Sightings Archive

Saturday 7th April 2018

• Oughtibridge: Great Tit - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 4 ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Rook - 2 - One on garden feeder. ; Jackdaw - 3 - On garden feeders. ; Woodpigeon - 3 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Siskin - 6 - All birds seen in garden.
• Ravenfield: Little Owl - 1
• Redmires: Chiffchaff - 1 ; Lapwing - 1
• Redmires Bottom Res: Golden Plover - 120 - over west then south west at about 5pm to the east of the reservoir.
• Redmires conduit: Oystercatcher - 2 - feeding in rough fields; suspect 2 pairs ; Curlew - 7 - much territorial flight ; Fieldfare - 4 - N ; Swallow - 2 - S ; Golden Plover - 30 ; 319 - 1 ; Coal Tit - 1 - prospecting ; Song Thrush - 2 - singing against each other ; Nuthatch - 2 - one gathering mud for nest-building ; Mallard - 4 ; Snipe - 5+ - 3 drumming and at least 2 chipping from rough fields ; Snipe - 5+ - another photo
• Redmires Plantation: Pheasant - 1 - crowing male ; Pheasant - 1 - another photo
• Redmires Top Res: Redwing - 3 - feeding by roadside early morning ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing in trees near end of road ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing in bushes near end of road ; Oystercatcher - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - pair around bridge and conduit entry - traditional breeding site
• Rivelin Valley: Common Buzzard - 1 - Very pale bird flew up valley. ; Blackcap - 1 - Male singing , then on garden feeder . First of the year.
• Roper Hill: Swallow - 2 - around Knoll Top Farm this morning - back on territory?
• Rotherham Centre: Sand Martin - 3 - around railway station
• Scholes Coppice: Wren - 3 - Asing ; Dunnock - 1 - sing ; Robin - 7 - sing ; Blackbird - 1+ ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - sing ; Blue Tit - 1 - sing ; Coal Tit - 1 - sing ; Great Tit - 3 - sing ; Nuthatch - 2 - sing ; Treecreeper - 1 - sing ; Goldcrest - 1 - sing ; Jay - 1 ; Pheasant - 1
• Silverwood Lagoon: Chiffchaff - 7 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 4 - singing ; Wheatear - 1 ; Raven - 1 - NW at 07.15 ; Little Grebe - 8 ; Gadwall - 1pr ; Mute Swan - 1pr ; Lapwing - 1 ; Jackdaw - 2 - west ; Jay - 7 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Skylark - 8 - singing ; Meadow Pipit - 2 - singing ; Reed Bunting - 5 - singing ; Linnet - c.15 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; 319 - 2
• Soughley Lane, Redmires: Meadow Pipit - 1 - perched up on wall ; Meadow Pipit - 1 - another photo ; Lapwing - 6 - birds on territories in fields ; Greylag Goose - 7 ; Canada Goose - 23
• Stanage: Meadow Pipit - 7+ - Parachuting ; Red Grouse - 4+ - Mostly males ; 319 - 1 ; Curlew - 1
• Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 4 ; BLACK-NECKED GREBE - 1 - s/plum. ; Cormorant - 3 ; Whooper Swan - 6 - left n taking a juv mute swan 0813 ; Mute Swan - 33 ; Tufted Duck - 12 - 8m4f ; Pheasant - 2 - crowing ; Water Rail - 1 ; Skylark - 3 - sing ; Sand Martin - 9 - 1-4-4 in ; Swallow - 6 - 1-4-1 in ; House Martin - 1 - in ; Wren - 11 ; Dunnock - 20 ; Robin - 13 ; Song Thrush - 3 - sing ; Blackbird - 13 - 1sing ; Blackcap - 4 - 3sing ; Willow Warbler - 2 - sing ; Chiffchaff - 5 - 4sing ; Jay - 1 - flew w ; Linnet - 7 - 01/02/2004 ; Bullfinch - 4 ; Reed Bunting - 2 ; Yellowhammer - 2