Skip to main content

Sightings Archive

From the Sightings Archive you are able to search for archived sighting records which are more than 3 years old and dating back to 2011.
Select Year
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011

Sunday 8th March 2020

  • Hood Brook: Robin - 5 ; Coal Tit - 2 ; Great Tit - 2 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - hunting ; Rook - c10 - feeding on ground ; Jackdaw - c4 - feeding on ground with rooks ; Woodpigeon - 1 ; Wren - 1 ; Magpie - 2
  • Leadmill: Long-tailed Tit - 2 ; Blue Tit - 1 ; Goosander - 1 - male on river
  • Longshaw Lodge: Mistle Thrush - 3 - Feeding in field ; Magpie - 2 ; Blue Tit - at least 5 ; Blackbird - 1 ; Carrion Crow - 2 ; Robin - 1 ; Dunnock - 1 ; 324 - c20 - Common frogs mating in pool in woodland.
  • Mitchell Field: Lapwing - 1
  • Norfolk Park: Sparrowhawk - 2 - flying together over Park Grange while being mobbed by a noisy Carrion Crow
  • North Lees: Jackdaw - 11+ - feeding in field
  • Onesmoor: Skylark - 10+
  • Orgreave Lakes: Goldeneye - 2 - a pair ; Wigeon - 15 ; Redshank - 3 ; Oystercatcher - 2
  • Padley Gorge: Blue Tit - 3 ; Wren - 1 ; Robin - 1 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - female
  • Parkgate Canal Basin: Mute Swan - 81 - inc 19 2cy & 5 in from NE ; Herring Gull - 1 - 2cy ; Mallard - 25 ; Black-headed Gull - c30 ; Song Thrush - 2 ; Greenfinch - 2 - males, one singing ; Bullfinch - 1pr ; Long-tailed Tit - 1pr
  • Pit-house West: BITTERN - 1 - at 18:00 ; Water Rail - 3 ; Tawny Owl - 1 - calling
  • R Don, Aldwarke: Mute Swan - 3 - 2 ads; 1 2cy ; Mallard - 9 - 8m; 1f ; Cormorant - 1 - imm ; Goosander - 1pr ; Moorhen - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 4 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - male
  • R Don, Centenary Riverside to Main Street: Song Thrush - 2 - singing ; Mallard - 6 - 2prs + 2m ; Long-tailed Tit - 7+ ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - singing ; Kingfisher - 1 - calling ; Cormorant - 1 - NE ; Stock Dove - 2
  • R Don, Rotherham; Grafton Bridge: Greylag Goose - 5 - SW @ 0828hrs ; Egyptian Goose - 1 - SW with Greylags @ 0828hrs
  • R Don, Wharncliffe Side: Goosander - 2 - A pair
  • Ravenfield Park: Moorhen - 2+ ; Tufted Duck - 2 - Pair. ; 319 - 1 - Soaring over woodland. ; Tawny Owl - 1 - Roosting. ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - In tree over first pond. ; Treecreeper - 3 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Kingfisher - 1 - Flew along stream over stone bridge, Hooten Roberts end. ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Song Thrush - 2 - Singing ; Mute Swan - 4 - 2 dropping in to large pond, 2 dropping onto Firsby res.
  • Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Red Kite - 1 - low to W @ 1450hrs; presumably Silverwood bird
  • Redmires Res: Greylag Goose - 50 - c. in fields ; Canada Goose - 8 - on Top Res ; Mallard - 12 ; 320 - 6 - flew out of SE corner ; Curlew - 30 - c. in fields - post roost ; Lapwing - 76 - mostly on res ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 5 ; Black-headed Gull - 30 ; Red-breasted Merganser - 1 - redhead W over Top Res at 08:09 hrs - rare here these days ; Siskin - 3 - inc 1 male in song-flight over Top Res ; Crossbill - 1 - heard over Top Res ; Song Thrush - 3 ; Blackbird - 2 ; Meadow Pipit - 5 - flew N - first movt ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - along conduit ; Skylark - 1 - singing along conduit - first back ; Oystercatcher - 1 - ad in fields along conduit ; Snipe - 3 - 1 chipping + 2 flushed briefly by Oystercatcher ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - female over Soughley Lane
  • Scholes Coppice: Tawny Owl - 1 - mobbed by 3 Jays, chased through tree tops ; Wren - 1 - singing ; Robin - 1+ - singing ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing ; Nuthatch - 1 - calling
  • Stanage Edge: Curlew - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 - hunting
  • Strines Res: Whooper Swan - 20 - On neck
View
Debug: filter_search:
Debug: filter_date_from:
Debug: filter_date_to:
Debug: filter_site:
Debug: filter_site_name:
Debug: filter_month:
Debug: filter_year:
Debug: this month: 11
Debug: this year: 2025