Sightings Archive

Thrybergh CP: Redwing - C60 ; Fieldfare - 10 ; Song Thrush - 2 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 4 ; 319 - 2

Ulley wind farm: Yellowhammer - 43 - At least 42 flushed from stubble field by metal detectorist. ; Starling - C300 ; Fieldfare - 100+ - Feeding in Hawthorns ; Redwing - C50 - Feeding on Hawthorns ; 319 - 2

Baslow: Siskin - 15 - Feeding in riverside alders ; Cormorant - 1 - Flying high to north

Big Moor: 324 - 43 - Red Deer - 24 & 12 on Big Moor - 9 under White Edge

Canklow Woods: Lesser Redpoll - 25

Cross Hill, Ecclesfield: Pink-footed Goose - 100+ - Skein flying east,seen distantly.

Deep Rake, Rowland: Red-legged Partridge - 35 - Single covey, no doubt birds released to be killed for fun ; Raven - 2 ; 319 - 1 - Doing rollercoaster display

Edge Mount: 319 - 1 ; Woodcock - 1 - flew in from north , landed in beech copse. ; Fieldfare - 30 - feeding with Starlings. ; Starling - 70 - feeding in sheep field. ; Kestrel - 1

Elsecar Res: Cormorant - 1

Frecheville: Goosander - 5 - Frecheville pond 1m 4rh

Freebirch: Fieldfare - 20 - Feeding in roadside hawthorn

Millhouses: Blackcap - 1 - Female in Stowe Avenue garden following a male earlier this month

Millhouses Lane garden: Tawny Owl - 1 - calling in vicinity

Peat Pits: Fieldfare - c100 - feeding in horse field. ; Starling - 30 - with Fieldfares. ; Lapwing - 1 ; Golden Plover - c200

Silverwood Lagoon: Short-eared Owl - 1 - drifted north. Probably put up by dog-walkers ; Siskin - 3 ; Meadow Pipit - 2 ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Fieldfare - c.15 ; Redwing - 5 ; Jack Snipe - 1 ; Common Gull - 1 ; Kestrel - 1

Walkley garden: Blackcap - 1 - Single male with roving tit flock regularly since 5th Dec.

White Edge: Kestrel - 1 - Flying low below Edge ; Fieldfare - 4 - Trees opposite The Grouse Inn

White Lee Moor: Stonechat - 1 ; Red Grouse - 1

Aldwarke: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Female visiting feeders throughout day ; Goldfinch - 07-Aug - Feeder Liberty Steels. ; Mistle Thrush - 2 - Feeding on Holly berries.

Canklow Woods: Lesser Redpoll - c40

Endcliffe Park: Dipper - 1 - by Hunter's Bar at 08:10

Frecheville: Goosander - 14 - Frecheville Pond. 1m 13rh

Linacre Res: Mandarin - 138 ; Tufted Duck - 97 ; Goosander - 6 - 2m, 4 redheads ; Coot - 6 ; Moorhen - 10 ; Cormorant - 2 ; Little Grebe - 2 ; 328 - 1 - Male tufted x pochard

R Derwent, Leadmill: Goosander - 3 - 1 m, 2 redheads ; Mandarin - 6

Thrybergh CP: Water Rail - 1 ; Lapwing - 85 ; Common Gull - 1

Barlborough: Red Kite - 1 - Drifted slowly due south over the village

Blacka Moor: Stonechat - 2 ; Raven - 2 ; 324 - 13 - Red Deer

Blacka Plantation: Crossbill - 8 ; Crossbill - 8 - Another photo

Brightside: Ring-necked Parakeet - c40 - roosting Brightside Lane

Canklow Woods: Lesser Redpoll - c 60

Firsby Res: Tawny Owl - 1 - Calling from set aside perimeter at 6:30am

Greystones garden: Redwing - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1

Kimberworth Park: 319 - 1 - Harassed by 2 Carrion crows over Studmoor Road.

Orgreave Lakes: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 8 ; Great Black-backed Gull - 10 ; Herring Gull - c70 ; 328 - 1 - Ferruginous Duck x Pochard still present in Pochard flock ; Goosander - 33 ; Goldeneye - 2 - pair ; Pochard - c25

Parkgate Canal Basin: Mute Swan - 62 - inc 10 1cy ; Cormorant - 1 ; Mallard - c50 ; Black-headed Gull - c60

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Greenfinch - 2

R Don, Effingham St: Goosander - 2 - Females with Mallards by Bailey Bridge ; CASPIAN GULL - 1 - 1w again on roof 14:45

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Grey Heron - 1 - low over @ 0925hrs; appeared to drop into garden with pond

Rotherham; Barbot Hall: Common Buzzard - 4 - soaring together (may have included Northfield birds from earlier)

Rotherham; Gin House Lane: Mistle Thrush - 2

Rotherham; Northfield: Great Black-backed Gull - 5 - loafing on roofs & visiting nearby recycling centre ; Herring Gull - c35 - loafing on roofs & visiting nearby recycling centre ; Black-headed Gull - c30 - loafing on roofs & visiting nearby recycling centre ; Magpie - c20 - visiting recycling centre ; Carrion Crow - c20 - recycling centre