Recent news
02 March 2025
Barlow: Goldfinch - 8+ ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Buzzard - 1 ; Siskin - 2 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Coal Tit - 2 ; Long-tailed Tit - 6+ ; Goldcrest - 3Bolsterstone: Mistle Thrush - 2 ; Buzzard - 3 ; Skylark - 2 - Singing ; Lapwing - 20 ; Curlew - 21 ; Greenfinch - 1+ - Singing
Bowden Housteads Wood: Buzzard - 2 - Displaying ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 - Song flighting
Bray Plantation: Goldcrest - 1 - singing
Canklow Woods: Other Species - 1 - red admiral butterfly by the path close to the back of the hospital ; Chiffchaff - 2 - 2 singing
Dalton: Rook - 2 - carrying sticks to nest on tip of pylon arm
Den Bank Wood: Brambling - 1 - Perched in tree and in flight ; Bullfinch - 1 - Calling ; Mistle Thrush - 3 - Calling ; Jay - 2 - Calling in flight ; Nuthatch - 1 - Calling ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Hammering and in flight ; Blackbird - 2 - Singing ; Dunnock - 5+ - Singing ; Robin - 5+ - Singing ; Great Tit - 3 - Calling
Don Canal, Aldwarke Cut: Teal - 5 - 3m; 2f ; Mallard - 4 - 2prs ; Tufted Duck - 1 - drake ; Pochard - 2 - pair; unusual here ; Chaffinch - 1 - singing, Aldwarke Island ; Stock Dove - 2 - over ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - over Aldwarke Island, settled in tree briefly before leaving E
Don Canal, Rotherham Cut: Canada Goose - 2 - Eastwood Lock ; Greylag Goose - 3 - W over Eastwood Lock ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing, Eastwood Lock
Dore: Bullfinch - 6 - using feeders in observer’s garden
Firsby Res: Moorhen - 1 ; Mallard - 2 - Pair. ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - On sluice. ; Cormorant - 1 - Over. ; Buzzard - 3 - In the air together calling. ; Cetti's Warbler - 1 - Brief contact call. ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing near road. First of the year. ; Redwing - 2 ; Song Thrush - 1 - Singing. ; Chaffinch - 1 - Singing Male.
Grange Park Golf Course: Buzzard - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 - also, male hunting at SK 382940 (same bird)? ; Skylark - 3 - at least 1 singing from tip plateau ; Greenfinch - 1+ - song and calls, between driving range and tip
Grange Park Golf Course, Brick Kiln Plantation: Dunnock - 1 ; Robin - 1+ - singing ; Redwing - 2+ ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 1 ; Blue Tit - 1+ ; Great Tit - 1+ ; Nuthatch - 2+ ; Goldfinch - 1+
Grange Park Golf Course, Upper Kennel Wood: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - calling ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 1+ ; Coal Tit - 1
Herringthorpe Valley Park: Chaffinch - 3 - inc 1 singing ; Linnet - 7 - inc 2+ singing, from scrubby hillside ; Coal Tit - 3 - pair feeding in alders by stream; 1 singing from S boundary with gardens ; Song Thrush - 1 - in compound ; Grey Heron - 1 - W/SW
Ibbotson Wheel Dam: Teal - 2
Langsett Res: Black-headed Gull - c1800 - 17.15 ; Oystercatcher - 2
Low Moor, Upper Midhope: Curlew - 8 - 17.25
Midhope Hall Lane: Fieldfare - c80 - With RW ; Redwing - c80 - With FF
Midhope Res: Goldeneye - 1 - Male displaying 17.30 - only Mallard pair in close proximity?
Millhouses Park: Buzzard - 2 - One carrying a prey item. ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Treecreeper - 2 - Pair in usual breeding location. ; Nuthatch - 2 - Pair.
Orgreave Lakes: Whooper Swan - 25 ;
, Whooper Swan - 25 ; 
, Whooper Swan - 25 - On main lake Peat Pits: Curlew - 1 ; Little Owl - 1 ; Golden Plover - 30+ - Flying over.
R Don, Aldwarke: Goosander - 3 - 2m; 1f, below weir ; Grey Heron - 2 - 1 by river + 1 S ; Mallard - 5 - 3m; 2f ; Magpie - 7+ - noisy flock, chasing ; Teal - 4 - 2prs ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Mute Swan - 2 - adult pair, Y892 (yellow); 324Y (red) ; Moorhen - 1 ; Gadwall - 2 - pair