Sightings Archive

Moss Valley - Birley Hay: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1

Moss Valley - Plumbley: Yellowhammer - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 1 ; Linnet - 3+

Moss Valley - Povey: Lapwing - 4 (1+ 3) ; Red-legged Partridge - 1

New Stubbin; colliery & tip site: Song Thrush - 2 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 2 - singing ; Blackcap - 4 - 3 singing; 1f ; Yellowhammer - 04-May - males ; Willow Warbler - 04-May - singing ; Jackdaw - 4 ; Whitethroat - 4 - 2 singing; 1f; 1 carrying food/scolding ; Red-legged Partridge - 1pr ; Long-tailed Tit - 13+ - parties of 8+ & 5+, both includung fledged juvs

Orgreave Lakes: Ruff - 2 - still present early morning

Padley Gorge: Pied Flycatcher - 14 - males between top of moor to quarry path ; Redstart - 4 - 2M, 2F ; Dipper - 1 ; Mandarin - 6 - 3M, 3F ; Tawny Owl - 1 - hunting ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - male ; Mistle Thrush - 1

Parkgate Canal Basin: Greenfinch - 1 - singing ; Whitethroat - 3 - 2 singing; 1f ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Mute Swan - 54 ; Mallard - 6 ; Stock Dove - 1 - singing ; Sand Martin - 2 ; Black-headed Gull - 6 ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Herring Gull - 6 - N

Parkgate; Forge Way: Long-tailed Tit - 10+ - inc fledged juvs ; Magpie - 6 ; Jackdaw - 2 ; Common Tern - 1 - N @ 0712hrs

R Don, Rotherham Centre; Chantry Bridge: Pied Wagtail - 1 - female ; Herring Gull - 7 - NE ; Greenfinch - 2 - singing/aerial display ; Sand Martin - c20 - around colony ; Swift - 4 ; Kingfisher - 1 - flew downriver

Ramsley Moor: Red Kite - 1 - 1 over A621 south of Owler Bar, at c11.30

Redmires Bottom Res: Snipe - 1 ; Oystercatcher - 3 - 2 adults + chick ; Common Sandpiper - 2 ; Swift - 1 ; Curlew - 4+ ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; 319 - 1 ; Wheatear - 1

Redmires conduit: Redstart - 2 - pair in Oaking Clough Plantation

Renishaw Lake: Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Canada Goose - 55+ - also 15 goslings ; Gadwall - 10+ ; Greylag Goose - 4 - one with 3 goslings ; Mute Swan - 2 - with one cygnet ; Grey Wagtail - 1

Renishaw Park: Blackcap - 1 - male ; 321 - 1 - in field by lake ; Cuckoo - 1 - heard

Ridgeway: 319 - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1

Strines Moor: Red Kite - 1 - flying north at 08:30

Swinton Common: Common Buzzard - 5 - soaring over @ 1115hrs ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - soaring over, mobbed by SLs ; Swallow - 6 ; Swift - c10

Swinton; Pottery Ponds: Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Greenfinch - 1 - singing ; Stock Dove - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Moorhen - 1pr+ - + 5 juvs ; Mallard - 1+ - f + 7 juvs ; Chaffinch - 1 - singing; probably family party

Totley: Tree Sparrow - 3 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Male

Upper Haugh; Chapel Walk: Bullfinch - 01-Feb ; Greenfinch - 1 - singing ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Blackcap - 1pr

Upper Haugh; Green Rise: Blackcap - 1 - singing

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Pied Flycatcher - 6+ - 5 singing, at least one unseen bird calling ; Tree Pipit - 2 ; Linnet - 5 ; Treecreeper - 10+ - Several birds around reserve, juvs in nest close to fledging

Bole Hill Rec: Tawny Owl - 1 - Young bird making begging calls in trees near Tinker Lane.

Firsby Res: Coot - 1 ; Moorhen - 1 ; Mallard - 1 - Male. ; Grey Heron - 3 - 2 over, single fishing. ; Swallow - 2 ; House Martin - 6 - Over water with Swallows. ; 319 - 1 ; Pheasant - 2 - Separate M+F. ; Red-legged Partridge - 4