Sightings Archive

Thrybergh CP: Jay - 1 ; Carrion Crow - 7 - 3 active nets ; Chaffinch - 10 - 6sing ; Bullfinch - 6 - 3pair at feeder ; Reed Bunting - 3 ; Yellowhammer - 2

Treeton: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - Singing near Washfield Lane footbridge.

Walkley garden: Stock Dove - 1 - Foraging below seed feeders

Aldwarke: Willow Warbler - 1 - singing ; Lapwing - 6 - presumed 3prs ; Gadwall - 1pr ; Linnet - 9 ; Mallard - 1 - drake ; Little Ringed Plover - 1 - called a couple of times but not located ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - singing ; Raven - 1 - over to NE carrying food @ 0815hrs ; Canada Goose - 3 - NE, 0900-0922hrs; ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - singing; Waddington Way

Aldwarke SF: Blackcap - 2 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 2 - singing ; Coot - 6+ - + broods of 3 & 4 ; Whitethroat - 2 - singing ; Gadwall - 7 - 4m; 3f ; Swallow - 2 - S/SW ; Mallard - 6 - 5m; 1f ; Raven - 1 - soaring over briefly before leaving NE @ 0927hrs ; Pheasant - 1 - cock ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Greylag Goose - 1 ; Mute Swan - 5 - SW @ 0944hrs ; Common Buzzard - 1 - soaring over @ 1013hrs, left N ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - over ; Reed Bunting - 1 - male ; Kestrel - 1 - hunting ; House Martin - 1 - N

Aldwarke; Liberty Steel: Sparrowhawk - 1 - over

Big Moor: 319 - 1 - soaring to south of Barbrook Plantation

Bray Plantation: Woodpigeon - 1+ ; Wren - 1+ - sing ; Blackbird - 1+ ; Willow Warbler - 1 - sing ; Blue Tit - 1+ ; Great Tit - 1+ ; Nuthatch - 2 - sing ; Jay - 2 - 1pr

Brownhills Lane: Linnet - 5

Burbage Valley: Whinchat - 1 - singing this morning ; Ring Ouzel - 2 - I pair on path and then flew to rocks

Catcliffe: Kestrel - 1 - Sat on lamppost nr Winter Green pub. 13.30

Centenary Riverside: Reed Warbler - 1 - 1 singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Song Thrush - 2 - inc one singing ; Cormorant - 1 - W ; Canada Goose - 6 ; Mallard - 7 - 6m; 1f ; Gadwall - 2prs ; Moorhen - 2 ; Long-tailed Tit - 1 ; Mute Swan - 1 - NW ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Stock Dove - 2 - over ; Kestrel - 1 - over ; Lapwing - 3 - over, one mobbing Kestrel

Firsby Res: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - Reeling in set aside field. ; 319 - 2

Grange Golf Course: Skylark - 1 - sing ; Woodpigeon - 1+ - sing ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Wren - 3+ - sing ; Dunnock - 1 - sing ; Robin - 5+ - sing ; Blackbird - 3 - sing ; Song Thrush - 2 - sing ; Mistle Thrush - 2+ - 1sing ; Blackcap - 6 - sing ; Chiffchaff - 4 - sing ; Willow Warbler - 1 - sing ; Goldcrest - 3 - sing ; Coal Tit - 1+ ; Blue Tit - 1+ ; Great Tit - 1+ ; Nuthatch - 2 - sing ; Chaffinch - 3 - sing ; Goldfinch - 1+ ; Carrion Crow - 1+

Handsworth: Chaffinch - 1 - Singing Handsworth Crem 13.35

Holbrook Marsh: Cetti's Warbler - 1+ - 1 singing at 18.20 ; Water Rail - 1 - Calling

Holmebrook Valley Park: Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - Calling briefly in bushes on east side of lake. ; Willow Warbler - 2 - Calling round lake ; Greylag Goose - 5 ; Great Crested Grebe - 2 ; Mute Swan - 3 - Female on nest whilst male and last years cygnet on lake. ; Swallow - 3 ; House Martin - 10+ - High over lake

Longshaw: Redstart - 1 - Singing male (record shot) ; Pied Flycatcher - 7+ - in padley gorge ; Tree Pipit - 2 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Drumming