Sightings Archive

Wharncliffe Chase: Swallow - 80 ; Pied Wagtail - 25 ; 319 - 2 ; Kestrel - 2

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Grey Heron - 1 - At dam pond

Wortley: Swift - 3

Aldwarke; Liberty Steel: Raven - 1 - low over, appeared to leave W @ 0750hrs ; Peregrine - 1 - high over briefly @ 0830hrs ; Cormorant - 1 - on pylon

Apperknowle area: Raven - 1

Botanical Gardens: Swift - 42+

Coal Aston: 319 - 1 ; 324 - 1 - Male Roe Deer in fields above Frith Wood

Millhouses: House Sparrow - 25-30 - In Springfield Rd garden

Orgreave Lakes: Little Ringed Plover - 1 - Juv ; Black-tailed Godwit - 1

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Mallard - 21 - E/NE @ 0725hrs ; Swallow - 1 - S ; Goldfinch - 5 - over ; Swift - 3 - W ; Sparrowhawk - 2+ - fledged juvs calling from woodland ; Mistle Thrush - 16 - post-breeding flocks of 10 & 6, all SE

Parkgate; fields to W: Common Buzzard - 3 - over together ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - female, harassing BZ ; Swift - c200 - feeding over cereal crops ; Swallow - 1

Rotherham: Kingfisher - 2 - Chasing each other, 1 aggressively attacking other near Ickles lock 06.35 ; House Martin - 15-20 - Feeding near Jordan lock 06.40 ; 321 - 1 - On weir

Roundwood Golf course: Chiffchaff - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1 - dropped onto pond from W/SW ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - independent juv, calling from top of dead tree ; Sand Martin - 20+ - over SE edge

Summerley: Red Kite - 1 ; 319 - 1 ; Swallow - c10

Tankersley: 319 - 6 - Circling together over A61N near A616 roundabout at 12:30

Troway: Kestrel - 1 ; 319 - 1

Upper Ewden: WHITE-TAILED EAGLE - 1 - around Upper Commons 17:10-18:30, mainly on ground, then circled up and headed S of Margery Hill,

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 1 ; Mallard - 3 - 1 ad + 2 juvs ; Kestrel - 1 - Male hovering ; 319 - 3+ - Fledged juvs begging for food in woodland. ; Swift - 1 ; House Martin - 4 ; Reed Warbler - 1 - Calling from Reed bed. ; Goldfinch - 10+ - Feeding on seed heads.

Hudson*s Rough: Sparrowhawk - 2+ - Adult female with at least 1 juv, moving through canopy, calling regularly. ; Jay - 1+ - calls

Hurlfield: Swift - 70+ - all WSW between 17:35-19:30 ; Common Buzzard - 2 - over at 17:45. ; Sparrowhawk - 1

Middleton Moor: Wheatear - 1 ; Redstart - 3 ; Linnet - 10

Nether Green: Swift - 4

Norfolk Park: Red Kite - 1 - Drifting north towards Granville road Sheffield at 15:25

Orgreave Lakes: Little Egret - 2 ; Common Sandpiper - 3 ; Snipe - 1 ; Common Gull - 1 - Ad

Ravenfield Park: Moorhen - 3 - 1 Adult, 2 Juvs. ; Mallard - 10+

Roughwood Rec: Jackdaw - 16 ; Rook - 1

Upper Ewden: WHITE-TAILED EAGLE - 1 - Seen in flight briefly towards Margery Hill at 11:10, landing out of sight.

Abbeydale: House Martin - 1 - visiting nest site on Plymouth Road

Bents Green: House Martin - 1 - visiting nest site off Ringinglow Road

Blacka Moor: Whitethroat - 2 ; Whitethroat - 2 - another photo

Bradwell - Rebellion Knoll: Kestrel - 1

Bradwell (Greendale): 324 - 3 - Hare

Green Moor: Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Linnet - 10 ; Common Buzzard - 4 ; Pied Wagtail - 12 ; Little Owl - 2 - separate individuals in different territories both ends of village

Hail Mary Woods: 319 - 3 - Two Adult & one Juvenile hunting, lots of Rabbits in the surrounding fields ; Bullfinch - 2 - Two males + fledglings

Kimberworth Park: Swift - 14 - over Shearman Avenue and Remount Rd

Middleton Moor: Shelduck - 4 - ad with 3 juvs ; Mallard - 5 - female with 4 juvs ; Tufted Duck - 1 - female ; Lapwing - 33 ; Curlew - 1 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 390 - c. roosted ; Yellow-legged Gull - 4 - ads with LBBs ; Black-headed Gull - 280 - roosted ; Kestrel - 2 ; Pied Wagtail - 8 ; Swallow - 150 - c. roosted ; Sand Martin - 1 ; Red-legged Partridge - 1

Orgreave Lakes: Little Egret - 1 - Feeding around smaller lake. ; Curlew - 1 - calling whilst flying around bigger lake. Landed briefly then flew off. ; Curlew - 1 - 1 with damaged leg

Redmires Res: Canada Goose - 54 - increase - yay! ; Greylag Goose - 18