Sightings Archive

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Song Thrush - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 5 - 'alba' wagtails, SW ; Fieldfare - 18 - N ; Redwing - 11 - N ; Starling - c150 - SW (single flock) ; Goldfinch - 18 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - male calling from treetop

Peat Pits: Golden Plover - c200 - circling overhead . ; Jackdaw - 68 - heading to roost in wharncliffe area .

Pit-house West: BITTERN - 1 - flew across Bittern Pool to roost at 16:12 ; Whooper Swan - 9 - SW at 15:40; presumed same as earlier at Treeton Dyke ; Water Rail - 1 - squealing on Bittern Pool late afternoon ; Cetti's Warbler - 1 - calling near Chinese Bridge at dusk ; Yellowhammer - 3 - dropped into reeds on Bittern pool to roost ; Reed Bunting - 12 - dropped into reeds on Bittern pool to roost ; Pied Wagtail - 8 - dropped into reeds on Bittern pool to roost ; Starling - 6 - dropped into reeds on Bittern pool to roost ; 319 - 2 ; Sparrowhawk - 2 - male and female watched hunting separately ; Kestrel - 1 - hunting around Bittern pool to dusk ; Lesser Redpoll - 2

Redmires conduit: Kestrel - 2

Rother Valley CP: Goldeneye - 9 - 8 on NR; 1 on fishing lake ; Shoveler - 1 - male on NR ; Goosander - 9 - on NR ; 319 - 1 ; Lapwing - 20 ; Sparrowhawk - 2 - m and f ; Kestrel - 1

Rotherham; Northfield: Great Black-backed Gull - 35-40 - mostly adults; loafing on roofs & visiting recycling centre ; Herring Gull - c150 - mostly adults; loafing on roofs & visiting recycling centre (viewing difficult)

Roundwood Golf course: Mistle Thrush - 2 - SW ; Goldcrest - 1

Thrybergh Res: Great Crested Grebe - 12 ; Little Grebe - 11 ; Cormorant - 10 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Mute Swan - 1 ; Pink-footed Goose - 146 - inc.1 with g lag.circa 70e o920 circa 75e 1000 ; Greylag Goose - 45 ; Canada Goose - 40 ; Gadwall - 2 ; Pochard - 10 ; Tufted Duck - 54 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - east ; Water Rail - 2 ; Lapwing - 200+ ; Black-headed Gull - 200 ; Herring Gull - 16 - inc. 4w.8s ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 12 - inc.1s11s ; Great Black-backed Gull - 1 - ad ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Song Thrush - 2 - 1 singing ; House Sparrow - 8 ; Reed Bunting - 2 ; Yellowhammer - 2

Treeton Dyke: Whooper Swan - 9 - to late morming at least

Underbank Res: Bewick's Swan - 7 - Present till 16.30 when the left South east

Canklow Woods: Jackdaw - 44 - 44 west at 1530

Firsby Res: Coot - 1 - Uncommon here in recent years. ; Moorhen - 2 ; Fieldfare - 2 - Feeding on fallen apples. ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Blackbird - 6 ; Song Thrush - 2 ; Jay - 1 ; Bullfinch - 4 ; Chaffinch - 1 - Male ; Goldfinch - 11 ; Siskin - 3 - Calling over. ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - Adult over W.

Graves Park: Goosander - 1 - Redhead on bottom lake ; Wren - 1 - In Animal Park

Mayfield Valley: Dipper - 1 - Porter Brook ; Treecreeper - 1

Oughtibridge: Raven - 2 - 2 calling and flying west at the bottom of Church Street

Silverwood Lagoon: Pochard - 14

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 8 ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Cormorant - 8+ ; Mute Swan - 1 ; Canada Goose - 47 ; Gadwall - 2 ; Pochard - 6 - 1 fem ; Tufted Duck - 34 ; Tufted Duck - 34 ; Water Rail - 3 ; Lapwing - 200+ ; Herring Gull - 30+ - came in from n ; Long-tailed Tit - 16 - flock

Walkley garden: Goldfinch - 16 - In top of silver birch

Whirlow: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1

Whirlow Trails: Meadow Pipit - 1

Brownhills Lane: Kestrel - 1 - Hovering over fields ; Black-headed Gull - 13 - In field feeding

Canklow Woods: Lesser Redpoll - 34

Chatsworth Park: Brambling - 8+ - At least 8 around beech trees between Edensor and House ; Wigeon - 1 - Male on waterlogged pasture opposite House ; Coot - 23

Crowhole: Kingfisher - 1