Sightings Archive

Malin Bridge: Blackcap - 1 - female feeding in garden

Middle Common, Scholes: Grey Heron - 3 ; 319 - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Red-legged Partridge - c20 ; Pheasant - 2 ; Long-eared Owl - 1 - roosting low in hedge

Morley Pond: Lapwing - c70 - fields W of Peacock Lodge ; Cormorant - 1 - circling

Redmires Top Res: Waxwing - 23 - over W into plantations 15:55

Thrybergh CP: Mute Swan - 22 ; Canada Goose - c80 ; Greylag Goose - 60+ ; Pink-footed Goose - 100+ - 100+ west at 10:35; one down in with Greylags ; Tufted Duck - 102 ; Goldeneye - 2 ; Pochard - 14 ; Gadwall - 12 ; Great Crested Grebe - 8 ; Little Grebe - 4 ; Grey Heron - 2 ; Cormorant - 6 ; Lapwing - 105 ; Pied Wagtail - 20+ - 15 together in south fields ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Chaffinch - 20+ ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Goldfinch - 30+ ; Fieldfare - 30 ; Redwing - 15 ; Mistle Thrush - 4 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Blackbird - 10+

Upper Common, Scholes: Linnet - 20+ ; Skylark - 1

Wales: Brambling - 100 - At least 100 in setaside ; Linnet - 60 - In setaside

Beauchief Golf Course: Mandarin - 2 - Pair on top pond ; Mallard - 31 ; Moorhen - 2

Broom Lane Rotherham: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Sparrowhawk with Starling in observers back garden.

Canklow Woods: Lesser Redpoll - 23

Hangingwater garden: Blackcap - 2 - 2 individual males

Oughtibridge: Waxwing - 45+ - a flock feeding on berries @ 15:15; Haggstones Rd / Hillcrest Dr area.

Thrybergh CP: Mute Swan - 25 ; Tufted Duck - 100 ; Goldeneye - 2 M/F ; Pochard - 15 ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Goldfinch - 40+ ; Chaffinch - 20+ ; Little Grebe - 4 ; Great Crested Grebe - 5

Blackburn Meadows NR: Tawny Owl - 1

Crosspool: Waxwing - 115+ - Mobile flock at 600 Manchester rd ; Waxwing - 136 - At 600 Manchester Road

Ecclesall: Waxwing - 50 - c. flew SE over Ansell Road at 12.20 hrs

Endcliffe Park: Kingfisher - 1 - In a tree on the top pond

Hangingwater garden: Blackcap - 1 - m with LTTs ; Long-tailed Tit - 7 - mainly on fatballs

Nether Edge: Waxwing - 25 - c. in trees along Psalter Lane by the Stag pub at 13:00 hrs

Stannington: Pied Wagtail - 1 - Spent an hour feeding on the lawn. First in my garden in 35 years ; Chaffinch - 3 ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Goldfinch - 8 ; Blackbird - 1 ; Robin - 1 ; Blue Tit - 3 ; Woodpigeon - 3 ; Collared Dove - 1

Treeton Dyke: Coot - 115 ; Common Gull - 2 ; Gadwall - 28 ; Great Crested Grebe - 3 ; Little Grebe - 1

Centenary Riverside: Kestrel - 1 ; Carrion Crow - 10+ ; Cormorant - 3 - River ; Mute Swan - 2 ; Mallard - 8 ; 321 - 2 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Moorhen - 1

Crosspool: Waxwing - c40 - present on and off late morning, including a colour ringed bird still in the flock (ringed Aberdeen in early Nov and seen at Crosspool last Tuesday)

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 2 - Feeding on frozen sluice. ; Mallard - 3 - Stood on ice. ; Mute Swan - 2 - Female now recovering from fishing line entanglement. ; Herring Gull - 4 - Over East. ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - On sluice with 2 Pied. ; Pied Wagtail - 2 - Squabbling with Grey Wagtail on sluice. ; Kestrel - 1 - Male perched over sluice. ; 319 - 1 - Soaring over sheep paddock. ; Jay - 2 - Calling in willows. ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Lesser Redpoll - 5+ ; Goldcrest - 2 ; Treecreeper - 1 - In woodland near road.

Kimberworth Park: Sparrowhawk - 1 - low, just above rooftops at Remount Road on towards Roughwood School

Malin Bridge: Blackcap - 1 - male feeding on frozen privet berries