Sightings Archive

Scholes Ground: 319 - 1

Silverwood Lagoon: Shoveler - 3 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 4 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Rook - 9 - in stubble to west ; Common Buzzard - 2 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Grey Partridge - 3 ; Tawny Owl - 1 - calling in Hollings Lane sidings at 06.00 ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 3 - singing ; Jay - 4

Stocksbridge: Willow Tit - 1 - Calling repeatedly along Steel Valley Walk

Stubley Hollow: Chiffchaff - 1 ; Goldfinch - 38 ; 319 - 1 ; Kestrel - 1

Tankersley Park Golf Course: Jay - 03-Apr - Numerous sightings of late. ; Long-tailed Tit - 7 ; 319 - 2 ; Kestrel - 1

Upper Common, Scholes: Meadow Pipit - 1+ - calls ; Magpie - 15+

Burncross, Chapeltown: Woodpigeon - 2 - Pair copulating

Canklow Woods: Jackdaw - 100 plus - 100 plus west at 1900

Fir Vale: Ring-necked Parakeet - 10+ - Noisy pre roost gathering at sunset.

Manor Fields Park: Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Moorhen - 5 - 2 adults 3 chick still on pond ; Swallow - 2 - Flew over NW ; Chiffchaff - 2 ; Whitethroat - 3 ; Blackcap - 2 ; Carrion Crow - 12 ; Jackdaw - 2

Middleton Moor: 320 - 36 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Raven - 3

Norwood Allotments: Pink-footed Goose - 46 - over west at 08:05

R Don, Norfolk bridge: Common Buzzard - 9 - 7 together over Bernard Road, and 2 in distance to N of Burngreave/Pitsmoor ; Swallow - 4 - over W

R Don, Rotherham Centre; adjacent interchange: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing @ 0750hrs ; Grey Wagtail - 1

R Don, Stevenson Rd: Common Buzzard - 4 - overhead ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Swallow - 4 - over E ; Cormorant - 1 - imm landed on light again. ; Wheatear - 1 - female type

Ramsley Moor: Fieldfare - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 6 ; Siskin - 6 ; Willow Warbler - 1 ; Stonechat - 8 ; Coot - 1

Upper Common, Scholes: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Very high up along with a Buzzard and a female Kestrel. ; Magpie - 10+ ; Carrion Crow - 20+ - with Jackdaws.

Aldwarke: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 13 - SW ; Herring Gull - 1 - SW ; Great Black-backed Gull - 4 - adults, SW

Bray Plantation: Robin - 1+ - singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 1+ ; Great Tit - 5+ ; Treecreeper - 1

Canklow Woods: Raven - 2 - 2 drifted south at 1155

Catcliffe Flash: Shoveler - 10 ; Wigeon - 7 ; Wigeon - 7 ; 320 - 5 ; Tufted Duck - 7 ; Pochard - 11 ; Mute Swan - 3 ; Mallard - 12 ; Gadwall - 42 ; Little Grebe - 9 - Including a pair still feeding small chicks.

Fatty Boyns Ponds: Coal Tit - 1 - singing ; Goldcrest - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Moorhen - 01-Feb ; Swallow - 9 - SW together ; Treecreeper - 1 - calling ; Stock Dove - 1 - over ; Cetti's Warbler - 1 - still present; calling/singing frequently & seen briefly (unringed)

Firsby Res: Mallard - 2 ; Kingfisher - 1 - Flew from stream over road to main Res. ; 319 - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Goldcrest - 2 ; Swallow - 5+

Grange Park Golf Course: Mistle Thrush - 20+ - Feeding @ practice range with 1 Pied Wagtail and 3 Carrion Crow. ; Chiffchaff - 2 - singing ; Bullfinch - 1+ - calls

Graves Park: Ring-necked Parakeet - 2

Longshaw: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Unfortunately obscured by branches ; Spotted Flycatcher - 1 ; Robin - 3

Malin Bridge: House Martin - 15 - SE over Norris Rd ; Cormorant - 1 - south

Norwood Allotments: Raven - 1 - over east at 08:27