Sightings Archive

Blackbrook Wood: Garden Warbler - 1 - Singing

Brightside: Common Buzzard - 1 - high up mobbed by Carrion Crow

Burbage Valley: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Male having an early morning preen under close scrutiny of nearby Magpies. ; Magpie - 4 ; Mallard - 2 ; Ring Ouzel - 3 ; Stonechat - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Linnet - 3

Canklow Woods: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - 1 reeling 0900

Catcliffe Flash: Mute Swan - 2+ - ad pr + 4 young ; Gadwall - 35+ ; Pochard - 3 ; Cormorant - 2 ; Grey Heron - 2 ; Little Grebe - 6+ ; Great Crested Grebe - 2+ - ad pr + 3 young ; Moorhen - 8+ ; Coot - c80

Cowell Flat: Cuckoo - 1

Hurlfield: Tawny Owl - 3 - 1 adult, 2 vocal/begging young

Millhouses Park: Moorhen - 5 - Adult feeding three small young while other adult builds a new nest perilously close to the water's edge. ; Moorhen - 5 - Another picture

Padley Gorge: Cuckoo - 1 - Male calling from lone tree towards Surprise View car park. ; Redstart - 2 - pair ; Spotted Flycatcher - 2 - Males calling ; Pied Flycatcher - 5 ; Wood Warbler - 2 - pair ; Pied Flycatcher - 8+ - Singing and occupied boxes

R Don, Norfolk Bridge: Black-headed Gull - 7 ; Herring Gull - 3 - 1s and 2x2s ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 4 - 3 adults and 1s

R Don, Stevenson Rd: Kingfisher - 1 - male ; Mallard - 3 - inc female with 9 small chicks ; Canada Goose - 2 - different to Effingham St birds ; Sand Martin - c20 - birds visiting at least 6 nest holes on the N side of the river. ; House Martin - 4 - collecting mud from rapidly drying puddles

R Don, Stevenson rd: Blackcap - 2 - m & f

Redmires conduit: Golden Plover - 2 ; Snipe - 1 ; Tawny Owl - 1

Redmires Res: Greenshank - 1 - still present ; Oystercatcher - 1 ; Little Ringed Plover - 4 ; Common Sandpiper - 8 ; Golden Plover - 1 - displaying ; Whinchat - 1 - singing ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Spotted Flycatcher - 1 - singing ; Wheatear - 1 - nice male Greenland Wheatear ; Canada Goose - 6 - 2 ads & 4 young ; Mallard - 6 - inc female with 10 young ; Tufted Duck - 2 ; Oystercatcher - 1 - ad sat on nest by island on Middle Res ; Little Ringed Plover - 8 ; Little Ringed Plover - 4 - correction (not 8!) ; Common Sandpiper - 8 ; Greenshank - 1 - clearly mentally unstable - long-stayer! ; Whinchat - 1 - male singing ; Whitethroat - 1 - still singing ; Wheatear - 2 - inc obvious male showing characteristics of Greenland race ; Golden Plover - 1 - displaying over conduit

Redmires Top Res: Greenshank - 1 - still there at 16:05 ; Oystercatcher - 1

Rocher Head Fields: Golden Plover - 1 - in field

Silver Wood: 319 - 2 ; Reed Warbler - 1 - singing from r/way line pond ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - reeling on Pingle Lane Tip

Silverwood Lagoon: Reed Warbler - 8 - singing ; Mute Swan - 1pr - shot female has made a full recovery and has been returned to lagoon, male has joined her. ; Gadwall - 1pr ; Tufted Duck - 4 ; Grey Heron - 1 - east ; 319 - 1 ; Swallow - 3 ; House Martin - 7 ; Reed Bunting - 4 - singing ; Greylag Goose - 2prs ; Song Thrush - 2 - singing ; Linnet - 12

Stanage Edge: Ring Ouzel - 3 - Two males and one female ; Wheatear - 1 - Female carrying food ; Pied Wagtail - 3

Totley Moss: Red Grouse - 01-Feb ; Pheasant - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 02-Mar ; 324 - 5 - Red Deer

Barbrook Bridge: Whinchat - 2 ; Curlew - 1

Barbrook Plantation: Redstart - 1 - m ; Garden Warbler - 2 - pair ; Long-tailed Tit - 1

Big Moor: Red Grouse - 1 ; 324 - 42 - Red Deer

BlackaMoor (DevilsElbow): Wood Warbler - 2 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 5 - singing males ; Chiffchaff - 2 - s m ; Bullfinch - 1 - m ; Song Thrush - 2 ; Blackcap - 1 - m