Sightings Archive

Holmebrook Valley Park: Tufted Duck - 2 - 1 Male and 1 Female on lake. ; Canada Goose - 2 - On lake.

Manor Fields Park: Snipe - 1 - flew from,then back into reedbed. 09:35. ; Redwing - 70 - flocks of 21+24+25 all south. ; Fieldfare - 14 - 6 + 8 with redwings south ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Chaffinch - 3 ; Goldfinch - 14 ; Coal Tit - 1 - on feeders. ; Long-tailed Tit - 4 - on feeders ; Mistle Thrush - 2

Orgreave Lakes: Wigeon - 94 ; Shoveler - 2 - Pair ; Scaup - 1 - Drake still on big lake ; Golden Plover - 16 ; Ringed Plover - 1 ; Snipe - 1 ; Peregrine - 1 - A male stirring things up this afternoon.

Oughtibridge garden: Blackbird - 7 ; Redwing - 1 ; Song Thrush - 3

Thrybergh CP: Tufted Duck - 14 - 10m,4f ; Water Rail - 3 ; Meadow Pipit - 2 - inc-1s1s ; Redwing - 31 - inc 4s 21s 6down ; Fieldfare - 52 - inc. 28s 11s 6s 7e

Wadsley Common garden: Blackbird - 13 - record number for garden. ; Bullfinch - 9 ; 327 - 4

Canklow Woods: Fieldfare - c 100 - c 100 south at 0920

Eastwood, Rotherham: Mute Swan - 4 - SW @ 0850hrs

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 1 - Feeding in sluice reed bed which has been flattened by water. ; Coot - 3 ; Mallard - 8 - 5 Males 3 Females. ; Kestrel - 1 - On telegraph pole. ; 319 - 2 - Displaying over set aside field. ; Mistle Thrush - 3 - Feeding in Sheep paddock with FF. ; Fieldfare - 30+ - In sheep paddock and surrounding trees. ; Song Thrush - 3 - Singing. ; Willow Tit - 1 - Called briefly. ; Long-tailed Tit - 12 ; Linnet - 1 - Single over calling. ; Bullfinch - 9 ; Reed Bunting - 3 ; Meadow Pipit - 2 ; Jay - 1 - Calling. ; Starling - 100+ - Flighty flock on ground in Horse field.

Highfield: Redwing - 8+ - Grassy area by Asline Road

Hillsborough: Blackcap - 1 - male in garden ; Song Thrush - 2 - in garden

Manor Fields Park: Mistle Thrush - 3 ; Stock Dove - 1 ; Coal Tit - 1 - on feeders 08:20 ; Robin - 4 - at least 4 round feeders. ; Song Thrush - 2 - 1 under feeders. ; Mallard - 6 - on pond ; Moorhen - 1 - in Reedbed. ; Kingfisher - 1 - on top pond 07:30 then flew down water course.

Meersbrook Park: Kestrel - 1 - Flew over top of Park & hovered near allotments.

Orgreave Lakes: Dunlin - 4 ; Ringed Plover - 2 ; Meadow Pipit - C.60 - Feeding on north shore ; Snipe - 5 ; Redshank - 6 ; Sand Martin - 1 ; BLACK-NECKED GREBE - 1 ; Scaup - 1 ; BLACK-NECKED GREBE - 1 - still present at 11:00 ; Redshank - 9 - 5 on small lake island and 4 together on main lake at same time.

Priestcliffe Lees: Whooper Swan - 10 - Over NW at 11:00

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Sparrowhawk - 1 - hunting @ 0835hrs

Rawmarsh:Haugh Rd: Golden Plover - 65 - N ; Great Black-backed Gull - 8 - S

Ringinglow village: Stonechat - 2 - M and f on wall Fulwood Lane.

Thrybergh CP: Water Rail - 3+ - prob 4 now ; Redshank - 1 - past n ; Bullfinch - 17 - Inc 13 7m6f at feed stat. ; Water Rail - 3

Ulley Res: Coot - 4 ; Great Crested Grebe - 2 - In breeding plumage in the snow flurries. ; Greylag Goose - 2 - Pair came in to land honking. ; Mallard - 6 ; Song Thrush - 1 - Feeding on path. ; Robin - 2 - Coming to seed. ; Dunnock - 6 ; Lesser Redpoll - 9 ; Siskin - 8 ; Goldfinch - 11 - With Redpoll and Siskin.

Upper Whiston: Rook - 15 - Feeding in Lawns farm yard.

Wadsley Common garden: Lesser Redpoll - 3 - One with metal ring ; Lesser Redpoll - 3 ; Lesser Redpoll - 3

Wickersley Gorse: Marsh Tit - 1 - Bird seen and constantly calling in woods near golf course.

Chatsworth Park: 319 - 1

Norton Lees: Ring-necked Parakeet - 2 - over Thorpe House Avenue

Orgreave Lakes: Whooper Swan - 8 - still present this morning ; Curlew - 1 - through ; Dunlin - 1 - through

Pit-house West: Green Woodpecker - 2 - calling ; Cetti's Warbler - 1 - singing near the Chinese Bridge