Sightings Archive

Cutthroat Bridge: Whinchat - 2 - 1 pair inc singing male ; Hobby - 1

Dog Kennel Pond: Sand Martin - 2+ - probable breeding, active around arches in wall at W end ; Sand Martin - 2 - active near nest (s)?

Ecclesall: Swift - 10 - screeming party overhead

Greave*s Piece: Cuckoo - 1 - Flying on to Big Moor

Hunter*s Bar: Kingfisher - 1 - Flew over Ecclesall Rd by the Porter Brook and into the Almshouses.

Ibbotson Wheel Dam: Nuthatch - 1 - Nest hole in a slanting alder

Langsett Res: Wood Warbler - 1 - Joseph Lane: 1 singing ; Pied Flycatcher - 1 - Singing at Midhope Cliff ; Mandarin - 3 - 3 drakes ; Great Crested Grebe - 2

Morley Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 5 - adults ; Mallard - 6+ - includind female with 5 recently fledged ; Tufted Duck - 15 - adults ; Moorhen - 1 ; Coot - 6+ - adults and juvs ; Swift - 4+ ; Swallow - 1+ ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Blackcap - 1 - singing

Nether Green garden: Swift - 4 - first seen yesterday

Orgreave Lakes: Cetti's Warbler - 1 ; Little Ringed Plover - 1 ; Common Sandpiper - 2 ; Sedge Warbler - 1 ; Jay - 1 ; Oystercatcher - 5 - 2 adults on island with 3 newly hatched chicks ; Little Egret - 2 ; Wheatear - 1

Parkgate Canal Basin: Chiffchaff - 3 - Singing @05.20 ; Willow Warbler - 2 - Singing ; Blackcap - 2 - Singing ; Whitethroat - 2 - Singing ; Song Thrush - 1 - Singing ; Wren - 09-Oct - Singing

R. Sheaf, Duchess Rd: Grey Wagtail - 2 - pair feeding ; Mallard - 2 - 1 m + 1 f together ; 320 - 1 - male swimming towards rubbish screen ; Sand Martin - 6+ - mobbing cat which was poking its head through a gap in a wall above potential nest holes in building foundations.

Redmires conduit: Stock Dove - 1 - Unusual here

Redmires Res: Goosander - 1 - redhead on Bottom Res ; Oystercatcher - 4 - 2 pairs ; Little Ringed Plover - 1 - calling over Top Res ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - reeling ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - sang briefly on south side of Middle Res ; Spotted Flycatcher - 2 - singing by Top Res ; Willow Warbler - 20 - c. singing ; Blackcap - 3 - singing ; Whitethroat - 3 - singing

RVCP: Shoveler - 4 - 2pr ; Oystercatcher - 1 - with abnormal bill,, c50% longer than normal!

Shepherd Wheel Dam: Moorhen - 8 - 2 adults + 6 small chicks

Stanage Plantation: Cuckoo - 3 - 2 males, 1 female

Sugworth Hall: Hobby - 2 - Pair over Sugworth Road near Sugworth Hall/Folly heading west

Wentworth, Mill Dam: Great Crested Grebe - 6+ - 1 pair with 2-3 chicks, on and off parent's back, 1pair displaying(head shake), adult on nest, below tree SK412961 ; Mute Swan - 2 - adult on nest, W end island, SK412962 ; Mallard - 50+ - 30+ adults, 20+ ducklings ; Moorhen - 5+ - at least 1 family, 2 juvs ; Coot - 5+ ; Tufted Duck - 2 - 1 pair ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Reed Bunting - 1 - singing ; Whitethroat - 1 - calls ; Black-headed Gull - 3 ; Treecreeper - 1 - onto cherry tree, then singing, SK410963

Wharncliffe Chase: Whitethroat - 1 - Singing ; Reed Bunting - 5 - All males, some singing ; Raven - 3 ; Lapwing - 5 - All on top plain, very territorial with one seen sitting ; Willow Warbler - c15 - Most singing with pair nest building in low vegetation near flash on the chase ; Swallow - 4 ; Yellowhammer - 1 - Singing ; Skylark - c25 - Lots of song/chasing ; Red-legged Partridge - 5 ; Tawny Owl - 1 - Flew across woodland track at 05:00 ; Curlew - 2 - Separate birds calling ; Linnet - c25 - Around nest site to south, several singing ; Tree Pipit - 8 - Singing ; Blackcap - 4 ; Chiffchaff - 4 ; Stonechat - 1 - Male ; Wheatear - 4 ; Meadow Pipit - c10 ; Coal Tit - 4 - Singing

Wyming Brook: Nuthatch - 2 - 1 pair at nest hole. ; Cuckoo - 1 - singing bird ; Wood Warbler - 3 - singing males - photo taken from main track ; Goldcrest - 5 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 3 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 4 - singing ; Blackcap - 2 - singing ; Nuthatch - 1 - singing ; Treecreeper - 2 - including one feeding on rocks

Bar Brook Valley: Whinchat - 2 - Pair ; Stonechat - 4 - 3 males and a female ; Tree Pipit - 2

Bolehill Flash: Sedge Warbler - 3 ; Lapwing - 3 ; Swallow - 5+