Sightings Archive

Endcliffe Park: Kingfisher - 1 - lower lake at 7:20

Hangingwater garden: Collared Dove - 2 - 1 ad & 1 juv with neck ring just forming ; Goldfinch - 8+ - incl. 6 juvs

Meersbrook Park: Blackbird - 9+ - all in same area ; Goldfinch - c13

Norton Lees Golf Course: Tawny Owl - Pair - Calling 20.30

Orgreave Lakes: Pintail - 2 ; Common Scoter - 1 ; Arctic Tern - 1 - juv

R Don, Effingham St: Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - 1cy on weir again

R Don, Norfolk Bridge: Swift - 5 - feeding over Bernard Rd incinerator building in poor weather ; House Martin - c40 ; Peregrine - 1 - adult (presumed male) sheltering on Bernard Rd incinerator building ; Great Black-backed Gull - 1 - 1cy ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - c40 ; Herring Gull - c10 ; Cormorant - 1 - over E

R Don, Rotherham Centre; adjacent interchange: Grey Wagtail - 1 - dropped onto river from W (direction of canal) @ 1615hrs

R Don, Rotherham Centre; weir: Cormorant - 1+ - confiding juv sat on rock below weir @ 1330hrs. Lots of commuting up/down river over town centre during day but possibly involving only 2-3 birds

Rother Valley CP: Great Crested Grebe - 35 - Including pairs with two and one juvs. ; Cormorant - 13 ; 321 - 4 ; Little Egret - 1 ; Mute Swan - 46 ; Greylag Goose - 164 ; Canada Goose - 24 ; Mallard - 171 ; Wigeon - 3 ; Gadwall - 5 ; 320 - 6 ; Shoveler - 6 ; Tufted Duck - 87 ; Pochard - 3 ; Coot - 243 ; Moorhen - 15 ; Black-headed Gull - 124 ; Herring Gull - 3 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 ; House Martin - 80+ ; Swallow - 60+ ; Sand Martin - 10+ ; Pied Wagtail - 25+ ; Yellow Wagtail - 2 - 2 juvs ; Chiffchaff - 14+ - 4 singing ; Starling - 160+

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 2 ; Little Grebe - 4 ; Cormorant - 4 ; Mute Swan - 20 - inc pr 3jv ; Canada Goose - 117 ; Tufted Duck - 40 ; Lapwing - 86 ; Sand Martin - 20+ ; Swallow - 2+ ; House Martin - 210 - +inc 5o+s 160+feeding in rain ; Robin - 18 ; Blackcap - 2 ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 28 - inc 10+with tit flock ; Long-tailed Tit - 10+ ; Feral Pigeon - 60 - 60/70 res.flock

Aldwarke SF: Meadow Pipit - 1 - S ; Common Buzzard - 3 - inc 2 soaring high over ; Chiffchaff - 2 ; Pheasant - 1+ - f + 1juv ; Little Grebe - 1pr+ - + 2 full-grown juvs ; Coot - 5 ; Tufted Duck - 1 - independent juv ; Moorhen - 3 - adult & 2 independent juvs ; Mallard - 20+ ; Blackcap - 4 ; 320 - 5 ; Raven - 2 - soaring over calling & gaining height @ 1130hrs

Barlow Common: Swift - 1 ; Redstart - 1 ; Linnet - c110 ; Swallow - 4 ; Goldfinch - 12+ ; 319 - 2

Ecclesall: Common Gull - 1 - ad flew SW over High Storrs School - early evening

Fatty Boyns Ponds: Canada Goose - 2 - W @ 0915hrs ; Chiffchaff - 4 - inc 1 singing ; Whitethroat - 2+ ; Moorhen - 1 ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - hunting ; Cetti's Warbler - 1 - calls & occasional song from hawthorns & elders & seen briefly on N edge. Long overdue here.

Fatty Boyns Ponds; adjacent fields: Canada Goose - 14+ - feeding in stubbles in dense fog early morning. Flushed by shooters later.

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 1 ; Mallard - 3 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; 319 - 2 - presumed parent and Juv. ; Kestrel - 1 ; Swallow - 4 - Over low. ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Goldfinch - 6 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1

Longshaw: Spotted Flycatcher - 2 - Rubbish photo but eating a butterfly