Sightings Archive

Owlthorpe: Willow Warbler - 1 - singing

Padley Gorge: Pied Flycatcher - 15 - 10M+5F ; Redstart - 1 - Male ; Song Thrush - 2 ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Nuthatch - 7+ ; Willow Warbler - 2 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Coal Tit - 3

Poolsbrook Marsh: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - reeling by disused railway line ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Blackcap - 3 - singing ; Little Grebe - 2 - pair copulating on large lake - later moved into reedbed ; Reed Warbler - 5 - singing ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - singing ; Reed Bunting - 4 - singing ; Kestrel - 1 - male ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - yaffling

R Don, Rotherham Centre; Chantry Bridge: Sand Martin - c25 - vicinity of colony @ 0755hrs

R Don, Rotherham Centre; Forge Island: Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - singing from riverside bushes @ 0755hrs ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - soaring high over @ 0755hrs

Redmires: Willow Warbler - 5 ; Raven - 1 ; Curlew - 3 ; Reed Bunting - 2

Redmires conduit: Lapwing - 1+ - with 4 chicks

Redmires Top Res: Lapwing - 8 ; Tufted Duck - 4

Rotherham Centre: Raven - 1 - circling high over @ 1143hrs; left W/SW ; Raven - 2 - over to NE @ 1203hrs, attracting attention of local Carrion Crow

Rotherham Centre; Main Street: Canada Goose - 2 - NE, circled & returned SW @ 1151hrs

Roughwood School: Blackcap - 1 - sing

Roughwood Way: Blackcap - 1 - singing nr flats adj Grey Hill.

Stanage Edge: Curlew - 2

Stanage Edge, below: Red Kite - 1

Stubley Hollow: Blackcap - 4 ; Chiffchaff - 7 ; Whitethroat - 2 ; Willow Warbler - 1 ; Swallow - 3

Taddington: Redstart - 1 - singing male ; Swallow - 3 - at Fivewells Fam

Tapton, Chesterfield: Whitethroat - 1 - Singing by Tapton Footbridge.

Templeborough: Whitethroat - 1 - in bush in carpark of aesseal plc

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Pied Flycatcher - 3+ - 2, possibly 3 males, 1 female

Wharncliffe Wood: Tree Pipit - 2 ; Raven - 2 ; Tawny Owl - 3

Wyming Brook: Wood Warbler - 1 - singing and showing well ; Crossbill - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 01-Feb ; Treecreeper - 01-Feb ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Jay - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 2 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Coal Tit - 2 ; Crossbill - 3+ ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Treecreeper - 4

Agden Rocher: Golden Plover - C60

Botanical Gardens: Cormorant - 3 - very high, erratically E then W

Brinsworth: Blackcap - 1 - Singing opposite Thirsty flame most of morning in to the afternoon.

Bubnell: Redstart - 1 - singing male ; Curlew - 3 - one dropped into riverside fields, 2 flew over N

Canklow Woods: Willow Warbler - 3 - 3 singing

Coal Aston: 321 - 1 - Over

Concord Park: Garden Warbler - 1 - Singing in trees just off Oaks Lane

Damflask Res: Common Sandpiper - 3 ; Oystercatcher - 1 ; Mandarin - 7 - 6m 1f ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 ; Blackcap - 2 - 2m ; Bullfinch - 3+ - 2m, 1f ; Great Crested Grebe - 2 - Pair in willows at W end. ; Oystercatcher - 2 - on overflow

Firsby Res: Coot - 1 ; Moorhen - 1 ; Tawny Owl - 1 - Roosting in the sunshine. Photo taken from path. ; 319 - 1 ; Pheasant - 1 - Female ; Skylark - 1 - Singing. ; Goldfinch - 4 ; Linnet - 2 - Over calling. ; Reed Bunting - 2 - Males ; Yellowhammer - 1 - Singing ; Great Tit - 2 - On fat ball feeder. ; Long-tailed Tit - 5+ ; Blackcap - 6+ - All calling/singing. ; Chiffchaff - 3 ; Willow Warbler - 7 ; Whitethroat - 1 ; Jackdaw - 1 - Single over calling. ; Song Thrush - 2 - Singing Males. ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Blackbird - 1 - Female flew from nest ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - Flew from sluice. ; Red-legged Partridge - 2 - Amongst sheep flock. ; Grey Partridge - 1 - Calling from Cow field at dusk.