Sightings Archive

Ramsley Moor: Willow Warbler - 1 ; Garden Warbler - 1 ; Cuckoo - 1 - heard only

Rawmarsh: Swift - frequent - back over nesting areas

Rawmarsh:Haugh Rd: Red Kite - 1 - SW @ 16.10

Roundwood Golf course: Willow Warbler - 3 - singing males ; Mistle Thrush - 3 - inc singing male ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing male

Sheffield Centre: Whitethroat - 1 - In singing from shrubbery between Sylvester Street car park and Decathlon car park ; Greenfinch - 4 - 3 male, 1 female, latter with nest-building material

Sheffield University: Peregrine - 2+ - 3 chicks ringed this morning ; Peregrine - 2 - adult pair in attendance

Tyzack*s Dam: Mandarin - 17 - 15 males, two females ; Mandarin - 17 - Another picture

Wyming Brook: Dipper - 1 ; Wood Warbler - 1

Catcliffe Flash: Gadwall - 10 ; Swift - 6+ ; Swallow - 1 ; Coot - 14+ ; Great Crested Grebe - 1

Crookes Valley Park: Swift - 12 - chasing and screaming overhead; returned to Crookesmoor nesting area ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing from conifers ; Treecreeper - 1 - 'singing'

Handsworth: Starling - 4 - 4 fresh out the nest juvenile in garden this evening.

Meersbrook Park: Goldfinch - 7 ; Chiffchaff - 1

Orgreave Lakes: Knot - 1 ; Sanderling - 2 ; Dunlin - 2 ; Arctic Tern - 5 - 3+2 ; Common Tern - 1 ; Sedge Warbler - 1 ; Dunlin - 3 ; Little Ringed Plover - 3 ; Redshank - 5 ; Oystercatcher - 5 - pair with 2 young +1 on large lake.

R Don, Rotherham Centre; Chantry Bridge: Sand Martin - 8prs+ - birds entering at least 8 of holes beneath Bridge Inn ; Pied Wagtail - 1+ - adult feeding 1+ juv ; Blackcap - 1 - singing male

R Don, Rotherham Centre; Main Street to Don Island: Sand Martin - 4-5prs - investigating holes in stonework of wall on E bank

Silver Wood: Cuckoo - 1 - calling in strip of woodland south of Hollings Lane at 07.20 ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - reeling from open scrub near r/way line pond ; Reed Warbler - 1 - singing r/way line pond ; Garden Warbler - 2 - singing

Silverwood Lagoon: Reed Warbler - 5 - singing ; Sedge Warbler - 3 - singing ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - reeling ; Lesser Whitethroat - 2 - singing ; Garden Warbler - 1 - singing ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - reeling ; Whitethroat - 20+ - singing. Abundant again this year ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 4 - party of 4 south ; Common Tern - 1 - SW ; Swift - 4 ; Swallow - 2 ; House Martin - c12

Stannington: Long-tailed Tit - 2+ - 2 adults plus 4 juveniles

Weston Park: Goldcrest - 1 - singing

Wharncliffe Side: Oystercatcher - 1 - Flew over village calling at 23:05

Wyming Brook: Grey Wagtail - 4 - 2adults 2young ; Pied Flycatcher - 1

Barlow Common: 319 - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Whitethroat - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Swift - 2 ; Swallow - 5+

Bingham Park: Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Nuthatch - 1 - Still visiting nest with food

Blackburn Meadows NR: Gadwall - 4 ; Mallard - 3 ; Lapwing - 2 - Pair. Female sat on nest ; Grey Heron - 4 ; Reed Warbler - 6 - Singing males ; Garden Warbler - 2 - Singing males

Burngreave Cemetery: Willow Warbler - 2 - At least two singing males

Canklow Woods: Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - singing

Cowley Bar, Holmesfield: Barn Owl - 1 - Four Acres Farm

Damflask Res: Little Ringed Plover - 1

Firsby Res: 319 - 1 - On fence post. ; Kestrel - 2 - A pair. ; Swift - 6 ; Whitethroat - 3 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing. ; Blackcap - 1 - Singing near road. ; Mistle Thrush - 2 - Noisy pair.

Meersbrook Park: Goldfinch - 20+

Midhope Res: Crossbill - 35 - c35 flew over heading from Langsett

Moorland Fringe: Nightjar - 8 - at 4 sites, 7 males (4+2+1 (+1).

Orgreave Lakes: Knot - 1 - first thing ; Sanderling - 1 ; Arctic Tern - 1

R Don, Effingham St: Canada Goose - 2 - nest failed.

Whiteley Woods: Dipper - 2 ; Treecreeper - 1 - May have been juv, but deeding on it's own ; Grey Wagtail - 5+ - 4+ adults, 1 juv - fed by adult

Agden Rocher: Oystercatcher - 2 - in fields avbove

Bingham Park: Nuthatch - 1 - Still visiting nest with food ; Dipper - 1