Sightings Archive

Harthill Res: Treecreeper - 1 ; Siskin - 2 ; Greenfinch - 4 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Bullfinch - 2 - m,f, ; House Sparrow - 6

Ibbotson*s Dam: Kingfisher - 1 - Fishing (very successfully)

Ladybower Res, North arm: Goldcrest - 1 ; 319 - 2 - Circling together

Manor Fields Park: Kestrel - 1 - male hunting area bordering cemetery. ; Mistle Thrush - 3 ; Jay - 2 ; Water Rail - 1 - in reedbed area 12:00-13:00. ; Mallard - 18 - 10 drake. ; Moorhen - 7

Millhouses garden: Brambling - 1 - female ; Chaffinch - 4 - 3m, 1f - two of the males were lame - one had a foot missing, the other callousy growth on one foot ; Long-tailed Tit - 1 ; Blackbird - 2 - 1m, 1f ; Robin - 2 ; House Sparrow - 1 - fem ; Magpie - 1

Moorgate, Rotherham: Blackcap - 1 - female feeding on fat balls

Orgreave Lakes: Goldeneye - 5 ; Goosander - 3 ; Lapwing - 40+

Silverwood (pit wood): Treecreeper - 2 ; Nuthatch - 6 - Lot of calling and singing through wood. ; Blue Tit - 10 ; Great Tit - 6 ; Woodpigeon - 50c ; Chaffinch - 12 - No sign of Brambling ; Robin - 5

Wadsley Common: COMMON (Mealy) REDPOLL - 4+ - In flock of 40+lesser redpoll ; 319 - 1+

Wentworth Park: 319 - 1 - between Shire Oaks and Temple Hill Pltn @11:10.

Edge Mount: Brambling - c30

Endcliffe Park: Goldcrest - 1 - Nr cafe ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 25 - Lower pond

Forge Dam: Mandarin - 8 ; 320 - 1 - Female

Greystones: Song Thrush - 1 - Recently becoming a regular in observer's garden

High Storrs: Brambling - 4 ; Blue Tit - 1 ; Goldfinch - 9 ; Robin - 1 ; Blackbird - 3 ; House Sparrow - 16

Killamarsh: Blackcap - 1 - Female passing through garden

Kimberworth Park: Black-headed Gull - c50 - On football pitches @ Barkers Park.

Manchester Rd: Song Thrush - 1 - Singing near Shore lane junction

Midhopestones: Song Thrush - 1 - singing near Mortimer Road

Poolsbrook CP: CASPIAN GULL - 1 - 1st winter reported late afternoon

R Don, Rotherham Centre; Keppel Wharf: Goosander - 1 - drake

Ranmoor: Pink-footed Goose - 23 - Flying NW at 10:00

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Whooper Swan - 1+ - heard calling over in darkness @ 0637hrs

RVCP, Main Lake: Red-crested Pochard - 1 - Female ; Redshank - 1

RVCP, Meadowgate Lake: Smew - 1 - Redhead still present

Shepherd Wheel: Black-headed Gull - 1 - Catching many fish

Silverwood Lagoon: Tawny Owl - 1 - calling in Hollings Lane sidings pre-dawn ; Skylark - 6 - 2 singing ; Reed Bunting - 8 - 1 singing ; Pink-footed Goose - 1+ - heard WNW at 09.20 ; Rook - 3 - south ; Siskin - 1 ; Stock Dove - 1 ; Mute Swan - 1pr ; Coot - 10 - lagoon still 40% iced ; Black-headed Gull - 30 ; Common Gull - 1

Stocksbridge: Willow Tit - 1 - singing in overgrown blackthorn hedge behind Hunshelf Bank electricity substation.

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 15 ; Little Grebe - 3 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Mute Swan - 8 ; Greylag Goose - 200 - circa left e flushed by gunshots ; Gadwall - 6 - 3pr ; Pochard - 18 - 4f ; Tufted Duck - 30 - circ. ; 319 - 1 ; Water Rail - 2 ; Lapwing - 170+ ; Black-headed Gull - 200 ; Little Owl - 1 ; Skylark - 3 - singing ; Dunnock - 22 - 8 singing ; Robin - 29 - 15 singing ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Fieldfare - 1 ; Blackbird - 20 ; Great Tit - 11 ; Blue Tit - 16 ; Long-tailed Tit - 11 - 2-2-2-5 ; Chaffinch - 14 ; Brambling - 30+ ; Bullfinch - 11