Sightings Archive

Manor Fields Park: Kingfisher - 1 - in reeds in top pond..

Midhope Res: Mallard - 5 ; Goldeneye - 1 - male ; Little Grebe - 2 ; Greylag Goose - 11 ; Woodcock - 1 ; Crossbill - 1

Norwood Allotments: Pink-footed Goose - c210 - c70 west at 08:10, c140 west at 08:50 ; Skylark - 1 - over north calling, briefly singing.

Orgreave Lakes: Whooper Swan - 2 - ad.

R Don, Rotherham Centre; adjacent interchange: Grey Wagtail - 1 - singing male ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing male @ 0750hrs ; Cormorant - 1 - SW @ 0754hrs

Rotherham Centre: Mute Swan - 2 - NE @ 0800hrs ; Goosander - 1 - drake SW @ 1042hrs

RVCP, Meadowgate Lake: Whooper Swan - 8 - All adults

Silver Wood: Whooper Swan - 2 - north at 10.55

Silverwood Lagoon: Mute Swan - 1pr ; Tufted Duck - 7 ; Gadwall - 2 ; Pochard - 1f ; Coot - c15 ; Moorhen - 4 ; Black-headed Gull - c190 ; Common Gull - 3 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 ; Little Grebe - 2 - 'trilling' ; Reed Bunting - 2 - singing ; Skylark - c20 - 5 singing ; Jackdaw - 3 - east ; 319 - 1 ; Short-eared Owl - 1 - brief sighting ; Song Thrush - 2 - singing ; Snipe - 2 ; Grey Partridge - 1 ; Goldfinch - 50 ; Bullfinch - 4 ; Linnet - 12 ; Kestrel - 2

Thurcroft Cricket field: Waxwing - 18 - Been here last week or so, in trees around cricket field and gardens in housing estate.

Woodseats: Blackcap - 1 - Brief song heard

Abbeydale: Siskin - 70+ - flock feeding on Alder in Tesco car park

Barnside Moor: Stonechat - 1 - male

Canklow: 321 - 1 - flew south along river

Green Moor: Rook - 250+

Holbrook Marsh: Waxwing - c.34 - low SW at 11.30 ; Bullfinch - 2 - pair, presumed same male singing later ; Jay - 1 ; Lesser Redpoll - 6 - feeding on Alder ; Goldfinch - 9+ - including 9 feeding with repolls ; Goldcrest - 2 ; Song Thrush - 1

Longshaw Lodge: Sparrowhawk - 1 - female ; Brambling - 15+ ; Siskin - 3 - m,f,f ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Fieldfare - 3

Manor Fields Park: Waxwing - 40 - flock of c40 flew over calling16:18. ; Kingfisher - 1 - on small pool at 16:35. ; Peregrine - 1 - low over towards cemetery 16:45.

Midhope Res: 320 - 38 ; Mallard - 31

Orgreave Lakes: Goldeneye - 5 ; Lapwing - 60+ ; Stonechat - 1

Oughtibridge: Waxwing - approx 10 - On Coward Drive, on rowan

Parkgate Canal Basin: Mallard - c80 ; Tufted Duck - 1pr ; Mute Swan - c100 - inc 22 2cy ; Herring Gull - 3

Parson Cross: Waxwing - 40 - c40 on Wordsworth Ave, just north of Asda at 09:30

Rivelin Dams: Whooper Swan - 40 - flew in from east at 0945, still there at 1130 ; Dipper - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Whooper Swan - 9 - at 15:20 ; Whooper Swan - 9 - on lower res., 13:45 to 16:15 at least

Rother Valley CP: Goldeneye - 15+ ; Goosander - 33 - Meadowgate Lake ; Cormorant - 31 - Meadowgate Lake ; Lesser Redpoll - 2

Rotherham Centre: Chiffchaff - 1 - along the river nr bridge inn ; Cormorant - 9 - 6 NE & 3 SW between 0814-1152hrs

Sheffield University: Waxwing - 2 - trilling from treetops outside Goodwin sports centre, then flew across towards Crookesmoor

Thrybergh: Waxwing - 20+ - in tree opposite cemetery on Thrybergh Lane, flew towards Fullerton School at 10.20. ; Waxwing - c20 - In tree top, corner of Thrybergh Lane and St Leonard's croft, dropping down to feed on Rowan, then on Hawthorn at exit from Thrybergh Lane cemetery after stripping Rowan. Around midday

Treeton: Waxwing - 10 - At jct of Falconer Way

Weston Park: Wigeon - 1 - resident female still present ; Carrion Crow - 14

Birley Edge: Brambling - 1 - Male at bird feeders with sparrows and chaffinches. First ever in the garden!

Greystones garden: Brambling - 1 - a male feeding with Chaffinches

Kimberworth: Bullfinch - 1 - Male on garden seed feeder. visiting for the last 2 days.

Oughtibridge: Waxwing - 2 - on Coward Drive on rowan

Ravenfield ponds: Grey Heron - 2 ; 319 - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Tawny Owl - 1 ; Goldcrest - 4 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Kestrel - 1