Sightings Archive

Padley Gorge: Pied Flycatcher - 2 - 1m, 1f

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Willow Warbler - 2 - singing males ; Meadow Pipit - 9 - N/NW ; Swallow - 5 - N ; Stock Dove - 2 - SW ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - drumming ; Linnet - 3 - 1 N; 2 W ; Siskin - 2 - NW ; Cormorant - 2 - SW, then W

Poolsbrook Marsh: Redstart - 1 ; Reed Warbler - 1 ; Blackcap - 8 ; Whitethroat - 1 ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Willow Tit - 1 ; Green Woodpecker - 1

R Don, Magna: Gadwall - 2 - pair on river

R Don, Oughtibridge: Goosander - 2 - Pair on the river.

Redmires Bottom Res: Oystercatcher - 2

Redmires conduit: Golden Plover - 100+ ; Wheatear - 2 - males ; Red Grouse - 12+ - males & 1 female ; Meadow Pipit - 3+ ; Skylark - 2+ ; Lapwing - 16+ ; Curlew - 1 ; Coal Tit - 2 - pair prospecting potential nest sites

Redmires Middle Res: Swallow - 2 ; Osprey - 1 - Drifted north, calling at 10:10

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

Roundwood Golf course: Mistle Thrush - 2 - singing males ; Pied Wagtail - 4

Silver Wood: Willow Warbler - 8 - singing, most along disused r/way line ; Chiffchaff - 6 - singing ; Blackcap - 7 - singing ; Nuthatch - 3 - 2 singing main woods, 1 singing woodland south of Hollings Lane

Silverwood Lagoon: Willow Warbler - 18 - big numbers singing all round site again this year ; Blackcap - 12 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 6 - singing ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Swallow - 2 ; Jay - 6

Soughley Lane, Redmires: Pied Wagtail - 1

Stocksbridge: Red Kite - 1 - over west early afternoon

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 3 ; Mute Swan - 46 - parties leaving w inc.whooper ; Whooper Swan - 1 - 2cy left w ; Greylag Goose - 4 - in ; Gadwall - 2 - mf ; Tufted Duck - 26 - 18m8f ; Scaup - 1 - m ; 319 - 6 - soar. 3se1e nne ; Kestrel - 1 - m past s ; Little Ringed Plover - 1 - past w call not seen ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 - 1 imm.pat w1ad past n ; Sand Martin - 350+ ; Swallow - 3 ; House Martin - 1 ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 - 1 ; Wren - 14 - sing. ; Dunnock - 11 - 10sing. ; Song Thrush - 2 - sing ; Blackcap - 4 - sing. ; Reed Warbler - 1 - sing ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - sing. ; Willow Warbler - 10 - sing ; Chiffchaff - 8 - sing. ; Bullfinch - 6 - 3pr

Thrybergh Park: Common Buzzard - 1 - over

Thrybergh Tip: Cormorant - 5 - max, on pylon

Warren Street: Iceland Gull - 1 - 2nd W - viewed from Foley Street at 15.35

Barbrook: Whinchat - 1 - Showing well for approximately 10 mins,

Barbrook Bridge: Snipe - 1 - chipping ; Stonechat - 2 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Skylark - 1

Barbrook Pools: Golden Plover - 1 - NW calling

Beighton Marsh: Chiffchaff - 4 ; 319 - 1 - flew from ground

Bolehill Flash: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - reeling

Bolsterstone/Old Rugby field and Marshy field adj.: Lapwing - 30+ - Displaying and sitting ; Curlew - 8 - in both fields ; Snipe - 1 - chipping among reeds ; Pheasant - 2 ; Skylark - 2 - both singing

Botanical Gardens: Stock Dove - 2 ; Greenfinch - 1 - 1 singing ; Swallow - 1

Calver Bridge: Goosander - 7 - pair, 4 2cy males and fem below Calver weir. (photo: fem and 2cy male)

Effingham St: Iceland Gull - 1 - 2ndw at 15:10

Firsby Res: Gadwall - 2 - Pair on main Res. ; Mallard - 3 - 2 Males chasing F. ; Coot - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1 - Fishing in shallows ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - Feeding in sluice. ; Snipe - 2 ; Tufted Duck - 1 - Male still present. ; Lapwing - 4 - On surrounding farmland. ; 319 - 1 - Low over site. ; Kestrel - 1 - Hunting Male.