Sightings Archive

Yorkshire Bridge: Kingfisher - 1 - Flew downstream under bridge, ; Dipper - 1 - downstream just under bridge

Dog Kennel Pond: Black-headed Gull - 50+ ; Kingfisher - 1 - Took fish

Greystones garden: Bullfinch - 2 - Male & female ; Whitethroat - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Juv, visited morning & afternoon

Higger Tor: Swallow - 6+

Norwood Allotments: Ring-necked Parakeet - 6 - New high count for the site. Feeding on acorns and beech nuts for about 30 minutes.

R Don, Effingham St: Mallard - 98

R Don, Niagara Weir: Kingfisher - 1 ; House Martin - 3

R Don, Rotherham Centre; Chantry Bridge: Sand Martin - 4

Rawmarsh: Swift - 1 - over traditional nesting area

Redmires Middle Res: Peregrine - - juvenile landed at water's edge for couple of minutes at 19:30. Red/orange ring on left leg.

Sheffield University: Peregrine - 2 - 2 juvs on church tower

Stanage Edge, below: Kestrel - 5 - Adult Female and fledged young all hunting

Stanage Plantation: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Adult Female circled then landed in Stanage Plantation

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 7 ; Little Grebe - 3 - 2a1j ; Cormorant - 3 ; Mute Swan - 64 ; Canada Goose - 99 ; Gadwall - 4 - f3j ; Tufted Duck - 63 ; 319 - 5 - 1-1-1-2 ; Black-headed Gull - 70 - + ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 - aj ; Little Owl - 1 ; Swift - 6 - 01/02/2003 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Sand Martin - 2 ; Swallow - 34 - inc 10-20 parties ; House Martin - 140 ; Blackcap - 3 ; Reed Warbler - 2 ; Whitethroat - 3 ; Willow Warbler - 3 - sing softly ; Chiffchaff - 12 ; Long-tailed Tit - 2 ; Tree Sparrow - 2 ; Goldfinch - 50 - + ; Bullfinch - 5

Aldwarke: Long-tailed Tit - 5+ ; Chiffchaff - 4 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - SW ; Sparrowhawk - 2 ; House Martin - 3 ; Bullfinch - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - over ; Woodcock - 1 - disturbed from open ground; flew into Buddleia scrub

Aldwarke; Liberty Steel: Cormorant - 2 - on pylon ; Peregrine - 2 - adult pair; one on chimney & unsuccessfully hunting FPs, joined by second, circling & calling before one left NE @ 0738hrs; both back on adjacent chimneys by 0755hrs

Damflask Res: Black-headed Gull - 5 ; Swift - 2 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Greylag Goose - 32

Greystones: Whitethroat - 1 - Observer's garden, ID photo

Hangingwater garden: Goldfinch - 1+ - juv waiting to be fed

Lodge Moor: Common Buzzard - 1

Loxley Valley: Swift - 20+ - feeding over Stacey Bank Farm

Middleton Moor: Redshank - 1 ; Redstart - 2 ; Grey Heron - 2

Parkgate Canal Basin: Mute Swan - 18 ; Mallard - 10 ; Black-headed Gull - 12 - inc 5 juvs

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Swallow - 3 - all W ; Greenfinch - 1 - SW ; Mistle Thrush - 39 - NW in parties of 26, 6, 2 & 5 ; Goldfinch - 27 - inc 10 NW; 4 N ; Mallard - 1 - NE ; Chaffinch - 1 - NW ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 4 - 2 E; 2 SW

Redmires Plantation: Crossbill - 1 - From top of tall conifer adjoining felled area

Rivelin Valley: 319 - 2 - Circling over Coppice Lane at 15:30 ; Other Species - Southern Hawker in observers garden

Roundwood Golf course: Pied Wagtail - 3 - 'alba' wagtails 2 SW; 1 S ; Bullfinch - 1 - f/juv ; Long-tailed Tit - 3+ ; Goldcrest - 2+ ; Coal Tit - 1

Silverwood Lagoon: Dunlin - 1 - on northern shoreline at 06.50 ; Little Grebe - 14 ; Gadwall - 4 ; Canada Goose - 10 - feeding in stubble field adjacent to western paddocks ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Jay - 6 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 7 - inc.pr 3j ; Little Grebe - 2 - ad ; Cormorant - 3 ; Canada Goose - 86 - inc 24-45 in from n ; Gadwall - 4 - fam. ; Tufted Duck - 71 ; Kestrel - 1 - past w ; Grey Partridge - 4 - in stubble