Sightings Archive

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Swift - 3 - 2 S/SW @ 0708hrs; one over with HMs @ 0945hrs ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - SW ; Linnet - 4 - inc 1 W ; Long-tailed Tit - 6+ ; Coal Tit - 2 - 1 singing ; House Martin - 8+ - over; local birds ; Grey Heron - 1 - E/NE @ 0822hrs ; Goldfinch - c60 - picking grit from path & feeding on thistles ; Swallow - 3 - SW @ 0836hrs ; Meadow Pipit - 2+ - very low to SW; v light S/SW movement, heard but unseen

R Don, Effingham St: Common Buzzard - 2 ; Kingfisher - 1

R Don, Stevenson Rd: Common Buzzard - 1 - flew E

Ramsley Moor: Spotted Flycatcher - 4+ - At least 4 feeding around rowans ; Willow Warbler - 3 ; Whitethroat - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - a singing bird ; Stonechat - 6

Redmires conduit: Redstart - 1 - male feeding along path ; Long-tailed Tit - c 10 - mixed flock, including coal tit, wren, goldcrest, chiffchaff, blue tit.

Redmires Top Res: Robin - 1 - juvenile quietly singing roadside

Roundwood Golf course: Sparrowhawk - 1 - soaring over ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - calling ; Long-tailed Tit - 3+ ; Carrion Crow - 9 - together on fairway ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - 'alba' wagtail ; Mistle Thrush - 2 ; Goldcrest - 01-Feb ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Stock Dove - 1 - left W

Sothall: Pink-footed Goose - 1+ - nocmig recorded at 2120hr

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 3 ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Cormorant - 7 - inc.3 in frm n ; Grey Heron - 2 - e ; Mute Swan - 8 - 3jv ; Canada Goose - 140 ; Gadwall - 3 - mff left nw ; Tufted Duck - 40 ; 319 - 2 - soar in se ; Lapwing - 90 - circa ; Black-headed Gull - 200 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - call ; Sand Martin - 1 - s ; Swallow - 7 - s ; Meadow Pipit - 5 - s ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 - call in fld ; Wren - 10 ; Dunnock - 14 ; Robin - 24 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Blackcap - 4 ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 ; Whitethroat - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 25 ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Peregrine - 1 - past s 0808 ; Feral Pigeon - 180+

Ulley Brook Bog: Red-legged Partridge - 8 - One covey adults and well grown chicks.pp

Upper Midhope: Swallow - c30 - Feeding 14.00 ; House Martin - c20

Walkley garden: Peregrine - 1 - Single high over, stooped as headed to N. ; Swift - 1 - Lucky single heading S (at same time as peregrine over N)

West Nab: Snipe - 3 - at least 3 birds calling from marshy area at dusk.

Attercliffe: Great Black-backed Gull - 4 - 1 adult 3 1cy/2cy ; Yellow-legged Gull - 2 - ad and near ad Warren St

Brinsworth; Bawtry Road: Kestrel - 1 - male settled on lamp-post

Ewden Height: Meadow Pipit - c245 - c175 south 8-30-9.30, c70 feeding locally with many moving south. ; Starling - 9 - 6+3 south ; Stock Dove - 4 - 3 singles south, 1 NE ; Raven - 1 ; Swallow - 200+ - Large feeding groups around with 4 moving south. ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - south ; Pied Wagtail - 5 - south ; Kestrel - 2 ; Chaffinch - 4 - 2+1+1 south

Firsby Res: Mallard - 3 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Barn Owl - 1 - Hunting in set aside field ; 319 - 1 ; Red-legged Partridge - 1 ; Pheasant - 4 ; Bullfinch - 6 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Brief song.

Meersbrook Allotments: Ring-necked Parakeet - 2

Norwood Allotments: Tree Sparrow - 1 - first site record. Perched in hawthorn calling frequently. Left north.

Orgreave Lakes: Yellow Wagtail - 1 - northern edge of big lake

Peat Pits: Wheatear - 3 - fly catching from stone wall. ; Black Redstart - 1 - fem / imm .Fly catching with wheatears.

R Don, Effingham St: Canada Goose - 7 - family party that nested there, including juv with angel wing. ; 324 - 4 - feral white Geese down to 4 in recent years.

R Don, Stevenson Rd: Kingfisher - 1 ; Moorhen - 2 - with 2 small chicks

Rawmarsh: Hobby - 1 - 1 low S over Kent Ave

Rotherham Centre; St Ann*s: Sparrowhawk - 1 - f/juv made unsuccessful pass at FP @ 1100hrs

Silverwood Lagoon: Barn Owl - 1 - over pit top near Hollings Lane entrance at 05.55

Smithy Wood: Cuckoo - 1 - Imm

Tankersley Park Golf Course: Wheatear - 1 - Female on 7th fairway ; Jay - 03-Apr - Vocal ; Kestrel - 1