Sightings Archive

Morley Pond: Nuthatch - 2 ; Tawny Owl - 1 - calling @ 11:00 ; Mute Swan - 2 - behind boat house

Norfolk Heritage Park: Tawny Owl - 2 - Male briefly called and female responded from a distance, possibly Clay Wood.at 20:20

Ringinglow Bog: 319 - 1 - heading S

Rotherham Centre; Centenary Way: Redwing - 06-Aug - feeding on central reservation ; Pied Wagtail - 1

Stocksbridge: Lapwing - 38 - In field off Lee House Lane ; Golden Plover - 12

Thrybergh: Barn Owl - 1 - Hunting @ dusk.

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 2 ; Little Grebe - 4 ; Mute Swan - 8 ; Gadwall - 4 - 2m2f ; Pochard - 5 - m ; Tufted Duck - 33 ; Red-legged Partridge - 6 - 3pr ; Grey Partridge - 2 ; Water Rail - 3 - came to be fed ; Moorhen - 10 ; Coot - 75+ ; Lapwing - 61 - 3 parties, 1m disp. ; Black-headed Gull - 100+ ; Herring Gull - 38 - inc.24s12s ; Skylark - 1 - sing ; Wren - 1 ; Dunnock - 24 ; Robin - 35 ; Blackbird - 22 ; Great Tit - 15 ; Blue Tit - 11 ; Magpie - 14 - 7pr ; Carrion Crow - 8 ; Bullfinch - 20 - inc 12 at feed stat ; Reed Bunting - 8 ; Yellowhammer - 2

Upper Common, Scholes: Skylark - 1 - singing

Upper Derwentdale: 319 - 6 ; Raven - 8

Brownhills Lane: Lapwing - 57 - in field feeding ; Fieldfare - 30+ - in field feeding ; Starling - 40+ - in field feeding

Endcliffe Park: Kingfisher - 1 - lower pond at 17:00

Ibbotson Wheel Dam: Dipper - 1 - On river below dam

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Goldfinch - 8 - in garden briefly

Rawmarsh:Haugh Rd: Goosander - 1 - m N @ 16.25

Redmires Middle Res: Kestrel - 1 - Male hovering and flying over dam wall

Redmires Plantation: Long-tailed Tit - 10+ - On feeding station ; Coal Tit - 6+ - on feeding station ; Blue Tit - 2+ - on feeding station ; Great Tit - 3+ - At feeding station ; Goldfinch - 3 - By feeding station ; Robin - 3 - Showing territorial activity by feeding station ; Chaffinch - 1 - Male at feeding station ; Treecreeper - 1 - In tree above feeding station ; Dunnock - 1 - on ground by feeding station ; Blackbird - 2 - Male and Female on ground by feeding station

Redmires Top Res: Black-headed Gull - 27 ; Kestrel - 1 - Female in trees by side of top dam

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 2 ; Little Grebe - 6 ; Mute Swan - 5 ; Canada Goose - 39 ; Gadwall - 2 ; Pochard - 5 - m ; Tufted Duck - 34 ; Water Rail - 2 ; Lapwing - 200+ ; Skylark - 1 - sing ; Black-headed Gull - 150+ ; Meadow Pipit - 4 - inc 2n2n ; Wren - 2 ; Dunnock - 23 ; Robin - 39 ; Blackbird - 26 ; Great Tit - 12 ; Blue Tit - 16 ; Long-tailed Tit - 2 ; Bullfinch - 17 - inc.4-2-2-9 ; Reed Bunting - 6 - inc.2-4

Weston Park: Wigeon - 1 - long staying female

Aldwarke: Mute Swan - 5 - SW @ 0744hrs

Hammond*s Field: Golden Plover - 20 - plus 10 pairs Lapwing and 2 Curlew flew overhead. Also 5 Oystercatcher on Redmires Top Res.

Meersbrook Park: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Drumming

Millhouses garden: Goldfinch - 2 - feeding on dead seed heads

R Don, Rotherham Centre; adjacent interchange: Goldcrest - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 2 ; Cormorant - 1 - on river

R Don, Rotherham Centre; Main Street: Goosander - 1 - female

Redmires Top Res: Shelduck - 2

Rivelin Filters: Lapwing - 10 - flying overhead up the valley at 10:30

Roughwood Rec: Black-headed Gull - c20 ; Corvid - 20+ - inc Rook,Jackdaw,Carrion Crow and single Magpie

Roughwood School: Redwing - 20+ ; Starling - 50+ ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - feeding on playing field

Blackburn Meadows: Woodcock - 1 - flew from side of railway line between Meadowhall and Holmes level crossing @ 13:20

Kimberworth Park: Cormorant - 1 - SE @ 11:30

Millhouses garden: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - female, first record for several weeks

Roughwood School: Redwing - 20+