Sightings Archive

Brightside Lane: Woodcock - 1 - Flew over road at 1120 towards River Don

Coombs Dale: 319 - 2 - 2 singles ; Jay - 2 ; Redwing - 16+

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 1 ; Mute Swan - 1 - Main Res. ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Red Kite - 1 - Soaring over sheep paddock with a Buzzard. ; Kestrel - 1 - Male ; Siskin - 4+ - Over calling. ; Black-headed Gull - 1

Middleton Moor: Yellow-legged Gull - 1 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 220 - At 11.30 ; Lapwing - 89 ; Wigeon - 4

Orgreave Lakes: Shelduck - 2 ; Skylark - 20 - On tip ; CASPIAN GULL - 1 - 1st w ; Lesser Redpoll - 6

Rawmarsh: Common Buzzard - 1 - soaring over @ 1210hrs; left NW in a long glide ; Swan sp - 3 - 2 ads & 1 1cy, W @1320hrs (naked eye; not thought to be Mute)

Sothall: Fieldfare - 2 - west 0715hr

Thrybergh CP: Mute Swan - 32 ; Whooper Swan - 4 - 4 adults SE over Reservoir 11:00 ; Little Grebe - 3 ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Pochard - 2p ; Tufted Duck - 18 ; Gadwall - 2p ; Lapwing - 72 ; Pied Wagtail - 6 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Skylark - 8 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Song Thrush - 3 ; Blackbird - 42 - Big influx ; Redwing - 110 - Most moving south with smaller numbers feeding ; Fieldfare - 228 - Most moving south west ; Linnet - C60 ; Goldfinch - 55 ; Chaffinch - 8 ; Blue Tit - 4 ; Great Tit - 8 ; Long-tailed Tit - 18 ; 319 - 2 ; Red-legged Partridge - 4

Wadsley Common garden: Whooper Swan - 2 - Over heading west..

Wortley: Redwing - 247 - west ; Fieldfare - 353 - west ; Brambling - 5 - west ; Starling - 316 - west ; Chaffinch - 9 - west ; Blackbird - 2 - west ; Reed Bunting - 4 - south ; Whooper Swan - 3 - High ESE at 8.19 ; Raven - 2 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Lapwing - c120 ; 321 - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Jackdaw - c500 ; 319 - 1

Centenary Riverside: Kingfisher - 1 - successful hunt 13.50-14.00

Cutthroat Bridge: Fieldfare - 600 - 3 flocks flying west at 9-45 to 12 md

Don Canal; Rotherham Cut: House Sparrow - c25 - flock around Tulley's boatyard ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Grey Heron - 2 - left towards river ; Peregrine - 1 - adult male low to E (to Aldwarke) @ 0810hrs ; Mute Swan - 1 - Eastwood Lock

High Green: Brambling - 1 - Male in obs garden on feeder.

Parkgate Canal Basin: Herring Gull - 10 ; Mute Swan - 53 ; Black-headed Gull - c120 ; Mallard - 25 ; Canada Goose - 3 ; Moorhen - 1

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Redwing - 4 - dropped in ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - hunting ; Woodpigeon - c85 - SW in 20mins

R Don, Eastwood: Mallard - 36 ; 320 - 6 ; Moorhen - 2 ; Cormorant - 4 - perched on riverside gantry ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - calling ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - calling

R Don, Rotherham Centre: Goosander - 7 - all redheads ; Canada Goose - 1 ; Mallard - c20

Rawmarsh: Redwing - 120-130 - W in 2 flocks ; Fieldfare - 01-Feb - W with Redwing flock

Rawmarsh; Barber*s Avenue: Woodpigeon - c130 - SW in 2 flocks ; Redwing - 3 - W

Redmires: Redwing - 2424 - all moving west 07:00-11:30 ; Fieldfare - 1269 ; Woodpigeon - 2370 ; Brambling - 2 ; Dunlin - 1 - flew west ; Goosander - 1 - flew south ; Skylark - 5