Sightings Archive

Thrybergh CP: Goldcrest - 1 ; Jay - 1 ; Bullfinch - 7 - 2-2-3f

Bingham Park: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Female eating Woodpigeon partially in the Porter Brook

Brincliffe Edge: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 3 - in garden together

Crosspool: Waxwing - 88 - Flying from high tree to Rowan berries on opposite side of Manchester Road at 08:10 ; Waxwing - 115 - High up in tree on Manchester Rd @ 1300

Harthill Res: Water Rail - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Golden Plover - 31 - 20 over SSW. 12.10 plus 11 down adjacent field same time ; Pochard - 2 ; Shoveler - 4 - 2pair ; Wigeon - 1 - m ; Gadwall - 8 - 5m ; Tufted Duck - 42 ; Great Crested Grebe - 3 ; Fieldfare - 130 - adjacent field ; Redwing - 2 ; Lapwing - 2 ; 319 - 2 ; Long-tailed Tit - 5 - 2,3 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Mute Swan - 4 - 2ads+2juv,

Kimberworth: Pheasant - 1 - Female looking for food under bird feeder.

Parkgate Canal Basin: Song Thrush - 2 - singing within 10m of eachother ; Whooper Swan - 1 - 2cy still present with MS herd ; Mute Swan - c100 - inc at least 15 2cy & 4 in from SW + 4 in from NE

Rotherham Centre; Don Canal: Mute Swan - 2 - adults ; Goosander - 1pr ; Long-tailed Tit - 6 ; Bullfinch - 1 - female

Wharncliffe Side: Waxwing - 15 - flew over observers garden calling at 08:05

Baslow: Waxwing - 20+ - Landed briefly in tall ash tree, calling, before moving off north-west

Bingham Park: Goosander - 3 - 2 male, 1 female on Ibbotson Dam by Westwood Road. ; Kingfisher - 1 - caught 6+ fish at Shepherd Wheel pond

Bramley: Waxwing - 6 - in birches at edge of small playing field behind Belvedere Parade/Laceby Close at 08.30 then flew towards Woodlaithes estate

Brincliffe Edge: Goldfinch - 25 ; Siskin - 4

Calow: Waxwing - 30 - at Calow Church per DOS

Chesterfield: Waxwing - 100 - Back on St Helens Street today

Crosspool: Waxwing - 80+ - In 2 large trees on Manchester Road ; Waxwing - 114 - near 602 Manchester Rd

Greystones garden: Bullfinch - 2 - Male & female ; Goldcrest - 2 - together

Rawmarsh: Waxwing - 3 - feeding on pink sorbus, briefly, Haugh Rd Cemetery/Monkwood Rd at 13:00 before being chased of by Mistle Thrush

Redmires Top Res: Black-headed Gull - 162 - roosted ; Mallard - 12 ; Wren - 1 - in bushes by res ; Robin - 1 - singing by top res late afternoon ; Waxwing - 25 - W to roost at 16:05 ; Goldcrest - 4 - at least, calling from plantation

RVCP: Grey Wagtail - 1 - On River Rother ; Kestrel - 1

RVCP, Meadowgate Lake: Greylag Goose - 60+ ; Pink-footed Goose - 3 - Flew in with Greylags ; Cormorant - 9 ; Goosander - 14 ; Shoveler - 9

Soughley Lane, Redmires: Canada Goose - 26 - grazing in fields ; Greylag Goose - 27 - grazing in fields

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 16 ; Little Grebe - 4 ; Mute Swan - 16 - resident fam .8 +8ads ; Greylag Goose - 43 - 3 left ne+40 in from n ; Gadwall - 2 - m ; Wigeon - 3 - mff ; Pochard - 1 - m ; Tufted Duck - 26 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Peregrine - 1 - attacking large w/p flock ; 319 - 1 - hovering se ; Water Rail - 2 ; Golden Plover - 1 - past e ; Lapwing - 150 - + ; Black-headed Gull - 150 - + ; Herring Gull - 16 - 2imm down 14 past in 2hrs ; Woodpigeon - 1000 - + in 2 flocks 250+650+ in fields ; Kingfisher - 2 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - yaff. ; Long-tailed Tit - 14 - 8-2-2-2 ; Bullfinch - 10 ; Reed Bunting - 8

Wadsley Common: Siskin - 9 - On feeders. ; Treecreeper - 1 - In garden-uncommon here.

Whinfell Quarry Gardens: Nuthatch - 2

Agden Res: Cormorant - 1 - Almost certainly same colour-ringed bird as sighted on Damflask on 16.1.17

Blackburn Meadows NR: Gadwall - 41 ; Pink-footed Goose - 36 - West at 9.50

Broomhead Hall: Brambling - c.50 ; Fieldfare - c.30 ; Redwing - c.100 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Hanging around mixed flock of Redwing, Fieldfare & Brambling, hence those being difficult to count!

Canklow: Pink-footed Goose - 70 - c 70 NW at 09:10

Catcliffe Flash: Shoveler - 1 - single male ; Gadwall - 32 ; 320 - 35 ; Pochard - 6 ; Mute Swan - 7 - adult pair and 5 first-winters

Chesterfield: Waxwing - 100 - c100 on St Helens Street this morning

Crosspool: Waxwing - 70 - Perched high in single tree on Manchester Road.usual site at 1520