Sightings Archive

Thrybergh CP: Herring Gull - 1 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 3 - inc. 2 singles south ; Swift - 10 ; Swallow - 7 - 1+4+2 south ; House Martin - 12 - high ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Blackcap - 3 ; Whitethroat - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 33 - 3-4 singing ; Magpie - 11 ; Carrion Crow - 23 - inc party 18

West Nab: Wheatear - 2 - feeding in cattle field. ; Mistle Thrush - 25 - pre roost group sat on wires.

Wharncliffe Chase: Wheatear - 2 ; Skylark - 4

White Lee Moor: Pheasant - 50+ - release birds.

Attercliffe: Yellow-legged Gull - 3

Castle Dyke playing fields: Wheatear - 1 ; Hirundine - 10+ - small numbers passing through

Orgreave Lakes: Cormorant - 11 ; Little Egret - 1 ; Little Grebe - 7 ; Canada Goose - 383 ; Greylag Goose - 4 ; Barnacle Goose - 1 ; Swift - 4 ; Swallow - 2 ; Sand Martin - 4 ; House Martin - 1 ; Wheatear - 1 ; Wheatear - 1 - another photo

R Don, Effingham St: Hobby - 1 - Flew W at Norfolk bridge, then low N over at rooftop height towards Shirecliffe. 2 distant falcons chasing high up after this could well have been this species. ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - juv/1w on weir

R Don, Rotherham Centre; adjacent Forge Island: Chiffchaff - 1 - calling from riverside trees @ 0800hrs

Rotherham Centre; Rotherham Lock: Chiffchaff - 1 - calling @ 0800hrs

RVCP, Main Lake: Little Egret - 1 - on the island

Shalesmoor: Swift - 2

Strines Moor: 319 - 1 ; Wheatear - 3 - 2 parents and 1 juvenile. Distant shots.

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 2 ; Little Grebe - 4 ; Cormorant - 2 ; Canada Goose - 250 - + ; Barnacle Goose - 1 - left w wi small party cans c0915 ; Tufted Duck - 57 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - se ; Kestrel - 1 - e ; Coot - 100 - circa ; Black-headed Gull - 350 - + ; Swift - 29 ; House Martin - 8 ; Sand Martin - 4 ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Robin - 19 ; Song Thrush - 3 - tgether ; Blackcap - 2 ; Lesser Whitethroat - 3 ; Willow Warbler - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 28 ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Goldfinch - 70 - + ; Greenfinch - 17 ; Yellowhammer - 1

Wyming Brook: Swift - 1

Aldwarke; Liberty Steel: Raven - 2 - seen intermittently on rooftops from 0950hrs ; Cormorant - 8 - max on pylon

Bar Brook Valley: Swallow - 2 ; Red Grouse - 2 ; Kestrel - 1

Blacka Moor: Wood Warbler - 1 - associating with tit flock ; Tree Pipit - 1

Bradfield Dale: Swift - 5 - ahead of showers

Bramley: Swift - 1 - Over Flanderwell Avenue PM. ; Song Thrush - 1 - Perched on crossbar of child’s football net in observers garden.

Cinder Bridge Field: Kestrel - 1 - hunting

Dale Dike Res: Spotted Flycatcher - 1 - Making forays from foliage by channel at top end

Dog Kennel Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 2+ ; Cormorant - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Mallard - 1+ ; Tufted Duck - 7 ; Moorhen - 1+ ; Coot - 1+ ; Black-headed Gull - 30+ ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1

Firsby Res: Black-headed Gull - 16 - Over together. ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - With BHGs. ; 319 - 2 ; Swallow - 6+ - Feeding low over water and around cottage. ; Goldcrest - 4 - Family party. ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 10+ ; Goldfinch - 4

Greasbrough: Mute Swan - 1 - low to SE, to canal basin, @0831hrs

Middle Common: Swallow - 3 ; Meadow Pipit - 3+

Morley Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 5