Sightings Archive

Sunday 2nd April 2017

• Fatty Boyns Ponds: Long-tailed Tit - 1pr ; Bullfinch - 1pr ; Skylark - 02-Mar - singing males over adjacent fields
• Hutcliffe Wood: Blackcap - 1 - Singing ; Chiffchaff - 3 ; 319 - 2 - Displaying
• Morehall tip / R.Don: Goosander - 2 - pair on river .
• Orgreave Lakes: Egyptian Goose - 1 ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 - early migrant reported this morning ; Sparrowhawk - 3 - Two slowly N after interacting with presumed local bird. ; 319 - 2 ; Common Gull - 3 ; Ringed Plover - 2 ; Little Ringed Plover - 2 ; Goosander - 10 - 7 on Main Lake. 3 on river. ; Goldeneye - 6 ; 320 - 10 ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - one "Alba". ; Wheatear - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 2 - singing
• Padley: 319 - 2
• Peat Pits: Wheatear - 3 - 2m, 1f ; Golden Plover - 59 - 4 down, 55 in flight
• R Derwent, Grindleford: Mandarin - 19 - 10m, 9f ; Goosander - 2 - Redheads
• R Don, Aldwarke: Bullfinch - 3 - 1pr + 1m ; Chiffchaff - 4 - singing males ; Kingfisher - 2 - both f ; Mallard - 3 - 1pr + 1m ; Jay - 2 ; Cormorant - 2 ; Goosander - 12 - all redheads, feeding actively along foot of weir ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - by weir ; Gadwall - 1pr
• R Don, Thrybergh Banks: Mute Swan - 1pr ; Gadwall - 2prs ; Mallard - 6 - 5m; 1f ; Tufted Duck - 5 - 3m; 2f
• Ridgeway: Swallow - 1 - On telephone wire at Bradley's farm.
• Rivelin Valley: Chiffchaff - 3 ; Dipper - 1 - Bird with silver ring on right leg. Picking up leaves ; 319 - 2 - Vocal pair circling. ; Nuthatch - 2 - At possible Nest site
• Rotherham; private site: Cetti's Warbler - 1 - singing male
• Silver Wood: Blackcap - 1 - singing
• Staveley SF: 320 - 6 - 3 pairs ; Gadwall - 2 - a pair ; Snipe - 1 ; Lapwing - 10 ; Fieldfare - 1
• Stocksbridge: Lapwing - 12 - in field south of Lee House lane. Several birds appeared to be sitting on nests.
• Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 3 - 1pair nest build. ; Cormorant - 3 ; Mute Swan - 46 - inc.14-2cy ; Tufted Duck - 49 ; 319 - 3 - soar.2-1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Pheasant - 6 - m call ; Black-headed Gull - 110 ; Herring Gull - 2 - imm. ; Skylark - 6 - sing ; Sand Martin - 20 - max. ; Swallow - 3 - 2n1n ; Wren - 18 - 17sing ; Song Thrush - 3 - sing ; Fieldfare - 2 - singles in treetops ; Chiffchaff - 10 - sing ; Tree Sparrow - 2 ; Egyptian Goose - 1
• Thrybergh Park: Stock Dove - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 3 - singing males ; Song Thrush - 2 ; Coal Tit - 2 - singing males ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Nuthatch - 2 - inc singing male
• Thrybergh Tip: Herring Gull - 8 - SW ; Blackcap - 4 - singing males ; Cormorant - 4 - SW ; Chiffchaff - 20+ - inc 19+ singing males ; Stock Dove - 1 - singing male, Thrybergh Bridge ; Song Thrush - 5 - inc 3 singing males ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing male ; Canada Goose - 5 ; Greylag Goose - 19 - 17 down; 2 N ; Tufted Duck - 17 ; Coot - 7 ; Shoveler - 1 - drake ; Gadwall - 13 ; Moorhen - 2 ; Mallard - 5 - 3m; 2f ; Little Grebe - 1pr ; 320 - 5 ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; Grey Heron - 3 - 2 high to SW, calling; 1 W ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - singing male ; Linnet - 2prs ; Common Buzzard - 1 - on pylon ; Jay - 2 ; Pheasant - 3 - crowing cocks