Sightings Archive

Norton Lees garden: Goldcrest - 1 - On fatballs

Oughtibridge Garden: Goldcrest - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 4 ; Dunnock - 2 ; Siskin - 1 ; Blue Tit - 12 ; Great Tit - 8 ; Goldfinch - 2 ; Grey Wagtail - 1

Peat Pits: Golden Plover - 612

Porter Clough: Willow Tit - 1

R Don, Rotherham Centre; Chantry Bridge: Greenfinch - 1 - singing from riverside treetop

Rivelin Valley: Mallard - 1 ; Moorhen - 2 ; Grey Heron - 1 - On Wolf Wheel ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Dipper - 2 - Pair at old nest site collecting nest material ; Wren - 1 ; Robin - 3 ; Great Tit - 3 ; Goosander - 2 - Pair on Wolf Wheel ; Blue Tit - 5 ; Jackdaw - 88 - Flew South over valley ; Goosander - 2 - Male and female loafing on shingle by Wolf Wheel mill pond.

Rotherham Centre; Main Street: Sparrowhawk - 01-Feb - female NW @ 0758hrs; 1 NW @ 1152hrs

Rotherham; Greasbrough Road: Grey Wagtail - 1

Sheffield Centre: Starling - 20+ - "whistling" in trees and on building ledges by The Moor market at 12:00 ; Feral Pigeon - 3+ - on The Moor. ; Magpie - 1 - In a tree near The Moor market.

Sheffield University: Peregrine - 1 - On webcam

Whitwell Moor: 319 - 3 - Circling together

Brownhills Lane: Pink-footed Goose - 3 - Now 3 individuals with c40 greylags

Canklow Woods: Common Buzzard - 3 - in the air together at 1400

Low Moor, Upper Midhope: Lapwing - 7 ; Curlew - 46 ; Oystercatcher - 8

Millhouses garden: Goldcrest - 1 - feeding on fat balls ; Blackcap - 1 - female

Oughtibridge: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Great Tit - 6 ; Dunnock - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 4 ; Blackbird - 2

Oughtibridge garden: Brambling - 1

Rotherham; Rawmarsh Road: Sparrowhawk - 1 - SE @ 0755hrs

Sky Edge: Kestrel - 1 - Hunting over rough grassland. ; Dunnock - 1

Thrybergh CP: Curlew - 1 - Landed at water edge in front of visitor centre, then flew NW calling. ; Reed Bunting - 6 ; Chaffinch - c10 ; Bullfinch - 6 ; Greenfinch - 1 ; Blue Tit - 4 ; Great Tit - 8 ; Dunnock - 7 ; Red-legged Partridge - 4 - at bird hide feeding station. ; Blackbird - 8+ ; Fieldfare - c20 - Coming in to roost in Willows ; Redwing - 9 ; Greylag Goose - 40+ ; Lapwing - 4 - 2 displaying on field adjacent to Thrybergh Lane. ; Mallard - 6 ; Tufted Duck - 7 ; 319 - 1

Walkley garden: Goldcrest - 1 - In small fir and monkey puzzle trees

Kimberworth Park: Song Thrush - 1 - singing 5th day in succession, behind Remount Road

R Don, Rotherham Centre; Keppel Wharf: Grey Wagtail - 1

R Don, Stevenson Rd: Iceland Gull - 1 - 1st year again this morning per Birdguides

Rotherham Centre: Sparrowhawk - 01-Feb - female SW @ 1345hrs; 1 over harassing FPs @ 1505hrs, left NW

Shepherd*s Plantation: Robin - 1 - singing ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing, SW corner behind Kimberworth Park pub. ; Blue Tit - 1+ ; Great Tit - 1+ ; Nuthatch - 1 - calls

Upper Common, Scholes: Skylark - 1+ - singing

Aldwarke SF: Magpie - 22+ ; Pheasant - 13 ; Common Buzzard - 1 - left SW ; Kestrel - 1 ; Mallard - 1pr ; Reed Bunting - 1pr ; Stock Dove - 2 - over ; Cormorant - 1 - N ; Coot - 2 ; Redwing - 11 ; Moorhen - 1

Attercliffe: Iceland Gull - 1 - 1st year on pools at Stevenson Rd.

Broomhead Res: Black-headed Gull - c1000 - roosted ; Common Gull - 2 ; Goosander - 9 ; Canada Goose - 3

Cowell Flat: Woodcock - 2 - over road together late dusk

Cutthroat Bridge: Stonechat - 2 - pair back on territory ; Golden Plover - 2 - flushed from heather - back on territory

Damflask Res: Greylag Goose - 60 - c. in fields ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Mandarin - 22

Firsby Res: Coot - 1 ; Moorhen - 1 ; Mallard - 2 - Pair.