Sightings Archive

Kimberworth Park: Dunnock - 4 - singing ; Collared Dove - 4 - 1 singing and 3 collecting grit in middle of road

Malin Bridge: Mandarin - 8 - 4m and 4f on the pond just above the Fire Station

Meersbrook Park: Redwing - c30

Middleton Moor: 320 - 20 ; Wigeon - 1 - Male ; Tufted Duck - 2 - Males ; Lapwing - 270 ; Curlew - 42 - In fields behind hide ; Stonechat - 4 - 2 males, 2 females

Norfolk Park: Goldfinch - 10+ - flocks vocal in tree tops ; Bullfinch - 1+ ; Bullfinch - 1+

Norfolk Park and Lowfield: Greenfinch - 6+ - Greenfinches "wheezing" from tree tops in at least 3 locations in this area this afternoon.

Pilsley (near Chatsworth): Redwing - 40+

R Don, Brightside: Dipper - 1 - Brighside Weir ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Goosander - 2 - pair

R Sheaf, Heeley Broadfield Road: Mandarin - 3+

Rivelin Valley: Goldcrest - 1

Rockingham: Rook - 15 - active around 6+ nests on Wingfield Road

Rockingham Wood: Song Thrush - 2 - 1 singing, then 2 in chase

RVCP: Oystercatcher - 4 ; Herring Gull - 180 ; Egyptian Goose - 4

Silver Wood: Song Thrush - 3 - 1 singing main woods, 1 singing near Woodlaithes duckpond, 1 singing r/way line pond ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - singing ; Nuthatch - 4 - very vocal ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - drumming

Silverwood Lagoon: Oystercatcher - 1 - circled lagoon, then flew north ; Little Grebe - 05-Jun - very vocal ; Grey Heron - 1 - low over lagoon, being mobbed by B-h Gulls ; Snipe - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 3 - singing ; Yellowhammer - 1 - singing ; Song Thrush - 2 - singing ; Skylark - 2 - singing ; Redwing - 20 ; Common Buzzard - 2 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Linnet - 15 - several singing ; Jay - 5

Stannington garden: Goldcrest - 1 - very regular visitor to transplanted Xmas tree. ; Goldfinch - 4 ; Long-tailed Tit - 3

Thrybergh CP: Scaup - 1 - male ; Grey Heron - 2 ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Fieldfare - 40+ ; Song Thrush - 4 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Pied Wagtail - 7 ; Reed Bunting - 2

Ughill Moor: Snipe - 2 - chipping and drumming

Walkley Bank: Treecreeper - 1

Walkley Bank Tilt: Goosander - 2 - M & F

Wentworth Park: Song Thrush - 1 - singing, Temple Hill Plantation

Agden Res: Whooper Swan - 7

Barlow Common: Raven - 1 - flying quite low over observer's house, kronking and showing well

Beauchief: Treecreeper - 1 - Gulleys Wood

Greystones garden: Blackcap - 4 - 3M,1F - Daily visitors to feeders

Harthill Res: Long-tailed Tit - 1 ; Greenfinch - 1 ; 320 - 52 ; Mallard - 28 ; Tufted Duck - 2 ; Great Crested Grebe - 2 ; Linnet - 8

High Green: Barn Owl - 1 - hunting over fields between High Green and Wharncliffe Chase at 03:00 . Patch tick!

High Moor, Killamarsh: Woodcock - 3 ; Skylark - 2 - singing

Hunters Bar: Pink-footed Goose - 50 - Flying north at 12:15

Kimberworth Park: Starling - c30 - feeding on lawn, Remount Way

Newbold, Chesterfield: Blackcap - 1 - Female visiting garden feeders

R Don, Middlewood: Dipper - 1 - singing ; Goosander - 2 - male and female ; Grey Wagtail - 1

R Loxley, Hillsborough: Grey Heron - 1

Rawmarsh: Woodpigeon - 11 - max, gorging on ivy berries; Rockcliffe Road

Redmires Middle Res: Barn Owl - 1 - Active over marsh area to south of res

Rivelin Valley: Grey Heron - 2 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Dipper - 2 - One with silver ring on right leg ; Long-tailed Tit - 2 ; Nuthatch - 1 - Investigating nest site in tree ; Mandarin - 2 ; Pink-footed Goose - 56 - Flying NW at 12:15 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Wren - 1

RVCP: Oystercatcher - 6

Thrybergh CP: Whooper Swan - 16 - 16 flew low calling departed NW 08:25 ; Tufted Duck - 52 ; Scaup - 1 - male ; Gadwall - 3 ; Cormorant - 2 ; Stonechat - 1 - female ; Pied Wagtail - 18 - NW fields ; Meadow Pipit - c50 - In with Pied Wagtails ; Fieldfare - 80