Sightings Archive

Wentworth Lakes: Nuthatch - 3 ; Goldfinch - 30 ; Linnet - 6 ; Tree Sparrow - 3 - in hedgeby Morley Pond @ 07.30 ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Yellowhammer - 1

Orgreave Lakes: Scaup - 1 - Drake among Tufted Ducks and Pochard ; Curlew - 1 - 1 south early morning ; Dunlin - 1 ; Common Sandpiper - 1 - appears to have a damaged leg ; Ringed Plover - 1

R Don, Norfolk Bridge: CASPIAN GULL - 1 - 3s/4cy bird again on roof at 13:30 ; Black-headed Gull - 30+ - first juv today.

Rawmarsh:Haugh Rd: Ringed Plover - 1 - SW calling @ 15.57

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 5 - 2-1-1-1 all ads ; Cormorant - 4 - ads ; Mute Swan - 13 - inc.2ad2y+9ads (6dep. w 0740) ; Tufted Duck - 35 - 26m8f 1with 2y ; Kestrel - 1 - m ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 16 - inc.1jv ; Common Tern - 1 - call past n ; Swift - 40 - #NAME? ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Wren - 20 - sing ; Dunnock - 13 - 9sing ; Song Thrush - 2 - sing ; Blackbird - 17 ; Blackcap - 7 - sing ; Whitethroat - 6 - sing ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - sing ; Reed Warbler - 2 - sing ; Willow Warbler - 3 - sing ; Chiffchaff - 7 - 5sing ; Long-tailed Tit - 22 - +2flocks ; Magpie - 31 - 7families ; Tree Sparrow - 1 ; Common Scoter - 1 - ad m

Tinsley Golf Course: 319 - 1 - Carrying food over parkway into wood.

Bents Green: Nuthatch - 2 - One on step outside French window, one on garden path. May have been consorting with a party of Great and Blue Tits who were also foraging in garden.

Burbage Moor: Stonechat - 2

Coppice Wood: Redstart - 1+ - a female feeding a fledged juv. ; Pied Flycatcher - 1 - female carrying food.

Orgreave Lakes: Common Tern - 1 ; Dunlin - 1 ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Curlew - 1 - Heard calling but not seen. ; Kingfisher - 1 - Over the main lake at 0800. ; Great Crested Grebe - 34

R Don, Norfolk Bridge: CASPIAN GULL - 2 - third summer, and what looked like a different first summer to the one last week. photo of 3s ; CASPIAN GULL - 3 - record shot of 1s ; Peregrine - 3 - overhead, 2 juvs playfighting before heading E.

Rawmarsh:Haugh Rd: Kestrel - 1 ; Lapwing - 19 - E @ 16.20 ; Herring Gull - 1 - ad N ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 4 - on playing field @ 16.45 ; Swift - 150

Redmires: Goldcrest - 2 ; Grey Wagtail - 4 - Family party in conduit ; Spotted Flycatcher - 2

Rough Wood: Spotted Flycatcher - 2+ - a pair feeding 2 juvs. ; Blackcap - 1+ - a male feeding a fledged juv.

RVCP: Greylag Goose - 477 - combined ad + juvs ; Canada Goose - 552 - combined ad + juvs ; Common Sandpiper - 1 - Main Lake

Thrybergh CP: Common Tern - 1 - ad ; Common Sandpiper - 2 ; Swift - 600 - #NAME?

Malin Bridge: Curlew - 1 (+)? - calling somewhere in low cloud and rain, appeared to be heading E

Orgreave Lakes: Curlew - 6 - NW At 0750.

R Don, Effingham St: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - adult caught and ate a Mallard chick, swallowing it whole.

Bitholmes House (Wharcliffe Side): Tawny Owl - 3+ - adult plus at least 2 juveniles either side of Manchester Road

Bolsterstone: Tawny Owl - 1 - female singing small wood north of Nook Farm

Bolsterstone/Heads lane area: Lapwing - 9 - feeding in pasture ; Curlew - 3 - calling and circling area ; Snipe - 1 - flew up from side of seat at end of lane ; Swallow - 15+ - hawking around farms on lane ; Coal Tit - 5 - family on feeders at farm ; Skylark - 1 - singing in flight

Morehall: Tawny Owl - 4+ - 2 groups of juveniles calling

Orgreave Lakes: Mediterranean Gull - 1 - adult early morning, then flew north ; Curlew - 4

Overstones Farm: Curlew - 4 - One + juv, 2 flying round fields calling ; Kestrel - 1 - Hovering over fields & moors ; Lapwing - 3 - Pair with 1 juv ; Pheasant - 1 ; Swallow - 3 - Over moors ; 324 - 1 - Large hare

Rotherham Centre; Chantry Bridge: Sand Martin - c40 - feeding around riverside treetops

RVCP: Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 7 ; Bullfinch - 5 - 2 fledged juvs ; Willow Warbler - 6 - 2 fledged juvs ; Song Thrush - 2 ; Mistle Thrush - 6 ; Mute Swan - 31 ; Goldfinch - 12 - 4 fledged juvs ; Reed Bunting - 3 ; Blackcap - 3 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 5