Sightings Archive

Thrybergh CP: Reed Bunting - 8 ; Yellowhammer - 1

Wincobank Wood: Common Buzzard - 2

Agden Res: Oystercatcher - 2 - on dam wall

Barlow Common: Yellowhammer - 2

Bingham Park: Chiffchaff - 1 ; Nuthatch - 4 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Grey Heron - 1

Bradfield/Agden: Tawny Owl - 1 - Being mobbed by many small birds in conifer and finally flying away across Res. ; Chaffinch - 5 ; Chiffchaff - 08-Oct - All singing along path at side of res. ; Nuthatch - 2 ; Great Tit - 4 ; Blue Tit - 7 ; Coal Tit - 2 ; Blackbird - 6 ; Song Thrush - 3 ; Robin - 4 ; Dunnock - 2 ; Wren - 2 ; Mallard - 8 ; Mandarin - 2 - pair at neck end of res. ; Jackdaw - 7 ; Carrion Crow - 3 ; Rook - 9 ; Canada Goose - 2

Bradfield/Rocher Area: Golden Plover - 300/400 - three large flocks in rough fields on top of Rocher rocks and in field at side of old farm track ; Lapwing - 12+ - displaying in same area as plovers

Bray Plantation: Pheasant - 1 - calls ; Woodpigeon - 1+ - 1 sing ; Dunnock - 1 - sing ; Wren - 2 - sing ; Robin - 1 - sing ; Blackbird - 2+ - 2 sing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - sing ; Blackcap - 1+ - 1 sing ; Goldcrest - 2 - sing ; Magpie - 1 ; Chaffinch - 2 - sing ; Brambling - 1

Burncross, Chapeltown: House Martin - 1 - North 19.00 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Female patrolling over estate ; Coal Tit - 1 - Regular trips to feeder today ; House Sparrow - 05-Jun

Centenary Riverside: Kingfisher - 2 - Pair. Male successful hunt. 16.15 ; Willow Warbler - 1 - Singing ; Blackcap - 1 - Singing ; Goldfinch - 05-Jun ; Long-tailed Tit - 2 ; Reed Bunting - 1 - Male feeding on Bulrushes. ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Robin - 2 - 1 Singing ; 321 - 2 - Pond ; 324 - 05-Jun - Orange tip butterfies ; 324 - 4 - Small Tortoiseshell butterflies

Endcliffe Park: Chiffchaff - 1 ; Mandarin - 5 - M&F

Green Moor: Brambling - 6+ - Still singing ; Bullfinch - 1 ; Tree Sparrow - 10+ ; House Sparrow - 10+ - Also nest occupied ; Robin - 5+ - Individual feeding young ; Siskin - 2

Greystones: Brambling - 1 - Male in observer's garden ; Bullfinch - 1 - Male in OG

Millhouses Park: Peregrine - 1 - Cruising over the park

Orgreave Lakes: Little Gull - 1 - reported on small lake mid-morning ; Little Gull - 1 - Still present on main lake at 1330. ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 - at edge of small lake

R Don, Effingham St: Common Gull - 1 - 2cy on roof ; Great Black-backed Gull - 2 - 2cy and c4cy

R Don, Rotherham Centre; adjacent interchange: Sand Martin - c10 - around colony @ 0750hrs ; Gadwall - 1pr - on river ; Blackcap - 1 - singing @ 0750hrs

Scholes Coppice: Pheasant - 1 - calls ; Woodpigeon - 6+ - 2 sing ; Wren - 3 - sing ; Robin - 4+ - 4 sing ; Blackbird - 2+ - 1 sing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - sing ; Blackcap - 3 - sing ; Willow Warbler - 1 - sing ; Coal Tit - 2 - sing ; Blue Tit - 2+ - 2 sing ; Great Tit - 2 - sing ; Nuthatch - 2 - sing ; Chaffinch - 1+ ; Goldfinch - 1+ ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1

Shepherd*s Plantation: Sparrowhawk - 1 ; 319 - 1 - Chased briefly by Sparrowhawk. ; Pheasant - 1 - calls ; Woodpigeon - 1+ ; Wren - 3 - sing ; Robin - 3 - sing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - sing ; Blackcap - 1 - sing ; Long-tailed Tit - 1+ ; Coal Tit - 1 - sing