Sightings Archive

Thrybergh CP: Whitethroat - 3 - 1 singing ; Willow Warbler - 1 - call ; Chiffchaff - 5 - 2 singing ; Tree Sparrow - 3+ - calling around f/stat

Wadsley Common: Redstart - 1 - Juvenile feeding on bridle path

Worrall: Red Kite - 1 - Flying over fields next to Kirk Edge Road near Bradfield School.

Burncross, Chapeltown: Swift - 5+ - Visiting traditional breeding site under waves of house at entrance to Burncross cemetery ; Goldfinch - 10 - Post-breeding group including juvs

Cowell Flat: Stonechat - 3 - ad male and 2 juvs

Dore: Swift - 1 - entering nest site on Chatsworth road

Ecclesfield,High Street.: Swift - 16 - Group screaming above bottom of Wordsworth Avenue.

Linacre Res: Green Woodpecker - 2 - 2 fledged juvs

Orgreave Lakes: Mediterranean Gull - 1 - moulting adult mid-morning ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - adult, then flew flew towards Woodhouse Mill with Med Gull ; Mediterranean Gull - 1 - Moulting adult on tip then south ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - Adult on tip ; Kestrel - 3 - Adult with 2 juvs on tip ; Common Sandpiper - 2 ; Dunlin - 1

R Don, Effingham St: Mediterranean Gull - 1 - first summer bird on Wards roof late morning ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - second summer ; Black-headed Gull - c200 - inc metal ringed bird ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - c30 - inc leucistic bird (third summer?), and a new orange ringed bird ; Kingfisher - 1

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Long-tailed Tit - 3

Redmires Top Res: Little Egret - 1 - still present on top dam wall

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 4 ; Cormorant - 3 - 2left s ; Mute Swan - 12 - 9ad 3y ; Greylag Goose - 2 - feral birds dumped on res ; Canada Goose - 30 - still flightless ; Tufted Duck - 55 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Coot - 50 - circa ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Herring Gull - 1 ; Swift - 50 - + ; Blackcap - 3 - singing ; Reed Warbler - 5+ ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 2 - 1 singing, 1 collecting food ; Chiffchaff - 5 - 2 singing ; Great Tit - 11+ ; Blue Tit - 13+ ; Long-tailed Tit - 6+ ; Tree Sparrow - 4+ - fam party at f/stat ; Reed Bunting - 4 - singing

Upper Ewden: Hobby - 1 - across valley on to Broomhead Moor

Walkley garden: Collared Dove - 7 - Socialising at top of birch and chimney for 20 mins.

Bole Hill Rec: Swift - c30 - gathering overhead at sunset

Fulwood: Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 - In observer’s garden early morning ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Young male mobbed by Swallows over observer’s garden

Moorland Fringe: Nightjar - 8 - 7 churring males at 4 sites.

Parkwood Springs: Kestrel - 4 - Ski village - family (2 adults, 2 juveniles) out hunting

R Don, Effingham St: Canada Goose - 17 - 6 ads, 11 juvs, one with a bad case of 'angel wing'.

Rawmarsh: Raven - 2 - E/SE @ 0758hrs ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - female, W @ 1238hrs

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Song Thrush - 1 - singing

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 2 ; Mute Swan - 11 - inc.pr 3y ; Greylag Goose - 2 - pair ; Canada Goose - 30 ; Tufted Duck - 39 ; Kestrel - 1 - soar in se ; Herring Gull - 2 ; Sand Martin - 2 - south ; House Martin - 2 - west ; Swift - 4 ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 ; Reed Warbler - 7+ - mostly juv ; Blackcap - 3 - 1 singing ; Whitethroat - 3 - 1 singing ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 6 - 4 singing ; Reed Bunting - 4 - singing

Wharncliffe Side: Greenfinch - 3 - Pair plus 1 juv in observers garden

Beauchief: Swift - 20+ - Over golf course following storm at 19:00

Coombs Dale: Redstart - 1 - m ; Willow Warbler - 04-May ; Goldfinch - 25-30 - Flock, chiefly juvs

Firsby Res: Mallard - 7 - Adult F with 6 well grown ducklings. ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - Fledged Juvs on sluice. ; 319 - 1 - Mobbed in woodland by Mistle Thrushes and BB. ; Nuthatch - 1 - Calling from tree tops in woodland. First record for some time. ; Song Thrush - 1 - Singing Male. ; Swift - 3 - Over early morning. ; Blackcap - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1

Great Longstone: Redstart - 2 - juvs

Hathersage: Song Thrush - 1 - Collecting food - field near Brontë Cottage ; Goldfinch - c5 - near Green’s House ; 324 - 1 - Darkish-brown Polecat/Polecat-Ferret type mammal seen briefly crossing road carrying prey - , Hurstclough Lane, just west of Gatehouse

Orgreave Lakes: Whimbrel - 1 - flew west at 08:05 ; BLACK-NECKED GREBE - 1 ; Little Egret - 5 ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Little Egret - 5

R Derwent, Shatton to Leadmill: Kingfisher - 1