Sightings Archive

Ecclesfield Dam: Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 5 - Osprey negative from 08:00-12:30! £4 charge from bailiff

Frecheville: Pink-footed Goose - 50 - Approx 50 NE at 09:50

High Green: Swallow - 1

Limb Valley: Chiffchaff - 8+ - At least 8 between the Ecclesall Road South entrance and Lady Canning's Plantation.

Millhouses Park: Dipper - 1 - My first in the park this year. Perched on a rock then flew downstream. No attempt to forage in the river. Only my third anywhere along the Sheaf this year. I think the river is in serious trouble for many reasons.

Northfield, Rotherham: Sparrowhawk - 1 - over Rawmarsh Road towards canal basin @ 1245hrs

Rawmarsh Cemetery: Tawny Owl - 1 - male, calling around 0135hrs and again around 2255hrs

Silver Wood: Pink-footed Goose - 45 - SE at 08.05 ; Raven - 1 - calling bird NE at 08.20 ; Skylark - c.20 - in stubble either side of access track to Pingle Lane Tip ; Grey Heron - 1 - on Woodlaithes duckpond

Silverwood Lagoon: Barn Owl - 1 - hunting at dawn ; Water Rail - 1 - calling in eastern seedbed early morning

Sothall: Redwing - 1 - nocmig sound recorded 2200hr

Thrybergh CP: Grey Heron - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 1 ; Pochard - 2 ; Moorhen - 12 ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Pink-footed Goose - 48 - east ; Chiffchaff - 5 ; Swallow - 2 ; House Martin - 7 ; Goldcrest - 2 ; Kestrel - 1 ; 319 - 4 ; Skylark - 16 ; Blackbird - 18 ; Song Thrush - 5 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Goldfinch - 50+ ; Chaffinch - 10

Wortley: Pink-footed Goose - c150 - High NE at 8:00 ; Meadow Pipit - c105 - South 07:30-08:30, many heard only ; Redwing - 2 - south ; Raven - 2 ; Pied Wagtail - 4 - south ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing

Barley Hall: Swallow - 5

Brownhills Lane: Greylag Goose - 82

Catcliffe Flash: Shoveler - 6 ; Gadwall - 30+ ; Wigeon - 20+ ; 320 - 4

Ecclesfield Dam: Osprey - 1 - 11:56-12:17 -,three unsuccessful hunting dives. Flew away high south.

Roughwood Rec: Corvid - 20+ - mix at east end of field ; Magpie - 12 - feeding together at est end of field

Thorpe Hesley: Chiffchaff - 4

Thrybergh CP: Herring Gull - 24 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 74 - Good numbers on water and in fields being set ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Carrion Crow - 54 ; Jackdaw - 4 ; Lapwing - c60 ; Golden Plover - 1 ; Peregrine - 1 - Flew south scattering most of birds present ; 319 - 4 ; Kestrel - 2

Wortley: Pied Wagtail - 4 - west ; Meadow Pipit - 9 - incl 4 south ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 10+ - in ploughed field ; House Martin - 5 - south ; Swallow - 3 - incl 2 south ; 319 - 1 ; Common Gull - 1 - with LBBG’s ; Stock Dove - 3 ; Raven - 1 ; Herring Gull - 2 - with LBBG’s

Canklow Woods: Common Buzzard - 3 - in the air together at 15:20

Catcliffe Flash: 319 - 1 ; Little Egret - 1 ; Cormorant - 3 ; Wigeon - 12 ; Gadwall - 12 ; Black-headed Gull - 15 ; Little Grebe - 1

Crawshaw Farm, nr Ughill: Starling - c100 - flock feeding in cattle pasture ; Pied Wagtail - 3 - around barn in cattle pasture

Deepcar Garden: Stock Dove - 2 - feeding on ground on lawn.fo about 15 mins ; Woodpigeon - 06-Aug ; Goldfinch - 3 ; House Sparrow - 15+ - feeding on table and hanging feeders and taking a large amount of sunflower hearts ; Collared Dove - 2 ; Robin - 1 ; Starling - 5 ; Magpie - 3 ; Dunnock - 2 ; Jackdaw - 4+ - 04-May ; 319 - 1 - flew over towards crags ; Rook - 20+ - 20-30 flying towards roost in wood

Ecclesfield Dam: Osprey - 1 - showing very well 1.40 - 2.00 pm, including a fishing attempt. ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1

Ecclesfield Park: Grey Wagtail - 3 - On stream by Linden Road. ; Treecreeper - 2 - together on same tree

Firsby Res: Coot - 2 ; Coot - 2 ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1