Sightings Archive

Redmires Res: Herring Gull - 10 - with LBBs - unprecedented numbers for late spring ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - 2 CY

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 4 - ad- chick not seen ; Cormorant - 1 - left n ; Grey Heron - 1 - w 0742 ; Mute Swan - 16 - res.pr still sitting nest now hidden ; Tufted Duck - 5 - 1f ; 319 - 1 - soar in se ; Kestrel - 1 - hovering ; Moorhen - 5 - 4ad 1chick ; Coot - 44+ - inc 6-4-4 chicks ; Oystercatcher - 1 - on front ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - ad left west ; Swift - 20+ - feeding.high ; Song Thrush - 2 - singing ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - in c/site ; Blackcap - 3 - singing ; Reed Warbler - 2 - 1sing ; Whitethroat - 2 ; Willow Warbler - 2 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 3 - singing ; Great Tit - 24+ - in 4 fam parties ; Long-tailed Tit - 6+ - fam.party ; Carrion Crow - 6 - ad in 3 active nests ; Reed Bunting - 6 - 3 singing

Trowles Wood: Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Blackbird - 3 - singing ; Robin - 3+ - singing ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Wren - 1+ - singing ; Treecreeper - 1 - singing ; Chaffinch - 1 - singing

Upper Common, Scholes: Skylark - 1+ - singing

Carr Vale Nature Reserve: BONAPARTE'S GULL - One - 2 cy bonapartes gull 10:00 only seen on meadow flash and did not enter SBSG area, sorry. It left high south at 1025.

Catcliffe Flash: Mute Swan - 1+ - ad + single chick at northern end of flash ; Mallard - 1+ - fem + brood (6) ; Pochard - 1 - male ; Gadwall - 2 ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Great Crested Grebe - 2 - pair with nest ; Coot - 16+ ; Swift - 12+ ; Sand Martin - 16+ ; House Martin - 8+ ; Black-headed Gull - 2+ ; Blackcap - 1 - singing

Ecclesall: Swift - 12

R Don, Effingham St: Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - 2cy on Thos Wards roof, also present yesterday. ; Herring Gull - c50 - still around Eff St/ Warren St. ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 12

Redmires: Common Tern - 2 - flew west with BHG's this morning

Redmires conduit: Lapwing - 14 - 14 chicks counted in horse fields ; Cuckoo - 1 - calling and perched near horse fields ; Lapwing - 2 - pair with 3 young along the conduit

Redmires Res: Canada Goose - 31 - mostly in fields ; Greylag Goose - 16 - inc pair with 4 young on Top Res ; Mallard - 8 ; Ringed Plover - 1 - ad feeding on Top Res ; Lapwing - 4 - 2 pairs with a total of 3 young on Top & Middle Reservoirs - encouraged by low water levels due to maintenance ; Oystercatcher - 2 - alarming by Bottom Res - young hidden in bracken (presumed single chick from two weeks ago) ; Common Sandpiper - 2 - on Top Res - flushed by dog walkers ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 36 - on Top Res ; Herring Gull - 4 - with LBB;s - left to the north-west mid-morning ; Black-headed Gull - 9 - inc 5 which flew W ; Common Tern - 2 - ads flew W with BHG's at 08:03 hrs ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - reeling by Middle Res ; Garden Warbler - 2 - singing males by Top Res ; Whitethroat - 2 - singing ; Cuckoo - 1 - calling and seen briefly along conduit ; Swallow - 6 ; House Martin - 2 ; Linnet - 8 - 4 pairs holding territory ; Spotted Flycatcher - 2 - singing around Top Res ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - pairs breeding - Top & Bottom Res

Silverwood Lagoon: Mute Swan - 2+ - resident pair have recently lost 3 of their 7 cygnets ; Garden Warbler - 1 - singing ; Oystercatcher - 1 - west ; Jackdaw - 2 - north ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - adult north ; Reed Warbler - 5+ - 5 singing, others calling in phragmites ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - singing ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Common Buzzard - 1 ; Jay - 3 ; Grey Partridge - 1 ; Bullfinch - 1 ; Song Thrush - 3 - singing ; House Martin - c.15 ; Swift - 3 ; Long-tailed Tit - 15+ - two family parties

Barlow Common: Yellowhammer - 1 ; Swift - 04-May

Bradwell Ponds: Great Crested Grebe - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Heard

Brincliffe Edge: Blackcap - 1 - male singing in garden for last few days (normally visit only in winter)

Endcliffe Park: Dipper - 1 - Feeding on slabs at side of lower lake at 7:20

Hope: Chiffchaff - 1 - Heard

Norton Lees: Swift - 1

Orgreave: Wood Sandpiper - 1 - On small lake edges island early morning ; Garganey - 1 - Drake on island