Sightings Archive

Aldwarke SF: Pheasant - 3 ; Song Thrush - 3 ; Mute Swan - 1 - adult ; Tufted Duck - 2 - females ; Grey Heron - 1 - adult, over from direction of river ; Great Black-backed Gull - 1 - adult, SW ; Moorhen - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Herring Gull - 5 - SW

Blackburn Meadows NR: Woodcock - 1 - Flying around first light ; Snipe - 1 ; Cormorant - 4 ; Corvid - 400+ - Left the roost at first light. Mainly Jackdaws. ; 319 - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Siskin - 2 - Flew south east calling. ; Lesser Redpoll - 23+ ; Yellowhammer - 1 - Flew SE calling

Bolsover: Waxwing - 2 - still present this morning at Merlin Avenue, S44 6QG ; Waxwing - 2 - In trees behind houses on Kingfisher Close

Bramley: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Female mobbed by BHG.

Broomhead Res: Wigeon - 4 - 1m, 3f ; Goosander - 8 ; Black-headed Gull - 140 - roost

Centenary Riverside: Song Thrush - 3 - singing at dawn ; Pheasant - 3 ; Goosander - 1pr - NE, then on river ; Mallard - 3prs - river ; Mute Swan - 2 - adult pair (587 & 941 yellow) on river ; Moorhen - 3 - inc 2 on river ; Grey Heron - 2 - 1 adult; 1 S ; Kestrel - 1 - hunting ; Goldfinch - 12 ; Carrion Crow - 4 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - over ; Cormorant - 9 - 1 S; then SW; 6 S, then NE; 2 NE ; Jackdaw - c275 - over from NW to SE in four noisy flocks at dawn (post-roost dispersal)

Dale Dike Res: Crossbill - 10 - over calling

Damflask Res: Cormorant - 3 ; Coot - 1 ; Mandarin - 15

Firsby Res: Mallard - 1 ; Moorhen - 1 ; Cormorant - 1 - Circling high. ; Pheasant - 1 ; 319 - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Male scattering Tit flock ; Woodcock - 1 - from under willows. ; Fieldfare - 20+ - Feeding on farmland with Starlings. ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Skylark - 1 - Singing. ; Meadow Pipit - 2 - Singles over. ; Goldfinch - 5+ ; Bullfinch - 4 ; Linnet - 3 ; Siskin - 4 - Feeding in tree tops. ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 - With Siskin. ; Long-tailed Tit - 12 ; Starling - 15+ - With FF. ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 4 - Over. ; Herring Gull - 1 - With LBB Gull.

Fulwood: Pink-footed Goose - 132 - N in two skeins close together at midday

Graves Park: Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 - calling loudly in trees by two ponds

Green Moor: Grey Partridge - 10+ - At least 10 in a single covey feeding in field ; Grey Partridge - 10+ - photo ; Grey Partridge - 10+ - photo ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Greenfinch - 6 ; Tree Sparrow - 5+ ; Common Buzzard - 1

Greystones garden: Sparrowhawk - 1

Heeley: Waxwing - 7 - in trees at junction of Richard's Road and Ann's Road at Heeley City Farm 09:30 for about 10 minutes before flying south towards Heeley Green

Ickles; Riverside Way: Goldcrest - 1

Kiveton community woodland: Chiffchaff - 1 - One bird singing on bank opposite fallen tree feeding area

Meersbrook Park: Grey Wagtail - 1

Middleton Moor: 320 - 33 ; Mallard - 8 ; Lapwing - 4 ; Little Owl - 1

Norton Cemetery: Redwing - 6

Parkgate Canal Basin: Mute Swan - 96 - inc 4 1cy ; Mallard - 7

Peat Pits: Golden Plover - c70 - About 70 in tight-knit flock on the ground

Pit-house West: BITTERN - 1 - in to roost at 16:19 ; BITTERN - 1 - into roost at 16:19 ; Reed Bunting - 18 - roosted in reedbed ; Yellowhammer - 2 - overhead at dusk

Rother Valley CP: Smew - 1 - Male Smew still on Meadowgate Lake towards the SE before flying north low over water

Rotherham; Northfield: Great Black-backed Gull - c40 - mostly adults/near adults but with noticeably more 1cy this visit; loafing on roofs & visiting recycling centre ; Herring Gull - c50 - mostly adults ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - at recycling centre ; Carrion Crow - c10 ; Jackdaw - c5 ; Rook - 1

RVCP, Fishing Lake: Smew - 1 - Redhead

RVCP, Intermediate Pond: Smew - 1 - Redhead ; Little Egret - 1

Baslow: Pink-footed Goose - 40 - c40 S-E at 12:10

Catcliffe Flash: 320 - 16