Sightings Archive

Cinder Bridge Field; The Tops: Kestrel - 1 - female, hunting

Dronfield: Long-tailed Tit - 10 - Flock in garden

Greystones: Swift - 4 - Over observer's garden

Hangingwater garden: Long-tailed Tit - 5+ - incl 3+ juvs

Kimberworth Park: Swift - 10 - Over Remount Rd @20:55.

Langsett Res: Black-headed Gull - 210 - this evening ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 25 ; Common Gull - 2 - flew through ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - adult

Leash Fen: Red Kite - 1 - following tractor cutting field for silage, feeding presumably on disturbed insects.

Longshaw: Pied Flycatcher - 1 - a f/juv

Middleton Moor: Spotted Flycatcher - 2 ; Whinchat - 3 ; Stonechat - 2 ; Willow Warbler - 20 ; Reed Bunting - 8 ; Redstart - 3 ; Whitethroat - 2 ; Sand Martin - 6 ; Swallow - 40 ; Reed Warbler - 2 ; Sedge Warbler - 1 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 60 ; Shelduck - 4

New Stubbin colliery/tip: Bullfinch - 5+ - 4 (SK4396); 1+ (SK4296) ; Chiffchaff - 10 - 4 (SK4396); 6 (SK4296) ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 4 - singing hesitantly ; Red-legged Partridge - 1 - calling ; Yellowhammer - 4 - 2 singing ; Pheasant - 1 - crowing cock ; Linnet - 2 - over ; Kestrel - 2 - both females (different individuals) ; Goldfinch - 15 - 2 flocks ; Jay - 3 ; Crossbill - 1 - S, calling continuously @ 0800hrs ; Sparrowhawk - 2+ - + 1+ calling juvs; breeding confirmed ; Swallow - 2 - over

New Stubbin; Back Lane: Whitethroat - 1

Rawmarsh: Common Buzzard - 1 - NW @ 1135hrs

Rawmarsh Cemetery: Sparrowhawk - breeding confirmed - 1+ juv calling from canopy ; Wren - breeding confirmed - 1-2 family parties

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Swallow - 04-May - straight through S @ 0620hrs

Rawmarsh; Stubbin Incline: Chiffchaff - 6+ ; Greenfinch - 2 ; Long-tailed Tit - 6+ ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Sparrowhawk - 1

Redmires Res: Canada Goose - 32 ; Greylag Goose - 18 ; Moorhen - 2 - ad on Top Res + juv on Middle Res ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 80 - c. ; Yellow-legged Gull - 4 - 3 ads + 2 CY ; Common Gull - 3 - 2 ads & 1 x 1st summer flew W

Upper Common, Scholes: Whitethroat - 1 - calls

Woodhead Pass: 337 - 1 - Roosting on a rockface on S side of Woodhead Resr tonight, just outside our recording area. Also seen nearby Saturday.

Banner Cross: Swift - 25+

Bolehill Flash: 322 - 1 - probable Fulvous Whistling Duck flew over calling towards Catcliffe Flash.

Catcliffe Flash: Kingfisher - 1

Endcliffe Park: Carrion Crow - 3 - 1 Juv ; Moorhen - 6+ - 6 chicks ; Mandarin - 3 - 2 male in eclipse

Greystones: Swift - 5 - over observer's garden

Hurlfield: Common Buzzard - 2 - over at 11:30. ; Swift - 20+ - 20-30 birds over this morning. ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing from tree in observers garden early am.

Middleton Moor: Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - ad with LBBG

Norfolk Park: Ring-necked Parakeet - 2 - Flew overhead from Arbourthorne direction towards Sheffield College.

R Don, Stevenson Rd: Hobby - 1 - over N, House and Sand Martins made themselves scarce.

Rawmarsh: Swift - c100 - low over residential area @ 2100hrs

Redmires Bottom Res: Black-headed Gull - 79 - Gull roost on drained bottom res ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - adult. Gull roost on drained bottom res ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 48+ - Gull roost on drained bottom res. Adults and juvs ; Herring Gull - 15+ - Adults & Juvs. Gull roost on drained bottom res ; Lapwing - 25 - in amongst Gull roost on drained bottom res ; Kestrel - 2 - hunting on hillside ; Kestrel - 2 - hunting on hillside

Redmires Res: Black-headed Gull - 105 - flew W in 2 hrs ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 90 - c. on Middle Res ; Yellow-legged Gull - 6 - 3 ads + 1 x 2CY + 2 x 1CY ; Common Buzzard - 1 ; Kestrel - 3 ; Lapwing - 40 - flew in from NE ; Swift - 2 - flew W ; Meadow Pipit - 10 - including 2 SW ; Rook - 70 - c. in fields ; Common Gull - 2 - ads W ; Crossbill - 12 ; Whitethroat - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1 - ad arrived from the S

Treeton Dyke: Mute Swan - 7 - Adult pair and 5 well-grown cygnets ; Great Crested Grebe - 4+ - 2 pairs, one with 4 well-grown juvs ; Reed Warbler - 2 - One singing, Falconer Lane end ; Sand Martin - 2 ; Moorhen - 6+ - Including a pair with 2 well-grown young ; Coot - 2+ - Pair with 2 well-grown young ; Peregrine - 2 - Over circling, one (imm?) calling continuously ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Common Tern - 1 - briefly