Sightings Archive

Firsby Res: Jay - 1 - Calling ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Feeding on dead tree. ; Red-legged Partridge - 8 - Together. ; Kestrel - 1 - Male hunting near houses. ; Lesser Redpoll - 2+ - In Hawthorn.

Intake: Pink-footed Goose - 31 - Flew N/W at 0840

Loxley Valley: Dipper - 1 - singing on River Loxley near derelict works

Orgreave Lakes: Pink-footed Goose - c140 - flew E at 09.53.

Orgreave Tip: Stonechat - 3 - 3 birds beside footpath south side of tip.

R Rother, Catcliffe: Goosander - 4 - 1 drake 3 ducks feeding on river.

R Rother, Chesterfield: Kingfisher - 1

Rawmarsh: Pink-footed Goose - c65 - E @ 0932hrs

Redmires Middle Res: Lapwing - c.85 ; 320 - 5

Rotherham Centre: Grey Wagtail - 1 - over All Saint's Square ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - over South Grove ; Long-tailed Tit - 10+ - mobile flock, South Grove

Shirebrook Valley: Pink-footed Goose - 100+ - Heading east at 09:55

Silverwood Lagoon: Pink-footed Goose - 290 - 170 W at 09.10, 60 E at 09.20, 60 E at 09.55

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Woodcock - 1 - from heather ; Raven - 2 - Flew over calling

Barlow Common: Little Owl - 1 ; Yellowhammer - 1 ; Redwing - 1

Redmires Middle Res: Lapwing - 50+ ; Golden Plover - 4 - Mixed in with lapwings ; Goldfinch - 4 ; Chaffinch - 2 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Mallard - 14

Redmires Top Res: Moorhen - 1 ; Goldcrest - 2

Silver Wood: Brambling - 2 - in hawthorns behind Silverwood Test Centre ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - near r/way line pond ; Nuthatch - 2 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 10 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Chaffinch - 10 ; Jay - 1 ; Yellowhammer - 2 - in hedgerow between woods and Old Ravenfield

Smithy Wood: Snipe - 15 ; Meadow Pipit - 6 ; Linnet - 6 ; Redwing - 6 ; Sparrowhawk - 1

Soughley Lane, Redmires: Greylag Goose - 72 - In field adjacent to Soughley Farm

Thrybergh Tip: Cetti's Warbler - 3 - At least 3 calling from reedbeds round lagoon ; Water Rail - 2 - Calling from opposite sides of the lagoon. ; Mallard - c50 ; Gadwall - c30 ; Mute Swan - 4 - 2 on lagoon, 2 on river ; 320 - 6 - On river. ; Shoveler - 1 - Male ; Linnet - 12 ; Goldfinch - 10 ; House Sparrow - 15 ; Chaffinch - 8 - With Goldfinch, Linnet, and House Sparrows in game cover crop near concrete road. ; Yellowhammer - 2 ; Little Grebe - 2

Walkley Bank: Swan sp - 1 - overhead, heading north at 12:45

Forge Dam: 320 - 2 - 1 male seen with another heard ; Moorhen - 2 ; Mallard - 27 ; Grey Wagtail - 02-Mar ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Mandarin - 15-20 - over WSW in small groups at dusk

Midhope Res: Goldeneye - 3 - Left WNW ; Mallard - 50 ; Tufted Duck - Pair ; Moorhen - 3 ; Little Grebe - 3 ; Woodcock - 1 ; Redwing - 6 ; Starling - c90 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Siskin - 1

Morley Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 2 ; Grey Heron - 2 ; Mallard - 50+ ; 319 - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 20+ ; Grey Wagtail - 1

Nether Edge: Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 - flying over

Rawmarsh: Raven - 1 - soaring over @ 1055hrs; left W/NW ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - sat on spire of Methodist Church for several minutes, p.m.

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Peregrine - 1 - adult drifted S @ 1058hrs

Redmires Res: Greylag Goose - 60 - c. in fields but distant ; Lapwing - 20 - c. ; Blackbird - 14 - mini-influx in Fairthorn Clough ; Redwing - 80 - c. flew W ; Fieldfare - 15 - c. flew SW ; Crossbill - 1 - by Top Res ; Brambling - 10 - flew S

Agden Side: Brambling - 3 - 3 caught and ringed

Fulwood: Pink-footed Goose - 80 - approx - headed NW in single skein at 11:40

Longshaw: Bullfinch - 1 ; Redwing - 15 ; Mistle Thrush - 2