Sightings Archive

Low Ash Farm,Worrall: Carrion Crow - 2

Low Moor, Upper Midhope: 319 - 2 ; Raven - 2 ; Crossbill - 2 ; Greylag Goose - c60 ; Pink-footed Goose - 1

Malin Bridge: Redwing - 1 - nocmig: single call 05:32

Mayfield Valley: Song Thrush - 1 - singing late afternoon ; Chaffinch - 1 - singing

Meersbrook Park: Redwing - 30 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Song Thrush - 4 ; Goldfinch - 20 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 3 - Drumming ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; House Sparrow - 5 ; Wren - 1 ; Starling - 22 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Robin - 5 ; Blackbird - 5 ; Great Tit - 3 ; Magpie - 5 ; Nuthatch - 2 heard

Midhope Res: Little Grebe - 3

Midhope, upper: Pink-footed Goose - 1 - with greylag geese in field on the corner of back lane and low moor lane

Moss Valley, upper: Goosander - 1 - Redhead on Geer Lane Farm fishing pond ; Grey Heron - 1 - On bank of Geer Lane Farm fishing pond ; Common Buzzard - 1 - Flying low and west ; Long-tailed Tit - 6+ - Birleyhay cottages ; Song Thrush - 1 - Birleyhay

Norton Lees garden: Blackcap - 1m - On fatball feeders again

Peat Pits: Golden Plover - c200 - some coming into summer plumage

Pitsmoor: Ring-necked Parakeet - 6 - flying west @ 7.50

Redmires Top Res: Merlin - 1 - Flew across road from res. side into plantation sending up small flock of Goldfinches

Ringinglow: Rook - 32 - in fields off Hangram Lane

Rivelin Filters: Goosander - 6 - my only sighting here in several visits Jan-Apr

Rivelin Valley: Mandarin - 8 - Wolf Wheel

Rother Valley CP: 319 - 1 - 1 bird perched in tree to north of entrance road ; Goose sp - 1 - hybrid 'thing' with Canada Geese

Rotherham Centre: Kingfisher - 1 - Near NY Stadium ; Goldfinch - 18+ - 18-20 ; 321 - 1 - Stood on frozen canal. ; Kingfisher - 1 - Jordon Lock. 08:15 ; Goosander - 5 - 3 male, 2 female, Jordan Lock ; Bullfinch - 2 - Pair calling. Jordan Lock ; 321 - 1 - On weir

Shillito Wood: Little Owl - 1 - on derelict barn ; Lapwing - 170 - on nearby field ; Golden Plover - 40 - on nearby field

Shirebrook Valley: Goosander - 1 - Carr Forge Dam.1 m.

Silverwood (Pit Wood): Tawny Owl - 3 ; Barn Owl - 1 - Hunting near Woodlaithes after dusk.

Silverwood Pit Top: Barn Owl - 1 - Reported @ dusk.

Strines Res: Whooper Swan - 1

Trans Pennine Trail-green lane -Chapeltown park: Redwing - 32 ; Siskin - 2 - Feeding in Alders ; Snipe - 15 - Flushed from marshy area at side of DPD depot. ; Common Buzzard - 1 - Over Smithy Wood,mobbed by crow.

Upper Common, Scholes: Skylark - 3 - singing ; Linnet - 100+ - Still feeding in flax stubble.

Wharncliffe Chase (north): Skylark - 1 - Singing, first returned bird this season ; Stock Dove - 1 ; Redwing - 4 ; Mistle Thrush - 2 - Singing ; Lapwing - 8 - Flew from Wortley area. ; Reed Bunting - 3 ; Buzzard sp - 3

Aldwarke; Aldwarke Lane: Song Thrush - 02-Mar - together in roadside scrub ; Redwing - 1

Aldwarke; Liberty Steel: Peregrine - 1 - on chimney, 0745-0805hrs

Baslow: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Drumming ; Lapwing - 4 - 2 pairs back in fields between Baslow and Calver

Bolehill Flash: Snipe - 1 - on inflow stream

Broomhead Res: Goosander - 5 - 3 males two redheads ; Willow Tit - 1 - 1 calling in Horse wood to south side of the Dam.

Buckleather Lane: Yellowhammer - 9 - 9+ In stubble fields next to farm. ; Skylark - 8 - 3 singing rest in stubble fields feeding ; Chaffinch - 40+ - Feeding

Canklow: Chiffchaff - 1 - 1 in garden

Catcliffe Flash: 320 - c30 - sat on ice

Cinder Bridge Field: Pied Wagtail - 3 ; Fieldfare - 13+ ; Skylark - 1

Cinder Bridge Field; The Tops: Redwing - c20 - feeding on ground in plantation ; Song Thrush - 2 - with RE flock

Ecclesall Woods Garden: Long-tailed Tit - 5 ; Blackcap - 1 ; Jay - 1 ; 319 - 1 ; Wren - 2 ; Blackbird - 3 ; Bullfinch - 4 ; Carrion Crow - 3 ; Great Tit - 2 ; Dunnock - 2 ; Magpie - 1 ; Redwing - 3 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Robin - 1