Sightings Archive

Morley Pond: Mallard - 12+ ; Coot - 4 ; Swallow - 1+ ; House Martin - 20+ - most feeding around boathouse with some along with swallows over Peacock Lodge farm. ; Robin - 1 - singing ; Treecreeper - 1 - singing ; Goldfinch - 1+

Norton Lees: Tawny Owl - 1 - fem calling at 04:40

R Don, Effingham St: CASPIAN GULL - 1 - juv/1w on roof again in evening. ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - ad (different to the 2 adults seen on Monday). ; Sand Martin - 2 - still visiting the walls.

Redmires Res: Canada Goose - 8 ; Tufted Duck - 13 ; Mallard - 12 ; Lapwing - 36 - flushed by dog walkers ; Snipe - 5 - 2 + 3 around Middle Res ; Ringed Plover - 3 - on Middle Res ; Black-headed Gull - 70 - c. Mostly in fields ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 60 - c. ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - ad with LBB ; Herring Gull - 8 ; Moorhen - 1 - calling on TopRes ; Stonechat - 3 ; Pied Wagtail - 14 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - inc 1 W ; Siskin - 2 - flew W ; Chiffchaff - 8 ; Swallow - 20 - flew SW ; Sand Martin - 2 - flew Sw with Swallows ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - calling ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - calling ; Greenfinch - 18 - post-breeding flock

Storrs: Meadow Pipit - 1 ; Linnet - 1

Wragg*s Pond: Mallard - 59 ; 320 - 1

Catcliffe Flash: Wigeon - 7

Dore: Collared Dove - 4 - family group feeding in observer’s garden

Ecclesall: Swallow - 100 - c. flew S mostly during the morning ; House Martin - 40 - c. flew S during the morning ; Swift - 1 - flew W at 10:30 ; Meadow Pipit - 3 - singles S during morning

Langsett Res: Great Crested Grebe - 1 - juvenile AM

Longshaw: Whitethroat - 2 ; Redstart - 2 - Male and female juveniles ; Redstart - 2

Middleton Moor: Shelduck - 3 - all adults ; 320 - 23 ; Tufted Duck - 6 ; Lapwing - 8

Midhope Res: Black-headed Gull - c400 - Moving SE away from Langsett Res roost in groups 6.40-8.00 ; Greylag Goose - c100 ; 320 - 17 ; Swallow - c100 ; Meadow Pipit - c20 ; Pied Wagtail - 13 ; Little Grebe - 7 ; Linnet - 6 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 8 ; House Martin - c10 ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1 - juv ; Chiffchaff - 2 - singing ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Yellowhammer - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 1 ; Stock Dove - 5 - SE - thought to be a local movement ; Jay - 3+ ; Snipe - 3 - NW 8.30

Orgreave Lakes: Common Scoter - 1 ; Shoveler - 5 ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 - Briefly at 0845 ; Whinchat - 2 ; Common Scoter - 1 - Single bird on main lake.

Ramsley Moor: Redstart - 1 ; Whinchat - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 4 - Including 1 singing ; Stonechat - 5 ; Willow Warbler - 1

Redmires Middle Res: Grey Heron - 1 - Feeding on the shoreline of the Middle Res amongst the gulls

Redmires Res: Tufted Duck - 15 - 10 on Top Res & 5 on Middle Res - highest count for many years, which isn’t saying much! ; Lapwing - 24 - in fields ; Ringed Plover - 2 - juvs on Middle Res ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 32 ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - ad on Middle Res ; Herring Gull - 6 ; Black-headed Gull - 140 - c. many moving SW ; Willow Warbler - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 6 ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 - calling overhead ; Pied Wagtail - 20 - c. mostly juvs ; Common Buzzard - 1 ; Greenfinch - 6 - flew W ; Goldfinch - 60 - post-breeding flock ; Stonechat - 1 - juv ; Kestrel - 2 ; Meadow Pipit - 25 - flew S in one hour

Redmires, Hammond*s Field: Common Buzzard - 1 - very obliging