Sightings Archive

Firsby Res: Pink-footed Goose - 80+ - Over low calling. Headed towards Ravenfield. ; Goldcrest - 2 ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Skylark - 1 - Over farmland. ; Linnet - 10+ - Flew from stubble field.

Harthill Res: Water Rail - 1 - calling ; Siskin - 5 - c.

Markham Vale: Long-tailed Tit - 12 ; Common Buzzard - 1

Poolsbrook Marsh: Gadwall - 2 - pair ; Water Rail - 1 - calling from 'signal box pool' ; Cetti's Warbler - 2 - calling ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Song Thrush - 2 ; Mistle Thrush - 2 ; Blackbird - 6

R Don, Aldwarke: Cormorant - 1 - on pylon, then onto river ; Mallard - 6 - 3 prs

R Don, Effingham St: Little Egret - 1 ; Goosander - 5

Thrybergh: Waxwing - 20 - c20 feeding off Rowan berries on S65 4RB

Thrybergh Tip: Bullfinch - 1 ; Mute Swan - 5 - 2 SW; 3 1cy on flash ; Redwing - 3 ; Goldcrest - 2 - 1 (SK4595); 1 (SK4695) ; Moorhen - 4 ; Coot - 13+ ; Mallard - 6 - 3m; 3f ; Wigeon - 3 - 1m; 2f ; Tufted Duck - 25 ; Gadwall - 3 ; 320 - 4+ - 2 flying around + 2+ calling in fog ; Cormorant - 1 - SW ; Water Rail - 2 - 1 'sharming', S- edge; 1 calling, NW corner ; Black-headed Gull - 3 ; Cetti's Warbler - 3 - singles singing S-edge & NE corner; 1 calling well NE of flash ; Pheasant - 4 - 2m; 2f ; Chaffinch - 5 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Jay - 2 ; Goldfinch - c25 - flock ; Long-tailed Tit - 20 - flocks of 6 (SK4696) & 14 (SK4695)

Upper Rivelin: Pink-footed Goose - 110 - Vocal skein of c110 flying west over Flash Farm at 10:35

Brincliffe Edge Wood: Tawny Owl - 2 - calling at 16:50

Crosspool: Waxwing - 1+ - still present apparently ; 319 - 3 - including one doing a 360 degree roll ; Mistle Thrush - 1

Gillfield Wood: 319 - 1 - Being harassed by Jackdaws and Crows as it was soaring over wood.

Hillsborough: Kingfisher - 1

Lydgate: Tawny Owl - 1 ; Coal Tit - 1

Markham Vale: Snipe - 1 ; Jack Snipe - 1 ; Woodcock - 1 - at dusk

Middleton Moor: Pink-footed Goose - 95 - a skein of 95 moving through to SE. Also an earlier skein heard but not seen at 09:03 ; Shoveler - 18 ; 320 - 81 ; Tufted Duck - 4 ; Coot - 3 ; Stonechat - 2 - a pair ; Goldcrest - 2 ; Reed Bunting - 3 ; Treecreeper - 1

Moorgate, Rotherham: Goldcrest - 1 - feeding in conifers in back garden

Redmires Res: Woodpigeon - 3000 - c. flew S in 2 hours ; Fieldfare - 100 - c. flew S ; Redwing - 50 - c. flew SW ; Crossbill - 20 - c. by Top Res ; Pink-footed Goose - 80 - c. flew E at 08:35hrs ; Lesser Redpoll - 5 - c. ; Blackbird - 4 ; Reed Bunting - 3 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1

RVCP: Raven - 1 - steadily north

Silverwood Lagoon: Greylag Goose - 46 - south at 07:25

Thrybergh CP: Mute Swan - 24 ; Tufted Duck - 18 ; Goldeneye - 1 - Redhead unsettled by gas gun ; Great Crested Grebe - 6 ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 5 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Siskin - 6+ ; Lesser Redpoll - 4+ ; Bullfinch - 1 ; Chaffinch - 10+ ; Black-headed Gull - 80+ ; Herring Gull - 6 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 4 ; Great Black-backed Gull - 3 ; Grey Heron - 1

Wire Mill Dam: Goosander - 2 - Pair ; Cormorant - 1

Wortley: Tawny Owl - 1 - Heard calling 09:30 and 11:00

Broom Lane Rotherham: Brambling - 1 - Feeding in observers back garden. ; Brambling - 1

Crosspool: Waxwing - 16 - still present today

Graves Park: Cormorant - 1 - On Boating Lake ; Goosander - 1 - Male on Boating Lake,