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Monday 14th September 2026

  • Crookesmoor: Grey Wagtail - 1 - Flitting about on pavement + road outside University of Sheffield Geography Building
  • Crowhole: Hobby - 1 ; Buzzard - 4 - all in the air at the same time
  • Kimberworth Park: Buzzard - 1 - low over Roughwood school, mobbed by several corvids across Roughwood Road
  • Moss Road, Totley: Swallow - 50+ - S or SSW in 45 minutes 10:15 to 11:00. ; House Martin - 15+ - S or SSW in 45 minutes. ; Meadow Pipit - 35+ - 20+ down. 15+SW. ; Mistle Thrush - 6
  • Silver Wood: Pink-footed Goose - 80 - skein of about 80 high ESE at 08.25
  • Wortley: Meadow Pipit - 104 - S/SE 07:00-08:00, groups still over as I left ; Swallow - 11 - South ; Snipe - 7 - 1+6 SW ; Chiffchaff - 4 - Incl. brief song ; Linnet - 12 ; Bullfinch - 1 ; Yellowhammer - 1+ - 1-2

Sunday 13th September 2026

  • Aldwarke; Liberty Steels: Stock Dove - 1 - on pylon by Thrybergh bar mill
  • Fatty Boyns Ponds: Chiffchaff - 8 - inc 2 singing ; Chaffinch - 1 ; Moorhen - 2 - adults ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Kestrel - 2 - together over adjacent field ; Mute Swan - 3 - W @ 0940hrs
  • Firsby Res: Moorhen - 2 ; Coot - 2 ; Gadwall - 2 - Pair. ; Mallard - 4 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - Flew from sluice calling. ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - Adult over. ; Pink-footed Goose - 18 - Small flock over quite low. Calling. ; Barn Owl - 1 - At dusk. ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Circling Female. ; Buzzard - 1 ; Swallow - 6 - Over. ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Calling. ; Treecreeper - 1 - In woodland near road. ; Goldcrest - 3 - In a flock with Blue and LT Tits. ; Linnet - 30+ - Flock on top of hedge. ; Chaffinch - 5 - Together near small holding. ; Cetti's Warbler - 1 - Loud calling in Reed bed. ; Blackcap - 1 - Calling in willows. ; Chiffchaff - 4 - Calls and song. ; Meadow Pipit - 4 - Over site together calling. ; Skylark - 2 - Down on farmland. ; Stock Dove - 2 - On small holding barn. ; Jackdaw - 12 - Over houses. ; Other Species - 1 - Clouded Yellow near entrance gate.
  • Graves Park: Collared Dove - 1 ; Cormorant - 2 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 ; Bullfinch - 1+ ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Blackcap - 2+
  • Handsworth: Pink-footed Goose - 50 - c50 high going east at 15:35
  • Heeley People’s Park: Other Species - 2 - Clouded Yellow butterflies
  • Millhouses Park: Dipper - 2 - One singing.
  • Orgreave Lakes: Other Species - 1 - Clouded Yellow Butterfly ; Great White Egret - 1 - Flew south at 07:20 then came back north 10 minutes later. ; CASPIAN GULL - 1 - Adult at 07:30 then north.
  • R Sheaf, Broadfield Rd: BITTERN - 1 - On the river behind the park at 15:37, then flew towards Abbeydale Road/Sheldon Road before turning towards Heeley Swimming Pool
  • Silverwood Lagoon: Little Egret - 1 ; Great White Egret - 1 - first time I've seen both species together here
  • Thrybergh Tip: Dunlin - 1 - South west side of gappy reeds, presuming left with sandpiper ; Common Sandpiper - 1 - Heard a couple times then left over steelworks direction s/w calling ; Great White Egret - 5 - Still ; Reed Warbler - 1 - Still at least 1 ; Grey Heron - 3 ; Great White Egret - 6 - 5, joined by one in from S ; Gadwall - 36 ; Shoveler - 13 ; Mute Swan - 5 - all adult/near adult ; Tufted Duck - 7 ; Cormorant - 5 ; Teal - 11 ; Pochard - 1 - female ; Little Grebe - 1 - 1cy ; Mallard - 39 - birds arriving in small parties from S ; Kingfisher - 2 - chasing on S edge then male fishing from willow ; Lapwing - 1 - in from S & circled over ; Cetti's Warbler - 3 - at least 3 singing ; Snipe - 2 - feeding in NE corner ; Water Rail - 5 - at least 2 'sharming' N edge, 2 on E edge & 1 on S edge ; Moorhen - 10 ; Coot - 66 ; Black-headed Gull - 11 - maximum ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - calling S of flash ; Common Buzzard - 2 - singles SK4695 & SK4696 ; Pheasant - 2 - cocks, flushed together ; Jay - 2 ; Bullfinch - 1 ; Greenfinch - 1 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Chaffinch - 3 ; Coal Tit - 1 - singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 10 - flocks of 5+, SK4595 & SK4696 ; Song Thrush - 1 - calling ; Chiffchaff - 11 - 11+, most in mixed flocks; 5 (inc 3 singing) SK4695; 1 singing SK4595; 1 SK4596; 4 (inc 2 singing) SK4696 ; Blackcap - 7 - 3 (SK4695), 4 (SK4696), in mixed flocks; probably many more

Saturday 12th September 2026

  • Bradfield Dale: Yellowhammer - 1
  • Endcliffe Park: Kingfisher - 1 - bottom lake

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