Sightings Archive

Rotherham Centre: Goldfinch - 1 - singing NYS ; Cormorant - 2 - NYS

Thrybergh CP: Little Grebe - 2 ; Mute Swan - 16 ; White-fronted Goose - 1 ; Greylag Goose - 54 ; Canada Goose - 64 ; Gadwall - 9 - 5m, 4f ; Shoveler - 3 - m ; Tufted Duck - 29 ; Lapwing - 300+ ; Black-headed Gull - 100 ; Herring Gull - 4 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Bullfinch - 18 - -2

Upperdale: Mute Swan - 2 - imms on River Wye ; Canada Goose - 1 ; Mandarin - 11 - small gathering by River Wye ; Dipper - 6 - 3 pairs holding territory on River Wye - including several singing and display from one male ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Little Grebe - 1 - on River Wye ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - calling ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - calling ; Long-tailed Tit - 5 - c. ; Marsh Tit - 1 - singing - later seen in roadside trees ; Nuthatch - 1

Wentworth Park: Greylag Goose - 2 - high to W ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - over ; Yellowhammer - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 - male ; Tree Sparrow - 2 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Jay - 3 - together ; Long-tailed Tit - 4 ; Stock Dove - 4 - inc song & aerial display ; Redwing - 2 ; Mistle Thrush - 3 ; Siskin - 1 - over ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Common Buzzard - 3 - lots of activity/calling

Wentworth Park; Dog Kennel Pond: Moorhen - 2 ; Common Buzzard - 1 ; Moorhen - 2 ; Great Crested Grebe - 5 ; Herring Gull - 1 - 3cy ; Black-headed Gull - 26 ; Cormorant - 2 ; Tufted Duck - 1 - drake ; Mallard - 20 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Jay - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1 - adult over ; Stock Dove - 1 ; Lapwing - c70 - flock circling over constantly, probably disturbed from adjacent field by BZ activity

Wentworth Park; Greasbrough Dam: Mallard - 59 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Great Crested Grebe - 6 ; Moorhen - 8 ; Tufted Duck - 3 - 2m; 1f ; Mute Swan - 1pr - both adult ; Herring Gull - 5 - NW ; Great Black-backed Gull - 8 - NW ; Grey Heron - 1 - imm ; Canada Goose - 7 - in adjacent field ; Greylag Goose - 1 - with CGs ; Coot - 6 ; Black-headed Gull - c50 ; Sparrowhawk - 1

Wentworth Park; Morley Plantation: Nuthatch - 1 - singing

Wentworth Park; Morley Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 2 - display ; Moorhen - 6 ; Mute Swan - 5 - adult pr + 3 2cy, two of which left E before circling back, prompted by aggressive cob ; Mallard - 30+ ; Coot - 4 ; Greylag Goose - 41 - in adjacent field ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 3+ ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Goldfinch - c20 ; Meadow Pipit - 1 - W ; Goldcrest - 02-Mar - in tit flock ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Blue Tit - c10 - lots of song & display

Bingham Park: Common Buzzard - 1 - hunting low through wood ; Stock Dove - 2 - near Shepherd Wheel ; Dipper - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Song Thrush - 2 - near Shepherd Wheel ; Coal Tit - 2 - 2 singing near Shepherd Wheel ; Treecreeper - 1 - near Shepherd Wheel

Blacka Moor: Siskin - 50+ - At least 50 feeding on alder cones.

Crookes: Waxwing - 3 - opposite Coombe Road, Crookes at 12:45

Cross Hill,Ecclesfield: Pink-footed Goose - 100+ - Two skeins together SW @ 11:32

Endcliffe Park: Mallard - 130 - + 2 males with domestic influence ; Moorhen - 5 - #NAME? ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Treecreeper - 1 - singing between ponds ; Stock Dove - 2 - by lower pond ; Grey Wagtail - 01-Feb