Sightings Archive

Cowell Flat: Carrion Crow - 4 ; Woodpigeon - 6

Darnall Greenland estate: Carrion Crow - 3 - adult feeding 2 fledged juvs . ; Starling - 1 - collecting nesting material .

Fulwood: Goldcrest - 1 - singing Fulwood church

Fulwood garden: Greenfinch - 1+ - male and 3 fledged juvs at feeders ; Great Tit - 2+ - family party of 5+ at feeders ; Robin - 2+ - pair feeding two fledged juvs ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing

Green Moor: Little Owl - 1

R Don, Effingham St: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 40+ - With another Norwegian (Vest-Agder) ringed 2cy bird - J850R, the 7th in recent months, plus a Dutch ringed bird with a green tibia ring. ; Herring Gull - 6

Ranmoor: Goldcrest - 2 - singing along Fulwood Rd, c.400 metres apart

Rawmarsh:Haugh Rd: Red Kite - 1 - Drifted SW @ 17.00 ; 319 - 3 - Circling @ 16.40 ; Grey Partridge - 1 - pr on playing field @ 07.15 ; Lapwing - 2 - juvs on playing field ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 3 - S ; Mistle Thrush - 2 - on playing field

Sheffield University: Peregrine - 2 - fledged juvs engaged in sparring

Walker Edge: Mistle Thrush - 1 - feeding in sheep pasture ; Pied Wagtail - 4 ; Meadow Pipit - 10+ ; Linnet - 6 - flitting amongst heather and gorse in rough area by walker house ; Swallow - 14 ; Little Owl - 1 ; Lapwing - 2 - feeding in white lea field

Canklow Woods: Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - 1 singing ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - 1 reeling

Crowhole: Cuckoo - 1 - heard calling from the direction of Peakley Hill / Highlightley.

Longshaw: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - reeling in marsh near Grouse inn ; Spotted Flycatcher - 2 ; Redstart - 9 ; Cuckoo - 1

Low Ash, Worrall: Black-headed Gull - 4 ; Skylark - 03-May - singing in flight over and around grazing landnext to golf club ; 319 - 1 - circling in distance towards stannington ; Swift - 4 ; Swallow - 04-May ; Whitethroat - 1 - perched on shrub with food ; Willow Warbler - 7 - all singing ; Blackcap - 1 - singing from cover ; Wren - 3 ; Song Thrush - 3 ; Curlew - 1 - calling from fields on myers lane ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Robin - 3 ; Linnet - 5 - small flock on gorse bushes ; Spotted Flycatcher - 1 - flitting between wall and tree flycatching ; Rook - 12 - in field with sheep ; Jackdaw - 6 - with rooks ; Magpie - 4 ; Blackbird - 5

Meersbrook Park: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Heard ; 324 - 1 - Speckled Wood butterfly

Orgreave Lakes: Grey Partridge - 2 ; BLACK-NECKED GREBE - 2 ; Hobby - 1 - Over area between two bridges then towards Treeton Dyke

Padley Gorge: Spotted Flycatcher - 2 - Pair making multiple trips with food to nest site. ; Pied Flycatcher - 2 - males, one taking a drink from the stream ; Redstart - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 3 ; Nuthatch - 2 - pair

Pit-house West: Reed Warbler - 13+ - including at least 9 singing.

R Don, Rotherham Centre; Chantry Bridge: Sand Martin - 20-30 - over/around colony; birds still entering at least one nest hole

Silverwood Lagoon: Grasshopper Warbler - 2 - 1 reeling in Hollings Lane 'meadows', second bird reeling along Hollings Lane sidings ; Mallard - 1+ - female with fresh brood of 10 ; Grey Heron - 1 - SW at 08.05

Arbourthorne Pond: Grey Heron - 1 - flew from pond 05:15. ; Moorhen - 6 - 2 adults 4 chick. ; Mallard - 5 - 2 male 1 female 2 duckling

Barlow: 319 - 1 ; Yellowhammer - 02-Mar ; Lapwing - 1 ; Skylark - 3 ; House Martin - 1 ; Swallow - 4 ; Swift - 2 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1

Green Moor: Garden Warbler - 1 - Nest building; presumably 2nd nest following fledging the first circa 5m away ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Song Thrush - 2+ - Successful breeding

Lodge Moor garden: Tree Sparrow - 3 - Adult feeding 2 young

Low Bradfield: Mandarin - 2

Manor Fields Park: Moorhen - 5 - 1 adult 4 chick ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - still singing 05:35 ; Blackcap - 3 ; Goldfinch - 6 - 2ad 4juv ; Greenfinch - 5 - 2ad 3 juv

Orgreave Lakes: BLACK-NECKED GREBE - 2 ; Whooper Swan - 1 - with 51 Mutes. Orange Darvik - YGZ.

R Don, Rotherham Centre; Chantry Bridge: Sand Martin - 20-30 - over/around colony & surrounding area; presumably now including juvs

Rotherham Centre; Don Canal, Brown*s Cut: Mallard - 2+ - 2 ducks, each with 2 fresh ducklings + 2 additional ducklings calling frantically on opposite side of lock gates!

Stubley Hollow: House Martin - 13 - Chiffchaff - 4, Garden Warbler - 1, Whitethroat - 1, Wren 13 , 1 carrying food. Little Owl - 1

Attercliffe: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 130+ - still unusually high numbers for this time of year, birds on Effingham St Weir, Norfolk Bridge and Tesco roof. Another Norwegian colour ringed bird today, a 2cy ringed at Stavanger in 2016. ; Herring Gull - 8+ - including an adult ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - 2s/3cy on Norfolk Bridge weir tonight

Barbrook Bridge: Whinchat - 2

Big Moor: 319 - 01-Feb ; Raven - 2