Sightings Archive

Centenary Riverside: Grey Wagtail - 1 - River ; 321 - 2 - 1 river 1 over ; Mallard - 8 - Female with 3 young, 4 males river ; Bullfinch - 1 - Male ; Reed Warbler - 1 - Singing ; Blackcap - 2 - Singing ; Willow Warbler - 1 - Singing ; Robin - 1 - Singing ; Whitethroat - 5 - 4 singing, pair showing courtship display. ; Pheasant - 2 - Pair, Male calling ; Long-tailed Tit - 10+ - Family feeding in Willows. ; Kestrel - 1 - Over

Padley Gorge: Redstart - 2 - Male and female nest building ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - feeding female ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - Pair feeding up and down river ; Goldcrest - 2 - Feeding ; Wood Warbler - 1 - Male singing incessantly ; Dipper - 1 ; Tawny Owl - 1 - Fleeting glimpses in woodland ; Treecreeper - 6 ; Spotted Flycatcher - 6 ; Pied Flycatcher - 8 ; Nuthatch - 4

R Don, Rotherham Centre: Blackcap - 1 - singing

R Don, Sanderson*s Weir: Great Tit - 2 - pair feeding 2 fledged juvs

R Don, Stevenson Rd: Canada Goose - 2 - Pair that bred at Effingham St, moved downstream with their 7 small goslings.

Rotherham Centre: Grey Heron - 1 - NE @ 0941hrs

Rotherham Centre; Don Canal, Rotherham Lock: Wren - 1pr+ - pair feeding recently fledged juvs

Silverwood Lagoon: Oystercatcher - 2 - flew a circuit of the lagoon then north at 07.05

Ulley: Yellowhammer - 1 - Male ; Greenfinch - 2 - pair...Guithwaite Common Lane ; Whitethroat - 2 ; Chaffinch - 1 - male ; Linnet - 1 - female ; Skylark - 3 ; Swallow - 3

Wharncliffe Chase (north) + woodland fringe: Goldfinch - 3 - 2 singing ; Willow Warbler - 2 - singing ; Goldcrest - 1 - Singing by res ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Skylark - 7 - 5+ singing ; Meadow Pipit - 10 - Several singing ; Linnet - 7 - 3 pairs ; Swallow - 1 ; Stock Dove - 1 - Singing ; Cuckoo - 1 - Singing regularly from across area ; Redstart - 3 - 1 singing plus pair feeding quietly at woodland fringe ; Lapwing - 2 ; Green Woodpecker - 2 ; Tree Pipit - 2 - Singing ; Yellowhammer - 1

Bolsterstone: Lapwing - 1 - adult with 3 chicks in field to east of village

Elsecar; Forge Lane: Grey Wagtail - 1 - singing male

Keppels Field: 319 - 3 ; Kestrel - 1 - Briefly joined Buzzards ; Dunnock - 1 - singing ; Robin - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing ; Starling - 10+ ; Goldfinch - 1+

Kimberworth: Bullfinch - 4 - 2 pairs on sunflower hearts feeders in the garden.

Morehall tip / R Don: Mandarin - 1 - male on river . ; Treecreeper - 1+ - Adult feeding at least 2 fledged juvs in treetops . ; Tawny Owl - 1 - fluffy juv calling from tree branch . ; Blue Tit - 2+ - Adults feeding young in nest

R Don, Attercliffe: Great Black-backed Gull - 1 - imm still, Warren St ; Herring Gull - c30 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 6

R Don, Effingham St: Sand Martin - 6 - inc a pair taking nest material into drainage pipe on road side, looks to be only a couple of pairs here this year.

R Don, Norfolk Bridge: Canada Goose - 2 - pair with c7 small goslings downstream of weir.

R Don, Salmon Pastures: Reed Warbler - 1 - singing quietly in Willows just downstream of Washford Bridge

R Sheaf, Duchess Rd: Sand Martin - 8+ - taking dry vegetation/nesting material into 3 recently excavated nest holes. Up to 4 other holes showing signs of excavation

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 4 - inc.2ad 1y ; Mute Swan - 12 ; Tufted Duck - 2 - mf ; 319 - 2 - soar.1se1sw ; Coot - 20 - +ad 4nest with young ; Oystercatcher - 2 - call from fields not seen ; Swift - 6 ; Wren - 13 ; Dunnock - 10 ; Robin - 11 - at least 4 pr feed young ; Song Thrush - 2 - sing ; Blackcap - 6 - sing ; Whitethroat - 5 - 3sing ; Reed Warbler - 4 - sing inc 1new bird in w/arm ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - sing ; Willow Warbler - 3 - sing ; Chiffchaff - 4 - sing ; Blue Tit - 10 - #NAME? ; Bullfinch - 1 - m pecking on bread ; Reed Bunting - 5 - 4sing ; Yellowhammer - 1 - sing.

Wigtwizzle: Woodcock - 2 - roding at dusk , ; Cuckoo - 1 - over at dusk . ; Tawny Owl - 1 - juv calling .

Wyming Brook: Red Kite - 1 - drifted SW from Rivelin Dams towards Redmires Res ar 09:30