Sightings Archive

Midhope Res: Meadow Pipit - 3 - Around nest sites ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - collecting food ; Kestrel - 1 ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 2 singing ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 - adults west

Norton Lees: Jay - 1 - in observer’s garden - 1st for some time

Parkgate: Raven - 5 - family party, low over together briefly before returning to Liberty site @ 0745hrs ; Kestrel - 1 - male, soaring over

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - calling

Pebley Pond: Little Egret - 1

R Derwent, Bubnell: Goosander - 1 - fem

Roundwood Golf course: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing

Stanage: Lapwing - 2

Ughill Moor: Wheatear - 1 - female at roadside

Underbank Res: Whooper Swan - 1 ; Common Sandpiper - 3 - Chasing together ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Tufted Duck - Pair ; Grey Wagtail - 1

Watergrove: Oystercatcher - 2 - at pond

White Rake: Wheatear - 4 - 2p, with female taking food to nest in base of wall, and coming out with faecal sacs

Wyming Brook: Wood Warbler - 3

Bassingthorpe Spring, NW of Fenton Road: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1+ - Adult male to nest with food, 1 juvenile near fledging,25ft+ up Ash tree

Beauchief Golf Course: Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing ; Swift - 2 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 1

Brightholmlee: Barn Owl - 1 - hunting

Burbage Valley: Cuckoo - 1 - Calling ; Snipe - 1 - chipping ; Pheasant - 3+ - Female with at least 2 young chicks ; Tawny Owl - 1 ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing male

Castleton: Barn Owl - 1 - Hunting over fields at dawn ; Cuckoo - 1 - Calling early morning

Forge Dam: Mandarin - 3+ - Male and 2 females, with 4 and 2 small chicks respectively ; Mallard - 10+ - incl fem with 2 small chicks ; Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 - perched by presumed nest hole

Greystones garden: Starling - 15 - 11 Juveniles ; House Sparrow - 12 - 3 Juveniles ; Dunnock - 2 - 1 Juvenile ; Swift - 2 - Over

Heeley bridge: Mallard - 3m ; Pied Wagtail - 1

Hudson*s Rough, SE of f/p: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - drumming, SK407946 ; Moorhen - 1 ; Blackbird - 1+ - singing ; Wren - 1 - singing ; Robin - 1 - singing ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Goldcrest - 2+ - singing

Lady Canning*s Plantation: Crossbill - 9 - incl several imms ; Siskin - 10+ - incl males in display flight ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 3 ; Blackcap - 6 - singing ; Goldcrest - 7 - singing ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Jay - 2

Leadmill Bridge: Dipper - 1 - adult ; Mandarin - 9 - Pair plus female with 6 young ; Robin - 1 - Juvenile

Lodge Moor: Tree Sparrow - 2+ - Pair feeding 2 fledged juvs on Lodge Moor Rd

Middleton Moor: Oystercatcher - 4 ; Shelduck - 2 - Pair ; Reed Warbler - 3 - Singing

Ramsley Res: Lesser Redpoll - 15 - at least ; Stonechat - 2 - pair ; Blackcap - 1 - singing

RVCP, Main Lake: GREAT WHITE EGRET - 1

Shillito Wood: Spotted Flycatcher - 1 ; Chaffinch - 6 - Pair with four young in the nest.

Wire Mill Dam: Mandarin - 2+ - m+f with 2 small chicks ; Mallard - 20+ - inc fems with 1 and 5 chicks

Burbage Valley: Cuckoo - 1 - Singing from Over Owler Tor/Surprise view direction still ; Kestrel - 1 - M ; Ring Ouzel - 1 ; Whinchat - 1 - heard only ; Reed Bunting - 1 - m ; Stonechat - 3+ ; Blackcap - 1 - singing Garden Warbler song in territory previously occupied by Garden Warbler! ; Great Tit - 1 - mimicking Ring Ouzel song ; Willow Warbler - 3+ ; Whinchat - 1 - male singing and display flighting ; Cuckoo - 2 ; Stonechat - 2 - pair ; Ring Ouzel - 1

Green Moor: Tree Sparrow - 15+ - At least three different family parties ; Tree Sparrow - 15+ - photo ; Tree Sparrow - 15+ - photo ; Starling - 20+ - At least Four family parties ; Yellowhammer - 2

Longshaw: Mandarin - 4 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing ; Swallow - 2 ; Swift - 1 ; Greenfinch - 1