Sightings Archive

Ughill Farm: Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Blue Tit - 3 ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Great Tit - 2 ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Pheasant - 5 - eating holly berries ; Jackdaw - c10 - flock flying over ; Blackbird - 4+ - feeding on hawthorn berries ; Long-tailed Tit - c30 - flock ; Robin - 1

Wharncliffe Res: Fieldfare - 150+ ; Redwing - 50+

Canklow Woods: Common Buzzard - 3 - in the air together at 13:15

Firsby Res: Mute Swan - 2 - Resident pair on very swollen main Res. ; Mallard - 8 ; Coot - 2 ; Moorhen - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - In horse paddock. ; Black-headed Gull - c50 - Over farmland. ; Herring Gull - 5 - Various ages over and down on farmland. ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 4 - With other Gulls. ; 319 - 1 - Over calling. ; Treecreeper - 1 - In woodland next to road. ; Song Thrush - 2 ; Redwing - 1 - Single in Willows. ; Bullfinch - 1 - Male. ; Skylark - 1

Hillsborough Park: Goosander - 5

Manor Top: Waxwing - 60+ - Flock on a tall tree at the top of Pit Lane at 14:00, frequently flying down to the tree outside the old fire station but not settling to eat

Moorgate, Rotherham: Sparrowhawk - 1 - male sat in Rowan tree in garden for 30 minutes [usually just a fly through].

Ravenfield Park: Lesser Redpoll - 10+ - Over woodland. ; Lesser Redpoll - 10+ ; Lesser Redpoll - 10+ ; Lesser Redpoll - 10+ ; Jay - 1 ; Goldcrest - 4

Redmires Res: Black-headed Gull - 600 - c. roosted on Top Res

Totley Moor: Peregrine - 1 - Seen from Fox House bus stop hunting and briefly being mobbed by Kestrel ; Kestrel - 1 - hover hunting ; Red Grouse - 2 ; Raven - 1 - Flying over ; Goldfinch - 1 ; Carrion Crow - 1 ; Jackdaw - c10 - flying towards Fox House pub

Cemetery Avenue: Waxwing - 2 - at 12:30

Jordans Lock: Goosander - 16 - Feeding and displaying. ; Tufted Duck - 1 ; 321 - 1

Keppels Field: Blackbird - 1+ ; Redwing - 1+ ; Blue Tit - 1+ ; Coal Tit - 1+ ; Goldfinch - c10 - preening feathers in puddles below willows ; Bullfinch - 1 - male

Kimberworth Park: Black-headed Gull - 70+ - at Roughwood Rec ; Herring Gull - 2 - at Roughwood Rec ; Kestrel - 1 - female in Ash tree, bottom of Grey Hill

Manor Top: Waxwing - 40+ - Feeding on a berry tree at the top of Pit Lane at 10:00

Moss Valley: Goosander - 1 - Single male on Carter Hall fishing pond.

Orgreave Lakes: GREAT NORTHERN DIVER - 1 - juv still present this afternoon ; Pochard - 30 - on small lake ; 320 - 31 ; Goldeneye - 1 - redhead ; Goosander - 4

Psalter Lane: Waxwing - c20

R Don, Effingham St: Goosander - 2 ; Goosander - 2 - Second picture.

Ramsley Moor: Great Grey Shrike - 1 - showing consistently but distantly, 11:50-12:05, looking NE from the gate near Ramsley Res ; Raven - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 1

Rivelin Valley: Kingfisher - 1 - flying upstream near Mousehole Forge

Scholes: Fieldfare - c100 ; Kestrel - 1 ; 319 - 1

Thrybergh CP: Mute Swan - 30 ; Tufted Duck - c90 ; Pochard - 21 ; Goldeneye - 1 F ; Gadwall - 20 ; Moorhen - 6 ; Coot - 22 ; Water Rail - 1 - very elusive so far this winter ; Great Crested Grebe - 5 ; Little Grebe - 2 ; Black-headed Gull - 50+ ; Herring Gull - 8 ; Cormorant - 2 ; Lapwing - 60 ; Pied Wagtail - 10+ ; Robin - 10 ; Dunnock - 16 - good numbers at feeding station ; Chaffinch - 20+ ; Greenfinch - 4 ; Goldfinch - 30+ ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Siskin - 4 ; Goldcrest - 2 ; Blue Tit - 14 ; Great Tit - 9 ; Long-tailed Tit - 13