Sightings Archive

Fulwood garden: Chaffinch - 7 ; Herring Gull - 1 - over ; Pheasant - 2 - pair

Higger Tor: Ring Ouzel - 1 - Singing male ; Skylark - 2 ; Meadow Pipit - 6+ ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Curlew - 1

Kimberworth Park: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing behind Duke Crescent ; Coal Tit - 2 - singing, from Roughwood Way banks ; Blackbird - 1 - singing from small tree, Roughwood School playing field ; Coal Tit - 1 - singing from behind Remount Road ; Magpie - 5 - feeding on Grey Hill

Midhope area: Curlew - 42 ; Oystercatcher - 5 ; Fieldfare - 3 ; Redwing - 6

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Siskin - c15 - flock ; Redwing - 2 ; Chaffinch - 1 - singing ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - male ; Long-tailed Tit - 4 - together

Parkgate; Broad Street: Sparrowhawk - 1 - circling over @ 0905hrs

R Don, Effingham St: Goosander - 10 - 3 male,7 female ; Mallard - 39 ; Goldfinch - 4 - Singing. ; Cormorant - 1 ; Moorhen - 2 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 3 - Singing

R Rother, Bolehill.: Sand Martin - 3 ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Goosander - 4

Ramsley Res: Snipe - 16 ; Jack Snipe - 3 ; Woodcock - 1

Ravenfield Park: Canada Goose - 2 - Pair. ; Tawny Owl - 1 ; Goldcrest - 1 - In same tree as Tawny owl. ; Siskin - 3 - Feeding close to path. ; Lesser Redpoll - 3 - With Siskin very close to path.

Rawmarsh Cemetery: Chaffinch - 2 - 1 singing ; Stock Dove - 2

Rawmarsh Hill: Goldcrest - 1 - singing from garden conifers, Ryan Place

Rawmarsh; Barber*s Avenue: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing briefly from garden ; Magpie - 9 - together in roadside trees ; Fieldfare - 2 - NW ; Black-headed Gull - 3 - on playing field ; Linnet - 1 - over playing field

Rawmarsh; High Street: Greenfinch - 2 - singing

Rawmarsh; Stubbin incline: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing

Redmires Res: Curlew - 25 - in fields ; Oystercatcher - 7 - roosted

Roundwood Golf course: Stock Dove - 1 - W ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Siskin - 01-Feb - over

RVCP: Redshank - 1 ; Oystercatcher - 4 ; Egyptian Goose - 4

Sothall: Redwing - 2 - nocmig recorded over garden

Thrybergh CP: Mute Swan - 24 ; Tufted Duck - 30 ; Scaup - 1 - male ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Water Rail - 1 ; Sand Martin - c50 ; Chiffchaff - 6 ; Song Thrush - 2 ; Fieldfare - 20+ ; Redwing - 40+ ; Reed Bunting - 4 ; Yellowhammer - 1 ; Jackdaw - 19 ; 319 - 3

Wharncliffe Side: Barn Owl - 1

Woodhouse Washlands: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Male ; Robin - 5 ; Canada Goose - 2 ; 321 - 1

Aldwarke: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Over Liberty melting shop @15.30 -15.45

Brinsworth: Great Tit - 1 - Singing Whitehill Lane @ 05.00

Brownhills Lane: Curlew - 16

Burbage Valley: Ring Ouzel - 1 - Singing ; Woodcock - 2 ; Raven - 3 ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Kestrel - 1+ ; 319 - 1

Canklow Woods: Common Buzzard - 3 - over together @ 1235hrs; 2 drifted away SW, 1 to SE

Clifton, Rotherham: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Drumming, Clifton Park @ 05.20

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 1 ; Coot - 4 - 2 pairs. ; Mute Swan - 2 ; Canada Goose - 1 - Over early morning. ; Mallard - 2 ; Little Grebe - 1 - Trilling.