Sightings Archive

Middleton Moor: Common Gull - 98 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 34 ; Herring Gull - 1

Norwood Allotments: Curlew - 1 - over east calling this afternoon.

Orgreave Lakes: Shoveler - 7 - On small. Lake ; Stonechat - 1 - Female on North Bank of tip ; Meadow Pipit - 12

Owlthorpe: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Eating Dunnock?

Rawmarsh: Common Buzzard - 1 - over cemetery/Stubbin incline @ 1410hrs

Redmires Middle Res: Curlew - 141 - roosted; numbers continue to build nicely ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Lapwing - c120

Thrybergh CP: Mute Swan - 76 ; Great Crested Grebe - 31 ; Water Rail - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 34 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Bullfinch - 10 ; Kestrel - 1 - male

Agden Rocher: Green Woodpecker - 1 - yaffling from wooded area.

Aston: Tawny Owl - 1 - Calling at dawn off Church Lane

Barbrook Plantation: Brambling - 2 - dislodging moss and lichen as they fed on high tree branches

Blackburn Meadows NR: Water Rail - 1 - Calling from Holmes Farm Flash

Bolsterstone: Tree Sparrow - 2 - Visiting bird table.

Broomhill: Blackcap - 1 - singing loudly on a low tree, very scruffy

Brownhills Lane: Fieldfare - 1

Catcliffe Flash: Tufted Duck - 40

Centenary Riverside: Kingfisher - 1 - Flew under bridge towards Rotherham 13.30 ; Lesser Redpoll - 10+ - In trees over pond ; Redwing - 10+ ; Grey Wagtail - 3 - 1 male, 2 female pond ; 321 - 2 ; 320 - 2 - Pond ; Mallard - 4 ; Moorhen - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 2 - Pair ; Song Thrush - 2 - Singing ; Great Tit - 6 - 2 singing ; Robin - 6 - 2 singing ; Wren - 6 - 4 singing ; Blue Tit - 4 ; Long-tailed Tit - 1 ; Canada Goose - 2 - Over calling ; Goosander - 2 - Pair, river

Firsby Res: Mallard - 2 - Pair. ; Cormorant - 1 ; Greylag Goose - 2 - Uncommon record here. ; 319 - 1 - Down on farmland worming. ; Kestrel - 1 - Hunting at dawn. ; Jackdaw - 8+ - Over. ; Jay - 1 - In willows. ; Magpie - 10+ - Out of roost early morning. ; Reed Bunting - 6+ ; Yellowhammer - 1 - Singing Male set aside field. ; Lesser Redpoll - 6 - Cottage hedge. ; Bullfinch - 6 - 3 pairs. ; Chaffinch - 1 - Singing Male. ; Linnet - 2 - Over calling. ; Siskin - 3+ - Calling in willows. ; Skylark - 2 - Singing high over site. ; Meadow Pipit - 1 ; Golden Plover - 1 - Brief views and call.

Holdworth: Fieldfare - c130 - feeding in fields with Starlings and Redwing. ; Redwing - c80 ; Starling - c50 ; Skylark - 35 - single flock calling as they headed west.

Kimberworth Park: Black-headed Gull - c100 - on football pitches @ Barkers Park, 09:30 ; Black-headed Gull - 80+ - @ Roughwood Rec,10:30 possibly same birds as seen earlier @ Barkers Park?

Malin Bridge: Blackbird - 2 - Female gathering nesting material . Norris road.

Manor Fields Park: Mallard - 6 - 3 Drakes. ; Moorhen - 4 ; Kestrel - 1 - Male hunting across park ; Woodcock - 1 - Flushed from by watercourse. ; Linnet - 4 ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Blackbird - 11+ - Inc several singing males ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Song Thrush - 4+ ; Redwing - c10 - In hedge on by cemetery . ; Starling - 3

Norfolk Heritage Park: Tawny Owl - 1 - male briefly calling

Orgreave Lakes: Pink-footed Goose - 90 - Flew north west 08.55 ; Redshank - 1 - On island ; Shoveler - 3 - On small. Lake ; Stonechat - 3 - m & 2f on hillside S of small lake ; Pink-footed Goose - 1 - with Greylag on main lake then flew to fields to E and joined Canadas. ; Common Gull - 1 - ad ; Goldeneye - 7 - 4m (1 imm) and 3f main lake ; Reed Bunting - 8+ - inc a couple of singing males ; Great Black-backed Gull - 4 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 ; Herring Gull - 30 ; Skylark - c8 - sev singing ; Wigeon - 28 - in from N late pm ; Oystercatcher - 2 - small lake

Pit-house West: Water Rail - 3 - Calling from. "Bittern Pool" at dusk. ; Woodcock - 1 - Over at dusk.

Redmires Middle Res: Goosander - 1 - Female very distant

Redmires Res: Tufted Duck - 5 - on Top Res ; Oystercatcher - 2 - on Middle Res