Sightings Archive

Rotherham Centre: Kingfisher - 1 - Flew from Ickles lock towards NYS 07.15

Rotherham Centre; St Ann*s: Mistle Thrush - 1 - on lamp post, Centenary Way

Rotherham; Primrose Hill: Herring Gull - c30 - at recycling centre ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 4 - at recycling centre ; Great Black-backed Gull - 3 - 2 ads; 1 2cy, at recycling centre ; Redwing - 2 - SW ; Skylark - 1 - S ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Carrion Crow - 20-30 - at recycling centre ; Jackdaw - 20-30 - at recycling centre ; Magpie - 15-20 - at recycling centre ; Greenfinch - 1 - SW ; Linnet - 1 - SW

Roundwood Golf course: Herring Gull - 32 - all SW ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - SW ; Bullfinch - 2

Silverwood Lagoon: Whooper Swan - 1+ - heard to south at 09.05. Probably going over Listerdale/Wickersley

Thornseat Delf: Crossbill - 2 - over calling ; Stonechat - 3 ; Fieldfare - c120 - flock feeding on moor ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 12

Thrybergh CP: Whooper Swan - 3 - 3 adults flew around but did not land 0900 ; Pochard - 12 ; Wigeon - 2 ; Gadwall - 6 ; Tufted Duck - 38 ; Mute Swan - 40 ; Little Grebe - 10 ; Great Crested Grebe - 2 ; Peregrine - 1 - 1 bird flew through 0833 ; 319 - 1 ; Stonechat - 1 - 1 in South paddock ; Lesser Redpoll - 6 ; Carrion Crow - 33

Thrybergh Park: Common Buzzard - 1 - soaring over

Walkley Bank: 319 - 1

Blacka Moor: Stonechat - 2

Canklow Woods: Jackdaw - 65 - 65 south at 1730

East Moor: Stonechat - 3 ; Lapwing - 50 ; Mistle Thrush - 1

Green Moor: Wheatear - 1 - Late female feeding in stubble field - on and off drystone wall

Handsworth: Raven - 1 - Over a handsworth garden

Hudson*s Rough: Woodpigeon - 30+ ; Dunnock - 1 ; Blackbird - 2+ ; Redwing - 10+

Kimberworth: Robin - 1 - Feeding on sunflower hearts feeder most of the day.

Limb Valley: Fieldfare - c140

Moorgate, Rotherham: Tawny Owl - 02-Mar - Calling in Rotherham District Hospital grounds 21.30.

Mount Darnall: Brambling - 1 - west ; Redwing - 41 - west ; Chaffinch - 17 - west ; Skylark - 4 - South ; Linnet - 12 ; Cormorant - 1 - West

Ox Stones: Kestrel - 1

Roughwood Rec: Black-headed Gull - 40+ ; Rook - 5+ ; Carrion Crow - 1+

Upper Common, Scholes: Kestrel - 1 - Hunting over scrub ; Dunnock - 1

Wingfield: Feral Pigeon - 40+ - @ flats E of roundabout

Agden Beck: Fieldfare - c250 - flocks of c200 and c50 heading onto moors late afternoon.

Aldwarke: Canada Goose - 19 - low to NE, then N @ 0850hrs ; Cormorant - 1 - SW @ 0730hrs

Aldwarke; Liberty Steel: Peregrine - 2 - adult pair harassing FPs over site @ 0755hrs then loafing on chimneys ; Cormorant - 11 - max, on pylon

Barlow Common: 319 - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 6

Catcliffe Flash: Wigeon - 127

Damflask Res: Cormorant - 1

Grindleford: Nuthatch - 1 - heard

Hathersage: 319 - 1 ; 321 - 1

Hathersage Moor: Kestrel - 2

Ladybower Res: Mandarin - 2 - pair north of viaduct

Malin Bridge: Redwing - c3 - nocmig: 4 calls 03:00-05:00

Morrison*s car park, Ecclesfield: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - Adult circling with Black-hearted gulls

Onesacre: Wheatear - 1 ; Stonechat - 1 - Feeding alongside wheatear

Onesmoor: Woodpigeon - c867 - 3 groups ( c500 , c300 + 67 ) heading SW @9.30.

Orgreave Lakes: Stonechat - 5

Oughtibridge: Crossbill - 2 - flew over west

Parkgate: Mallard - 26 - E/NE, 0835-0838hrs (presumed Wentworth birds)

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Song Thrush - 6 - inc 2 'in' & 2 NE ; Redwing - 14 - 8 SW; 3 W; 3 E ; Long-tailed Tit - 3 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 3 - 2 W/NW; 1 SW ; Brambling - 1 - heard over ; Pied Wagtail - 2 - single 'alba' wagtails SW & SE ; Chaffinch - 7 - 5 S; 2 W ; Blackbird - 2 - dropped in from high, presumed migrants ; Pheasant - 1 - cock ; Greenfinch - 7 - inc 6 N/NW ; Woodpigeon - 140+ - E, inc a flock of c100 ; Lesser Redpoll - 13 - flock, W/SW ; Herring Gull - 6 - 3 NW; 3 SW ; Linnet - 1 - S