Sightings Archive

Firsby Res: Grey Heron - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; 319 - 1 - Calling ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Male through set aside field. ; Tawny Owl - 1 - Calling. ; Little Owl - 1 ; Snipe - 1 ; Fieldfare - 4 ; Redwing - 10+ ; Mistle Thrush - 2 ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Grey Partridge - 1

Holmebrook Valley Park: Black-headed Gull - 31+ - On lake. Also 2 Tufted Ducks, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Cormorant (Landed for 5min before flying towards Linacre res) 2 Mandarin Ducks (Flew south), 1 Kingfisher (Calling) , 15+ Fieldfare and 10+ Redwing.

Manor: Pink-footed Goose - 90+ - North West at 13.50.

Norton Lees: Starling - 70+ ; Goldfinch - 1

Rawmarsh:Haugh Rd: Cormorant - 6 - S. 2 @ 08.55 & 4 @ 09.00 ; Mallard - 19 - E @ 08.15 ; Red Kite - 1 - drifted SW @ 13.05 ; Golden Plover - 45 - N @ 12.00 ; Lapwing - 80 - @ 13.02 ; Herring Gull - 7 - S ; Great Black-backed Gull - 1 - S ; Stock Dove - 2 - SW ; Meadow Pipit - 17 ; Fieldfare - 7 - SW ; Redwing - 37 - SW ; Siskin - 2 - SW ; Chaffinch - 6 - SW

Rivelin Valley: 319 - 2 - In the air close to Bole Hill Road

Rother Valley CP: Mute Swan - 26 ; Canada Goose - 75 ; Greylag Goose - 3 ; Egyptian Goose - 1 ; Grey Heron - 3 ; Little Egret - 1 ; Pink-footed Goose - 380 - SE in four skeins, 0940-0945 ; Cormorant - 31 ; Great Crested Grebe - 24 ; Mallard - 227 ; Wigeon - 174 ; Gadwall - 21 ; 320 - 68 ; Shoveler - 2 ; Tufted Duck - 123 ; Pochard - 61 ; Goldeneye - 6 ; Lapwing - 34 ; Snipe - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 192 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 6 ; Herring Gull - 2 ; Coot - 278 ; Moorhen - 24 ; Goosander - 0 - none present. ; Redwing - c25 - including 15 W ; Starling - 70 - one party W ; Siskin - 20+

Clifton Park, Rotherham: Nuthatch - 1 - Feeding and calling in trees opposite the Bandstand. ; Long-tailed Tit - 8+ - Working through the trees near the Museum. ; Goldcrest - 3 - at least 3 with Long-tailed Tits

Elsecar Res: Great Crested Grebe - 16 ; Pintail - 1 - female type

Hathersage: Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Fieldfare - 16+ ; Redwing - 12 + 3

Hillsborough: Cormorant - 1 - NW over Wednesday Ground

Kimberworth Park: Goose sp - 60+ - one skein N - S

Kirk Edge: Barn Owl - 1 - hunting alongside grass verge at dusk .

Peat Pits: Grey Partridge - 9 ; Golden Plover - 78 - circling high over site . ; Raven - 1 - heading west. ; Wren - 3

R Don, Effingham St: Black-headed Gull - c250 - on riverside roof.

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Long-tailed Tit - 18 - in garden briefly @ 1025hrs; left W ; Fieldfare - 5 - NW @ 1040hrs ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - drifted high to S @ 1410hrs, pursued by corvid

Rawmarsh:Haugh Rd: Golden Plover - 17 - NW @ 16.05

Silverwood Lagoon: Pink-footed Goose - c.50 - SE at 08.45

Weston Park: Wigeon - 1 - female foraging with mallards - presumably a feral bird.

Crookes Valley Park: Moorhen - 6 - site record count! ; Coot - 5 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 45

Endcliffe Park: Dipper - 1 - Near Hunters Bar at 7:05

Hillsborough Park: Starling - 110 - during day

Middleton Moor: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 800 ; Yellow-legged Gull - 6+ ; Starling - 2000

Middlewood: Sparrowhawk - 1

Midhope Res: Goldeneye - 1 - female per BBSG

Orgreave Lakes: Goosander - 41 - At dusk

Oughtibridge: Goosander - 1 - redhead on Don by Oughtibridge Mill

Shillito Wood: Goldfinch - 1 ; Brambling - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; Yellowhammer - 4 ; Carrion Crow - 10 ; Dunnock - 3