Sightings Archive

Rotherham Centre; Main Street: Grey Heron - 1 - in from W @ 0832hrs, flew downriver & returned SW

Wire Mill Dam: Mandarin - 23 - 14 m, 9 f ; Goosander - 1 - f ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Goosander - 2 - M&F, male flew off downstream

Wortley: Yellowhammer - 10 ; Linnet - 4 ; Redwing - 5

Attercliffe: CASPIAN GULL - 1 - 1w again on roof at Warren Street before being flushed by firecrackers.

Barlow: 319 - 1 ; Yellowhammer - 4 ; Fieldfare - 20+ ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 ; Pheasant - 2

Crabtree Pond: Kingfisher - 1 ; Ring-necked Parakeet - 2 ; 319 - 1 - Circling overhead then flew North

Dronfield: Bullfinch - 3 - In woods off Half Acre Lane ; Long-tailed Tit - 6 - In woods off Half Acre Lane

Endcliffe Park: Black-headed Gull - 30+ ; Mandarin - 3 - M&F ; Redwing - 3 - Holly bush at entrance by mini roundabout

Frith Wood, Dronfield: Goldcrest - 1

Rotherham Centre; All Saints* churchyard: Goldfinch - c150 - noisy pre-roost gathering in treetops @ 1610hrs

Rotherham Centre; Main Street: Goosander - 6 - 5m & 1 redhead, SW @ 1405hrs ; Goosander - 1 - Drake, SW @ 1600hrs

Wyming Brook: Siskin - c 30

Agden Res: Black-headed Gull - 1 - perched on dam wall ; Blue Tit - c30 - visiting feeding stations alongside footpath around res ; Great Tit - 2 ; Mallard - c15 ; Woodpigeon - 2+ ; Nuthatch - 4+ ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - c20 - flock ; Tufted Duck - 2 - males ; Coal Tit - c20 - visiting feeders ; Goldfinch - c10 ; 319 - 1 - flying over

Baslow: Pink-footed Goose - 28 - S-E at 11.10

Blackburn Meadows: Cormorant - 4 - Fishing between Holmes Lock and Jordan Lock 9.00 ; 321 - 1 - On weir Jordan Lock ; 324 - 1 - Escaped Grey Parakeet alarm calling, spotted near weir Jordan lock 9.15

Bradfield: Mistle Thrush - 2+ ; Jackdaw - c30 - flying in flock ; Carrion Crow - 1 ; Blue Tit - 3+ ; Nuthatch - 1+ ; Robin - 3+ ; Cormorant - 1 - Flying over towards Damflask Res. ; Mallard - c30 - on stream ; Moorhen - 2+ ; Grey Heron - 1 - flying over ; Woodpigeon - 2+ ; Long-tailed Tit - c10 - flock ; Chaffinch - 1 - female ; Magpie - 2

Bradfield Dale: Mallard - c10 ; Blue Tit - 3+ ; Great Tit - 3+ ; Blackbird - 4+ - all males ; Goldfinch - 3+ ; Great Tit - 1 - singing male ; Carrion Crow - 2 ; Coal Tit - 2+ ; Magpie - 1 ; Jay - 1 ; Wren - 1

Catcliffe Flash: Mute Swan - 3 ; Gadwall - 14 ; Shoveler - 4 ; Tufted Duck - 10 ; 320 - 2

Cinder Bridge Field: Redwing - c45 - feeding ; Red-legged Partridge - 9 - feeding ; Linnet - c25 - feeding ; Stock Dove - 3 - feeding ; Kestrel - 1 - male, over with prey ; Common Buzzard - 1 - disturbed from ground by dog-walker ; Black-headed Gull - 30 - NW ; Great Black-backed Gull - 2 - SE ; Herring Gull - 1 - SE ; Magpie - 8 - feeding together ; Jackdaw - 25 - feeding

Cinder Bridge Plantation: Goldfinch - 15-20 - feeding in alders; several singing ; Long-tailed Tit - c20 - feeding flock ; Goldcrest - 1

Dale Dike Res: Blue Tit - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - c5 ; Mallard - c50 - amongst willow branches sheltering (?) at the edge of the water ; Moorhen - 2 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 ; Jackdaw - c40 - flock ; Blackbird - 1 ; Nuthatch - 1 - vocal ; Kestrel - 1 - perched on wire ; Pink-footed Goose - c200 - two skeins of about 100 each flying SW along Dale Dike Res towards Strines Res.

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 1 ; Mallard - 11 ; Grey Heron - 1