Sightings Archive

Thrybergh CP: Chiffchaff - 4 - 2sing ; Bullfinch - 6 - 3pr ; Reed Bunting - 7 - 4sing ; Yellowhammer - 2

Wyming Brook: Wood Warbler - 2 - one showing reasonably well; the other only heard ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Coal Tit - 4 ; Siskin - 1

Aldwarke: Willow Warbler - 1 - singing (heard from Retail World)

Barlow Brook: Blackcap - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 2 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 1

Brightholmlee: Grey Partridge - 1 - calling near Tinker Hill after dusk

Brinsworth: Blackcap - 1 - Brief song in garden nr Thirst Flame 13.30. ; Blackcap - 1 - Singing intermittently throughout afternoon nr Thirsty flame.

Canklow: Mistle Thrush - 1 - Singing nr KFC 5.00. ; Blackcap - 1 - Singing riverbank 05.30

Centenary Riverside: Chiffchaff - 2 ; Chaffinch - 1 ; Blackcap - 1 ; Reed Warbler - 1 - Singing in reedbed and riverbank. ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Wren - 10+ - Singing. ; Robin - 2 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Great Tit - 1 ; Dunnock - 1 ; Goldfinch - 1

Dog Kennel Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 1+ ; Stock Dove - 1 - sing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - sing

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 2 - Together on main Res. ; Coot - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Female circling site. ; Blackcap - 4 - All singing. ; Chiffchaff - 2 ; Willow Warbler - 7 ; Reed Warbler - 1 - Calling from waters edge. ; Reed Bunting - 1 - Male.

Graves Park: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker - 3 - drumming duet followed by 3 birds displaying, appeared to be 1 male and two females. ; Stock Dove - 1 - singing by Charles Ashmore Road car park ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 01-Feb - seen either side of the Charles Ashmore Road car park. Drumming at times

Greasbrough: Swallow - 2 - farm on church street

Greasbrough Dam,Wentworth: Great Crested Grebe - 4 - 1pr displaying ; Mallard - 10+ ; Coot - 3 ; Moorhen - 1 ; 319 - 4

Kimberworth Park: Goldcrest - 1 - singing

Kiveton Community Woodland: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - singing ; Whitethroat - 4 - at least 4 back. ; Linnet - 6 ; Blackcap - 4 - at least 4 males singing.

Linacre Res: Common Sandpiper - 1

Manor Fields Park: Reed Bunting - 1 - male in reedbed.05:35-06:35 ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 ; Whitethroat - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 3 ; Blackcap - 3 - all males ; Linnet - 10 ; Greenfinch - 6 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - male low thru 06:15 ; 322 - 1 - Bright yellow Budgerigar in trees near stonehirst then flew towards Manor top.06:05

Morley Plantation (E): Blackcap - 1 - sing ; Goldcrest - 1 - sing ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Chaffinch - 1 - sing ; Goldfinch - 3+

Morley Plantation (W): Blackcap - 1 - sing ; Nuthatch - 1 - sing ; Chaffinch - 1 - sing ; Great Tit - 1 - sing ; Wren - 1 - sing ; Woodpigeon - 1 - sing

Morley Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 5 - 1pr displaying ; Greylag Goose - 12+ ; Tufted Duck - 5 - male

Orgreave Lakes: Swift - 2 - over Big Hill at c16:50 ; Yellow Wagtail - 3 - Dropped in early evening then north ; 322 - 1 - Drake Wood Duck of unknown origin! Rather rudely described by one local birder as "that disgusting thing!" ; Little Ringed Plover - 1

Oughtibridge: Swift - 1 - 1 heading north over Clough Grove

Owler Bar: Swallow - 1+ ; Curlew - 2

Ramsley Moor: Tree Pipit - 2+ - singing ; Lesser Redpoll - 2+ - over

Rivelin Filters: Common Sandpiper - 2 - on dam at rear of filters ; Grey Heron - 4

Rotherham Centre: 319 - 1 - Over New York Stadium 14.35 utm.

Shillito Wood: Yellowhammer - 1 - on feeders ; Bullfinch - 1 - on feeders ; Reed Bunting - 4+ - on feeders

Silver Wood: Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - singing along disused r/way line

Tyzack*s Dam: Grey Heron - 5