Sightings Archive

Sunday 13th August 2017

• Aldwarke; Waddington Way: Chiffchaff - 2
• Birchen Edge: Marsh Harrier - 1 - imm circling high over, then drifted towards Big Moor. Presumed same later over Flask Edge
• Blacka Hill: Whinchat - 1 ; Stonechat - 7 - 6 Juvs ; Linnet - 10
• Bolsterstone: Yellowhammer - 1 - juvenile foraging near Carr Lane Top
• Botanical Gardens: Swift - c30 - Movement S between 20:30 and 21:00
• Broomhead Moor: Stonechat - 4+ - 2+ by track 500m or so NE of Shooting Lodge, 2 by Mortimer Road near Broomhead Hall ; Raven - 2 - presumed pair near Shooting Lodge ; Curlew - 1 - over Ewden Beck calling
• Curbar Edge: 324 - 1 - Common Lizard
• Curbar Gap: Kestrel - 1
• Ecclesall: Common Buzzard - 1 - flew south at 11.00 ; Sand Martin - 1 - flew south-west over Ansell Road - scarce urban record
• Hurkling Edge: Ring Ouzel - 1 ; Wheatear - 1
• Kirk Edge: Kestrel - 03-Apr
• Leash Fen: Tree Pipit - 1+ - calling
• Listerdale Wood: 319 - 6 - soaring over wood.
• Longshaw: Nuthatch - 1 - Heard ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Heard ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Heard
• Longshaw Lodge: Siskin - 3 - On feeders
• Malin Bridge: Oystercatcher - 1 - calling overhead at 00:55 while Perseid spotting.
• Middleton Moor: Yellow-legged Gull - 2 - Adults ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 52 ; Black-headed Gull - 16
• Onesmoor Bottom: Sparrowhawk - 1 - female
• Orgreave Lakes: Redshank - 6 ; Little Egret - 3 ; Willow Warbler - 3 - W of small lake - one singing ; Pied Wagtail - 3 - 1 ad + 2 juv ; 324 - 1 - Dark Green Fritillary well worn individual in ravine at approx. sk424878
• Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Chiffchaff - 2 - calling ; Kestrel - 3 - 1m; 2 f/juvs ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Bullfinch - 2 - juvs, feeding on elderberries ; Blackcap - 3 - 1m; 1f/juv + 1
• Peat Pits: DOTTEREL - 1 - still showing well off Bolsterstone Road this morning ; DOTTEREL - 1 - still present at 12 noon ; DOTTEREL - 1 - in field @ 19.30 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Curlew - 1 - over callling
• Ramsley Moor: Osprey - 1 - circled over at 14:25 before heading of NW. Record shot. ; Stonechat - 1 - tailless male
• Rawmarsh:Haugh Rd: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 20 - on playing field @ 16.00
• Redmires Res: Tree Pipit - 7 - SW ; Curlew - 4 ; Yellow-legged Gull - 2 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 36 ; Black-headed Gull - 42 ; Willow Warbler - 28 ; Chiffchaff - 9 ; Stonechat - 2 ; Spotted Flycatcher - 2 ; Canada Goose - 29 ; Mallard - 4 ; Tufted Duck - 2 ; Curlew - 4 - family party ; Black-headed Gull - 25 - c. ; Yellow-legged Gull - 2 - separate ads arrived from east and on to Middle Res ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 38 ; 320 - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 26 - around res perimeter ; Chiffchaff - 9 - around res perimeter ; Blackcap - 2 ; Stonechat - 2 - juvs by Bottom Res ; Tree Pipit - 7 - flew SW in 2 hrs (inc a party of four)
• River Don: Kingfisher - 3 - 3 males (1 adult & 2 juvs). This is the second brood from this site this year
• Roundwood Golf course: Grey Heron - 2 - N, then W @ 0610hrs ; Stock Dove - 1 - left W ; Coal Tit - 1 - calling ; Mistle Thrush - c40 - flushed by Peregrine ; Peregrine - 1 - N @ 0655hrs ; Jay - 4
• Strawberry Lea: Goldfinch - 40 - Feed on the thistles near bottom of valley
• Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 7 - 1pr disp. ; Cormorant - 10 - 1jv ; Mute Swan - 43 ; Canada Goose - 70+ ; Tufted Duck - 47 ; 319 - 3 - 2n1e ; Kestrel - 2 - 1se1n ; Peregrine - 1 - past nw 0854 ; Lapwing - 60+ ; Black-headed Gull - 150+ ; Common Tern - 1 - ad left nw ; Swift - 10+ ; Sand Martin - 3 ; Swallow - 1 ; Blackcap - 2 ; Whitethroat - 3 - inc.2jv ; Reed Warbler - 2 ; Willow Warbler - 3 ; Chiffchaff - 22 ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Goldfinch - 140+ - inc flock 100+ ; Bullfinch - 8
• Town Head/Wadsley Grove: Tawny Owl - 1 - singing opposite entrance to Hillsborough Golf Club