Sightings Archive

R Derwent, Chatsworth: Little Grebe - 1

RVCP, Main Lake: Redshank - 1

RVCP, Northern Lake: Oystercatcher - 1 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 - a pair

Thrybergh CP: Little Grebe - 2 - a pr ; Cormorant - 1 ; Mute Swan - 14 ; Pochard - 1 - m ; Tufted Duck - 11 ; Water Rail - 3 ; Redshank - 1 - past e calling ; Black-headed Gull - 40+ ; Herring Gull - 2 - 2cy ; Long-tailed Tit - 2 - feed on fat balls ; Bullfinch - 21 - inc 7m,6f at feed stat. ; Reed Bunting - 10 - 3 singing

Wadsley Common Garden: Brambling - 1 - On feeders ; 327 - 3 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Female scattering siskins on feeders

Walton Dam: Mute Swan - 2 ; Goosander - 3 - 1m, 2 redheads

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Woodcock - 4 - in woodland

Barlow: Treecreeper - 1 ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Pheasant - 8 - 6 f, 2 m ; Long-tailed Tit - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1

Forge Dam: 320 - 3 - 2 males & 1 female ; Grey Wagtail - 1

Handsworth: Barn Owl - 1 - flew from the direction of Handsworth Church toward Orgreave Lane.

Hangingwater garden: Collared Dove - 2 - pair copulating on top of greenhouse ; Siskin - 1 - f on feeder ; Nuthatch - 1 - at feeders

Meadowhall: Red Kite - 1 - over M1 at 15:50

Middleton Moor: Wigeon - 1 - Male ; Curlew - 55

Orgreave Lakes: Whooper Swan - 8 - reported at c1350hrs

Thrybergh CP: Little Grebe - 1 ; Mute Swan - 19 - inc 9-2cy ; Tufted Duck - 17 ; Moorhen - 12 ; Coot - 50 ; Water Rail - 3 ; Little Owl - 1 - call ; Whooper Swan - 2 - ad @ 16:30

Whiteley Woods: Dipper - 1

Botanical Gardens: Blackcap - 1 - male at 09:00

Burbage Edge: Ring Ouzel - 2 - Pair - male singing from a tree below eastern rocks at 08.00. ; Red Grouse - 2 ; Curlew - 2

Catcliffe Flash: Mute Swan - 4 - ad pr + 2 imms ; Gadwall - 8 ; 320 - 1 ; Pochard - 11 - feeding in apparent unison together ; Tufted Duck - 17 ; Cormorant - 4 ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Coot - 12+ ; Black-headed Gull - 8+ - over ; Herring Gull - 2 - 1 ad, 1 2cy

Cressbrook Mill: Raven - 1

Dog Kennel Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 2 ; Tufted Duck - 7 ; Coot - 3+ ; Black-headed Gull - 15+ ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - 1 pr

Endcliffe Park: Dipper - 2 - close to Hunter's Bar at 07:20

Greystones: Blackcap - 1 - Female in observer's garden ; Bullfinch - 1 - Male in OG

Greystones garden: Greenfinch - 1 - Male

Jaunty Park: Sparrowhawk - 1 - male seen twice between 07:25-07:50. ; Redwing - 30 - in trees near school ; Blackbird - 9 ; Song Thrush - 2 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - over together near brook. ; Meadow Pipit - 2 - flew over west ; Siskin - 3 - 1 male in alders near bridge over brook

Kilnhurst Ings: Kingfisher - 2 - Lots of calling between them ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Treecreeper - 2 - singing ; Fieldfare - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Tree Sparrow - 1 - First one I've seen here since 2012 ; Lesser Redpoll - 5+

Longshaw: Tufted Duck - 3 - 2 males & 1 female

Longshaw Lodge: Siskin - 3 - 2 males, 1 female ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Coal Tit - 1+ - visiting nest box

Low Common: Yellowhammer - 1 - Male ; Skylark - 1+ - Singing ; Linnet - 1+

Middleton Moor: Wigeon - 1 - Male ; Common Gull - 95

Morley Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Mute Swan - 2 ; Greylag Goose - 30+ ; Canada Goose - 2