Sightings Archive

Birley Edge: Raven - 1 - Flying over, cronking

Brownhills Lane: Curlew - 1 - Feeding in fields

Clifton Hall, Rotherham: Nuthatch - 1

Frecheville: Goosander - 4 - Frecheville pond.

Green Moor: Green Woodpecker - 1 - First for a while here

R Don, Effingham St: CASPIAN GULL - 1 - second winter on Wards roof at midday. ; 320 - 1 - drake with Mallard ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Goosander - 2 - redheads

Redmires conduit: Stonechat - 1 - Male ; Kestrel - 1 - Male ; Pheasant - 5 - All male ; Fieldfare - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 2 ; Red Grouse - 2

Redmires Res: Mallard - 17 ; 320 - 10 - including several smart males ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Lapwing - 10 - c. on Middle Res ; Curlew - 1 - flew low over the Top Res calling at 08:55 hrs - gave 'bubbling' display before later being seen in fields on Soughley Lane ; Black-headed Gull - 60 - in fields ; Herring Gull - 1 ; Pink-footed Goose - 34 - flew low to the W calling at 09:05 hrs

Redmires Top Res: Black-headed Gull - 182 - Pre-roost; presumably stayed to dusk, but I didn’t!

Rotherham Centre: Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 1

Sheffield University: Peregrine - 1 - Female on turret for 2 hours this afternoon

Storrs: Redwing - 39

Wragg*s Pond: Siskin - 25 ; Tufted Duck - 5 ; Canada Goose - 85 ; Greylag Goose - 1 - with Canadas. Same bird seen with Canadas at Hillsborough Park 3 days later showing movement between these sites ; Mallard - 68

Barbrook Valley: Fieldfare - 50+ ; Brambling - 2

Bramley: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - Adult with 7 BHG.

Cinder Bridge Field: Red-legged Partridge - 3 ; Common Buzzard - 3 - together over 'The Tops' + 1 W

Firsby Res: Mallard - 4 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; 319 - 2 - Vocal pair low over site. ; Siskin - 10+ ; Fieldfare - 3 - on top of perimeter hedge.

Linacre Res: Tufted Duck - 23 ; Mandarin - 0 ; Goosander - 3 - 2m ; Coot - 10 ; Moorhen - 10 ; Cormorant - 2 ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Little Grebe - 3 ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 60

Orgreave Lakes: Goosander - 4 - Young male on river.

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Siskin - 3 - N ; Chaffinch - 1 ; Goldfinch - 12

Parkgate; Scrooby Lane to Glossop Lodge: Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Red-legged Partridge - 5 ; Kestrel - 1 - hunting ; Moorhen - 1 ; Jay - 2 - over

R Don, Effingham St: Goosander - 1 - Female ; Mallard - 66 ; 320 - 1 - Male ; 320 - 1 - Male ; Feral Pigeon - 64 ; Kingfisher - 1 ; 319 - 1

Ramsley Res: Stonechat - 3

Ravenfield Church: Lesser Redpoll - 5+ - Small flock through church yard.

Ravenfield Park: Mallard - 6+ ; Grey Heron - 1 ; 319 - 2 - Same pair reported at Firsby. ; Sparrowhawk - 2 - Female low along stream towards Firsby. ; Jay - 1 - Flew from Hooten Roberts end farmland into site.

Rawmarsh; Bellows Road: Mistle Thrush - 1 - W/NW

Redmires conduit: Redwing - 8 - Small flock flying NW ; Red Grouse - 4 ; Kestrel - 1 - Male hunting ; Fieldfare - 1 ; Goldfinch - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 1

Renishaw Park: Ring-necked Parakeet - 6 - Calling over railway before landing in lineside trees

Rivelin Valley: Dipper - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 2 ; Long-tailed Tit - 6+

Roundwood Golf course: Fieldfare - 1 - SW ; Redwing - c10

Shillito Wood: Blackbird - 6 - Despite clear guidance on a notice board about the prevention of the spread of Trichomonosis that feed should be confined to feeders and not spread on the ground, the feeders remain empty (clearly for some time) large amounts of feed have been spread over the usual areas! ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Yellowhammer - 1 ; Dunnock - 4 ; Robin - 4 ; Blue Tit - 10 ; Great Tit - 6 ; Coal Tit - 12