Sightings Archive

R Don, Eastwood: Song Thrush - 2 - 1 singing; 1 carrying food ; Blackcap - 2 - 1m; 1f ; Mute Swan - 1 - adult (337 yellow) ; Grey Heron - 1 - imm ; Long-tailed Tit - 18+ - mostly juvs ; Whitethroat - 4 - probably a family party ; Cormorant - 1 - imm

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Blackcap - 1 - singing

Richmond Park: Red Kite - 1 - High over north-west

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 6 - 3pr ; Mute Swan - 70 - inc3y2y several parties left w ; Tufted Duck - 21 - inc 19 left n ; Kestrel - 1 ; Common Tern - 1 - ad left n ; Swallow - 10+ ; Blackcap - 1 - f ; Whitethroat - 10+ - at least 2 fams in hedges @a pr visiting nest ; Willow Warbler - 4 - 1singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Reed Bunting - 3 - m, 2 singing ; Yellowhammer - 1 - singing

Upper Haugh; Chapel Walk: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Blackcap - 1 - singing

Fulwood: Red Kite - 1 - In newly cut field off Quiet Lane, harrassed by two corvids

Fulwood Head: Curlew - 4

Green Moor: Tree Sparrow - 15+ - At least three family parties, many juveniles

Moorland Fringe: Nightjar - 3 - churring males at 2 sites

Ramsley Res: Whinchat - 4+ - 2 pairs around resr, one with 3 fledged juvs, the other with 2 fledged juvs.

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Wren - breeding confirmed - family party

Rotherham Centre: Swift - 10-Dec - Feeding over river near New York Stadium 05.00

Canklow: Pheasant - 06-Jul - Family group feeding in AMG works field, moved in to longer grass when disturbed, suspect more than seen.

Centenary Riverside: Blackcap - 1 - Singing ; Reed Warbler - 2 - Singing close to each other on pond. ; Willow Warbler - 1 - Singing ; Chaffinch - 1 - Calling ; Whitethroat - 2 ; Robin - 1 ; Goldfinch - 05-Jun - Family group.

Coppice Wood: Redstart - 1 ; Blackbird - 1 ; Nuthatch - 3 - family group of 3+ ; Woodcock - 1

Dukes Road: Red Kite - 2 ; 319 - 7 ; Golden Plover - 20+ - At least 2 pairs with well grown chicks. ; Dunlin - 1 - 1 South over the western end as you drop down to Derwent dale.

Hangingwater garden: Great Tit - 3 - ad + 2 juvs begging ; Jay - 1 - v confiding juv on peanut feeder let me come within 2 metres and talk to it. Phone photo

Harper Lees: Mandarin - 2+ - 2 females with broods of 3 & 4

Kettle Wood: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1+ - adult with fledged juv ; Stock Dove - 1 ; Spotted Flycatcher - 1

Leadmill Bridge: Greenfinch - 1+ - adult feeding 3 fledged young ; Long-tailed Tit - 6 - family group of 6+ ; Garden Warbler - 1

Millhouses Lane garden: Stock Dove - 2 - a pair? feeding on lawn under bird feeder

Orgreave Lakes: Dunlin - 2 - On Big Lake ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - 3rd Yr on Big Lake

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Wren - breeding confirmed - family party

Rough Wood: Wren - 7 - family group of 7+ ; Blackcap - 1 ; Stock Dove - 1 ; Green Woodpecker - 1

Scholes Coppice: Kestrel - 2 - Adults active near nest site ; Tawny Owl - calls - @16:37 ; Wren - 1 - sing ; Robin - 1 - sing ; Blackbird - 1+ ; Woodpigeon - 1+ - sing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - sing ; Nuthatch - 1 - calling

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 4 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Mute Swan - 46 - inc.3-2 young ; Tufted Duck - 8 - 1f ; 319 - 4 - soar 2ne 2se ; Kestrel - 1 ; Coot - 27 - +5fpr ad 21+ y ; Herring Gull - 1 - 2sum. ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 - past s ; Swift - 40 - + ; Blackcap - 2 - .inc 1f 1sing ; Willow Warbler - 2 - 1sing ; Chiffchaff - 3 - 1sing ; Reed Warbler - 1 - sing ; Bullfinch - 2 - call. ; Reed Bunting - 5 - m 4sing

Canklow Woods: Common Buzzard - 2 - in the air at 1900

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 1 ; Mallard - 9 - 4M, 1F with 4 ducklings. ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 - Over main Res. ; Tawny Owl - 1 - In willows early morning. ; Carrion Crow - 3 ; Magpie - 6 ; Grey Partridge - 1 ; Song Thrush - 2 - Singing. ; Swallow - 3