Sightings Archive

Thrybergh CP: Whitethroat - 4 - sing ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - sing ; Reed Warbler - 2 - sing ; Willow Warbler - 3 - sing ; Chiffchaff - 4 - sing ; Long-tailed Tit - 9 - fam party ; Magpie - 20 ; House Sparrow - 6 - #NAME? ; Goldfinch - 38 - +inc.a flock of 30+

White Lee Moor: Curlew - 51 - in recently cut fields at dusk

Attercliffe: CASPIAN GULL - 1 - Effingham St weir at 12:30

Crookes Valley Park: Coot - 4+ - 2 pairs with 2 and 1 half-grown juvs respectively ; Moorhen - 1+ - adult and 2 half-grown juvs ; Mallard - 12+ - including female with 6 small chicks

Oughtibridge Garden: Siskin - 5 - 2 adult plus 3 juveniles being fed on sunflower hearts

Parkers Lane, Dore: Red Kite - 1 - Flying south

R Don, Norfolk Bridge: Great Black-backed Gull - 1 - 1s/2cy ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - c50 - inc several adults ; Herring Gull - 5+ - 2-4cy's

Ravenfield Ponds: Swift - 200+ - Over early evening. ; Kestrel - 1 - Hunting Male.

Rawmarsh: Haugh Rd: Hobby - 1 - chasing Swifts over playing field @ 17.30-17.35

Stanage Edge: Snipe - 3 ; Ring Ouzel - 1+ - female feeding young ; Whinchat - 6+ - 3-4 prs ; Stonechat - 6 - 3 prs ; Reed Bunting - 9 ; Spotted Flycatcher - 2

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 3 - 1pr with very unstable nest ; Cormorant - 2 ; Tufted Duck - 20 - 17m3f ; Kestrel - 1 - in w/side ; Swift - 300 - circa feeding over oilseed rape field ; Skylark - 3 - sing ; Sand Martin - 11 ; Swallow - 6 ; House Martin - 5 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Wren - 13 - sing ; Blackcap - 5 - sing ; Whitethroat - 4 - sing ; Reed Warbler - 2 - sing ; Willow Warbler - 2 - sing ; Chiffchaff - 4 - sing ; Long-tailed Tit - 7 - #NAME? ; Magpie - 19 - #NAME? ; House Sparrow - 6 - #NAME? ; Goldfinch - 22 ; Yellowhammer - 4 - sing

Cressbrook Dale: Green Woodpecker - 1

Dore back garden: Siskin - 6 - 1m,+ 5 inc at least 3 juvs, at feeders

R Sheaf, Heeley: Mandarin - 1+ - female and 3+ young by footbridge over Sheaf by Broadfield Road

Silverwood Lagoon: Grasshopper Warbler - 2 - 1 reeling Hollings Lane 'meadows', 1 reeling near N end of lagoon ; Reed Warbler - 4 - singing ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - singing ; Lapwing - 3 - SW ; Mute Swan - 2+ - pair and 9 cygnets

Southgrove Road: Swift - 2+ - Pr feeding young at nest

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 3 ; Cormorant - 3 ; Mute Swan - 8 - inc.pr with 2y ; Tufted Duck - 27 - 22m5f ; 319 - 1 - in se soaring ; Common Tern - 2 - 1 in 0830 +1 in 0935 both feeding over water ; Swift - 10 - + ; Sand Martin - 4 ; Wren - 16 - sing ; Song Thrush - 1 - sing ; Blackbird - 11 - 6sing ; Blackcap - 6 - sing ; Whitethroat - 4 - sing ; Willow Warbler - 3 - sing ; Chiffchaff - 4 - sing ; Magpie - 23 - +inc 4fams ; Reed Bunting - 4 - sing ; Yellowhammer - 4 - sing ; Reed Warbler - 2 - sing

Ughill: Woodcock - 3 - Adult and 2 juvs in edge of road on Tinker Bottom.

Water-Cum-Jolly-Dale: Mandarin - 3 - Female with two well grown young

Aston: Hobby - 1 - Over Church Lane at 15:00 seeing off a Sparrowhawk.

Bamford Edge: Ring Ouzel - 3 - 2 adult males, 1 female

Catcliffe Flash: Mute Swan - 1 - single ad male ; Wigeon - 1 - male still present ; Gadwall - 10+ - plus fem with 7 young ; Pochard - 6 ; Grey Heron - 7 - Seven! All in SW corner ; Little Grebe - 3+ ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Coot - 20+

Centenary Riverside: Song Thrush - 5 - 2 singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Blackbird - 06-May - 1 singing ; Goldfinch - 5 - feeding on Thistle heads ; Reed Bunting - 1 - singing ; Reed Warbler - 1 - alarm call ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Whitethroat - 04-May - 2 adults, alarm call, 2 or 3 young feeding in Willow.

Dore: Siskin - 3 - Female + 2 juveniles in garden, where up to 16 were present through winter.

Firsby Res: Mallard - 20+ - 3 seperate adult F with ducklings of various ages. ; Reed Bunting - 1 - Singing Male.