Sightings Archive

Greasbrough Dam,Wentworth: Reed Bunting - 1 - sing

Green Moor: Brambling - 6 - Including a single bird showing signs of Trichomonosis ; Yellowhammer - 3 ; Siskin - 3 - 1 Male 2 female ; Tree Sparrow - 10+ ; Brambling - 6 - The bird with suspected Trichomonosis ; Siskin - 3 - photo

Greystones Road S11: Common Buzzard - 6 - Circling and calling

Handsworth garden: Brambling - 1 - under feeders,my first here.

Kimberworth: Goldfinch - 8 - feeding on sun flower hearts.

Kimberworth Park: 319 - 1 - Over Roughwood School drifted toward Shepherd's Plantation

Low Common: Skylark - 1 - sing

Meadowhall: Common Buzzard - 1 - soaring

Middle Common: Skylark - 1 - sing

Morley Plantation: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Rattle call ; Woodpigeon - 1+ - sing ; Wren - 1 - sing ; Robin - 1+ - sing ; Great Tit - 1 - sing ; Goldcrest - 1 - sing ; Chaffinch - 2 - sing ; Goldfinch - 1+

Morley Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 4 ; Mute Swan - 1 ; Greylag Goose - 8 ; Canada Goose - 4 ; Mallard - 5+ ; Tufted Duck - 4 - male ; Coot - 1+ ; Black-headed Gull - 30+ ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - sing

Norbriggs Flash: Chiffchaff - 2 - singing ; Gadwall - 3 - 2 males and a female

Orgreave Lakes: Shelduck - 1 - male appeared on big lagoon at 0830. Dep S at 0840. ; Redshank - 2

Ravenfield Church: Skylark - 1 - Singing over farmland. ; Nuthatch - 2 - Noisy pair in large tree by entrance gate then flew onto Spire.

Rotherham Centre; Main Street: Sparrowhawk - 1 - S @ 0814hrs

Rotherham Centre; Thorn Hill: Common Buzzard - 1 - soaring over around 1200hrs ; Peregrine - 1 - adult, over from S @ 1200hrs & soaring close to BZ briefly before lost from sight

Sheffield University: Peregrine - 2 - adults on church this morning, with much calling

Stanage Edge: Ring Ouzel - 1 - Male

Thrybergh Tip: Woodcock - 1 ; Bullfinch - 8 ; 319 - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 7 - Singing around site. ; Mistle Thrush - 4 ; Chaffinch - 9 ; Goldfinch - 12 ; Cormorant - 2 ; Greenfinch - 2

Upper Common, Scholes: Skylark - 1+ - sing ; Red-legged Partridge - 1

Wentworth, Temple Hill Plantation: Woodpigeon - 1+ - sing ; Robin - 1+ - sing ; Dunnock - 1 - sing ; Blackbird - 1+ ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - sing ; Nuthatch - 1 - calls ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Flew into deer park chased by Carrion Crow

Weston Park: Chaffinch - 3 ; Mistle Thrush - 2 - Two birds on territory visiting probably nest site ; Long-tailed Tit - 2 - Two calling seen initially, then one began gathering nesting material. ; Blue Tit - 3 - Lots seen, maximum count 3 ; Woodpigeon - 3 ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Blackbird - 2 ; Robin - 1 ; Magpie - 1 ; Goldfinch - 2 ; Carrion Crow - 2

Wyming Brook: Dipper - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 2

Boston Castle: Raven - 1 - circling over at 12:45 then flew off ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing from trees below castle.

Canklow Woods: Chiffchaff - 1 - 1 singing

Carr Vale: Whooper Swan - 22 - flew north at 09:30

Chapeltown: Siskin - c40 - Single group around Burncross 8am

Dore garden: Siskin - 7 - at feeders ; Brambling - 4 - 2m,

Dore, Kerwin Rd: Woodcock - 1 - Over, calling

Ecclesfield Park: Brambling - 2 - adjacent to Lady Croft

Endcliffe Park: Mandarin - 2 - m+f in tree, possibly exploring possible nest site?

Froggatt Edge: Woodcock - 1 - roding at dusk

Green Moor: Brambling - 15+ - Still, but even after removing feeders still probable evidence of Trichomonosis ; Yellowhammer - 2

Harthill Res: Kingfisher - 1 ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Yellowhammer - 1 - calling ; Chiffchaff - 2+ - males calling ; Goosander - 3 - redheads ; Great Crested Grebe - 8 ; Gadwall - 4 - 2prs ; Tufted Duck - 6 ; Reed Bunting - 2 - m ; Skylark - 3+ - singing ; Greenfinch - 7 ; Cormorant - 1 - young bird in ; Grey Heron - 1