Sightings Archive

Wentworth, Mausoleum Plantation: Nuthatch - 1 - singing ; Jackdaw - 6+ - singing ; Chaffinch - 1 - singing ; Goldfinch - 1+

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Pied Flycatcher - 6 - 5 male, 1 female ; Willow Warbler - 25+ - singing ; Tree Pipit - 5 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 4 - singing ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 - drumming ; Robin - 97+ - singing, joint record site count ; Wren - 75 - singing ; Mistle Thrush - 2 - singing

Barlow: Yellowhammer - 2 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 1

Blackburn Meadows NR: Greylag Goose - 1 - East along the canal. ; Cormorant - 1 - East ; Kestrel - 2 - Courtship flight observed. ; Lesser Whitethroat - 2 - Singing makes. ; Whitethroat - 1 - Singing male. ; Blackcap - 4 - Singing males. ; Willow Warbler - 3 - Singing males ; Chiffchaff - 7 - Singing males. ; Reed Bunting - 1 - Singing male.

Cattis-side Moor: Curlew - 2 ; Red Grouse - 1 ; Skylark - 1

Chatsworth Park: Sand Martin - 7 - Over the river

Crosspool-Den Bank Wood: Chiffchaff - 5 - Calling ; Blackcap - 2 - Singing ; Goldcrest - 1 - Feeding on gorse bush

Dog Kennel Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 2 ; Mallard - 10+ ; Coot - 1+ ; Moorhen - 1+ ; Canada Goose - 2 ; Greylag Goose - 10+ - feeding in field, S side, E end ; Black-headed Gull - 25+ ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Chaffinch - 1 - singing

Dore: Grey Partridge - 1 - Landed on Causeway Head Rd in front obs car at 20:50 and refused to move, perhaps blinded by headlights. "I had to drive round it. True!"

Hathersage: Chiffchaff - 2

Hathersage Moor: Wheatear - 1 - male ; Willow Warbler - 1+ - singing in birch scrub ; Skylark - 2

Hathersage, Toothill Farm area: Willow Warbler - 3+ - singing ; Wren - 1

Jagger*s Clough: Ring Ouzel - 4 - 2 single males + 1 pair ; Willow Warbler - 6+ ; Raven - 1 ; Stonechat - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 15+

Longshaw: Pied Flycatcher - 1 ; Pied Flycatcher - 1 - another photo ; Redstart - 1 ; Stonechat - 1 ; Mandarin - 1 - male on small stream near Longshaw Lodge

Low Common: Blackcap - 1 - singing from copse ; Skylark - 1 - singing, up from winter wheat

Mitchell Field: Curlew - 1 - calling ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing

Morley Plantation(E): Woodpigeon - 1+ - singing ; Wren - 1 - singing ; Dunnock - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Blackbird - 1 - singing ; Chaffinch - 1 - singing

Morley Plantation(W): Grey Heron - 1 - into trees, calling briefly, N of stream, SK408963 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Woodpigeon - 2+ - 1 bathing in stream ; Stock Dove - 1 - singing ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Nuthatch - 1 - singing ; Treecreeper - 1 - singing ; Blue Tit - 1+ ; Robin - 1 - singing

Morley Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 4 ; Mute Swan - 2 ; Mallard - 6+ ; Tufted Duck - 17 ; Moorhen - 1+ ; Coot - 1+ ; Woodpigeon - 3+ ; Tawny Owl - 1 - calling @ 10:28. ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Blackcap - 1 - singing

North Lees: Willow Warbler - 1 - singing

Orgreave Lakes: Great Crested Grebe - 20 ; Shoveler - 2 - Two drakes. ; Goosander - 1 ; Oystercatcher - 4 - 'Resident' pair seeing off two others. ; Little Ringed Plover - 1 ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Sand Martin - 4 - Total of four N in 90 minutes. ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - In reeds E side of main lake. ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - Near New sluice feeding ; Sand Martin - 8 - Feeding over main lake then north

Padley: Redstart - 1 - Male who broke off from singing to see off Great Tit