Sightings Archive

Sunday 25th February 2018

• Centenary Riverside: Goldcrest - 1 ; Water Rail - 1 - calling briefly ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Coot - 1 - on river ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1 - adult, flew W ; Kestrel - 2 - both females, over calling ; Magpie - 6 ; FIRECREST - 1 - one reported in Willow tree by river. ; Goosander - 2 - Females, river ; Cormorant - 2 - 1 over, 1 river ; Moorhen - 4 - 3 river, 1 pond ; Coot - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 6 ; Dunnock - 2 ; Robin - 1 ; Wren - 2 - Singing
• Dale Dike Res: Greylag Goose - 56 - left to NW late afternoon ; Stock Dove - 2 - flew SW
• Dalton: Common Buzzard - 1 - soaring over @ 0957hrs; drifted off S/SW
• Damflask Res: Oystercatcher - 1 ; Common Gull - 5 ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 30+ ; Nuthatch - 1
• Ecclesall: Common Buzzard - 1 - circling
• Ecclesall Woods: Bullfinch - 1 - calling ; Grey Heron - 2 - pair nest building ; Grey Heron - 2 - pair nest building
• Endcliffe Park: Mandarin - 2 - m+f lower lake at 9:15
• Firsby Res: Coot - 1 - First record this year. ; Mallard - 4 ; Grey Heron - 1 - Flushed from set aside field. ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - Feeding on concrete sluice. ; Kestrel - 1 - F hunting. ; Little Owl - 1 - In Holly bush. ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Low through site. ; Fieldfare - 15+ - In sheep paddock. ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 2 ; Bullfinch - 9 ; Chaffinch - 2 - Singing Males. ; Grey Partridge - 4 ; Black-headed Gull - 1
• Forge Dam: Mandarin - 2 - m+f at 10:30
• Grange Golf Course: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Blackbird - 3 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Dunnock - 2 - singing ; Robin - 1+ ; Long-tailed Tit - 3+ ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Magpie - 2+ ; Chaffinch - 5 - singing ; Goldfinch - 1+
• Hangingwater garden, overhead: 319 - 1 - chased by corvid
• Hollow Meadows: Lapwing - 5
• Holmebrook Valley Park: Black-headed Gull - 60+ ; Tufted Duck - 6 - 4 Males + 2 Females ; Mallard - 20+
• Ibbotson Wheel Dam: Kingfisher - 1 - Flying over lake at 9:25 ; Dipper - 1 - On river below dam at 9:25
• Kiveton Community Woodland: Whooper Swan - 3 - flew south towards Harthill ponds ; Willow Tit - 4 - at fallen tree feeding area
• Ladybower Res, North arm: Common Buzzard - 1
• Langsett Res: Black-headed Gull - 2600 - roosted ; Common Gull - 60 - c. roosted
• Load Brook: Lapwing - 80+ - 80+ over fields beside Game Lane
• Low Holdworth: 319 - 1
• Loxley Chase: Golden Plover - 10 - in field south of Myers Lane with Lapwings ; Lapwing - 50+ - in field south of Myers Lane (with Golden Plover, Woodpigeons and Black-headed Gulls). ; Lapwing - 22 - in field off Myers Lane
• Loxley Valley: Red Kite - 1 - flew out of valley of Storrs Brook, then north-east across fields towards Loxley Road
• Midhope Res: Woodcock - 1 - "roding" at dusk ; Woodcock - 1 - "roding" at dusk
• Orgreave Lakes: Whooper Swan - 37 ; Whooper Swan - 37 ; Peregrine - 1 - flew SE at 09.04 ; Whooper Swan - 37 - 28 adults and 9 juvs. Still present at 10am ; Whooper Swan - 37 - another photo ; Whooper Swan - 37 - still present at 12:30 ; Pochard - 36 ; Goldeneye - 15 - congregated at dusk, calling and displaying, 5 males. ; Ringed Plover - 1 ; Redshank - 1 ; Oystercatcher - 4 ; Meadow Pipit - 4 ; Goosander - 37 ; Woodcock - 2 - over railway bridge late dusk.
• Parkgate Canal Basin: Greylag Goose - 1 ; Mute Swan - c110 - inc 32 2cy ; Mallard - c70 ; Herring Gull - 9 ; Black-headed Gull - c120 ; Common Gull - 1 - much less common in Rotherham area in recent years ; Goosander - 1 - female, SW ; Cormorant - 2 - SW
• Peat Pits: Golden Plover - c100 ; 319 - 2