Sightings Archive

Hallfield: Jackdaw - c80 - feeding in sheep pasture ; Robin - 4 ; Greenfinch - 1 - singing in top of Monkey Puzzle tree in garden ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Dunnock - 1 ; Blackbird - 3 ; 319 - 2 - a pair soaring together ; Mistle Thrush - 2

Low Bradfield: Lapwing - c4 - Wet rushy pastures below Edgefield Farm ; Oystercatcher - 2 - pair flew to land in wet rushy pastures below Edgefield Farm ; Pheasant - 1 - male in wet rushy pastures below Edgefield Farm

Middleton Moor: Curlew - 24 ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Shelduck - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 5

Millhouses: Blackcap - 1 - Female still in Stowe Avenue garden

Onesmoor: Fieldfare - c120

Peat Pits: Golden Plover - c200

Porter Valley: Chiffchaff - 3 - Hangingwater to Forge Dam; Singing males. ; Dipper - 2 - Pair around nest site ; Greenfinch - 1 ; Song Thrush - 3 - Singing males ; Jay - 10+ - Hangingwater to Forge Dam ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - Hangingwater to Forge Dam ; Ring-necked Parakeet - 3 ; Mandarin - 10 - 6m 4f ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Male ; Redwing - 6+ ; Fieldfare - 1 ; Goldcrest - 5+ ; Treecreeper - 3 ; Nuthatch - 5+

Rivelin Valley: Mandarin - 7 - Walkley Tilt Dam - 5 Males, 3 Females ; Mandarin - 4 - Corn Mill Dam - 2 pairs ; Treecreeper - 2 - 20 yards from Hollins Lane - Two exploring roadside walls and nearby trees ; Dipper - 1 - In river near Corn Mill Dam ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing on Tofts lane

Strines Res: Oystercatcher - 2 - dam ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - searching insect holes in telegraph pole ; Chaffinch - 2 ; Goldcrest - 2 ; Robin - 2 ; Wren - 1 ; Coal Tit - 1

Thrybergh CP: Mute Swan - 28 ; Tufted Duck - 33 ; Scaup - 1 - male present until boat on water ; Coot - 15 ; Moorhen - 8 ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Lapwing - 3 ; Black-headed Gull - 200+ ; Gadwall - 3 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Sand Martin - 200+ ; Chiffchaff - 6 ; Wren - 10 ; Robin - 12 ; Skylark - 6 ; Linnet - 5 ; Pied Wagtail - 8+ ; Grey Wagtail - 4 ; Fieldfare - 80+ ; Redwing - 50+ ; Kestrel - 1 ; 319 - 7+

Wales Common: Snipe - 14 ; Woodcock - 2 - after dark ; Barn Owl - 1 - at dusk

Aldwarke Lane: Kestrel - 1 - male sat on security light

Aldwarke; Liberty Steels: Peregrine - 1 - over melting shop & briefly chasing pigeons @ 0740 & 0755hrs

Bolehill Flash: Yellowhammer - 3

Burbage Valley: Woodcock - 1 - roding ; Snipe - 1 - drumming

Coumes Wood, Oughtibridge: Brambling - c20 - with Chaffinches, feeding under beech trees

Curbar Gap: Ring Ouzel - 1

Firsby Res: Mute Swan - 2 - Resident pair not signs of nesting. ; Mallard - 2 - Males main Res. ; Coot - 1 ; Moorhen - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1 - Waters edge. ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - Pair on sluice ; Lapwing - 3 - Displaying and mobbing C Crows. ; Snipe - 9 - Nine In damp field above site. ; 319 - 3 - In the air together. ; Kestrel - 1 - Male. ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - Call only. ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Fieldfare - 1 - On top of small tree. ; Redwing - 2 - With Fieldfare ; Bullfinch - 2 - Pair courtship behaviour. ; Chaffinch - 3+ - Singing Males. ; Skylark - 6 - Courtship behaviour. ; Meadow Pipit - 1 - Over farmland. ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - In Sheep Paddock. ; Grey Partridge - 2 - Field margin. ; Barn Owl - 1 - Brief flight out of barn then returned. ; Chiffchaff - 6+ - All singing.

Fulwood garden: Brambling - 3 ; Lesser Redpoll - 4