Sightings Archive

Underbank Res: Mistle Thrush - Pair - Carrying food to nest ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Whooper Swan - 1 - Feeding on bank below dam wall 8am ; Great Crested Grebe - 3 ; Common Sandpiper - 1 - Flew from surrounding woodland onto res alarm calling

Whiston Meadows: Little Egret - 1 - Flying North East

Agden Rocher: Red Kite - 1

Agden Side: Woodcock - 2 - displaying together. ; Stonechat - 1 - alarm calling.

Bents Green: House Martin - 2+ - First I've seen this year ; Mistle Thrush - 2 - Feeding on ivy berries

Bray Plantation: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1+ - nest 10ft + up Sweet Chestnut, calls of chicks, adult calling nearby ; Wren - 1+ - singing ; Robin - 2+ - singing ; Woodpigeon - 1 - singing ; Blackbird - 1 - singing ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 1+ ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing ; Treecreeper - 1 - singing

Brincliffe Edge: Swift - 1 - prospecting traditional nesting site under Victorian house eaves

Cattis-side Moor: Red Kite - 1 - flew low SW at 09:26 hrs ; Pheasant - 1 - male ; Curlew - 2 - pair alarming ; Stonechat - 2 - pair feeding young ; Whinchat - 2 - singing ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing by roadside ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - reeling by roadside ; Tree Pipit - 1 - singing ; Wren - 3 - territories ; Skylark - 3 - pairs holding territory ; Kestrel - 1 - male ; Reed Bunting - 2 - territories

Chatsworth Park: Swallow - 1 ; Sand Martin - 2 ; Mandarin - 3 ; Mistle Thrush - 3 ; Pied Wagtail - 1

Cowell Flat: Wheatear - 1 - fem, late migrant

Dale Dike Res: Hobby - 1 - over towards Moscar

Dalton: Whitethroat - 3 - 2 singing ; Chiffchaff - 3 ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Kestrel - 1 - over

Dukes Road: Red Kite - 1 - towards Abbey Brook

Firsby Res: 319 - 2 - 1 calling in woodland, other circling high. ; Kestrel - 2 - Pair. ; Swallow - 2 - Low over farmland. ; Swift - 3 ; Lapwing - 5 - On ploughed field. ; Red-legged Partridge - 2 - Amongst Lapwing. ; Grey Partridge - 4 - Flushed. ; Mallard - 18 - 2 Females with 16 ducklings. ; Gadwall - 1 ; Coot - 5+ - 2 pairs. 1 pair has chicks. ; Grey Heron - 1 - Waters edge. ; Black-headed Gull - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 2 - Pair near houses. ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Calling in woodland. ; Chaffinch - 2 - Singing Male and sitting Female. ; Linnet - 6+ ; Goldfinch - 10+ ; Bullfinch - 1 - Call from undergrowth not seen. ; Reed Bunting - 2+ ; Yellowhammer - 1 - Singing Male. ; Skylark - 4+ ; Reed Warbler - 2 - Singing in sluice Reed bed. ; Blackcap - 3+ ; Whitethroat - 8+ ; Willow Warbler - 3 - Singing. ; Chiffchaff - 2 ; Blue Tit - 5+ - Newly hatched chicks. ; Song Thrush - 1 - Sitting Female.

Grange Park: Skylark - 1 - up from meadow

Grange Park, 8th fairway: Black-headed Gull - 4 - feeding ; Magpie - 3

Grange Park, Behind 8th tee: Dunnock - 1 - singing ; Blackbird - 1 - singing ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Chaffinch - 1 - singing ; Bullfinch - 1 - male calling

Grange Park, Brick Kiln Ext.: Wren - 1 - singing ; Robin - 1+ - singing ; Blackbird - 1+ - at least 1 singing ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Long-tailed Tit - c10 - family party

Grange Park, Watson*s Tip: Skylark - 1 - singing and 2 active in adjacent W field SK387937 ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing from W edge

Greystones: Swift - 3 - Over observer's garden

Kimberworth Park: Grey Heron - 1 ; Swift - c10 - over Oaks Lane, with 3 low below roof tops, between Studmoor Road and Maycock Avenue, SK395945

Nether Green: Swift - 3

R Don, Aldwarke: Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Song Thrush - 2 - singing ; Gadwall - 1 - drake ; Cormorant - 2 - imms