Sightings Archive

R Don, Aldwarke: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Kingfisher - 1

R Don, Thrybergh Banks: Stock Dove - 2 - Thrybergh Bridge

Rivelin Valley: Mandarin - 1+ - F +6 very young juvs in river below wolf wheel

Rocher Head Farm: Red Kite - 1 - circling low over pastures near Sick Brook

Rother Valley GC: Oystercatcher - Pair ; Long-tailed Tit - 9 ; Swift - 50+ - 8pm ; 319 - 3

Sheepwash: Stonechat - 2 - Pair in suitable breeding habitat - male seen visiting nest ; Linnet - 2 - pair in traditional breeding spot ; Skylark - 1 - singing

Thrybergh CP: Oystercatcher - 2+ ; Lapwing - 10 ; Common Tern - 4 ; 319 - 4 ; Kestrel - 4 - One fledged youngster begging for food from female

Thrybergh Tip: Chiffchaff - 6 - inc 4 singing ; Blackcap - 7 - 6 singing; 1 female ; Long-tailed Tit - 10+ - inc fledged juvs ; Chaffinch - 2 - singing ; Song Thrush - 2 - singing ; Whitethroat - 5 - singing ; Reed Bunting - 1 - singing ; Garden Warbler - 1 - singing ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Mallard - 6+ - #NAME? ; Coot - 6+ - + 3 juvs ; Sand Martin - c10 - feeding over water ; Pochard - 3 - 1m; 2f ; Black-headed Gull - 2 - 1 ad; 1 1st S ; Mute Swan - 1pr+ - + 3 cygnets ; Moorhen - 2+ ; Swift - c20 - feeding over water ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - adult, over ; Little Grebe - 1 - 'trilling' ; Jay - 1 ; Cetti's Warbler - 1 - singing from N edge ; Reed Warbler - 5+ - inc 4+ singing ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing

Walkley Bank: 319 - 1 - low over junction of Bell Hagg Road and Rivelin Street, mobbed by Carrion Crows and Kestrel.

Agden Side: Kestrel - 1 - hovering

Back Tor, Derwentdale: Golden Plover - 1+ ; Meadow Pipit - 2+ ; Red Grouse - 2

Bradfield Dale: Swift - 1 ; Blackcap - 1 ; Wren - 5 ; Blackbird - 1 ; Robin - 1 ; Pheasant - 1 - female ; Blue Tit - at least 3 - family groups in tree tops ; Jackdaw - 2 - flying overhead ; Chaffinch - 1 ; Dunnock - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 1 ; Goldfinch - 4 ; Swallow - 1 - feeding over pasture

Brogging Moss: Chiffchaff - 1 ; Blue Tit - 3+ - family groups in tree tops ; Willow Warbler - 2 ; Wren - 2 ; Garden Warbler - 1 ; Cuckoo - 1

Canyards: Common Tern - 2 - 2 high over W calling at 8am.

Cartledge Bents: Skylark - 5 ; Lapwing - 1 ; Golden Plover - 4 - 2 adults + 2 juv.

Cowell Flat: Red Kite - 2 - low over Agden Rocher - Canyards ; Meadow Pipit - 1+ ; Willow Warbler - 4+ - family group ; Blackbird - 1 ; Red Grouse - 2 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Lapwing - 3+ - pair with at least one well-grown young

Dale Dike valley: 319 - 1 - overhead ; Long-tailed Tit - 3 ; Wren - 3 ; Blue Tit - 6+ - vocal family groups in tree tops ; Blackcap - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; House Martin - 2+ - flying/feeding over meadows ; Swift - 1 - feeding over meadows ; Robin - 2+ - family group ; Greenfinch - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Chaffinch - 1

Dukes Road: Golden Plover - 2 - 1 ad. + 1 juv ; Meadow Pipit - 10+ ; Curlew - 2 - top of Agden Dike ; Raven - 2 ; Skylark - 3+

Firsby Res: Little Grebe - 2+ - Adults with chicks, first breeding pair for at least ten years. ; Chiffchaff - 3 - Singing ; Reed Bunting - 3 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Yellowhammer - 6