Sightings Archive

Firsby Res: Tawny Owl - 1 - Owlet calling over wall near stream at last light.

Old Ravenfield: Tawny Owl - 1 - Adult on chimney being mobbed by Blackbird family, juvenile calling in nearby woodland.

Poolsbrook Marsh: Reed Warbler - 6 ; Sedge Warbler - 5 ; Willow Tit - 1+ - 01-Feb ; 320 - 4 ; Little Ringed Plover - 1 - flew north

R Don, Blonk St: Grey Wagtail - 5 - pair feeding 3 young ; Dunnock - 1 - adult carrying food ; Mallard - 4+ - including female with 3 fresh ducklings

R Don, Effingham St: CASPIAN GULL - 1 - 2cy Caspian Gull again on weir and wall Effingham St before flying downstream ; CASPIAN GULL - 1 - on the weir for at least 25 minutes until it flew to Tesco's roof at 16.15 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - c.90 ; Herring Gull - 8 - all 3rd or 4th cy ; Black-headed Gull - 3 ; Moorhen - 3 - adult with 2 young chicks ; Grey Wagtail - 5 - pair with 3 dependent young ; Pied Wagtail - 2 - juveniles ; Greenfinch - 1 - singing

R Don, Neepsend: Sand Martin - 5+ - including at least one occupied nest in drainage pipe in retaining wall on SW side of river

R Don, Nursery Street: Mallard - 10+ - including female with 9 ducklings

Rawmarsh:Haugh Rd: Black-headed Gull - 1 - juv on playing field @ 07.15

Rotherham Centre; Chantry Bridge: Grey Wagtail - 1 - over towards canal

Rotherham; Northfield: Song Thrush - 1 - singing male, by canal

Ughill: Curlew - 82 - adults in recently cut field

Ughill Moor: Oystercatcher - 03-Apr - 3 in flight and noisily calling, prob 4th bird just after.

Woodthorpe, Sheffield: Grey Wagtail - 2 - 2 recently fledged juveniles, unusual for locality

Big Moor: Stonechat - 2+ - a pair plus 3 juvs. ; Tree Pipit - 1

Blacka Hill: Cuckoo - 1 - making 'bubbling' call ; Sparrowhawk - 1

Blacka Moor: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - singing

Green Moor: Tawny Owl - 2 - Calling

Hillsborough: Peregrine - 1 - juvenile bird calling on roof of house on Dodd Street; chased off by carrion crow; narrowly missed colliding with telephone wires on Hammerton Road; last seen flying towards Morrisons.

Manor Fields Park: Mistle Thrush - 5 - family group. ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - male with prey ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - still singing ; Whitethroat - 10 - inc family group .

Padley Gorge: Pied Flycatcher - 3 ; Spotted Flycatcher - 3 ; Nuthatch - 6 ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1

R Don, Norfolk Bridge: Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - 3rd summer/4cy

Reddicar Clough, Wyming Brook area: Woodcock - 2+ - sustained roding from 2 or more

Rotherham Centre; Chantry Bridge: Sand Martin - c25

Rotherham; New York: Mute Swan - 4 - W @ 0801hrs

Strawberry Lea: Garden Warbler - 2 - singing ; Blackcap - 5 ; Chiffchaff - 4 ; Siskin - 2 ; Whitethroat - 3

Stubley Hollow: Chiffchaff - 6 - Whitethroat - 2, Garden Warbler - 1, Skylark - 2 singing, Mistle Thrush - 5 ( 4 juvs), Little Owl - 2

Wentworth Lakes: Great Crested Grebe - 17 ; 321 - 5 ; Mute Swan - 1 - pr ; Canada Goose - 1 ; Greylag Goose - 87 - Inc juvs ; Gadwall - 1 - m ; Tufted Duck - 18 ; 319 - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 19 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 3 - N ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 3 - Breeding confirmed. 1 ad & 2 juvs around Morley Pond ; Song Thrush - 3 - Singing ; Swallow - 20 ; Nuthatch - 3 ; Reed Warbler - 1 - singing Dog Kennel Pond ; Blackcap - 2 - Singing ; Whitethroat - 3 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 3 - singing ; Goldfinch - 25 - mainly juvs

Canklow Woods: Sparrowhawk - 1 - carrying prey

Centenary Riverside: Blackcap - 2 - Singing ; Song Thrush - 2 - 1 singing ; Dunnock - 2 - 1 singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing ; Sand Martin - 1 - Over ; Swift - 1 - Over ; Whitethroat - 3 - 1 singing, 2 feeding ( pair ?) ; Stock Dove - 2 - Pair ; Reed Bunting - 1 - Female feeding ; 321 - 1 - On small pond ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - Female feeding , small pond ; Goldfinch - 10+ - Adults with young feeding ; Reed Warbler - 2+ - 1 alarm call + partial song, suspected young nearby, 1 singing. ; Woodpigeon - 1

Crookes Valley Park: Ring-necked Parakeet - 2

Forgemasters Tip Treeton: Reed Warbler - 2 ; Garden Warbler - 1 - singing ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - feeding in reedbed ; Oystercatcher - 1 - over calling

Hangingwater: Swift - 4+ - attending two nest sites under soffits in Oakbrook Road. Young calling from one site

Lady Canning*s Plantation: Cuckoo - 1 - Calling, not seen

Meersbrook Allotments: Common Buzzard - 1 - Circled low for around one minute, scattering pigeons and other birds, then headed E.

Middleton Moor: Little Ringed Plover - 6 - 6 adults calling and displaying together