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From the Sightings Archive you are able to search for archived sighting records which are more than 3 years old and dating back to 2011.

Sunday 14th January 2018

  • Mill Dam (Loxley Valley): Tufted Duck - 1 - male
  • Old Wheel millpond: Mallard - 57 ; Moorhen - 8 ; Coot - 3 ; Tufted Duck - 5 - 3 female, 2 male ; Mute Swan - 1 - adult, probably male. Appears to be paired with the white domestic Greylag! ; 324 - 1 - Greylag Goose; white domestic bird ; Grey Heron - 1 - adult
  • Olive Millpond (Loxley Valley): Mallard - 8 ; Moorhen - 2 ; Coot - 2
  • Orgreave Lakes: Egyptian Goose - 1 - In from north at 0815. On the point for 20 minutes then flew south. ; Scaup - 1 - Drake still on big lake ; Little Gull - 1 ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - 1 sub adult poss 4th year. ; Herring Gull - 224 ; Great Black-backed Gull - 98 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 41 ; Black-headed Gull - C 800 ; Wigeon - 70 - Dropped in at dust from the north. ; Goosander - 31
  • R Don, Meadowhall: Cormorant - 2 - on footbridge pylons
  • R Don. Bessemer Way: Goosander - 3 - 2 male + 1 female
  • Ravenfield Ponds: Tawny Owl - 2 - Pair roosting apart high in tree tops.
  • Rawmarsh:Haugh Rd: Cormorant - 1 - W @ 9.45 ; 319 - 4 - circling @ 09.25 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Peregrine - 1 - adult male E low over playing field @ 13.40 ; Lapwing - 12 - N ; Common Gull - 7 - S ; Herring Gull - 14 - S ; Great Black-backed Gull - 5 - N ; Skylark - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 2
  • Rotherham Centre: Mistle Thrush - 1 - Singing on Ickes roundabout 07.45
  • RVCP, Meadowgate Lake: BLACK-NECKED GREBE - 1 - still present today
  • Shillito Wood: Raven - 2 ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Yellowhammer - 6 ; Reed Bunting - 4+ ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 - both, especially the female, using their left foot to pull the feeder closer to the tree and to steady it whilst they fed ; Coal Tit - 3+ ; Goldfinch - 1
  • Silverwood Lagoon: Pochard - 2 ; Gadwall - 14 ; Tufted Duck - 10 ; Black-headed Gull - 100 ; Common Gull - 1 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - adult ; Great Black-backed Gull - 1 - north ; Herring Gull - 28 - 23-3-1-1 west ; Rook - 2 - south ; Stock Dove - 1 - south ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - male ; Kestrel - 1 ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 - in southern paddocks ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Long-tailed Tit - 10
  • Stanage: Red Grouse - 10+ - Males & Females ; Kestrel - 1 - Female
  • Thornseat Delf: Stonechat - 1 - female ; Fieldfare - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 8 ; Bullfinch - 5
  • Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 2 ; Little Grebe - 3 ; Cormorant - 2 ; Mute Swan - 8 ; Greylag Goose - 100 - in from n ; Canada Goose - 67 ; Gadwall - 8 - 4pr ; Shoveler - 5 - m ; Pochard - 15 - 11m4f ; Tufted Duck - 17 ; Water Rail - 2 ; Lapwing - 100 - in ; Black-headed Gull - 200 ; Herring Gull - 26 - inc.17s3s1w1s ; Great Black-backed Gull - 2 - s with hgull ; Robin - 18 ; Blackbird - 17 ; Greenfinch - 7 ; Brambling - 1 ; Bullfinch - 13 ; Reed Bunting - 8 - 5m3f
  • Wentworth Park: Common Buzzard - 3 - one left woodland + 2 remained, calling ; Stock Dove - 5 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - feeding with FF ; Fieldfare - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1
  • Wentworth Park; Dog Kennel Pond: Goldeneye - 1 - f/imm ; Tufted Duck - 2 - drakes ; Great Crested Grebe - 7 ; Mallard - c65 ; Common Gull - 1 - adult ; Black-headed Gull - c75 ; Lapwing - 53 ; Coot - 4 ; Cormorant - 2 - 1 down + 1 W ; Treecreeper - 1

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