Sightings Archive

Millhouses: Ring-necked Parakeet - 3 - Flying SW over Hastings road

Onesmoor bottom: Little Owl - 1 - sat on wall

Orgreave Lakes: Peregrine - 1 - juv over Hail Mary ; BLACK-NECKED GREBE - 1 - still on main lake ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 350+ - pre-roost, continuous turnover of birds leaving NW. ; Black-headed Gull - 300+ - still present at dusk ; Dunlin - 1 - left NW calling ; Common Gull - 1 - juv ; Great Black-backed Gull - 1 - 2cy ; Yellow-legged Gull - 7+ - 3 ad, 3 2-3cy's, 1 1cy. ; Swift - 30+ - feeding low over plains at dusk. ; Common Scoter - 1 - drake on small lake

Rawmarsh: Haugh Rd: Osprey - 1 - drifted S over Stubbin Old Pit Site @ 14.12-14.14 @ continued towards Rotherham Town Centre

Attercliffe: Peregrine - 1 - juv with red colour ring briefly on Bernard Rd incinerator building(number not read)

Catcliffe Flash: Mute Swan - 2+ - ad pair with 3 large but still downy young. Where have they been hiding? ; Gadwall - 20+ ; Pochard - 6 ; Tufted Duck - 3 - 3 imm ; Cormorant - 1 ; Little Grebe - 5+ - 2+ ads, 3+ juvs ; Moorhen - 3+ ; Coot - c65 ; Black-headed Gull - 1 ; Sand Martin - 6+

Ewden (Garlic House Farm): Red Kite - 1 - Loping, SW in drizzle.

Green Moor: Little Owl - 2

Kimberworth: Bullfinch - 3 - Male and 2 juveniles from second brood on garden seed feeder.

Kirk Edge: Raven - 1

Middleton Moor: 320 - 11

Midhope Res: Little Ringed Plover - 1 - adult ; Cormorant - 1 ; Swallow - 100+

Orgreave Lakes: BLACK-NECKED GREBE - 1 ; Little Grebe - 3 ; Little Egret - 4 ; Oystercatcher - 1 - arr. from N ; Sedge Warbler - 2+ - juvs. ; Ringed Plover - 2 ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Common Tern - 1 ; Yellow-legged Gull - 2 - 2s and juv/1w tonight

Poolsbrook CP: Swift - 8 - Party high to south ; Sand Martin - 10+ - At least 10 feeding with house martins and swallows ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 - Calling,moving south

Poolsbrook Marsh: Sedge Warbler - 1

Rawmarsh:Haugh Rd: 319 - 3 - in area late afternoon ; Sparrowhawk - 2 ; Whimbrel - 1 - SW over playing field @ 17.17 ; Stock Dove - 1 - W ; Swift - 150 - in area late afternoon ; Skylark - 3 - on playing field @ 17.10 ; Meadow Pipit - 2 - on playing field

Redmires: Green Woodpecker - 1 - Nr. Water board houses ; Swallow - 2 ; House Martin - 10+ ; Meadow Pipit - 10+ ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Goldcrest - 1+

Redmires Top Res: Tufted Duck - 1 - Male

Smallfield: Red Kite - 1

Birley Edge: Swift - 7 ; Swallow - 6 ; House Martin - 6

Botanical Gardens: Swift - c30 - Erratic passage S between 20:00 and 20:30

Brown Edge, Ringinglow: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - reeling at 22:15

Canklow Woods: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - 1 reeling

Green Moor: Little Owl - 3 - 1 adult (picture) and two owlets

Manor: Hobby - 1 - 1s over over Manor Lane then drifted off west

Morley Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 3 ; Grey Heron - 3 ; Mallard - 5+ ; Kestrel - 1 ; Red-legged Partridge - 2 ; Moorhen - 1 ; Common Tern - 1 ; Swift - 10+ ; Swallow - 4+ ; Blackbird - 1+ ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Goldfinch - 1+

Orgreave Lakes: Mediterranean Gull - 1 - Juvenile early morning ; BLACK-NECKED GREBE - 1 ; Little Egret - 2 ; Dunlin - 2 ; Little Egret - 2 - On island ; Common Sandpiper - 1 - near Rother footbridge ; Water Rail - 2 - squealing near Rother footbridge ; Little Egret - 3 - on island of small lake

R Don, Norfolk Bridge: Yellow-legged Gull - 2 - Adult and at least 1 juv/1w on the weir at 18:30

Stubley Hollow: Goldfinch - 55 - ; Little Owl - 2 -1 ad ,1 juv ' Swallow - 22 : House Martin - 5 ; Swift - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 4 ; Whitethroat - 1

Barbrook Pools: Whinchat - 4 - Adult and 3 juveniles on perimeter of old filters

Barnside Moor: Red Kite - 1 - blogging around

Big Moor: Hobby - 2 - both appeared to be 1st summer/2cy

Canklow Woods: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - 1 reeling 0930

Dukes Road: Short-eared Owl - 1 - hunting at dusk ; Raven - 2

Middleton Moor: Yellow-legged Gull - 2 - Adults ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 30 ; Peregrine - 1 - Immature bird drifted over lagoon; no attempt to attack gulls

Orgreave Lakes: Black-tailed Godwit - 1