Sightings Archive

Shillito Wood: Robin - 1 ; Blue Tit - 3 ; Great Tit - 3 ; Coal Tit - 3 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 3 ; Pheasant - 2

Treeton Dyke: Goosander - 20 ; Cormorant - 4

Wantley Dragon Wood (Ewden Valley): Bullfinch - 04-May ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Goldcrest - 5+

Wharncliffe Side: Goosander - 3 - NW over the Don at dusk (presumably heading to Ewden Valley to roost)

Wharncliffe Wood: Common Buzzard - 1

Whiteley Woods: Kingfisher - 1 - male ; Dipper - 1 ; Bullfinch - 2 - both males ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Goldcrest - 1

Baslow: Brambling - 1 - Male in observers garden

Catcliffe Flash: Mute Swan - 5 - ad pr + 3 imm ; Wigeon - 3 ; Gadwall - 22+ ; 320 - 5 ; Shoveler - 7 ; Tufted Duck - 5 ; Cormorant - 3 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Coot - 115 ; Black-headed Gull - c150

Firsby Res: Blackbird - c12 ; Great Tit - 5 ; Blue Tit - 4 ; Dunnock - 6 ; Robin - 2 ; Wren - 4 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - c20 ; Starling - 23 - West ; Magpie - 5 ; Mistle Thrush - 7 ; Little Owl - 1 - In sheep paddock Oaks. ; Willow Tit - 2 ; 320 - 20 ; Mallard - 7 ; Grey Heron - 1 - Juvenile ; Little Grebe - 2 ; Moorhen - 2 ; Pied Wagtail - 2 ; Jay - 4 ; Woodpigeon - c10 ; Carrion Crow - 2 ; 319 - 2 ; Redwing - 3 ; Siskin - 1 - Over calling. ; Long-tailed Tit - c15 ; Goldcrest - 2 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Bullfinch - 4 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - In same tree as Little Owl.

Linacre Res: Mandarin - 17 - Highest monthly count. ; Moorhen - 20 - Highest monthly count.

Middleton Moor: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 500+ ; Yellow-legged Gull - 2 - Adults ; 320 - 3 ; Shoveler - 5 - 4 females, 1 male

Parkgate Canal Basin: Mute Swan - 86 ; Whooper Swan - 1 - long staying bird Darvic YGZ ; Mallard - 88 ; Black-headed Gull - 97 ; Herring Gull - 12 ; Goosander - 1 ; Kingfisher - 2

R Don, Club Mill Road: Dipper - 2 - 1 singing and then 2 chasing

R Don, Rotherham Centre; adjacent interchange: Kingfisher - 01-Feb - lots of frantic calling; probably 2 birds present

Renishaw Lake: RED-THROATED DIVER - 1 - One found grounded in Killamarsh yesterday, and released at Renishaw this morning. Present up to 11am but not since. (per Derbyshire Birders Facebook page). Note there is no public access to this site.

Silverwood Lagoon: Barn Owl - 1 - hunting Hollings Lane end of pit top at dusk

Bole Hill Rec: Starling - c.70 - over NE towards Hillsborough at dusk, presumably a roost movement ; Goldcrest - 3 ; Bullfinch - 4 - 3 females and a male ; Song Thrush - 2 ; Magpie - 16+ - roost

Endcliffe Park: Dipper - 1 - Near Hunters Bar at 7:15

Firsby Res: Fieldfare - c30 - Flock in Ash Tree and 17 on power lines ; Redwing - 2 ; Blackbird - c15 - Round site mostly in Hawthorn ; Robin - 5+ ; Goldfinch - 12 ; Black-headed Gull - 12 ; 320 - c25 - On big pond +1 drake on small pond. ; Grey Heron - 2 ; Mallard - 14 ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Bullfinch - c10 ; Goldcrest - 04-May ; Jay - 4 ; Jackdaw - 100+ - Flying east in fading light to roost ; Carrion Crow - 05-Jun ; Grey Wagtail - 1