Sightings Archive

Langsett: 319 - 2 ; Sparrowhawk - 2 ; Great Black-backed Gull - 1

Malin Bridge: Redwing - c7 - nocmig: 7 calls 01:00-07:00, 4 calls 18:30-23:30. ; Song Thrush - 1 - nocmig 22:54

Moorgate, Rotherham: Whooper Swan - 4 - 4 ads flew SE over obs garden

Barlow Common: Yellowhammer - 5 ; 319 - 2 ; Stock Dove - 2 ; Jay - 2 ; Mistle Thrush - 3 ; Nuthatch - 1

Cave Dale: Curlew - 10 - Flying South East

Dronfield: 319 - 2 - Circling over Frith Wood

Ecclesall: Pheasant - 1 - Male in suburban garden - first observation in 20 years.

Longstone Edge: Woodcock - 1 - Flushed from bracken

Malin Bridge: House Sparrow - 10+ ; Redwing - c12 - nocmig: 6 calls 00:00-02:00, 10 calls 19:00-23:30 ; Blackbird - 1 - nocmig 21:30

Orgreave Lakes: GREAT WHITE EGRET - 1 - Flew north at 08:45 ; Goldeneye - 2 - Pair

Peat Pits: Golden Plover - c120 - in cereal field. ; Skylark - 53 - feeding in cereal field. ; Golden Plover - 120 ; Meadow Pipit - 2 ; Woodpigeon - 5 ; Carrion Crow - 1 ; Rook - 40 ; Jackdaw - 4 ; Magpie - 1 ; Red Grouse - 2 ; Linnet - 12 ; Kestrel - 1

Redmires Bottom Res: Merlin - 1 - male through ; Fieldfare - 14 ; Redwing - 6 ; Reed Bunting - 5 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Snipe - 1

Shepherd*s Plantation: 319 - 1

Stubley Hollow: Redwing - 22 ; Linnet - 11 ; Magpie - 22

Wharncliffe Chase (north): Redwing - 10+ ; Fieldfare - 20+ ; Chaffinch - 5+ ; Starling - 47 - NW 8-9.15 in groups 2,17,25,13 ; Meadow Pipit - 3+ ; Stock Dove - 13 - ENE groups 9,4 ; Raven - 1 ; Brambling - 1+ - Called from within a group of 5 finches flying over ; Stonechat - 1 ; Linnet - 1

Barlow Common: Little Owl - 1 - showing extremely well ; Fieldfare - 1 ; Redwing - 15+ ; Long-tailed Tit - 4+

Ecclesall: Goosander - 2 - flew S at 08:10 hrs ; Blackbird - 6 - flew high to the south at 08:00 hrs

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1 - Fishing from in front of top reed bed. ; Chaffinch - 10+ - On Arbour Lane. ; Linnet - 2+ ; Siskin - 1 - Single over calling. ; Lesser Redpoll - 5 - In tree tops over sluice. ; Redwing - 30+ ; Fieldfare - 4 - Over calling at 9:45AM first record this Autumn. ; Skylark - 1 - Singing. ; Starling - 10+ - On pylon. ; Jackdaw - 2 - Down on farmland.

Graves Park: Ring-necked Parakeet - c11

Greystones: Redwing - 1 - In observer's garden, 1st of Autumn

Handsworth garden: Collared Dove - 11 - under feeders,new record. ; Goldfinch - 15 - on and around feeders.

Kimberworth Park: Sparrowhawk - 1 - From top of tree, bottom of Grey Hill, then mobbed by Black-headed Gulls and into Shepherd's Plantation.

Langsett: Woodpigeon - c150 ; Meadow Pipit - 2 - South ; Chaffinch - 82 - NW 8.35-9.20 ; Redwing - c50 ; Raven - 7 ; 319 - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Fieldfare - c30

Malin Bridge: House Sparrow - 15+ - flocks up to 20 visiting garden for several months.... ; Redwing - c20 - nocmig: 14 calls 00:00-07:00, 13 calls 19:00-00:00. ; Blackbird - c4 - nocmig: 5 calls 05:22-06:30, 2 calls 23:39

Middle Common: Meadow Pipit - 1 - calls ; Linnet - 30+

Midhopestones: Greylag Goose - c150-200 - Low towards Midhope Res 9.30

Ravenfield Park: Mallard - 10+ ; Tufted Duck - 2 - Pair. ; Kingfisher - 1 - On stream near first course pond. ; Redwing - 30+ ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Goldcrest - 3 ; Jay - 1 ; Siskin - 6+ ; Lesser Redpoll - 4

Redmires Bottom Res: Great Grey Shrike - 1 - North side of reservoir high up in fir trees briefly.

Redmires Middle Res: Dipper - 1 - still feeding at the outfall.