Sightings Archive

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 6 - all ads ; Cormorant - 7 - 1jv ; Mute Swan - 38 - inc 2y ; Tufted Duck - 36 ; 319 - 2 - singles 1s soar 1past e ; Coot - 70+ ; Black-headed Gull - 60 - inc.3jv ; Herring Gull - 1 - ad left w ; Common Tern - 1 - briefly, left w ; Swift - 25 - high in rain ; Sand Martin - 5 ; Song Thrush - 3 - 2sing ; Blackcap - 1 - call ; Willow Warbler - 1 - sing ; Chiffchaff - 3 - call ; Goldfinch - 64+ - inc feeding flock of 60+ ; Greenfinch - 4+ ; Bullfinch - 3 - call, ; Yellowhammer - 2 - 1sing

Green Moor: Little Owl - 4 - Parents feeding 2 Owlets again this morning ; Little Owl - 4 - One of the Owlets - photo ; Little Owl - 4 - Parent today

Orgreave Lakes: Green Woodpecker - 1 - Getting scarce down here

R Don, Rotherham Centre; Chantry Bridge: Sand Martin - c20 - feeding around tops of riverside trees @ 0755hrs

Rotherham Centre: Swift - present - light but steady SW movement in afternoon

Sheffield airport: Yellow-legged Gull - 6 - 5 adults and a 2nd summer

Catcliffe Flash: Wigeon - 1 - Female

Curbar Edge: House Martin - 20+ ; Sand Martin - 1 ; Swallow - 20+ ; Swift - 2 ; Linnet - 2 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Skylark - 1

Dog Kennel Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 4 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Greylag Goose - 28 ; Canada Goose - 1 ; Mallard - 1+ ; Tufted Duck - 2 ; Grey Heron - 1 - juv, in stream at heronry ; Coot - 5 ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Stock Dove - 1 - singing ; Woodpigeon - 30+ ; Nuthatch - 1 - calling

Greasbrough Dam,Wentworth: Great Crested Grebe - 10 - including 2 pairs, one with 3 juvs and one with juv recently fledged on adults back ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Mallard - 30+ ; Kestrel - 1 - hunting south side ; Coot - 8 ; Moorhen - 7 ; Black-headed Gull - 3+ - including 1 juv ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Blackcap - 1 - male ; Chiffchaff - 1+

Green Moor: Little Owl - 4+ - Two adults and at least two well grown young at probable nest site. ; Little Owl - 4+ - Family group ; Little Owl - 4+ - photo

Langsett Res: Oystercatcher - 2 - prob fledged juvs ; Common Sandpiper - 2 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 3 - very small Gull roost. ; Black-headed Gull - 20

Midhopestones: Tree Sparrow - 1

Millhouses Sheaf Valley Walk: Kingfisher - 1 - First here since January ; Blackcap - 1 - Singing

Millhouses to Broadfield Road: Grey Wagtail - 8+ - 8+ in 1.5km along the River Sheaf. Several juvs.

Morley Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 4 ; Greylag Goose - 10+ ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Mallard - 10+ ; Kestrel - 1 ; Swift - 20+ ; Swallow - 5+ ; Reed Bunting - 1 - singing

R Don, Rotherham Centre; Chantry Bridge: Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Sand Martin - c10 - birds still entering 2-3 nest holes beneath Bridge Inn this morning

RVCP: Common Tern - 3 ; Kingfisher - 1 - On River Rother ; Grey Heron - 5 ; Tufted Duck - 16 ; Lapwing - 50+ ; Mute Swan - 30 ; Bullfinch - 4 ; Jay - 2 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 12 ; Herring Gull - 4

Silverwood Lagoon: Tufted Duck - 1+ - female with fresh brood of 8

Waverley Estate: Kestrel - 1 - Hunting nr Winter Green 11.10 , still in area at 11.30.

Brinsworth: Greenfinch - 1 ; Swift - 6

Clarkegrove Road: Swift - 1+ - ad feeding young at nest site.

Curbar: Dipper - 1 ; Mandarin - 01-Feb ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Swift - 1

Firsby Res: 319 - 1 - mobbed by Crow. ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Male hunting ; Kestrel - 1