Sightings Archive

Friday 23rd April 2021

• Ecclesfield, Station Rd/Butterthwaite La-Trans Pennine Trail: Great Tit - 2 - calling ; Dunnock - 2 ; Blackbird - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 3+ - singing ; Greenfinch - at least 4 - singing ; Robin - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - calling
• Edge Mount: Wheatear - 2 - feeding in rough pasture.
• Endcliffe Crescent: Blackcap - 4 - 3 males having a scrap + 1 female
• Endcliffe Park: Tawny Owl - 1
• Firsby Res: Greylag Goose - 2 - Left @ 18:30PM. ; Mute Swan - 1 - Single on main Res. ; Mallard - 2 ; 319 - 1 - Call only. ; Pied Wagtail - 2 - Pair ; Red-legged Partridge - 2 ; Pheasant - 1 - Male. ; Grey Heron - 1 - Over. ; Blackcap - 6 ; Willow Warbler - 5 ; Chiffchaff - 3 ; Goldcrest - 1
• Greave*s Piece: Tree Pipit - 2 - Singing/song flighting ; Willow Warbler - 20+ - Obvious influx
• Handsworth garden: Stock Dove - 2 - under feeders.
• Hay Dale: Willow Warbler - 4 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Redstart - 2 - a pair ; 324 - 1 - Peacock butterfly
• Holdworth: Linnet - 50+ - single flock feeding in grass field. ; Little Owl - 1 - sat in cherry tree.
• Lady Canning*s Plantation: Willow Warbler - 3+ - At least 3 singing
• Lodge Moor: Whitethroat - 1 - singing
• Longshaw: Siskin - 2 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Mandarin - 4 ; 324 - 1 - Female Orange Tip Butterfly ; Willow Warbler - 2
• Malin Bridge: Blackcap - 1 - singing male in gardens, 1 day bird. ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing in gardens early am, first for a while.
• Middleton Moor: Bar-tailed Godwit - 1 - Summer plumage ; 320 - 7 ; Tufted Duck - 8 ; Wheatear - 2 ; Lapwing - 23
• Monk*s Dale: Chiffchaff - 1
• Orgreave Lakes: Common Sandpiper - 1 - small lake this evening ; Goosander - 1 - male on island ; Mute Swan - 15 - including ringed birds (all yellow rings with black lettering) Y142, Y334, Y529 and Y824 ; Great Crested Grebe - 2 - including one on nest on island ; Mallard - 1+ - female with 3 small chicks on large lake this evening ; Sand Martin - 50 - late evening
• Padley Gorge: Pied Flycatcher - 2 - Visiting nest box No. 1, Female carrying nesting material into the box ; Pied Flycatcher - 2 - M ; Meadow Pipit - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - Visiting probable nest site ; Kestrel - 1 - Caught & flew off with prey
• Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing ; Blackcap - 2 - singing ; Stock Dove - 1 - NW ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Coal Tit - 1 - singing ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - N, then NE ; Greenfinch - 2 - 1 singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 1pr ; Chaffinch - 1 - singing ; Greylag Goose - 2 - NE @ 0805hrs (same as over Aldwarke earlier); 1 returning SW @ 0825hrs
• Peter Dale: Willow Warbler - 2 ; Mistle Thrush - 1
• R Don, Attercliffe: Sand Martin - 40 - prospecting potential nest holes in Norfolk Bridge
• R Don, Effingham St: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 11 - mostly adults ; Herring Gull - 35 - mix of all ages ; Black-headed Gull - 3
• Rawmarsh; Barber*s Avenue: Long-tailed Tit - 1pr ; Greenfinch - 4 - 2 singing ; Starling - c20 - on playing field
• Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Grey Heron - 1 - adult low to N @ 1406hrs ; Kestrel - 1 - male, hovering very high over for several minutes; drifted S
• Redmires Res: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - reeling ; Sand Martin - 2 - south ; Tufted Duck - 6 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Common Sandpiper - 6 ; Redshank - 2 ; Sand Martin - 2 - Flew S ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - reeling by Middle Res ; Willow Warbler - 14 ; Reed Bunting - 5 - singing males ; Snipe - 2 - Single birds “chipping??? N and S of Middle Res ; Curlew - 8 - along conduit ; Black-headed Gull - 2 ; Stonechat - 2 - pair by Top Res dam wall
• Ringinglow Smeltings Farm: Osprey - 1 - travelling north
• Rivelin Dams: Common Sandpiper - 1 - on Bottom Res
• Roundwood Golf course: Stock Dove - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing ; Blackcap - 2 - singing ; Sand Martin - c15 - feeding over
• Silver Wood: Nuthatch - 2