Sightings Archive

Thrybergh CP: Coot - c100 ; Moorhen - 21 ; Lapwing - 60

Woodseats: Whooper Swan - 15 - Heading quite low to the E/SE. Constantly calling.

Aldwarke: Mute Swan - 9 - 6 @ 0800 & 3 @ 0817hrs, all SW to canal basin ; Common Gull - 2 - adults, SW together ; Cormorant - 7 - 4 on pylon; 3 SW

Aldwarke; Liberty Steel: Cormorant - 6 - max on pylon ; Peregrine - 1pr - f sat on chimney by 0750hrs; joined by m by 0910hrs; both gone by 0930hrs (m seen to leave W)

Freebirch: Lapwing - 60

Kilnhurst Ings: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing briefly

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Chaffinch - 1 - NW ; Long-tailed Tit - 9+ ; Meadow Pipit - 6 - SW ; Song Thrush - 3 - 2 N/NW; 1 SW ; Starling - c170 - W in parties 50 ; Kestrel - 1 - male ; Raven - 1 - N/NW @ 0836hrs ; Redwing - 10 - 5 N/NE; 3 left SW + 2 SW ; Reed Bunting - 1 - over, unseen ; Whooper Swan - 2 - S @ 0900hrs ; Siskin - 01-Feb - over, unseen ; Goldfinch - c20 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - N ; Yellowhammer - 1 - W ; Skylark - 1+ - light passage over, unseen ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - 'alba' wagtail, S

Ramsley Moor: Starling - 435 - West ; Greenfinch - 39 - S-W ; Siskin - 35 - 5 W and party of 30 E towards Shillito Woods ; Chaffinch - 38 - S-W ; Reed Bunting - 5 - West ; Skylark - 1 - West ; Fieldfare - 15 - S-W ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - Sang briefly before leaving N-W

Roundwood Golf course: Carrion Crow - 29 - dispersed SW at dawn from further down Don valley, presumably from roost ; Goldcrest - 02-Mar ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 - singles SW ; Great Black-backed Gull - 1 - SW ; Coal Tit - 1

Barbrook Pools: Goldcrest - 2 - Feeding in shelter belt by cottage ; Goldfinch - 35 - Around cottage

Bradfield Moors: Raven - 2 ; Kestrel - 2 ; 319 - 1

Canklow Woods: Jackdaw - 104 - 104 west at 1740

Edge Mount: Chaffinch - 14 - feeding on beech mast at roadside. ; Brambling - 1 - feeding with chaffinch. ; Yellowhammer - 1 - sat on wires. ; Woodpigeon - c300 - single flock heading north east. ; Peregrine - 1 - making unsuccessful attempt on woodpidgeon .

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Tawny Owl - 2+ - Calling pre Dawn ; Little Owl - 1 - Calling in distance

Linacre Res: Tufted Duck - 24 ; Moorhen - 14 ; Cormorant - 5 ; Mandarin - 25 ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Great Crested Grebe - 1

Peat Pits: Jackdaw - c200 - heading east at dusk. ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - hunting low over fields. ; Starling - 83 - feeding in surrounding fields. ; 319 - 2

Porter Clough: Chaffinch - c60 ; Brambling - 2 - Amongst Chaffinch flock gathering intermittently on road then feeding on beechmast.

Ramsley Moor: Jack Snipe - 1

Rotherham; Meadowbank Road: Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 - flew over road in front of car @ 1145hrs

Roughwood Rec: Rook - 22

Stubley Hollow: 319 - 1 ; Redwing - 27 ; Blackbird - 21 ; Goldfinch - 15

Wharncliffe Side: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Male feeding on sunflower hearts on observers garden birdtable

Bole Hill Rec: 319 - 1 - flying low over woodland off Bole Hill Road, pursued by magpies

Burbage Valley: 319 - 1 - Mobbed by kestrel ; Kestrel - 1 - Female ; Meadow Pipit - 1

Catcliffe Flash: Mute Swan - 3 - ad pr + juv (now making short flights) ; Wigeon - 24+ ; Gadwall - 48+ ; 320 - 1 ; Shoveler - 3 ; Tufted Duck - 5 ; Cormorant - 3 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Little Grebe - 2 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Moorhen - 2+ ; Coot - 40 ; Black-headed Gull - 55 - max ; Kingfisher - 2 - chasing, SW corner

Dog Kennel Pond: 319 - 2 ; Great Crested Grebe - 2 ; Mute Swan - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 5+ ; Moorhen - 2 ; Coot - 2

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 2