Sightings Archive

Redmires Res: Tufted Duck - 1 - male on Middle Res ; Mallard - 8 ; Kestrel - 2 ; Black-headed Gull - 9 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 30 - c. ; Herring Gull - 6 - with LBBs ; Swallow - 12 - flew SW ; Tree Pipit - 2 - singles S ; Willow Warbler - 12 - around reservoir perimeter ; Whitethroat - 1 - juv by Bottom Res ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - sat out in juncus by Middle Res - calling ; Crossbill - 3 - around Bottom Res

Rod Moor: Curlew - 1

RVCP: Egyptian Goose - 3

Silverwood Lagoon: Marsh Harrier - 1 - 'cream crown' WSW at 09.05 ; Shoveler - 1 - fem/imm

Thrybergh CP: Grey Heron - 3 ; Little Egret - 1 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 ; Black-headed Gull - 60+ ; Mediterranean Gull - 1 - sat on front with BHG ; Lapwing - 40+ ; Swift - 2 ; Swallow - 1 ; Sand Martin - 1 ; Reed Warbler - 4 ; 319 - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 F ; Coot - 8 ; Moorhen - 6 - Birds with very small young (second brood } ; Mute Swan - 24 ; Canada Goose - 280+

Ughill Farm: Goldfinch - 30 - c30 feeding on Creeping Thistle down ; Kestrel - 1 - hover hunting

Ughill Moor: Red Grouse - 12+ ; Wheatear - 1 - juv/female ; Meadow Pipit - 4+

Ughill Moor - Lodge Moor: Mallard - 5+ - dabbling and resting on recently excavated pool with accompanying feeder, located on acid grassland moorland just outside SSSI, presumably being reared for sport shooting

Aldwarke; Liberty Steels: Peregrine - 1 - on chimney briefly around 0900hrs

Barlow: Chiffchaff - 1

Bradwell: 319 - 1

Bradwell Edge: Raven - 1

Burbage Valley: Kestrel - 2 ; Stonechat - 3 ; Meadow Pipit - 1 ; Swallow - 3

Fulwood garden: 319 - 3 - high overhead, with much calling and interaction. Family party?

Greystones: Swift - 1 - over observer's garden

Handsworth garden: House Sparrow - c 30 - Record count for garden. Also 12 Swifts overhead.

Harley: Red Kite - 1

Middleton Moor: Shelduck - 2+ - 2 adults with 6 juvs ; 320 - 15 ; Tufted Duck - 2

Orgreave Lakes: Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Mandarin - 2 - Females ; 320 - 4 - came in from the north at 07.50 ; Lapwing - 1 ; Marsh Harrier - 1 - High SE at 08.20 ; Little Egret - 2 ; Sand Martin - 12

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Chiffchaff - 6+ - with tit flocks ; Blackcap - 2 - f/juvs ; Willow Warbler - 1 - brief song ; Long-tailed Tit - 5+ ; Swallow - 1 - S ; Greenfinch - 1 - N ; Goldcrest - 1

Porter Valley: Chiffchaff - 3+ - calling in trees

R Don, Effingham St: Goosander - 3 - female and two fully grown juvs

Ramsley Moor: Whitethroat - 1 ; Stonechat - 1+ - Male with 3 juvs

Rivelin Valley: Moorhen - 1 - #NAME? ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1

Roundwood Golf course: Coal Tit - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1 - by pond

Roundwood Ponds: Cormorant - 4 - on pylon overlooking ponds

RVCP: Egyptian Goose - 4

Sheffield Centre: Starling - 10+ - singing from tree tops and buildings on The Moor at 14:00 ; Herring Gull - c10 - calling whilst flying high and sometimes low over Moorfoot building

Thrybergh CP: Grey Heron - 2 ; Little Egret - 1 ; Lapwing - 52 ; Swallow - 4 ; Wheatear - 1 - feeding on dam in with sheep ; Raven - 1 - Bird flew SE over old railway ; Goldfinch - 60+

Wire Mill Dam: Mandarin - 30+ - mix of females, eclipse males and smaller juvs in new adult grey plumage. ; Mallard - 40 - females juvs and eclipse males ; Moorhen - 4 - Adult + 3 juvs - late or 2nd Brood.

Barlow Common: Linnet - 4 - flew past observer's house

Baslow: Red Kite - 1 - West over observers house

Brincliffe Edge Wood: 319 - 1 - 1 calling and soaring over the wood

Dog Kennel Pond: Mute Swan - 2 - 1 pair feeding among lily pads ; Mallard - 10+ - including female with 9 recently fledged ducklings ; Greylag Goose - c.30 ; Black-headed Gull - 17 ; Sand Martin - 3 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - hunting