Sightings Archive

Redmires: Pheasant - 1 - calling ; Willow Warbler - 20+ - singing

Redmires Res: Tufted Duck - 5 - on Middle Res ; 320 - 2 - on Middle Res ; Common Sandpiper - 4 - on Middle Res ; Swallow - 1 ; Herring Gull - 3

Rother Valley CP: Barnacle Goose - 1 - Main lake ; Common Sandpiper - 6 ; Oystercatcher - 5 ; Little Ringed Plover - 2 - Main Lake ; Greylag Goose - 20+ - pairs with broods of 6,6,5 ; Canada Goose - 8+ - pair with 6 young ; Mallard - 11+ - female with brood of 10 ; Cetti's Warbler - 1 - singing Intermediate Pond

RVCP: Common Sandpiper - 6 - photo

RVCP, Main Lake: Common Sandpiper - 6 - max count for spring

Thrybergh CP: Mute Swan - 52 ; Tufted Duck - 18 ; Great Crested Grebe - 8 ; Lapwing - 6 ; Oystercatcher - 1 ; Yellow Wagtail - 1m ; Pied Wagtail - 4 ; Whitethroat - 2 ; Blackcap - 6 ; Willow Warbler - 3 ; Chiffchaff - 4 ; Swallow - 6 ; House Martin - 8 ; Sand Martin - C20 ; Lesser Redpoll - 2 ; Linnet - 2 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; 319 - 4

Thrybergh Park: Nuthatch - 2

Thrybergh Tip: Gadwall - 8 ; Shoveler - 5 ; Pochard - 2 ; Reed Warbler - 2

Totley Bents: Mistle Thrush - 1 - collecting food in horse field

Agden Rocher: Lapwing - 2+ - Adult with 1+ small chick. ; Redstart - 3 - pair nest building + separate male singing. ; Pied Flycatcher - 3 - pair inspecting nest boxes ( male has silver / metal ring on right leg ). ; Tree Pipit - 1 - song flight from tree tops. ; Blue Tit - 2 - pair inspecting nest box.

Aldwarke: Willow Warbler - 4 - singing ; Linnet - 2 - singing ; Lapwing - 1 - dropped in ; House Martin - 3 - over ; Song Thrush - 4 - singing along Aldwarke Road/Lane ; Kestrel - 1 - male on Minteq roof ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing from conifer by Aldwarke Lane

Aldwarke SF: Chiffchaff - 3 - 2 singing ; Blackcap - 2 - singing ; Lapwing - 4 - inc aerial display ; Red-legged Partridge - 2 ; Pheasant - 2 - crowing cocks ; Whitethroat - 4 - singing ; Coot - 7 ; Stock Dove - 2 ; Common Buzzard - 1 ; Gadwall - 6 - 5m; 1f ; Moorhen - 3 ; Canada Goose - 3 ; Long-tailed Tit - 3 ; Mute Swan - 2 - adults; 1 left towards canal basin followed closely by other ; Raven - 1 - low over towards Liberty Steels @ 0738hrs ; Mallard - 1 - drake ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing ; Black-headed Gull - 2 ; Swallow - 1 - N

Aldwarke; Liberty Steels: Raven - 2 - one soaring & hanging in wind @ 0645hrs, joined by a second @ 0650hrs

Aldwarke; Waddington Way: Blackbird - 1 - male with white rump still present

Barbrook Plantation: Redstart - 2 ; Pied Flycatcher - 2 ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 ; Tree Pipit - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 2 ; Goldcrest - 1

Bolehill Flash: Water Rail - 2 - Initially one calling, then two spotted making way into reeds.

Bradfield Dale: Tree Pipit - 1 - singing in scrubby pasture west of Holes Clough

Bradley Wood, Calver: Tawny Owl - 1 - calling ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Swallow - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 6

Bretton Clough: Tree Pipit - 2 - Singing

Burbage Valley: Cuckoo - 1 ; Ring Ouzel - 3 - 2m 1f

Chatsworth Park: Mistle Thrush - 1 - carrying food

Cross Hill Ecclesfield: Ring-necked Parakeet - 2 - Pair calling in obs.garden,flew off west 07.15

Crosspool-Den Bank Wood: Robin - 4 - Singing ; Mistle Thrush - 2 - Singing ; Collared Dove - 1 - Calling ; Blackbird - 4 - Singing ; Goldfinch - 2 - Singing ; Wren - 4 - Singing ; Jay - 1