Sightings Archive

Greystones: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Juvenile in observer's garden ; Bullfinch - 2 - Males in observer's garden

Hurlfield: Common Buzzard - 11 - 11 birds circled together over Buck Wood at 11:15. ; Swift - 2 - south at 09:08.

Langsett Res: Red Kite - 2 ; Crossbill - 12 ; Tree Pipit - 1 ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 529 ; Herring Gull - 2 ; Black-headed Gull - c600 ; Common Gull - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 6 ; Siskin - 4 ; 320 - 4 ; Tufted Duck - 1 ; Oystercatcher - 1 ; Curlew - 3

Manor Fields Park: Spotted Flycatcher - 1 - at 08:00 in central area. ; Garden Warbler - 1 ; Whitethroat - 8 ; Blackcap - 5 - 2 male ; Chiffchaff - 5 ; Willow Warbler - 1 ; House Martin - 10 ; Swift - 7 - 3 S +3 S/W+ 1E 06:36-08.15. ; Goldfinch - 30 ; Linnet - 12 ; Song Thrush - 4

Millhouses: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - On peanut feeder. A number of visits this month

Norton Lees: Sparrowhawk - 1

R Don, Effingham St: Yellow-legged Gull - 2 - 1cy and 3cy on roof. ; Swift - 3 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - c150 - including a 2cy that caught and ate a Signal Crayfish, plus 2 new colour ringed birds, one another rehab bird ringed in Portugal. ; Yellow-legged Gull - 4+ - 2 adults, 1 3cy and at least 1 1cy.

R Don, Norfolk Bridge: Swift - 60++ - Large feeding flock high above Gull flock feeding on insect hatch, around for 5 mins then gone. ; Great Black-backed Gull - 1 - adult

R Don, Penistone Rd Nth: Long-tailed Tit - 21 - feeding in riverside trees

R Don, Rotherham Centre; Chantry Bridge: Sand Martin - 8+ - feeding around riverside trees @ 0750hrs

Redmires conduit: Spotted Flycatcher - 3 - 2 adults, one juvenile

Rotherham Centre; Main Street: Cormorant - 13 - SW together @ 0826hrs

Silverwood Lagoon: Gadwall - 3 ; Shoveler - 5 - departed north at 08.05 ; Cormorant - 2 - NE at 08.40 ; Grey Partridge - 2 ; Woodpigeon - c.60 - in stubble adjacent to western paddocks ; Kestrel - 1 ; House Martin - 30 - feeding over Woodlaithes end of pit top ; Black-headed Gull - 18 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 ; Jay - 4 ; Linnet - 12

Sothall: Tree Pipit - 3 - In a loose group calling going south. Always previously thought of them as early morning migrants.

Upper Midhope: Swallow - 20+ ; Red Grouse - 1

Woodhouse Washlands: Little Egret - 2 - feeding in the shallows of the River Rother ; Kingfisher - 1 - Flew upriver ; Grey Partridge - 2

Aldwarke: Song Thrush - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Stock Dove - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 1 ; House Martin - 3 ; Cormorant - 1 - NE

Aldwarke SF: Mallard - 31 - all in moult ; Gadwall - 2 ; Black-headed Gull - 12 ; Moorhen - 4+ - + 6 juvs (brood of 4 still dependent) ; Coot - 3 - ad + 2 independent juvs ; Little Grebe - 1 - juv ; Pheasant - 1 - f/juv ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Common Buzzard - 1 - disturbed from willows

Barlow: 319 - 1

Botanical Gardens: Swift - 1

Carterknowle: Swift - 1

Chancet Wood: Common Buzzard - 1 - 1 circling

Chatsworth Park: 319 - 1

Hurlfield: Swift - 1 - flew south at 15:55. ; Common Buzzard - 1 - over at 16:35.

Lodge Moor: Raven - 1 - NW calling @ 0617hrs

Norbriggs Flash: Barn Owl - 1 - Flew from path side hawthorns.

Parkgate Canal Basin: Mute Swan - 41 ; Black-headed Gull - 35 - inc 11 juvs ; Mallard - 5

Parkgate; Forge Way: Chiffchaff - 1 - calling

Peat Pits: Linnet - 200 - Large flock feeding in stubble

Roe Wood: Treecreeper - 5 - On one tree, possibly juvs

RVCP, Main Lake: Little Egret - 2 - On main lsland ; Grey Heron - 3 ; Pied Wagtail - 25 ; Great Crested Grebe - 10 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 7 ; Herring Gull - 2

RVCP, Meadowgate Lake: Lapwing - 30 ; House Martin - 20 ; Sand Martin - 9 ; Swift - 4 ; Chiffchaff - 2

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 7 - 4ad3j