Sightings Archive

Thrybergh CP: Reed Bunting - 5 ; Yellowhammer - 2 ; Lapwing - 6 - 3pr disp on breeding site

Totley Moss: Kestrel - 1 - male ; Skylark - 1

Treeton: Pink-footed Goose - 150 - c150 NW over Treeton at 10:25

Ughill Moor: Merlin - 1 - Brown bird

Ulley CP: Pink-footed Goose - 130+ - (NW) at 10.23.

Westend Valley: Crossbill - 6

Aldwarke: Cormorant - 12 - on pylons @ 0945hrs ; Woodcock - 3 - flushed from buddleia scrub ; Snipe - 4 ; Pied Wagtail - 5 ; Goldfinch - 4 ; Redwing - 1 ; Redwing - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 1

Clifton Park, Rotherham: Long-tailed Tit - 6 ; Chaffinch - 3 - singing males ; Nuthatch - 1 - by Park Lea ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - female, by Park Lea ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - male ; Coal Tit - 2 - singing males ; Magpie - 17+ - inc close party of 10 together on ground ; Goldcrest - 3 - very active singing male + a second bird in/around Rock Garden; second singing male near playground. No signs of any Firecrests

Damflask Res: Mandarin - 19

Ecclesall Woods: Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - male, drumming ; 321 - 4 - appeared to be squabbling over the best nesting sites ; Goldcrest - 2 ; Nuthatch - 1

Firsby Res: Bullfinch - 12 ; Mistle Thrush - 4 - Two pair in Territorial dispute ; Song Thrush - 2 - Singing against each other. ; Robin - 11 ; Long-tailed Tit - 6 ; Blue Tit - 4 ; Great Tit - 2 ; Moorhen - 4 ; Coot - 2 ; Tufted Duck - 1 - Male ; Kestrel - 1

Handsworth: Waxwing - c60 - Asda roundabout.

Orgreave Lakes: COMMON (Mealy) REDPOLL - 1+ - 1 possibly 2 Mealy Redpolls among small flock of Lessers ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Goosander - 21 - 16 on small lake,5 on large lake. ; Goldeneye - 6

Parkgate Canal Basin: Mallard - c60 ; Herring Gull - 1 - 3rd W ; Black-headed Gull - c200 ; Song Thrush - 2 - singing males ; Mute Swan - 100-110 - inc 20-25 2cy & 3 in from N ; Whooper Swan - 1 - 2cy still present ; Goosander - 1 - redhead, SW, then NW

Ravenfield Church: Tawny Owl - 1 - Calling loudly from old railway embankment @ 18.00.

Rawmarsh:Haugh Rd: Black-headed Gull - 970 - N in 1,5 hrs

Rotherham; New York, off Main Street: Waxwing - c12 - still present this morning (also reported yesterday)

RVCP, Main Lake: Redshank - 1 - on lawns ; Pied Wagtail - 6 - on lawns

RVCP, Meadowgate Lake: Little Egret - 1 - from 1300-1330hrs at edge of lake/island ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Cormorant - 28 ; Shoveler - 10 ; 320 - c30 ; Mallard - n/c ; Gadwall - 10+ ; Wigeon - 6 ; Goldeneye - c12 ; Goosander - 13 ; Tufted Duck - c10 ; Pochard - 1 ; Canada Goose - 41 ; Little Grebe - 5 ; Oystercatcher - 1 ; Coot - n/c ; Moorhen - n/c

RVCP, Northern Lake: Pied Wagtail - 23

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 6 ; Little Grebe - 6 ; Mute Swan - 11 - 6jv 5ad ; Gadwall - 4 - 2pr ; Pochard - 19 - 14m5f ; Tufted Duck - 33 ; Water Rail - 2 ; Moorhen - 14 ; Coot - 60+ ; Lapwing - 104+ - 4 down, 100+ circling ; Black-headed Gull - 150+ ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - yaff. ; Skylark - 8 - sing. in fields ; Wren - 12 - 11sing ; Dunnock - 26 - 15sing ; Robin - 37 - 16sing ; Song Thrush - 4 - sing ; Blackbird - 17 ; Fieldfare - 42 - past w ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - sing ; Great Tit - 15 ; Long-tailed Tit - 4 - 2pr