Sightings Archive

Low Moor, Upper Midhope: Jay - 2 ; Goshawk - 1 - 2cy unfortunately with jesses

Midhope: Woodcock - 4 - Roding birds ; Snipe - 1+ - drumming chipping at dusk

Midhope Hall Farm: Curlew - 148 ; Lapwing - 18

Millhouses Lane garden: Blackcap - 1 - male, feeding on suet balls, a second visit this week ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing in a neighbouring tree, this morning, the first this year

Nether Edge - St Andrew’s Road: Sparrowhawk - 1

Owler Bar: Sandwich Tern - 1 - reported flying through to the north at 9.55

Pebley Pond: White-fronted Goose - 1 ; Pink-footed Goose - 2

Rawmarsh: Common Buzzard - 2 - singles NE @ 0956hrs & NW @ 1051hrs

Redmires Res: Canada Goose - 60 - c. in fields ; Greylag Goose - 54 - in fields ; Tufted Duck - 2 ; Little Grebe - 1 - ad on Top Res ; 320 - 11 - on Middle Res at dusk ; Mallard - 14 ; Curlew - 183 - roosted on Middle Res - record count here! ; Oystercatcher - 3 - ads on Middle Res ; Lapwing - 94 - on Middle Res ; 319 - 1 - north at 07:30 hrs ; Kestrel - 1 - male ; Fieldfare - 30 - in fields along Soughley Lane ; Golden Plover - 14 - along conduit including at least one obvious northern race bird ; Raven - 2 - briefly displaying before continuing west ; Pied Wagtail - 2 ; Goldfinch - 8 ; Skylark - 5 - singing

Thrybergh CP: Mute Swan - 48 ; Great Crested Grebe - 28 ; Tufted Duck - 54 ; Goldeneye - 1RH ; Water Rail - 1 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Herring Gull - 10 ; Lapwing - 8 ; 319 - 2 ; Kestrel - 1 - fem ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - male ; Blackbird - 18 ; Song Thrush - 3 ; Linnet - 16 ; Chaffinch - 8 ; Goldfinch - 10 ; Bullfinch - 6 ; Reed Bunting - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Still in willows

Wales Common: Snipe - 1 ; Jack Snipe - 5 ; Skylark - 2 - pair present ; Lesser Redpoll - 2 - pair present

Walker Edge: Kestrel - 1 - hover hunting ; Dunnock - 2 - singing ; Greenfinch - 2 - "wheezing" males ; Goldfinch - 1 ; House Sparrow - c15 - on garden feeders and bramble patch by house ; Chaffinch - 5 - 2 male 3 female ; Blackbird - 4 - males ; Robin - 1 - singing ; Dunnock - 1 - singing ; Rook - c15 - flying and perching on poles by house ; Pied Wagtail - 2 - feeding in field ; Mistle Thrush - 2 - feeding in field ; 319 - 5 - circling together above edge between Walker Edge and Canyards Hills

Walkley Bank: Blackcap - 1 - female visiting feeders in garden ; Raven - 2 - flying west, low over roof-tops, calling.

West Nab - Swan Height: Red Grouse - 1 ; Dunnock - 1

Wharncliffe Chase: 319 - 1 ; Curlew - 1 ; Stonechat - Pair ; Fieldfare - 14 ; Skylark - 2 - Brief song ; Stock Dove - Pair ; Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 5

White Lee Moor: Chaffinch - 3+ - singing ; Wren - 2 - singing ; Song Thrush - 4 - perched together on d.s.w. by plantation ; Robin - 2+ - singing ; Fieldfare - 7+ - moving between plantation trees and pasture where they were feeding on ground along with blackbirds ; Blackbird - 2 - males ; Coal Tit - 1 - singing

Aughton: Sparrowhawk - 2 - a 2cy fem then 1 ad fem on garden fence ; 319 - 3 - Circling over Hail Mary woods ; Song Thrush - 2 - Singing ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - Hail Mary Wood, Smallage Lane ; Robin - 6+ - Smallage Lane ; Dunnock - 10+ - Smallage Lane ; Corvid - 50+ - Crows & Jackdaws

Baslow: Brambling - 1 - Male visiting garden feeder

Brownhills Lane: Curlew - 75 - In roadside fields, may have been more out of sight.

Burbage Edge: Kestrel - 1 - Hovering slowly along Edge

Malin Bridge: Blackcap - 1 - wintering male singing in the rain this morning and feeding on Privet berries.

Meersbrook Park: Song Thrush - 2 - individuals heard ; Nuthatch - 1

Middleton Moor: Lapwing - 440 ; Golden Plover - 19