Sightings Archive

Cordwell Valley: Whitethroat - 1 ; 319 - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 01-Feb ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Blackcap - 2

Harthill Res: Mute Swan - 2 ; Great Crested Grebe - 6 ; Gadwall - 2 - a pair ; Skylark - 2 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 2 - singing ; Blackcap - 2 - singing ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Reed Warbler - 1 - singing ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing ; Reed Bunting - 2 - a pair

Hudson*s Rough: Blackbird - 1 - sing ; Wren - 1 - sing ; Robin - 1+ - sing ; Blackcap - 1 - sing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - sing ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Blue Tit - 1+ - sing ; Coal Tit - 1 - sing ; Great Tit - 1 - sing ; Nuthatch - 1 - sing ; Chaffinch - 1 - sing

Hurlfield: Swift - 1 - over 15:25

Long Line: Willow Warbler - 3 ; Swallow - 2

Manor Fields Park: Whitethroat - 4 - inc 3 singing males. ; Blackcap - 2 - both singing males ; Chiffchaff - 3 ; Reed Bunting - 1 - singing male again in reedbed 05:45-06:30 ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Song Thrush - 2 ; Long-tailed Tit - 4 ; Stock Dove - 2

Meersbrook Park: Chiffchaff - 1 - Heard

Middleton Moor: Whimbrel - 1 - Heard going north at 11.30 ; Wheatear - 3 - 1male, 2 females ; 320 - 9 ; Tufted Duck - 2 - Pair ; Coot - 5

Orgreave Lakes: Shoveler - 2 - Drakes on Small Lake ; Goosander - 5 ; Common Sandpiper - 7 ; Wheatear - 1 ; Wheatear - 2 ; House Martin - 30+ ; Swallow - 20+ ; Linnet - 4 - Near railway footbridge, including singing male ; Curlew - 1 - North at 20.00 the South at 20.15 ; Dunlin - 1 - Near so adult ; Ringed Plover - 1 ; Swallow - 100+ ; Sand Martin - C40 ; House Martin - 10+ ; Swift - 8

Redmires Top Res: Common Sandpiper - 3

Silverwood Lagoon: Reed Warbler - 3 - singing

Blackburn Meadows NR: Gadwall - 6 - 3 pairs ; Little Grebe - 3 - 2 on Ferham Lake and 1 on Mckays Lagoon ; Water Rail - 1 - Calling ; Moorhen - 5 ; Coot - 2 - Pair ; Jay - 2 ; Reed Warbler - 1 - Singing ; Whitethroat - 4 - Singing males ; Blackcap - 9 - Singing males ; Willow Warbler - 4 - Singing males ; Chiffchaff - 7 - Singing males

Bole Edge Plantation: Curlew - 1 ; Skylark - 1 ; Red Grouse - 1

Canklow: Whitethroat - 1 - Singing nr AMG works car park 06.45 ; Blackcap - 2 - Singing. ; Chaffinch - 1 - Singing. ; Pheasant - 3 - feeding in AMG works field.

Canklow Woods: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - 1 reeling ; Whitethroat - 1 - 1 singing

Curbar: Blackcap - 2 - Male and female in the same tree.

Holbrook Marsh: Cetti's Warbler - 1 - singing ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - singing

Orgreave Lakes: Wheatear - 4+ - All males ; Dunlin - 2 ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Swift - 1 ; Wheatear - 4 - females around N Dyke at 0830.

Overstones Farm: Curlew - 1 ; Lapwing - 4+ - One bird aggressively sending off carrion crow ; Wheatear - 3+ - Active on mounds in field among sheep with lambs

R Don, Rotherham Centre; Chantry Bridge: Sand Martin - 6+ - around site of colony; bird seen entering hole

Redmires Res: Little Ringed Plover - 4 ; Common Sandpiper - 6

Redmires Top Res: Common Sandpiper - 2

Rivelin Valley: Grey Heron - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 4 - singing birds between Wolf Wheel and Upper Coppice ; Blackcap - 1 - Singing male ; Grey Wagtail - 1