Sightings Archive

Firsby Res: Coot - 1 ; Mallard - 1 ; Nuthatch - 1 - Calling ; Chiffchaff - 2 - Singing. ; Pied Wagtail - 2 - Pair on sluice.

Fulwood garden: Red Kite - 1 - Drifted low S at 14:00 ; Brambling - 4 - Around feeders, all males

Graves Park: Red Kite - 1 - Drifting east over Rose Garden Cafe

Handsworth Garden: Pied Wagtail - 2 - Usual male with a female feeding on mealworms

Heeley Green: Red Kite - 1 - circled low over before gaining height over Arbourthorne then glided W/WSW at great height. c.14.25-14.30hrs ; Kestrel - 1 - circling low over

Hollow Meadows, west ern end of Rod Side: Red Kite - 1

Hollow Meadows/Ughill Moor, western end of Rod Side: Curlew - 13 ; Lapwing - 10 - Spectacular display flights ; Skylark - 20

Hudson*s Rough: Wren - 1 - singing ; Robin - 2+ - singing ; Blackbird - 1 - singing ; Coal Tit - 1 - singing ; Great Tit - 1+ - singing ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - calls ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Jay - 1

Malin Bridge: Common Buzzard - 1 - very low over Norris Rd chased by goldfinches.heading towards Loxley Valley..

Manor Fields Park: Red Kite - 1 - Drifting around and over at 17:15

Midhope Res: Siskin - 2 ; Greenfinch - 5 ; Oystercatcher - 4 - Colour ringed bird seen yesterday originated from Exe Estuary in Devon ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing ; Fieldfare - c90 ; Crossbill - c55 - 2 groups of 15 and c40 ; Meadow Pipit - c80 - Single group below dam wall. ; Mistle Thrush - 1 singing ; Little Grebe - 3 ; 320 - Pair ; Buzzard sp - 3 ; Raven - 1 ; Song Thrush - 3 ; Lapwing - 2 ; Curlew - 51 - including a colour ringed bird

Norfolk Heritage Park: Blackbird - 4 - one singing ; Blue Tit - 7 ; Woodpigeon - 15 ; 319 - 1+ - heard only ; Greenfinch - 1 - Wheezing ; Robin - 6 ; Magpie - 5 ; Jay - 1 ; Nuthatch - 2 ; Great Tit - 2 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Carrion Crow - 2 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Blackcap - 1 - briefly singing, first this year ; Wren - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 2 - both singing

Norton Lees garden: 324 - 1 - Peacock butterfly in shed - presumably over-wintered

Orgreave Lakes: Sand Martin - 10+ - At least 10 present early morning. ; Lesser Redpoll - 40 - Feeding by railway bridge ; Siskin - 2 - With redpolls. ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - Calling to west

Pingle Lane: Lapwing - 7 - Displaying. ; Skylark - 4 - Singing + displaying over farmland. ; 319 - 1 - Low over Pingle Lane Tip.

Pit-house West: BITTERN - 1 - circled up fairly high late dusk and headed W, lost behind trees.

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Siskin - 1 - E/SE

Redmires Bottom Res: Wheatear - 3 - 3 birds together

Rivelin Valley: Treecreeper - 1 - carrying flakes of soft wood taken from nearby tree trunk into nest site. Also taking caught insects to site

Rotherham Centre: Goosander - 4 - 1 Female, 3 imm males. Adj Forge Island.

Stanage Edge: Raven - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Red Grouse - 3 ; Curlew - 2 ; Meadow Pipit - 12

Stocksbridge: Willow Tit - 1 - Male singing along Bridleway

Totley: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing off Lane Head Rd

Tyzack*s Dam: Blue Tit - 2 - Both visiting potential nest site

Walkley garden: Stock Dove - 2 - Wary pair under nyger feeder

Wharncliffe Chase: Meadow Pipit - 40+ - Numbers have returned with several singing/display. ; Fieldfare - c50 ; Redwing - 8 ; Skylark - 10+ - Song/territorial disputes ; Goldfinch - 4 ; Raven - 2 ; Lapwing - 8 ; Yellowhammer - 2 singing ; Reed Bunting - 2 singing ; Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Linnet - 5 - Pair back at breeding site ; Mistle Thrush - 2 singing ; Red-legged Partridge - Pair ; 319 - 1 ; Curlew - 1

White Edge: Skylark - 2 ; Kestrel - 2 ; 319 - 2 ; Stonechat - 2

Agden Res: White-fronted Goose - 1 - With Greylags in fields along Windy Bank tonight ; Greylag Goose - 48