Sightings Archive

Stubley Hollow: Blackcap - 1 ; Whitethroat - 1

Upper Whiston: Skylark - 10+ - 5-6 Singing + family group 12.45 ; Swift - 15-20 - Feeding over fields. ; 319 - 1 - Circling over towards Ulley 13.00 ; Chaffinch - 1 - Female carrying food. ; Whitethroat - 1 - Singing

Catcliffe: Hobby - 1 - SW over railway pond

Cinder Bridge Field: Red-legged Partridge - 4 ; Lapwing - 5 - disturbed from set-aside

Cinder Bridge Road: Kestrel - 2 - inc a noisy, fledged juv in roadside Ash

Graves Park: Nuthatch - 1 - heard

Greystones: Swift - 1

Longshaw: Jay - 2 - Pair ; Redstart - 2 - Individual males ; Mistle Thrush - 4

Middleton Moor: Linnet - 3+ - Adult male with two recently fledged juveniles

New Stubbin colliery/tip: Chiffchaff - 4 - 1 singing ; Yellowhammer - 2 - 1 singing ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing; strong wind suppressing all bird activity

Orgreave Lakes: Common Tern - 3 - Mid-afternoon

Rawmarsh Cemetery: Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 5+ ; Chaffinch - 1 - singing

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Greenfinch - 1 - singing ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing @ 0430hrs

Rawmarsh; Stubbin incline: Chiffchaff - 3 - 1 singing ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 10+ ; Bullfinch - 1 - singing

Redmires Res: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 104 - on Bottom Res - including at least one clear adult intermedius bird ; Herring Gull - 37 - mix of ads and imms - unprecedented numbers and presumably a reflection of Sheffield's urban breeding population? ; Yellow-legged Gull - 3 - ads amongst other gulls ; Black-headed Gull - 10 - mostly off W ; Common Gull - 5 - ad + 4 2CY flew W ; Little Ringed Plover - 1 - juv on Bottom Res ; Common Sandpiper - 2 - on Bottom Res ; Lapwing - 5 ; Curlew - 1 - recently fledged juv - flew W ; Kestrel - 1 - male ; Swift - 1 - flew W ; Siskin - 14 - flew W in 5 flocks - summer movt ; Crossbill - 3 - singles W

Shatton: Kingfisher - 1 - flying upriver carrying a fish ; Mandarin - 1+ - f with 2 small young ; Moorhen - 1+ - adlt with 2 small young ; Robin - 1+ - adult with fledged young

Wentworth Park: Stock Dove - 2 - over ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - 3cy, NW ; Linnet - 3 ; Jackdaw - c50 - flock wheeling over Peacock Lodge in windy conditions

Wentworth Park; Dog Kennel Pond: Stock Dove - 5 - inc 1 singing ; Great Crested Grebe - 3prs+ - + brood of 2; second pair displaying ; Coot - 6+ - + 6 juvs (3 broods) ; Sand Martin - 4 - feeding over with Swallows ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Mandarin - 2 - f/juvs ; Tufted Duck - 1 - drake ; Herring Gull - 2 - ad & sub-adult ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Moorhen - 1 ; Swallow - 5 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Greylag Goose - 41 - 3-4 family parties ; Reed Bunting - 1 - singing, S shore ; Grey Heron - 2 - 1 adult; 1 juv ; Black-headed Gull - c10

Wentworth Park; E entrance drive: Whitethroat - 1 - singing

Wentworth Park; Greasbrough Dam: Coot - 10+ - + 11 juvs (4 broods) ; Swallow - c10 ; Black-headed Gull - 11 ; Moorhen - 6+ - + 8 juvs (inc brood of 5) ; Mallard - 90+ - ads & independent juvs + young broods of 3 & 7 ; Great Crested Grebe - 2prs+ - broods of 2 each ; Reed Bunting - 1 - singing, S shore ; Kestrel - 3 - family party(?), field to N ; Mute Swan - 1pr+ - + brood of 7 cygnets ; Stock Dove - 2 - field to N ; House Martin - c10 ; Mandarin - 1 - f/juv

Wentworth Park; Morley Plantation: Kestrel - 1 - over ; Jay - 1 ; Blackcap - 1 - singing

Wentworth Park; Morley Pond: Coot - 6+ - + 2 juvs; 1 adult on nest ; Mallard - c20 ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 - behaviour suggested nesting ; Mute Swan - 1pr ; Tufted Duck - 8+ - + brood of 6-7 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1 - circled high over, drifted E ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Black-headed Gull - c20

Aldwarke; Liberty Steel: Cormorant - 2 - on pylon ; Peregrine - 1 - juvenile female on chimney with a couple of forays

Blacka Moor: Stonechat - 10 - Family groups ; Stonechat - 10 - Another photo ; Reed Bunting - 3 - Family

Ecclesall: Swift - 7 - Parkhead