Sightings Archive

Hillsborough Park: Greylag Goose - 1 - #NAME? ; Mistle Thrush - 1

Howden Res: PARROT CROSSBILL - 13 - 6+ reported at 09:50 at SK164935; 13 reported at 13:20 ; Crossbill - 3 - On top of conifer behind 7k car park. Flew into woodland

Hutcliffe Wood: Redwing - c30

Meersbrook Park: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1

R Don, Effingham St: Goosander - 7 - pair, 1m & 4f ; Kingfisher - 1

R Don, Neepsend: Cormorant - 2 - flew N

Rivelin Valley: Redwing - 40 - Flying west mid morning

Rotherham Centre: Goosander - 7 - NE, circled & returned SW @ 0805hrs

Rotherham Centre; Don Street: Song Thrush - 1 - in full song @ 0805hrs

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 6 ; Little Grebe - 6 ; Grey Heron - 1 - left e ; Gadwall - 15 - 9m6f ; Shoveler - 5 - 4m1f ; 320 - 12 - 6pr ; Pochard - 16 - only3/4f ; Tufted Duck - 40+ ; Water Rail - 3 - 3 came to be fed today ; Wren - 3 ; Dunnock - 15 ; Robin - 15 ; Blackbird - 18 ; Great Tit - 9 ; Blue Tit - 9 ; Rook - 1 - single bird past sw ; House Sparrow - 2+ ; Bullfinch - 10 ; Reed Bunting - 8 - m feeding together at feeding station.

Walkley garden: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Young male took and ate male blackbird.

Ansell Road: Blackcap - 2 - 2 males coming to sunflower seeds in observers garden

Bar Road, Baslow: Goldcrest - 1

Bingham Park: Kingfisher - 1 - lower pond, Female other photos more reddish base? ; 320 - 3 - Male & 2 females ; Grey Wagtail - 1

Crookes Valley Park: Wigeon - 1 - fem, presumably same bird relocated from frozen Weston Park lake. ; Black-headed Gull - c100

Ecclesall Woods (Wood 3): Common Buzzard - 1 - perched near Woodland Discovery Centre

Firsby Res: Willow Tit - 1

Forge Dam: Kingfisher - 1 - Male caught, killed, but struggled to eat large fish ; Kingfisher - 1 - 2nd photo ; Grey Heron - 1 - in trees by dam

Greystones garden: Blackcap - 1 - Female

Havelock Dam (Rivelin Valley): Mallard - 31 - + 4 domestic types ; Moorhen - 3 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - on river

Hillsborough: Grey Wagtail - 1 - Hillsborough Corner

Howden Res: PARROT CROSSBILL - 11 - reported still present at Ronksley South Plantation at 10:00, SK164935 ; PARROT CROSSBILL - 9 - Parrots feeding high in trees and mixed flock with Commons visiting puddle

Kiveton Community Woodland: Pink-footed Goose - 200+ - Flying overhead West at 09:07

Lodge Moor: Brambling - 2 - 1 male, 1 female at feeders ; Goldcrest - 1 - In conifer tree ; Song Thrush - One - Under apple tree ; Bullfinch - 2 - A pair at sunflower hearts feeder

Malin Bridge: Mallard - 4 - 2 pairs

Meersbrook Park: Ring-necked Parakeet - 1+ - heard overhead ; Redwing - 41+

Mousehole Forge: Goldfinch - 23 - flock ; Sparrowhawk - 1

Orgreave Lakes: Scaup - 1 - showing well between 12.00 and 13.30 ; Goldeneye - 2 ; Goosander - 04-Jun - four on main lake and two on small lake

Owlerton: Goldfinch - 3+ - birds dropping in to roost in laurel bush outside B & Q Penistone Road

R Derwent, Froggatt - Calver: Goosander - 8 - 6m, 2f

R Don, Club Mill Road: Grey Heron - 1 - adult ; Mallard - 4 - 2 pairs ; Moorhen - 1

R Don, Clubmill Road: Dipper - 1 - singing ; Sparrowhawk - 2 - 2 together again, some quiet excitement calling

R Don, Norfolk Bridge: Chiffchaff - 1 - feeding and calling in low riverside vegetation.

R Don, Rotherham Centre: Goosander - 23 - 16m; 7f minimum ; Coot - 1 ; Moorhen - 1

Rivelin Valley: Little Owl - 1 - On Coppice Farm ; Yellowhammer - 1 - Bright male in bushes above Coppice Lane.

Rivelin Valley Park: Stock Dove - 4 - perched flock

Rotherham Centre: Goosander - 4 - SW @ 1610hrs ; Cormorant - present - regular movement of birds up & down Don throughout day in parties of 5

Shirecliffe/Parkwood Springs: Jackdaw - 400+ - on pylon at sundown, presumably roosting on site

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 5 ; Little Grebe - 4 ; Mute Swan - 7 ; Greylag Goose - 135 - +3-4 parties in from n ; Canada Goose - 80 ; Gadwall - 16 ; Shoveler - 15 - at least 6 m ; Wigeon - 17 ; 320 - 7 ; Pochard - 9 ; Tufted Duck - 95 - water fowl tight tgether in small pockets of unfrozen water ; 319 - 1 ; Water Rail - 2 ; Lapwing - 180 - on ice ; Black-headed Gull - 150+ ; Herring Gull - 6 ; Great Black-backed Gull - 1 - ad ; Robin - 17 ; Blackbird - 21