Sightings Archive

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Chiffchaff - 1 ; Swift - 6 - over

Redmires Res: Mallard - 14 ; Kestrel - 1 - male ; Merlin - 1 - nice male low to the N at 08:04 hrs ; Peregrine - 1 - ad - probably a female flew E at 08:30 hrs ; Common Buzzard - 2 - circling off to the N ; Curlew - 1 - heard ; Black-headed Gull - 38 - flew SW in 2 hrs ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 80 - c. on Top Res - many arriving from N ; Swallow - 25 - flew SW in 2 hrs ; Tree Pipit - 1 - flew S calling at 08:45 hrs - first movt ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - still reeling by Bottom Res ; Jay - 2 ; Raven - 4 ; 320 - 1 - on Top Res

Roundwood Golf course: Long-tailed Tit - 10+ - feeding flock ; Goldcrest - 2 - inc 1 singing

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 2 ; Mute Swan - 8 - 5ad 3y ; Greylag Goose - 12 - inc.2fer +10 in from n ; Canada Goose - 91 - inc 20+12 in from n 30in from s ; Tufted Duck - 32 ; 319 - 1 - to se ; Lapwing - 32 ; Black-headed Gull - 90 ; Herring Gull - 2 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 - w inc 1jv ; Blackcap - 5 ; Reed Warbler - 6+ - in r/bed ; Whitethroat - 2 - jv ; Willow Warbler - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 8 ; Tree Sparrow - 1+ - call ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Little Owl - 2 - a report of 2jv

Walkley garden: Swift - 15 - Circling over, single bird entered local nest site at 21.20.

Wire Mill Dam: Mandarin - 5 - ads & young

Ash Cabin Flat: Common Sandpiper - 2 - Flying south calling over the moorland. 1 at 22.10 the other at 22.45 ; Oystercatcher - 1+ - Flying south calling over the moor at 22.30.

Botanical Gardens: Swift - 14

Brightholmlee: Barn Owl - 2

Middleton Moor: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 980 - at 10:00 along with 4 prob Yellow-legged Gulls ; Black-headed Gull - 64

Morehall Res: Kingfisher - 1 - low over res ; Common Sandpiper - 9 - on bank to the north of the reservoir, took off and briefly landed before flying to the east ; Mandarin - 1 - female ; Mallard - 70+ - including two fresh broods of 5 and 4 ducklings ; Great Crested Grebe - 6 - 2 adults and 4 juveniles ; Cormorant - 8 - roosting in tree to the north of the reservoir ; Sparrowhawk - 1+ - calling from plantation ; Kestrel - 1 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - calling ; Coot - 2 ; Greylag Goose - 1 ; Bullfinch - 2

R Don, Stevenson Rd: Great Black-backed Gull - 1 - 2cy ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 75 - inc 5 juveniles, one of which was begging and was fed by an adult, good evidence of local breeding again this year. ; Herring Gull - 12 - inc a juv, a one legged adult, and a subadult with no feet, resting gingerly on it's tarsi. ; Common Gull - 1 - ad ; Yellow-legged Gull - 5 - 2 adults, 2x 3cy, and a juvenile.

Ramsley Moor: Stonechat - 5 ; Whitethroat - 4

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Goldfinch - 5 - in garden ; Greenfinch - 1

Silverwood Lagoon: Canada Goose - 28 - in from SW at 07.30, departed north at 08.20 ; Kestrel - 2 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Common Buzzard - 2 ; Gadwall - 3 ; Reed Warbler - 10+ - lots of calling in phragmites ; Reed Bunting - 8 ; Willow Warbler - 3 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Swift - 4 ; House Martin - c.20

Stocksbridge: Willow Tit - 1 - in scrub near top of Hunshelf Road.

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Little Grebe - 1 - jv ; Mute Swan - 8 - pr 3y +3ad ; Canada Goose - 49 - inc 30 in from s ; Tufted Duck - 19 ; Kestrel - 2 - singles ; Coot - 80+ - inc. pr with new chicks ; Lapwing - 35 - inc 5/6 young ; Herring Gull - 2 - resident pr ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 - ad 1w1s ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - jv ; Reed Warbler - 8+ - jvs call in r/bed ; Blackcap - 1 ; Whitethroat - 1 - jv ; Willow Warbler - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 8 ; Long-tailed Tit - 2+ ; Magpie - 13+ ; Carrion Crow - 9 ; Goldfinch - 50+ - inc.flock 40+feed on seed heads ; Bullfinch - 2

Attercliffe: Great Black-backed Gull - 1 - 2cy Warren Street