Sightings Archive

Thrybergh CP: Goldeneye - 1 - male ; Gadwall - 30

Abbeydale Golf Course: 319 - 1 - Looking for worms on 11th fairway

Aldwarke; Liberty Steels: Peregrine - 2 - M on chimney, joined briefly by F ; Raven - 2 - returned to complex from W/SW @ 0850hrs; seen on rooftops later ; Common Buzzard - 2 - one over, joined briefly by second @ 0852hrs; one drifted away SW, other lost

Brightside: Peregrine - 1 - chasing the local feral pigeons over ROM, Brightside Lane

Dog Kennel Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Mallard - 1+ ; Black-headed Gull - c40 ; Coot - 1 ; Moorhen - 1

Greystones garden: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Female ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Blackcap - 1

Morley Pond: Mute Swan - 2 - 1 pair ; Mallard - 50+ ; 319 - 1 - low from S side wood

Orgreave Lakes: Goosander - 32 - At dusk ; Raven - 2 - North ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - Adult

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Chaffinch - 3 ; Long-tailed Tit - 13 - mobile flock ; Common Buzzard - 1 - over @ 0930hrs, left N ; Mallard - 5 - W

R Don. Oughtibridge: Goosander - 2 - Male and female, Coronation Park

Rawmarsh; Barber*s Avenue: Starling - c25 - in treetop; much singing ; Black-headed Gull - 43 - feeding on playing field ; Common Gull - 2 - adults, S together

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Sparrowhawk - 1 - hunting; left N.

Redmires Middle Res: 320 - 14

Redmires Res: Black-headed Gull - 585 - c. roosted on Top Res

Roundwood Golf course: Great Black-backed Gull - 5 - 4 ads & 1 1cy, all SW ; Herring Gull - 5 - SW ; Siskin - 2

Thrybergh CP: Mute Swan - 28 ; Greylag Goose - 180 ; Pink-footed Goose - 1 ; Canada Goose - 80 ; Barnacle Goose - 2 - still feeding in West fields with other geese ; Tufted Duck - 57 ; Pochard - 8 ; Gadwall - 26 ; Great Crested Grebe - 18 ; Little Grebe - 4 ; Cormorant - 15 ; Reed Bunting - 2 ; Bullfinch - 6 ; Chaffinch - 12 ; Goldfinch - 12 ; Greenfinch - 4 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Water Rail - 1 - Coming to food

Totley Moor: SNOW BUNTING - 1 - videoed while observer out running

Upper Common, Scholes: Meadow Pipit - 1+

Walkley garden: Long-tailed Tit - 15+ - Two visits, mainly in shrubs and trees

Bingham Park: Pink-footed Goose - 40 - c40 flying west at 16:00

Canklow Woods: Coal Tit - 4 - good number for east of Sheff

Elsecar Res: Goosander - 31 ; Great Crested Grebe - 19 ; 320 - 8

Green Moor: Chaffinch - 10+ - A good number here ; Bullfinch - 8 ; Fieldfare - 20

Harthill Res: GREAT WHITE EGRET - 1 ; Little Egret - 1 ; Water Rail - 1 ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Wigeon - 6 ; Pochard - 3 ; Shoveler - 2 ; Brambling - 1 ; Siskin - 40

Kimberworth Park: Kestrel - 1 - Male in trees bottom of Grey Hill, ; 319 - 1

Longshaw: Siskin - 1 - On feeders ; Bullfinch - 1 - On feeders ; Brambling - 2 - On feeders ; Nuthatch - 1 - On feeders ; Mandarin - 2

Middleton Moor: Pink-footed Goose - 80 - moving W at 10.35 ; Lapwing - 185 ; Golden Plover - 7 ; Wigeon - 7

Orgreave Lakes: Wigeon - 42

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Sparrowhawk - 1 - low to E @ 0910hrs ; Goldfinch - 21 - flock, in area

Rotherham Centre: Goosander - 3 - on R Don ; Kingfisher - 1 - on R Don ; Cormorant - 1 - on R Don ; 320 - 2 - on R Don

Thrybergh CP: Mute Swan - 34 ; Pink-footed Goose - 60w +1 - 60 West 1 in with greylags ; Greylag Goose - 224 ; Canada Goose - 180 ; Barnacle Goose - 2 - 2 in with large mixed flock in West fields ; Egyptian Goose - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 66 ; Mallard - 60 - c60