Sightings Archive

Barlow Brook: Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Redwing - 1 ; Nuthatch - 02-Mar ; Coal Tit - 3 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 2 ; Goldfinch - 2

Holmebrook Valley Park: Kingfisher - 2 - 1 showing very well on lake. ; Snipe - 1 - Flew from side of lake ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Chased bird over lake ; Common Gull - 1 - Still on iced over lake ; Kestrel - 1 ; Bullfinch - 1 - Male ; Black-headed Gull - 60+ - On iced over lake

Kilnhurst Ings: Goosander - 3 - 1 male and 2 female's on the river ; Gadwall - 1 - Male ; Kingfisher - 1

Orgreave Lakes: Red Kite - 1 - (imm?) circling over SW corner then chased SW by corvids at 10.40. ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - on ice, dep S at 10.10. ; Wigeon - 70 ; Snipe - 1

Pit-house West: Green Woodpecker - 1

R Don, Rotherham Centre; adjacent interchange: Long-tailed Tit - 10-Dec ; Pied Wagtail - 2 - feeding on Greasbrough Road

R Don, Rotherham Centre; Main Street: Goosander - 14 - 6m; 8 redheads @ 0805hrs

Rawmarsh:Haugh Rd: Goosander - 2 - NW @ 15.40 ; Herring Gull - 23 - S ; Great Black-backed Gull - 16 - S

RVCP: Mute Swan - 17 ; Wigeon - 90+ ; Gadwall - 84 ; Tufted Duck - 107 ; Pochard - 67 ; Goosander - 6 ; Goldeneye - 7 ; Shoveler - 19 ; Little Grebe - 4 ; Great Crested Grebe - 18 ; Cormorant - 23 ; Grey Heron - 7 ; Herring Gull - 5 ; Greenfinch - 25 ; Bullfinch - 2

Barlow Brook: Siskin - 2 ; Mistle Thrush - 2 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Redwing - 20 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Fieldfare - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Moorhen - 11 - (all the Moorhens together at the v. small sewage works) ; Raven - 01-Feb - (either the same one twice or two different birds, c. 15 mins apart)

Hillsborough Park: Goosander - 1 - 1 male again early this am.

Holmebrook Valley Park: Common Gull - 2 - Still on frozen lake ; Kingfisher - 1 - Showing very well on lake. ; Black-headed Gull - 40+ - On lake

R Don, Rotherham Centre: Goosander - 13 - drake & 7 redheads on river + 5 birds circling over for several minutes before most/all left NE @ 0805hrs ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - at Main Street

Rotherham Centre: Cormorant - 6 - 4 SW + 2 circled & appeared to drop onto river S of Main Street

Thrybergh CP: Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 3 ; Water Rail - 1 ; Golden Plover - c20 - Flying over from East to West ; Lapwing - c10 ; Robin - 15+ ; Little Owl - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Blackbird - 13 ; Shoveler - 6 ; Pochard - 10

Aldwarke Lane: Kestrel - 1 - male, in roadside treetop

Aldwarke SF: Redwing - 42 - mobile flock ; Herring Gull - 13 - 9 W; 4 SW ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Common Buzzard - 1 - harassed by local MGs ; Great Black-backed Gull - 4 - SW ; Song Thrush - 5 ; Gadwall - 1pr ; Moorhen - 2 ; 320 - 4 ; Bullfinch - 3 - 2m; 1f ; Reed Bunting - 3 ; Peregrine - 1pr - male over from Liberty Steel site carrying prey, harassed by female before returning; f settled on pylon.

Birley Edge: Lesser Redpoll - 1 - Male with other finches at garden bird feeders. First in 26 years ; Goldcrest - 1 - Foraging in garden.

Bramley: Pink-footed Goose - 50+ - Noisy flock low over village approx 8.00AM. ; Common Gull - 1 - On Flanderwell Avenue with BHGs.

Brownhills Lane: Stonechat - 1 - ; Grey Wagtail - 1

Centenary Riverside: Cormorant - 4 - 3 circled & dropped onto river; 1 NE ; Little Grebe - 3 - together on river ; Mallard - 5 - 3m; 2f, on river ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Moorhen - 1 ; Song Thrush - 2 ; Goldcrest - 3+ ; Long-tailed Tit - 3+ ; Water Rail - 1 - feeding on ice ; Pheasant - 2 - 1m; 1f