Sightings Archive

Thrybergh CP: Pochard - 4 - m ; Tufted Duck - 64 ; 319 - 1 - in t/top call for 60+mins ; Red-legged Partridge - 4+ - call ; Pheasant - 2 - m ; Lapwing - 60 - on front ; Black-headed Gull - 200 ; Skylark - 38+ - steady passage most south ; Swallow - 4 - south ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Wren - 10 ; Dunnock - 16 ; Robin - 24 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Blackbird - 15 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Goldcrest - 2 ; Great Tit - 12 ; Blue Tit - 10 ; Long-tailed Tit - 18+ - in 2 flocks ; Jay - 2 ; Rook - 8 - SE ; Chaffinch - 15 - inc.8 at f/stat. ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Reed Bunting - 2 - mf at f/stat

Upper Common, Scholes: Skylark - 1+ - inc 1 singing ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Magpie - 12 ; Meadow Pipit - 1 - calls

Aldwarke: Cormorant - 2 - SW ; Mute Swan - 11 - inc 3 1cy, SW @ 0751hrs

Bramley: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Female on garden tree on Flanderwell Avenue.

Firsby Res: Mallard - 2 ; Moorhen - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - On sluice. ; Kestrel - 1 ; Goldcrest - 1

Harthill Res: Mute Swan - 7 ; Great Crested Grebe - 4 ; Coot - 22 ; Moorhen - 5 ; Tufted Duck - 4 ; Gadwall - 2 ; Kingfisher - 1 - calling around Top Reservoir ; Blackbird - 6 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Redwing - 3 ; Chiffchaff - 5 ; Yellowhammer - 1 - overhead ; Chaffinch - 30 - flew W in one hour ; Linnet - 50 - c. on overhead wires ; Starling - 100 - c. on overhead wires ; Common Buzzard - 1 - with white bases to central tail feathers. ; Bullfinch - 2

Ickles: Kingfisher - 2 - Ickles lock.09.25 ; Cormorant - 1 - Fishing

Limb Valley: 319 - 2

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Greylag Goose - 3 - W @ 0740hrs ; Chiffchaff - 1 - brief song ; Woodpigeon - c60 - single flock, SW ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - N ; Meadow Pipit - 11 - single flock, SW ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Redwing - 5 - 2 NE; 2 SW; 1 W

Parkgate; Infirmary Road: Goldfinch - 17

Poolsbrook Marsh: Kingfisher - 1 ; Redwing - 8 ; Canada Goose - 19 - flew N ; Bullfinch - 2

Porter Clough: Kestrel - 1 - over top

Ravenfield Park: Tufted Duck - 1 - Male. ; Mallard - 7 ; Coot - 1 ; Moorhen - 2 ; Mute Swan - 1 ; 319 - 1 - Call only. ; Jay - 1 ; Starling - 20+ - On pylon and feeding in stubble field. ; Kingfisher - 1 - Along stream. Regular sighting now. ; Long-tailed Tit - 20+ ; Nuthatch - 1 - Calling in woodland.

Redmires Middle Res: Golden Plover - c60 - on north shore

Redmires Top Res: Kestrel - 2

Rotherham Centre: Pied Wagtail - 3 - NY stadium 09.30 ; Robin - 2 - 1 singing

Roundwood Golf course: Sparrowhawk - 1 - over in semi-darkness @ 0705hrs ; Goldcrest - 01-Feb ; Carrion Crow - 19 - at dawn; most dispersing SW ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1

Shillito Wood: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - at feeders ; Blackbird - 1 ; Robin - 2 ; Dunnock - 1 ; Coal Tit - 4+ ; Blue Tit - 5+ ; Great Tit - 2+ ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Goldfinch - 6 ; Chaffinch - 4+