Sightings Archive

Silverwood Lagoon: Garden Warbler - 1 - singing ; Blackcap - 8 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 3 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 2 - singing ; Reed Bunting - 4 - singing ; Yellowhammer - 1 - singing ; Jay - 2 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Skylark - 2 - singing ; Jackdaw - 2 - east ; Swallow - 4 ; Swift - 2 ; House Martin - c.12 - over Woodlaithes end of pit top

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Mute Swan - 23 ; Greylag Goose - 2 - in ; Mallard - 1+ - f+10y ; Mallard hybrid - 1+ - f+8y ; Gadwall - 1 - m ; Tufted Duck - 8 - 5m3f ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - 1-2cy 1past s ; Swift - 2 ; Swallow - 2 - past n ; Skylark - 5 - sing ; Wren - 12 - sing ; Dunnock - 7 - sing ; Robin - 13 - sing ; Blackbird - 11 - 10sing ; Blackcap - 5 - sing ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - sing ; Reed Warbler - 3 - sing ; Whitethroat - 4 - 2sing ; Willow Warbler - 2 - sing ; Chiffchaff - 3 - sing ; Long-tailed Tit - 7+ - inc family 6+ ; Reed Bunting - 3 - m ; Yellowhammer - 1 - f

Ughill Moors: Oystercatcher - 2 ; Canada Goose - 2 - on pond

Walkley: Red Kite - 1 - Moving west, being mobbed half heartedly by carrion crow

Wyming Brook: Willow Warbler - 10 - singing ; Blackcap - 9 - singing ; Garden Warbler - 1 - singing ; Wood Warbler - 3 - singing, 2 near wooden ladder on main track ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 3 - singing ; Carrion Crow - 1 - browsing on broken tree ; Wood Warbler - 4 - singing males, between wooden steps and reddicar Clough ; Spotted Flycatcher - 2 - singing birds ; Pied Flycatcher - 2 - singing males at bottom end.

Aldwarke: Willow Warbler - 1 - singing ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing

Bingham Park: Grey Heron - 1 ; Nuthatch - 2 - visiting same nest spot as last year ; Jay - 1

Birley Edge: Swift - 1 - First this Spring

Blacka Moor: Cuckoo - 1 - Elegant male,mobbed by mipits as he called ; Willow Warbler - 5 - s m, ; Chiffchaff - 3 - s m, ; Garden Warbler - 3 - s m, ; Song Thrush - 1 - s m, ; Blackcap - 1 - s m, ; Bullfinch - 2 - pr ; Coal Tit - 2 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - s m, ; Reed Bunting - 1 - m ; Jay - 1

Canklow Woods: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - reeling at 1230

Cowell Flat: Stonechat - 1 - male Dukes Road end

Dore village: Swift - 5 - one entering traditional nest site

Endcliffe Park: Coot - 4 - Parents feeding 2 chicks ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Near lower pond

Ewden Beck: Redstart - 2+ - singing males, Broomhead park and higher up the valley.

Forge Dam: Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Mandarin - 3 - males

Greenhill: Common Buzzard - 3 - 3 over observers garden at 14:00 ; Swift - 2 - First of the year over observers garden

Greystones: Swift - 5 - circling over observer's garden

Hangingwater garden: Sparrowhawk - 1 - circling above house for second day running, seeking fledglings?

Hillsborough: Swift - 8+ - Increase in birds today. 8 screaming over Rockley Road, 8 over Kendall Road, 4 over Marlcliffe Road. Birds now visiting eaves at 2 properties on Ganton Road. ; House Martin - 1

Holmebrook Valley Park: Swift - 10+ - Over lake ; House Martin - 20+ ; Swallow - 5+ ; Tufted Duck - 4 - 2 female and 2 male ; Mallard - 40+ - with at least 22 chicks in 3 groups ; Moorhen - 5+ - 2 chicks ; Great Crested Grebe - 2 - Pair still on nest ; Coot - 10+ - A couple of pairs on nests round site

Linacre Res: Pied Flycatcher - 1 - Singing male using next box ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 3 - 3 nest with adults feeding young ; Mandarin - 15 ; Tufted Duck - 19 - 18 males ; Great Crested Grebe - 3

Middleton Moor: Greenshank - 1 ; Shelduck - 2 - Pair

Padley Wood: Spotted Flycatcher - 4 - 2 pairs, one showing courtship