Sightings Archive

Ladybower Res, North arm: Cormorant - 1 ; Mandarin - 2 - 1f,1m ; Wren - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 2 ; Canada Goose - 102+ - c102 + c26 goslings ; Greylag Goose - 20+ - c20 + 3+ goslings ; Common Sandpiper - 6 - singles ; Willow Warbler - 5+ ; Pheasant - 3 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Chaffinch - 25+ - Mixed flock including juvenile Chaffinches ; Nuthatch - 1 - heard

Norton Lees: Swift - 1 - over in evening

Norton Lees garden: Long-tailed Tit - 2 ; House Sparrow - 6 - at least 1 juv

Orgreave Lakes: Little Ringed Plover - 1 - Juvenile ; Little Egret - 1 ; Common Tern - 3

Rawmarsh: Swift - 60-70 - tight flock moved rapidly N ahead of a heavy shower @ 1035hrs

Redmires conduit: Cuckoo - 1 - calling and being chased by two small birds

Ringinglow: Swallow - 5 ; Pied Wagtail - 2

Walkley garden: Collared Dove - 3 - one pair mating in wind and rain. ; Swift - 1 - single adult left nest cavity, first obs entering on 21/05/2020.

Burbage Valley: Meadow Pipit - 11 ; Stonechat - 7 - 2 Juv ; Willow Warbler - 1 ; Swift - 3 ; Whinchat - 1 - Male, singing ; Ring Ouzel - 3 - 2 on West side in plantation, 1 on East side on rocks calling ; Cuckoo - 1 - Heard, in plantation ; Reed Bunting - 2 - Male carrying nesting material ; Ring Ouzel - 2 - males calling ; Stonechat - 5 - 2 adult males and 3 juvs ; Stonechat - 5 - photo of second adult male ; Raven - 1 - Landed in plantation ; Whinchat - 2 - Female and juv ; Reed Bunting - 2 - singing males

Catcliffe Flash: Great Crested Grebe - 2 - a pair with nest ; Coot - 15+ ; Moorhen - 2+ ; Gadwall - 12+ ; Black-headed Gull - 04-May ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Blackcap - 2 ; House Martin - 3+

Damflask Res: Woodcock - 3 - pair and third bird roding ad interacting over resr at dusk.

Deepcar garden: Siskin - 2 ; Coal Tit - 4 - 3 young and one adult coming to feeders ; Jay - 1 - feeding on peanut feeder ; Swift - 03-May - constantly overhead ; House Martin - 06-Aug - as swifts ; Goldfinch - 6 ; Starling - Oct-15 ; Magpie - 2 ; Rook - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 5 ; House Sparrow - 08-Oct ; Dunnock - 2 ; Blue Tit - 2 ; Blackbird - 4

Longshaw: Pied Flycatcher - 2 - Male & female, both visiting nest hole with food & removing faecal sac ; Pied Flycatcher - 2 - 2nd photo ; Cuckoo - 1 - Scared off by male Redstart ; Redstart - 2 - M&F ; Mandarin - 5 - 2 Females, 3 Juv ; 319 - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Swift - 2 ; Jay - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - Carrying food ; Swallow - 1 ; Curlew - 2 ; Stonechat - 4 - Family ; Redstart - 5 - Family ; 324 - 3 - Red Deer

Meersbrook Park: Nuthatch - 1 - heard ; Great Tit - 1 - juv

Morehall Res: Great Crested Grebe - 2 ; Common Sandpiper - 2 - one bird calling in woodland

R Sheaf, Abbeydale, Broadfield Road: Mandarin - 1+ - f with 2 ducklings

Rawmarsh: Swift - c50 - over @ 2010hrs

Sheffield St George*s: Peregrine - 2 - Juv on a mission watched by adult. ; Peregrine - 2

Silver Wood: Raven - 1 - calling bird flew north over woods at 10.35

West Wood, Tankersley: Cuckoo - 1 - calling from near Westwood dam. First time heard one here.

White Lee Moor: Little Owl - 1 - on dry stone wall

Worrall: Siskin - 2 - Pair coming to garden feeders.

Barnside Moor: Stonechat - 3 - at least one at start of Wind Hill Lane.

Baslow: Nuthatch - 2 - Parent feeding recently fledged juvenile

Burbage Valley: Ring Ouzel - 2 - males calling ; Linnet - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 2 ; Stonechat - 1 ; Whitethroat - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 4 ; Woodcock - 2+ ; Cuckoo - 1 - male ; Meadow Pipit - 4