Sightings Archive

Redmires Middle Res: 320 - 9 - 7m and 2f

Rother Valley CP: Mute Swan - 12 ; Greylag Goose - 3 ; Canada Goose - 165 ; Grey Heron - 7 ; Little Egret - 2 ; Great Crested Grebe - 5 ; Mallard - 206 ; Gadwall - 19 ; Wigeon - 192 ; 320 - 30 ; Tufted Duck - 62 ; Pochard - 40 ; Goldeneye - 9 ; Shoveler - 2 ; Goosander - 9 ; Lapwing - 52 ; Coot - 242 ; Moorhen - 32 ; Black-headed Gull - 135

Barlow Common: Bullfinch - 7 - two pairs together in the village, and three other individuals (2 m, 1 f) in the next hamlet ; Nuthatch - 2 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Herring Gull - 1 ; Goldfinch - 2 ; Long-tailed Tit - 4

Blackburn Meadows NR: Gadwall - 5 ; Coot - 2 ; Water Rail - 2 - Both calling together from the reedbed on Ferham Lake. ; Raven - 1 - Flew north calling.

Brightholmlee/morehall: Lesser Redpoll - 4 - 2 pairs feeding in young silver birch on side of footpath at back of reservoir ; Carrion Crow - 4 ; Jackdaw - 11 ; Magpie - 5 ; Blue Tit - 7 ; Great Tit - 5 ; Wren - 2 ; Goldcrest - 2 - with lesser redpolls ; Blackbird - 5 ; Redwing - 9 ; Robin - 3 ; Black-headed Gull - 1 ; Pheasant - 5 ; Mallard - 8

Meersbrook Park: Starling - 80+ ; Mistle Thrush - 1

Peat Pits: Golden Plover - 222 ; Linnet - 20 ; Pheasant - 3 ; Rook - 1 ; Carrion Crow - 6 ; Black-headed Gull - 10+

R Don, Rotherham Centre; weir: Grey Heron - 1 - 2cy by weir, 0810hrs; still present @ 1605hrs

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Long-tailed Tit - 6 ; Goldfinch - 4

Rotherham; Rawmarsh Road: Mute Swan - 2 - N/NE to canal basin @ 0800hrs

Shillito Wood: Blackbird - 3 ; Blue Tit - 15 ; Chaffinch - 15 ; Coal Tit - 8 ; Goldfinch - 15 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Great Tit - 6 ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; Robin - 1 ; Yellowhammer - 2

Walkley Bank: Pink-footed Goose - 100-120 - Flying West heading towards Stanington from Walkley

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Common Buzzard - 1

Brownhills Lane: Greylag Goose - 52 - Herd in field and another 10 flying in adjacent fields

Catcliffe Flash: Tufted Duck - 17 ; Pochard - 13 - 9m; 4f ; Gadwall - 22 ; Coot - 16 ; Cormorant - 3 ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Mute Swan - 1pr+? - 1 cy may have been in cover ; Shoveler - 7 - 4m; 3f ; 320 - 3prs ; Moorhen - 1+ ; Sparrowhawk - 2 - m & f chasing over with brief display ; Mallard - 4prs ; Grey Heron - 2 ; Black-headed Gull - 15

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 2 ; Mallard - 12 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 4 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - On flooded field. ; 319 - 2 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Redwing - 4+ ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Magpie - 2 ; Jackdaw - 9 ; Starling - 43 - On wires. ; Bullfinch - 6 ; Chaffinch - 10+ - Feeding on farmland.