Sightings Archive

Firsby Res: Goldfinch - c100 - Large flock feeding on Thistles. ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 8 - Over going West. ; Mute Swan - 2 ; Moorhen - 6+ - Adults and juveniles. ; Kestrel - 1 - Juvenile.

Foxhill: House Martin - 1 - Over Shaw Hill

Greystones garden: Whitethroat - 1 - only 3rd sighting since records began

Lady Canning*s Plantation: Crossbill - 2 - Briefly in low flight.

Middleton Moor: 320 - 51 ; Tufted Duck - 7 ; Ringed Plover - 2 ; Little Ringed Plover - 2 ; Swallow - 220+ - S W 9.30-10.30 ; Swift - 1 - S W with swallows ; House Martin - 1 ; Redstart - 2

Parkgate: Swallow - 2 - on wires, Albert Road

RVCP: Magpie - 65 - steady movement of birds over RVCP from the Halfway area heading NE

Thorpe Hesley: Chiffchaff - 2 - 1,1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 6+ ; Goldfinch - 10+

Thrybergh CP: Mute Swan - 29 ; Canada Goose - 250+ ; Greylag Goose - 20 ; Red-legged Partridge - 7 ; Grey Heron - 3 ; Little Egret - 1 ; 319 - 2 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Tawny Owl - 2 - 2 birds calling on southern boundary very early morning ; Moorhen - 4 ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Lapwing - 46 ; Black-headed Gull - 300+ - Birds on front and surrounding fields ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 55 - Small numbers moving SW throughout morning ; Herring Gull - 4 ; Swallow - 25 ; Swift - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 16 ; Whitethroat - 3 ; Blackcap - 2 ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 F ; Goldfinch - 250+ - Good numbers many young birds ; Linnet - 10 ; Chaffinch - 20 ; Greenfinch - 5 ; Jackdaw - 10 ; Rook - 1 ; Magpie - 12 ; Carrion Crow - 20 ; Pied Wagtail - 8 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 2

Treeton SF: Hobby - 1 - Adult hunting Swallows and Martins over the SF.

Walkley: Swift - 1 - exiting probable nest site on Heavygate Avenue at 20:15

Walkley Bank: Raven - 1 - low over rooftops, calling

Wentworth: Kestrel - 4 ; 319 - 2 ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Swallow - 6 ; House Martin - 1 ; Nuthatch - 2 - 1,1 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Jay - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1

Derwent Res: Cormorant - 5 - on eastern shoreline

Dore: Swallow - 2 - Over Devonshire Rd, E

Fulwood garden: Crossbill - 3 - headed low west calling at 14:45 ; Swallow - 8 - over ; House Martin - 4 - over ; Tawny Owl - 1 - calling late evening

Green Moor: Little Owl - 1 - Alarm calling at presence of Common Buzzard

Howden Res: Cormorant - 3 - on dam towers

R Don, Effingham St: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 4 ; Goosander - 2 - redheads (females) ; Kingfisher - 1

R Don, Salmon Pastures: Little Egret - 1 - flew towards canal.

Tankersley: Green Sandpiper - 3 - Seen on arrival 06:15, all 3 rose calling and circled site with Greenshank. 2 left but one returned and continued to feed until it too left ESE at 07:00 ; Green Sandpiper - 3 - Pic of bird that returned to feed. ; Greenshank - 1 - Left with Green Sandpipers at 06:20 ; House Martin - 1 ; Swallow - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Bullfinch - 1 ; 319 - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing ; Lapwing - 1 ; Swift - 1 ; Goldfinch - c120 - on thistles around Black Lane mitigation pools ; Jay - 1

Walkley: Cormorant - 1 - over to west

Agden Res: Osprey - 1 - High over reservoir at 16:00 being chased by 2 Ravens and a Peregrine

Canklow Woods: Common Buzzard - 2 - in the air together at 10:30

Green Moor: Little Owl - 1

Hollow Meadows: Barn Owl - 1 - over road at dusk

Middleton Moor: Ringed Plover - 2 - adults ; Little Ringed Plover - 2 - juvs