Sightings Archive

High Green: Swift - c20 - Appeared ahead of stormy weather 3pm

Hillsborough Park: Coot - 2 - With 7 fledged chicks ; Sand Martin - 3

Kimberworth Park: Sparrowhawk - 1 - female hunting over rooftops @ Byrley Road,causing starlings to alarm and scatter along with pigeons.

Langsett Res: Oystercatcher - Pair ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 - west

Lawrence Field: Cuckoo - 1 - showed briefly in flight; also calling ; Kestrel - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 2

Mayfield Valley: Whitethroat - 1 - On Mark Lane ; Reed Bunting - 1 - On Mark Lane

Middlewood: Whimbrel - 1+ - Calls recorded over Ganton Road at 1.12am. 15 separate calls over 45s.

Midhope Res: House Martin - c15 - Feeding low over dam wall and enscarpment 8am ; Swift - 1 - Feeding with House Martins ; Swallow - c5 ; Oystercatcher - Pair ; Tufted Duck - Pair ; Curlew - 1 ; 319 - 2 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Common Sandpiper - 4 ; Little Grebe - 1 ; 321 - 1 ; Lapwing - 2 ; Snipe - 1 - Standing on cables over field at one point

Nether Padley: Swift - 2

Orgreave: Cuckoo - 1 - Male Fly-by

Orgreave Lakes: Little Stint - 1 - still present ; Little Stint - 1 - second photo ; Little Stint - 1 - still present this afternoon till 16:00 ; Ringed Plover - 3 ; Arctic Tern - 1 - for 30 mins during heavy rain ; Yellow Wagtail - 3 ; Swift - 150 ; Swallow - 120 ; House Martin - 60 ; Sand Martin - 100

Owler Bar: Red Kite - 1

Padley Gorge: Pied Flycatcher - 2 ; Treecreeper - 2 ; Cuckoo - 1 - showing briefly, perched at top of tree, after calling

Redmires Bottom Res: Whitethroat - 1 - singing at SE corner

Redmires conduit: Whitethroat - 1 - singing quietly from solitary hawthorn towards Hallam Moor - my first along here ; Lapwing - 20 - including at least four birds sitting and several anxious flights ; Curlew - 4 - territorial flight/ chasing passing Crows

Redmires Middle Res: Whimbrel - 1 - on shoreline late afternoon ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Little Ringed Plover - 1 ; Redshank - 1 ; Oystercatcher - 3 ; Curlew - 5 - washing off after storm ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - White wagtail feeding on shoreline, flew off E

River Rother, Catcliffe: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - Reeling from edge of reed bed ; Reed Warbler - 4+ - Collecting nest material from reed seed heads. ; Bullfinch - 1 - Sigle male bird ; Lapwing - 1 - Female bird guarding last remaining chick

Rough Wood: Pied Flycatcher - 6 ; Jay - 2 - pr ; 319 - 1 ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Blue Tit - 4 ; Blackbird - 4

Scholes Village & Surrounds: Mallard - 3 - up from Scholes Pond ; Lapwing - 2 - 1 pair, N of Little Lane adult calling from within crop. ; Pheasant - 10+ ; Skylark - 1 - singing, N of Little Lane ; Swallow - 1 - low over field S of Red House Farm ; Wren - 1 - singing ; Dunnock - 1 - singing ; Robin - 1 - singing ; Blackbird - 2 - singing ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Whitethroat - 2 - @ Scholes Pond, song and calls ; Chaffinch - 3 - singing ; Goldfinch - 1+

Silverwood Lagoon: Swift - 1 - especially late this year.

Southgrove Road: Whitethroat - 1 - in garden

Strawberry Lea: Blackcap - 3 - 3 singing males in Strawberry Lee plantation ; Snipe - 3 - 2 drumming briefly Strawberry Lee plantation; 1 chipping Cowsick Bog

Totley Moss: Red Kite - 1 ; Curlew - 2 - mobbing the Red Kite

Upper Whiston: 319 - 2 - Pair over Upper Whiston farm 10.30

Wadsley: Swift - 5

Wharncliffe Chase (south): Hobby - 1 - North 14.20

Wyming Brook: Wood Warbler - 2 - singing males ; Wood Warbler - 2 - another photo ; Spotted Flycatcher - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 4 - singing males ; Willow Warbler - 9 - singing males ; Siskin - 2 ; Song Thrush - 2 - chasing ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing

Birley Edge: Garden Warbler - 1 - Singing

Bolehill Flash: Reed Warbler - 3 - singing males ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - singing

Bramley: Swift - 6 - Screaming over Flanderwell Avenue @ 7:30AM.

Catcliffe: Whitethroat - 9 - 9 in an hour in tetrad 48J ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1