Sightings Archive

Elsecar Res: Pochard - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 1

Markham Vale: BEARDED TIT - 2 - at Markham Vale North Tip per DOS

R Don, Rotherham Centre; Keppel Wharf: Grey Wagtail - 1 - singing

Rotherham Centre; Forge Island: Sparrowhawk - 1 - W @ 1005hrs

Rotherham Centre; Main Street: Goosander - 1 - drake flew SW @ 0952hrs ; Grey Heron - 1 - SW @ 1115hrs

Stocksbridge: Willow Tit - 1 - Calling repeatedly in scrubby woodland between steelworks and bypass.

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 11 ; Little Grebe - 7 ; Cormorant - 12 ; Mute Swan - 7 ; Gadwall - 1 - f ; Pochard - 14 - 11m,3f ; Tufted Duck - 62 ; Goldeneye - 2 - r/h ; Red-breasted Merganser - 1 - f/imm ; Water Rail - 2 ; Moorhen - 12+ ; Black-headed Gull - 100+ ; Common Gull - 1 - ad ; Herring Gull - 97 - circa inc.40s31s 26down ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Redwing - 40+ - inc 10s & 20s ; Fieldfare - 95+ - inc 25s,25s & 40s ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 5+ ; Chaffinch - 10 ; Goldfinch - 50 ; Yellowhammer - 2

Aldwarke; Liberty Steel: Peregrine - 1 - adult on chimney ; Cormorant - 10 - max on pylon

Brightholmlee: Barn Owl - 1 - Hunting over fields at dusk

Canklow Woods: Lesser Redpoll - c 40 - flock of c40

Crowhole: Little Grebe - 1 ; Kestrel - 01-Feb ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Redwing - 8 ; Fieldfare - c. 30 ; Long-tailed Tit - 12 ; Bullfinch - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 4 - rare here ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 1 ; Cormorant - 1 - Fishing - main Res. ; Black-headed Gull - 4 ; Long-tailed Tit - 15+ ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Siskin - 2+ - Brief call over. ; 320 - 4 ; Wigeon - 1 - F/Imm ; Fieldfare - 10+ - Feeding on fallen apples. ; Redwing - 5

Forge Dam: Mandarin - 6 - 2 male and 4 female present

Frecheville Pond: Mallard - 46 ; Coot - 11 ; Black-headed Gull - 30+

Grange Park Golf Course: 319 - 1 - Low over area of gorse. ; Wren - 1+ - singing ; Dunnock - 3+ - 1 singing ; Robin - 2 ; Blackbird - 10+ ; Goldcrest - 2+ - feeding in gorse ; Long-tailed Tit - 20+ - within several parties of mixed tit flocks. ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Jay - 3 ; Magpie - 1+ ; Bullfinch - 1+

Green Moor: Grey Partridge - 13 - Single covey in field ; Grey Partridge - 13

Jordanthorpe: Barn Owl - 2 - reported on the old Boundary Acadamy football pitches

Longshaw: Brambling - 200 - Minimum of 200 birds near pond.

Middleton Moor: Goldeneye - 1 - female - rare here (in my opinion) ; Red-legged Partridge - 21 - nice covey along bund between lagoons ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 110 - c. ; Yellow-legged Gull - 2 - with LBBs ; TWITE - 1 - heard briefly overhead

Onesmoor: Golden Plover - 300+ ; Lapwing - 80+ ; Skylark - 4

Orgreave Lakes: COMMON (Mealy) REDPOLL - 1 - In area between bridges ; 327 - 1 - Poss Coues Arctic (or Mealy) Redpoll with Lessers ; 327 - 1 ; 327 - 1

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Great Black-backed Gull - 8 - SW in 1hr, all adults ; Redwing - 15 - SW ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Herring Gull - 197 - SW/S in 1hr

Ravenfield Church: Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Redwing - 1

Redmires: Red Grouse - 3 ; Kestrel - 1 - Female ; Reed Bunting - 1 - Male

Redmires Res: Chaffinch - 30 - c. feeding on low shoreline ; Brambling - 2 - with Chaffinches on low shoreline

Shillito Wood: Brambling - 4+ - At least four with Chaffinches ; Chaffinch - 30+ ; Coal Tit - 8+ - Including one with a silver ring