Sightings Archive

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Mute Swan - 9 - inc.3y ; Canada Goose - 12 ; Tufted Duck - 32 ; Oystercatcher - 2 - in from field ; Common Sandpiper - 2 ; Swift - 2 ; Sand Martin - 2 ; House Martin - 30 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - ad ; Reed Warbler - 8+ ; Blackcap - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 8 ; Reed Bunting - 2

Underbank Res: Grey Heron - 3 - imm

Walkley garden: Starling - 30 - c.30 juvs and adults in fruit trees harassed by 3 juv magpies.

Agden Res: Mandarin - 6 - ad with 5 young ; Moorhen - 2 - ad + fledged juv ; Cormorant - 1

Arbourthorne: Black-headed Gull - 85+ - on Sheffield Springs Academy field 09:15-09:45 ; Pied Wagtail - 16+ - on SSA field. ; Starling - c110 - mobile flock around BHGs on SSA field.

Damflask Res: Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Common Sandpiper - 1

Hangingwater garden: Woodpigeon - 2 - pair nest-building

Manor Fields Park: Chiffchaff - 5 - at least 5 seen and heard around park 8am-9am ; Swift - 16 - Overhead at North end of park. ; House Martin - c9 - With Swifts. ; Blackcap - 2 - 1 male. ; Moorhen - 4 - 1 adult 3 well grown young birds on reedbed pond.

Orgreave Lakes: Peregrine - 1 ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - In small reed bed by main lake early morning ; Black-tailed Godwit - 1 - Over NE at 0825 ; Hobby - 1 - In from Catcliffe Flash at 0830

Redmires Top Res: Common Tern - one - very distant and poor light. Leg length suggests common.

Stocksbridge: Redstart - 1 - juv making its way east along garden hedge

Thorpe Hesley: House Martin - 4 - Family party around farmhouse off London Road

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 2 ; Cormorant - 1 - in ; Mute Swan - 10 - inc.pr 3y ; Greylag Goose - 24 - c24 inc 2fer.c22 left n ; Canada Goose - 62 ; Tufted Duck - 12 - (correction) ; Oystercatcher - 1 - diving at intruders ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Green Woodpecker - 2 - singles call ; Sand Martin - 2 ; House Martin - 12 - briefly ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Blackcap - 3 ; Whitethroat - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 3 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 14 - c ; Magpie - 19+ ; Starling - 50+ ; Reed Warbler - 6+ - in r/bed

Walkley Bank: Grey Wagtail - 1 - Juvenile foraging on roadside on Bole Hill Road.

Centenary Riverside: Song Thrush - 3 - inc 2 singing ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing briefly ; Reed Warbler - 5 - inc 1 singing ; Kingfisher - 1 - on river ; Moorhen - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 6+ ; Goldfinch - c70 - on thistle heads ; Whitethroat - 2 ; Kestrel - 1 - male, over ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - over ; Sand Martin - 1 - over ; Cormorant - 2 - E, 1 u-turning back W

Loxley: 324 - 1 - Hummingbird Hawk Moth feeding on Buddleia.

Middleton Moor: Black-tailed Godwit - 1 ; Shelduck - 2 - a pair ; Wheatear - 1

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Willow Tit - 1

Rivelin: Dipper - 1 - on River Rivelin next to Rivelin Fire Station

Rotherham; Thorn Hill: Black-headed Gull - c110 - inc 9 1cy, loafing on roof ; Herring Gull - 1 - 3cy on rooftop ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 4 - 1 adult, 3 3cy on rooftop

Silverwood Lagoon: Greenshank - 1 - south at 08.35 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - again on bare ground at southern end of lagoon

Thrybergh CP: Common Sandpiper - 4 - Flying from waterside together calling at dusk across to dam wall.

Brick Houses: Willow Tit - 2 - 2 heard (including 1 singing in response to playback). 1 of them seen (not ringed), not possible to age.

Brinsworth: Greenfinch - 1 - Calling on Whitehill lane 15.30 ; Goldfinch - 1 - Singing

Burncross, Chapeltown: Swallow - 5 - Group of 5 south 14.30 ; Swift - c40

Catcliffe Flash: Little Egret - 3

Ramsley Moor: Stonechat - 1+ - a male with 2 juvs ; Whinchat - 2+ - 2 adults with 2+ juvs ; Whitethroat - 2

Ramsley Res: Mallard - 1+ - a female with 6 small young

Rawmarsh Hill: Greylag Goose - 9 - E @ 0755hrs

Redmires Middle Res: Yellow-legged Gull - 3 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 15+ ; Willow Warbler - 1 ; Swallow - 3+

Redmires Top Res: Grey Wagtail - 1 - carrying food

Silverwood Lagoon: Hobby - 1 - chasing HM over north banking of lagoon at 07.55 ; House Martin - c.20