Sightings Archive

Roundwood Golf course: Willow Warbler - 1 - singing ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing from conifers ; Mistle Thrush - 3 - adult + 2 fully-grown juvs

Roundwood Ponds: Cormorant - 1 - on pylon overlooking ponds briefly

RVCP: Osprey - 1 - 1 steadily North

Scholes Paddock - Wood: Goldcrest - 1 - singing ; Chaffinch - 1 - singing ; Bullfinch - 1 - male ; Woodpigeon - 1+ - singing

Silver Wood: Song Thrush - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Coal Tit - 3+ ; Jay - 2 ; Grey Partridge - 1 - Surrounding farmland. ; Chaffinch - 1 - Male. ; 319 - 1 - Seen entering wood.

Silverwood: Common Buzzard - 2 - over The Close @ 0735hrs

Storrs: Curlew - 5 - foraging in freshly cut silage in field east of Storrs Green

Thrybergh: Cormorant - 2 - N, then E (to Thrybergh CP?)

Thrybergh Park: Common Buzzard - 2 - soaring over @ 0835hrs

White Lee Moor: Crossbill - 11 - in flight over plantation ; Spotted Flycatcher - 1 - singing

Bassingthorpe Spring: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 - Adult fed juvenile still in nest ; Wren - 3 - singing ; Robin - 1 - singing ; Blackbird - 1 - singing ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Whitethroat - 2 - singing ; Blackcap - 3 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Great Tit - 1+ - adults and juv's

Bramley: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Male low over Flanderwell Avenue. ; 319 - 2 - Together high over village.

Firsby Res: Coot - 2 - Squabbling in Reed bed. ; Mallard - 3 - 2 M, 1 F arrived together. ; Mute Swan - 2 ; Little Grebe - 3+ - Adult feeding young. ; Pied Wagtail - 4+ - Adult feeding fledged juvs. ; 319 - 2 - In the air together. One a very pale individual. ; Swift - 6 - Over sluice. ; Swallow - 3 - Near houses. ; Grey Partridge - 1 ; Pheasant - 1 - Male. ; Blackcap - 2 - Singing Males. ; Whitethroat - 5+ ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 1 ; Reed Warbler - 1 - Calling in sluice Reed bed. ; Grasshopper Warbler - 2 - Reeling in brambles. ; Reed Warbler - 1 - Male. ; Skylark - 2 ; Chaffinch - 1 - Singing Males. ; Goldfinch - 4+ ; Linnet - 2 ; Kestrel - 1 - Out of farm building. ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 - On grassland. ; Reed Bunting - 1 - Male. ; Reed Bunting - 1 - Male. ; Robin - 3 - Fledged juvs. ; Robin - 3 - Fledged juvs. ; Yellowhammer - 4 - Singing Males.

Hudson*s Rough: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1+ - drumming and rattle call, SE of f/p ; Wren - 1+ - singing ; Robin - 1+ - singing ; Blackbird - 1+ - singing ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing ; Great Tit - 1 - singing ; Nuthatch - 1 - singing

Leash Fen: Hobby - 1 - hawking insects

Loxley Valley: Mandarin - 1+ - 1 adult female with 4-5 ducklings ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing in bushes just off path adjacent to Storrs ; Cuckoo - 1 - heard near Stacey Lane, coming from Damflask direction ; Kingfisher - 1 - near Stacey Lane ; Tree Sparrow - 1+ - in trees near the fishery ; Redstart - 2 ; Spotted Flycatcher - 1 - in Beacon Wood ; Willow Warbler - 3+ ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Treecreeper - 2 ; Jay - 1 ; 319 - 1 - flew out of a tree just off the trail near Rowell Lane ; Blackcap - 5+ ; Chiffchaff - 5+

New Stubbin colliery/tip: Blackcap - 2 - singles singing, SK4396 & SK4296 ; Chaffinch - 3 - 1 (SK4396) & 2 (SK4296), all singing ; Red-legged Partridge - 2 - calling ; Willow Warbler - 6 - 5 singing ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 2 - singing ; Yellowhammer - 4 - 2 singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 10+ - several flocks including fledged juvs

Old Ravenfield: 319 - 1 ; Lapwing - 1 - Over fields between Arbour Lane and Village. ; Grey Heron - 1 - Over. ; Greenfinch - 1 - Singing Male. ; Blackbird - 8+ - Adults feeding chicks in 2 nests.