Sightings Archive

Orgreave Lakes: Siskin - 2

R Don, Rotherham Centre: Goosander - 1 - drake, feeding actively

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 12 ; Little Grebe - 7 ; Cormorant - 10 ; Whooper Swan - 21 - 8s @0937 13se@1039 ; Gadwall - 1 - mf ; Shoveler - 7 - 3m4f ; 320 - 3 ; Pochard - 14 - 12m2f ; Tufted Duck - 61 ; Goldeneye - 4 - m2r/h ; Water Rail - 2 ; Moorhen - 14 ; Coot - 100 - + ; Lapwing - 100 ; Herring Gull - 5 ; Great Black-backed Gull - 3 - jv ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 10 - + ; Chaffinch - 14 ; Goldfinch - 30 - + ; Greenfinch - 15 - inc 12 party ; Reed Bunting - 2

Treeton Dyke: Goosander - 6

Woodhouse Washlands: Snipe - 27 ; Jack Snipe - 1 ; Water Rail - 2 ; Kingfisher - 1 ; 319 - 1

Aldwarke: Snipe - 2 ; Redwing - 2 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - over ; Bullfinch - 1 ; Cormorant - 1 - on pylon

Aldwarke SF: Gadwall - 15 ; Shoveler - 4 - 3m; 1f ; 320 - 33 - largest count here for some time ; Mallard - 1pr ; Tufted Duck - 3 - females ; Mute Swan - 1 - adult ; Song Thrush - 6 ; Pied Wagtail - 2 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 2 ; Meadow Pipit - 1 - SE ; Bullfinch - 3 ; Common Buzzard - 1

Bray Plantation: Robin - 1 - sing ; Wren - 1 - sing ; Long-tailed Tit - 1+ ; Blue Tit - 1+ ; Great Tit - 1+ ; Nuthatch - 1 - calls ; Magpie - 1+

Broomhead Res: Crossbill - 30 - area around Rushy Lane feeders ; Brambling - 4+ - 4-5 in area around Rushy Lane feeders

Centenary Riverside: Fieldfare - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; 320 - 2 - on river ; Mallard - 14 - 2m;1f on river, 11 flew W ; Jackdaw - c175 - E, presumably post-roost dispersal, at dawn ; Magpie - 10 - with Jackdaws ; Cormorant - 03-Jun - 3 NE; 3 W ; Kestrel - 1 ; Jay - 1 ; Pheasant - 2 - 1m; 1f ; Water Rail - 1 - 'sharming' from Typha ; Redwing - 2+ ; Brambling - 1 - heard over ; Moorhen - 1 - on river ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 1 - flushed from rank vegetation ; Woodcock - 1 - flushed from side of path ; Bullfinch - 3 ; Pied Wagtail - 2 ; Long-tailed Tit - c10 ; Goldcrest - 2 ; Mute Swan - 1pr - both adults (941 paired with 587 yellow)

Grange Park Golf Course: Woodpigeon - 10+ ; Meadow Pipit - 4+ - field N of Watson,s Tip. ; Robin - 1+ - sing ; Blackbird - 10+ ; Redwing - 10+ - hedges N of Watson's Tip ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - sing ; Long-tailed Tit - 1+ ; Jay - 4+ ; Magpie - 1+ ; Carrion Crow - 3 ; Goldfinch - 10+ ; Bullfinch - 4+ - inc male n female feeding in tree by side of road.

Kimberworth Park: Fieldfare - 40+ - SW @ 10:38 over S edge of Scholes Coppice ; Black-headed Gull - c10 - feeding on verge @ Bray Walk with 30+ Feral Pigeons.

Middleton Moor: Yellow-legged Gull - 1 ; Gadwall - 2 ; Shoveler - 1 ; 320 - 5