Sightings Archive

Thrybergh CP: Long-tailed Tit - 22+ - in 3 parties ; Chiffchaff - 10 - 3sing7jv call. ; Willow Warbler - 1 - sing

Treeton Dyke: Common Tern - 1 - feeding at S end.

Wickersley; fields to SE: Chiffchaff - 2 - singing males ; Common Buzzard - 2 - 1 soaring over & 1 E carrying prey ; Swift - c40 - feeding over rape field ; Swallow - 2 - with SI flock ; Song Thrush - 2 - singing males ; Yellowhammer - 2 - singing males ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - flew E

Wickersley; King*s Pond/plantation: Mistle Thrush - 2 ; Blackcap - 1 - singing male ; Wren - breeding confirmed - family party ; Coot - breeding confirmed - 1pr + 3 juvs ; Moorhen - breeding confirmed - 1pr + 2juvs ; Mallard - 13+ - + 1juv

Wickersley; Moat Wood: Stock Dove - 2 - flew in from W

Wickersley; Second Lane: Greenfinch - 1 - independent juv ; Chaffinch - 3+ - f/juvs ; Whitethroat - breeding confirmed - singing male + 4 f/juvs

Wyming Brook: Tawny Owl - 1 - juvenile heard calling

Blackburn Meadows NR: Yellow Wagtail - 1 - Flew east calling at 07.15

Edge Mount: Kestrel - 5 - family party in the air together . ; Hobby - 1 - over towards Agden Rocher

Green Moor: Little Owl - 1 - Ever reliable ; Little Owl - 1 - Photo

Malin Bridge: Magpie - 2 - one with a just fledged juv House Sparrow, still alive before being despatched and eaten.

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 6 ; Cormorant - 4 ; Tufted Duck - 50 - 39m10f1y ; 319 - 2 - Soar in s ; Kestrel - 3 - Singles ; Sand Martin - 6 - S ; House Martin - 6 ; Blackcap - 7 - 6sing1f ; Whitethroat - 4 - 2sing ; Reed Warbler - 2 - 1sing ; Willow Warbler - 1 - Sing ; Chiffchaff - 12 - 3sing 9prob.jv call

Upper Ewden: Red Kite - 1 - Heading NE over Upper Commons, lost heading N high over Ewden Height late afternoon.

Wentworth Lakes: Cormorant - 1 - imm ; 321 - 1 ; Canada Goose - 1 ; Greylag Goose - 70 ; Tufted Duck - 10 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; 319 - 1 ; Kestrel - 3 ; Hobby - 1 - SW over Morley Pond ; Lapwing - 90 ; Black-headed Gull - 80 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 - W ; Stock Dove - 2 ; Swift - 20 ; Kingfisher - 2 ; Green Woodpecker - 3 - family group ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Skylark - 2 ; Swallow - 25 ; Sand Martin - 3 - SW ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 3 ; Song Thrush - 3 - Singing ; Mistle Thrush - 9 ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - singing in willows on Morley Pond ; Whitethroat - 1 - Singing ; Blackcap - 4 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 3 - singing ; Nuthatch - 3 ; Linnet - 6 ; Goldfinch - 30 ; Reed Bunting - 1 - singing

Bassingthorpe Spring and farm: Swift - 20+ ; Whitethroat - 2 - singing ; Blackcap - 2 - singing ; House Sparrow - 1+ ; Carrion Crow - 30+ ; Jay - 1 ; Chaffinch - 30+ - adults and juvs ; Linnet - 1+ - singing ; Yellowhammer - 2 - singing

R Don, Attercliffe: Lesser Black-backed Gull - c50 - Norwegian ringed J384R and J850R still present, plus a new German yellow colour ringed 2cy. ; Herring Gull - c6 - 2-3cy's ; Black-headed Gull - c40 - 3 juvs, including colour ringed bird, surprisingly seems to have been ringed in Denmark.

Sheffield airport: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 187 ; Herring Gull - 2 ; Yellow-legged Gull - 5 - 4 adults and 1x 3rd year ; Black-headed Gull - C200

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 7 ; Cormorant - 3 ; Mute Swan - 8 - inc fam 2ad 2jv ; Mallard - 25 - 3ad f with 7y6y9y ; Tufted Duck - 70 - 58m11f1y ; 319 - 1 - soar in s ; Kestrel - 1 - hover.in s ; Common Tern - 2 - past low left ne ; Wren - 15 - 14sing ; Song Thrush - 3 - sing ; Blackcap - 6 - sing