Sightings Archive

Greystones: Swift - 2 - Over observer's garden

Langsett Res: Tufted Duck - 4 - 2 males and a separate pair ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Oystercatcher - 1 ; 319 - 1

Middleton Moor: Tawny Owl - 1 - a downy juv ; Redstart - 1 ; Reed Warbler - 2 - a pair ; Red-legged Partridge - 1 - singing from top of wall ; Wheatear - 1 ; Shelduck - 1

Midhope Res: Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Oystercatcher - Pair ; Kestrel - 1 ; Lapwing - 3 - 2 sitting ; Swallow - 3 ; Curlew - 3 ; Tufted Duck - 1 male

Moorland Fringe: Nightjar - 1 - Calling @ 21.26.

Morehall Res: Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Blue Tit - 4+ - 2 nest boxes occupied

Orgreave Lakes: Shelduck - 7 - flew N at 0742 then 5 S at 0845 (probably same). ; Hobby - 1 - hunting hirundines over main lake 17:45 ; Dunlin - 1 ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 - male ; Great Crested Grebe - 24 ; Redshank - 1 ; Ringed Plover - 1 ; Oystercatcher - 1 - chasing off Carrion Crow.

R Don, Effingham St: Herring Gull - c50 - imms ; Great Black-backed Gull - 1 - 2cy ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 6

Redmires conduit: Wheatear - 1 ; Lapwing - 7 ; Curlew - 2 ; Greylag Goose - 2

Redmires Top Res: Common Sandpiper - 2 ; Grey Wagtail - 1

Sheffield Centre; South Street Park: Kestrel - 1 - Female perched on street light for several minutes

Silverwood Lagoon: Reed Warbler - 6 - singing ; Sedge Warbler - 2 - singing

Spout House Hill: Cuckoo - 1

Totley Moss: Red Kite - 1 - Over late morning

White Lee Moor: Raven - 2

Wyming Brook: Long-tailed Tit - 1 ; Wood Warbler - 1 - Not singing ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Wren - 1

Aldwarke; Liberty Steel: Raven - 4 - one in from S/SW @ 0650hrs joined by 3 more on roof, at least 2 of these 'begging' so presumably juvs. All 4 fed on rooftop & 'buzzed' by PE ; Peregrine - 1 - adult male flew in & settled on water tower @ 0741hrs, 'buzzing' RN family on way.

Bar Brook: Red Kite - 1 - Circling before heading North ; Skylark - 1 ; Kestrel - 1

Blacka Moor: Long-tailed Tit - 3 ; Cuckoo - 1 ; Redstart - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 2 ; Willow Warbler - 2 ; Whitethroat - 2 ; Cuckoo - 1 ; Treecreeper - 4 - Successfully fledged nest ; Blue Tit - 2 - Female on eggs in tree cavity.

Bray Plantation: Stock Dove - 1 - singing ; Woodpigeon - 1+ ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - calling ; Wren - 2+ - singing ; Robin - 2+ - singing ; Blackbird - 1+ ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Nuthatch - 1+ - adult with food to nest, calls of young heard, ; Treecreeper - 1 - singing ; Coal Tit - 1 - singing

Catcliffe Flash: Tufted Duck - 8 ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Grey Heron - 3 ; Gadwall - 4

Grange Park Golf Course: 319 - 6+ ; Black-headed Gull - 1 - @ Watson's Tip. ; Lapwing - 1 - calls from field W of Watson's Tip ; Stock Dove - 1 - singing ; Woodpigeon - 3+ - singing ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - calling ; Skylark - 2 - 1@ Watson's Tip, the other @ Walkworth Farm ; Pied Wagtail - 2 - feeding @ 10th fairway. ; Wren - 4+ - singing ; Dunnock - 3 - singing ; Robin - 8+ - singing ; Blackbird - 6+ - singing ; Song Thrush - 4 - singing ; Mistle Thrush - 1+ - 1 singing @ Walkworth wood ; Whitethroat - 5 - singing ; Blackcap - 4+ - singing ; Chiffchaff - 4 - singing ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing behind Driving Range ; Blue Tit - 5+ - inc nest in metal gate post ; Great Tit - 1+ - singing ; Nuthatch - 3+ - 2 taking suet pellets left on fence post @ Brick Kiln Pltn. ; Treecreeper - 1 - singing from E end of Walkworth Wood.