Sightings Archive

Thrybergh CP: Greylag Goose - 80+ ; Little Grebe - 6 ; Great Crested Grebe - 6 ; Mallard - 32 ; Pochard - 8 ; Tufted Duck - 54 ; Gadwall - 12 ; Coot - 100+ ; Lapwing - c200 - On plough and overhead. ; Pied Wagtail - 4 ; Blue Tit - 6 ; Great Tit - 8 ; Dunnock - 12 ; Robin - 6 ; Blackbird - 5 ; Chiffchaff - 2 - Singing, Hooton Roberts end ; Mute Swan - 21 ; Moorhen - 20+ ; Starling - 100+ ; Goldfinch - 9 ; Grey Heron - 2 ; Cormorant - 7

Whiteley Woods: Dipper - 1

Catcliffe Flash: Mute Swan - 6 - ad pr + 4 imm ; Wigeon - 1 ; Gadwall - 110+ - a record count for this site ; 320 - 11 ; Shoveler - 8+ ; Little Grebe - 2 ; Great Crested Grebe - 5 - 2 ads, 3 imm ; Moorhen - 10+ ; Coot - 105+

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 8 ; 320 - 4 - On main Res mud. ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Rook - 30+ - Flock on ploughed field. ; Jay - 1 - Calling. ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Calling. ; Grey Partridge - 3 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Female through site. ; Treecreeper - 1 - Calling

Hillsborough Barracks: House Martin - 80+ - feeding over barracks and nearby areas of the Don ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1

Kimberworth Park: Kestrel - 1 - Hunting over football pitches@ Barkers Park.

Langsett Res: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 443 ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1 ; Goosander - 1 - juv ; Common Sandpiper - 1

R Don, Rotherham Centre; adjacent interchange: Chiffchaff - 1 - calling from riverside trees @ 0750hrs

R Don, Rotherham Centre; Main Street: Chiffchaff - 1 - in riverside trees @ 0755hrs

R Don, Stevenson Rd: Swallow - 3 - S

Silverwood Lagoon: Wigeon - 2 ; Gadwall - 8 ; 320 - 5 ; Coot - 20 ; Tufted Duck - 3 ; Moorhen - 4 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 - adults ; Black-headed Gull - 18 ; Mute Swan - 1pr ; Little Grebe - 7 ; Rook - 11 - in stubble to west ; Stock Dove - 2 ; Jackdaw - 7 - 4-2-1 east ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; 319 - 2 ; House Martin - 4 ; Grey Partridge - 2 ; Pheasant - c.15 ; Jay - 8 ; Chiffchaff - 2 - singing ; Linnet - 10 ; Reed Bunting - 8 ; Goldfinch - c.20 ; Long-tailed Tit - c.30 - three mobile flocks

Brightside: Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - adult with injured leg ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 35 - On roof president park ; 321 - 1 - juv on roof with Gulls

Holmebrook Valley Park: Tufted Duck - 1 - Male still on lake ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Mute Swan - 6 ; Chiffchaff - 2 - One singing ; Black-headed Gull - 1 ; Kestrel - 1

Langsett Res: Pied Wagtail - c100 - Large gathering feeding/sheltering below dam wall. Majority juveniles.

Midhope Res: Tufted Duck - 2 ; Mallard - c20

R Don, Stevenson Rd: Little Egret - 2 - flew upstream 18:30

Totley garden: Woodcock - 1 - Late a.m., remaining stationary and relying on its camouflage to protect it.

Brightside: Common Buzzard - 2 - drifted W over President park 14:15

Canklow Woods: Chiffchaff - 2

Edge Mount: Raven - 2 - heading west. ; Merlin - 1 - male sat on fence post .

Ewden Height: Meadow Pipit - 346 - South 6.50 - 7.30 ; Swallow - 13 - South ; Pied Wagtail - 12 - South ; Chaffinch - 27 - South

Orgreave Lakes: Whinchat - 2 - In weedy area at SW corner of Big Lake ; Stonechat - 1 - with Whinchat.