Sightings Archive

Thrybergh CP: Little Grebe - 2 - ad ; Cormorant - 2 ; Mute Swan - 59 - inc2j3j (1 very lame jv ; Canada Goose - 76 - in from n over 1hr ; Gadwall - 7 - inc. 1f3j 1m2f ad ; Tufted Duck - 73 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Common Sandpiper - 1 - call not seen ; Black-headed Gull - 70+ ; Herring Gull - 1 - ad ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - ad past s ; Little Owl - 1 - prob.jv ; Swift - 1 - s ; Swallow - 40 - circa feed .then s ; House Martin - 30 - circa 30 in 2flocks ; Blackcap - 3 ; Whitethroat - 4 ; Reed Warbler - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 8 ; Long-tailed Tit - 8+ ; Jay - 1 ; Goldfinch - 130+ - inc,100-20-10 ; Greenfinch - 7 - around site ; Reed Bunting - 3 - singles

Wardsend Cemetery: Dipper - 1 - On river Don

Woodhouse Tip: Swift - 6 - Two small flocks (4,2) flew west between 19.00-20.00

Botanical Gardens: Swift - 4 - 4 singles, all SW

Catcliffe Flash: Green Sandpiper - 1

Ecclesfield: House Martin - 23 - on Sycamore Rd at 20:10, Pre-migration gathering?

Graves Park: 321 - 1 - Middle lake

Hurlfield: Tawny Owl - 1 - Calling from top of telegraph pole at 04:50. ; Common Buzzard - 3 - 1 low over Buck Wood 2 high west 12:20-12:30. ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Swift - 3 - flew south.

Langsett Res: 320 - 5 ; Grey Heron - 2 ; Curlew - 5 ; Raven - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 464 - roosted ; Common Gull - 1 ; CASPIAN GULL - 2 - 1 juv & 1 fourth year ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1 ; Herring Gull - 1 - juv ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 178

Manor Fields Park: Moorhen - 12 - 3 Ad 4 chick 5 large juv in reedbed/pond. 06:40. ; Kestrel - 1 - fem hunting 07:40. ; Hobby - 1 - low over car park 08:04. ; Blackcap - 6 - 2 male ; Willow Warbler - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 4 ; Whitethroat - 8 ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1+ - 1 poss 2 birds. ; Garden Warbler - 1 ; Goldfinch - 30 ; House Martin - 2 ; Long-tailed Tit - 10

Orgreave Lakes: Common Tern - 1 - on shore of main lake with geese & gulls until flushed by dog called Walter ; Swift - 5 - heading south very high

Rotherham Centre: Starling - 142 - flying nort over railway sta at 1730

Silverwood Lagoon: Snipe - 2 - went up from seedbed in SW corner

Woodseats: 319 - 1 - Circling over Asda.

Barbrook Pools: Goldeneye - 1 - Imm male feeding in far pool

Broomhead Moor: Marsh Harrier - 1 - Cream-crown seen several times between 13:00 and 14:30 ; Ring Ouzel - 1 - Above Ewden Beck ; Stonechat - 2 - Juvs

Ecclesall Woods: Kingfisher - 1 - a sickly looking individual on Limb Brook, with what appeared to be a bald patch on the back of it's head.

Endcliffe Park: Moorhen - 4 - 3 recently fledged

Midhopestones: Red Kite - 1

Orgreave Lakes: Swift - 8 - feeding over big lake ; Grey Partridge - 6

R Don, Norfolk Bridge: Great Black-backed Gull - 1 - first adult of the autumn

Redmires: Kestrel - 2 - seen together ; Swallow - 4 ; Red Grouse - 1 - female ; Sparrowhawk - 1

Redmires Middle Res: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 10+ ; Black-headed Gull - 6+

Silverwood Lagoon: Yellow Wagtail - 1 - south at 09.40

Sothall: House Sparrow - 32

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 7 - inc.pr 3jv ; Little Grebe - 3 - 1ad 2jv ; Cormorant - 2 ; Mute Swan - 73 - inc.pr 3j pr 1jv (2nd 1 missing) ; Greylag Goose - 20 - in stubble fld left n ; Canada Goose - 81 - in from flds ; Tufted Duck - 59 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 60+ ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 - ad 1left w ; Little Owl - 1 ; Swift - 10 - feeding then moved on ; House Martin - 60+ - feeding ; Reed Warbler - 2 - call from r/bed ; Blackcap - 2 ; Whitethroat - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 12 - 1singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 5+ ; Tree Sparrow - 3+ ; Goldfinch - 115+ - inc flocks 80+20+15+ ; Greenfinch - 5