Sightings Archive

Loxley Valley: Barn Owl - 1 - bird with remains of jesses hunting fields around Loxley Grange after sunset.

Meersbrook Park: Grey Wagtail - 1

Pitsmoor: Common Buzzard - 1

Rother Valley CP: Smew - 1 - still present this morning on Intermediate Pond ; Smew - 1 - Redhead on Meadowgate Lake at 15.15

Silverwood Lagoon: Pochard - 2 ; Gadwall - 4 ; Tufted Duck - 7 ; Little Grebe - 1 - 'trilling' ; Common Gull - 1 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - c.80 ; Great Black-backed Gull - 1 - south ; Linnet - 6 - small flock in gorse at southern end of lagoon ; Common Buzzard - 2 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Jay - 2 ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Woodcock - 1 - Flushed near plank gate ; Common Buzzard - 2 - Over woodland to the north

Barlow Common: Nuthatch - 2 - seen from my garden in nearby tree ; Bullfinch - 1 - briefly in my garden

Brownhills Lane: Greylag Goose - 50 ; Redwing - 3+ - in a flock of starlings ; Fieldfare - 1+ - same flock of starlings ; Canada Goose - 4+ - spooked starlings, fieldfare & redwings ; Pink-footed Goose - 1 - with Greylag

Canklow Woods: Jackdaw - 142 - 142 west at 1600

Dronfield: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Jay - 1

Hudson*s Rough: Robin - 1 - singing ; Nuthatch - 1 - calls ; Goldfinch - 1+ ; Bullfinch - 2 - male and female, prob pair

R Don, Rotherham Centre; Adjacent Forge Island: Goosander - 1 - drake @ 0755hrs

R Don, Rotherham Centre; Crinoline Bridge: Grey Wagtail - 2 - flew over Centenary Way, heading downriver @ 1613hrs

R Don, Rotherham Centre; Main Street: Grey Wagtail - 1 - 0800hrs

R Don, Rotherham Centre; weir: Grey Heron - 1 - 2cy by weir, 1245-1315hrs at least

Rivelin Valley: Mallard - 11 ; Moorhen - 5 ; Goosander - 1 - On Wolf Wheel ; Kingfisher - 1 - Flying across Frank Wheel ; Dipper - 2 ; Bullfinch - 3 ; Long-tailed Tit - 3 ; Great Tit - 3 ; Blue Tit - 3 ; Chaffinch - 1 ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Robin - 3

Rother Valley CP: Smew - 1 - redhead reported this morning on small pond between Reserve and Fishing Lake ; Smew - 1 - Redhead still on small lake between Nature Reserve and Fishing Lake at 14:14 ; Smew - 1 - still present at 15.53. ; Smew - 1 - flew on to Reserve (Meadowgate) Lake at 15.57 ; Little Egret - 4 - roosting on the island in the main lake ; Cormorant - 42+ - at least 42 roosting on the island in the Main Lake (only one side of the island observed - possibly a few more out of site on the other side) ; Grey Heron - 4 - 3 roosting on the island in the Main Lake plus 1 on a buoy adjacent ; Goosander - 27 - 27 on Meadowgate Lake towards dusk ; Goldeneye - 7+ - at least 7 on Meadowgate Lake (not a thorough count) ; Lapwing - 48 - roosting on jetty by Activity Centre, Main Lake

Roughwood Rec: Black-headed Gull - 20 ; Rook - 11

RVCP: Coot - 90+ ; Tufted Duck - 30+ ; Gadwall - 30+ ; Wigeon - 120+ ; Pochard - 20 ; Goosander - 3 ; Goldeneye - 6 ; 320 - 20+ ; Great Crested Grebe - 8 ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Cormorant - 32 ; Grey Heron - 5 ; Common Gull - 1 ; Herring Gull - 8 ; Redwing - 3 ; Bullfinch - 3 ; Mistle Thrush - 3 ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Jay - 1 ; 319 - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Moorhen - 18

Sheffield University: Greenfinch - c.25 - Flying around between Hicks Building and Octagon.

Wadsley Common: Yellowhammer - 9 - In birch by tree point.

Barbrook Res: Red Grouse - 2

Birley Spa: Raven - 1 - over NE (and then over Shirebrook Valley) calling

Centenary Riverside: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Flew low across river 12.20 ; Mute Swan - 2 - River ; 321 - 1 - Flushed from pond. ; Goosander - 3 - 2 Male, 1 female ; Mallard - 8

Green Moor: Blackcap - 1 - Female eating a mince pie on the lawn

Killamarsh: Goosander - 4+ - At least 2 male and 2 female flying S, likely from RVCP as were low.

Peat Pits: Carrion Crow - 11 ; Golden Plover - 30+ ; Starling - 40+ ; Fieldfare - 20+ ; Linnet - 20+