Sightings Archive

Thrybergh CP: Lapwing - 56 ; Linnet - 14 ; Yellowhammer - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 3 ; Tawny Owl - 2 - Male and female calling on southern boundary at 0230hrs ; 319 - 4 ; Sparrowhawk - 1F

Walkley garden: Tawny Owl - 1 - flying through at 03:00, distant calling from second bird to south.

Bar Brook Valley: Swallow - 3 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Linnet - 2 ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; Stonechat - 1

Ecclesall: Chiffchaff - 1 - in garden on Ansell Road ; Swift - 1 - flew E over Dobbin Hill at 19:15 hrs

Graves Park: Ring-necked Parakeet - 2+ - heard

Greystones: Yellow Wagtail - 4 - party flew over Greystones Road calling at 19:35 hrs

Middlewood: Swift - 1 - Last bird fledged at 19.45.

Midhope Res: Linnet - c80 ; Swallow - c100 ; Starling - c70 - c20 west, c50 east ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 8 - incl ‘resident’ adult with 3 juvs ; House Martin - c400-500 ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; 320 - 5 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; 319 - 4 ; Spotted Flycatcher - 1+ ; Tufted Duck - 6 ; Sand Martin - 3 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Brief song ; Nuthatch - 1+ ; Red Kite - 1 - Over fields to immediate east of res before drifting towards Langsett. ; Pied Wagtail - c40 ; Yellow Wagtail - 5 - Flycatching/chasing around dam wall ; Yellow Wagtail - 5 - Another pic ; Yellow Wagtail - 5 - Another pic ; Yellow Wagtail - 5 - Another pic ; Meadow Pipit - c10 - Confiding ; Cormorant - 1 ; Little Grebe - 12 ; Mallard - 34 ; Raven - 1

Moss Valley, upper: 319 - 1

Norwood Allotments: House Martin - 55+ - steady eastwards movement this evening for several minutes. ; Swallow - 10 - moving along with House Martins ; Swift - 3+ - moving along with martins.

Ramsley Res: Tree Pipit - 1 - calling

Redmires Res: Goosander - 1 - redhead on Bottom Res - first of the autumn ; Tufted Duck - 4 ; Moorhen - 2 ; 320 - 3 ; Ringed Plover - 1 - flew NW over conduit calling at 08:38 hrs ; Willow Warbler - 3 ; Chiffchaff - 8 ; Blackcap - 2 ; Tree Pipit - 2 - flew SW ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - flew SW ; House Martin - 30 - c. flock on Bottom Res - left to SW ; Bullfinch - 3 - in Fairthorn Clough ; Meadow Pipit - 40 - post-breeding flock ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 25 - c. ; Black-headed Gull - 20 - c. ; Spotted Flycatcher - 3

Silver Wood: Spotted Flycatcher - 1 - in scrub near r/way line pond at 08:10

Underbank Res: Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Swallow - 5 ; Pied Wagtail - 6 ; Canada Goose - c200 ; Goldcrest - 4 ; Grey Wagtail - 1

Barbrook Pools: Tufted Duck - 3 ; 320 - 3 - female and 2 fully-grown juvs. Bred locally?

Botanical Gardens: Chiffchaff - 1 - with LTTs

Cave Dale: Swallow - 3 ; Wheatear - 3 - juvs

Ecclesfield: Chiffchaff - 1 - Hesitantly singing in obs.garden this morning. ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Hunting northwards at 20:03

Eyam: Hobby - 1 - harassing Swallows low over the village

Foxhill: House Martin - 2 - Feeding over Shaw Hill. a late nest somewhere near?

Ramsley Moor: Spotted Flycatcher - 3 ; Whinchat - 1 ; Stonechat - 3

Ramsley Res: Lesser Redpoll - 2 ; 324 - 4 - Common Hawker, including ovipositing females

Redmires Res: Tufted Duck - 5 - on Top Res ; Willow Warbler - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 8 ; Whinchat - 1 - juv by Top Res ; Mistle Thrush - 13 ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 - flew south ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 25 - c. ; Herring Gull - 2 ; Black-headed Gull - 20 - c. ; Raven - 1 ; Swallow - 40 - c.

Redmires Top Res: Coot - 1 - still present at 10:45, but no sign by 11:15 ; Yellow-legged Gull - 3 - 2 adults and a 2nd/3rd cy