Sightings Archive

Hunter*s Bar, Porter Brook weir: Dipper - 2 - Two facing off. One seemed more dominant than the other and was pecking it on the head as it was backing off.

Loxley Valley: Little Owl - 1

Meersbrook Park: Swift - 10+

R Don, Rotherham Centre; Chantry Bridge: Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Sand Martin - c15 - feeding over river

Redmires Bottom Res: House Martin - c10 - with swallows feeding along plantation edge

Redmires Middle Res: Whinchat - 2 - 2 females

Ringinglow: Kestrel - 1 ; Swift - 1

Rivelin Valley: Barn Owl - 1 - hunting fields just north of junction of Rivelin Valley Road and Manchester Road at 21:00

Roper Hill: Red Kite - one - A very worn specimen

Sheffield Centre: Grey Wagtail - 2 - one by Lady's Bridge; one on River Sheaf near station ; Sand Martin - 2 - near Kelham Island

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 2 - in from s ; Cormorant - 1 ; Mute Swan - 34 ; Canada Goose - 21 ; Gadwall - 1 - male ; Moorhen - 4 - 2pr with hidden yng ; Coot - 39 - inc.15+ yng, 3 fams ; Swift - 120+ ; Swallow - 4 - 01/02/2001 ; House Martin - 2 ; Wren - 13 - sing ; Reed Warbler - 3 - sing ; Blackcap - 4 - sing ; Whitethroat - 5 - 1sing ; Willow Warbler - 3 - sing ; Bullfinch - 2

Agden Beck: Marsh Harrier - 2 - one with missing primaries on left wing, and an imm male with green wingtags.

Barlow Common: Yellowhammer - 4 ; Whitethroat - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Linnet - 1 ; Skylark - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Swallow - 1

Bingham Park: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 - Female feeding juvenile in nesting hole ; Blue Tit - 2 - adults entering nesting hole, 1 exited with faecal sac ; Carrion Crow - 1 - Independent juvenile ; Swift - 7 ; Song Thrush - 1

Bramley: 319 - 4 - Circling and calling drifting east ; Sparrowhawk - 2 - In air at same time over village. Female with missing feathers mobbed by Swifts. ; 319 - 1 - Over high PM. ; Kestrel - 1 ; Swift - 40+ - Screaming over Flanderwell Avenue @ 8.00PM.

Brinsworth: 319 - 2 - Circling low over Barrett estate , moving S/E towards Whiston 10.35 ; Kestrel - 1 - Circling Barrett estate moving South 14.05 ; House Martin - 4 - Feeding high over 19.30 ; Swift - 2 - Over 19.30

Brown Edge Farm: Starling - c.100 - Flock in green field, many juvs.

Canklow Woods: Garden Warbler - 1 - singing ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - reeling at 2140

Endcliffe Park: Grey Wagtail - 2 - nr lower pond ; Grey Heron - 1 - upper pond ; Mandarin - 5 - Female with 4 ducklings, watched over by Grey heron!

Fatty Boyns Ponds: Blackcap - 2 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Coot - 2+ - a pair + 6juvs ; Moorhen - 3+ - a pair + 1+ juvs ; Pheasant - 1 - crowing ; Jay - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 1 - singing ; Little Grebe - 1 - probably breeding ; Whitethroat - 2 - 1 singing; 1 carrying food

Forge Dam: Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Mandarin - 14 - 4 male, 2 female & 8 ducklings

Grange Park Golf Course: Stock Dove - 1+ - Adult leaving nest in oak trunk, calls of juvs heard ; Skylark - 1 - sing ; Swallow - 1 ; Wren - 9+ - sing ; Robin - 7+ - sing ; Blackbird - 4+ - sing ; Song Thrush - 5 - sing ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Blackcap - 4 - sing ; Chiffchaff - 4 - sing ; Willow Warbler - 2 - sing ; Goldcrest - 1 - sing ; Bullfinch - 1 - male, feeding among wild flowers @Thundercliffe Grange.

Greystones: Bullfinch - 3 - Male, female & juvenile ; Starling - 12 - Juvenile count is now up to 10, in observer's garden ; Swift - 5 - over observer's garden

Jordanthorpe: Barn Owl - 1

Manor Fields Park: Reed Warbler - 1 - again in reedbed 05:15-06:30.

Middleton Moor: Shelduck - 2 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 70 - c. during mid-afternoon ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - ad with LBBs

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Blackcap - 3+ - inc 2 singing ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - calling from woodland ; Mistle Thrush - 1

R Don, Aldwarke: Cormorant - 1 - on pylon ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Bullfinch - 1 ; Mallard - 2 - a pair ; Black-headed Gull - 2 - adults, patrolling river