Sightings Archive

Bell Ground, Tankersley: Swallow - c60 ; House Martin - 5 - max ; Gadwall - 7 - 4m,3f - male of one pair chasing off two other males. ; Willow Warbler - 1 ; Blackcap - 1 ; Sand Martin - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Mallard - 14 - Incl. Female with 9 ducklings ; Linnet - 2 ; Lapwing - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Yellow Wagtail - 2 ; 319 - 1

Brincliffe Edge: Blue Tit - 1 - collecting material from hanging baskets

Brincliffe Edge Wood: Song Thrush - 1 - Adult with nest material ; Robin - 1 - Adult carrying food

Burbage Rocks: Ring Ouzel - 1 - Colour-ringed Female

Canklow Woods: Woodcock - 1 - 1 roding at 2045

Chatsworth Gardens: Chiffchaff - 2 heard ; Pied Wagtail - 1

Dale Dike Res: Blackcap - 1 - Singing ; Willow Warbler - 7 - Siinging ; Chiffchaff - 2 - Singing ; Song Thrush - 2 - Singing ; Common Sandpiper - 2 - Pair ; Greylag Goose - 10 - 10 adults plus one brood of 12 young goslings ; Goldfinch - 4 - Singing ; Curlew - 2 - Calling

Edensor area: Chiffchaff - 3 heard ; Wren - 1 ; Raven - 2 ; 319 - 3

Fulwood: Woodpigeon - 1+ - Adult attending 2 fledged juvs in observer's garden

Listerdale Wood: Nuthatch - 3 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; 319 - 4 ; Treecreeper - 2 ; Mistle Thrush - 2

Orgreave Lakes: Whimbrel - 2 - 9:30. Presumed same 2 left N calling at 12:59 ; Swallow - 20+ ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 ; Bullfinch - 4 ; Swift - 3 ; Yellow Wagtail - 3 - On the point at 0945, then flew north ; Dunlin - 6 ; Whimbrel - 3 - One present early morning, flew north at 0948. 2 more in by mid morning ; Dunlin - 2 - breeding plumaged adults pm ; Common Sandpiper - 4 - at least ; Wheatear - 10 - 3m, 7f ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 - calling ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Common Tern - 1 - pm ; Swift - 10+ ; Common Buzzard - 5 ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Redshank - 1 ; Swift - 15 - with numerous hirundines ; Skylark - 8 - singing ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing male ; Wheatear - 4 - on point of main lake late morning ; Common Sandpiper - 2 - late morning ; Yellow Wagtail - 3 - landed briefly and continued N late morning ; Greylag Goose - 2+ - pair with 2 fresh chicks main lake ; Dunlin - 2 - breeding adults

Ramsley Moor: Redstart - 1 - singing ; Stonechat - 1

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Goldfinch - 1pr - in garden ; Greenfinch - 2 ; Pied Wagtail - 1

Silverwood Lagoon: Garden Warbler - 1 - singing ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - singing ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - reeling below SW corner of lagoon briefly early morning ; Cetti's Warbler - 1 - singing ; Swallow - 1 ; Sand Martin - 3 ; Reed Warbler - 03-Apr - singing

Thrybergh CP: Moorhen - 4+ - 4 ads + first chicks (4) noted this morning ; Lapwing - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 6 ; Willow Warbler - 4 ; Blackcap - 6 ; Whitethroat - 3 ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 ; Sand Martin - c200 ; Swallow - c100 ; House Martin - c30 ; Swift - 2 ; Pied Wagtail - 6 - One WHITE WAGTAIL ; Yellow Wagtail - 14 - Influx this morning 10 birds on dam ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1

Whiston Meadows: Common Buzzard - 2

Whiston Meadows Flash: Reed Warbler - 3

Agden Res: Greylag Goose - 10 - 4 adult with 6 gosling near outfall

Apperknowle: Red Kite - 1 - Low over SE ; Kestrel - 2

Back Tor, Derwentdale: Ring Ouzel - 1 - Male flew off north ; Golden Plover - 3

Barbrook Pools: Tufted Duck - 5 ; Stonechat - 1 - Male