Sightings Archive

Crookes Valley Park: Moorhen - 2 ; Robin - 1 ; Woodpigeon - 1 - singing

Marsh Lane: Starling - 120+ - on wire ; Swallow - c5

Middleton Moor: 320 - 11 ; Shelduck - 2 - Juveniles; parents now departed i ; Ringed Plover - 1

Midland Station: Pied Wagtail - 1 - Feeding on brownfield site between station and A61, by Porter Brook.

Moss Valley, upper: Kestrel - 1

Orgreave Lakes: Black-tailed Godwit - 4 ; Sanderling - 2 ; Dunlin - 2 ; Common Sandpiper - 2 ; Ringed Plover - 1 ; Common Scoter - 1 ; Hobby - 1 - Hunting sand Martins at 09:00 ; Common Tern - 3 - Briefly then north ; Yellow Wagtail - 6+ ; Wheatear - 1 - In NW corner ; Little Egret - 1 ; Sanderling - 1 - Juvenile from this morning ; Common Scoter - 1 - Drake ; Sand Martin - 50+ - Mostly very wet juvs! ; Sanderling - 1 - Adult still present on big lake 19:00 ; Common Sandpiper - 3 - on small lake at 7pm

Ponderosa: Mistle Thrush - 3 - feeding on ground ; Carrion Crow - 1 ; Starling - 3 - Perched on roof of high-rise flats ; Woodpigeon - c9 - feeding on ground ; Blackbird - 2 - feeding on ground ; Blue Tit - c8 - small flock ; Long-tailed Tit - c4 ; Jay - 1 ; Robin - 1 ; House Sparrow - c4 - in shrubs ; Goldfinch - c4 - feeding on thistledown ; Magpie - 2

R Don, Effingham St: Sand Martin - 2 ; Peregrine - 1 - flew from Bernard Road towards town 6pm

Redmires Top Res: Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 2

Sheffield Centre: Pied Wagtail - 2 - Feeding on grass in Peace Garden ; House Sparrow - c10 - flock in shrubs by Peace Garden including one fledgling begging for food ; Feral Pigeon - c20 - in the area of Peace Garden

Silverwood Lagoon: Wheatear - 1

Weston Park: Mallard - c25 ; Mallard hybrid - 3+ - around the pool ; Feral Pigeon - c80 - many sheltering from relentless drizzle on buildings ; Moorhen - 7+ - At least two adults and at least 5 juveniles ; Magpie - 3 - feeding on grass ; Robin - 2 - One adult and one speckled juv. Not together. ; Woodpigeon - c4 - feeding on grass ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - feeding on grass ; Carrion Crow - 3 - feeding on grass

Aston: Hobby - 1 - Adult mobbed by Starlings over Church Lane at 08:15 then again over Worksop Road.

Catcliffe Flash: Black-headed Gull - 2 ; Gadwall - 4+ - M&F ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Sand Martin - 6+ ; Swallow - 2+ ; Willow Warbler - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 10 ; House Martin - 2+

Cressbrook Dale: Raven - 2

Green Moor: Whitethroat - 3+ - Adults and at least one juv - bred

Grindleford: Mandarin - 3 over

Grindleford Station: Song Thrush - 1

High Green: Swift - 2 - 20

Middleton Moor: Shelduck - 2 - juvs still doing well. ; 320 - 8 ; Ringed Plover - 1 - dropped in calling, but left to E 2 mins later ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - 3cy with LBBG ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 58 ; Raven - 1

Orgreave Lakes: Tufted Duck - 25+ - M&F ; Pochard - 20+ - M&F ; Black-headed Gull - 100+ ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 70+ - lots of juv ; Great Crested Grebe - 10 - 3 juv ; Kestrel - 3 ; Sand Martin - 2+ ; Little Egret - 2 ; Pied Wagtail - 5 - 2 Juv ; Cormorant - 2 ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Greylag Goose - 12 ; House Martin - 1 ; Linnet - 2 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Whinchat - 1 - Below wheel wash ; Whinchat - 1 - SE corner of main lake at 08.45 ; Whinchat - 1 - 1 by wheel wash

R Derwent, Calver: Mandarin - 1

R Derwent, Grindleford: Dipper - 1

RVCP, Meadowgate Lake: Egyptian Goose - 3

Wardlow Hay Cop: Redstart - 3 - at least 3, 2m, 1f ; Redstart - 3 - fem ; Tree Pipit - 2 - down ; Marsh Tit - 2 - with tit and warbler flock in Hawthorn scrub, and feeding on Teasel seeds.