Sightings Archive

Hillsborough Park: Greylag Goose - 1 ; Coot - 12+

Hudson*s Rough: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Treecreeper - 1

Orgreave Lakes: Red-breasted Merganser - 1 - redhead dep.N at 0735 with six overflying sawbills (Goosander?). A single bird returned S shortly after - possibly onto Woodhouse. ; Goosander - 7 - dep N at 0755. ; Snipe - 2 - over S end. ; Merlin - 1 - f/juv. flew E at 0745 ; Grey Partridge - 9+ - SW hillside. ; Hobby - 1 - South at 0930.

Parkgate Canal Basin: Mute Swan - c85 - no signs of Whooper this morning ; Mallard - c70 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Song Thrush - 01-Feb

Rotherham; Don Canal, Rotherham Cut: Chiffchaff - 1

Roughwood Rec: Black-headed Gull - 15 ; Rook - 10 ; Herring Gull - 1 - juv ; Jackdaw - 5 ; Carrion Crow - 4 ; Magpie - 5

Silver Wood: Golden Plover - 1 - SE over fields to north of woods late morning ; Jay - 3 ; Nuthatch - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 2 - singing

Thrybergh CP: Greenshank - 1 - south calling @ 09:10

Attercliffe: Peregrine - 2 - adult pair on Bernard Road incinerator building.

Castle Dyke playing fields: Pied Wagtail - 50+

Dog Kennel Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 4 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Mallard - 20+ ; 319 - 6 - soaring low between lake and Rockingham Wood ; Black-headed Gull - 20+

Elsecar Res: Mute Swan - 2 ; Great Crested Grebe - 5 ; Wigeon - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - c25 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1+ ; Nuthatch - 1+ ; 319 - 1 ; Jay - 1

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 2 ; Mallard - 14 ; 320 - 7 - In front of Reed bed. ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 2 - Landed on main Res. ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 - 2 juvs circled low over water but did not land. ; Jackdaw - 1 ; Jay - 1 - Calling ; Swallow - 5+ - Over with House Martins ; House Martin - 10+ ; Mistle Thrush - 6 - landed on wires. ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Tawny Owl - 1 ; 319 - 1 - On telegraph pole. ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Goldfinch - 100+ - Large flock on set aside hedge. ; Linnet - 6 - Over. ; Bullfinch - 4 ; Siskin - 2 - 2 singles over calling. ; Meadow Pipit - 10+ - Inc party of 7. ; Skylark - 3 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing.

Middleton Moor: Shoveler - 3 ; 320 - 5 ; 321 - 1

Midhope Res: Wigeon - 11 ; Shoveler - 1

Morley Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Mute Swan - 6 - adults and juvs ; Grey Heron - 1 ; 319 - 2 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Kingfisher - 1

R Don, Effingham St: 319 - 2 - circling high overhead ; Kingfisher - 1 - also Yellow Bellied Slider still present. ; Chiffchaff - 1

R Don, Rotherham Centre; adjacent interchange: Chiffchaff - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1

Ramsley Moor: Lapwing - 4 - High to west ; Ring Ouzel - 3 - Flying east with mistle thrushes

Rawmarsh:Haugh Rd: 319 - 4 ; Hobby - 1 - S low over playing field @ 16.30 ; Peregrine - 1 - W @ 17.05 ; Golden Plover - 2 - W @ 17.45 ; Meadow Pipit - 42 - S in one group @ 17.50

Rockingham Wood: Nuthatch - 1+ - calls

Scholes Coppice: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Robin - 1+ - singing ; Blackbird - 1+ ; Nuthatch - 1+ - calling ; Blue Tit - 1+ ; Coal Tit - 1+ ; Long-tailed Tit - 1+