Sightings Archive

Thursday 5th November 2020

• Firsby Res: Tawny Owl - 2 ; 319 - 1 ; Redwing - 10+ - Coming out of roost at dawn. ; Skylark - 1 - Calling over set aside in the dark. ; Lesser Redpoll - 20+ ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Goldcrest - 1
• Fulwood: Pink-footed Goose - 305 - 4 skeins (80, 55, 60 and 110) SE 08:25-08:55 over observer's garden ; Woodpigeon - 2780 - S-SW in an hour this morning ; Fieldfare - 210 - SW in an hour this morning ; Stock Dove - 2 - SW with Woodies ; Common Gull - 5 - SW ; Jay - 2 ; Redwing - 6 ; Brambling - 1
• Gillfield Wood: 321 - 1 - calling as flew over
• Green Moor: Red-legged Partridge - 2 ; Bullfinch - 1 ; Tree Sparrow - 10+ ; Fieldfare - 1
• Greno Wood: Pink-footed Goose - 150 - c150 flew NW at 10:05
• Handsworth: Pink-footed Goose - c120 - north-west @ 14.50
• Hangingwater: Sparrowhawk - 2 - 1 over observer's garden joined by second over allotments
• Holbrook Marsh: Snipe - 2 ; Lesser Redpoll - 5
• Leash Fen: Stonechat - 2 - Males
• Malin Bridge: Redwing - c13 - nocmig 15 calls 00:00-06:00, 2 calls 22:00-23:00 ; Pink-footed Goose - 2+ - nocmig calls overhead 01:07
• Middleton Moor: Whooper Swan - 6 - 5 adults, 1 juv on lagoon ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - Adult
• Norton Lees: Tawny Owl - 1 - calling
• R Don, Rotherham Centre; adjacent Forge Island: Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Goosander - 3 - redheads
• R Don, Rotherham Centre; Chantry Bridge: Grey Wagtail - 1 - flew downriver
• Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Fieldfare - 7 - SW
• Redmires: Kestrel - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 8+ - In fields ; Stonechat - 3+ - M&F ; Reed Bunting - 3+ - M&F ; Long-tailed Tit - 1+ ; Greylag Goose - 2
• Redmires Res: Whooper Swan - 5 - ads E at 08:05 hrs ; Greylag Goose - 5 ; Canada Goose - 28 - arrived from the east ; Pink-footed Goose - 750 - Flew E in 7 skeins from 08:25 - 08:32 hrs ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 6 - flew W ; Herring Gull - 2 - ads flew W ; Black-headed Gull - 25 - c. flew W ; Common Gull - 3 - ads flew S and W ; Woodpigeon - 11,600 - c. flew S / SW in 90 minutes ; Starling - 420 - flew W in 90 minutes ; Fieldfare - 90 - flew SW in 90 minutes ; Chaffinch - 12 - Flew W ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - flew S ; Kestrel - 1 - male
• Rivelin Valley: Mandarin - 22 - on pond at Wolf Wheel ; Moorhen - 3 - on pond at Wolf Wheel (2 adult and 1 imm) ; Kingfisher - 1 - pond at Frank Wheel ; Dipper - 1 - flew up river by Wolf Wheel ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - on river by Wolf Wheel
• Rotherham Centre; Effingham Street: Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 2
• Shirecliffe: Pink-footed Goose - c1690 - 08:20-09:05. Two main SE flight lines, to S of city Stanage-Ringinglow (6 skeins c810). and to N of Stocksbridge/Wharncliffe (8 skeins c720) plus 2 skeins overhead (c128), plus c30 moving W. ; Lesser Redpoll - 10 ; Siskin - 10 ; Chaffinch - 10 ; Fieldfare - c600 - 3 large flocks over ; Redwing - 6 ; Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 - flew over to N of old tip ; Kestrel - 1 - male ; Sparrowhawk - 1
• Silverwood Lagoon: Pink-footed Goose - 210 - east at 08.45 ; Snipe - 1 ; Grey Partridge - 1 ; Lesser Redpoll - 2 ; Redwing - 3 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Whooper Swan - 21 - SW at 08.55
• Totley - Penny Lane: Tawny Owl - 1 - heard
• Wharncliffe Chase (north): Woodpigeon - c8000 - 7300 W/SW + c700 feeding locally ; 327 - 3 SW ; Goosander - 2 W ; Greenfinch - 3 - 1 west ; Meadow Pipit - 2 W ; Starling - 328 NW ; Goldfinch - 20 - 6 SW ; Chaffinch - 19 SW ; Skylark - 5 SW ; Brambling - 1 ; Pink-footed Goose - 590 - East 08:30-08:55 in groups of c150,150,50,60,80,100 ; Lapwing - 30 - East ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - singing ; Collared Dove - 1 ; Stock Dove - 3 ; Redwing - 60+ ; Fieldfare - 100+ ; Yellowhammer - 1 - Brief song ; Jackdaw - c200
• Woodhouse Washlands: Whooper Swan - 24 - flock South at 1010hr ; Snipe - 97 - over the full site