Sightings Archive

Aldwarke: House Martin - 6+ - feeding over pond ; Sand Martin - 2 - with HMs ; Grey Heron - 1 - over from direction of river/canal, then returned ; Moorhen - 2 - adult & independent juv ; Little Grebe - 1pr+ - + noisy second brood of 4, couple of weeks old, on pond ; Song Thrush - 1

Catcliffe Flash: Gadwall - 91

Ecclesfield: Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 - West over Cross Hill, calling

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 2 ; Coot - 2 ; Mallard - 5+ - In eclipse plumage. ; Grey Heron - 1 - Fishing in shallows. ; 319 - 1 - Circling in distance. ; Kestrel - 1 - On wires. ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Mobbing Buzzard. ; Hobby - 2 - Juveniles performing Aerobatics over sheep paddock calling. ; Black-headed Gull - 200+ - Following tractor. ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 50+ - Following tractor. ; Common Gull - 2+ - With other Gulls following tractor. ; Great Black-backed Gull - 1 - With Gull flock. ; Herring Gull - 5+ ; Rook - 2+ - Down with Gulls behind tractor. ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - Calling. ; Swift - 1 ; Swallow - 5+ ; Chiffchaff - 3 - Calling. ; Bullfinch - 2 - Juvs. ; Long-tailed Tit - 14 - Cottage garden. ; Pheasant - 1 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Swift - 1 ; House Martin - 15c ; Swallow - 10c ; Bullfinch - 4 - Juveniles ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 15+ - Flock near Cottage garden

Hangingwater allotments: Willow Warbler - 2+ - passing through and calling

Norton Lees garden: Long-tailed Tit - c10 - Party moving through

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Chiffchaff - 02-Mar ; Stock Dove - 2 - feeding on recently burnt area ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 - near-adults, SE ; Magpie - 9 - feeding on recently burnt area

Parkgate; Stubbin incline: Swift - 9 - 2 + 1 + 6, all SW, ; Chaffinch - 1 ; Goldcrest - 2+ ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 2+ ; Goldfinch - c20 - post-breeding flock ; Blackcap - 2 - inc brief sub-song

R Don, Effingham St: CASPIAN GULL - 1 - juv still on river. Mugged an LBBG of a Signal Crayfish, and swallowed it whole. ; Yellow-legged Gull - 3 - 2 juv and a 3s. ; Great Black-backed Gull - 1 - adult briefly on weir ; Sand Martin - 2 ; Herring Gull - 3 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - c25

Ravenfield Church: Nuthatch - 1 - Juv in church yard.

Redmires Res: 320 - 3 - on pond in Hammond’s Field ; Tufted Duck - 4 - on Top Res ; Dunlin - 1 - juv arrived from the E at 07:20 hrs and left to the SW a few minutes later ; Snipe - 1 - flushed again from wet flush on Roper Hill - left to SE ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 35 - c. ; Black-headed Gull - 40 - c. ; Common Gull - 1 - ad flew SW ; Herring Gull - 11 ; Kestrel - 4 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - female ; Willow Warbler - 5 ; Chiffchaff - 8 ; Blackcap - 4 ; Spotted Flycatcher - 5 - family party by works ; Nuthatch - 2 ; Siskin - 10 - c. first increase in numbers ; Meadow Pipit - 50 - c. post-breeding flock ; Linnet - 25 - c. post-breeding flcok ; Crossbill - 1 - calling by Top Res ; Tree Pipit - 3 - singles flew S ; Grey Wagtail - 2

RVCP, Main Lake: Greenshank - 3 - party of 3 flew S

Sheffield Centre: Peregrine - 1 - 20

Silverwood (pit wood): Nuthatch - 5 - Inc family group of 4. ; Woodpigeon - 10 - Including one on nest.

Silverwood Lagoon: Green Woodpecker - 1 - on track just beyond main Hollings Lane entrance at 08.25

Hathersage: Merlin - 1 - Near path up to Green’s House. Perched on wall briefly, before flying off low. ; Nuthatch - 3 individuals heard - 3 individuals heard on path up from Hathersage ; Jay - 2 - Near Brontë Cottage ; Siskin - 2 - on feeders - Outlane Farm

Hathersage - near Thorpe Farm: 319 - 2

Middleton Moor: Yellow-legged Gull - 7 - ad/near ad ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 500+ - birds still arriving at roost ; 320 - 20 ; Tree Pipit - 1 - calling

Midhope Res: Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Greylag Goose - 421 ; Little Grebe - 8 ; Canada Goose - 222 ; Kestrel - 4 - Family group ; Greenfinch - 2 ; Bullfinch - 1 - Male ; Wheatear - 1 ; Mallard - 54