Recent news
15 July 2024
Attercliffe: Yellow-legged Gull - 5 - at least, 3 adults, 1+ 3cy and a fresh juvenile (photo) Warren Street and Effingham Street. ;
, Great Black-backed Gull - 1 - adult ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - c130 ; Herring Gull - c50 Barlow: Spotted Flycatcher - 2 - in the n/w part of Barlow parish ; Yellowhammer - 1 - male ; Buzzard - 1 ; Linnet - 4 ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Jay - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Swallow - 5+ ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1
Bassingthorpe Farm: Swift - c30 ; Swallow - c20 - active around barns and farm yard, some juvs on telegraph wires being fed by adults ; Corvid - c200 - feeding in paddock, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Rook and 4+ Magpie
Cough Stream, (Indian Warpath): Yellowhammer - 1 - male on f/p also song and calls heard ; Goldfinch - 1+ - adults and juvs ; Buzzard - 1 - over area,calling, sometimes in stooping flight
Crookes: Kestrel - 2 - juveniles on fenceposts by the field between Bole Hill and the riding school
Fulwood garden: Ring-necked Parakeet - 2 - Presumed pair in trees this morning, chased by Jackdaws. ; Kestrel - 1 - vocal bird over
Holmesfield: Buzzard - 1
Hudson's Rough: Moorhen - 1+ - adult with at least 1 juv at pond
Millhouses Park: Pied Wagtail - 2 - Parent and juvenile by cricket pitch
R Don, Effingham St: CASPIAN GULL - 1 - second summer (3cy) on Wards roof briefly ;
, Kingfisher - 1 ; Goosander - 1 - fem Tankersley - Black Lane: Little Ringed Plover - 3 ; Goldfinch - c40 - Post-breeding group containing numerous juveniles ; Reed Bunting - 1 - singing ; Yellowhammer - 1 - singing ; Swift - 2 ; House Martin - 4 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 ; Swallow - 3 ; Lapwing - 10
Wingfield School: Black-headed Gull - 30+ - resting in sun on playing field