Sightings Archive

Silverwood Lagoon: Barn Owl - 1 - early morning ; Wheatear - 2 ; 320 - 6

Stone Moor: Grey Partridge - 2 - in field off Lee House Lane ; Wheatear - 2 - in field off Lee House Lane ; Lapwing - 18 - 14 adults plus 4 chicks in field off Lee House Lane ; Snipe - 1+ - heard calling but not seen ; Skylark - 1 - singing ; Starling - c30 - foraging in field off Lee House Lane

Thrybergh CP: Mute Swan - 53 - inc.17- 2cy ; Tufted Duck - 13 - 11m2f ; Sand Martin - 130 - circa ; Swallow - 6 ; House Martin - 4 ; Swift - 1 ; Wren - 16 - sing ; Robin - 17 - 7sing ; Song Thrush - 2 - sing ; Blackcap - 7 - sing ; Whitethroat - 3 - sing ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - sing ; Reed Warbler - 1 - sing ; Willow Warbler - 10 - sing ; Chiffchaff - 6 - sing ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - sing ; Long-tailed Tit - 4 - 2pr ; Bullfinch - 8 - 4pr ; Reed Bunting - 2 - sing ; Yellowhammer - 5 - 3sing ; Cuckoo - 1 - call ; Scaup - 1 - m seemingly settled withsmall party of tufted

Ulley CP: Egyptian Goose - 1 ; Common Sandpiper - 1

Walkley Bank: Swift - 1

Wharncliffe Chase: Cuckoo - at least 2 pairs - 2 pairs at least flying together in and around Pales Wood ; Redstart - 1 - single low in tree ; Red-legged Partridge - 2 - pair feeding in field close to Moorside farm

Aldwarke: Willow Warbler - 1 - singing male ; Lapwing - 2 ; Stock Dove - 2 ; Ringed Plover - 2prs ; Swallow - 2 - N ; Linnet - 2prs ; Wheatear - 1 - female

Aldwarke SF: Chiffchaff - 3 - singing males ; Blackcap - 3 - singing males ; Whitethroat - 4 - singing males ; Stock Dove - 2 ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing male ; Mallard - 2 - drakes ; Linnet - 1 ; Coot - 8+ - + 8 juvs ; Sand Martin - 2 ; Reed Bunting - 1 - singing male ; Mute Swan - 1pr - pen by nest platform ; Gadwall - 2prs ; 320 - 1pr ; Moorhen - 1

Aldwarke; Tata Steel: Stock Dove - 2 - singing males ; Pheasant - 1 - crowing ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing male ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing male ; Cormorant - 3 - on pylon

Bradfield Dale: Tree Pipit - 1 - singing in scrubby pasture, west of Holes Wood.

Bramley: 319 - 1 - Very high over village Mid afternoon. ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Circling Flanderwell Avenue before departing NW.

Brinsworth: Blackcap - 2 - Singing on Grange Lane 07.00 ; Greenfinch - 1 - Calling ; Great Tit - 1 - Singing ; Greenfinch - 1 - Calling Whitehill Lane 07.10 ; Coal Tit - 1 - Singing 07.10 , Grange Lane

Burbage Valley: Brambling - 1 - flew over calling ; Stonechat - 1 - male

Canklow: Song Thrush - 1 - Singing Centenary Way 06.35 ; Chiffchaff - 2 - Singing ; Greenfinch - 1 - Calling near Iccles 06.40 ; Goldfinch - 1 - Singing

Canklow Woods: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - 1 reeling in field below boston castle at 1030 ; Kestrel - 1 - Hovering over field below Boston Castle 16.15

Castle Dyke playing fields: Wheatear - 2 - feeding

Centenary Riverside: Blackcap - 2 - Singing 15.00 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 1 - Singing ; 321 - 2 - 1 on large pond, 1 on small pond ; Moorhen - 1 ; Canada Goose - 4 - 1 near small pond, 3 flew over.

Chesterfield: House Martin - 3

Crowhole: Yellowhammer - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 3 ; Mistle Thrush - 3 ; Skylark - 04-Jun

Dalton: Chiffchaff - 2 - singing males ; Blackcap - 2 - singing males ; Song Thrush - 2 - probable pair ; Kestrel - 1 - male, hunting ; Bullfinch - 3 - 1pr + 1f ; Willow Tit - 1 ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing male

Derwent Res: Cuckoo - 2 - 2 calling ; Common Sandpiper - 3 - 2 heard on Derwent Res and one at Kings tree roundabout.