Sightings Archive

Silverwood Lagoon: Willow Warbler - 3 - singing ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Redwing - c30 - in eastern paddocks ; Lesser Redpoll - 2 ; Linnet - c25 - 2-3 pairs in gorse at either end of lagoon, small flock in fields to west ; Jay - 5 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Song Thrush - 3 - singing ; Little Ringed Plover - 1 - on northern shoreline at 09.15 ; Kestrel - 1 ; 319 - 1

Stanage End: Ring Ouzel - 1 - Female gathering nest material

Stubbin, nr Rawmarsh: Raven - 1 - Calling S @ 1255

Surprise View: Tree Pipit - 2

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 6 - 3pr ; Mute Swan - 38 ; Egyptian Goose - 1 ; Gadwall - 1 - m ; Wigeon - 1 - m ; Tufted Duck - 55 - =36m19f ; Kestrel - 2 ; Redshank - 1 - call. circled dep.n ; Black-headed Gull - 100 - #NAME? ; Sand Martin - 2 ; Song Thrush - 4 - 2sing 2nest build. ; Willow Warbler - 1 - sing ; Chiffchaff - 11 - sing ; Carrion Crow - 9 - inc. 3pr at nest sites ; Wigeon - 1 - Male @ 19.00. ; Sand Martin - 30+ - Large flock feeding over water departed at 19.30.

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Chiffchaff - 3 - singing ; Mallard - 4 ; Linnet - 4 - 3 singing ; Great Tit - 10+ - 3 birds prospecting nest boxes ; Blue Tit - 10+ - one seen entering nest box ; Treecreeper - 4+ - pair seen nest building, several calling ; Skylark - 1 - singing high over the heath, likely overshoot from Wharncliffe Chase ; Kestrel - 1

Wharncliffe Wood: Chiffchaff - 4 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing near Wharncliffe Heath next to Plank Gate ; Blackcap - 1 - singing

70 Acre Hill: Chiffchaff - 4 - singing ; Skylark - 2 - singing ; Kestrel - 2 - Pair ; Lapwing - 7 - Airport. ; Robin - 2 - singing ; Wren - 2 - singing ; Dunnock - 1 - singing ; Blue Tit - 1 - alarm call

Agden Beck: Swallow - 1

Agden Res: Mandarin - 4 - All males ; Mandarin - 4 - photo ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Swallow - 2

Agden Rocher: Sand Martin - 2 - N

Aldwarke SF: 320 - 5 - 2prs + 1m ; Peregrine - 1 - adult, soaring at height & aerial display for 10mins around 1110hrs ; Pheasant - 1 - crowing cock ; Blackcap - 1 - singing male ; Kestrel - 1 - over ; Canada Goose - 1pr ; Bullfinch - 1pr - male singing ; Moorhen - 3 ; Gadwall - 1pr ; Coot - 8 - inc anxious pair, probably with nest/eggs ; Little Grebe - 2 - on different lagoons ; Mute Swan - 4 - 1pr down + 2 SW @ 1040hrs ; Chiffchaff - 4 - inc 3 singing males ; Mallard - 8 - 5m; 3f

Aldwarke; Tata Steel: Greenfinch - 1 - singing/displaying male ; Stock Dove - 3+ ; Common Buzzard - 1 - calling ; Common Buzzard - 3 - soaring over together @ 1045hrs, mobbed by SH (probably same birds seen later high over Aldwarke) ; Sparrowhawk - 1pr - soaring over, mobbing BZs

Barlow Common: 319 - 1 ; Blackcap - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 2 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Pheasant - 2 ; Coal Tit - 4 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Yellowhammer - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1

Broomhead: Brambling - 2 - flew to White Lee Moor plantation

Calver: 319 - 3

Canklow Woods: Sparrowhawk - 3 - in the air together displaying at 08:00 ; Blackcap - 1 - 1 singing

Canyards: Stonechat - 2 - pair opposite Kenneys Moor.

Cowell Flat: Wheatear - 1 - male

Dale Dike Res: Sand Martin - 2 - N ; Oystercatcher - 2 - blindside lane

Damflask Res: Great Crested Grebe - 2

Dukes Road: Red Kite - 1 - distant towards Upper Commons

Endcliffe: Waxwing - 11

Fatty Boyns Ponds: Goldcrest - 2 - singing males ; Chiffchaff - 7 - singing males ; Blackcap - 2 - singing males ; Little Grebe - 1 - trilling ; Gadwall - 1pr