Sightings Archive

R Derwent, Shatton to Leadmill: Goosander - 1 - redhead ; Canada Goose - c27 ; Dipper - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 4 ; Mandarin - 8+ - 8 adults, 4 ducklings (2+2) ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Heard

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Greenfinch - 1 - singing

Redmires Res: Little Egret - 1 - still present, flew to roost in conifers

Spitewinter Farm: Skylark - 1 ; 319 - 3 ; Yellowhammer - 2 ; Linnet - 2+

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 2 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Mute Swan - 11 - 8a3y ; Greylag Goose - 2 - inc.1with large swelling in throat ; Canada Goose - 30 ; Tufted Duck - 39 ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Dunlin - 1 ; Lapwing - 14 ; Herring Gull - 1 - sub ad ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - 3cy ; Swift - 2 ; Skylark - 5 - singing ; Swallow - 1 ; Yellow Wagtail - 3 ; Blackcap - 2 - singing ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Reed Warbler - 5+ - calling ; Chiffchaff - 6 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 6 - party ; Carrion Crow - 15 - inc 2 fam party ; Tree Sparrow - 1 - call ; Reed Bunting - 3 - singing

Walkley garden: Sparrowhawk - 1 - single bird flying E mobbed by 8 swifts

Botanical Gardens: Swift - 18 - Highest evening count this summer ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - low E carrying prey

Broomhall: Swift - 5 - 5, incl 1 visiting nest site on Clarkegrove Rd

Brownhills Lane: Kestrel - 1

Burncross, Chapeltown: Red Kite - 1 - West at 16.44. Flew slowly over house towards Wharncliffe Woods.

Catcliffe Flash: Mute Swan - 2+ - ads + single large chick ; Gadwall - 40+ ; Mallard - 40+ ; Pochard - 6 - adults ; Little Grebe - 4+ - 2 occupied nests ; Great Crested Grebe - 2 - a pair building nest (4th attempt) ; Grey Heron - 1 - juv ; Moorhen - 4+ ; Coot - 25+ - 3 occupied nests ; Hobby - 1 - 1st summer - brief foray over Flash then perched up in SW corner ; Blackcap - 2 - 2 singing

Crookes Valley Park: Coot - 4+ - Two resident pairs, one with two tiny chicks from second brood, plus well-grown juvs ; Treecreeper - 1

Emlin Moor, Agden: Woodcock - 1 - juv sat in middle of road.

Fulwood Lane: Swallow - 4

Hillsborough Park: Mute Swan - 8 - 4 adults, pair with 4 cygnets

Holling Dale Plantation: Woodcock - 3 - from side of footpath.

Kiveton Community Woodland: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - reeling

R Don, Norfolk Bridge: Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - 2s/3cy

R Don, Rotherham Centre; adjacent Forge Island: Goosander - 1 - seen well this morning; full-grown, independent juv/1cy @ 0750hrs

Redmires: Little Egret - 1 ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Linnet - 7 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 45 ; Black-headed Gull - 15 ; Curlew - 1 ; Swallow - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 1 ; Greylag Goose - 7 ; Pied Wagtail - 2

Ughill Moors: Golden Plover - c120 - feeding in recently seeded beet crop field . ; 319 - 2 - inc 1 pale morph bird. ; Kestrel - 1 - fledged juv on fence post.

Bingham Park: Dipper - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 3

Harthill Res: Common Tern - 1 - in at 11:40, back at 14:40 caught fish, flew towards RVCP, back at 15:10 repeated operation. ; Pied Wagtail - 3 - pr + 1 ; Great Crested Grebe - 5 - inc ad +2juvs ; Reed Warbler - 8 - inc 3 singing males ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing male ; Song Thrush - 2 - with food ; Swift - 30 - 16 @11.00, 14 @2.30 ; Swallow - 4 ; Sand Martin - 10 - 2.3 ; House Martin - 1 + ; Blackcap - 7 - 2 family parties, inc fem+juv,m+juv ; Chiffchaff - 4 - inc 3 singing males ; Reed Bunting - 4 - singing males ; Kestrel - 4 - inc ad +juv ; Willow Warbler - 2 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Mute Swan - 4 - 2 ad + 2 juv, resident pair, plus new nest site (deserted)

Malin Bridge: Whimbrel - 1+ - over calling at 03:37

Orgreave Lakes: BLACK-NECKED GREBE - 1 - still present, early morning ; Shelduck - 5 ; Little Egret - 5 ; Little Ringed Plover - 1 - #NAME?