Sightings Archive

Silverwood Lagoon: Reed Bunting - 12 ; Skylark - 1 - singing ; 319 - 2 - over fields to west ; Jay - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 6

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 4 ; Little Grebe - 4 ; Greylag Goose - 9 - in with canadas ; Canada Goose - 68 - in from n ; Pochard - 9 ; Tufted Duck - 27 ; 319 - 1 ; Water Rail - 3 - 2-1 all coming to be fed ; Moorhen - 9 ; Coot - 100+ ; Lapwing - 300+ - on dam ; Black-headed Gull - 60 ; Herring Gull - 3 - 2d 1 1st cy ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 2 - singles ; Wren - 1 ; Dunnock - 13 ; Robin - 26 ; Blackbird - 17 ; Great Tit - 8 - 2sing ; Blue Tit - 8 ; Long-tailed Tit - 8+ - flock ; Bullfinch - 4 - 2pr ; Reed Bunting - 8 - 7m ; Yellowhammer - 1

Thrybergh Tip: Raven - 1 - calling bird west at 11.05 ; Mute Swan - 2 - only birds on main pool - not even a Mallard! ; Blue Tit - 10+ - a few Blue Tits including several singing birds, otherwise a total absence of small passerines

Blackburn Meadows NR: Mute Swan - 1 - Feeding on unfrozen area of water on the canal. ; 320 - 2 - Over west ; Goosander - 4 - Fishing on unfrozen section of the canal ; Snipe - 8 ; Jack Snipe - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Common Buzzard - 1 ; Cormorant - 5 - Individual birds all west ; Reed Bunting - 7 - Feeding on fatball feeders

Catcliffe Flash: Mute Swan - 4 - ad pr + 2 isolated imms ; Gadwall - 29 ; 320 - 7 ; Tufted Duck - 5 ; Cormorant - 3 ; Coot - 30 ; Black-headed Gull - 60+

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 1 ; Mallard - 2 ; 319 - 1 - Heard calling. ; Kestrel - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Jay - 1 ; Willow Tit - 1 - Calling from cottage garden. ; Meadow Pipit - 2 - Over calling.

Howden Res: PARROT CROSSBILL - c10 - At usual spot in trees at top of steep path from 7km mark. Also common crossbills.

Kimberworth: Blackcap - 1 - Female on the ground feeding on a fatball.

Meersbrook Park: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Heard drumming ; Mistle Thrush - 2

Orgreave Lakes: Goosander - 4 ; Goldeneye - 4 ; Lapwing - 70+ ; Stonechat - 1

Porter Valley: Kingfisher - 1 - On pond above Shepherd wheel.

R Don, Club Mill Road: Chiffchaff - 1 - flycatching from buddleia near confluence of Don and Loxley ; Goosander - 3 - following course of Don high over the river at dusk ; Goosander - 3 - note; upstream e.g. N then NW ; Goldcrest - 1 - near confluence of Don and Loxley

R Don, Stevenson Rd: CASPIAN GULL - 1 - 1w/2cy loafing on wasteground again 13:20. ; Common Gull - 1 - ad ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - ad/near ad with dodgy foot. ; Herring Gull - 94 ; Great Black-backed Gull - 41

Ravenfield Church: Nuthatch - 1

Rawmarsh:New Stubbin: Woodcock - 1 - flushed from top field ; Tawny Owl - 1 - calling @ 18.40

Rotherham Centre; Howard Street: Long-tailed Tit - 10 - 'tree-hopping' NW along Howard Street @ 1245hrs

S&T Canal, Attercliffe: Kingfisher - 1 - Swooped down to canal from birches, flew towards Tinsley Locks

Shepherd Wheel: Moorhen - 2 - On pond above the wheel ; Grey Heron - 1 - Flying over pond above wheel

Shirecliffe/Parkwood Springs: Jackdaw - 100s - roost confirmed; descending from pylon into trees 25 minutes after sundown

Silverwood Lagoon: Pochard - 6 ; Tufted Duck - 10 ; Gadwall - 9 ; Wigeon - 4 ; Shoveler - 1 - male ; Rook - 3 - NE

Attercliffe: Peregrine - 2 - pair on Bernard Road incinerator building

Elsecar Res: Great Crested Grebe - 11 ; Black-headed Gull - c150 ; 320 - 8 ; Water Rail - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 1

Hillsborough Park: Redwing - 34 ; Mute Swan - 2 - 1st w. ; 324 - 1 - Canada x Barnacle Goose (still paired with Greylag)