Sightings Archive

Greystones garden: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Male ; Bullfinch - 1 - Male

Hangingwater: 319 - 1 - circling low over house and trees

Meersbrook Park: Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 - 1 heard

Miller*s Dale: Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Canada Goose - 7

Monk*s Dale: Redstart - 1 ; Bullfinch - 1m ; Chiffchaff - 2+ heard ; Song Thrush - 1 heard

Owler Bar: Hobby - 4

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Coal Tit - 1 - singing ; Bullfinch - 1pr ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - flew over onto golf course ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - calling ; Swift - 29 - strongly N in several small parties ; Grey Heron - 1 - over onto golf course & settled by pond ; House Martin - 7 - local breeders feeding over ; Mute Swan - 9 - 7 SW @ 0609hrs; 1 W @ 0723hrs; 1 SW @ 0738hrs

R. Don, Stevenson Rd: Black-headed Gull - 105 - 2 juvs ; Great Black-backed Gull - 2 - 2cy's still around ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - 3cy

Rawmarsh: Grey Heron - 1 - E/NE @ 0718hrs

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Long-tailed Tit - 8 - in garden briefly

Roundwood Golf course: Coal Tit - 2+ ; Bullfinch - 1pr ; Stock Dove - 4 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Blackcap - 1 - singing

Silverwood Lagoon: Oystercatcher - 2 - ENE at 07.10 ; Sedge Warbler - 2 - singing strongly in recent days ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 - adults ; Common Buzzard - 1 ; Gadwall - 1 ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - singing

Soughley Lane, Redmires: Oystercatcher - 4 - in freshly cut field opposite Roper Hill junction; presumed family party with 2 full-grown juvs ; Black-headed Gull - 30 - in freshly-cut field, including a ginger juv ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 35 - in freshly-cut field late afternoon ; Herring Gull - 4 - in freshly-cut field with LBBGs ; Curlew - 26 - feeding in freshly-cut field ; Lapwing - 40 - in freshly-cut field

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 2 - ad ; Cormorant - 2 ; Mute Swan - 12 - inc pr 6y ; Canada Goose - 31 ; Tufted Duck - 14 - 3f ; Kestrel - 4 - + fam with young flying + 1a hunting ; Black-headed Gull - 54 - inc.1jv ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - imm. ; Swift - 20 - + ; Yellow Wagtail - 2 - jv on dam ; Wren - 15 - 14sing ; Blackcap - 7 - sing ; Reed Warbler - 4 - + 1sing 3-4 jv flitting around r/bed ; Whitethroat - 3 - 2sing ; Willow Warbler - 1 - call ; Chiffchaff - 7 - 4sing ; Magpie - 16 - #NAME? ; Jackdaw - 20 - in feeding area ; Carrion Crow - 12 - inc 2fams of 4-4 ; Reed Bunting - 2 - sing ; Yellowhammer - 1 - sing

Tideswell Dale: Chiffchaff - 1 heard

Walkley garden: Swift - 4 - 4 adults swooping close to building, regular visits to active nest. ; 324 - 1 - single painted lady on bramble blossoms

White Edge: BEE-EATER - 1 - flew north per DOS

Canklow Woods: Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - 1 singing

Firsby Res: Mallard - 8 ; Coot - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Grey Heron - 2 - Single had a mid air tussle with another. ; Kestrel - 1 - Fledged juv peering from old farm building. ; Barn Owl - 1 - Again distant. Early morning. ; Pheasant - 1 - F ; Grey Partridge - 2 ; Whitethroat - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Yellowhammer - 2 - Singing. ; Linnet - 8 ; Goldfinch - 2

Heeley, Chesterfield Road: 324 - 3 - Painted Ladies on plants outside B&M

Lodge Moor: Siskin - 5 - 2 adults and 3 young at feeders.

Malin Bridge: Moorhen - 1 - calling c00:50, presumably over in flight (nocmig recording). Close to River Loxley, but not close enough to hear them.

Millhouses: 324 - 1 - Painted Lady - flying strongly NW at c20ft over Tesco car park

Northern General Hospital: Ring-necked Parakeet - 1+ - 1 calling at 04:00

Norton Lees: Swift - 5

RE Don, Stevenson Rd: Black-headed Gull - 84 - 1 juv ; Herring Gull - 14 - imms ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 68

Rivelin Valley: Red Kite - 1 - Bird heading up the Rivelin Valley flew low over Holly Hagg Farm.

Thrybergh CP: Whimbrel - 2 - past w 0920 ; Oystercatcher - 2 - 2 ; Kestrel - 8+ - in 2 fams. ; 319 - 3 - very vocal birds 2disp.drifted w 1430..1soar .in e.

Walkley Bank: 319 - 1 - circling low over Bole Hill Road and Rivelin Street.

Canklow Woods: Barn Owl - 1 - 1 hunting field below boston castle at 2205

Carbrook, Lower Don Valley: Linnet - 3+ - adults with recently-fledged young near junction of Weedon Street and Sheffield Road. ; Red-legged Partridge - 1 - single bird on overspill car park off Weedon Street.