Sightings Archive

Thrybergh CP: Swallow - 58 - Small numbers having a drink and moving south ; Chiffchaff - 4 ; Reed Warbler - 2 ; Grey Wagtail - 3 ; Goldfinch - 30+ ; Reed Bunting - 1

Treeton Railway Pond: Little Grebe - 2 - pair with 2 well grown juvs ; Reed Warbler - 2 - one still singing

Walkley: Swift - 2 - still overhead tonight

Bingham Park: Canada Goose - 3+ - Noisily arrived on lower pond at ~11pm.

Ecclesall: Swift - 2 - flew NE at 19:30 hrs

Ladybower Res, North arm: 319 - 2 - Together ; Pied Wagtail - 2 ; Swallow - 13 ; House Martin - 2 ; Cormorant - 1

Ramsley Moor: Spotted Flycatcher - 5 - 5 including 2 juvs ; Nuthatch - 1

Rawmarsh; Stubbin incline: Kestrel - 1 - f/juv, on wires ; Chiffchaff - 1 - calling ; Goldcrest - 4+ - inc brief song ; Pheasant - 1 - hen ; Blackcap - 1 - calling ; Long-tailed Tit - 6+ ; Chaffinch - 1+ ; Common Buzzard - 2 - adult soaring over + noisy juv calling from trees

Redmires Middle Res: Marsh Harrier - 1 - Cream-crown quartering over fields to the south of the reservoirs at 20:30

Redmires Res: Canada Goose - 30 - c. ; Greylag Goose - 26 ; Tufted Duck - 4 ; Mallard - 20 - c. ; Kestrel - 1 - juv ; Black-headed Gull - 40 - c. ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 25 - c. ; Herring Gull - 7 - with LBBs ; Linnet - 30 - post-breeding flock on Middle Res ; Willow Warbler - 13 ; Chiffchaff - 5 ; Redstart - 1 - in trees by Bottom Res ; Spotted Flycatcher - 1 - in Fairthorn Clough ; Blackcap - 2 ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 - flew S ; Tree Pipit - 1 - flew S ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - flushed from ditch by Middle Res ; Swallow - 20 - flew SW ; Lesser Redpoll - 1

Walkley: Swift - 2 - Flying south over South Rd at 12:50

Blacka Moor: Redstart - 1 - Male Juvenile ; Spotted Flycatcher - 1 ; Lesser Redpoll - 5 ; Whitethroat - 2 ; Stonechat - 10

Castleton: Barn Owl - 1+ - carrying prey, presumably to an active nest

Dore: House Martin - 1 - Over Blackamoor Crescent

Midhope Res: Lapwing - 16 - On western shoreline before leaving east, mostly juvs. ; Canada Goose - c200 - 87 on water, rest over SE moving locally ; Little Grebe - 12 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - c20 - On western shore, incl 6 juvs giving begging calls to adults ; Black-headed Gull - c300 - 7-8pm most over west towards Langsett but some settled including a fluffy juv. ; House Martin - c70 - Large feeding group appeared ; Stock Dove - 12 - Single group over ; Common Gull - 1 - West with BHG’s ; Greylag Goose - c250 - c50 on water rest moving over locally east in several groups 7-8pm ; 320 - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 8 - incl 4 well grown juvs ; Linnet - 4 ; 319 - 1 ; Swallow - c50 ; Mallard - 37

Norfolk Park: Mistle Thrush - 13+ - Loafing and occasionally preening in early morning sunshine while on rooftops of flats.

Norton Lees garden: House Sparrow - 16+ - highest count for years ; 324 - 2 - 2 Holly Blue butterfly around ivy

Pebley Pond: Little Egret - 03-Apr ; 320 - 4 ; Lapwing - 20

R Don, Effingham St: Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - adult on weir ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - c30 - inc first summer feeding on Signal Crayfish.

Underbank Res: Swallow - 5

Broomhead Res: Pied Wagtail - 2 - on res wall bieng harrased by dogs ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - on almost dry overflow ; 319 - 2 - circling over res ; Robin - 1 ; Nuthatch - 3 - all calling in different areas ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2

Dore: House Martin - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 4 - Family party

Fulwood Head: Swallow - 10

Middleton Moor: Yellow-legged Gull - 2 - Adults ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 650 ; Shoveler - 1 ; Stonechat - 3 ; Whinchat - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 2

Redmires Bottom Res: Spotted Flycatcher - 3 - feeding on flying ants

Redmires conduit: Swallow - 15 - At the Western end ; Meadow Pipit - 5 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Stonechat - 1

Redmires Res: Tufted Duck - 5 ; Mallard - 30 - c.