Sightings Archive

Ulley CP: Willow Tit - 2 - a pair displaying and mutual feeding.

Agden Res: Whooper Swan - 5 - tonight after dark

Broomhill: Jay - 2 - 1 pr in grounds of King Ted's school.

Burbage Valley: Stonechat - 3+ - Males & female ; Song Thrush - 1

Burngreave: Waxwing - 14 - feeding on Cotoneasters in ATI compound adjacent to Tesco petrol station on Saville St.

Canklow: Carrion Crow - 2 - Nest building in tree next to AMG works. Courtship display observed.

Catcliffe Flash: Mute Swan - 2 - ad pair ; Gadwall - 19 ; Pochard - 7 ; Tufted Duck - 15 ; Cormorant - 2 ; Little Grebe - 2 ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Coot - 13 ; Black-headed Gull - 2 - 2 2CY

Crosspool: Grey Wagtail - 1 - Tapton field near school.

Dore: Whooper Swan - 5 - Flying east at 16.45.

Graves Park: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker - 2 - Male drumming at 06:30 in same location as previously reported; near the Charles Ashmore Road car park. Drumming of another bird heard in response. ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 ; Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 - One in trees around the farm and ponds. ; Ring-necked Parakeet - 2 - Pair flew east

Hangingwater garden: Siskin - 3 - 1m & 2f on feeders

Langsett Res: Whooper Swan - 1

Longshaw: Curlew - 1+ ; Tufted Duck - 2 - Male & female in pond ; Mandarin - 2 - Male & female in pond

Longshaw Lodge: Brambling - 3 - with 10-15 Chaffinches & 10-15 Goldfinch

Low Moor, Upper Midhope: Curlew - 4 ; Snipe - 2 - displaying

Orgreave Lakes: Whooper Swan - 69 - 29 North at 07:15 followed by a further 40 at 07:30 ; Wheatear - 1 - On north shore ; Shoveler - 2 - Drakes

Padley: Treecreeper - 1 ; Song Thrush - 2

Rotherham: Waxwing - 25 - In trees at side of Rother Way at 08:25

Sheffield Centre: Whooper Swan - 20+ - Low over Hyde Park flats general N direction over Parkway/Capita Hartshead at 08:35

Wyming Brook: Lesser Redpoll - 05-Oct

Burbage: Ring Ouzel - 1 - first male back this morning

Canklow: Kestrel - 1 - Near AMG works at 06.45 & 10.10.

Damflask Res: Great Crested Grebe - 2 - Pair at Bradfield end.

Graves Park: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - 1 female seen drumming at around 7.30am, SK350820 NW of Charles Ashmore road.

Greave*s Piece: Great Grey Shrike - 1 - In trees adjacent to A619

Howden Clough: Raven - 2 - Flying over skyline to the south of Howden Clough

Norton Lees: Long-tailed Tit - 2 - In observer's garden ; Goldfinch - 1

Orgreave Lakes: Redshank - 5 ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Goldeneye - 6 - 1 male. ; Great Crested Grebe - 4

R Don, Effingham St: Kingfisher - 1 - Female perched ; Kingfisher - 1 - Female ; Kingfisher - 1 - another photo

R Don, Meadowhall: Goosander - 2 - pair

Rother Valley CP: Mute Swan - 15 ; Canada Goose - 103 ; Greylag Goose - 13 ; Grey Heron - 3 ; Great Crested Grebe - 15 ; Coot - 106 ; Moorhen - 10 ; Mallard - 112 ; Wigeon - 144 ; Gadwall - 18 ; 320 - 14 ; Tufted Duck - 60 ; Goosander - 3 ; Goldeneye - 19 ; Black-headed Gull - 34 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 5 ; Herring Gull - 1 ; Oystercatcher - 3 - "Resident" pair chasing off a third ; Sand Martin - 2 ; Pied Wagtail - 30+ ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 11 - Singing ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - Gathering nest material

Wharncliffe Side: Siskin - 25+ - 20 on feeders and birdtable simultaneously, with 5+ in trees in observers garden

Windy Corner: Crossbill - 4 - 2 x pairs of Crossbills in large pine tree by Windy Corner ; Curlew - 2

Agden Rocher: Meadow Pipit - c50 - single group in field next to old barn .

Brightside: Herring Gull - c75 - roosting on warehouse roof 18:30. No sign of Iceland Gull since last Thursday. ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 17 ; Great Black-backed Gull - 2

Canklow: Waxwing - 11 - feeding In ash trees on Canklow Hill Rd at 09:40

Canklow Woods: Chiffchaff - 3 - 3 singing ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - male displaying at 1300

Clowne: Waxwing - small flock - feeding on cotoneaster berries on Chestnut Drive this morning

Endcliffe Park: Dipper - 2 - Close to Hunters' Bar at 06:45 ; Treecreeper - 2 - Pair in tree beside top pond

Graves Park: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 - Pair, male drumming and pair calling between rain showers in woods 150m NW of Charles Ashmoor Carpark ; . Also Nuthatch - 6 ; Stock Dove - 4, Treecreeper - 2 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - female

Masbrough, Rotherham: Waxwing - 20+ - at 11:15

Orgreave Lakes: Little Ringed Plover - 1 ; Ringed Plover - 1 ; Redshank - 3 ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Goldeneye - 12 - 3 males ; Pied Wagtail - 11 ; Skylark - 17 ; Sand Martin - 1 - Over main lake at 0710.