Sightings Archive

Longshaw: Song Thrush - 1

Manor Fields Park: Reed Bunting - 1 - male reedbed area 07:20. ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - in water course 07:40.

Middleton Moor: Curlew - 25 ; Oystercatcher - 1 ; Goosander - 1

Orgreave Lakes: Rock Pipit - 1 - Litoralis Rock Pipit at edge of big lake then flew towards small lake. Relocated on the land fill. First here since 2015 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Between bridges ; Song Thrush - 1 - Between bridges ; Oystercatcher - 1 - On the island ; 319 - 1 - Flew in at about midday, scattered the birds then flew off east ; Goosander - 1 ; Pintail - 2 - pair landed on main lake at 10.45

Parkhead: Waxwing - c90 - Corner of Parkhead Cres and Ecclesall Rd South, by Macolls at 8.00.

Peat Pits: Lapwing - 65 - Several birds displaying ; Skylark - 4+ - Singing ; Golden Plover - 11 ; Curlew - 4

R Don, Attercliffe, Norfolk Bridge: Iceland Gull - 1 - in flight at 13:15, close to the bridge for just over a minute, fighting with another gull for a morsel (the IG won). ; Goosander - 3 - 2 m, 1 f, showing v. well. ; Grey Wagtail - 2

Redmires Bottom Res: Stonechat - 2 - m+f at 15:55

Redmires conduit: Golden Plover - 380 - single flock in rough field below conduit ; Lapwing - 40 - including some territorial display flights ; Skylark - 3 - singing ; Snipe - 1 - chipping from rough fields

Redmires Top Res: Song Thrush - 3 - 2 singing ; Mistle Thrush - 2 - singing

Silverwood Lagoon: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Little Grebe - 6 ; Wigeon - 2 ; Gadwall - 1pr ; Cormorant - 1 ; Grey Heron - 2 - east ; Lesser Redpoll - 8 ; Redshank - 1 - on western shoreline at 07.5 then flew SW ; Stonechat - 1 - female in gorse at southern end ; Short-eared Owl - 3 ; Linnet - 40+ - 40 in stubble field to west + several singing males ; Black-headed Gull - c400 ; Common Gull - 4 ; 319 - 2 ; Kestrel - 2 ; Bullfinch - 3 ; Grey Partridge - 1 - getting very scarce here ; Yellowhammer - 10 - 3 singing ; Skylark - c20 - 7 singing ; Meadow Pipit - 12 - 2 'parachuting' ; Reed Bunting - 6 - singing ; Stock Dove - 2 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Jackdaw - 4 - 2-1-1 SE

Soughley Lane, Redmires: Fieldfare - c.60 - in plantation N of road. 50 headed SW

Stone Moor: Grey Partridge - 1+ - calling ; Reed Bunting - 1

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 4 ; Little Grebe - 3 ; Mute Swan - 25 - 11-2nd cy ; Pochard - 4 - 3m1f ; Tufted Duck - 46 - 16f ; Kestrel - 2 - a pr disp. ; Pheasant - 6 - m call ; Water Rail - 2 ; Moorhen - 12+ ; Coot - 50+ ; Black-headed Gull - 160 ; Stock Dove - 2 ; Skylark - 9 - sing ; Wren - 15 - 14sing ; Dunnock - 29 - lots of disp. ; Robin - 21 ; Goldcrest - 1 - sing ; Long-tailed Tit - 6 - 3pr ; Bullfinch - 8 - 4m4f ; Reed Bunting - 7

Underbank Res: Willow Tit - 1 - singing

Wortley: Common Buzzard - 6 - Soaring together

Aldwarke: Lapwing - 10 - lots of displaying ; Ringed Plover - 1pr ; Pied Wagtail - 1pr ; Green Sandpiper - 1 ; Snipe - 2 ; Meadow Pipit - 1 ; Redwing - 2 ; Cormorant - 1 - on pylon from 0810hrs ; Mute Swan - 21 - SW between 0731-0756hrs (inc party of 13) to canal basin

Aldwarke; Tata Steel: Peregrine - 1 - adult sat on roof & adjacent water tower from 0645hrs at least

Edge Mount: Grey Partridge - 1+ - calling from surrounding fields . ; Snipe - 3 - 3 chipping at dusk .

Greave*s Piece: Great Grey Shrike - 1 - still at Greave's Piece this morning in the drizzle

Greystones: Waxwing - 16 - early morning

Longshaw Estate: Curlew - 1

Millhouses: Waxwing - c30 - coming and going from silver birch on Kingsley Park avenue garden for most of the morning and early afternoon

Monsal Head: Green Woodpecker - 1

Mount Darnall: Iceland Gull - 1 - Till 17.30 then few into town to roost.

Orgreave Lakes: Whooper Swan - 7 - North ; Goldeneye - 14 ; Goosander - 14 ; Curlew - 1 ; Dunlin - 1