Sightings Archive

Catcliffe Flash: Woodpigeon - 1+ ; Swift - 4+ - high ; Magpie - 2+ - inc juv ; Sand Martin - 2 - many more high over Orgreave Lakes ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Garden Warbler - 1 - collecting food ; Wren - 1 - singing ; Blackbird - 1 - singing

Endcliffe Park: Swift - 5+ ; Grey Heron - 3 - 1 immature ; Grey Wagtail - 2

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 2 ; Mallard - 5 - 2 males, 3 small ducklings, no female observed. ; 319 - 1 ; Tawny Owl - 2 - Adult mobbed by Blackbirds. Owlet high in treetops in woodland calling. ; Treecreeper - 4+ - Family party. ; Song Thrush - 1 - Singing on top of tree in the rain. ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing. ; Willow Warbler - 2 ; Blackcap - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 2

Green Moor: Tree Sparrow - 20+ - Including many juveniles

Linacre Res: Song Thrush - 1 - carrying food ; Blackcap - 1 - taking food to nest site ; Mandarin - 4+ - 4f with broods of 4, 9, 2 & 3 ; Great Crested Grebe - 4 - 2 prs with 3 & 1+ young. ; Tufted Duck - 14

More Hall Res: Red Kite - 1 - Single bird flying low and up More Hall Res.

Orgreave Lakes: Cuckoo - 1 ; Reed Warbler - 1 - Singing by the Rother, 100 meters upstream from the bridge.

R Don, Rotherham Centre; Chantry Bridge: Sand Martin - present - few birds evident this morning with nucleus of colony dangerously close to flooding!

Ulley: Barn Owl - 1 - Hunting over bog

Wadsley Common garden: Bullfinch - 3 - Male and 2 juveniles on feeders.

Whiteley Woods: Dipper - 1 - Juvenile with silver ring ; Grey Wagtail - 3

Bingham Park: Dipper - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1

Forge Dam: Mandarin - 13 - 6 ducklings

Foxhill: Mistle Thrush - 01-Feb

Norton Lees: 321 - 1 over

Shepherd Wheel: Song Thrush - 3 - 1 with no tail

Whiteley Woods: Dipper - 1 - Juvenile ; Grey Wagtail - 1

Cinder Hills: Whitethroat - 1 ; Blackcap - 1+ ; Chiffchaff - 1 - calls ; Long-tailed Tit - 1+ ; Blue Tit - 1+ ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Chaffinch - 1+ ; Bullfinch - 1 - calls

Endcliffe Park: Blackcap - 1 - male near to Hunters Bar

Middle Common: Skylark - 3 - 3 up from crop, 2 into Low Common.

Middleton Moor: Shelduck - 2 - a pair ; Oystercatcher - 2 - a pair ; Sedge Warbler - 1 ; Tawny Owl - 1 ; Garden Warbler - 1 ; Redstart - 1 - singing ; Blackcap - 1 - singing

Poolsbrook Marsh: Reed Warbler - 5 - singing ; Sedge Warbler - 2 - singing ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 ; Willow Tit - 2 - ad feeding fledged young at back of main pool ; Kingfisher - 1 - over main pool ; Garden Warbler - 1 - singing

Redmires Bottom Res: Hobby - 1

Redmires Top Res: Redstart - 2 - male and female carrying food into plantation

Upper Common, Scholes: Skylark - 1+

Aldwarke; Liberty Steel: Peregrine - 1pr - f alarming at men in hi-vis working on roof; m seeing off overflying BZ ; Raven - 2 ; Common Buzzard - 1 - over; left SW chased by Peregrine ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing ; Stock Dove - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing

Ash Cabin Flat: Linnet - 2 - female flushed off nest in heather ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - 2 CY flew low to SW towards Redmires Res

Bradfield Dale: Cuckoo - 1 - male calling - very mobile ; Redstart - 1 ; Tree Pipit - 1 - singing

Carbrook: Sand Martin - 20+ - 20 occupied nests confirmed in artificial bank, 1 brood ringed

Cowell Flat: QUAIL - 1 - Bird calling on hillside above Cowell Flats ; Cuckoo - 1 - Calling at dusk

Dale Dike Res: Mandarin - 6 - adult female with 5 ducklings

Dalton: Blackcap - 3+ - one singing; 1pr + juvs ; Whitethroat - 3 - inc 2 singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Great Tit - breeding confirmed

Emlin Moor, Agden: Woodcock - 1 - Over road

Fatty Boyns Ponds: Chiffchaff - 2 - singing ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Gadwall - 1pr ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Swallow - 1 - feeding over ; Coot - 1 ; Blackcap - 3 - inc 2 singing ; Mute Swan - 2 - SW @ 0800hrs ; Pheasant - 1 - cock