Sightings Archive

Pitsmoor Road: Waxwing - 20+ - In tall tree near Christ Church.

Rawmarsh: Peregrine - 1 - circling over before drifting E @ 1215hrs

Shirebrook Valley: Woodcock - 1 - Just after last light - flew over at about 20ft in direction of Linley Bank Meadows.

Stanage End (dis. quarry): Ring Ouzel - 1 - Female gathering nest material

Stubbin, nr Rawmarsh: Woodcock - 1 - 1 flushed from trail on Eastern side

Attercliffe: Peregrine - 2 - On Bernard Rd incinerator building.

Burngreave: Waxwing - c60 - Around the 'Green', one laden Sorbus tree by the bus stop.

Canklow Woods: Common Buzzard - 1 - 1 at 1700

Longshaw: Tufted Duck - 4 - M & F on pond ; Mandarin - 13 - M & F on pond ; Brambling - 25+ - originally just below pond, then flew across the road towards Padley

Longshaw Lodge: Long-tailed Tit - 11 - On feeders all at the same time ; Nuthatch - 1 - On feeders ; Siskin - 6 - males on feeders

Orgreave Lakes: Goldeneye - 5 - 2 males, 3 females.

Silverwood Lagoon: Pochard - 12 ; Shoveler - 4 - 3m ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 ; Common Gull - 4 ; Black-headed Gull - c90 ; Jackdaw - 13 - party south ; Jack Snipe - 1

Aston: Kestrel - 1 - Perched on power line opposite Red Lion pub. 13.40

Banner Cross: Tawny Owl - 2 - heard 2100

Bingham Park: Kingfisher - 1 - female in lower pond

Brincliffe Edge: Sparrowhawk - 1 - displaying

Burngreave: Waxwing - 1 - single in treetops 09:00

Canklow Woods: Bullfinch - 7 - flock of 7 ; 319 - 4 - Over woods nr Holiday Inn 13.10

Catcliffe Flash: Mute Swan - 6 - ad pair + 4 imm ; Gadwall - 38 - notable influx ; 320 - 10+ ; Shoveler - 5+ ; Pochard - 6 ; Tufted Duck - 17 ; Moorhen - 1+ ; Coot - 18 ; Black-headed Gull - 110

Centenary Riverside: 319 - 1 - Over site. 14.00 ; Kingfisher - 1 - Resident male on small pond observed 14.05 to 15 hunting. spooked by dog walker.

Crookes: Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 - flew south out of garden on Toftwood Avenue

Edge Mount: 319 - 1 - over west . ; Red Kite - 1 - flying over rough pasture at dusk before being mobbed by ravens , then proceeded west . ; Raven - 2

Longshaw: Mandarin - 23 ; Brambling - c80 - Restless flock, settling in treetops for a minute or two before flying off again.

Midhope: Starling - 200+ ; Fieldfare - 50 - In amongst Starling flock

R Don, Rotherham Centre; adjacent interchange: Grey Wagtail - 1

RVCP: Bullfinch - 5 ; Chaffinch - 12 ; Siskin - 32 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 3 ; Jay - 1 ; Magpie - 26 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 3 ; Lapwing - 130 ; Cormorant - 36 ; Grey Heron - 3 ; Little Grebe - 2 ; Goosander - 8 ; Goldeneye - 7 ; Tufted Duck - 30 ; Pochard - 16 ; 320 - 44 ; Wigeon - 250

Shepherd Wheel: Grey Heron - 1 - catching Sticklebacks

Silverwood Lagoon: Short-eared Owl - 2 - at least 2 still present ; Pochard - 1m ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Snipe - 1 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - 'yaffling' ; Skylark - 10 - 2 singing

St Luke*s Hospice: Waxwing - 5+ - reported on Twitter this morning

Stocksbridge: Merlin - 1 - SW over Manchester Road at 08:45 ; Merlin - 1 - SW over Manchester Road this am

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Lesser Redpoll - 21 - Feeding in silver birch trees near grazing pond ; COMMON (Mealy) REDPOLL - 1 - 1 feeding with lesser redpolls ; Woodcock - 1 ; Raven - 1 - In flight over Wharncliffe Crags, calling

Whiteley Woods: Dipper - 1

Woodhouse Mill: Waxwing - 36+ - at back of Coalbrooke Ave, edge of Orgreave at 14:30

Attercliffe: Iceland Gull - 1 - first-winter on rooftop below Norfolk Bridge at 14:10 ; CASPIAN GULL - 1 - dingy first-winter on rooftop below Norfolk Bridge at 14:10

Brightside: Waxwing - 68 - President Way in tree by ATI gates at 11:40 ; Waxwing - c80 - on Carlisle Street East, entrance to ATI at 13:27

Burbage Valley: Woodcock - 1

Carlisle Street East: Waxwing - 80+ - ATI entrance, at least 80 from photos ; Waxwing - 80+ - photo ; Waxwing - 80+ - photo - [berry juggling]

Kelham Island: Kingfisher - 1+ - Regularly seen fishing from Ball Bridge and the goit bridge next to the Brewery shop

Kilnhurst Ings: 320 - 10+ - On pool in centre of the ings. ; Little Egret - 1 ; Goldcrest - 2

Rotherham Centre: Cormorant - 5 - 3 NE @ 0758hrs; 2 NE @ 0806hrs, then circling before apparently dropping onto river

Rotherham; Don Canal: Mute Swan - 1pr

Rotherham; Thorn Hill: Goosander - 1 - N @ 0800hrs ; Mute Swan - 1 - NE @ 0800hrs

Sheffield Centre: Blackbird - 1 - m singing vigorously for 2nd day running - Devonshire Square