Sightings Archive

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Willow Warbler - 20+ ; Linnet - 2 ; Blackcap - 5 - Singing ; Tawny Owl - 1

Arbourthorne: Grey Heron - 1 - on island in pond 06:25. ; Reed Warbler - 1 - still singing from small reedbed in pond at 06:45

Big Moor: 319 - 1 ; Lapwing - 6 ; Skylark - 12+ ; 321 - 1 ; 324 - 64+ - Red Deer - 5 different groups ; Stonechat - 4 - 2 singles & one pair ; 324 - 1 - Small Heath

Canklow Woods: Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - 1 singing

Dore garden: House Sparrow - 2 - Male and female - first records for the property since I moved in 9 years ago

Ecclesall: Hobby - 1 - flew NNE at 12:45 ; Siskin - 1 - Flew N

Firsby Res: Coot - 7 - Family of 6 plus 1 adult. ; Moorhen - 2 - Still no chicks. ; Mallard - 4 - Family party. ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - Feeding on sluice. ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - Juv feeding on sluice with PW. ; Black-headed Gull - 2 - Over. ; Herring Gull - 1 - Over high. ; Kestrel - 1 - Male. ; 319 - 1 - Drying out on telegraph pole in set aside. ; Swift - 6 ; Swallow - 5+ - Over main Res and long grass. ; Pheasant - 1 ; Red-legged Partridge - 3 - Calling from crops. ; Reed Bunting - 3 - All males. ; Yellowhammer - 4 - Again all Males. ; Skylark - 4 ; Reed Warbler - 1 - Appeared to be juv in bottom reed bed. ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - Singing top reed bed. ; Blackcap - 1 - Male singing near road. ; Willow Warbler - 2 ; Whitethroat - 4 ; Chiffchaff - 2 - Singing. ; Chaffinch - 5 ; Goldfinch - 10+ - Inc 2 bathing in puddle. ; Linnet - 4

Graves Park: Nuthatch - 1 ; Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1

Greystones: Swift - 5

Greystones garden: Blackcap - 1 - Female in observer's garden ; Goldfinch - 4 - 2 Juv ; Song Thrush - 1

Hurlfield: Tawny Owl - 3 - 1 adult & 2 young still. ; Goldfinch - 5+ - inc 1st juv birds on feeders in garden.

Keppels Field: Kestrel - 1 - male, hunting SK393949. ; Dunnock - 1 - singing,SK392950. ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing,SK392949. ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing,SK392950

Kiveton Community Woodland: Willow Tit - 1

Limb Valley: Green Woodpecker - 1

Longshaw: Willow Warbler - 3 ; Tree Pipit - 1 ; Stonechat - 1 ; Redstart - 2 ; Robin - 10

Middleton Moor: Reed Warbler - 1 - singing ; Shelduck - 1 ; Hirundine - 250+ - numbers building towards dusk, mainly Swallows but some Sand Martins (12+) ; Curlew - 83 - numbers building late evening. 2 colour ringed birds present. ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 750+ - large roost building, birds still coming in after 22:00 ; Yellow-legged Gull - 2 - 2s and 3s ; Starling - c10 - small numbers, roosting in bushes rather than reed beds

Middlewood: Hobby - 1 - Over garden near Middlewood shops, chasing House Martins. Drifted from S and headed back S a few mins later.

Millhouses Park: Mandarin - 5 - Female with 4 ducklings on River Sheaf

Norton Lees: Goldfinch - 3

Norton Lees garden: 324 - 1 - Small tortoiseshell

Porter Clough: Blackcap - 1 - male singing

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Chaffinch - 1 - fledged, independent juv

Rawmarsh; St Mary*s Church: Mistle Thrush - 1 - singing

Ridgeway: Little Owl - 1

Rivelin Valley: Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - singing in hawthorn scrub.

Shepherd*s Plantation: Wren - 1 - singing ; Robin - 1 - singing ; Blackbird - 1+ - at least 1 singing ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 2 - singing ; Blue Tit - 1+ - juvs ; Chaffinch - 1 - singing

Thrybergh CP: Common Tern - 4 - been very few this year ; 320 - 1 - male ; Blackcap - 8 - 8 birds singing ; Reed Bunting - 4males ; Lesser Whitethroat - 3 ; Swift - 100 + ; Great Crested Grebe - 4ad 3y - resident pair have 3 young ; Kestrel - 3 - two pairs both in nest boxes feeding young ; Pied Wagtail - 4 - adult and 3 fledged young ; Pied Wagtail - 4 - adult and 3 fledged young

Upper Common, Scholes: Dunnock - 1 - singing ; Blackbird - 1 - singing ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Bullfinch - 1 - calls ; Swift - 5