Sightings Archive

Big Moor: Whinchat - 4 - At least 4 territorial pairs in the Barbrook valley ; Stonechat - 2 - 2 pairs feeding well grown young ; 324 - 38 - 38 people swimming in little barbrook

Birley Edge: Barn Owl - 1 - Quartering fields below Stubbing House Lane

Bradway: Chiffchaff - 1 - heard, Twentywell Lane

Burbage Valley: Woodcock - 2+ ; Kestrel - 1 ; Ring Ouzel - 1 - Male calling from eastern rocks

Catcliffe Flash: Mute Swan - 1+ - Adult and four well-grown cygnets ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Pochard - 1 - Male ; Great Crested Grebe - 2 - Including one still sitting on nest ; Siskin - 4 - Low overhead calling, presumed family party

Ewden Height: Linnet - 9 ; Goldfinch - 4 ; Willow Warbler - 3 - singing ; Curlew - 10+ ; Kestrel - 2 - M+F ; Siskin - 1 ; Swift - 4 ; Pied Wagtail - 6 - 1+5 south (19.15-20.30) ; Swallow - 1 ; 319 - 1 ; Lapwing - 1 - East

Fulwood: Tree Sparrow - 1 - In hawthorn behind observer’s garden this morning ; Whitethroat - 1 - In thickets behind observer’s garden ; Garden Warbler - 1 - Singing from shrubbery behind observer’s garden this morning and over recent mornings

Gleadless Valley LNR: Jay - 1 ; Nuthatch - 1 heard

Graves Park: Canada Goose - 6 - 2 adults, 4 Goslings ; Coot - 5 - 2 adults, 3 juvs ; Mallard - 5 - 1f, 4 ducklings ; Nuthatch - 1 heard

Ladies* Spring Wood: Chiffchaff - 2 - heard

Limb Valley: Chiffchaff - 3 ; 324 - 1 - Speckled Wood ; Willow Warbler - 1

Meersbrook Park: Chiffchaff - 1

Middleton Moor: Dunnock - 1 - carrying food ; Whitethroat - 1+ - adult feeding 2 fledged young ; Spotted Flycatcher - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 1 - singing ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Great Tit - 2+ - a pair feeding single fledged young ; Linnet - 2 - a pair

Millhouses Park: Pied Wagtail - 5+ - two adults with at least three young fledged from nest in mill building, ; Grey Wagtail - 3 ; Mistle Thrush - 3+ - Still carrying food to nests at either end of park.

Parkbank Wood: Nuthatch - 1 heard ; Song Thrush - 1 heard

Porter Valley: Grey Wagtail - 1

Rawmarsh Hil: Common Buzzard - 1 - W @ 1515hrs

Redmires Res: Lapwing - 55 - c. post-breeding flock ; Common Sandpiper - 3 ; Crossbill - 4 - flew W ; Swift - 9 - feeding over Middle Res ; Whitethroat - 5 - singing ; Garden Warbler - 1 - singing ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 15 - c. ; Common Buzzard - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Siskin - 8 - Two family parties ; Greenfinch - 6 - Two family parties ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Herring Gull - 3 - with LBBs

Ringinglow: Curlew - 3 - Parents and 1 chick in field next to roadside ; Curlew - 3 - Another photo

Ringinglow village: Red Kite - 1 - Flying low over field adjacent to Ringinglow Road, NE of village

Sheffield University: Peregrine - 4 - Two juvs both out of next box, one on ledge at nest level and one higher up on turrets (flown there). Both adults present briefly also late morning. ; Peregrine - 4 - photo ; Peregrine - 4 - photo of incoming male

Southgrove Road: Swift - 2 - Feeding young at 2? nests on regular site

Tyzack*s Dam: Coot - 11 - Pair with five week-old young and pair with two fully grown young.

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Crossbill - 2+ - Flew over heath calling ; Blackcap - 1 - Singing near plank gate

Agden Res: Red Kite - 1 - flying over north side of res.

Aldwarke: Lesser Whitethroat - 2 - singing birds, SK4394 & SK4494 ; Bullfinch - 1 - male ; Linnet - 8 ; Pied Wagtail - 2 ; Sand Martin - 3 - over pond ; House Martin - 4 - feeding over ; Mallard - 1pr - flew onto pond ; Kestrel - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 3 - 1 calling & 1 singing (SK4494); 1 singing (SK4394) ; Chiffchaff - 2 - 1 by pond (SK4394); 1 singing (SK4494) ; Stock Dove - 2prs - SK4394 & 4494

Botanical Gardens: Swift - 11 - largest evening count in past week

Coal Aston: House Sparrow - 40+ - Mixed flock of Starlings & Sparrows in arable fields ; Goldfinch - 1 ; Swallow - 2 ; Swift - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - heard ; Yellowhammer - 1 - heard ; Chiffchaff - 1 - heard

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 1 ; Coot - 7 - Family of 6 + adult. ; Mallard - 4 ; Black-headed Gull - 2 - Over.