Sightings Archive

Elsecar Res: Moorhen - 8+ - + broods (7,4) ; Coot - 20+ - + broods (3,4,6) ; Black-headed Gull - 20+ ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing

Fulwood: Tree Sparrow - 1 - in garden off Crimcar Lane at 17:45 - last seen in this garden c1997

High Green: Swift - 1 - 8.15am

Hollin Bank (Stanage): Garden Warbler - 2 - Pair on suitable habitat ; Redstart - 2 - male and female ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - Low in Brambles. Unusual record for this site. Not vocal. ; Willow Warbler - 4+

Kelham Island: Sand Martin - c.20 ; Canada Goose - 2 - pair ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Stock Dove - 2

Kiveton Community Woodland: Little Egret - 1 ; Willow Tit - 1

Leash Fen: Stonechat - 1 - male there before flying over to Ramsley Reservoir (see below) ; Lapwing - 7 - in the fields to the n/e of Leash Fen ; Stock Dove - 30+ - in the fields to the n/e of Leash Fen

Orgreave Lakes: Black Tern - 1 - Adult till 19.00 at least, no sign at 20:00 ; Shelduck - 1 - From north at 18.00 out west at 18.30 ; Dunlin - 2 - Adult sp ; Sanderling - 1 - Adult sp ; Pochard - 5 - All males ; Wheatear - 1 - Male Greenland type ; Sanderling - 2 - this evening ; Common Sandpiper - 2 ; Ringed Plover - 2 ; Hobby - 1 - hawking insects until dusk low over causeway and small lake ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 - on causeway

R Don, Carbrook: Sand Martin - c.35 - Including a minimum of 13 nest sites in artificial bank ; Swift - 5+

R Don, Hillfoot Road: Sand Martin - 1 - 1 entering nest hole in retaining wall Observer's first nest noted upstream of the bridge

R Don, Rotherham Centre; adjacent Interchange: Greenfinch - 1 - singing ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing @ 0755hrs, in adjacent bush to SW ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - singing @ 0755hrs ; Sand Martin - c15 - over/around colony

R Don, Rutland Rd: Sand Martin - c.30 - including at least 5 nest sites in retaining wall

R Don, Stevenson Road: Sand Martin - c.45 - including birds entering nest sites in retaining wall ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - singing

Ramsley Moor: Tree Pipit - 1 ; Stonechat - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 1

Ramsley Res: Stonechat - 4 - including adult female feeding recently hatched juveniles ; Linnet - 1 ; Whitethroat - 02-Mar ; Tree Pipit - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 2 ; Lesser Redpoll - 6+

Redmires Top Res: Greenfinch - 1 - continuously calling roadside

Rotherham; Rawmarsh Road: Swift - 3 - feeding low over @ 0750hrs

Sheffield Town Hall: Peregrine - 1 - circling the SUFC Premier League celebrations.

Wadsley Common: Cuckoo - 1 - Calling from the south of the common intermittently.

Wyming Brook: Wood Warbler - 3 - Three birds singing ; Wood Warbler - 1 - 1 singing male ; Wood Warbler - 1

Agden Rocher: Pied Flycatcher - 3 - 2m , 1f

Agden Side: Marsh Harrier - 1 - Imm female hunting over Hobson's Moss 08:50-09:10 then high south. ; Whitethroat - 1 - 1 singing male ; Red-legged Partridge - 1 - Singing male ; Raven - 2 ; Wheatear - 1 - Female ; Golden Plover - 1 - Singing male ; Barn Owl - 1

Barbrook Plantation: Redstart - 4 - 2 pairs ; Pied Flycatcher - 2 - 1 m, 1 f ; Tree Pipit - 1 ; Stonechat - 1 - m display flight with food ; Song Thrush - 2 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 ; Treecreeper - 2 ; Willow Warbler - 8+ ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - over ; Kestrel - 1

Barbrook Valley: Whinchat - 1 - m ; Linnet - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 4

Canklow Woods: Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - 1 singing

Catcliffe: Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - Britannia Way, singing by Car People showroom ; Whitethroat - 1+ - singing by Car People showroom

Chatsworth Park: Red Kite - 1 ; Pied Flycatcher - 1 - Singing ; Sand Martin - 50+ - Occasionally around nest site by river ; 319 - 2

Ecclesfield: Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 - Female calling from top of pine tree in garden, flew south along Hartley Brook at 13.49.

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 1 ; Coot - 2 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 2 - Pair on sluice. ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - With PW. ; Buzzard sp - 1 - Over calling. ; Red-legged Partridge - 2 - In set aside field. ; Blackbird - 1 - Female on nest. ; Coal Tit - 3+ - Pair feeding young in nest. ; Great Tit - 3+ - Pair taking food into nest inside farm implement ; Long-tailed Tit - 6 ; Linnet - 1