Sightings Archive

Thursday 20th April 2023

• Firsby Res: Kestrel - 1 ; Treecreeper - 1 - Calling near road. ; Grey Heron - 2 ; Blackbird - 1 - Sat on eggs. ; Song Thrush - 2 - Singing. ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 4 ; Blackcap - 2 - Singing Males. ; Willow Warbler - 2 ; Goldfinch - 1 - Female Sat on nest on bush near houses. ; Bullfinch - 1 - Male. ; Linnet - 4 ; Chaffinch - 6+ - Numerous Males on Arbour Lane. ; Red-legged Partridge - 1 ; Pheasant - 4 - Males. ; Lapwing - 1 - Displaying over farmland.
• Froggatt Edge: Swift - 2 - Flew directly south
• Handsworth garden: Stock Dove - 2
• Heeley: Chiffchaff - 1 - Broadfield Road
• Hordron: Ring Ouzel - 3
• Kimberworth Park: Goldcrest - 1 - singing from large conifer between Roughwood Road and Shearman Avenue
• Ladybower, North Arm: Chiffchaff - 2 - heard ; Canada Goose - c87 ; Greylag Goose - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 2 ; Curlew - 2 - heard
• Langsett Res: Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 11
• Low Moor, Upper Midhope: Greylag Goose - 3 - inc orange neck collared HSP still present
• Meersbrook Park: Chiffchaff - 1
• Midhope Res: Chiffchaff - 1 ; Oystercatcher - 2 - Pair ; Linnet - 6 ; Swallow - 3 ; Red Kite - 1 - Drifted towards Langsett Res ; Redshank - 1 - Heard only ; Sand Martin - 9 - 8+1 northwards, briefly settled on dam wall ; Kestrel - 03-Apr - Pair displaying ; Raven - 3 ; Meadow Pipit - 5 - Display ; Little Grebe - 1 ; 321 - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 2 - Singing ; 319 - 04-May ; Curlew - 8 ; Common Sandpiper - 2 - Pair ; Lapwing - 2
• Moorgate, Rotherham: Jay - 2 - In cemetery
• Moscar Cross: Curlew - 7 - including 2 displaying birds ; Curlew - 7 - another photo ; Golden Plover - 1 - one in winter plumage and one almost in full summer but with a damaged wing. ; Snipe - 8 - including 3 chipping birds ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Mallard - 6 ; 319 - 1
• Nether Edge: Chiffchaff - 1 - Meadow Bank Ave
• Orgreave Lakes: Little Ringed Plover - 2 ; Bar-tailed Godwit - 1 ; Greenshank - 1 ; Greenshank - 1 ; Goosander - 1 ; Gadwall - 10+ ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Redshank - 2 ; Oystercatcher - 01-Feb ; Lapwing - 3 ; Skylark - 2 ; Kestrel - 2 ; 319 - 2 ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Little Egret - 2 ; Wheatear - 1 ; Green Sandpiper - 1 - Mobile around large lake. ; Wheatear - 2 - On building site.
• Parkgate; Stubbin incline: Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing
• Parkgate; Westfield Road: Swallow - 2 ; Kestrel - 1 - male over( possibly same as seen earlier on Rawmarsh Hill)
• R Don, Attercliffe: Sand Martin - 20+ - Pairs feeding and entering nest sites, both banks of river
• R Don, Effingham St: Goosander - 3 - 2 x male, 1 x female swimming upstream.
• R Don, Norfolk Bridge: Sand Martin - 20+ - Feeding, circling and visiting nest sites
• R Don, Salmon Pastures: 324 - 24+ - Male Orange-tip Butterflies along length of five weirs walk
• R Don, Sanderson Weir: Grey Wagtail - 1 - Feeding by river bank
• Rawmarsh cemetery: Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Chaffinch - 1 - singing ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing
• Rawmarsh Hill: Kestrel - 1 - male, settled on chimney of house
• Rawmarsh; Stubbin incline: Chiffchaff - 4 - 1 singing, 2 in dispute ; Skylark - 1 - singing over adjacent field ; Lapwing - 1 - display over adjacent field
• Redmires: Curlew - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 5 ; Greylag Goose - 8 ; 319 - 1 ; Swallow - 2 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Nuthatch - 1
• Redmires Res: Tufted Duck - 2 - pair on Top Res ; Little Grebe - 1 - heard trilling on Top Res ; Common Sandpiper - 2 - on Top Res