Sightings Archive

Thrybergh CP: Kestrel - 2 - 1e1w ; Black-headed Gull - 60 - inc.2jv ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - ad-past ne ; Common Tern - 1 - left sw ; Collared Dove - 2 - past e ; Swift - 60 - + ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Sand Martin - 22 ; Swallow - 3 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Blackcap - 6 - sing ; Whitethroat - 4 - sing ; Willow Warbler - 3 - sing ; Chiffchaff - 4 - sing ; Reed Warbler - 2 - sing ; Long-tailed Tit - 20 - + in 3flocks ; Tree Sparrow - 2 ; Common Sandpiper - 1

Totley Moss: Hobby - 1 - fairly high in flight for a couple of mins ; Stonechat - 3+ - male, female and at least 1 juv

Woodhouse Tip: Green Woodpecker - 2 - Juveniles standing on electricity poles ; Skylark - 10 - Including 4 singing males

Bramley: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Male hunting over gardens. ; House Martin - 1 - In with the Swift flock. ; Swift - 30+ - At least 5 active nests with birds taking food back.

Canklow Woods: Common Buzzard - 2 - 2 in the air mobbed by sparrowhawk

Centenary Riverside: Song Thrush - 2 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Blackcap - 2 - singing ; Blackbird - 10 + - 1 singing, mixture of adults and young. ; Reed Bunting - 1 - singing ; Reed Warbler - 1 - Brief song ; Moorhen - 1 ; Whitethroat - 1 ; Dunnock - 1

Firsby Res: Grey Heron - 1 ; Whitethroat - 2 - Singing. ; Reed Bunting - 1 - Male. ; Lapwing - 1 ; Stock Dove - 1 ; Kestrel - 4 - Adult Female feeding chicks.

Fulwood garden: Bullfinch - 4 - 2 pairs at feeders ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Imm at feeders ; Siskin - 2 - Juvs at feeders ; Nuthatch - 2 - Imms at feeders

Redmires conduit: Mallard - 1+ - Female with one small chick ; Willow Warbler - 2+ - Family party with at least 4 fledged juvs being fed ; Curlew - 5 - Including agitated bird, presumably with chicks nearby

Redmires Top Res: Tufted Duck - 2+ - Pair with 3 fresh chicks ; Canada Goose - 4+ - 2 pairs each with 3 half-grown chicks ; Common Sandpiper - 2 ; Spotted Flycatcher - 1 - Suspected breeding top plantation ; Goldcrest - 2 - Singing

Silverwood Lagoon: Mute Swan - 2+ - pair and 9 rapidly-growing cygnets ; Reed Bunting - 6 - singing ; Reed Warbler - 6+ - two pairs feeding young + 2 singing males ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - singing ; Kestrel - 4 - 2 adults + 2 recently-fledged juvs ; Grey Heron - 1 - east ; Jackdaw - 12 - party north at 10.40 ; 319 - 2 ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - still reeling in Hollings Lane 'meadows' ; Whitethroat - 15+ - several pairs feeding young, a few males still singing round site ; Yellowhammer - 1 - singing ; Song Thrush - 2 - singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 35+ - 3 family parties round pit top ; Jay - 2 ; Stock Dove - 1

Thrybergh CP: Common Scoter - 1 - ad m still present ; Common Sandpiper - 1

Totley Moss: Hobby - 2 - catching moths on Totley Moss and Big Moor, at least one first summer (photo)

Wentworth Lakes: Great Crested Grebe - 17 - + 4 juvs ; Cormorant - 1 ; 321 - 5 ; Canada Goose - 1 ; Greylag Goose - 80 ; Tufted Duck - 15 ; 319 - 1 ; Kestrel - 3 ; Red-legged Partridge - 4 ; Coot - 11 - inc juvs ; Lapwing - 80 - in field west of Morley Pond ; Oystercatcher - 1 - W @ 08.44 ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 ; Herring Gull - 1 - W ; Stock Dove - 4 ; Swift - 40 - + 175 N in 1 hr ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Skylark - 3 ; Swallow - 30 ; House Martin - 2 ; Sand Martin - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 7 ; Song Thrush - 3 ; Blackcap - 3 - singing ; Whitethroat - 2 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 3 - singing