Sightings Archive

Stubley Hollow: Goldfinch - 34

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Little Grebe - 1 - ad ; Cormorant - 3 ; Mute Swan - 6 - inc.pr3y ; Canada Goose - 149 - several parties in from n ; Tufted Duck - 55 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Lapwing - 65 ; Swift - 70+ ; Sand Martin - 40+ ; Swallow - 1 ; House Martin - 20+ ; Pied Wagtail - 6 ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 - south ; Reed Warbler - 3+ ; Blackcap - 6 ; Whitethroat - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 2 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 27 ; Great Tit - 9 ; Blue Tit - 23 ; Long-tailed Tit - 8+ ; Goldfinch - 80+ - inc.flock 60+ ; Greenfinch - 13 ; Bullfinch - 2 - mf

Birchen Edge: Swift - 2 - A couple still around

Coldside, Howden Reservoir: 319 - 2

Malin Bridge: House Sparrow - 15+ - coming down to seed feeders everyday for last month

Millhouses: Swift - 5 - 1 flying south;1 +3 moving west

Netherthorpe, Staveley: Osprey - 1 - reported flying south at 17:30

Orgreave Lakes: Mediterranean Gull - 1 - 2 cy in roost ; Little Egret - 4 ; Sand Martin - c5 ; Swift - 25+ ; Pochard - 7 ; Great Crested Grebe - 2+ - Including pair displaying ; Common Sandpiper - 2 ; Grey Partridge - 1 - Singing ; Cormorant - 9 ; Yellow Wagtail - 1

Rotherham Centre: Sand Martin - 4 - still lingering

Rotherham Centre; Forge Island: Chiffchaff - 1 - calling from S end @ 0755hrs

Sheffield Centre: Common Sandpiper - 1 - over calling at 22.22

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Wheatear - 1 - Juvenile on Wharncliffe Crags ; Spotted Flycatcher - 5 - 2 adults and 3 juveniles below Wharncliffe Crags ; Willow Warbler - 4 ; Raven - 1 - Flew high over reserve ; Sparrowhawk - 2+ - Calling ; Common Buzzard - 1

Blackburn Meadows NR: Raven - 2 - Flew west at 10.10.

Bray Plantation: Stock Dove - 1 - singing ; Woodpigeon - 4+ - singing ; Wren - 1+ - singing and calls ; Robin - 1 - singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 10+ ; Great Tit - 1+ ; Nuthatch - 1 - calling

Brushfield: Redstart - 1 - male

Dukes Road: Red Kite - 1 - Single bird in from NW turning above Hurkling Stones then dropping in Ewden Beck area.

Firsby Res: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 20+ - Flock on recently ploughed field plus other birds low over site.

Orgreave Lakes: Common Sandpiper - 4

Rivelin: Raven - 4 - 4 birds drifting over Bole Hill park.

Scholes Coppice: Stock Dove - 1 - singing

Silverwood Lagoon: Ringed Plover - 1 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Common Buzzard - 2 ; Red-legged Partridge - 30+ - in oilseed rape stubble to west

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 2 ; Cormorant - 6 ; Canada Goose - 70 ; Tufted Duck - 50 ; Kestrel - 3 - togther ; Lapwing - 50+ ; Swift - 50+ ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Sand Martin - 60+ ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 - on dam ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Reed Warbler - 5+ ; Blackcap - 5 ; Whitethroat - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 5 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 29 ; Chaffinch - 8 ; Linnet - 11+ ; Goldfinch - 110+ - inc 100+ flock ; Greenfinch - 8

Walkley Bank: Swift - 3+ - Three seen entering two former nest cavities on Bell Hagg Road at dusk; others heard calling nearby.

Wharncliffe Chase (south): Whinchat - 1 - Juvenile ; Stonechat - 4 - Family party (two juveniles)

12 Rex Ave: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1m - first for a while ; Swift - 1 - moving south

Brecks, Rotherham: Raven - 1 - flew SW over Herringthorpe Wood, calling, at 13.45.

Brushfield: Kestrel - 1

Burbage Brook: Spotted Flycatcher - 1 - alarm calling from SW conifer stand

Crookes: Swift - 2 - over for the second time in three days

Derbyshire Peak: Goshawk - 1 - juvenile with Red-legged Partridge kill.

Ecclesall: Swift - 4 - Still present

High Dale: Raven - 3