Sightings Archive

Thrybergh CP: Sparrowhawk - 1 - f soar ; Black-headed Gull - 700 - #NAME? ; Swift - 20 ; Sand Martin - 9 ; Swallow - 5 ; House Martin - 8 - past w ; Pied Wagtail - 9 - inc.7 past s ; Yellow Wagtail - 2 - left s ; Robin - 20 ; Blackcap - 3 ; Whitethroat - 4 ; Chiffchaff - 27 ; Long-tailed Tit - 8 - + ; Tree Sparrow - 2 ; Goldfinch - 80 - + ; Common Tern - 1 - ad in from n ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 3 ; Peregrine - 1 - in from e into w fields

Underbank Res: Common Gull - 1 - juvenile ; Goosander - 2 - redheads ; Sparrowhawk - 1

Walkley garden: Swift - 3 - circling over mature trees ; Tawny Owl - 2 - Pair calling from lime tree and in garden area

Wentworth Lakes: Osprey - 1 - Reported as visiting on a regular basis for 2/3 weeks - last seen Sunday 20/08

Botanical Gardens: Sparrowhawk - 1 - 1m, E towards General Cemetery ; Swift - 5

Froggatt: 319 - 3

Hutcliffe Wood: Swift - 15+

Middleton Moor: Dunlin - 2 - In from E at 15.20. Circled lagoon twice, almost landed, then left to west ; Skylark - 7 - In rough pasture on path to hide

Millhouses: Swift - 80+ - 80+ in small parties during day feeding over Sheaf Valley Walk then drifting SSW.

Nether Haugh:Back Lane: Linnet - 60

Norton Lees: Hobby - 1 - briefly over Derbyshire Lane, near Graves Park, hunting hirundines

R Derwent, Calver Mill: Dipper - 1

Rawmarsh:Haugh Rd: Cormorant - 3 - S @ 06.15 ; Hobby - 1 - S low over playing field @ 08.15 ; 321 - 1 - SW @ 09.54 ; Jackdaw - 150 - on playing field @ 10.05

Rother Valley CP: Swift - 2 - high to south ; Shoveler - 1 - eclipse male ; Sand Martin - 10 - feeding over nature reserve lake ; Black-tailed Godwit - 3 - flew east to west at 10.35

Aldwarke; Liberty Steel: Cormorant - 6 - max on pylon @ 0805hrs ; Peregrine - 1 - male (age unknown) appeared over complex @ 0720hrs & left SW ; Carrion Crow - 30 - foraging & loafing around in loose flock ; Stock Dove - 5 - 3 displaying over; 2 left W

Bingham Park: Kingfisher - 1

Botanical Gardens: Swift - 1 - 1 NW (!)

Crookes: Swift - 1 - over Toftwood Road

Curbar Gap: Wheatear - 2 - 2 Juvs in field system below White Edge

Forge Dam: Mandarin - 3 - Female & 2 Juveniles ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 1

Greystones garden: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Unsuccessful hunting attempt ; Bullfinch - 2 - Male & female

Middleton Moor: 321 - 1 ; 320 - 2 ; Tufted Duck - 2 ; Mallard - 7 ; Coot - 3 - incl a juv ; Moorhen - 2 - adult and well grown juv

Millhouses garden: Goldfinch - 6 - Family party one albino juvenile at feeders

Parkgate: House Martin - 60-70 - feeding over, early morning

Parkgate Canal Basin: Mute Swan - 32 - all adults/near adults ; Goldfinch - 20

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Chiffchaff - 2 ; Willow Warbler - 2 - feeding together ; Tree Pipit - 2 - singles SW @ 0630 & 0655hrs ; Yellow Wagtail - 4 - 'flava' wagtails - 1 W @ 0636 & 3 SW @ 0650hrs ; Swift - 4 - SW ; Swallow - 5 - SW ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Blackcap - 1+ - calling ; Cormorant - 2 - imms low to E/NE @ 0730hrs

Rawmarsh:Haugh Rd: Hobby - 2 - mobbing a Kestrel over the playing field @ 11.40. Flew SW 11.43

Roundwood Golf course: Stock Dove - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 3 ; Coal Tit - 01-Feb ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - f/juv hunting, harassed by MGs

Silverwood Lagoon: Raven - 1 - calling bird north at 09.30 ; Mute Swan - 11 - juvs now beginning to exercise their wings ; 319 - 3 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 - singles SW ; Swift - 3 ; Gadwall - 2

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 6 ; Little Grebe - 2 - 1ad-1j ; Cormorant - 5 ; Mute Swan - 45 ; Canada Goose - 92 ; Tufted Duck - 56 ; 319 - 4 - 03-Jan ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - f past e ; Kestrel - 1 - m ; Black-headed Gull - 200+ ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 - singles past sw ; Sand Martin - 14 - 6s8s