Recent News
31 July 2010
Catcliffe: Mistle Thrush - 20+ - flew off a field by the side of the ParkwayCentenary Riverside: Common Sandpiper - 2 ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; Reed Warbler - 1
High Green: Buzzard - 1 - Low N ; Meadow Pipit - 1 - North over calling at 8am
Orgreave Lakes: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 22 ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - Adult ; Dunlin - 1 ; Common Gull - 1 - Adult
Ramsley Moor: Spotted Flycatcher - 1 ; Lesser Redpoll - 6 ; Tree Pipit - 1 - overhead to S-W, calling ; Meadow Pipit - 20 ; Stonechat - 3 - adult male and 2 juvs
Silverwood Wood: Nuthatch - 1
30 July 2010
Chatsworth Park: Little Egret - 1 - On river near cricket groundEastwood, Rotherham: Swift - 20-30 - over in morning; Hatherley Rd/Denman St/Bramwell St area.
Millhouses Park: Moorhen - 2 - pair gathering nesting material and building nest in wall at water level which is at near all time low
Orgreave Lakes: Little Egret - 1 - South at 16:40
Rawmarsh: Siskin - 6 - S/SE @ 0645hrs
29 July 2010
Agden Beck: Red Kite - 1Hangingwater Road: Nuthatch - 1 - visiting nut feeder in garden and flying off S with food
Middleton Moor: CASPIAN GULL - 1 - adult roosting ; Yellow-legged Gull - 2 - adults roosting ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 350 - c 350 roosting ; Teal - 3 ; Black-headed Gull - 210 - roosting
Orgreave Lakes: Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - Adult ; Ringed Plover - 4 ; Dunlin - 2 - Adults ; Common Sandpiper - 2
Parkgate Canal Basin: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - adult
Sheffield University: Peregrine - 1 - Perched on St George's Church tower from 12.10 to 18.00, moving no more than a couple of feet in the entire period.
Shirebrook Valley: Kingfisher - 1 - near visitors center
Taddington Dale: Redstart - 1 - 18:30 male perched up on rock outcrop just above main road.
Thrybergh Cemetery: Little Owl - 1 - on branch @ 16.30
28 July 2010
Eastwood, Rotherham: Swift - c30 - chasing & calling around rooftops; Hatherley Rd/Bramwell St/Denman St areaOrgreave Lakes: Black-headed Gull - 211 ; Dunlin - 1 ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - Adult ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Cormorant - 5 ; Little Ringed Plover - 1 - Adult ; Ringed Plover - 2 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 43 ; Lapwing - 25
Parkgate Canal Basin: Black-headed Gull - 30-35
Redmires Plantation: Hobby - 2 ; Spotted Flycatcher - 2 ; Wood Warbler - 2 ; Siskin - 4+ ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 juvenile
Sheffield Centre: Carrion Crow - 1 - leucistic bird standing on a fence on Derek Dooley Way
Sheffield University: Peregrine - 1 - on St George's Church tower (east side) from 16.00 to at least 17.30.
Silverwood Lagoon: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - still reeeling from NW paddocks ; Greenshank - 1 - flew off SE from northern shoreline @ 07.20
27 July 2010
Agden Side: Whitethroat - 2Brightholmlee: Grasshopper Warbler - 3 - reeling birds, 2 in field with rushes near spout house wood, another in field near morehall res path
Catcliffe Flash: Cormorant - 7 - including puffin island bird
Centenary Way Riverside: Green Sandpiper - 1 ; Common Sandpiper - 1
Cowell Flat: Stonechat - 7 - 3 adult birds and 4 juvs
Orgreave Lakes: Dunlin - 1 - in full summer plumage ; Lapwing - 3 ; Snipe - 16 - NW at 1630 must have been flushed from another site in the valley? ; Ringed Plover - 1 - adult ; Little Ringed Plover - 1 - imm ; Common Sandpiper - 2 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 14 ; Tufted Duck - 15 - including a female with 7 half grown chicks ; Black-headed Gull - 28
R Don, Rotherham Centre: Grey Wagtail - 3 - feeding together by Tesco
Redmires: Oystercatcher - 2 - adult + juv ; Long-eared Owl - 1 - Hunting along top bank of top reservoir before dropping into deep cover (onto a vole?) ; Curlew - 2 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 40 - In roost at 9:30pm ; Red Grouse - 20 - covey in unusual location of grass bank between middle and top reservoirs
Rotherham Centre: House Martin - 1 - Returning to nest in eaves of house at the top end of Wellgate.
Ulley CP: Linnet - c5 ; Willow Warbler - c5 - 1 singing male plus c2-4 juvs ; Yellowhammer - 3 - 2 singing males plus female ; Swift - c200 ; Swallow - c10 ; House Martin - c5 ; Goldfinch - c20 - single flock - numerous juvs ; Lapwing - 2 - west
26 July 2010
Middleton Moor: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 445 - roosting ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - adult roosting ; Curlew - 2 - roosting ; Black-headed Gull - 185 - RoostingMoorgate, Rotherham: Black-headed Gull - 30 - with 12 Lesser Black-backed Gulls on Oakwood technology college playing field at 08.00
Sheffield Centre: Peregrine - 2 - Adult pair atop St Pauls tower, viewable from Arundel gate at 18:30
Silverwood Lagoon: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - still reeling from NW paddocks ; Greenshank - 1 - 1200 - 1400 hrs feeding well until flushed by dog walker
Tyzack's Dam: Mandarin - 16 - Mostly juveniles
Wharncliffe Chase (north): Nuthatch - 4 ; Woodpigeon - 59 - 43 W-SW; 16E ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 8 - 1W,2S,4NW ; Swallow - 32 - 22 SW, rest resident ; Meadow Pipit - c20 - incl juvs ; Black-headed Gull - 2 - West
25 July 2010
Agden Beck: Stonechat - 6 - 2 pairs, one with 2 juvs ; Marsh Harrier - 1 - maleAgden Rocher: Hobby - 1 - sparring with Kestrels and Crows ;
Aldwarke: Sand Martin - c 20 - over colony
Blackburn Meadows NR: Mute Swan - 2 - 2 adults 2 young ; Lapwing - 12 ; Common Gull - 1 - west ; Reed Warbler - 5 - singing males ; Reed Bunting - 1 - Singing male
Ewden Valley: Red Kite - 1 - Raggy looking bird ;
Fatty Boyns Ponds: Whitethroat - 1 - still collecting food/scolding. ; Willow Tit - 1
Rawmarsh; High Street: Swift - c50 - feeding overhead, early evening
Redmires Res: Common Gull - 2 - ads SW with BH Gulls ; Black-headed Gull - 78 - SW - steady movt ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 58 - on Middle Res - many drifting through SW ; Curlew - 3 - 1 W + 2 local fledged juvs ; Golden Plover - 24 - with Lapwings ; Oystercatcher - 2 - ad + the juv almost fledged ; Canada Goose - 50 - ads & young ; Common Sandpiper - 4 ; Greylag Goose - 1 - still present with Canada Geese ; Swallow - 15 ; Pied Wagtail - 15 ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - reeling by Bottom Res ; Peregrine - 1 - briefly at 0800 - off W ; Lapwing - 70 ; Sand Martin - 3 - with local hirundines
Silverwood Pit Top: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - Reeling from NW paddocks @ 8.30PM
Spout House Hill: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - reeling intermittently from Sallow patch 20:30
Stannington, west: Long-eared Owl - 1 - Landed on feeder pole in back garden, 10.36PM
Thrybergh CP: Lesser Whitethroat - 1 ; Willow Tit - 1 ; Swallow - 3 - E ; Whitethroat - 1 ; Common Gull - 1 - ad in from S ; Coal Tit - Breeding confirmed - family party ; Yellowhammer - 4 - inc 2 singing males ; Curlew - 1 - W @ 0726hrs ; Moorhen - 7 - + 6 juvs ; Lapwing - 4 - family party ; Mute Swan - 30 - 3 left to W/NW ; Goldfinch - 9 ; Common Tern - 1 - ad in with fish to deserted nesting rafts! ; Pochard - 1 - drake ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 - S ; Chiffchaff - 17 - inc 3 singing males. Party of 7 feeding together on filter beds. ; Greylag Goose - 9 - 3 on, joined by 6 (family party inc 4 juvs) in from N. ; Coot - 106 - inc juvs ; Tufted Duck - 47 ; Green Sandpiper - 1 - left NW @ 0543hrs ; Black-headed Gull - 15 - total, inc 1 'ginger' juv & 8 W/SW ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 17 - mostly W/SW/NW ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 - f with juvs (3?) calling excitedly nearby. ; Great Crested Grebe - 4 - ads + 2 juvs
Thrybergh Tip: Little Grebe - 3 - + 4 juvs inc 'new' brood of 3 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 4 ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Coot - c50 - inc juvs - a good season. ; Siskin - 2 - S/SW ; Green Sandpiper - 2 ; Sparrowhawk - Breeding confirmed - juvs heard calling from vicinity of last year's nest site. ; Willow Tit - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 1 - f + brood of 8. ; Gadwall - 4 - + 3 broods of 7, 4 & 3 ; Moorhen - 10 - + 7 juvs ; Great Crested Grebe - 1pr - + 2 juvs ; Mute Swan - 1pr - Breeding confirmed; 1 cygnet ; Stock Dove - 1 - singing male ; Lapwing - 25
Ulley CP: Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Willow Tit - 3 ; Buzzard - 1
Upper Ewden: Hobby - 1 ; Raven - 2
24 July 2010
Big Moor: Linnet - 15 ; Sand Martin - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 1 - juvenile ; Whinchat - 4 - juvs ; Stonechat - 1 - maleBrampton Common: Little Owl - 1 - immature
Middleton Moor: Dunlin - 2 - circled several times, landed briefly then left high E ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Teal - 4
Orgreave: Dunlin - 2 - adult 'Southern Dunlin' spp. schinzii ;
Silverwood Lagoon: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - reeling from NW paddocks 08.20
Spout House Hill: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - Reeling in roadside rushes at 9.00 pm
Ulley CP: Kingfisher - 1 ; Tree Sparrow - 4 ; Cormorant - 2 - south ; Yellow Wagtail - 1
Wardlow: Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - adult ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - c100 - feeding in newly ploughed field ; Common Gull - 1 - adult
23 July 2010
Castleton: Little Owl - 4 - Adult with 3 well grown young at farm building nest siteChatsworth Park: Little Egret - 1 - on river near cricket ground
Lodge Moor: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Female/imm calling in garden
Silverwood Lagoon: Dunlin - 2
Wharncliffe Chase (north): Woodpigeon - 34 - SW/W in 1's and 2's ; Cormorant - 1 - SW ; Siskin - 2 ; Meadow Pipit - c20 - juvs + food carrying ; Linnet - 6 - Singing male plus juvs ; Green Woodpecker - 2 - Calling female + juv together ranging across Chase ; Swallow - c70 ; Stock Dove - 1 - W ; Crossbill - 8 - Group flew NE calling ; Pied Wagtail - 2 - 1 silently SW ; Black-headed Gull - 38 - 7NW, 5NW, 26S ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 4 - 1SW,3W ; Swift - c15
22 July 2010
Blue Man's Bower: Lapwing - 13Bramley: Swift - 50+ - Screeching through gardens and also high up on Flanderwell Avenue.
Orgreave Lakes: Common Sandpiper - 3
Sheffield Centre: Peregrine - 2 - pair on BT building at 16:00, female flew off to hunt at 16:15
Shillito Wood: Nuthatch - 1 - collecting food ; Whitethroat - 1 - Singing ; Linnet - 6 ; Goldcrest - 2+ - juv ; Treecreeper - 2+ - juv ; Tree Pipit - 4 - inc pair at nest site with food
Silverwood Lagoon: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 37 - flew south @ 08.25
Spout House Hill: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - reeling in rushes by road
Ulley Res, NE arm: Willow Warbler - c4 - 1 singing male ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - Reeling 7.45 - 8.00 ; Bullfinch - c6 - ad seen feeding c2 juvs at least plus others ; Whitethroat - 1 ; Linnet - c80 - Single post breeding group including numerous juveniles. ; Greylag Goose - 2 - West calling ; Yellowhammer - 2 - singing males ; Chiffchaff - c5 - 4 singing males
21 July 2010
Botanical Gardens: Swift - 30-40 - At 20.45.Orgreave Lakes: Common Sandpiper - 4 ; Green Sandpiper - 1
Peat Pits: Golden Plover - 3 - poss juvs.
Sheffield University: Peregrine - 1 - Dismembering prey on St Georges Church tower (east side) at 18.50.
Shirecliffe Tip: Whitethroat - 1 - calling ; Sparrowhawk - 2 - pair, female with missing central tail feathers looking like a mini Kite ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 30 - Feeding on tip this evening. Also adult Herring type
Silverwood Lagoon: Barn Owl - 1 - hunting @ 20.50
Walkley Bank: Swift - 30 - together over Bell Hagg Road at 0730 hrs.
Wharncliffe Chase (north): Black-headed Gull - 26 - Parties of 8 and 18 NW - 2nd group all ads except 2 first summers ; Swallow - c50 ; Great Tit - 6 - family party ; Kestrel - 3 - ad + 2 juvs sat on fence/hunting ; Swift - c25 ; Reed Bunting - 1 - singing male ; Meadow Pipit - c20 ; Greenfinch - 6 - Family party ; Lapwing - 17 - east at 8.30am ; Nuthatch - c3 - family party
Wyming Brook: Robin - c10 - 3 family parties with juvs ; Goldcrest - c4 - 1 ad + c3 juvs calling/feeding together ; Siskin - 3
20 July 2010
Eastwood, Rotherham: Swift - c30 - over rooftops in 2-3 screaming parties; Hatherley Road/Denman Street/ Bramwell StreetGreen Moor: Little Owl - 1
Meadow Head: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 100 - loafing on playing fields at 0700 hrs
Orgreave Lakes: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 65 ; Greenshank - 1 - south at 0940 ; Common Sandpiper - 5 ; Herring Gull - 1 - 3rd Summer ; Ringed Plover - 3 ; Great Crested Grebe - 7 ; Mute Swan - 22 - inc 3 cygnets ; Common Sandpiper - 4 ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - Adult ; Golden Plover - 1 - south ; Common Tern - 1
Parkgate Canal Basin: Mute Swan - 17 ; Linnet - 3
Rawmarsh: Grey Heron - 1 - Very low over garden to W.
19 July 2010
Birley Edge: Little Owl - 1 - On wall on Skew Hill at dusk.Brightholmlee: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - reeling in field with rushes near Spout House wood ; Swallow - 33 - on wires on Brightholmlee Lane
Broomhead Moor: Golden Plover - 1 - calling ; Whinchat - 4 - Family party of pair and two juvs ; Common Buzzard - 1
Broomhead Res: Chiffchaff - 2+ - singing ; Curlew - 2 - overhead
Eastwood, Rotherham: Swift - c20 - low around rooftops; Hatherley Road/Denman Street
High Bradfield: Little Owl - 1
Langsett Moor: Swallow - 10 ; Curlew - 2 - ad + juv
Langsett Res: Canada Goose - 25 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Oystercatcher - 1
Langsett Wood: Chiffchaff - 2 - singing males ; Siskin - 4 - Male song flight on several occasions. ; Coal Tit - 3 ; Greenfinch - 3 - Family party.
Middleton Moor: Pied Wagtail - 22 - Mostly juvs ; Swallow - 400 - 400+ in pre-roost gathering ; Black-headed Gull - 190 - roosting ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 65 - roosting
Midhope Res: Little Grebe - 3 ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Greylag Goose - 6 ; Cormorant - 16 - West at 3.30pm in one group.
Orgreave Lakes: Dunlin - 1 ; Ringed Plover - 3 - including juveniles ; Common Sandpiper - 2 ; Yellow-legged Gull - 2 - adults ;
R Don, Rotherham Centre: Chiffchaff - 1 - feeding in ornamental shrubbery by Crinoline Bridge.
Rawmarsh: Blackcap - 1 - singing male; Rectory Fields allotments
Sheffield Centre: Peregrine - 1 - what appeared to be adult female around and then perched on St Pauls high-rise from 1840-1900 at least, spent most of time walking up and down the top floor balcony. ; Peregrine - 1 - Female carrying prey appeared to land on St Pauls Tower at 0750h
Silverwood Lagoon: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 ; Dunlin - 1
Wharncliffe Chase (north): Goldfinch - 8 ; Meadow Pipit - c15 - Food carrying and family parties. ; Linnet - 6 ; Red-legged Partridge - 1 ; Swallow - c50 - Family parties ; Black-headed Gull - 6 - 5+1 West ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 - singles SW ; Reed Bunting - 1 - singing male ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - West over
18 July 2010
Carr Vale NR: Hobby - 1 - mobbed by hirundines ; Green Sandpiper - 1 ; Little Ringed Plover - 1 ; Common Tern - 3 - 2 adults with juv flew from north at 17:45 ; Peregrine - 1 - flew from east and attacked a woodpigeonCatcliffe Flash LNR: Gadwall - 15 ; Little Grebe - 1 - ad + 1 juv. ; Great Crested Grebe - 1pr - + 4 juvs. ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing male ; Cormorant - 12 - in trees at S-end, early a.m. ; Pochard - 2 - 1m; 1f/juv ; Mute Swan - 1pr - + 3 well-grown cygnets ; Kingfisher - 1
Centenary Riverside: Whitethroat - 2 - inc 1 singing male ; Green Sandpiper - 1 ; Common Sandpiper - 1
Centenary Riverside; River Don: Kingfisher - 1
Ecclesall: Crossbill - 12 - flock of 12 west at 1540 ; Blue Tit - 36 - flock of 36 in back garden
Hooton Common: Swift - c50 - feeding over.
Kilnhurst Brickyard: Willow Tit - 1 - singing male ; Tufted Duck - 2 ; Little Grebe - 1 - juv
Loxley: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing off Loxley Road (SK38E)
Malin Bridge: Dipper - 2 - juvenile birds.
Orgreave Lakes: Sand Martin - 14 - S together + decent numbers feeding over lakes. ; Common Sandpiper - 2 ; Black-headed Gull - c120 - + 11 'ginger' juvs by 0900hrs. ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 134 - drifting in from N from early morning, with 134 by 0900hrs. All ages from 'fresh' juv to adult. ; Swift - c150 - feeding over N-end ; Gadwall - 6 ; Stock Dove - 1 ; Great Crested Grebe - 2 - ads ; Stock Dove - 4 ; Mute Swan - 14 - + 3 cygnets ; Common Gull - 1 ; Common Sandpiper - 2 ; Little Ringed Plover - 4 - 1 ad, 3 juvs ; Ringed Plover - 2 - ads ; Greenshank - 1 ; Sanderling - 1 - South ; Green Sandpiper - 1 ; Yellow-legged Gull - 3 - All adults ; Cormorant - 5 - inc 4 S. ; Tufted Duck - 1 - f + brood of 7
R Rother, Treeton/Orgreave: Kingfisher - 1
Redmires Res: Greylag Goose - 1 - still present with Canada Geese ; Tufted Duck - 7 - female + 6 fledged juvs ; Oystercatcher - 4 - 3 ads + almost fledged juv ; Common Sandpiper - 5 ; Black-headed Gull - 8 - SW ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 31 - paused briefly before heading SW ; Canada Goose - 70 - ads & fledged juvs ; Golden Plover - 1 - on Middle Res
Silverwood Lagoon: Common Sandpiper - 1
Stacey Bank: Kestrel - 2 - juvenile birds.
Stanage: Reed Bunting - 4 ; Redstart - 1 - male ; Stonechat - 8 - male female and 6 young ; Whinchat - 5 - 2 adult 3 young ;
Thrybergh CP: Sand Martin - 4 ; Dunlin - 1 - juv in @ 1020hrs. ; Great Crested Grebe - 2 - ads (partial count) ; Common Tern - 3 ; Common Gull - 1 - ad. ; Greylag Goose - 17
Ulley CP: Common Sandpiper - 1
Warren Vale: Nuthatch - 2 - in wood at junction of Warren Vale/Wentworth Rd.
17 July 2010
Agden Rocher: Grey Partridge - 2 - Pair feeding in field above Agden Rocher. ;Agden Side: Raven - 2 ; Red Kite - 1
Carr Vale NR: Oystercatcher - 1 ; Little Owl - 2 - perched in tree near nest box ; Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Grasshopper Warbler - 2 - reeling ; Green Sandpiper - 1
Catcliffe Flash: Pochard - 3 ; Kingfisher - 1
Leash Fen: Stonechat - 1 - male
Middleton Moor: Teal - 3 ; Little Ringed Plover - 4 ; Swallow - 60 - 60+ in pre-roost gathering ; Redshank - 1
Orgreave Lakes: Ringed Plover - 8 ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - 3rd year still present ; Hobby - 1 - Presumed same as earlier in month ; Common Gull - 1 ; Sanderling - 1 - On large lake at 07:10
Ramsley Moor (woodland): Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Jay - 2 ; Siskin - 3+
Silverwood Lagoon: Kestrel - 6 - All hunting at various points around the lagoon. ; Reed Warbler - 2 ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - reeling from paddocks at northern end
Thrybergh CP: Little Egret - 1 - flew N at 0920.
Ulley CP: Oystercatcher - 1 - south east @ 0740 ; Willow Tit - 1 ; Hobby - 1 - north east @ 0850 ; Tree Sparrow - 2 ; Swift - 300 ; House Martin - 100 - feeding over fields by Burnt Wood
16 July 2010
Firsby Res: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - Over @ 7.00PM ; Sand Martin - 1 - in with the House Martin flock. ; Blackcap - 1 - 1 Juv in hedge near road. ; Mistle Thrush - 7 - Inc at least 3 juv ; Great Crested Grebe - 3 - inc 1 juv.Langsett Res: Grey Wagtail - 1
Midhope Res: Greylag Goose - 12 ; Little Grebe - 2
Orgreave Lakes: Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - 3rd Year bird among 20 Lesser Black-backs ; Curlew - 5 - South ; Lapwing - 21
Parkgate: Black-headed Gull - 25 - + 3 fresh, 'ginger' juvs.
Parkgate Canal Basin: Mute Swan - 2
Peat Pits: Lapwing - 42 ; Skylark - 1 - Singing ; Swallow - c15
Rocher Flat: Lapwing - 47 ; Golden Plover - 1
Silverwood: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - still reeling from upper-level of Pingle Lane tip
Thrybergh CP: Common Sandpiper - 1 ;
Wharncliffe Side: Bullfinch - 2 ; Greenfinch - 7
15 July 2010
Carr Vale Nature Reserve: Greenshank - 2 - left east at 0550 hours. Also two Redshank, Snipe, Green Sandpiper and Grasshopper Warbler reeling.Catcliffe Flash: Kingfisher - 1 ; Pochard - 4 ; Coot - 92 - Incl 46 juvs ; Little Grebe - 1
Orgreave Lakes: Ringed Plover - 5 ; Common Sandpiper - 8 ; Common Sandpiper - 4 ; Ringed Plover - 5 ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - 2nd summer ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 78
Rawmarsh: Greylag Goose - 12 - N/NE calling @ 0642hrs
River Don, Effingham St: Kingfisher - 1 - flew upriver. Also 2 Grey Wagtail, 10+ Sand Martin and 1 Swift
RVCP: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - Reeling from SE corner, at Barbers Lane entrance to park.
RVCP, Meadowgate Lake: Garganey - 3 - 2 imm/female, one eclipse male at 1045 from east side of reserve, but very flighty. Could not be relocated at 11:15 from car park
Ulley Res: Swift - c50
14 July 2010
Brincliffe Edge: Bullfinch - 6 - adults and up to 4 juvsCatcliffe Flash: Coot - 56+ - 56 ads, 10+ young ; Teal - 1 - female ; Cormorant - 7 - Roosting it trees at the back of the flash including the Puffin Island bird. ; Great Crested Grebe - 2+ - pair with 4 recently hatched young ; Grey Heron - 4 ; Kingfisher - 1
Centenary Riverside: Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Lapwing - 15
Firsby Res: Gadwall - 1+ - female still with 8 young ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - reeling in scrub at side of willows ; Willow Warbler - pair - feeding young in nest at side of bridge
Orgreave Lakes: Hobby - 1 ; Common Sandpiper - 6 ; Green Sandpiper - 1 - On small lake ; Ringed Plover - 7 - 5 ads and 2 imms ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 59 - near the top of the hill ; Greenshank - 1 - arrived from the north at 9.10 departed north at 9.50 ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - adult ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 30
Pit-house West: Reed Bunting - 3 ; Sedge Warbler - 2 ; Yellowhammer - 1
R Don, Rotherham Centre: Grey Wagtail - 2 - fledged juvs; Crinoline Bridge.
Silverwood: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - still reeling from upper-level of Pingle Lane tip
Silverwood Lagoon: Hobby - 1 - came in low from SW @ 10.00, made a brief pass amongst hirundines over north banking of lagoon, then flew off east.
Thrybergh CP: Common Tern - 7 - still 2 sitting eggs. ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - adult on front. ;
, Reed Warbler - 2 - singing at southern end. 13 July 2010
High Green: Swift - c8 - Around nesting site in village centre. ; Black-headed Gull - 7 - incl 2 juvs feeding on Mortomley ParkLangsett Moor: Pied Wagtail - 4 - at least 2 juvs ; Curlew - 2
Langsett Res: Common Gull - 1 - SE ; Black-headed Gull - 4 - SE ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 5 - SE at 1515 hrs.
Midhope Res: Teal - Pair ; Little Grebe - 1 - adult
Millhouses Park: Dipper - 1 - juvenile ; Kingfisher - 1 - Flying down stream near tennis courts
Moorgate, Rotherham: Black-headed Gull - 40+ - on Oakwood Technology College playing fields 1100 hrs mostly adults only 3 juvs.
Orgreave Lakes: Dunlin - 5 - Late afternoon ; Black-tailed Godwit - 1 - Summer plumaged bird on smallest lake at 06:45. Left SE at 09:15 ; Dunlin - 3 ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - Adult among Lesser Black-backed Gulls early morning ; Common Sandpiper - 7 ; Ringed Plover - 5 ; Little Ringed Plover - 3 - Juveniles
Parkgate Canal Basin: Mute Swan - 17 - 14 down + 3 in from E.
Parkgate, Retail World: Lesser Black-backed Gull - c40 - Low to NE @ 0758hrs
Peat Pits: Swallow - 4 - incl c2 juvs ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - ad N ; Stock Dove - 3
Rocher Flat: Linnet - 4 ; Lapwing - 76 - c50 juvs
Silverwood Lagoon: Ringed Plover - 1 ; Dunlin - 2
Wharncliffe Chase (south): Lesser Black-backed Gull - 4 - north @ 7.45am ; Meadow Pipit - c20 - Numerous juvs and birds carrying food. ; Yellowhammer - 2 - singing males ; Black-headed Gull - 89 - NW in parties of 62,12,1,12 and 2 between 7.45 and 8.30am ; Linnet - 4 ; Tree Pipit - 2 - Singing male plus other calling. ; Swallow - 26 - Numerous juveniles
12 July 2010
Grenoside: Siskin - 4 - 1 Male, 1 Female + 2 Juveniles at garden feedersLadybower Dam: Grey Heron - 5
Old Ravenfield: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - Reeling in scrub near old Railway bridge at entrance to Ravenfield Church.
Orgreave Lakes: Ringed Plover - 4 ; Redshank - 1 - Juv ; Common Sandpiper - 3
Parkgate: Black-headed Gull - 30-40 - loafing on roof of industrial unit
Parkgate Canal Basin: Mute Swan - 10
Redmires, Middle Res: Black-headed Gull - 21 - on shoreline, including 2 fresh juvs ; Common Gull - 2 - adult and first-summer on shoreline, then left N ; Nuthatch - 1 - in plantation by middle res; here on several dates in last week
Rivelin Res: Great Crested Grebe - 1
Rotherham Centre: Cormorant - 1 - N
Sheffield Centre: Peregrine - 2 ;
, Peregrine - 2 - Pair on BT building at 16:00, Male hunted successfully and ate prey on St George's Church 16:20-17:30, pair on BT building again 17:45 until 18:45 when Female left to hunt ; Silverwood: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - 'reeling' from upper-level of Corus tip at end of Pingle Lane north of woods @ 14.40
White Lee Moor: Lapwing - 30+ - in field off Bolsterstone Road ; Stonechat - 1 - alarming ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - reeling from rushes near large holly on E side of moor from 2000 hrs
11 July 2010
Abney Clough: Common Buzzard - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 3 - 2 adults 1 unfledged juv ; Spotted Flycatcher - 2 ; Whimbrel - 1 - flew towards moorland ; House Martin - 30 ; Redstart - 3 - 2 Adults 1 juvAgden Beck: Stonechat - 2 - pair alarming
Agden Side: Sparrowhawk - 1 male ; Red Kite - 1 - over Dukes Road
Aldwarke: Sand Martin - c20 - over/around colony
Aldwarke SF: Gadwall - 5 - Ads + 14 juvs in 2-3 broods. ; Tufted Duck - 4 - f + broods of 4, 7 & 7. ; Little Grebe - 2 - Ads + 3 juvs (possibly 2 broods of 2 + 1 due to disparity in size). ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - singing male ; Moorhen - 3 - Ads + 6 juvs
Aldwarke, Waddington Way: Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - singing male
Birley Edge: Bullfinch - 7 - Two pairs at feeding station in garden and then one pair with 3 newly fledged juveniles
Dukes Road: Golden Plover - 2 - pair at start of track ;
Fatty Boyns Ponds: Willow Tit - 2
Grindleford: Raven - 1 ; Common Buzzard - 2
R Don, Blonk St: Sand Martin - 2
Redmires Res: Sand Martin - 2 - flew S - 1st return movt here ; Swift - 29 - W in 3 hours ; Common Gull - 1 - 1st-summer W with BHG's ; Canada Goose - 88 - ads & fledged juvs ; Black-headed Gull - 139 - W in 3 hours ; Golden Plover - 4 - on Middle Res ; Common Sandpiper - 11 - ads & fledged juvs ; Merlin - 1 - male S over Fairthorn Clough ; Linnet - 10 - post-breeding flock ; Greylag Goose - 1 - still present with Canada Geese ; Tufted Duck - 3 - inc female with 6 well-grown juvs ; Snipe - 4 ; Little Grebe - 1 - ad on Top Res - still scarce here ; Red Grouse - 7 - family party flushed from res side ; Oystercatcher - 3 - Two ads & underweight chick ; Ringed Plover - 1 - ad on Middle Res ; Whimbrel - 1 - W calling at 0755 hrs ; Lapwing - 70 - post-breeding flock
Thrybergh CP: Reed Warbler - 1 - singing male ; Mute Swan - 36 ; Yellowhammer - 2 - singing males ; Mistle Thrush - 3 ; Sand Martin - 7 - all SW ; Curlew - 1 - W @ 0800hrs ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - male carrying prey ; Linnet - 2 ; Moorhen - 4 - + 1 juv ; Coot - 90 - inc juvs ; Pochard - 2 - drakes ; Great Crested Grebe - 4 - + 1 juv ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 8 - all W ; Common Tern - < 7 - ads active around remaining nesting raft (one raft washed up against dam with 2 apparently deserted clutches of 1 & 2). Neither of 2 juvs seen - a disastrous breeding season! ; Tufted Duck - 42
Thrybergh Tip: Reed Warbler - 1 - singing male ; Moorhen - 4 - + 3 juvs ; Coot - 30-35 - + 2 juvs ; Little Grebe - 2 - Ads + 3 juvs ; Lapwing - 9 ; Swallow - 4 ; Gadwall - 4 - + brood of 8. ; Tufted Duck - 32 - + brood of 7.
Ulley CP: Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Cormorant - 1 - south west
Woodhouse Washlands: Yellow Wagtail - 1 - 1 female carrying food ; Reed Bunting - 1 - singing male
10 July 2010
Brampton Common: Buzzard - 2Hillsborough Corner: Dipper - 1 - Feeding at base of the weir ; Grey Wagtail - 5 - 2adult 3 juvs on Loxley
Orgreave Lakes: Redshank - 1 - Juvenile ; Tufted Duck - 8 - Female with 7 newly hatched ducklings on small lake.
Stubley Hollow: House Sparrow - 47
Ulley CP: Kingfisher - 1
Wentworth Village, pond on Cortworth Lane: Moorhen - 1 pr - + 2 broods, of 3 & 4; older brood of 3 helping to feed new brood.
09 July 2010
Arbourthorne: Peregrine - 1 - 1 over car park of Earl Marshal pub 1750-1800 before heading quickly towards city centre.Bents Green: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Circling and calling 1000hrs ; Hobby - 1 - Drifting fairly low towards S/E 0930hrs
Curbar Edge: Little Owl - 3
Firsby Res: Swallow - c15 ; Linnet - c10 - Incl singing bird ; House Martin - c50 ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 - Juvenile
Fox House: Stonechat - 4+ - pair with 2 fledged juvs
Hangingwater: Dipper - 1 ad - at bridge near Wire Dam
Manor Fields Park: Whitethroat - 1 - singing on northern boundary at SK376858 ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - singing in tall vegetation
Parkgate: Ringed Plover - 1 - f still sitting tight.
Parkgate Canal Basin: Mute Swan - 9
Redmires conduit: Lapwing - 5
Redmires, Middle Res: Oystercatcher - 2 - Adult + juv
River Don, Lady's Bridge: Kingfisher - 1 - Flying underneath the Exchange Brewery building with fish in mouth
Roper Hill: Grey Partridge - 2 - pair ; Oystercatcher - 1 - feeding in fields
Ulley Res: Grey Heron - 4 - All juvs at 7.45am.
White Lee Moor: Little Owl - 2 ; Lapwing - 24 - in meadow ; Stonechat - 1 - male alarming ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - reeling in rushes near spout house hill side of moor
08 July 2010
Langsett Moor: Curlew - 2 - ad + juv(2wk old?)Langsett Res: Common Sandpiper - 1 - Feeding quietly below overflow outlet ; Tufted Duck - 3 - Moulting
Langsett Wood: Treecreeper - 1 - collecting food
Loxley: House Martin - 5+ - on Loxley Road, including 1 entering eaves near The Grove
Loxley Valley: Mute Swan - 1 - Old Wheel Dam ; House Martin - 5+ - Old Wheel Farm ; Jay - 3 - together at E end of Low Matlock Lane ; Swallow - 40+ - Old Wheel Farm
Midhope Res: Little Grebe - 3 - 2ad + 1juv
Orgreave Lakes: Common Sandpiper - 7 ; Dunlin - 1 ; Ringed Plover - 7 ; Common Tern - 1 ; Curlew - 1 - at 20:40hrs
River Don: Sand Martin - 4 Breeding sites - 12 birds west side of river Salmon Pastures,6 Birds west side and 4 birds east side between Stevenson Road and Newhall road bridges, 22 birds Effingham Road,nest in pipes or old stone walls.
River Don, Salmon Pastures: Kingfisher - 3 - 3 juvs below Sanderson weir in willows
Sothall: Grey Wagtail - 1 - over SW 9.00am
Thrybergh Cemetery: Little Owl - 1
Thrybergh CP: Little Egret - 2 - flew NE at 0726. ; Little Ringed Plover - 3 - 1 N then 2 arrived from SE.
Treeton: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - reeling between railway footbridge and river
Ulley CP: Common Tern - 1
Wharncliffe Wood: Nightjar - 1 - churring, 2145-2215 hrs ; Woodcock - 2 - Roding at 2149h
07 July 2010
Centenary Riverside: Ringed Plover - 2 ; Kingfisher - 1Linacre Res: Spotted Flycatcher - 1 - An adult taking food to nest.
Millhouses: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Juv on fat balls in garden
Orgreave Lakes: Ringed Plover - 7 ; Dunlin - 1 ; Common Sandpiper - 10 - On largest lake ; Wigeon - 1
Parkgate: Ringed Plover - 1 - female sitting.
Parkgate Canal Basin: Mute Swan - 9
Pratthall: House Martin - 4 - 2 pairs taking food into nests.
Treeton: Grasshopper Warbler - 1
Ulley Res, NE arm: Song Thrush - 2 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 2 - 1 singing plus 1 juv ; Chiffchaff - 14 - 6 singing males + 8 juvs ; Swift - c1000 - 8 - 9am Skies full from Treeton - Whiston - Ulley ; Blackcap - 2 - singing ; Skylark - 2 - singing ; Long-tailed Tit - c15 - incl several juvs ; Yellowhammer - 2 - singing ; Bullfinch - 3 - c2 juvs ; Robin - c10 - c 2 juvs ; Linnet - 8 - several juvs ; Jay - 1 ; Whitethroat - 4 - 1 singing male plus female feeding 2 imms
06 July 2010
Agden Side: Kestrel - 1 ; Little Owl - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Raven - 3 ; Common Buzzard - 3Barbrook Plantation: Redstart - 2+ - family party ; Tawny Owl - 2 - in flight, 0745h
Barbrook Pools: Reed Bunting - 8 - Total of eight males singing in a 2km walk ; Merlin - 1 - Male chasing a meadow pipit
Cowell Flat: Stonechat - 3+ - female and 2 juvs ; Whitethroat - 1 - juv
Firsby Res: Green Sandpiper - 1 - circling main res ; Hobby - 1 - came in low from willows, fast over pony field, then made unsuccesful attack on house martin flock above cottage
Harthill: Corn Bunting - 1 - singing male
Langsett Moor: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - ad over
Langsett Res: Canada Goose - 79
Langsett Wood: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2-3 - Very flighty ; Swift - 7 ; Spotted Flycatcher - c2-4 ; Goldcrest - 1
Midhope Res: Canada Goose - 28 ; Little Grebe - 2 - 1ad 1juv ; Greylag Goose - 21 - incl 7 juvs
Orgreave Lakes: Hobby - 1 - Again around waters edge at 17:50 ; Lapwing - 3 - Pair + 1 juv ; Little Ringed Plover - 7 - Pair + 2 juvs and pair + 1 juv ; Ringed Plover - 6 ; Stock Dove - 3 ; Dunlin - 1 ; Common Sandpiper - 7
Peat Pits: Swallow - 7 ; Lapwing - 31
Poolsbrook Marsh: Chiffchaff - 3 ; Yellowhammer - 2 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - calling ; Sand Martin - 4 - flew S ; Grasshopper Warbler - 2 - reeling ; Sedge Warbler - 3 ; Reed Warbler - 10 - inc ad carrying food & two family parties ; Whitethroat - 3 - singing ; Swift - 30 - feeding over pool
Redmires: Common Buzzard - 3 - 1 through West and 2 interacting over Hollow Meadows
Redmires, Top Res: Tufted Duck - 1+ - female with 6 half-grown chicks ; Common Sandpiper - 4 - 2 agitated pairs ;
Totley Bents: Willow Tit - 2 - A pair in scrub at Taylor's Hill
Ulley CP: Common Sandpiper - 7
Woodhouse Washlands: Common Sandpiper - 1 - on river
05 July 2010
Agden Side: Red Kite - 2 ; Common Buzzard - 1Broomhead Moor: Whinchat - 2 - male and female
Firsby Res: Blackcap - 3 - singing males ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - male harrassed by hirundines over paddock ; Swift - 18 - over feeding ; Sand Martin - 1 - single with swallows ; House Martin - 40c - feeding fledglings around reservoir and at nests on cottage ; Swallow - 30 - feeding fledgelings around reservoir ; Coal Tit - 2 ; Skylark - 5 - singing ; Reed Warbler - 1 - singing ; Yellow Wagtail - 2 - male and female collecting food and flying to the west towards Ravenfield park ; Pied Wagtail - 6 - adults collecting food, juveniles feeding around reservoirs edge ; Whitethroat - 12 - 4 males singing ,adults feeding young ; Lapwing - 59 - post breeding flock in s/east field ; Lesser Whitethroat - 2 - juvenile in willows,male singing from s/east arm ; Garden Warbler - 2 - singing males ; Yellowhammer - 3 - 2 birds singing ; Goldfinch - 46 - flock of 40 from treetops
Harthill: Swift - c500 - Large numbers feeding over fields around Rotherham all day ; Buzzard - 5 - Count of birds in the air pm
Harthill Res: Great Crested Grebe - 11 - 6ad, 5 juvs ; Whitethroat - 2 - singing males ; Gadwall - 8 ; Common Tern - 1 ; Sedge Warbler - 1 ; Willow Tit - 1
Orgreave Lakes: Wigeon - 1 ; Ringed Plover - 3
Sheffield Centre: Peregrine - 1 - adult on BT building 21:30
Ulley Res, NE arm: Blackcap - m+f ; Swift - c300 - Feeding over fields stretching from Whiston to Ulley and surrounding areas. ; Yellowhammer - 1 ; Great Crested Grebe - Pair ; Sand Martin - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 3
04 July 2010
Agden Res: Blackcap - 2 ; Spotted Flycatcher - 4 - non-stop feeding, nesting in a spruce tree around 12mtr up ;Barley Hole Spring: Coal Tit - 1 - singing male ; Nuthatch - 1+ - calling
Centenary Riverside: Little Grebe - 1 - juv ; Little Ringed Plover - 4 - 3 ads + 1 fledged juv. ; Ringed Plover - 1 - adult ; Whitethroat - 1-2 - singing males ; Kingfisher - 2 - on river; lots of calling & fish carrying. ; Common Tern - 1 - flew upriver ; Green Sandpiper - 1 - adult
Gleadless Valley LNR: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - Still present; reeling
Hood Hill; Coach Road - Derricroft: Tree Sparrow - 5+ - around Spittal Houses/Derricroft (SK375977).
Keppels Field: Curlew - 4 - low to W @ 0755hrs
Keppels Field; Bell Pits: Nuthatch - 1 - calling
Parkgate: Ringed Plover - 1 - male still sitting ; Little Ringed Plover - 1 - adult
Redmires Res: Swift - 4 - singles SW - first return movt ; Black-headed Gull - 58 - SW in six parties ; Common Sandpiper - 8 - 4 pairs - 1 pr with 4 young & 3 prs alarming close to suitable nest sites ; Curlew - 7 ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing male by Bottom Res ; Little Ringed Plover - 5 - 2 pairs + 1 fledged Juv ; Lapwing - 72 - Post-breeding flock ; Tufted Duck - 4 - inc female with 6 young on Top Res ; Greylag Goose - 1 - ad still with Canada Geese ; Canada Goose - 65 - ads & fledged young ; Snipe - 3 ; Starling - 30 - in fields ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 - flew E ; Oystercatcher - 2 - ads & 1 well-grown young ; Spotted Flycatcher - 1 - by Top Res
Sheffield Centre: Carrion Crow - 4 - 2 adult 2 juv, latter both leucistic (see 3 July report) ;
Stubbin, nr Rawmarsh: Yellowhammer - 2 - singing males ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - calling ; Grey Partridge - 2
Thrybergh CP: Greenshank - 1 - circled, calling, before departing NW at c0915.
Ulley CP: Willow Tit - 1
03 July 2010
Blacka Moor: Crossbill - 8 or 9 - flew towards larches at Piper House GateBroadfield: Mandarin - 3 - female with 2 juvs.
Catcliffe Flash: Wigeon - 1 ; Pochard - 1 ; Little Egret - 1 - Still one viewable from left side of layby ; Cormorant - 4 - Including the green colour ringed bird CJF, ringed Puffin Island Anglesey, still present ;
Ewden Height: Raven - 2 - Pair
Firsby Res: Grey Heron - 5 ; Kestrel - 1 - with prey ; Buzzard - 1 ; Great Crested Grebe - 3 - 2 adults one chick
Orgreave Lakes: Dunlin - 1 ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Great Black-backed Gull - 1 - on large lake ; Ringed Plover - 4+ ; Great Crested Grebe - 4+
R Don, Blonk St: Sand Martin - 3+ ; Mallard - 5 - adult and 4 young ducklings
R Don, Kelham: Carrion Crow - 3 - at Millsands, including one leucistic bird ;
, Mallard - 15+ - including 8 young ducklings Rawmarsh: Red Kite - 1 - Soaring over High Street, mobbed by BHGulls, drifted N at 1153hrs
Stubley Hollow: Little Owl - 5 - 1 adult and 4 young ;
Ulley CP: Tree Sparrow - 1 ; Cuckoo - 1