Sightings Archive

Redmires Res: Black-headed Gull - 1 ; Herring Gull - 8 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 6 ; Starling - 55 - c. ; Rook - 52 - in fields ; Linnet - 5 - family party ; Swallow - 3

Silverwood Lagoon: Hobby - 1 - south at 09.55

Thrybergh CP: Blackcap - 3 - Juveniles with juvenile Great Tits. ; Great Tit - 6 - Juveniles feeding noisily in waterside shrubs. ; 319 - 1 - Over North. ; Pied Wagtail - 6 - Family party adults feeding young. ; Mute Swan - 34 ; Black-headed Gull - 26 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing. ; Whitethroat - 2 ; Sand Martin - 3 ; Swallow - 7 ; Swift - 13

Aldwarke: Aldwarke Lane: Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Sand Martin - 8+ ; Jay - 1 - calling ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing

Aldwarke: Aldwarke Road: Chiffchaff - 4+

Barbrook Valley: Whinchat - 2 - pair

Birley Edge: Curlew - 1 - Calling

Charnock Park: Starling - 70+ - flock of adults & c25 juvs seen. ; Kestrel - 1 ; Swift - 2 ; Swallow - 1 - feeding low over field. ; Skylark - 1 - over park singing. ; Magpie - 4 ; House Sparrow - c20

Dalton: Whitethroat - 1 - singing, old sewage works site

Endcliffe Park: Mandarin - 2 ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 - 2 juveniles by Riverdale Road entrance ; Grey Heron - 1

Firsby Res: Grey Heron - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - Feeding on grass field near houses. ; 319 - 2 - Soaring together. ; Stock Dove - 1 - Flew from farm building. ; Treecreeper - 1 - Taking food to nest hole. ; Yellowhammer - 3 - All Males, one carrying food. ; Skylark - 8+ ; Linnet - 6+ - Inc Sitting Female. ; Goldfinch - 10+ ; Reed Warbler - 1 - Singing ; Blackcap - 1 - Singing Male. ; Whitethroat - 5 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing. ; Swallow - 6 - Over houses. ; House Martin - 2 - Near cottage. ; Swift - 3

Fitzwilliam Canal, Parkgate: Chiffchaff - 4 - 2 singing ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Mallard - 7+ - + young brood of 5 ; Blackcap - 3 - singing ; Chaffinch - 1 - singing ; Moorhen - 1

Forge Dam: Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 1 ; Blackcap - 3

Hurlfield: Tawny Owl - 3 - 1 adult and 2 fledged young.

Limb Valley: Green Woodpecker - 1 - by stream just below Ringinglow village

Middleton Moor: Shelduck - 6 - Pair with 4 recently hatched young on No. 4 lagoon ; Mallard - 2 ; Coot - 1 ; Curlew - 8 ; Lapwing - 28 - inc 4 prs with 5 young (2,1,1,1) ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 53 ; Black-headed Gull - 3 ; Sand Martin - 4 ; Skylark - 4 - singing ; Reed Bunting - 2 - singing ; Reed Warbler - 1 - singing ; Red-legged Partridge - 1 - calling ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing

Millhouses Park: Grey Wagtail - 3 - 1 juv being fed by adult

Moorhall: Red Kite - 1 ; Red Kite - 1

Parkgate: Raven - 4 - low over together (family party?) @ 0950hrs; drifted off towards Liberty Steel site

Parkgate Canal Basin: Mallard - 39+ - + 2 juvs ; Herring Gull - 1 - 3cy ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Black-headed Gull - 15 - inc 10 loafing on adjacent warehouse roof ; Sand Martin - 1

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Chaffinch - 1 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 1 - feeding in scrub ; Linnet - 10 ; Kestrel - 1+ ; Bullfinch - 1 - male ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - 3cy, flew W

Parkgate; Don Canal, Rotherham Cut: Grey Heron - 1 - adult