Mallard - 53 ; Mandarin - 15 ; Coot - 4 - 2 adults and 2 fully fledged juvs. ; Cormorant - 1 - Unusual here

Walkley Bank: Swift - 1 - adult visiting nest on Bell Hagg Road

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Willow Warbler - 10+ - Calling around reserve, mainly in bracken ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - Calling

Aldwarke: Swallow - 3 - SW ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Raven - 1 - W @ 1032hrs ; Willow Warbler - 1 ; Common Buzzard - 1 ; House Martin - 5 - feeding over