Sightings Archive

Thrybergh CP: Goldcrest - 2 - call ; Nuthatch - 2 - call ; Tree Sparrow - 1 - jv at feed/stat.

Aldwarke: Cormorant - 2 - on pylon @ 0830hrs

Attercliffe: Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - ad Warren St ; Great Black-backed Gull - 1 - 2cy ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - c40 - inc 2 separate juvs

Burbage Valley: Meadow Pipit - 3 - 1 taking food to nest ; Whinchat - 2+ ; Stonechat - 2

Endcliffe Park: Nuthatch - 1

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 1 ; Mallard - 5 - Well grown ducklings. ; 320 - 4 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Little Owl - 1 ; Kestrel - 2 - Both fledged juvs early morning. ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Nuthatch - 1 - Calling ; Swallow - 10+ ; Red-legged Partridge - 1 - Very wet bird flew from path. ; Stock Dove - 4 - Together on ground. ; Whitethroat - 4+ ; Goldfinch - 30+ ; Linnet - 5 ; Black-headed Gull - 1 - Over early morning.

Grange Golf Course: Swift - c50 - 7pm ; 319 - 2 - Pair calling/display ; Chiffchaff - 1

Greystones garden: Long-tailed Tit - 2 - Juv

Kimberworth: Song Thrush - 1 - Singing

Longshaw: Mandarin - 5 - M&F, male in eclipse ; Swallow - 1

Malin Bridge: Oystercatcher - 1 - over calling at 03:02

Orgreave Lakes: Black-tailed Godwit - 1 ; Ruff - 1 - moulting drake ; Hobby - 1 ; Black-tailed Godwit - 1 - On west shore in evening ; Ruff - 1 - Moulting male in evening ; Hobby - 1 - 1st summer ; Little Egret - 6 ; Goosander - 1 - Red-head ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Mediterranean Gull - 1 - Different adult to 13th August bird

Padley Gorge: Treecreeper - 2

Redmires Res: Little Egret - 1 - still on Top Res ; Oystercatcher - 1 - on Top Res ; Ringed Plover - 1 - on Top Res ; Dunlin - 1 - calling briefly

Sheffield Airport: Grey Partridge - 2

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 2 ; Grey Heron - 1 - past w 0800 ; Mute Swan - 12 - 9ad 3y ; Greylag Goose - 2 - feral ; Canada Goose - 30 ; Tufted Duck - 38 ; 319 - 1 - on filterbed area 2hrs plus ; Red-legged Partridge - 1 ; Oystercatcher - 1 - call /disp. ; Lapwing - 9 ; Black-headed Gull - 20+ ; Herring Gull - 2 - 1ad-1..3cy ; Swift - 20+ ; Yellow Wagtail - 3 - inc.2 singles south ; Blackcap - 1 ; Reed Warbler - 2+ - juv call ; Willow Warbler - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 7 - 1singing ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Treecreeper - 2 - singles 1ad + 1jv which was sunbathing on f/path ; Nuthatch - 2 - call ; Long-tailed Tit - 10+ - in 2 parties ; Raven - 1 - past w 0839 ; Reed Bunting - 2 - sing

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Raven - 2

Wharncliffe Wood: Nightjar - 1 - Brief churring and flight calls from male.

Broomhall, Clarkegrove Road: Swift - c10 - four active nests, one reported previously +3

Catcliffe Flash: Mute Swan - 2+ - ad pr + single juv ; Gadwall - 45+ ; Mallard - 50+ ; Pochard - 5 ; Little Grebe - 5+ - 3 nests ; Great Crested Grebe - 2 - pair still together but no sign of further breeding attempt ; Cormorant - 1 - over ; Moorhen - 4+ ; Coot - 23+ - just 2 occupied nests and no chicks ; Black-headed Gull - 1 ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Blackbird - 1 - female carrying food

Dog Kennel Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 2 ; Cormorant - 2 ; Greylag Goose - 10+ ; Mallard - 10+ ; Tufted Duck - 1+ ; Moorhen - 4+ - inc 1 fam party,2 juvs recent fledged ; Coot - 1+ ; Black-headed Gull - 10+ ; Stock Dove - 1 - singing ; Kingfisher - 1