Sightings Archive

Wyming Brook Farm: Lapwing - 5 - In farm fields Behind Wyming Brook Farm ; Pheasant - 4 ; Curlew - 1 - In farm fields Behind Wyming Brook Farm ; Chaffinch - 2

Barbrook Plantation: Willow Warbler - 1

Birley Edge: Brambling - 4 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 3 ; Jay - 1 ; Yellowhammer - 2 - Male singing plus female. ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - Yaffling

Brincliffe Edge: Brambling - 2 - in garden last few days

Burbage Edge: Stonechat - 2m

Burbage Valley: Stonechat - 2 - both males.

Crowhole: Chiffchaff - 2 ; Mandarin - 1 ; Pheasant - 2 ; Long-tailed Tit - 04-May ; Goldfinch - 4

Curbar Edge: Pied Flycatcher - 1 - male in woods below Curbar Edge

Fulwood Head: Curlew - 3+ - In field opp Fulwood Head Farm ; Skylark - 2+ - soaring high and singing ; Meadow Pipit - 1 ; Carrion Crow - 3 ; Lapwing - c4 - displaying and feeding in pasture

Green Moor: Brambling - 10+ - At least five singing males ; Common Buzzard - 4 - Soaring together

Hudson*s Rough: 319 - 1 - Mobbed by corvids over wood.

Kimberworth: Chiffchaff - 1 - Feeding on insects on sycamore saplings ; Wren - 1 - Wren on top of a fence post 'bashing' a caterpillar against the post to break it up - almost kingfisher style. The caterpillar was nearly the same length as the wren.

Kiveton Community Woodland: Little Egret - 1

Lodge Moor: Brambling - 5 - 4 male and 1 female at garden feeders

Middleton Moor: Wheatear - 3

Orgreave Lakes: Black-tailed Godwit - 2 - resting on island, small lake, resplendent in their summer plumage

Pit-house West: Water Rail - 2+ - calling ; Willow Warbler - 5+ - 5+ singing

R Don, Effingham St: Herring Gull - c50 - one adult ; Great Black-backed Gull - 3 - imms ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 6 - adults ; Kingfisher - 1 ; 321 - 1 ; Sand Martin - 1 ; Canada Goose - 2

R Don, Rotherham Centre; adjacent Forge Island: Goosander - 1 - duck

R Don, Rotherham Centre; Chantry Bridge: Sand Martin - c10 - birds entering 5-6 of pipes beneath Bridge Inn ; Goosander - 1 - drake

R Don, Stevenson Rd: Wheatear - 1 - female ; Kingfisher - 2 ; Blackcap - 2 - singing ; Sand Martin - 8 ; House Martin - 1

Redmires: Raven - 1 - on the moors N. of top res ; Skylark - 3+ - on moors N. of Res. ; Meadow Pipit - 1 - on moor ; Red Grouse - 5

Redmires conduit: Snipe - 1 - flying over and drumming for about 20 minutes ; Pheasant - 1 - male ; Curlew - 4 - 2 flying over ; Golden Plover - 1 - calling and flying around over moors, when it attempted to land in pasture with Lapwings, it was chased off ; 319 - 1 - soaring overhead ; Lapwing - c6 - pairs in pastures ; Snipe - c3 - chipping and drumming ; Canada Goose - 2 ; 324 - c10 - Rabbits in pastures

Redmires Top Res: 320 - c15 ; Chaffinch - c3 ; Chiffchaff - 2+ ; Greenfinch - 3+ ; Robin - 1 ; Goldfinch - c10 ; 320 - c8 ; Lapwing - c6 ; Canada Goose - 2 ; Carrion Crow - 1 ; Oystercatcher - 4 - sometimes pair resting at water's edge, at others all 4 interacting ; Pied Wagtail - c3 - feeding at water's edge and flying about ; Long-tailed Tit - 1 ; Dunnock - 1 ; Wren - 1 ; Mallard - 8+ ; Tufted Duck - 2 - pair ; Gadwall - 1 - male only seen ; Reed Bunting - 1 - male ; Linnet - c6 - flock flying up from shore and then re landing to feed ; Kestrel - 1 - hunting ; Greylag Goose - 2 ; Blue Tit - 2 ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Ringed Plover - 2

Rud Hill: Lapwing - 6+ - several pairs, displaying males ; Woodpigeon - c10 - feeding in pasture ; Rook - 11+ - feeding in pasture ; Starling - c30 - flock feeding on ground and flying up and then landing again ; Greylag Goose - 2 ; Pheasant - 1 - male calling ; 324 - 3 - Brown Hares

Silverwood Lagoon: House Martin - 5 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Buzzard sp - 2 ; Linnet - 2