Sightings Archive

Redmires Res: Snipe - 1 ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Redwing - 23 ; Meadow Pipit - 1+ - a trickle north ; Stonechat - 1 - singing ; Wigeon - 4 - dropped in at c09:40 ; Waxwing - 1 - single west

Rivelin: Dipper - 4 - All had silver rings on right legs, 2 seen together ; Treecreeper - 3 - 2 together ; Dipper - 4 ; Treecreeper - 3 - 2 together ; Grey Wagtail - 4+

Rivelin Dams: Shoveler - 11 - 7m & 4f at 11.00am. Still present at 3pm.

Roundwood Golf course: Mistle Thrush - 3 - inc singing male ; Goldcrest - 3 - inc singing male ; Stock Dove - 2 ; Cormorant - 1 - SW @ 0650hrs

Rud Hill: Snipe - 4 - displaying

Shillito Wood: Crossbill - 2 ; Yellowhammer - 6 - On ground and in vegetation around bird feeder at north end of the car park.

Silver Wood: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing near railway line pond

Silverwood Lagoon: Chiffchaff - 2 - 1 singing Hollings Lane sidings, 1 singing Round Wood

Soughley Lane, Redmires: Curlew - 70 - in 3 groups feeding in rough fields late afternoon

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 4 - 02/01/2001 ; Little Grebe - 2 - singless ; Cormorant - 2 ; Grey Heron - 2 - past e ; Mute Swan - 22 ; Gadwall - 1 - m ; Pochard - 3 - mmf ; Tufted Duck - 48 - 30m18f ; Scaup - 1 - m ; Red-legged Partridge - 2 ; Grey Partridge - 1 - call. ; Water Rail - 2 ; Black-headed Gull - 50 ; Common Gull - 1 - 2nd cy ; Herring Gull - 18 - inc. 12s-5s-1down ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - yaff. ; Skylark - 9 - sing ; Wren - 13 - 12sing ; Dunnock - 21 - 12sing ; Robin - 26 - 20sing ; Song Thrush - 3 - sing ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - sing ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 2 - sing ; Great Tit - 10 ; Blue Tit - 8 ; Long-tailed Tit - 8 - 4pr ; Lesser Redpoll - 3 - singles ; Reed Bunting - 9 - 2sing ; Yellowhammer - 8 - 2sing

Totley: 319 - 4 - soaring

Ulley CP: Chiffchaff - 6 - 1 singing by S gate, 5 singing in Morthen arm.

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Woodcock - 2 ; Skylark - 1 - Flew over calling ; Meadow Pipit - 3 - Flew over ; Mallard - 2 - pair on grazing pond ; Lesser Redpoll - 2

Blackburn Meadows NR: Robin - 7 - Singing. ; Goldfinch - 4 ; Wren - 3 ; Coot - 2 - pair ; Moorhen - 1 ; Dunnock - 3 ; Song Thrush - 2 ; Bullfinch - 5 - 3 male, 2 female ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; 319 - 1 - Landed in tree nr Jordan Lock, crows not happy. ; 320 - 4 ; Water Rail - 2 - Calling between each other on Holmes Farm Flash ; Snipe - 17 ; Reed Bunting - 6 - 2 singing males

Bramley: Sparrowhawk - 1 - F chasing blackbird near pig farm on Lidgett Lane.

Burbage Valley: Stonechat - 3 - 2 Males & 1 female ; Reed Bunting - 2 - Male & female

Canklow Woods: Chiffchaff - 1 - 1 singing ; Lesser Redpoll - 6

Damflask Res: Great Crested Grebe - 1

Doe: Curlew - 1 - Hathersage Rd

Dore: Magpie - 13 - Hathersage Rd

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 3 ; Coot - 4 ; Mallard - 6 ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Magpie - 5+ - Leaving roost. ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Tree Sparrow - 2+ ; Siskin - 2 - Over calling. ; Bullfinch - 3+ ; Reed Bunting - 6 ; Jackdaw - 2

Greave*s Piece: Great Grey Shrike - 1 - Seen to eat a lizard at 15:30

Greystones: Waxwing - 35 - 35 in top of garden's Sycamore at 17:00. Came down to have last feed on Cotoneaster before regrouping in Sycamore and then heading off to roost. ; Waxwing - 15 - At 09:00 - 15 of a bigger group in the area ; Waxwing - 15 - Another pic ; Waxwing - 15 - Another pic

Longshaw: Mandarin - 6