Sightings Archive

Padley Gorge: Treecreeper - 3+ ; Nuthatch - 2 ; Mistle Thrush - 2 ; Kestrel - 1 - Lawrence Field

Porter Clough (top of): Brambling - 20+ - in trees & field

Rotherham Centre: Sand Martin - 10+

RVCP: Curlew - 1 ; Egyptian Goose - 2

RVCP, Meadowgate Lake: Greylag Goose - 6 - pair + 4 goslings

Smithy Wood, Chapeltown: Skylark - 1 - Singing over wasteland ; Swallow - 2 ; 319 - 4 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Linnet - Pair

Thorpe Hesley: House Martin - 1

Thrybergh CP: Scaup - 1M ; Sand Martin - 200+ ; Swallow - 10 ; Chiffchaff - 8 ; Willow Warbler - 3 ; Blackcap - 4 ; Grey Wagtail - 1

Totley: Chiffchaff - 1 - Totley Hall Lane

Whiteley Woods: Dipper - 1

Agden Rocher: Meadow Pipit - c30 - feeding in fields below rocher. ; Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Skylark - 6 - singing around site. ; Chaffinch - 3 - all singing around site. ; Nuthatch - 2 ; Redstart - 1 - singing male.

Barlow Common: Chiffchaff - 4 ; Linnet - 4 ; Skylark - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 3 ; Goldfinch - 4+ ; Song Thrush - 1

Barnside Moor: Pheasant - 2 - males in face off ; Red Grouse - 2+ ; Wren - 1 ; Curlew - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 2 ; Skylark - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 - hover hunting

Beauchief Golf Course: Blackcap - 1 - Singing in woods next to golf course ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - Heard calling

Bray Plantation: Robin - 1+ - singing ; Blackbird - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Blue Tit - 1+ ; Great Tit - 1 - singing ; Treecreeper - 1 - singing ; Nuthatch - 1 - calls

Brincliffe Edge Wood: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Female plucking wood pigeon in middle of road

Brownhills Lane: Curlew - 14 - feeding in fields ; Lapwing - 8 ; Kestrel - 2 ; Swallow - 1 ; Skylark - 1 - singing

Cinder Bridge Field; The Tops: Lapwing - 1 ; Skylark - 05-Jun - singing ; Yellowhammer - 3 ; Long-tailed Tit - 1pr - nestbuilding ; Chaffinch - 1pr

Cutthroat Bridge: Ring Ouzel - 1 - Single female in bushes not far from road

Fenny Common: Snipe - 4 - chipping ; Oystercatcher - 1 - flew over ; Skylark - 1 ; Lapwing - 1 - displaying male ; Curlew - 4 - Aerial display and probable pair on breeding site ; Meadow Pipit - 2 ; Kestrel - 2 - one a male - aerial dispute between the two, one may have been seen earlier on Barnside Moor

Firsby Res: Coot - 2 ; Mallard - 3 ; Mute Swan - 2 ; Little Grebe - 2 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - Pair along stream near road. ; 319 - 1 - Calling. ; Song Thrush - 1 - Singing. ; Willow Warbler - 6+ - Singing all round site. ; Chiffchaff - 8+ ; Blackcap - 1 - Singing Male. ; Linnet - 10+ ; Bullfinch - 1 - Calling in willows.

Fulwood garden: Brambling - 3

Grange Park, Watsons Tip: 319 - 1 - swooping display flight ; Skylark - 1 - singing ; Wren - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Magpie - 3+ ; Jackdaw - 10+

Hangingwater garden: Blackcap - 1 - fem still here from 3 Dec (and summer male singing across the road in allotments)

High Bradfield: Swallow - 1 - Church Farm

Hingcliff Common: 319 - 2 - soaring overhead

Moss Valley: Barn Owl - 1 - Flying over Geer Lane, above Birley Hay, carrying prey - late afternoon ; 319 - 1 - Near Birley Hay

Moss Valley, Coal Aston - Eckington: Chiffchaff - 13+ ; Nuthatch - 10+ ; Yellowhammer - 4 - 4 singles

Moss Valley, upper: Skylark - 1 - singing