Sightings Archive

Morley Pond: Cormorant - 2 - perched on fallen birch @ W end island. ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Mallard - 12+ ; 319 - 2 - mobbed by crows. ; Corvid - 50+ - in field N side.

Parkgate; Retail World: Raven - 1 - circling low over with gulls around fast food outlets @ 0750hrs. Looked for but not relocated.

Pit-house West: Redwing - 10 - Feeding on berries near Chinese bridge ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - Calling

R Don, Rotherham Centre; adjacent Forge Island: Kingfisher - 1 - calling

Rotherham Centre; Main Street: Peregrine - 1 - superb adult circling over level with 3rd floor office window @ 1215hrs; probably left S ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - over, mobbed by crow @ 1222hrs

Scholes Coppice: Wren - 1+ ; Robin - 1+ ; Blackbird - 1+ ; Goldcrest - 2+ ; Long-tailed Tit - 20+ ; Blue Tit - 1+ ; Great Tit - 10+ ; Nuthatch - 1 - calls ; Treecreeper - 2+ - Two observed and calls heard. ; Jay - 1 ; Magpie - 1 ; House Sparrow - 5+ ; Woodpigeon - 10+

Sheffield University: Peregrine - 1 - adult male regular on Arts Tower over recent weeks; this evening mobbed by three very agitated Black-headed Gulls ; Black-headed Gull - 3 - mobbed Peregrine perched on corner of Arts Tower

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 9 ; Little Grebe - 9 ; Cormorant - 6 ; Grey Heron - 3 - inc 1 SW ; Mute Swan - 9 ; Canada Goose - 120+ ; Gadwall - 2 - mf ; Shoveler - 2 - mf left s ; Tufted Duck - 63 ; Pheasant - 2 - m ; Water Rail - 2 ; Black-headed Gull - 250+ ; Herring Gull - 1 - 2cy ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 8+ - call.from cover ; Siskin - 2 - north ; Reed Bunting - 4

White Edge: Ring Ouzel - 1 - also about 150 pinkfeet over

Whiteley Woods: 319 - 1 - mobbed by 5 corvids

5 Weirs Walk: Little Egret - 1 - Sat in a tree preening, just off East Coast Road.

Aldwarke: Reed Bunting - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - calling ; Meadow Pipit - 6 ; Song Thrush - 5 ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 - SW ; Magpie - Oct-15 ; Raven - 2 - arrived from high to W/NW calling @ 1030hrs; appeared to settle but not relocated (same birds as seen earlier?)

Aldwarke; Liberty Steel: Peregrine - 1 - on chimney from 0800hrs at least ; Cormorant - 10 - max on pylon by 0910hrs

Barbrook Valley: Fieldfare - 400+ - large flocks in the valley, washing off in the stream, and looking to roost in the heather at dusk. very few Redwing with them

Big Moor: Merlin - 1 - over towards Ramsley res ; Peregrine - 1 - over towards White Edge

Blackburn Meadows NR: Cormorant - 6 - 1 west 5 east following the canal ; Goosander - 4 - East along the canal ; Corvid - 300+ - Mainly Jackdaw left east from the roost at 6.40 ; Woodpigeon - 200+ - Flew sw ; Fieldfare - 16 - In trees along Dead Mans Hole Lane ; Snipe - 1 - Flushed from the still dry wader flash. ; Reed Bunting - 2

Brough: Red Kite - 1 - Being harrassed by 2 crows over A625

Burbage Valley: 319 - 1 ; Kestrel - 3+

Firsby Res: 320 - 5 - Flushed from main Res. ; Grey Heron - 1 - Over low. ; Red-legged Partridge - 1 - Calling from set aside field. ; 319 - 1 - In distance. ; Black-headed Gull - 1 - On telegraph pole. ; Skylark - 2 - Singing high over site. ; Siskin - 4+ - Small parties over. ; Goldcrest - 4 ; Treecreeper - 1 - In woodland near road. ; Redwing - 15+ ; Song Thrush - 3

Grange Park Golf Course: Grey Heron - 1 - fly E nr Watsons Tip @11:12 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - calling ; Skylark - 1 - At least one @ Watson's Tip. ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Wren - 1+ ; Dunnock - 1 - sing ; Robin - 5+ - 2 sing ; Blackbird - 1+ ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - calls ; Goldcrest - 1+ ; Long-tailed Tit - 10+ ; Blue Tit - 1+ ; Great Tit - 1+ ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Jay - 1 ; Magpie - 1+ ; Carrion Crow - 1+ ; Goldfinch - 1+ ; Bullfinch - 1+

Greystones garden: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Female