Sightings Archive

Midhope Res: 320 - 53 - Influx ; Mallard - 95 ; Greylag Goose - c230 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - female ; 319 - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 2 ; Swallow - 2

Orgreave Lakes: Dipper - 1 - Feeding around weir on river Rother.

Redmires Res: Greylag Goose - 14 ; Tufted Duck - 20 - moult flock still on Top Res ; 320 - 2 ; Mallard - 36 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - male ; Kestrel - 1 - juv ; Chiffchaff - 5 ; Blackcap - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 24 ; Black-headed Gull - 14

Rotherham; Sitwell Park: Common Buzzard - 2 - soaring over together @ 1145hrs

Scholes: 319 - 2 - over Netherfold Farm, mobbed by 50+ jackdaws and several carrion crows. ; Kestrel - 1 - male, active between Scholes Pond and Scoles Lane

Treeton Dyke: Kingfisher - 2 - 4 sightings of pair during the course of 15 mins

Ulley Village: 319 - 8 + 3 - 8 together over village. Plus 3 more; 1 on the Ground & 2 roosting on a pylon & tree respectively

Whiston; Great Royds Moor: Common Buzzard - 1 - soaring over @ 1145hrs

Agden: Cormorant - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 2 ; Siskin - 1 ; Nuthatch - 2 ; Kestrel - 1 - With prey, which it appeared to drop, then flew away

Birley Edge: Red-legged Partridge - 6 - in stubble field ; Long-tailed Tit - 5 ; Chiffchaff - 2 - Associating with tits ; Blue Tit - 3 ; Great Tit - 2

Bradfield Dale: Pintail - 10+ - Flock of 28 ducks heading W high over Dale Dyke and over Derwent edge at 18:55, mixed flock of Pintail and Wigeon, at least 10 were Pintail. Very likely the same flock seen over Treeton earlier.

Canklow: Bullfinch - 1 - Very low over McDonald's drive through 18.25

Dalton: Chiffchaff - 2 - 1 singing ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - over towards river, calling

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 2 - Squabbling on Main Res. ; Mallard - 2 ; 320 - 2 - Single on main Res joined by another which flew in. ; Cormorant - 1 - Over. ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 5 - Circling tractors at work on fields. ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - With BHG. ; 319 - 1 - Over very high. ; Kestrel - 1 - Male on telegraph pole. ; Jackdaw - 2 - Pair on wires. ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Calling. ; Chiffchaff - 2 - Singing. ; Goldcrest - 1 - Very vocal along path. ; Skylark - 2 - Down on ploughed field. ; Goldfinch - 5+ ; Chaffinch - 2 ; Long-tailed Tit - 15

Grange Park Golf Course: Pied Wagtail - 5 - feeding on practice range ; Song Thrush - 1 - feeding on hawthorn with 1+ Blackbirds ; Mistle Thrush - 11+ ; Blackcap - 1 - female feeding on elder berries, west edge of Driving Range ; Chiffchaff - 2+ - at least 2 singing ; Woodpigeon - 10+ ; Magpie - 4+ ; Carrion Crow - 2 ; Goldfinch - 6+ ; Bullfinch - 1+

Green Moor: Chiffchaff - 3 - singing

Greystones garden: Sparrowhawk - 1 - chased off by 2 Magpies

Malin Bridge: House Sparrow - 20 +

Middleton Moor: Ringed Plover - 1 ; Wigeon - 3 ; Lapwing - 23 ; 320 - 19

R Don, Aldwarke: Cormorant - 2 - 1 on pylon; 1 on river ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 3 ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 11

Ravenfield Church: Kestrel - 1 - Male over paddock with new sheep occupants. ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing. ; Swallow - 6 - Over farmland.

Ravenfield Park: Moorhen - 1 ; Mallard - 6+ ; Tufted Duck - 1 - Male. ; Grey Heron - 2 - Chasing and calling. ; Black-headed Gull - 5 ; Goldcrest - 2 ; Coal Tit - 4

Silverwood Lagoon: Wigeon - 17 - departed north at 08.10

Thrybergh CP: Lapwing - 32 - resting on 'beach' ; Tufted Duck - 23 ; Coot - 43 ; Grey Heron - 3 ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 - adult ; Grey Wagtail - 3 - SW together ; Linnet - 1 - N ; Feral Pigeon - c90 - around visitor centre ; Pied Wagtail - 7 ; Jackdaw - 41 - 7N; 34 NW