Sightings Archive

Roundwood Golf course: Mistle Thrush - 1 - SW ; Redwing - 1 - disturbed from trees by groundsman, left N

Roundwood Ponds: Cormorant - 12 - max on pylon overlooking ponds

Silverwood Lagoon: Pink-footed Goose - c.180 - east at 09.15

Wadsley Common garden: Pink-footed Goose - 50 - Over east.at 11:10

Waverley Estate: Grey Partridge - 2

Wortley: Woodpigeon - c550 - SW 7.40-8.45 first notable movement ; Chaffinch - 17 - South ; Song Thrush - 3 - Group flying around general area - assumed migrants ; Skylark - 20 - South in groups 3,6,2,4,5 ; Meadow Pipit - c250+ - S/SW 7.40-8.45 still moving as I left ; Jay - 1 - west, a lot more seen in general area, obvious influx ; Redwing - 13 ; Greenfinch - 7 - 2 groups south 2+5 ; 319 - 2 ; Raven - 1 ; Pink-footed Goose - c230 - 2 skeins S/SW (80+150) at 8.15 and 8.45 - picked up over horizon to NE and followed over north Sheffield

Barlow Common: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing, then eventually showing briefly ; 319 - 2 ; Skylark - 9+ ; Pied Wagtail - 6 - up to 6 ; Long-tailed Tit - c14 ; Pheasant - 6 ; Kestrel - 1

Bassingthorpe Farm: Kestrel - 1 - onto pylon, possibly drawn in by tractor cutting field edges

Canklow Woods: Chiffchaff - 1

Clough: Stonechat - 1 - E of Fenton Rd, flitting from concrete posts into scrub @ Brick Pit

Ecclesall: Swallow - 7 - flew S late afternoon

Harthill Res: Redwing - 3 ; Blackcap - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Siskin - 8 ; Water Rail - 1 ; Little Egret - 2 ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1

Kimberworth Park: Kestrel - 1 - hunting behind Remount Rd adj to Grey Hill ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - f/juv hunting over back gardens between Roughwood Rd and Shearman Avenue

Langsett Res: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 145 - this evening ; Black-headed Gull - 1350 ; Herring Gull - 1 ; Common Gull - 32 ; Mediterranean Gull - 1 - 1st winter flew in at 17:20 ; Little Grebe - 2

Loxley Valley: Cormorant - 1 - flushed from Storrs Bridge Pond

Midhope Res: Redwing - 1+ - 17.3 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Song Thrush - 3 - Very flighty - assumed migrants ; 320 - 37 ; Mallard - 60 ; Little Grebe - 4 ; Tufted Duck - 2 ; Linnet - 17 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - c275 - 18.3 ; Black-headed Gull - c2820 - 18.3 ; Goldfinch - 8 ; Meadow Pipit - 6 - south 17.45 ; Common Gull - 2 adults ; Tawny Owl - 1 ; 319 - 2 ; Kestrel - 3 ; Chaffinch - 10 ; Siskin - 4

Millhouses Park: Dipper - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 4

Moss Road, Totley: 319 - 2 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Green Woodpecker - 2 ; Swallow - 7 - Total of 7 S between 1000 and 1045 ; Skylark - South ; Meadow Pipit - 17 - 17 S or SW between 1000 and 1045 ; Greenfinch - 27 - Flock of 27 local birds. ; Siskin - 10 - SW ; Willow Tit - 1

Norfolk Heritage Park: Ring-necked Parakeet - c20

Norton Lees: 324 - 1 - Badger running down the pavement in broad daylight - early afternoon - before turning up someone’s drive.

Old Ravenfield: Redwing - 1 - Call over fields from St James church @ 6:30AM.

Orgreave Lakes: Stonechat - 2 - 1 pair on the footpath on South side of smaller lake. ; Kestrel - 1 - Single bird resting on spoil heap at North end of main lake. ; Goldfinch - 50+ - Flighty flock on island and S shore shrubs. ; Lapwing - 12+ - Settled on island. ; Goosander - 1 - Single redhead ; Pochard - 10+ - On island and lake ; Goosander - 18

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Grey Wagtail - 1 - over

Redmires: Mistle Thrush - 15+ ; Song Thrush - 2 ; Redwing - 5 ; Brambling - 1 - Heard several times flying around Fairthorn Clough ; Crossbill - 1 - Over ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing Fairthorn Clough ; Blackcap - 1 ; Golden Plover - 18 - Top Res ; Long-tailed Tit - 15

Rotherham Centre: Cormorant - 1 - fishing S of weirs ; Mallard - 16 - (3f), N of tesco bridge ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - active behind Wlikos ; Feral Pigeon - 30+ - Wilkos roof ; Long-tailed Tit - 1+ - in willows ,river edge ; Robin - 1+ - singing behind Wilkos