Sightings Archive

Thrybergh CP: Chaffinch - 13 - 7 singing ; Brambling - 5 ; Bullfinch - 6 - 3pr ; Reed Bunting - 9 ; Yellowhammer - 3

Whiteley Woods: Dipper - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 2

Burbage Valley: Meadow Pipit - 2

Canklow Woods: Blackcap - 1 - 1 singing

Chapeltown Park: Nuthatch - ,1 - Calling from nest-hole ; Stock Dove - 1 - Perched above nest---hole.

Chatsworth Park: Red Kite - 1 - Drifting north

Chesterfield Canal (Tapton): Blackcap - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 3 ; Grey Wagtail - 1

Endcliffe Park: Mandarin - 4 - 2 males on lower lake + male and female on river near to cafe

Green Moor: Brambling - 11+ - Still feeding on lawn ; Brambling - 11+ - images ; Brambling - 11+ ; Brambling - 11+ ; Brambling - 11+

Greystones garden: Bullfinch - 2 - M&F

Halfway: 319 - 4 - Circling over the park and ride.

High Bradfield: Wheatear - 1

Hope: Green Woodpecker - 1 - Yaffling

Kimberworth: Bullfinch - 2 - Pair on the sun flower hearts feeder

Longshaw: Siskin - 1 ; Goldcrest - 2 - Seen together ; Tufted Duck - 2 - M&F ; Nuthatch - 1

Longshaw Lodge: Siskin - 4 - M&F

Manor Fields Park: Blackcap - 1 - Male singing 06:35-07:10. ; Chiffchaff - 3 ; Reed Bunting - 2 - M+F in reedbed 07:15 ; Linnet - 6 ; Stock Dove - 1 ; Cormorant - 1 - flew high NW over car park at 07:40.

Nether Edge: 319 - 1 - 1 drifted north

Norfolk Park: Blackcap - 1+ - singing male ; Nuthatch - 2+ ; Goldfinch - 5+ ; Greenfinch - 3+ ; Robin - 2+ ; Wren - 2= ; Chiffchaff - 2 ; Magpie - 1 ; Chaffinch - 1 ; Blue Tit - 2 - regularly visiting pair in Norfolk Park garden ; Great Tit - 2 - pair in my garden

Orgreave: Snipe - 1 - on island

Orgreave Lakes: Mandarin - 1 - Female in from north at 0800 then flew towards Treeton Dyke. ; Swallow - 2 ; Sand Martin - 20 ; House Martin - 1 ; Blackcap - 1 - male singing by railway bridge. ; Shoveler - 4 - (3m/1f) ; Wheatear - 1 ; Sand Martin - 80 - This evening ; Little Ringed Plover - 7 ; Redshank - 8 ; Ringed Plover - 2 ; Goldeneye - 7 ; Wheatear - 2 - On rocks at northern end of lake

Pit-house West: Willow Warbler - 1 - singing ; Willow Tit - 2 - singing pretty much together ; Redwing - c10 ; Sand Martin - 12

R Don, Effingham St: Herring Gull - 70 ; Great Black-backed Gull - 1 - 2w ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 3 - adults ; Sand Martin - 3 ; Canada Goose - 2 - pair

R Don, Rotherham Centre; Chantry Bridge: Sand Martin - 5 - over colony @ 0800hrs ; Pied Wagtail - 2 ; Long-tailed Tit - 1pr ; Sand Martin - 9 - @ 1610hrs

R Don, Stevenson Road: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing

Ramsley Lodge: Lesser Redpoll - 50 + - Mobile flock feeding in Silver Birch.

Ravenfield: Little Owl - 1 - In road side tree at dusk end of Braithwell Road.

Rawmarsh; St Mary*s Church: Mistle Thrush - 1 - singing from tower

Rivelin Valley: Chiffchaff - 1 - in observers garden.

Rotherham Centre: Mallard - 4 - Female and 3 ducklings on river adjacent to New York stadium

Tapton, Chesterfield: Nuthatch - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Goldcrest - 1

Thrybergh Tip: Willow Warbler - 1 - Calling. ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - Yaffling Golf course wood. ; Wren - 4 - Singing ; Robin - 6 ; Chiffchaff - 8 ; 319 - 5 - 3 over Rawmarsh/Roundwood 2 over Thrybergh bar mill at same time. ; Tufted Duck - 20 ; Gadwall - 17 ; Pochard - 2 - Male and female. ; 320 - 3 - Males. ; Mallard - 2 - Drake and duck on river. ; Greylag Goose - 1 ; Moorhen - 4 ; Coot - 6 ; Great Tit - 6