Sightings Archive

Morehall Tip / R.Don: Goosander - 3 - 1 m , 2 f fishing on river . ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - male hunting . ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - pair feeding on baetis rhodani . ; Grey Heron - 1 - fishing on river .

Orgreave Lakes: Avocet - 1 - In at 06:45 then settled. Still present 08:00 ; Sand Martin - 9 ; Avocet - 1 - still present on island at 0900. ; Avocet - 1 - second photo ; Shoveler - 4 ; Little Ringed Plover - 2 ; Avocet - 1 - Still present on island at 11:00. Spent 20+ minutes swimming. ; Avocet - 1 - Swimming in the small lake. ; Little Gull - 1 - Adult feeding over Main Lake 10:00 to 10:15. Then not seen subsequently. ; Little Ringed Plover - 3 ; Ringed Plover - 2 - One departed high to N. ; Avocet - 1 - still on island @14.30hrs ; Redshank - 7 ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Goldeneye - 12 - 3 males. ; Willow Tit - 1 - singing at the end of Hemmingway Close (SK 43052 87428) then by railway bridge on Orgreave side of the line (SK 42983 87425) late afternoon ; Grey Partridge - 03-Apr - presumed pair plus singing male seen, possibly another singing bird heard ; Sand Martin - 70+ - towards dusk

R Don, Effingham St: Sand Martin - 1 - Good timing, with 3 nesting barrels put in place today on the Ward CNC building.

R Don, Rotherham Centre: Grey Heron - 1 - adult; presumably same bird circling over mobbed by C before leaving SW @ 1341hrs

R Don, Rotherham; nr Grafton Bridge: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing male

Stanage Edge: Ring Ouzel - 2 - Males back on territory

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 4 - 1pr disp. ; Mute Swan - 60 - inc.2-8-3 left sw ; Greylag Goose - 8 ; Gadwall - 1 - m ; Tufted Duck - 40 ; Pheasant - 6 - m call. ; Red-legged Partridge - 2 - singles call. ; Black-headed Gull - 100 - + ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - yaff. ; Skylark - 7 - sing ; Sand Martin - 4 ; Swallow - 1 - seen briefly ; Chiffchaff - 8 - 7sing ; Goldcrest - 1 - sing ; Long-tailed Tit - 2 - disp. ; Bullfinch - 8 - 02-Jun ; Reed Bunting - 5 ; Yellowhammer - 6 - 3sing

Wadsley Common garden: Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing ; Blackcap - 1 - male on feeders again. ; Treecreeper - 1 - Uncommon garden visitor.

Broadfield Park, NetherEdge: Waxwing - 21 - briefly around 16.21

Centenary Riverside: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Dunnock - 1 - singing ; Wren - 4 - singing ; Robin - 1 ; Goldfinch - 2 - pair ; Greenfinch - 1 - calling ; 320 - 2 - pair ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - river ; Long-tailed Tit - 1 ; Song Thrush - 2 - 1 singing ; Mute Swan - 1 - river ; Blue Tit - 2 - pair ; Great Tit - 3 - 1 singing, 1 pair.

Crowhole: 319 - 3

Gillfield Wood: Woodcock - 1 - In flight, call heard on three separate occasions.

Graves Park: Ring-necked Parakeet - 4 - Feeding on peanuts in observer's garden on southern boundary of the park @ 07:50

Greaves*s Piece: Great Grey Shrike - 1 - From A621

Greno Wood: Crossbill - 12

Handsworth garden: Bullfinch - 5 - 2 pair +female,1 female with "growth"on head. ; Goldcrest - 1

Moorhall: Curlew - 2 ; Lapwing - 3 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 1 ; Skylark - 2

Norton Lees: 319 - 1 - Sat on lawn for over half hour eating a squirrel

Orgreave Lakes: Little Gull - 1 - adult reported this afternoon ; Little Gull - 1 - on the main lake at 15:40 ; Little Ringed Plover - 2 ; Ringed Plover - 1 ; Redshank - 5 - at least 5 ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Goldeneye - 9 - 3 males. ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Sand Martin - 3 N at sunset ; Goldeneye - 15 ; Common Gull - 2 - N with BHG, no sign of Little Gull tonight.

R Don, Effingham St: 319 - 1 - pale bird high overhead, glided off E ; Cormorant - 1 - subad flew W

R Don, Norfolk Bridge: Iceland Gull - 1 - 2w again at Norfolk Bridge after an 11 day absence

Rivelin Valley: Curlew - 2 - Flew over Upper Coppice Wheel ; Song Thrush - 2 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Dipper - 2 - Collecting nest material and taking to nest site ; Grey Wagtail - 5 - 2 pairs ; Mandarin - 2 - Pair on Second Coppice Wheel ; Nuthatch - 2 ; Wren - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Not singing , flitting around Wolf Wheel ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Yellowhammer - 1 - Male stopped briefly in observers garden