Sightings Archive

Orgreave Lakes: Sedge Warbler - 1 - #NAME?

R Don, Rotherham Centre; Chantry Bridge: Goosander - 1 - redhead @ 1615hrs

Redmires Top Res: Little Egret - 1 - Still present, 09:30

Rotherham; Rawmarsh Road: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 - sub-adults on streetlight @ 0750hrs; one left S

Stubley Hollow: Greenfinch - 21 ; Swallow - 13 ; Swift - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 2 ; Blackcap - 1 ; 319 - 1 ; Tawny Owl - 1 calling

Attercliffe: Common Buzzard - 1 - mobbed by LBBG's ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - adult at Warren St. ; Great Black-backed Gull - 1 - 2cy ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - c40 - inc this bleached/leucistic bird

Fulwood: Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 - Seen in trees next to gennel between Crimicar Lane and Winchester Avenue

Malin Bridge: Swift - 10+ - Several swifts flying up to and clinging to cracks on houses in Norris road. Not sure whether they are after insects or looking for potential nest sites.

Orgreave Lakes: BLACK-NECKED GREBE - 1 - still present this morning ; Little Egret - 3 ; BLACK-NECKED GREBE - 1 - Still present on main lake at 14.45 ; Yellow Wagtail - 2 - At main lake on shore with river in the background

R Don, Rotherham Centre: Grey Wagtail - 2 - independent juvs @ 1605hrs; adjacent Forge Island

R Don, Rotherham Centre; adjacent Forge Island: Goosander - 1 - redhead @ 0800hrs

R Don, Stevenson Rd: Canada Goose - 17 - 6 adults and 11 juvs (broods of 6 and 5), including pair that bred on Effingham St (male with white flecks on head).

Redmires Top Res: Little Egret - 1 - 9:30am

Silverwood Lagoon: Little Grebe - 6+ - one pair now feeding downy young, at least two more pairs calling in phragmites ; Coot - 15+ - including first brood here this year ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - adult ; Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Kestrel - 1

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Cormorant - 2 ; Mute Swan - 9 - 6a3y ; Tufted Duck - 44 - 10f ; 319 - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 - in se ; Moorhen - 5 - 1ad +4 new yng ; Herring Gull - 2 ; Skylark - 7 - sing ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - singles ; Blackcap - 5 - 1sing +a male with 3j ; Whitethroat - 3 - 1sing ; Reed Warbler - 4 - #NAME? ; Willow Warbler - 3 - sing ; Chiffchaff - 6 - 4sing ; Tree Sparrow - 1 - call near feed/stat. ; Bullfinch - 3 - 2m1j ; Reed Bunting - 2 - sing

Bar Brook Valley: Stonechat - 2 - pair carrying food ; Whinchat - 2 - male, and a second male feeding 3 recently fledged chicks. ; Raven - 3 ; Tree Pipit - 1 - calling ; Lesser Redpoll - 5 - 3 adults, 2 juvs. Juvs being fed by parents.

Blackburn Meadows NR: Cetti's Warbler - 1 - One calling

Canklow Woods: Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - 1 singing

Kimberworth: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Juvenile on garden fatball feeder for about 10 minutes. ; Bullfinch - 3 - 2 +1 juveniles - appearance suggests 2 different broods.

Longshaw: Redstart - 3

Low Bradfield: Spotted Flycatcher - 1 - in roadside tree on Smallfield Lane

Malin Bridge: Swift - 60+ - 60-100 swifts in thermal high up for about 10 minutes above Norris road screaming. Then some of them decended to roof level..several nesting in and around this area

Middleton Moor: Yellow-legged Gull - 2 - Adults ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 110 ; Oystercatcher - 1 ; Little Ringed Plover - 1 ; Curlew - 1

Orgreave Lakes: BLACK-NECKED GREBE - 1 - still present this morning ; Stonechat - 1 - juv ; Little Egret - 2 ; Common Tern - 2 ; Stonechat - 1 - Juvenile on tip ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Common Tern - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 109 ; Yellow Wagtail - 2 - juvs

Rawmarsh Cemetery: Stock Dove - 1 ; Treecreeper - 2 - inc 1 singing ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Goldcrest - 1 - juv ; Coal Tit - family party ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Tawny Owl - 1+ - adult possibly with juv(s) nearby, mobbed by passerines

Rawmarsh; Collier Brook: Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing

Rawmarsh; High Street allotments: Stock Dove - 1 - singing

Rawmarsh; Sandhill Park: Chiffchaff - 3 - singing ; Blackcap - 1 - singing

Rawmarsh; Stubbin Incline: Song Thrush - 2 ; Blackcap - 2 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Whitethroat - 1 - scolding from adjacent rape crop ; Skylark - 1 - singing ; Treecreeper - 1 - calling ; Pheasant - 1 - crowing ; Robin - 2+ - fledged juvs

Redmires Res: Whitethroat - 3 - ad and 2 recently fledged ; Black-headed Gull - 30 - c. ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 65 - c. on Top Res ; Yellow-legged Gull - 3 - ads with LBB Gulls

Redmires Top Res: Little Egret - 1 - On shore by dam wall tonight, unusual here.