Sightings Archive

Silverwood Lagoon: Chiffchaff - 2 - singing ; Linnet - 10

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 2 ; Little Grebe - 2 ; Cormorant - 3 ; Canada Goose - 170+ ; Gadwall - 6 - 3pr ; Wigeon - 10 - circled ; Pochard - 4 - 2m2f ; Red-legged Partridge - 1 - call. ; Lapwing - 90+ ; Black-headed Gull - 80+ ; Herring Gull - 2 ; Swift - 6 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - near feed/stat ; Swallow - 50+ - inc 3S, 3N. 40+ resting on rooftop /wires ; House Martin - 2 - with Swalllows ; Robin - 16 - most singing ; Blackcap - 6 ; Whitethroat - 4 ; Reed Warbler - 2 - call ; Willow Warbler - 4 ; Chiffchaff - 27 - inc.7singing & parties of 6-5 together ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 8+ - flock

Ughill: Redstart - 4

Ughill Moor: Raven - 1

Wharncliffe Chase (south): Wheatear - 1

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Redstart - 1 - Female in oak near Wharncliffe crags ; Curlew - 1 - Flew over reserve ; Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 2 ; Nuthatch - 20+ ; Linnet - 2

Burncross, Chapeltown: 319 - 1 - Circling in clear skies over estates ; House Martin - 3 south

Derwent Res: Spotted Flycatcher - 8 - per DOS

Dog Kennel Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 2+ ; Cormorant - 1 ; Mallard - 10+ ; Moorhen - 1+ ; Coot - 1+ ; Black-headed Gull - 40+

Ecclesall: Tree Pipit - 3 - singles recorded by audiomoth device at 01:29, 02:01 & 02:30 hrs

Ewden Height: Swallow - c90 - incl.70 south ; Goldfinch - c40 - Post-breeding group incl. juvs. ; Snipe - 1 - West calling ; Meadow Pipit - c60 - incl. 30 south ; Spotted Flycatcher - 1+ ; Linnet - 15+ ; Tree Pipit - 12 - 3+8+1 south ; Sand Martin - 17 - South in 2’s and 3’s ; Whitethroat - 2 - Juvs feeding on berries ; Swift - 19 - South - 2 slow moving groups of 10+9 feeding ; Willow Warbler - 4 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Calling ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 - Singles south ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - North low across the moor towards Midhope ; 319 - 2 ; Stock Dove - 2 - Pair south ; Kestrel - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - South ; House Martin - 22 - Groups of 20+2 south ; Goldcrest - 3+

Fulwood: Swift - 2 - Still here, several weeks after most of the Swifts have gone.

Holme Hall: House Martin - 1

Low Common: 319 - 1 - High calling @12:30

Manor Fields Park: Mallard - 8 - on pond 06:35. ; Moorhen - 7 - 2 Ad,4chicks in nest 1well grown juv.. ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Ring-necked Parakeet - 3 - flew over towards Manor Top at 7am. ; Collared Dove - 2 - inc 1 recently fledged young bird. ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Tree Pipit - 3 - over together calling at 07:45. ; Swallow - 2 ; Swift - 1 ; House Martin - 10+ ; Chiffchaff - 7+ - around park 06:35 - 08:20. ; Blackcap - 5+ - minimum 5 birds across site. ; Willow Warbler - 1 - with weak song briefly. ; Whitethroat - 4+ ; Goldfinch - 70+

Onesmoor: Linnet - c300 - feeding in rape stubble either side of onesmoor bottom rd. ; Wheatear - 9 - sat on dry stone wall. ; Golden Plover - 16 - sat in cereal stubble. ; 319 - 2 ; Meadow Pipit - 1 ; Bullfinch - 1 - calling from convent grounds.

Ramsley Moor: House Martin - 25+ - Feeding around, and occasionally briefly landing, in birches on ridge ; Sand Martin - 2 - With House Martins ; Whitethroat - 1 - Feeding in bracken ; Stonechat - 3+ ; Whinchat - 1

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - left towards cemetery ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - hunting, passing low to S

Sothall: Swift - 27 - South between 1630-1700hr

Treeton Dyke: 324 - 5+ - Small Red-eyed Damselfly still showing well on pond at N end of main lake.

Wharncliffe Side: Raven - 4 - Flew over village towards wharncliffe wood

Aldwarke; Liberty Steel: Raven - 2 - left SW @ 0615hrs, returning @ 0700hrs; lost in complex