Sightings Archive

Hathersage: Goldfinch - 10+ - Party

Norton Lees garden: Redwing - c9 - feeding on holly berries ; Long-tailed Tit - c6

Rotherham Centre: Sparrowhawk - 02-Mar - male pursued across town by 2 crows @ 1115hrs, left SE; female followed same course, panicking FPs @ 1143hrs; one (female?) over @ 1315hrs

Rotherham Centre; Main Street: Mute Swan - 2 - N/NE @ 0903hrs

Rotherham; Northfield: Goosander - 1 - SW @ 0755hrs

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Water Rail - 1 - dead, found in the southern heath/wood pasture fringe

Wharncliffe Side: Goosander - 6 - to the north of village on river don

Aldwarke: Pink-footed Goose - c180 - low to E/SE, then 'diverted' NE by persistent shooting in Thrybergh area @ 1043hrs ; Mute Swan - 4 - SW to canal basin @ 0800hrs

Aldwarke; Liberty Steel: Peregrine - 1 - adult male on chimney from 0825-0840hrs & 1035-1135hrs & unsuccessfully hunting FPs ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - over, harassed by crow

Back Tor, Derwentdale: Greylag Goose - c100 - High heading east

Bingham Park: Dipper - 2 - Flew together upstream

Bradfield Dale: Greylag Goose - 64 - flock circled Bradfield Dale before dropping down towards Damflask

Broomhead Park: Brambling - 2+ - feeding high up in Beeches

Broomhead Res: Goosander - 10

Centenary Riverside: Kingfisher - 1 - River 12.45

Damflask Res: Greylag Goose - 20 ; Mandarin - 22

Endcliffe Park: Kingfisher - 1 - Male on upper pond ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - On cafe roof ; Black-headed Gull - 40+ - Lower pond

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 2 - On partially frozen main Res. ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - Hunting insects on walls of cottage. ; 319 - 1 ; Tawny Owl - 1 - Roosting in hedgerow mobbed by Blackbirds. ; Mistle Thrush - 2 ; Fieldfare - 2+ - Call only. ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Male ; Jackdaw - 6 - Over calling. ; Mallard - 2 - Pair ; Skylark - 2 ; Meadow Pipit - 4+ ; Chaffinch - 1 - Male ; Bullfinch - 2+ ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Tree Sparrow - 3+ - First for some time. ; Reed Bunting - 1 - Male. ; Reed Bunting - 1 - Male. ; Pheasant - 8 ; Red-legged Partridge - 1

Greasbrough: Pink-footed Goose - 60 - c60 flying west calling at 10:50

Kelham Island: Goosander - 6 - 4 males 2 redheads fishing along the edges

Killamarsh: Brambling - 1 - Female at garden feeding station

Kimberworth Park: 319 - 3 - Soaring low together, drifting S from Shepherd's Plantation then over Remount Road@ 12:50.

Morehall Res: Goosander - 1 ; Common Buzzard - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 1000+ - 200 on res, 800+ over res flying west

Parkgate Canal Basin: Mute Swan - 66 - inc 4 1cy ; Mallard - 35-40 ; Black-headed Gull - 32

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Carrion Crow - 15+ - dispersing SW at dawn ; Siskin - 2 - singles over, unseen ; Goldfinch - 5 - N ; Redwing - 30 - 11 W/SW; 5 N; 14 NE ; Greenfinch - 8 - 3 N; 5 in ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - W ; Fieldfare - 12 - dropped in from W/SW ; Herring Gull - 65 - lots of movement, mostly SW (possibly to recycling centre at Thorn Hill) ; Common Gull - 3 - 1 N; 2 S ; Canada Goose - 1 - SW @ 0858hrs ; Great Black-backed Gull - 1 - SW ; Bullfinch - 1 - male ; Mute Swan - 2 - both 1cy, N/NE @ 1112hrs ; Cormorant - 1 - SW

Parkgate; Barber*s Avenue: Grey Heron - 1 - low to W @ 1135hrs

Parkgate; Forge Way: Redwing - 4+ ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Greenfinch - 2

Rivelin Valley: Pink-footed Goose - 210 - 2 skeins 150 and 60 heading SE at 09:35 ; Pink-footed Goose - 40 - 40 flying NW at 10:20

Rotherham; Glasshouse Street: Great Black-backed Gull - 14 - loafing on rooftop ; Herring Gull - c35 - loafing on rooftop

Rotherham; Thorn Hill/Primrose Hill: Magpie - 29 - visiting recycling centre ; Carrion Crow - c20 ; Herring Gull - c80 - visiting recycling centre & loafing on adjacent rooftop ; Great Black-backed Gull - c25 - all ads except 1 1cy; visiting recycling centre & loafing on adjacent rooftop ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Goldcrest - 1

Roundwood Golf course: Goldfinch - 10-Dec - feeding in birches/alders ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - dropped in ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - hunting ; Magpie - 7 - foraging party ; Coal Tit - 1

Wharncliffe Side: Woodcock - 1 - in flight to west of village at dusk

Aldwarke: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Flew over Liberty melting shop 14.25 ; Redwing - 4 - On bushes feeding ; Greenfinch - 4 - On feeders

Bramley: Pink-footed Goose - 2 - Pair feeding in field near dumpit site present between 10AM and 12.30PM.

East Moor: Wren - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 2

Firsby Res: Mallard - 2 - Males main Res. ; Cormorant - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Tawny Owl - 1 ; Fieldfare - 6+ ; Fieldfare - 6+ ; Bullfinch - 1