Sightings Archive

Thrybergh CP: Cormorant - 1 - ad ; Mute Swan - 31 - inc res.pair with 4y ; Whooper Swan - 1 - ygz stayed tday ; Greylag Goose - 3 - past 2e1sw ; Canada Goose - 40 ; Gadwall - 1 - m ; Tufted Duck - 10 - 8m2f ; Oystercatcher - 1 - call past n not seen ; Swift - 5 - hawking high ; Swallow - 2 - briefly ; Wren - 16 - sing ; Robin - 11 - 9sing+2juv ; Song Thrush - 3 - sing ; Blackcap - 3 - sing ; Whitethroat - 11 - 10sing ; Reed Warbler - 7 - 3sing ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - sing ; Willow Warbler - 5 - sing ; Chiffchaff - 3 - sing ; Great Tit - 3 - family parties calling ; Blue Tit - 2 - family parties ; House Sparrow - 4 - col.food ; Chaffinch - 7 ; Goldfinch - 14 - 7pr ; Greenfinch - 6 - 2-2-1-1- ; Bullfinch - 2 - call. ; Yellowhammer - 4 - 2sing

Wentworth Lakes: 321 - 4 - confirmed breeding. 2 recently fledged juvs in field by Morley Pond ; 320 - 1 - m on Morley Pond ; Tufted Duck - 14 ; Lapwing - 6 - over ; Common Sandpiper - 1 - on Dog Kennel Pond ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 6 - S ; Kingfisher - 1

Weston Park: Coot - 2+ - pair with 2 chicks c. one week old ; Mallard - 20+ - including female with 6 well-grown chicks

Aldwarke Lane: Grey Wagtail - 1 - calling from railway bridge

Blacka Moor: Cuckoo - 1 - calling ; Curlew - 3 - feeding in fields ; Stonechat - 3 - singing males ; Whitethroat - 4 - singing and displaying ; Mistle Thrush - 2 - recently fledged birds ; Blackcap - 2 ; Song Thrush - 2 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 8 - singing ; Reed Bunting - 2 ; Linnet - 6 ; Garden Warbler - 2

Centenary Riverside: Reed Warbler - 2 - Pair, male singing ; Reed Bunting - 2 - Pair ; Whitethroat - 6 - 5 singing, 1 adult taking caterpillar to nest site. ; Willow Warbler - 1 - Singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing ; Goldfinch - 6 - Flew over ; 321 - 1 - Over ; Dunnock - 2 - Singing ; Song Thrush - 2 - Singing ; Blackcap - 2 - Singing

Crowhole: 319 - 2 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Swallow - 6+

Eastwood, Rotherham: Mute Swan - 7 - SW to canal basin @ 0750hrs

Edale End: Swallow - 6 - 3 pairs entering previous nest sites in holes in the road barn

Endcliffe Park: Mandarin - 1 - female on lower pond

Handsworth: Oystercatcher - 1 - calling over garden, 22:55

Hangingwater Road: Woodcock - 1 - Roding at dusk. Garden tick.

Hooton Roberts: Yellowhammer - 2 - 2 in trees singing on Holmes Lane.

Nether Haugh: Barn Owl - 1 - along Back Lane @ 07.10

Orgreave Lakes: BLACK-NECKED GREBE - 2 - On big lake early morning. ; Mandarin - 1 - Drake early morning then flew towards Catciffe Flash

Parkgate Canal Basin: Mute Swan - 30 ; Whooper Swan - 1 - 2cy, calling frequently & aggressive towards MS ; Mallard - c50 ; Black-headed Gull - 15-20 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - 2cy ; Chiffchaff - 2 - inc singing male ; Whitethroat - 2 - singing males ; Song Thrush - 2 - inc singing male ; Whooper Swan - 1 - 2cy still present @ 1620hrs ; Grey Heron - 1 - adult, over @ 1620hrs ; Mute Swan - 51 - @ 1620hrs ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing male @ 1620hrs

R Don, Eastwood: Cormorant - 1 - flew upriver

R Don, Effingham St: Great Black-backed Gull - 1 - 2cy

Rawmarsh:Haugh Rd: White-fronted Goose - 1 - W with 2 Greylag Geese @ 09.45

Redmires: Redstart - 10+ - Curlew, Golden Plover, Red Grouse with Chicks (3), Redstart, Kestrel, Siskin, Swallows (nesting site), Wood Warbler, Ring Ouzel. ; Red Grouse - 5

Redmires conduit: Red Grouse - 5 - Two parents, two young ; Ring Ouzel - 2 - Adult feeding Young ; Curlew - 8 - Adult protecting young, all photo's taken from public footpath.

Redmires Middle Res: Ringed Plover - 7 ; Little Ringed Plover - 2 ; Dunlin - 1 ; Oystercatcher - 3 - pair with one chick, disturbed by people on shoreline.

Rotherham Centre: Cormorant - 2 - SW @ 0815hrs

Rotherham Centre; Don Canal, Bridge Street: Grey Wagtail - 1 - singing male

Rotherham; Don Canal, Eastwood: Song Thrush - 1 - singing male, S side ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing male, N side