Sightings Archive

Redmires Res: Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - 2 CY with LBBs

Silver Wood: Pink-footed Goose - 43 - SE at 12.30

Silverwood Lagoon: Jack Snipe - 1 - went up from marshy area at southern end. Very early this autumn.

Stocksbridge: Merlin - 1 - flew east down valley

Stubley Hollow: 319 - 2 - ; Little Owl - 1 ; Swallow - 4 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Collared Dove - 11

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 8 - ads ; Little Grebe - 8 ; Mute Swan - 26 ; Tufted Duck - 68 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Lapwing - 100+ ; Black-headed Gull - 650+ ; Herring Gull - 2 - jv ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 22 - 6ad16jv ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Sand Martin - 15 ; Swallow - 15 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Robin - 27 ; Blackcap - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 15 - 1sing ; Great Tit - 12 ; Blue Tit - 8 ; Long-tailed Tit - 6 - #NAME? ; Magpie - 12 ; Jay - 1 ; Jackdaw - 4 ; Carrion Crow - 8 ; Starling - 100 - #NAME? ; Chaffinch - 10 ; Bullfinch - 4 ; Reed Bunting - 2

Thrybergh Res: Garden Warbler - 1 - Feeding on Elderberries at Thrybergh Lane end ; Whitethroat - 2 - With Garden Warbler in Elders ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - Same as previous. ; Goldfinch - 8 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Juvenile making frequent attempts to catch prey, at Thrybergh lane end Paddock.

Ulley CP: Pink-footed Goose - c95 - flew E at 09.47.

Upper Padley: Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - Heard ; Jay - 2 - singles

Walkley: Pink-footed Goose - c111 - Over SE in 3 skeins of 11, c35 and c65 09:25-09:40 ; Jay - 2 - E towards Shirecliffe. ; Sparrowhawk - 2

Walkley Bank: Pink-footed Goose - 1+ - heard calling overhead at 09:30

Wentworth Lakes: Goose sp - 50+ - flying E

Barbrook Cottage: Whinchat - 2

Brightside: Swallow - 6 - low E

Brockwell, Chesterfield: GANNET - 5 - reported flying west in direction of Holme Brook Valley CP this afternoon

Curbar Gap: Whitethroat - 1 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Yellowhammer - 1

Firsby Res: Blackcap - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 5 ; Willow Warbler - 2 - Warblers feeding together in small flock ; Goldcrest - 3 ; Grey Heron - 2 ; Blackbird - 2 ; Blue Tit - 7 ; Bullfinch - 6 ; 319 - 6 - In air together ; Carrion Crow - 15 ; Chaffinch - 1 ; Dunnock - 4 ; Goldfinch - c50 - Mostly juveniles feeding flock ; Great Tit - 3 ; Grey Heron - 2 ; House Martin - 3 ; Jackdaw - 10 ; Jay - 4 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 22 ; Magpie - 3 ; Mallard - 5 ; Mistle Thrush - 2 ; Moorhen - 3 ; Pink-footed Goose - c100 - skein over S-E @ 10:46 ; Robin - 5 ; Starling - 9 ; Stock Dove - 2 ; Swallow - c60 - over water and adjacent fields then moving S-E ; Willow Tit - 4

Greystones garden: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Male

Harley: Pink-footed Goose - c80 - heading NE over Harley/Wentworth at 09:55

Orgreave Lakes: Arctic Tern - 1 - Juv still present this morning ; Dunlin - 1

R Derwent, Calver Mill: Dipper - 1

R Don, Stevenson Road: Kingfisher - 2+ - at least two juveniles ; Kingfisher - 2+ - photo ; Kingfisher - 2+ ; Grey Wagtail - 1

Ramsley Moor: Pink-footed Goose - 31 - single skein moving through E at 10.13 ; Pink-footed Goose - 96 - Party of 66 ESE at 8.50, and 30 E at 10.10

Redmires Middle Res: Lesser Black-backed Gull - c150 - roost ; Yellow-legged Gull - 3 - 2 ad, 1 2cy. ; Herring Gull - 2 - ads ; Ringed Plover - 1 - juv ; Dunlin - 1

Shillito Wood: 319 - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - being mobbed by mixed small birds