Sightings Archive

Bradwell: Dipper - 1 - Bradwell Brook

Catcliffe Flash: Gadwall - 8+ ; Pochard - 5 ; Tufted Duck - 4 ; Cormorant - 2 ; Little Grebe - 4+ ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Coot - 45+ ; Black-headed Gull - 1 ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Sand Martin - 6+

Damflask Res: Mandarin - 9 - 1m

Dukes Road: Kestrel - 3 - in the air together . ; Curlew - 7 - circling overhead ; Red Grouse - c100 - several groups , largest 17 .

Ecclesall: Swift - 10 - c. flew north at 1115 hrs

Edge Mount: Wheatear - 3 - sat at roadside .

Langsett Res: Lesser Black-backed Gull - c300 - in roost, 6 juvs. ; Common Gull - 9 - 1 juv ; Yellow-legged Gull - 2 - 2s and adult type ; CASPIAN GULL - 1 - near adult ; Black-headed Gull - c200

Low Bradfield: Sparrowhawk - female ; Tawny Owl - 1 - heard singing SW of village

Middleton Moor: Lesser Black-backed Gull - c525 - roosted ; Black-headed Gull - 188 ; Kestrel - 3 ; Common Buzzard - 1 ; Curlew - 1 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 520 - c. roosted ; Black-headed Gull - 188 - roosted ; Grey Heron - 1 - imm ; Curlew - 1 ; Common Buzzard - 1 ; Kestrel - 3 - family party ; Marsh Harrier - 1 ; Mediterranean Gull - 1 - Juv; came in from east with c20 B-H G's at 18.05; left to west with other gulls when flushed by marsh harrier ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 91 ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - adult

Millhouses: Curlew - 1 - NW calling

Orgreave Lakes: Knot - 1 - On small lake before moving to big lake by footbridge. ; Grey Plover - 1 - Summer-plumaged bird flew north at 07:00 ; Common Scoter - 3 - 2 drakes 1 fem ; Wheatear - 1 ; Sand Martin - C.100 - Most grounded in heavy rain ; Swallow - 40 - Grounded in heavy rain ; Little Egret - 3 ; Common Scoter - 3 - Still Present at 11:30 ; 320 - 7 - Flew on to small lake ; Dunlin - 1 - N at 11:30 ; Knot - 1 - Still present on main lake at 11:30 ; Knot - 1 - still present to 17.38 at least ; Common Scoter - 3 - still present to 17.38 at least ; Cuckoo - 1 - flew over the causeway and alighting in the plantation on the western shoreline of the small lake ; Greylag Goose - 36 ; Lapwing - 25 ; Kestrel - 3 - hunting over the hill, begging call heard from 1 ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - adult alarm calling at breeding site ; Little Grebe - 1 - small lake ; Grey Heron - 2 ; Cormorant - 3

R Don, Effingham St: Mallard - 3+ - including female with 2 small (but not fresh) ducklings

R Don, Neepsend: Sand Martin - 4 - still visiting at least 1 (possibly 2) occupied nests on S/W bank of the Don near junction of Penistone Road and Flora Street; presumably 2nd brood/s ; Kingfisher - 1

Rawmarsh: Swift - 11 - W/SW,

Redmires Res: Common Scoter - 3 - 2 fem/imm in Top Res, 1 fem/imm Middle Res ; Common Scoter - 3 - fem/imms - two on Top Res & one on Middle Res ; Black-headed Gull - 40 - c. ; Curlew - 4 - on Middle Res

Sothall: Green Sandpiper - 1 - heard calling

Agden Res: Wren - 2 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Mallard - 8 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Coal Tit - 4 - on feeders ; Blue Tit - 1 - on feeder ; Great Tit - 3 - on feeders ; Chaffinch - 2 - on feeders ; Nuthatch - 3 - around feeding area ; Greylag Goose - 7 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - flew over res ; Swallow - 07-Oct - flying round houses by entrance to area ; House Sparrow - 4 - around farm ; Blackbird - 2

Orgreave Lakes: Golden Plover - 1 - only 2nd record of year ; Whimbrel - 1 ; Ringed Plover - 3 ; Little Egret - 5 ; Wheatear - 1 - first of autumn

Silverwood Lagoon: Little Egret - 1 - in channel in SE corner at 10.40 then flew north.

Big Moor: Wheatear - 2 ; Whinchat - 3 ; 319 - 2 ; Raven - 2

Bradwell: Pied Wagtail - 1 - Bradwell Brook ; Dipper - 1 - Bradwell Brook ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; 319 - 1

Carsick (Belgrave Rd): Ring-necked Parakeet - 2 - flying and calling around tall trees early morning and evening

Catcliffe Flash: Little Egret - 1