Sightings Archive

Thrybergh CP: Black-headed Gull - 60+ ; Herring Gull - 1 - ad in ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 22 - past sw in 5mins ; Swift - 6 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - call from h/row ; Sand Martin - 4 ; Swallow - 4 ; House Martin - 20+ ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - past w ; Garden Warbler - 1 ; Blackcap - 2 ; Reed Warbler - 7+ ; Whitethroat - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 10 ; Long-tailed Tit - 2 ; Tree Sparrow - 4+ ; Goldfinch - 40+ - in 2 parties ; Bullfinch - 5 ; Reed Bunting - 5 ; Yellowhammer - 1

Aldwarke; Liberty Steel: Peregrine - 1 - adult on chimney from 1625hrs at least ; Kestrel - 1 - hunting ; Mistle Thrush - 5 - left NW ; Cormorant - 5 - on pylon, 1525-1635hrs at least

Botanical Gardens: Swift - 2 - 2 W

Castleton: Swift - 2

Coldside: Kestrel - 4 - Family Group, female plus fledged young hunting.

Don valley; Aldwarke to Kilnhurst: Raven - 4 - together, rolling/tumbling & soaring in wide circles in 'pairs' @ 1545-1552hrs before dropping out of view; two then flew SW, settling on water tower/rooftop on Liberty Steel site at Roundwood @ 1600hrs

Greystones: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Juv

Herries Road,fir vale: Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 - Calling from trees in the grounds of the Northern General Hospital.

Howden Dam: Cormorant - 8 - Roosting on dam tower ; Blackcap - 1 - male ; 319 - 2

Ladybower Res, West arm: Cormorant - 5 ; Goosander - 1 - redhead

Loxley Valley: Common Buzzard - 1 - circling near Wisewood Inn, carrying or caught up in a length of orange rope.

Oaken Bank: Raven - 4 - Aerial displays over the rock face

Parkgate: House Martin - c20 - feeding over

Poolsbrook Marsh: Peregrine - 2 - together on pylon at 05:30

Roundwood Golf course: Goldcrest - 1

Stubley Hollow: Greenfinch - 38 ; Starling - 110 ; Goldfinch - 21 ; House Sparrow - 21 ; Chiffchaff - 3 ; House Martin - 7 ; Swallow - 7 ; 319 - 1

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 9 - inc.pr3y ; Little Grebe - 2 - ad ; Mute Swan - 74 - inc2j3j ; Canada Goose - 74 ; Gadwall - 4 - f3j ; Tufted Duck - 45 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - flew w ; Kestrel - 1 - e/side ; Moorhen - 4 - pr with 2new chicks ; Black-headed Gull - 60+ ; Herring Gull - 1 - 2nd sum ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - 2nd sum ; Little Owl - 1 - ad ; Swift - 16 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Sand Martin - 4+ ; Swallow - 20+ ; House Martin - 200+ - inc flocks 50+150+ ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 - past s ; Blackcap - 4 ; Reed Warbler - 7+ - mostly jv ; Whitethroat - 2 ; Willow Warbler - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 10 ; Tree Sparrow - 5 ; Goldfinch - 50+ ; Greenfinch - 5 ; Bullfinch - 3 ; Reed Bunting - 3 ; Yellowhammer - 1

Thrybergh Tip: Swift - 2+ - over ; Common Buzzard - 1 - soaring over; drifted off NE

Ughill Moors: Moorhen - 1 - juv on loftshaw pond

Abbeydale Golf Course: Swift - 5 - over ; Swallow - 2 ; Kestrel - 1

Bradwell: Song Thrush - 1

Greystones: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 - Male adult & juvenile in observer's garden

Hangingwater garden: Jay - 3 - visited feeders briefly

Manor Fields Park: Spotted Flycatcher - 2 - 07:55- 08:10. ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Goldfinch - 50+ - flock of adult+young birds ; Whitethroat - 8 ; Chiffchaff - 4 ; Willow Warbler - 2+ - with brief weak song. ; Blackcap - 4 ; House Martin - 7 ; Moorhen - 13 - 1ad with 2chick 1ad with 3 chick 6 well grown young .06:45-08:30. ; Stock Dove - 1 ; Collared Dove - 4 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Song Thrush - 5+ - mostly young birds