Sightings Archive

Long Wood: Nuthatch - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1

Middleton Moor: Whimbrel - 2 ; Reed Warbler - 2 - Singing ; Wigeon - 1 - Male ; Shelduck - 2 ; Canada Goose - 1 ; Greylag Goose - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 4 - 3m + 1f ; Oystercatcher - 1 ; Lapwing - 5 ; Curlew - 7 - roosted ; Whimbrel - 2 - still present on No. 4 lagoon ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 40 - c. roosted ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - 2CY ; CASPIAN GULL - 1 - present again in roost ; Pied Wagtail - 34 ; Jackdaw - 80 - c.

Moscar House Farm: Ring Ouzel - 3 - 2 males ; Curlew - 6 ; Snipe - 3 ; Lapwing - 12

Moss Valley, upper: Chiffchaff - 1 ; Yellowhammer - 2 - fields near Hazelbarrow Farm ; Skylark - 1 ; Swallow - 4

Norton: Chiffchaff - 1 - School Lane

Old Ravenfield: House Martin - 2 - Around farm buildings at top of Arbour Lane. ; Carrion Crow - 1 - Sat on nest on embankment. ; Stock Dove - 2 - Pair on barn at top of Arbour Lane. ; Whitethroat - 1 - Calling in hedge near Ravenfield Park entrance gate.

Peat Pits: Wheatear - 4 - 1m, 3f in Horse Field ; Lapwing - 12 ; Curlew - 4

Ramsley Moor: Hobby - 1 ; Red Kite - 1 ; Whinchat - 1 ; Cuckoo - 1 - Calling ; Lesser Redpoll - 5+

Ravenfield Park: Canada Goose - 4 - 2 pairs in territorial dispute. ; Black-headed Gull - 2 - Down on water. ; Tawny Owl - 1 - Fast asleep in tree top. ; Blackbird - 1 - Sitting Female. ; Blackcap - 1 - Singing.

Redmires Bottom Res: Whitethroat - 2 - 1 x m & f ; Oystercatcher - 1 ; Common Sandpiper - 3 ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; Linnet - 4

RVCP: Shelduck - 3 ; Egyptian Goose - 2 ; Herring Gull - 45

Stanley Hill: Linnet - 5 - 2 Singing Males ; Yellowhammer - 1 - Singing Male ; Swallow - 3

Thrybergh CP: Common Tern - 1 - flew NW at 08:05 ; Swift - 10+ - Numerous along Dam wall at 18:00PM. ; Dunnock - 1+ - Sitting Female and also unattended nest.

Whitwell Moor: Redstart - 1 - singing near south-eastern end of Millstones Wood

Agden Side: Tree Pipit - 1 - singing ; Whitethroat - 1 - making alarm calls ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing

Barbrook Plantation: Redstart - 2 - pair ; Pied Flycatcher - 2 - pair ; Tree Pipit - 1 - display flights

Blue Man*s Bower: Chiffchaff - 2 - singing ; Snipe - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 5+ - inc anxiety calls, suggesting breeding ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Chaffinch - 1 - singing ; Sedge Warbler - 2 - singing from typha ; Water Rail - 1 - calling & seen briefly ; Canada Goose - 2 - W

Burbage Valley: Whinchat - 1 - singing male ; Stonechat - 3 - inc 1 singing ; Cuckoo - 1 ; Ring Ouzel - 2

Canklow: Sparrowhawk - 1 - circling over Centenary Way @ 1025hrs

Catcliffe Flash: Grey Heron - 2 - in typha at S- end; 1 high to N ; Mallard - 8+ - 6m; 2f + brood of 3 ; Gadwall - 6 - 5m; 1f ; Tufted Duck - 2prs ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Great Crested Grebe - 2 ; Coot - 7 ; Chaffinch - 1 - singing ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Mute Swan - 1 - very aggressive male (296Y) suggesting female on nest (probably in SW corner) ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing (moved onto tip) ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 1pr - around layby

Damflask Res: Mallard - 30+ - 2 families one with 15 ducklings, the other with 11 ducklings ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Greylag Goose - 4 ; Blackcap - 1 - Singing ; Mandarin - 6 ; Oystercatcher - 1 ; Jay - 1