Sightings Archive

Roundwood Golf course: Blackcap - 2 - singing ; Stock Dove - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Bullfinch - 1 - left NE ; Coal Tit - 1+ - 1 singing + calls heard ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 2 - ads ; Cormorant - 2 ; Grey Heron - 1 - brief stop then w ; Mute Swan - 14 - 8ad 6y ; Tufted Duck - 17 - 4f ; 319 - 2 - soar 1nw1s ; Kestrel - 3 - fam 3+ ; Herring Gull - 2 - 1ad 1 3cy ; Swift - 15+ ; Swallow - 1 ; House Martin - 1 ; Wren - 14 - singing ; Reed Warbler - 2 - singing ; Blackcap - 2 - singing ; Whitethroat - 2 - 1 singing ; Willow Warbler - 3 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 4 - singing ; Reed Bunting - 5 - singing ; Yellowhammer - 1 - singing

Woodseats: Grey Wagtail - 1 - 1 calling on top of KFC. Seen later calling with food in beak. Probable breeding.

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

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 1 ; Mute Swan - 2 - Pair left large Res ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Kestrel - 3+ - Confirmed breeding. ; Little Owl - 1 ; Swift - 4 ; Swallow - 1 ; House Martin - 5+ ; Grey Partridge - 2 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 2 - Scolding Magpie. ; Jackdaw - 1 - over calling. ; Goldcrest - 3+ - Family party ; Long-tailed Tit - 6+ ; Whitethroat - 3 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing. ; Willow Warbler - 1 - Singing. ; Yellowhammer - 4+ - Singing early morning. ; Reed Bunting - 2 ; Skylark - 2 ; Linnet - 8+ ; Bullfinch - 1 - Male ; 324 - 1 - Grass Snake.

Kimberworth: Tawny Owl - 1 - Juvenile perched on a fence post at the bottom of the garden

Orgreave Lakes: Little Egret - 2

R Don, Stevenson Rd: CASPIAN GULL - 1 - lame individual present again late afternoon

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Mute Swan - 10 - low over to S in perfect v-formation @ 0645hrs

Redmires Top Res: Cormorant - 1

Rivelin Valley: Tawny Owl - 1+ - At least 1 juvenile making begging calls in Walkley Cemetery.

Totley: Willow Tit - 2+ - calling Totley All Saints Primary School/Bents Footway

Ulley: Skylark - 07-Aug - 5-6 singing, Guithwaithe Common Lane 05.30 ; Yellow Wagtail - 2 - Pair ; Linnet - 05-Jun - 2 males, possible family party. ; Whitethroat - 2 - Pair ; Dunnock - 1 - Singing

Wadsley: Starling - 130+ - On roofs on Overton/Rockley Road, with flock building over last few days.

Bingham Park: Song Thrush - 1 ; Bullfinch - 1 - male ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1

Catcliffe Flash: Mute Swan - 2+ - ad pr + 1 chick ; Gadwall - 16+ ; Great Crested Grebe - 2 - a pair, fem sitting on new nest ; Coot - 16+ - 16 ads, 1 juv, 4 active nests ; Sand Martin - 6+ ; House Martin - 1+ ; Blackcap - 1 - singing

Endcliffe Park: Treecreeper - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1

Forge Dam: Bullfinch - 2 ; Song Thrush - 2 - 1 Juvenile ; Mandarin - 8 - 5 Juveniles ; Moorhen - 5 - 3 Juveniles

Greystones garden: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Juvenile on feeder in observer's garden - a 1st! ; Greenfinch - 2 - M&F becoming regular visitors to feeders

Kimberworth: Bullfinch - 3 - 2 fully fledged juveniles,sat on the washing line, begging for food from adult male.

Middleton Moor: Osprey - 1 - per DOS

R Don, Stevenson Rd: CASPIAN GULL - 1 - one footed bird loafing on waste ground, likely a 3s/4cy bird.

Redmires conduit: Snipe - 2 - one drumming, one on post chipping

Redmires Top Res: 321 - 1 - dropped in waterside briefly

Shepherd*s Plantation: Woodpigeon - 1+ ; Wren - 1+ ; Robin - 1+ ; Blackbird - 1 - singing ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Treecreeper - 1 - singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 1+

Upper Common, Scholes: Swift - 3