Sightings Archive

Redmires Top Res: Linnet - 22 ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Siskin - 6 ; Mistle Thrush - 2 ; Song Thrush - 1

Ringinglow: Skylark - 6 - party flew SW at 08:00

Rivelin Dams: Goosander - 2 - Male and female diving together near Wyming Brook inflow into reservoir

Rod Moor: Stonechat - 1 - female by roadside

Rowell Bridge: Dipper - 1 - singing, metal ringed ; Siskin - c15 - feeding in alders

Sherriff Wood: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 4 ; Nuthatch - 3 ; Stock Dove - 3

Stocksbridge: Lapwing - 43 - in field next to lay-by on Stone Moor Road

Thrybergh CP: Little Grebe - 3 ; Cormorant - 3 - inc. 2past w ; Mute Swan - 13 - 10ad3j1st wint.5ad left s ; Gadwall - 4 - 2m2f ; Pochard - 5 - m ; Tufted Duck - 34 ; Water Rail - 3 ; Black-headed Gull - 150+ ; Herring Gull - 24 - inc.2-4-2-13-1all s ; Collared Dove - 1 ; Skylark - 2 - sing ; Wren - 5 ; Dunnock - 20 ; Robin - 29 ; Song Thrush - 2 - sing ; Mistle Thrush - 2 - past e with f/fare ; Fieldfare - 80 - inc circa 20N, 60E ; Blackbird - 19 ; Great Tit - 11 ; Blue Tit - 11 ; Chaffinch - 18 - 4sing ; Bullfinch - 18 - inc.2-2-2-2-8-2 ; Reed Bunting - 9 - 1sing ; Yellowhammer - 1

Thrybergh Park: Goldcrest - 1 - singing ; Coal Tit - 1 - singing

Thrybergh Tip: Shoveler - 8 - 5m; 3f ; Coot - 2 ; Mute Swan - 2 - adults ; Moorhen - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 1 - singing ; Snipe - 1 ; Willow Tit - 1 - first for some time ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Pheasant - 1 - cock ; Canada Goose - 2 - SW ; Mute Swan - 14 - W, then SW (from Thrybergh CP) @ 0807hrs ; Cormorant - 3 - N ; Song Thrush - 05-Jul - singing males ; Goldcrest - 2 - inc one singing ; Jay - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 3+ ; Bullfinch - 4 ; Coal Tit - 1 - singing ; Kestrel - 1 - female

Thrybergh; Chestnut Court: Song Thrush - 1 - singing @ 0700hrs

Thrybergh; Doncaster Road: Greenfinch - 1 - singing ; Jackdaw - 12

Thrybergh; off Mungy Lane: Song Thrush - 2 - singing ; Bullfinch - 1pr - brief song ; Long-tailed Tit - 2

Thrybergh; The Old Rectory: Mistle Thrush - 2 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1

Ughill: Curlew - 1 - feeding in fields ; Lapwing - 4 - in fields

Ulley Res: Scaup - 1 - 1w drake still with Tufteds

Brownhills Lane: Greylag Goose - 52 - My highest count here

Canklow: Common Buzzard - 3 - 3 in the air together at 1200

Cortworth Lane, nr Hoober: Kestrel - 1 - male on telegraph pole

Damflask Res: Mandarin - c15 - on lawns of house

Derwentdale, upper: Peregrine - 1 - Adult male playing with 8 Ravens. ; Crossbill - 8 - 4 pairs.2 sininging males. ; Siskin - 18 ; Raven - 12 ; 319 - 8

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 1 ; Mallard - 2 - Pair. ; Cormorant - 1 - Circled but didn't land. ; Grey Heron - 1 - Fishing in small ice free area. ; Kestrel - 1 - Hunting in set aside field early @ dawn. ; Little Owl - 1 - Seen regularly now. ; Jay - 2 ; Carrion Crow - 6 ; Magpie - 8 ; Fieldfare - 2+ - Calling. ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Yellowhammer - 1 - Singing Male first record this year. ; Willow Tit - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 2 ; Bullfinch - 6+ ; Woodpigeon - 50+ ; Song Thrush - 2 - Singing. ; Pheasant - 1 ; Chaffinch - 1 - Singing Male. ; Goldfinch - 9 ; Fieldfare - 100+ - Large flock feeding in sheep paddock @15.00.