Sightings Archive

Thrybergh CP: Swift - 4 ; Swallow - 30 ; House Martin - 2 ; Blackcap - 4 ; Chiffchaff - 8 ; Whitethroat - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 2 ; Yellowhammer - 12+ - Best numbers for a while some young in flock in South paddock ; Goldfinch - 40 ; Linnet - 20 ; Chaffinch - 12 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; 319 - 6

Walkley garden: Hirundine - c 30 - Mixed flock flying South at 15.30

West Nab: Kestrel - 2 ; Magpie - 1 - mobbing buzzard. ; 319 - 1 ; Red Kite - 1 ; Starling - 17 - sat on radio mast.

Wharncliffe Chase (north): Whinchat - 4 - With Stonechats ; Stonechat - 13 - incl several juvs ; Raven - 1 ; Swallow - 6 ; Skylark - 2 ; Meadow Pipit - 9 ; Willow Warbler - 2 ; Linnet - 1+ ; Goldfinch - c25

Aldwarke; Liberty Steels: Peregrine - 1 - on chimney

Crosspool: Swift - 2

Don Canal, Rotherham Cut: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - adult ; Herring Gull - 1 - W/SW ; Chiffchaff - 1 - calling ; Pied Wagtail - 01-Feb ; Whitethroat - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - E ; Grey Heron - 1 - adult ; Water Rail - 1 - calling from Typha choked feeder stream

Don Canal; Eastwood Lock: Mute Swan - 4 - Y139; 3Y42; Y558; Y909 (all yellow darvic)

Eastwood; Eldon Road: Magpie - 15 - foraging party on playing fields ; Goldfinch - c40 - playing fields ; Starling - c40 - flock, playing fields ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - E over playing fields

Fitzwilliam Canal, Parkgate: Moorhen - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 2

Fulwood Lane: Barn Owl - 1

High Green: House Martin - 1+ - Heard calling passing over unseen

Longstone Moor: Raven - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 10+ ; Chaffinch - 10+ - Party moving S ; Willow Warbler - 1 - With chaffinches

Midhope Res: Lesser Black-backed Gull - c80 - Mainly resting but some left NE before returning mid PM ; House Martin - c200 ; Swallow - c30 - Alarm call when Peregrine appeared ; 320 - 25 - Numbers continue to grow ; Sparrowhawk - 2 ; Peregrine - 1 - Flew from north and circled with Buzzards south of res. ; Black-headed Gull - c300 ; Starling - 6 - east ; Raven - 1 - High south ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Kestrel - 2 ; Little Grebe - 6 ; Linnet - c90 - Count revised after reviewing pics, possibly a few more. ; 319 - 3 ; Snipe - 1 - south ; Tufted Duck - 4 ; Meadow Pipit - 2 ; Whinchat - 1 - Moving south up the dam banking

Norton Lees: Tawny Owl - 1

Parkgate: Chiffchaff - 1 - calling, Newbiggin Drive ; House Martin - 2 - over Westfield Road ; House Sparrow - c30 - flock visiting feeders

Parkgate Canal Basin: Mute Swan - 22 - all adults ; Mallard - 26 ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 8 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 - adults on adjacent industrial unit

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Chiffchaff - 5 - in tit-flock ; Long-tailed Tit - 2+ ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - adult, SW ; House Martin - 17 - flock, drifted N ; Stock Dove - 2 - on recently burnt area ; Woodpigeon - 8 - on recently burnt area

Parkgate; Barber*s Avenue: House Martin - c25 - flock, over

Parkgate; Stubbin incline: Collared Dove - 11 - on adjacent wires ; Kestrel - 3 - on adjacent field; family party? ; Chiffchaff - 3 ; House Martin - 5+ - over ; Greenfinch - 1 ; Red-legged Partridge - 1 ; Blackcap - 1 - calling ; Tree Sparrow - 1 - calling from top of Hawthorn. A totally unexpected encounter with a seriously declining species (record shot).

R Don, Eastwood: Grey Heron - 1 - juv ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - calling from riverside willows ; Chiffchaff - 2 ; Kingfisher - 1 - flew upriver ; Moorhen - 1 - adult ; Mallard - 3 - 1m; 2f

R Don, Newhall Rd: Kingfisher - 1 - single fishing from river bank