Sightings Archive

Dore: Swift - 5 ; Tawny Owl - 1 - Calling at 21:00

Dukes Road: Hobby - 3+ - catching insects over a large area of moorland.

Endcliffe Park: Swift - 10 ; Black-headed Gull - 15 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Mandarin - 16

Lodge Moor: 324 - 1 - Hummingbird Hawk Moth feeding on Verbena in observers garden

Longshaw: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - Brief reeling in bog area between Wooden Pole car park and road junction

Lowedges: Raven - 1 - Flying high to south calling

Margery Hill: WHITE-TAILED EAGLE - 1 - G318 still around, over Margery 17:40.

Middleton Moor: Yellow-legged Gull - 4 - Adults ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 175 ; Black-headed Gull - 190 ; Common Gull - 2 ; Redshank - 1 ; 320 - 3 ; Greylag Goose - 6 - Pair plus 4 large young

Orgreave Lakes: Yellow Wagtail - 3 - Ad and 2 juvs ; Curlew - 1 - Sw at 06:20 ; Little Grebe - 3 - Ad with 2 newly hatched chicks. First breeding record here. ; Raven - 2 - South over tip

Ramsley Moor: Willow Warbler - 4 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Whitethroat - 1 ; Redstart - 1 - Juvenile ; Stonechat - 3 ; Greenfinch - 8 - Mainly juvs feeding on already ripe rowan berries

Redmires Res: Curlew - 5 - family party on Middle Res - including at least 2 juvs ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 70 - c. ; Herring Gull - 9 - with LBBs ; Black-headed Gull - 40 - c. ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 - by Top Res ; Blackcap - 2 - in Fairthorn Clough ; Willow Warbler - 8 - c. ; Garden Warbler - 1 - in Fairthorn Clough ; Mandarin - 1 - female on Bottom Res

Silverwood Lagoon: BLACK-NECKED GREBE - 0 - most, if not all have now departed. Last seen on Saturday (adult and juv) ; Little Grebe - 14+ - including pair now feeding second brood ; Mute Swan - 10 - pair and 8 cygnets (lost one recently) ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Linnet - c.15 ; Yellowhammer - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; House Martin - 15 - over Woodlaithes end of pit top ; Swift - 2 ; Reed Warbler - 5+ - calling in reedbeds ; Reed Bunting - 2 - singing ; Common Buzzard - 1

Thrybergh CP: Common Tern - 1 ; Mandarin - 1 - F ; Carrion Crow - 58 ; Jackdaw - 32 - Large mixed flock

Barbrook Valley: Swallow - 4 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Stonechat - 3 ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; 319 - 1 ; Linnet - 4

Ecclesfield: Swift - 4 - 19.15

Edensor: House Martin - 3+ - at least 2 active nests with young being fed

Kimberworth Park: Swift - 15+ - over Shearman Avenue/Remount Road ; Herring Gull - 1 - feeding on recent roadkill - Hedgehog, along with 3 Magpies, Rhodes Avenue.

Midhope Res: Hobby - 1 - 7.15 flew low NW below dam wall towards Langsett ; Swallow - c40 ; Linnet - c40 - Single group feeding including numerous juvs ; Meadow Pipit - c40 - incl numerous juvs ; Sand Martin - 1 ; House Martin - 05-Oct ; Tufted Duck - 5 - incl two well grown juvs ; Little Grebe - 6 ; 319 - 2

Redmires Top Res: Peregrine - 1 - imm chasing gulls and causing havoc ; Yellow-legged Gull - 2 - adults loafing (left-hand bird with LBBG)

Rivelin Valley: Little Owl - 1 - on dry stone wall near Windle House Farm. ; Dipper - 1 - juvenile bird on River Rivelin, downstream of Hind Wheel Dam.

Stubley Hollow: Jackdaw - 66 ; Starling - 54 ; House Sparrow - 25 ; Magpie - 18

Thrybergh CP: Common Sandpiper - 1 - Feeding along dam wall at waterside. ; Grey Wagtail - 4 - 1 adult 3 juvenile. ; Lapwing - c30 ; Mandarin - 1 - Female ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 4 ; Herring Gull - 2 ; Kestrel - 1 - Juvenile, catching and eating Grasshoppers on Dam wall.

Walkley: Swift - 20+ - Circling very high above South Road

Walkley garden: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Flew in, then concealed in ash tree. ; Collared Dove - 5 - 5 in fruit tree tops, 1-3 regular numbers

Westwood CP: Green Woodpecker - 1

Barlow Common: House Martin - 8

Crowhole: House Martin - 2

Endcliffe Student Village ~ pond: Moorhen - 12 - 2 adults + 4 small chicks from 4th brood + 6 assorted youngsters from broods 1 to 3.

High Green: Swift - 4

Midhope Res: Little Grebe - 10 ; Meadow Pipit - c40 ; Swallow - c20 ; 319 - 3 - Incl ad with calling juv ; Oystercatcher - 3