Sightings Archive

Windy Corner: Curlew - 2 ; Crossbill - 2 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; 320 - 2 ; Mandarin - 2

Bolehill Flash: Yellowhammer - 3 ; Lapwing - 2 ; Reed Bunting - 3

Brownhills Lane: Curlew - 68 - on field opposite Roper Hill

Clifton Park, Rotherham: Magpie - 12+ - party of 12 together in treetop + others ; Black-headed Gull - c120 - max flock, feeding on amenity grassland ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - singing ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 2prs ; Redwing - 27 - flock, in treetops ; Goldfinch - c20 - flock, in treetops ; Greenfinch - 1 - singing

Dore: Green Woodpecker - 1 - …or possibly two heard, Parkers Lane

Green Moor: Little Owl - 1 - Alarm calling at night ; Tawny Owl - 2 ; Stock Dove - 25+ ; Fieldfare - 60 ; Redwing - 20 ; Linnet - 25 ; Red-legged Partridge - 2 ; Grey Heron - 1

Hathersage: 319 - 1 - Near Scraperlowe

Holme Brook: Little Egret - 3

Howden Res: Whooper Swan - 13 - NW over Westend 14:30 ; 320 - 35 - in Westend arm ; Crossbill - 3

Kimberworth Park: Greenfinch - 1 - singing from Forty Martyrs ; 319 - 2 - pair? over, calling between Kimberworth Park Road and Roughwood Road

Ladybower Res: Oystercatcher - 3 ; Goosander - 2 - pair

Longshaw: Mandarin - c24 - on pond ; Brambling - 50+ - Mixed flock of Brambling & Chaffinch. Near pond.

Loxley Valley: Goosander - 2 - M & F on Mill Dam

Middleton Moor: Whooper Swan - 46 - flew NW at 10:20 ; Wigeon - 1 - a male ; Lapwing - 247 ; Stonechat - 4 ; Curlew - 55 - Feeding in sheep field S. of main lagoon

Orgreave Lakes: Whooper Swan - 14 - In at 10:43, onto main lake ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Briefly singing by the weir.

Pebley Pond: Oystercatcher - 2 ; Great Crested Grebe - 4 - two pairs, one displaying. ; Cormorant - 2 ; Moorhen - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 3 ; Canada Goose - c30

R Derwent, Leadmill to Padley: Dipper - 3 ; Mandarin - 2 - a pair ; 319 - 1

R Rother, Catcliffe: Treecreeper - 1 ; Goldcrest - 5

Redmires Res: Curlew - 67 - roosted ; Oystercatcher - 4 - on Top Res

Rotherham Centre: Coal Tit - 1 - singing from large garden, Doncaster Road ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing, Doncaster Gate ; Song Thrush - 1 - Clifton Bank ; Greenfinch - 1 - singing, Parkfield Road

Silverwood Lagoon: Red Kite - 1 - drifted high east over Woodlaithes end of pit top at 09.35 ; 319 - 1 - Circling over site calling. ; Kestrel - 1 - Hunting. ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Male arrived on site from Woodlaithes Estate. ; Snipe - 1 - Flew from Reed bed. ; Common Gull - 1 - With BH Gull flock. ; Great Black-backed Gull - 1 - Juv with Gull flock. ; Barn Owl - 1 - Dead Male in Gorse recent death. Cause unknown

Thrybergh CP: Scaup - 1 - male ; Water Rail - 1

Ughill: Woodcock - 1 - roding ; Snipe - 1 - chipping ; Brambling - 10+ - in Beeches around Edgefield Farm with Chaffinch ; Chaffinch - c15

Walkley garden: Goldcrest - 1 - Regular, daily foraging in shrubs. ; Goldfinch - 2 - With goldcrest and at nyger feeder

Whiston Meadows: Little Egret - 1

Firsby Res: Mute Swan - 2 - Resident pair. ; Little Grebe - 1 - Trilling ; Coot - 4 ; Moorhen - 1 ; Mallard - 4 - 2 pairs. ; 320 - 6 - Flushed from stream early morning. ; Kestrel - 1 - Female washing in stream near metal bench early morning. ; Jay - 1 - Along path. ; Siskin - 2+ - Over calling. ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Chaffinch - 1 - Singing Male. ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 1 - Over. ; Skylark - 1 - Singing at dawn. ; Song Thrush - 2 - Singing.

Fulwood garden: Treecreeper - 1 - First ever garden sighting

Graves Park: Tufted Duck - c28 - On ponds ; Nuthatch - 1 heard

Greystones garden: Blackcap - 6 - 5M,1F seen together in observer's garden - All time high

Handsworth Garden: Blackbird - 13 - Feeding on bread and sunflower hearts