Sightings Archive

Parkgate; Stubbin incline: Long-tailed Tit - 10+ ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - hunting

Porter Valley: Dipper - 1 - on river close to Hangingwater Road

Redmires Res: Mallard - 61 - mostly on Bottom Res ; Barnacle Goose - 1 - on Bottom Res ; Reed Bunting - 4 - feeding by stream on the south side of Middle Res ; Stonechat - 1 - female by Top Res ; Red Grouse - 10 - sheltering in Fairthorn Clough ; Herring Gull - 8 - flew NE

Rotherham; Don valley: Larus sp - 100+ - hundreds of 'big gulls' moving predominantly S/SW on a broad front from before sun-up.

Roundwood Ponds: Cormorant - 2 - on pylon overlooking ponds ; Raven - 1 - settled on pylon briefly @ 0816hrs before heading off E; landed on pylon N of Thrybergh tip a few minutes later

Rowland: Redwing - 50+ - Feeding in bushes above village ; Fieldfare - 50+

Shepherd Wheel: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1

Thrybergh CP: Goldeneye - 2 - 1m, 1RH ; Water Rail - 1 ; Redshank - 1 ; Lapwing - C80 ; Gadwall - 16 ; Siskin - 3

Whiteley Woods: Dipper - 1 - Just above Whiteley Wood Rd ; Long-tailed Tit - 8+

Wigtwizzle: Brambling - 1 - with other finches

Wire Mill Dam: Stock Dove - 1 - calling ; Siskin - 20 - c. in Alders

Baslow: Brambling - 1 - On sunflower heart feeder

Baslow SF: Pied Wagtail - 25 ; Mandarin - 8 ; 321 - 1

Bingham Park: Grey Heron - 1 ; Dipper - 2 - Flying up stream. Presume 1 of the 2 seen later under the bridge on Hangingwater Rd.

Brownhills Lane: Greylag Goose - 150+ ; Greylag Goose - 150+ - Another photo ; Stonechat - 1

Ecclesall: Snipe - 1 - flew N over Ansell Road at 11:50 hrs after snowfall

Endcliffe Park: Kingfisher - 1 - Male, upper pond ; Black-headed Gull - 65 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 3 ; Mandarin - 24 ; Jay - 1 ; Jay - 1

Firsby Res: Mute Swan - 1 - Still present. ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Jay - 1 ; 319 - 2 - Lots of interaction ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Goldfinch - 5+ ; Chaffinch - 1 - Male. ; Black-headed Gull - 1 - over high.

Greystones: Redwing - 1 - Observer's garden ; Song Thrush - 1 - OG ; Jay - 1 - OG

Orgreave Lakes: Great Black-backed Gull - 51 - All girls in pre roost ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 4 ; Herring Gull - 344 ; Common Gull - 4 ; Black-headed Gull - C300 - Generally bloody cold.

Ravenfield Church: Mistle Thrush - 4 - 1 on Spire, 3 more in woodland. ; Jay - 1 - Calling on Spring Lane. ; 319 - 1 - Over calling in high winds. ; Long-tailed Tit - 5+ - Near entrance gate.

Sharrow: Blackcap - 1 - male feeding on Rowan berries with Thrushes on Napier Street ; Blackbird - 6 ; Redwing - 2

Sharrow Cemetery: Song Thrush - 1 - singing in the snow.

Thrybergh CP: Robin - 10 - 3 birds feeding from the hand ; Mute Swan - 33 ; Tufted Duck - 58 ; Gadwall - 5 ; Pochard - 10 ; Goldeneye - 2 - 1m 1RH ; Great Crested Grebe - 7 ; Little Grebe - 5 ; Water Rail - 1 - Returning bird coming to feed on suet ; Cormorant - 6 ; Lapwing - 133 ; Black-headed Gull - C200 ; Common Gull - 1 ; Herring Gull - 12 ; Pied Wagtail - 5 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Great Tit - 8 ; Blue Tit - 10 ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Goldcrest - 3 ; Greenfinch - 4 ; Bullfinch - 4 ; Long-tailed Tit - 8 ; Goldfinch - 25 ; Blackbird - 18 ; Redwing - 32 ; Fieldfare - 1 ; Song Thrush - 3 ; Grey Heron - 1

Wadsley Common garden: Goldfinch - 40 - Flocking around garden and visiting feeders.

Baslow: Grey Wagtail - 1