Sightings Archive

Firsby Res: Mute Swan - 2 - Resident pair. ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - Over. ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Male through site. ; Kestrel - 1 - Entering farm building with prey. ; Grey Partridge - 5 ; Reed Warbler - 1 - Calling in Reed Bed. ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - Still reeling in hedgerow above site. ; Blackcap - 3+Yea ; Blackcap - 3+ ; Whitethroat - 4 ; Willow Warbler - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 4 ; Yellowhammer - 5 - 3 singing males 2 Females. ; Reed Bunting - 2 ; Linnet - 10+ - Inc Female on nest in gorse. ; Goldfinch - 20+ - Inc 5 active nests. ; Chaffinch - 3 - Singing Males. ; Bullfinch - 2+ - Calling from undergrowth. ; Greenfinch - 1 - Singing from tree top. Uncommon here. ; Stock Dove - 3

Ladybower: Oystercatcher - 2 - by A57 layby ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Garden Warbler - 1 - singing by A57 pull in

Malin Bridge: Swift - 20+ - screams of Swifts all afternoon .In and around Norris Rd and school. Flocks of 5 coming down to eave level looking for nest sites. ; Starling - 30+ - Coming into Norris Rd garden . feeding on mealworms and taking them to their chicks.

Meersbrook Park: Willow Warbler - 1 - singing near Beeton Road entrance

Nether Edge: Swift - 8 - feeding over Crescent Road/Empire Road towards dusk

Norfolk Park: Ring-necked Parakeet - c8 - a flock past observer's house at about 06:30 every morning this week - possibly coming from Norfolk Heritage Park and going to Meersbrook Park?

Norton Lees: Willow Warbler - 1 - singing in back gardens Thorpe House Road/Thorpe House Avenue

Parson*s Piece: Red Kite - 1

Rawmarsh: Swift - c20 - over traditional nesting area @ 1750hrs; first returning local birds

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Tawny Owl - 1 - male called several times between 0300-0400hrs

Slippery Stones: Tree Pipit - 1 - singing

Stanage Edge, below: Chaffinch - 12 ; Robin - 7 ; Willow Warbler - 15 ; Chiffchaff - 3 ; Garden Warbler - 1 ; Blackbird - 5 ; Dunnock - 4 ; Blue Tit - 3 ; Great Tit - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Wren - 10 ; Coal Tit - 1 - Entering hole in drystone wall at Dennis Knoll ; Redstart - 1 ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 ; Snipe - 3 - Chipping for long periods ; Cuckoo - 3 - 2 calling simultaneously close to SW of Dennis Knoll ; Red Grouse - 2 ; Stonechat - 1 ; Skylark - 1 ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Goldfinch - 2 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Curlew - 4 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - Yaffling loudly in Tain Wood

Thrybergh: Yellowhammer - 2 - Pair in garden

Thrybergh CP: Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Lapwing - 6 ; Chiffchaff - 4 ; Willow Warbler - 2 ; Blackcap - 4 ; Whitethroat - 8+ ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 ; Swift - 20 ; Swallow - 2 ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 8 - 3 newly fledged young

Ulley Brook Bog: Lapwing - 4+ - 1 pair with at least 2 small chick's. In field between bog and M1. ; Yellowhammer - 3 - 2 singing males and 1 female.

Upper Derwentdale: Cuckoo - 3 - calling from Fairholmes, Derwent Res and Slippery Stones

Wharncliffe Side: Cuckoo - 2 - Heard only, calling loudly at 1810 for at least 15 minutes.

Wyming Brook: Wood Warbler - 2 - Singing ; Song Thrush - 3 - Singing ; Willow Warbler - 2 - Singing

Barlow Common: 319 - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Swallow - 4 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - up to 25 - in a flock, circling low

Bell Ground, Tankersley: Gadwall - 4 - 2 pairs ; Moorhen - 2 ; Mallard - 14 ; Yellowhammer - 1 - Male ; Chiffchaff - 2 - Singing

Bolehill Flash: Whitethroat - 10+ ; Yellowhammer - 3 ; Sedge Warbler - 3+ ; Grey Wagtail - 2

Broomhead Res: Siskin - 1+ - adult feeding 3 fledged juv's in sycamore tree.

Burbage Valley: Oystercatcher - 1+ - 1, poss 2, flew south towards Padley ; Cuckoo - 2 - 2 singing males still ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Red Kite - 1 ; Ring Ouzel - 2 - pair

Carr House Meadows: Pied Flycatcher - 1 - male singing near recently placed nest box

Cutthroat Bridge: Ring Ouzel - 2 - sing males ; Cuckoo - 1 - singing bird.