Sightings Archive

Rotherham; Thorn Hill: Great Black-backed Gull - 7 - loafing on rooftop ; Herring Gull - 30 - loafing on rooftop

Shillito Wood: Pheasant - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - fem ; Dunnock - 2 ; Robin - 1 ; Blackbird - 5+ - influx ; Coal Tit - 3+ ; Blue Tit - 7+ ; Great Tit - 2+ ; Nuthatch - 2 ; Chaffinch - 6+ ; Goldfinch - 1 ; Yellowhammer - 5 - at feeders - nice to get a decent count from traditional stronghold area

Catcliffe: Kestrel - 2 - On separate lampposts on Highfield Spring near AMRC 14.10

Ladybower: Raven - 1

Ladybower Res, North arm: Mandarin - c100 - Western side of reaervoir ; Brambling - 1 - male ; Mistle Thrush - 1

Millhouses garden: Blackcap - 1 - female

Attercliffe: Peregrine - 1 - ad male on Bernard Rd incinerator building

Barlow Brook: Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Redwing - 7+ ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 2 ; Bullfinch - 1 ; Greenfinch - 2 - first local ones I've seen in over 6 months ; Moorhen - 9 - all on one small sewage bed ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Goldfinch - 8+ ; Cormorant - 1

Bingham Park: Kingfisher - 1

Longshaw: Treecreeper - 1 ; Siskin - c60 - Feeding in alders ; Woodpigeon - c50 ; Fieldfare - c9

Norton Lees: Long-tailed Tit - c7 - In mixed flock with Blue Tits

Norwood Allotments: Fieldfare - c30 - single flock over southwards at lunchtime. ; Woodcock - 1 - low overhead at dusk ; Redwing - 2

Orgreave Lakes: Pochard - 58 ; Wigeon - 16 ; Goldeneye - 3 - 1 drake ; Goosander - 4 - 1 drake ; 320 - 6 ; Lapwing - 60+ ; Pochard - 58 - photo ; Pochard - 58 - photo ; Pochard - 58 - photo ; Goosander - 4 - photo ; Goosander - 4 - photo ; Goosander - 4 - photo ; Wigeon - 16 - photo ; Wigeon - 16 - photo ; Wigeon - 16

Pitsmoor: Sparrowhawk - 2 - over ; 319 - 1 - over

R Don, Effingham St: Kingfisher - 1 - flying over road before heading back to river. ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - 1w LBBG ringed as a chick Lillestrøm, near Oslo this year (left) with 1w Herring Gull, ringed as a chick in Bowland, Lancs (right)

R Don, Stevenson Rd: Lapwing - 1 - on wasteground, my first here

Rotherham centre; Centenary Way: Mistle Thrush - 4

Silverwood Pit Top: Barn Owl - 1 - Hunting rough grassland at side of Hollings lane opposite Silverwood test centre @17:00hrs approx.

Sothall: Dunlin - 1 - nocmig recorded over garden at 0005hr

Aldwarke: Cormorant - 6 - on pylons @ 0950hrs

Aldwarke Lane: Mistle Thrush - 1

Denaby Common: Whooper Swan - 12 - 10 Adults + 2 Juveniles on Flood area adjacent to River Don, Pastures Road (likely outside our recording area).

Dog Kennel Pond: Mallard - 10+ ; Coot - 3 ; Black-headed Gull - 15+

Endcliffe Park: Pied Wagtail - 1 - Female ; Black-headed Gull - 40+

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 1 ; Tawny Owl - 1 - Calling at Dawn. ; Barn Owl - 1 ; Woodcock - 1 - Dropped into set aside field. ; Skylark - 2 ; Fieldfare - 6+ - Coming out of roost with Redwings. ; Redwing - 10+ ; Jay - 2 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Bullfinch - 1 ; Bullfinch - 1 ; Yellowhammer - 1 - over ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Woodcock - 2 - Dropping in to set aside at dusk (16:45hrs)also ; Barn Owl - 1 - Hunting set aside, dusk ; Tawny Owl - 1 - In hedge next to set aside. ; 319 - 4 - Flying in to roost 2 calling loudly. ; Jay - 05-Jun ; Kestrel - 2 ; Bullfinch - c8 ; Goldfinch - 14 ; Fieldfare - c20

Forge Dam: Kingfisher - 1 - Female, caught & ate fish.

Frecheville: Goosander - 2 - RH - on Frecheville pond.

Heeley Retail Park: Blackbird - c9 - Some feeding on cotoneaster berries

Ibbotson*s Dam: Kingfisher - 1

Longshaw: Mandarin - 40+ - At least 40 birds on or around pond. Partially flushed before an exact count could be completed. ; Brambling - 5+ - sprinkled amongst the Chaffinches