Sightings Archive

Kimberworth Park: 319 - 1 - Low over Roughwood School, fly N @09:40

Ladybower Res, North arm: Kestrel - 1 - Female ; Nuthatch - 1

Oughtibridge: Woodpigeon - c1000 - heading west at 9.10

Redmires Res: Mallard - 135 ; Wigeon - 1 - eclipse male with Mallards ; Black-headed Gull - 155 - roosted ; Common Gull - 2 - ads roosted ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 125 - roosted ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - ad roosted ; Song Thrush - 2 - flew W at dusk

Rivelin: Kestrel - 1

Silverwood Lagoon: Stonechat - 1 - male in reeds in NW corner of lagoon pm, occasional snatch of song in warm afternoon sunshine

Strines Moor: Kestrel - 2

Ughill Moors: 319 - 6 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 5

Abbeydale: 319 - 2 - Over Abbeydale Golf Course

Blackburn Meadows NR: Wood Duck - 2 - still on canal just east of the reserve.

Orgreave Lakes: Rock Pipit - 1 - this evening

Ramsley Moor: Treecreeper - 1 ; Raven - 1 ; Pheasant - 1

Redmires Top Res: Crossbill - 2 ; Kestrel - 2 - 2 juv males in close company ; Linnet - 6 ; Nuthatch - 2 ; Coal Tit - 3 ; Mistle Thrush - 2 ; Goldcrest - 4 ; Snipe - 1 - over

Thornseat: Pied Wagtail - 45+ - single group sat on wires then dropped down to roost on moorland fringe at 18.50 . ; Kestrel - 1 - hunting over rough pasture .

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 4 - ad ; Little Grebe - 13 ; Cormorant - 8 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Mute Swan - 19 - inc.3j ; Pochard - 4 - mmff ; Tufted Duck - 104 ; Lapwing - 100 ; Black-headed Gull - 140 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - west ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Song Thrush - 3 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Coal Tit - 2 ; Long-tailed Tit - 4+ ; Starling - 250+ - flew SW - 150+,50+,50+

Canklow Woods: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing

Charlton Brook, High Green: Swallow - 4 - 18.3

Eastwood, Rotherham: Common Buzzard - 1 - soaring over @ 1115hrs

Five Weirs Walk: Dipper - 1 - feeding in shallows 50 metres below weir at Norfolk Bridge

Norton Lees: Grey Heron - 1 - low over gardens on Thorpe House Rise

Norwood Allotments: Red Kite - 1 - drifted slowly west at 2:15 ; Pink-footed Goose - c90 - over east at17:50

Ringinglow: Kestrel - 1 - near the Norfolk Arms

Rother Valley CP: Little Egret - 2 - R Rother ; Kingfisher - 1 - R Rother

RVCP, Meadowgate Lake: Lapwing - 176

Scholes Coppice: 319 - 3 - together low over wood calling

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 6 ; Little Grebe - 13 ; Cormorant - 6 ; Grey Heron - 2 ; Mute Swan - 16 - inc.res.pair @3jv ; Greylag Goose - 30+ ; Canada Goose - 65 ; Gadwall - 3 - mmf ; Pochard - 1 - f ; Tufted Duck - 87 ; 319 - 1 ; Moorhen - 9+ ; Coot - 108 ; Black-headed Gull - 80+ ; Herring Gull - 2 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - 3cy Norway ringed ; Skylark - 20 - inc.6 east, 3 singles south ; Swallow - 1 - south ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - singles ; Wren - 10 ; Dunnock - 12 ; Robin - 21 ; Chiffchaff - 3 ; Great Tit - 17 ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Blue Tit - 4 ; Long-tailed Tit - 4+ ; Chaffinch - 11 ; Reed Bunting - 7 ; Feral Pigeon - 250 - +

Wortley: 319 - 3

Abbeydale Golf Course: 319 - 2 ; Jay - 2

Aldwarke SF: Common Buzzard - 1 - drifted off N ; Song Thrush - 9 - inc one over high to S, calling ; Mallard - c30 ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; Moorhen - 3