Sightings Archive

Parkgate: Long-tailed Tit - 2 ; Goldfinch - 8 ; Greenfinch - 2 ; Wren - 1 ; Great Tit - 2

R Don, Eastwood: Mute Swan - 11 - Some courtship

R Don, Rotherham Centre: Long-tailed Tit - 2

R Don, Rutland Rd: Dipper - 1 - Flew up the river.

RVCP: Egyptian Goose - 3 ; Sand Martin - 2 - My first arrivals

Silverwood: Green Woodpecker - 1 - yaffling in The Close at 09:25

Thrybergh CP: Tufted Duck - 46 ; Scaup - 1 - male ; Water Rail - 1 ; Sand Martin - 2 - Present all morning ; Stonechat - 1 - female ; Reed Bunting - 6 ; 319 - 8+ - Lots of display ; Kestrel - 2 ; Oystercatcher - 1 ; Lapwing - 10 ; Black-headed Gull - C300 - Feeding on fly hatch ; Herring Gull - 22 ; Sand Martin - 6 - Feeding along dam wall @17:50hrs,

Wadsley Common garden: Grey Wagtail - 1 - uncommon here. ; Brambling - 1 - female on feeders again. ; Lesser Redpoll - c30 - Part of large mixed finch flock of c50 birds including many goldfinch; chaffinch, greenfinch, bullfinch and siskin. Easily the highest count here.

Botanical Gardens: Bullfinch - 1 - male ; Great Tit - 1 ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Blackbird - 2 ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Redwing - approx 10 - singing in tree top ; Woodpigeon - 3 ; Carrion Crow - 8 ; Chaffinch - 1 ; Robin - 1 ; House Sparrow - at least 3 ; Goldfinch - at least 5 ; Goldcrest - 1

Chapeltown: Swift - 3

Meersbrook Park: Redwing - 4

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Blue Tit - 1pr - investigating nest box

Redmires Res: Black-headed Gull - 200 - c. roosted on Top Res ; Herring Gull - 28 - flew W at dusk ; Great Black-backed Gull - 2 - ads flew W at dusk with Herring Gulls ; Curlew - 75 - c. roosted ; Oystercatcher - 7 - roosted ; Barn Owl - 1 - hunting on south side of Middle Reservoir

RVCP: Wigeon - 115

Sheffield Centre: Kestrel - 1 - Park Hill and railway station; female flying/hunting along route of railway line ; Peregrine - 1 - perched on nest box

Thrybergh CP: Tufted Duck - 44 ; Scaup - 1 - male ; Pochard - 1 ; Gadwall - 9 ; Water Rail - 2 ; Red Kite - 1 - flew west at 09:30 ; 319 - 5+ ; Kestrel - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Pied Wagtail - 8 ; Meadow Pipit - 12 ; Stonechat - 1F ; Reed Bunting - 5

Barlow Common: 319 - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1

Bowden Housteads Wood: Sparrowhawk - 2 - Displaying

Cinder Bridge Field: Common Buzzard - 1 - over The Tops; drifted E/SE ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - over The Tops ; Lapwing - 4+ - displaying

Cinder Bridge Plantation: Nuthatch - 1 - singing ; Chaffinch - 1 - singing

Cinder Bridge Road: Goldcrest - 1 - singing by stream to S ; Chaffinch - 2 - singing by stream ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing in adjacent hedgerow

Edge Mount: Fieldfare - c30 - feeding in horse field. ; Brambling - 60+ - feeding under beech trees. ; Curlew - 4

Firsby Res: Mute Swan - 2 - Resident pair. ; Coot - 2 ; Moorhen - 1 ; 319 - 1 ; Fieldfare - 20+ - Cottage Hedge. ; Chaffinch - 2 - Singing. ; Reed Bunting - 2 - Males.

Graves Park: Nuthatch - 2 - Presumed pair

Greasbrough Dam, Wentworth: Black-headed Gull - c100 - mostly adults ; Herring Gull - 1 - imm ; Mallard - c50 ; Coot - c20 ; Moorhen - 11 ; Great Crested Grebe - 5 ; Goosander - 2 - both drakes, risking death at hands of keepers! ; Mute Swan - 1pr - Y645 & Y329 ; Reed Bunting - 1 - singing, S shore ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - over from N ; Common Buzzard - 1 - over woodland to N ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - in tree on edge of woodland to N ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing from woodland to N