Sightings Archive

Owlthorpe: Skylark - 1 - heard.

Padley Gorge: Tree Pipit - 4+ - Singing males ; Cuckoo - 1 - moving from Millstone Edge to Lawrence Field and back ; Pied Flycatcher - 6+ - at least 5 males and 1 female ; Swallow - 2+ ; 319 - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Dipper - 1 ; Stonechat - 1 - fem ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Pied Wagtail - 2 ; Willow Warbler - 5+ - singing males ; Redstart - 2 - singing males ; Meadow Pipit - 6+ ; Curlew - 2+ ; Chaffinch - 3+ ; Mallard - 1 ; Canada Goose - 2 ; Nuthatch - 1 - visiting active nest in tree cavity ; Treecreeper - 3+

Rawmarsh: House Martin - 3 - first returning birds

Rawmarsh; Bellows Close: Starling - 15 - flock

Redmires conduit: Red Kite - 1 - chased by two Lapwings and a Carrion Crow ; Lapwing - 10 - 3 chicks ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 1 - Singing ; Curlew - 3

Redmires Res: Greylag Goose - 25 - c. Inc 3 pairs with 18 young ; Canada Goose - 30 - c. Inc pair with 4 young ; Tufted Duck - 4 ; Moorhen - 2 - A third pair now on the pond in Hammond’s Field ; Kestrel - 1 ; Common Sandpiper - 6 - 3 pairs ; Lapwing - 12 - inc 2 pairs with 3 young along conduit + pair on Middle Res ; Whitethroat - 3 - singing ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - sang briefly by Middle Res ; Blackcap - 1 - singing by Bottom Res ; Siskin - 1 - male displaying by Bottom Res ; Golden Plover - 3 - displaying along conduit

Rivelin Dams: Wood Warbler - 1 ; Garden Warbler - 2 ; Blackcap - 2 - Bl ; Song Thrush - 2 - 1 singing, 1 feeding ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 1 ; Blackcap - 3

RVCP, Main Lake: Herring Gull - 250 - loafing and moving thru n in small numbers

Scholes Coppice: Stock Dove - 2 - singing ; Tawny Owl - 2 - calling, pair? @ 11:44 ; Wren - 1+ - singing ; Robin - 4+ - singing ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1+ ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Coal Tit - 1 - singing ; Blackbird - 2 - singing ; Nuthatch - 1 - singing

Snake Pass: Crossbill - 3+ - family party in treetops inc juvs. 3 seen, further heard ; Garden Warbler - 1 - singing in same bush as last year ; Redstart - 1 - same treetop as last year ; Common Sandpiper - 2 - on R Ashop. terrritorial aggression. ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - breeding pair ; Pied Wagtail - 3 - aggression between 2 males, R Ashop ; 321 - 1 ; Mallard - 2 - MALES ; 319 - 2 ; Cuckoo - 1 - mobile all morning birchen clough to ashop clough ; Willow Warbler - 2 - pair nest building ; Meadow Pipit - 1+ - food carrying back to nest site ; Blackbird - 1 - fem. food carrying back to nest

Thrybergh CP: Mute Swan - 52 - First chicks hatched seen on nest this morning ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Oystercatcher - 4 ; Yellow Wagtail - 4 ; Swift - 20 ; Swallow - 4 ; Sand Martin - 6 ; House Martin - 2

Back Tor, Derwentdale: Golden Plover - 3 ; Curlew - 3 - mobbing kites. ; Red Kite - 2 - soaring together along ridge. ; 319 - 2 ; Skylark - 3 - all singing. ; Red Grouse - 2

Blacka Moor: 319 - 1 - mobbed by Kestrel ; Kestrel - 1 ; Wood Warbler - 1 - Singing ; Garden Warbler - 5 - Most singing birds ; Blackcap - 2 - Males singing ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Male bird drumming ; Willow Warbler - 10+ - spread across site ; Chiffchaff - 4+ - At lower elevations than Willow Warblers

Bole Hill nr Bamford: Wheatear - 1 - Male on nest duty ; Lapwing - 3+ - On ground ; Curlew - 1

Bradfield Dale: Lapwing - 10+ - in fields off Mortimer road and blindside lane ; Merlin - 1 - flew over heading east ; Oystercatcher - 1 - in field next to Mortimer road

Burbage Valley: Cuckoo - 2 ; Ring Ouzel - 4+ ; Stonechat - 1 - m