Sightings Archive

RVCP: Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Great Crested Grebe - 6 ; Magpie - 30 ; Herring Gull - 4

Stubley Hollow: Chiffchaff - 5 - ; Buzzard - 3 ; Little Owl - 2 ; Reed Bunting - 3 ; Yellowhammer - 6

Thrybergh CP: Tufted Duck - 40 - 15f ; Water Rail - 2 ; Black-headed Gull - 360 - max. birds coming and going ; Common Gull - 1 - 2nd.cy ; Herring Gull - 6 - 3ad3-2nd cy ; Skylark - 9 - sing ; Wren - 13 - 12sing ; Dunnock - 27 - 17sing ; Robin - 22 - 17sing ; Chiffchaff - 6 - sing ; Great Tit - 8 - 5sing ; Long-tailed Tit - 6 - 3pr ; Lesser Redpoll - 2 ; Reed Bunting - 6 - 5sing ; Yellowhammer - 5 - 2sing

Treeton: Sparrowhawk - 1 - calling for about 5 mins late morning

Whiteley Woods: Magpie - 1+ ; Dipper - 1+ - with nesting material

Wyming Brook: Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Dipper - 1

Attercliffe: Chiffchaff - 4 - all singing from shrubs along Staniforth Rd .

Barlow Common: Yellowhammer - 1 ; Skylark - 4 ; Goldfinch - 6 ; Tawny Owl - 1 - Heard (early afternoon!)

Blackburn Meadows NR: 320 - 2 - Pair ; Mallard - 3 ; Water Rail - 2 ; Moorhen - 3 ; Grey Heron - 2 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - singing male ; Chiffchaff - 3 - 2 singing males ; Reed Bunting - 4 ; Lesser Redpoll - 4

Brightside: Iceland Gull - 1 - In to roost on warehouse roof Brightside Lane at 18:11 ; Herring Gull - c60 - roosting on warehouse roof ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 8 ; Great Black-backed Gull - 2

Brown Hills Lane: Fieldfare - 100+ - With Starlings on fields below Brown Hills Lane ; Starling - 200+ ; Curlew - 2 ; Greylag Goose - 5

canklow to ickles: Song Thrush - 7 - singing in 20 min walk 0350 to 0410

Canklow Woods: Common Buzzard - 2 - in the air together at 1600

Forge Dam: Mandarin - 1 - Male ; 320 - 2 - Male & female ; Rook - 10+ - Visiting the nests near the cafe

Millhouses: Waxwing - 20 - At junction of Dewar Drive and Stowe Avene ; Waxwing - 20-30 - Near Springfield Rd/Hastings Rd junction at 08:00 ; Waxwing - 28 - in tree behind Wagon and Horses car park, Millhouses Park at c17:40. Looked ready to roost but flew off to Ecclesall Woods

Morehall Res: Woodcock - 1 - Roding

R Don, Effingham St: Iceland Gull - 1 - On weir and flying around for 15 mins early morning, and over Warren St at 13:45 ; Peregrine - 1 - One over ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Iceland Gull - 1 - photo ; Iceland Gull - 1 - photo ; Iceland Gull - 1 ; Iceland Gull - 1

R Don, Rotherham Centre; Keppel Wharf: Mute Swan - 1pr

R Don, Salmon Pastures: Chiffchaff - 2 - one singing

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Goldfinch - 8 - in garden ; Blackbird - 1 - f, collecting nest material & flying into conifer in neighbouring garden

Rotherham Centre: Cormorant - 1 - NE @ 0910hrs ; Kestrel - 1 - drifted W

Rotherham Centre; Main Street: Siskin - 3 - SW @ 1305hrs

Rotherham; Northfield: Mute Swan - 3 - NE @ 0751hrs

Stanage, Hollin Bank: Reed Bunting - 2 ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Dunnock - 3 ; Siskin - 3 ; Curlew - 1 - calling above ; Goldfinch - 2 ; Woodcock - 1 ; Chaffinch - 3 ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Great Tit - 2 ; Robin - 5 ; Blue Tit - 1

Stevenson Rd Attercliffe: Chiffchaff - 2 - singing

Thrybergh CP: Common Scoter - 1 - m still present at 11.20 ; Scaup - 2 - m ; Water Rail - 2 ; Common Scoter - 1 - m. still present at 16.00 ; Scaup - 2 - m

Treeton Dyke: Sand Martin - 1 - early morning

Wharncliffe Side: Barn Owl - 1

Whiteley Woods: Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Dipper - 2 - Seen together, taking nesting material ; Dipper - 2

Attercliffe: Peregrine - 2 - displaying high over Brightside, headed SE towards Arena area. ; 319 - 1 - high over ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Norfolk Bridge