Sightings Archive

Thrybergh CP: Lapwing - 300+ ; Black-headed Gull - 100 ; Herring Gull - 3 ; Wren - 4 ; Dunnock - 15 - 6sing ; Robin - 34 - 10sing ; Song Thrush - 1 - sing ; Blackbird - 34 - 1was singing early morn. ; Great Tit - 12 ; Blue Tit - 13 ; Long-tailed Tit - 4 - 2pr ; Tree Sparrow - 3 - at feed stat ; Chaffinch - 13 ; Siskin - 1 ; Bullfinch - 23 - 2-6-2-3-10 ; Reed Bunting - 7 - at feed stat. ; Yellowhammer - 5 - 03-Feb

Agden Beck: Kestrel - 2

Aldwarke SF: Magpie - 15-20 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Gadwall - 1pr ; Tufted Duck - 5 - 2m; 3f ; Common Buzzard - 1 ; Coot - 4 ; Moorhen - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Redwing - 3

Barlow Common: 319 - 5 - 5 above the houses on Springfield Rd

Blackburn Meadows NR: Goosander - 1 - male Nr Holmes Lock 08.50 ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Bullfinch - 3 ; Tawny Owl - 3 - Pair plus 1 ; Corvid - 200+ - Jackdaw and Carrion Crows flying in to roost in the willows ; Snipe - 5 ; Woodcock - 1 - Flying around at dusk.

Bradfield Dale: Greylag Goose - 8 - small parties in flight

Brown Edge: Red Grouse - 2 ; Kestrel - 1

Brownhills Lane: Little Owl - 1 - on rock pile E of farm on the corner of Roper Hill

Canklow Woods: Tawny Owl - 2 - 2 calling at 1740

Endcliffe Park: Mandarin - 2 - m & f

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 2 ; Mallard - 2 - Pair main Res. ; 319 - 1 ; Kestrel - 2 - Female in sheep paddock amongst Fieldfare eating worms. ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Female ; Fieldfare - 100+ - in Sheep paddock. ; Redwing - 4 - In Fieldfare flock. ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Bullfinch - 4 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 6 - All adults over W together. ; Long-tailed Tit - 6 ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Siskin - 2 - Over calling at 14.00.

Gleadless Valley LNR: Mandarin - 2 - Pair by Meers Brook, close to Thorpe House Avenue.

Green Moor: Tawny Owl - 2 - Pair roosting together and probable nest site ; Tree Sparrow - 6

Hangingwater garden: Siskin - 6 - 3m + 3f second day of six

Holmebrook Valley Park: Goosander - 2 - Male and female ; Greylag Goose - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 1 - Female

Ickles: Blue Tit - 2 - Nr Lock 08.50 ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing

Kimberworth: Goldcrest - 1 - accompanied by 3 blue tits ; Blackcap - 1 - Female on garden feeder fatballs. ; Coal Tit - 2 - On fat ball feeder.

Linacre Res: Mandarin - 27 ; Tufted Duck - 36 ; Moorhen - 16 ; Coot - 5 ; Great Crested Grebe - 3 ; Cormorant - 5

Malin Bridge: Dipper - 1

Middleton Moor: Raven - 4 - inc one tumbling over No.4 lagoon ; Carrion Crow - 25 - c. ; Bullfinch - 3 - calling

Peat Pits: Golden Plover - 477 - counted from photos.

Pit-house West: Woodcock - 2 - N over Bittern Pool at dusk ; Water Rail - 4+ - very vocal at dusk. ; Cormorant - 1 ; BITTERN - 1 - climbed up in reeds and sat in full view for 5 mins 17:05-17:10 before flying to roost. ; Yellowhammer - 5 - looking to roost in gorse by Bittern pool. ; Reed Bunting - 6 - in to roost at dusk

Ramsley Moor: Stonechat - 1 ; 319 - 1 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Goldfinch - 3

Ravenfield Ponds: Chaffinch - 1 - Singing Male.

Rawmarsh:Haugh Rd: Mute Swan - 9 - NE @ 08.00 ; Pink-footed Goose - 200 - W @ 9.40 ; 321 - 1 - N @ 08.00 ; Cormorant - 1 - SW ; Peregrine - 1 - fem mobbing 3 buzzards @ 14.00 ; Lapwing - 22 - W ; Goosander - 1 - S @ 08.10 ; Raven - 1 - S @ 15.55

Rotherham Centre: Kingfisher - 1 - Nr New York Stadium 08.35 ; Chaffinch - 1 - singing Nr NYS ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing NYS ; Robin - 1 - singing NYS