Sightings Archive

Rawmarsh:New Stubbin: Pink-footed Goose - 450 - SSE in 3 skeins. 250 @ 11.00,100 @ 11.05 & 100 @ 11.10 ; Goosander - 1 - E @ 09.40 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Brambling - 1 - N @ 10.20

Roper Hill: Kestrel - 1 - Hovering

Rother Valley CP: Little Egret - 1 - Flew across Nature Reserve lake ; Egyptian Goose - Pair - On grassland close to river. ; Smew - 1 - Redhead on Fishing Lake and then on small lake.

Silver Wood: Pink-footed Goose - 10+ - Heard, west at 10.10 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - 'yaffling' in lower woods ; Nuthatch - 2 ; Fieldfare - 25 ; Redwing - 3 - with F/F in hawthorns to west of woods ; Greenfinch - 7 - party over small playing field to south of woods

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 5 ; Little Grebe - 5 ; Greylag Goose - 12 - left n then returned later ; Canada Goose - 77 ; Gadwall - 2 - mf ; Shoveler - 2 - m ; Tufted Duck - 27 ; Water Rail - 2 ; Lapwing - 100+ ; Black-headed Gull - 100+ ; Common Gull - 1 - past s ; Herring Gull - 9 - inc.1s7s ; Wren - 4 ; Dunnock - 16 ; Robin - 21 ; Redwing - 8 ; Fieldfare - 5 - past s ; Blackbird - 24 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Brambling - 1 - f at feed stat. ; Bullfinch - 17 - 2, 5 + 10 at feed stat (at least 12 m) ; Goldeneye - 1 ; Red-legged Partridge - 20 - in e flds ; Grey Partridge - 7 - w flds ; Little Owl - 1 ; Raven - 1 - call/displaying 10mins to south ; Water Rail - 2 ; Tree Sparrow - 2+ ; Brambling - 13

Wadshelf: Pink-footed Goose - 86 - Flew North west above Wigly Primary School at 13:10.

Wadsley Common: Pink-footed Goose - c200 - In 2 groups west over south of common. at 11:20

Wentworth Woodhouse: Hawfinch - 1 - seen in trees @ 12.05 @ 14.40 ; Nuthatch - 3 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Redwing - 40 ; Goldfinch - 15

Canklow Woods: Song Thrush - 1 - 1 singing

Freebirch: Fieldfare - 220+ - In stubble field on western side of Slatepit Lane

Handsworth garden: Goldcrest - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 16

Hillsborough Park: Mute Swan - 2

Howden Res: PARROT CROSSBILL - 2 - ad m&f with 17 Common Crossbill in usual spot from 12:15-12:30 before flying south

Kimberworth: Blackcap - 2 - 2 females on garden fatball feeder. ; Goldcrest - 1 - with 3 blue tits

Ladybower: Treecreeper - 1

Owlerton: Cormorant - 1 - high south over the Don

R Don, Stevenson Rd: Great Black-backed Gull - c200 ; Herring Gull - c100 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - 2w ; CASPIAN GULL - 1 - 1w in with flock of 300 big Gulls loafing on waste ground 13:00.

Silver Wood: Fieldfare - 25 - in hawthorns to west of woods ; Yellowhammer - 9 - in field bordering footpath from woods to Old Ravenfield. A good count here nowadays.

Silverwood Lagoon: Tufted Duck - 75 - site record ; Pochard - 4 ; Gadwall - 11 ; 320 - 2 ; Common Gull - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 30 ; Kestrel - 1

Dore garden: Siskin - 20 - about 20 on feeder and in conifer

Ibbotson Wheel Dam: 320 - 3 - 1m + 2f

Meersbrook Park: Pied Wagtail - 2

R Don, Rotherham Centre; adjacent interchange: Grey Wagtail - 2 - presumed both males; lots of chasing, excited calling/brief song @ 0750hrs ; Goldcrest - 02-Mar - calling from riverside scrub @ 0750hrs

R Don, Stevenson Rd: Great Black-backed Gull - 213 - including Orange (North Thames) and Black (South Norway - ringed as a chick at Vest-Agder in southern Norway in 2012) colour ringed birds. ; Herring Gull - 89 - loafing and bathing in pools on waste ground.

Silverwood Lagoon: Fieldfare - c.50 ; Redwing - 7 ; Siskin - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1 - east ; Pochard - 4 ; 319 - 2

Thrybergh Tip: Shoveler - 2prs

Agden Res: Brambling - 1 ; Mandarin - 3 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - singing

Broomhead Res: Crossbill - 5+

Centenary Riverside: Long-tailed Tit - 08-Oct - Feeding group ; Cormorant - 1 - Over ; Goosander - 1 - Make on river ; 321 - 1 - River ; Mallard - 5 - 3 drakes, 2 females. ; Carrion Crow - 2 ; Wren - 1 - Alarm call. ; Robin - 1

Crookes Valley Park: Goosander - 1