Sightings Archive

Thrybergh CP: Song Thrush - 6 ; Skylark - 8+ ; Reed Bunting - 2 ; Collared Dove - 2 ; House Sparrow - 8

Underbank Res: Grey Heron - 2 - feeding from shore ; Cormorant - 1 - perched on low branch over water ; Robin - 5+ - singing males ; Mallard - 20+ ; Moorhen - 1 ; Chaffinch - 5+ - singing males ; Long-tailed Tit - 2 ; Great Tit - 4+ ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Blue Tit - 2 ; Goldcrest - 5+ - high in conifer tree tops ; Lesser Redpoll - 25+ - difficult to count high up feeding on larch cones ; Wren - 2 - singing males ; 319 - 1 - perched in neighbouring field ; Blackbird - 3+ ; Woodpigeon - 1 - singing male

Westwood CP: Whooper Swan - 1 - Still on res calling AM ; Whooper Swan - 1 ; Whooper Swan - 1 - photo ; Whooper Swan - 1

Whiteley Woods: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Male drumming ; Nuthatch - 1

Agden Res: Curlew - 13 - in surrounding fields ; Oystercatcher - 2

Agden Rocher: Wheatear - 1 - female sat on wall in sheep fields. ; Kestrel - 2 - pair displaying. ; Raven - 2 ; Peregrine - 1 ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Treecreeper - 1

Bassingthorpe Farm: Lapwing - 2 - at least 2 in paddock, with 1 displaying ; Skylark - 1+ - singing ; Wren - 1+ ; Dunnock - 3+ ; Robin - 1 - singing ; House Sparrow - 1+ ; Starling - 1 ; Chaffinch - 1 - singing

Bassingthorpe Spring: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - drummig ; Wren - 1+ - singing ; Robin - 3+ - singing ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 1+ - active in hedge near entrance from Broom Riddings ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Chaffinch - 1 - singing ; Goldfinch - 1+

Bole Hill, Treeton: 324 - 3 - Roe buck feeding with doe and last years fawn.

Canklow: Kingfisher - 2 - on the river

Canyards: Red Kite - 1

Canyards/Rushy Wood, Broomhead: Swallow - 1 - Flew over Junction of Canyard Hills Lane & Lee Lane Heading S/West @ 10.50 am ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; 319 - 1 - calling from conifers possibly disturbed by S/Hawk ; Rook - 30+ - feeding in old pasture ; Magpie - 3 ; Woodpigeon - 6+ ; Pheasant - 2 ; Song Thrush - 2 ; Blackbird - 06-Aug ; Linnet - 04-May - small flock flew over very vocal ; Chaffinch - 3 ; Robin - 3 ; Wren - 1 ; Dunnock - 1 ; Blue Tit - 04-Jun - On feeders Rushy Wood ; Coal Tit - 10-Dec - on feeders with B.Tits ; Great Tit - 3 - With Other Tits ; Siskin - 2 - in conifers

Dale Dike Res: Wheatear - 1 - smart male above Blindside Lane

Damflask Res: Great Crested Grebe - 2 - pair

Deepcar garden: Siskin - 4 - feeding on sunflower hearts ; Greenfinch - 2 - feediig on black sunflower seed ; Goldfinch - 9

Forge Dam: Ring-necked Parakeet - 2 ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Jay - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 2 ; 319 - 1

Fulwood: WHITE-TAILED EAGLE - 1 - moved high NW over observer's house at 14:20 (record shot)

Green Moor: Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1

Hagg Lane Allotments: Chiffchaff - 1 - Calling from trees below allotments in Den Bank Wood ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Bullfinch - 4+ ; House Sparrow - 4 ; Long-tailed Tit - 8 - On feeders on an allotment ; Dunnock - 1 ; Blackbird - 4 ; Robin - 3 ; Jay - 1 ; Magpie - 2 ; Carrion Crow - 4

Harper Lees: Mandarin - 3 - On Derwent 2males1female ; Dipper - 2 - 1 preening on rocks in Derwent, 1 into rotten treetrunk possible nestsite