Sightings Archive

Rotherham Centre: Grey Heron - 1 - SW @ 1140hrs

Rotherham Centre; The Statutes: Wren - breeding confirmed - family party

Troway: Barn Owl - 1 - hunting over fields to east of Troway

Wadsley Common garden: Bullfinch - 6 - 3m, 2f and juvenile on feeders.

Centenary Riverside: Blackcap - 5 ; Song Thrush - 2 ; Chaffinch - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; Reed Warbler - 1 ; Whitethroat - 2 ; Robin - 1 ; Great Tit - 1 ; Canada Goose - 2 - Pond ; 321 - 1 - Pond ; Jackdaw - 40-50 - Over in intermittent groups.

Dore: Bullfinch - 1+ - A male and recently fledged juv in observer’s garden. ; Goldfinch - 2+ - 2 adults feeding fledged juv in observer’s garden.

Great Shacklow Wood: Tufted Duck - 2 - a pair - on R Wye

Hassop: Raven - 5 - Possible family group

Holbrook Marsh: Cetti's Warbler - 1 - Singing

Jordanthorpe: Barn Owl - 1 - Hunting and perched on goalpost - football field Jordanthorpe parkway

Ladybower Res: Garden Warbler - 1 - singing by south side of dam wall path

Lawrence Field: Cuckoo - 1 - adult flying with an egg in it's mouth, chased by meadow pipits.

Longshaw: Red Kite - 1 - at 11:35

R Don, Attercliffe: Lesser Black-backed Gull - c150 - inc very elegant dark backed bird ; Herring Gull - c40 - also brief view of probable imm Iceland Gull, on roof of Tesco store. ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - 2s/3cy

R Don, Rotherham Centre; Keppel Wharf: Grey Wagtail - 1

R Don, Stevenson Rd: House Martin - 10+

Redmires Middle Res: Ringed Plover - 1

Rotherham Centre: Cormorant - 1 - NE @ 1010hrs ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - present - light but noticeable N movement thoughout day, mostly adults

Rotherham; Rawmarsh Road: Mistle Thrush - 1

Silverwood Lagoon: Reed Warbler - 6 - still at least 6 singing ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - singing ; Mute Swan - 2 ; Coot - 12 - no broods yet ; Gadwall - 1m ; Tufted Duck - 10 ; Hobby - 1 - chasing HM over Woodlaithes end of pit top at 09.05 ; Jay - 1 ; Song Thrush - 2 - singing ; Pheasant - 10+ ; Swallow - 2 ; House Martin - c.15 ; Swift - 3 ; Linnet - 12 - in gorse at southern end of lagoon ; Kestrel - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - c.10 - family party

Stubley Hollow: Garden Warbler - 1 - singing ; Swift - 5 ; Swallow - 17 ; Blackcap - 2 - singing

Unstone: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - 1 adult feeding very noisy young in nest hole

Attercliffe: Blackbird - 3m, 1f ; Black-headed Gull - 1 ; Carrion Crow - 1 ; Chaffinch - 2m - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1m - singing ; Goldfinch - 2 ; House Martin - 1 - Taking insects from the river surface ; Pied Wagtail - 2 ; Song Thrush - 1m - singing ; Swift - 13 ; Wren - 3 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Mallard - 18 Y ; Moorhen - 2 - Included in Sand Martin Survey ; Grey Wagtail - 5 - 1 carrying food ; Sand Martin - 15 max - Sand Martin Survey

Chapeltown: House Martin - 04-May - Prospecting best sites under eaves ; Swift - 8 - Back at nest site on Burncross Road ; House Martin - 04-May - Prospecting best sites under eaves

Coombs Dale: Whinchat - 1 - f gathering food

Ecclesall: Swift - 12

Firsby Res: Coot - 2 ; Pied Wagtail - 3 - Adult feeding 2 juvs on concrete sluice. ; 319 - 1 ; Swift - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 2 ; Willow Warbler - 2 ; Reed Bunting - 2 ; Bullfinch - 3 ; Chaffinch - 1 - Singing Male. ; Linnet - 1 - Male. ; Red-legged Partridge - 1

Grange Park Golf Course: Kestrel - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - adult flying from nest site ; Skylark - 1+ - sing ; Whitethroat - 1 - song and display

Great Longstone: Swift - 5

Holmebrook Valley Park: Mute Swan - 5 - Still pair with 3 cygnets and last years cygnet. ; Greylag Goose - 1 ; Coot - 10+ - inc pair with 3 chicks and pair on nest. ; Mallard - 50+ - 25+ duckling round lake ; Great Crested Grebe - 2 - Pair still on nest

Kimberworth: Blackbird - 1 - female - regular visitor to the garden seed feeder; stands on a disc attached to the underside of the feeder and pecks seed out of the ports. ; Song Thrush - 1 - Singing most of the day.

Middleton Moor: Sanderling - 1 ; Dunlin - 1