Sightings Archive

Parkgate Canal Basin: Mallard - c50 - majority drakes

Rawmarsh:Haugh Rd: Mute Swan - 2 - Ad S @ 06.44 ; Greylag Goose - 4 - N ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; 319 - 3 ; Lapwing - 3 - N ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 21 - S in 2 hrs ; Herring Gull - 1 - S ; Mistle Thrush - 2 - on playing field

Rivelin Valley: Dipper - 3 - Silver ringed adult feeding 2 juveniles ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 3 ; Blackcap - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 8 ; Robin - 20 ; Wren - 17 ; Mallard - 29 - 3 broods ; Moorhen - 3 - I chick plus1 bird on nest ; Swift - 2 ; Barn Owl - 1 - over fields at junction of Rails Road / Rivelin Valley Road at 22:15 ; Woodcock - 2

Rotherham; private site: Cetti's Warbler - 1 - singing male still present

Silverwood Lagoon: Reed Warbler - 3 - singing ; Sedge Warbler - 2 - singing ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - reeling ; Mute Swan - 2+ - pair still with all 9 cygnets ; House Martin - c15 ; 319 - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1

Ughill: Lapwing - 25 - post-breeding flock in field at Tinker Bottom

Wentworth Park: Red-legged Partridge - 1 - calling ; Swallow - 1 ; House Martin - 4 ; Whitethroat - 2 - singing males ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - carrying food ; Stock Dove - 1 - singing male ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing male ; Blackcap - 1 - singing male ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Red Kite - 1 - up with BZs, 0715-0720hrs when it drifted E; seen over The Whins/Cinder Bridge Field briefly @ 0815hrs before it drifted back W, gaining height. Lost from view @ 0825hrs ; Linnet - 7 - inc juvs

Wentworth Park; Cinder Bridge Plantn: Stock Dove - 1 - singing male ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing male ; Blackcap - 1 - singing male ; Sparrowhawk - breeding probable - juv(s) heard calling ; Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 - flew noisily S, skirting plantation & away over Greasbrough @ 0828hrs

Wentworth Park; Dog Kennel Pond: Oystercatcher - 1 - over calling @ 0615hrs (heard only); appeared to leave W ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - calling ; Mallard - 23+ - 18m; 5f + 16juvs (2 broods) ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Great Crested Grebe - 6 - no signs of breeding ; Coot - 7+ - + 7 juvs (2broods) ; Tufted Duck - 7 - 5m; 2f ; Stock Dove - 1 - singing male ; Wren - breeding confirmed - family party ; Reed Warbler - 1 - singing from typha on N shore ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing male ; Moorhen - 2 ; Greylag Goose - 30 - all adults ; Mute Swan - 1pr - + nest; cob very aggressive ; Black-headed Gull - c15 ; Canada Goose - 5 ; Common Buzzard - 4 - up together, 0715-0720hrs; drifted W ; Swift - c20 - feeding over

Wentworth Park; Greasbrough Dam: Mallard - 53+ - 32m; 21f + 13 juvs in 3 broods ; Moorhen - 9 - adults ; Coot - 7+ - + 12 juvs in 4-5 broods ; Great Crested Grebe - 6+ - adults, inc pair with 2 juvs being carried & one sat on nest + 2 independent juvs from an earlier brood ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing male ; Common Buzzard - 1 - to N ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - to N ; Tufted Duck - 1 - drake ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing male ; Bullfinch - 1 - calling ; Treecreeper - 1+ - calling from oak; possible family party

Wentworth Park; Morley Plantation: Chiffchaff - 2 - singing males ; Blackcap - 2 - singing males ; Grey Heron - 2+ ; Kestrel - breeding confirmed - 3+ downy juvs visible in partially exposed nest in usual Ash, with f hunting nearby

Wentworth Park; Morley Pond: Greylag Goose - 30+ - + 38 juvs of varying ages in 5-6 broods ; Great Crested Grebe - 2 ; Moorhen - 2 ; Coot - 2 ; Mallard - 15 - 10m; 5f ; Reed Bunting - 1 - singing male ; Black-headed Gull - 2 ; Stock Dove - 1 - singing male ; Blackcap - 1 - singing male ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - male ; Swallow - 2 ; Cuckoo - 1 - silent bird flew low over to SE @ 0656hrs ; Lapwing - 50 - post breeding flock in adjacent field ; Common Buzzard - 2 - over adjacent woodland, 'hovering' into stiff breeze ; Tufted Duck - 1 - drake

Wharncliffe Side: Curlew - 2 - circling and calling around local farmland near Fly Fishery

Canklow Woods: Woodcock - 1 - 1 roding 2145 and2215

Fulwood garden: Siskin - 1 - Streaky juv at feeders ; Chaffinch - 1+ - Male feeding fledged juv at feeders ; Goldfinch - 2+ - Pair and 2 fledged jugs at feeders ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - At feeders

Orgreave Lakes: GREAT WHITE EGRET - 1 - on small lake this morning