Sightings Archive

Holmebrook Valley Park: Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - in shrubs above lake ; Swallow - 2 : House Martin - 2

Longshaw: Mandarin - 2 - Male & female on pond ; Nuthatch - 2

Low Moor, Upper Midhope: Red Kite - 1 ; Raven - 1 ; 319 - 6 ; Oystercatcher - 4 ; Curlew - 12 ; Sparrowhawk - 2

Malin Bridge: Swift - 40+ - screaming birds back in force on territory today.

Middlewood: Swift - 30+

Midhope Res: Crossbill - 26 - including a family party with at least 2 stripy juvs.

Millstone Edge below: Long-tailed Tit - 2

Norwood Allotments: Swift - 8 - 3 this morning, 4 by lunchtime, and 8 this evening.

Orgreave Lakes: Greenshank - 1 ; Dunlin - 2 ; Common Sandpiper - 3 ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 ; Wheatear - 2 ; Swift - 'loads' - No sign of the Black-necked Grebes

Oughtibridge: Starling - 2+ - feeding young at nest in neighbours eaves . ; Swift - 1 - flying around traditional site on Church St

Padley Gorge: Pied Flycatcher - 3+ ; Pied Flycatcher - 3+ ; Pied Flycatcher - 3+ ; Pied Flycatcher - 3+ ; Crossbill - 4 ; Crossbill - 4 ; Redstart - 2+

Parkgate; Retail World: Swift - c10 - N/NW

Peat Pits: Golden Plover - 7 ; Wheatear - 5

Ravenfield Church: Swift - 4 - Over West. ; House Sparrow - 6+ - Feeding over horse paddock. ; Blackcap - 1 - Singing on old railway embankment.

Rawmarsh: Swift - 2 - N/NW ; House Martin - 2 - N/NW

Redmires Bottom Res: Swift - 1

Rivelin Dams: Garden Warbler - 1 - Singing in trees around car park

Rocher Top: Red-legged Partridge - 2

Stubley Hollow: Garden Warbler - 2 - ; Whitethroat - 1 ; Blackcap - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 6 ; Swallow - 13 ; Little Owl - 1 ; Buzzard - 1

Thrybergh Cemetery: Grey Partridge - 2 - Pair.

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 6 - 2-2-1-1 ; Mute Swan - 37 ; Gadwall - 2 - mf ; Tufted Duck - 15 - 12m3f ; Red-legged Partridge - 4 - 02/01/2001 ; Scaup - 1 - m ; Common Tern - 2 ; Collared Dove - 2 - past w ; Swift - 100 - building up from 0830 ; Sand Martin - 100 - circa ; Swallow - 11 ; House Martin - 2 - only 2 picked out ; Blackbird - 22 ; Blackcap - 10 - sing. ; Whitethroat - 6 - 5sing ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - sing ; Reed Warbler - 2 - sing ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - sing ; Willow Warbler - 7 - sing ; Chiffchaff - 7 - sing ; Reed Warbler - 2 - singles call. ; Yellowhammer - 2 - 1sing

Walkley garden: Swift - 6 - Circling high over Fir St/Greenhow St, am and late pm.

Waterthorpe: Starling - 60+ - Adults foraging on Waterthorpe playing field and carrying food to nest sites.

Woodthorpe, Sheffield: Swift - 50+ - Steady numbers N between 11am/1.30pm ; Hobby - 1 - 1 N - coinciding with Swift passage

Wyming Brook: Wood Warbler - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 2

Blackburn Meadows NR: Garden Warbler - 2 ; Whitethroat - 10+ - 1 pair seen, 1 carrying nesting material. ; Blackcap - 7 ; Reed Bunting - 2 ; Lapwing - 2 ; Coot - 2 ; Moorhen - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Goldfinch - 1 ; Dunnock - 1

Botanical Gardens: Swift - 9

Burbage Valley: Hobby - 1 - adult, low over Upper Burbage bridge and on to Ringinglow Bog c1900. ; Swift - 12 - movement, birds heading low N in ones and twos tonight. ; Ring Ouzel - 7 - 4 birds together at top of valley, pair further down and a further singing male. ; Whinchat - 4 - singing males, 3 visible in one small area. ; Cuckoo - 1 - singing ; Stonechat - 3 - singing males

Canklow Woods: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - reeling ; Garden Warbler - 1 - singing

Centenary Riverside: Whitethroat - 4 ; Chaffinch - 1 - Calling ; Moorhen - 5 - 1pair, 3 chicks ; Blackcap - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Dunnock - 1