Sightings Archive

R Derwent, Curbar-Froggatt: Dipper - 2 ; Goosander - 1 ; Mandarin - 8 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Treecreeper - 2 ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 2

Rotherham Centre: Cormorant - present - regular singles 'commuting', following river but 4 NE together @ 0815hrs ; Canada Goose - 14 - low to S/SW @ 0831hrs ; Grey Wagtail - 01-Feb - singles on river @ 0755hrs & Rotherham Lock @ 1235hrs

Rotherham Centre; All Saints* Church: Peregrine - 1pr - on/flying around spire of minster from 1325-1335hrs at least

Roughwood Rec: Pied Wagtail - 1+ ; Jackdaw - 3 ; Rook - 14

Sothall: Golden Plover - 1 - nocmig recorded 2044hr

Thrybergh Tip: Mute Swan - 4 - 2 on lake 2 over S-W ; Gadwall - 25 - Number down on previous visits, all Mallard gone. ; Shoveler - 7 ; 320 - 6 ; Grey Heron - 5 ; Cormorant - 6 ; Coot - 4 ; Tufted Duck - 4 ; Wren - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - c14 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 9 ; Carrion Crow - 8 ; Rook - 7 ; Jay - 3 ; Goldcrest - 2 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1

Totley Moor: Swallow - 1

Wingfield School: Black-headed Gull - 10+

Attercliffe: Yellow-legged Gull - 2 - ads inc limping bird, Warren St

Brightside: Common Buzzard - 1 - drifting E

Canklow Woods: Jackdaw - c 150 - c 150 west at 1820

Handsworth garden: Sparrowhawk - 1 - female garden tree preening for 10 mins.

Keppels Field: Skylark - 1+ - calls ; Meadow Pipit - 1+ ; Mistle Thrush - 2 - W. ; Starling - c.10 - @ Column. ; Jay - 3+ - Active around oaks. ; Magpie - 2 ; Carrion Crow - 3 ; Goldfinch - 10+ ; Pheasant - 2 - male

Kimberworth Park,Remount Road: Redwing - 10+ - NW @ 09:30.

Middleton Moor: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1200 ; Yellow-legged Gull - 4 - Adults ; Herring Gull - 1 - Adult ; Common Gull - 1 - 1st winter ; Black-headed Gull - 55

Millhouses Park: Grey Wagtail - 1

Norton Lees: Ring-necked Parakeet - 4 - flock NNW calling at 18.12

R Don, Effingham St: Goosander - 1 - redhead

R Don, Rotherham Centre; Keppel Wharf: Mute Swan - 1 - adult

R Don, Stevenson Rd: Yellow-legged Gull - 3 - 2 adults and a 3cy, 5 different birds seen over the last 2 days. ; Black-headed Gull - c60 - including yellow colour ringed 1cy.

Ramsley Moor: Redwing - 470 - S-W between 8.30 and 9.30 ; Fieldfare - 3 ; Greenfinch - 65 - S S-W ; Brambling - 1 - S-W ; Reed Bunting - 5 - S-W ; Skylark - 3 - S-W ; Goldfinch - 80+ - Flock of 40 around reservoir bed, plus further 40+ in parties SW

Rotherham; Grafton Bridge: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing by river in early morning sun @ 0750hrs

Rotherham; Northfield: Common Buzzard - 1 - circling over @ 1610hrs; drifted away NW/N

Rotherham; Rawmarsh Road: Kingfisher - 1 - flew over road from direction of canal towards river @ 0750hrs ; Redwing - 1 - S @ 0750hrs

Silverwood Lagoon: Tawny Owl - 2 - very vocal in Hollings Lane sidings at 06.50 ; Mandarin - 4 - fem/imm, keeping to edge of reeds in south-east corner ; Little Grebe - 4 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 ; Redwing - 17 - party SW ; Skylark - c.25 - steady southwards passage ; Jay - 8 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 12 - scattered around pit top ; Pied Wagtail - 2

Wharncliffe Side: Ring Ouzel - 1 - Female briefly in observers garden before taking off to the south

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

Bingham Park: Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Nuthatch - 1

Endcliffe Park: Mandarin - 24 - M&F on upper pond ; Black-headed Gull - 36 - Recreation area ; Grey Heron - 1 - lower pond ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - rec area ; Dipper - 1 - Near Hunters Bar at 07:05

Forge Dam: Dipper - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Jay - 1

Green Moor: Chiffchaff - 4+ ; Bullfinch - 1 - Male ; Goldcrest - 6+ ; Redwing - c20

Meersbrook Park: Fieldfare - 7 - 1 and 6

R Don, Rotherham Centre; Main Street: Grey Wagtail - 2 - flew in, calling excitedly @ 1220hrs