Sightings Archive

Parkgate; Parkfield Court: House Martin - 1pr - with nest

Porter Brook: Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Blackcap - 1

Porter Clough: Blackcap - 1 - male on Clough Lane

R Don, Aldwarke: Kingfisher - 1 - male, in Aldwarke Lock ; Linnet - 1pr ; Song Thrush - 3 - 2 singing ; Chiffchaff - 2 - singing ; Blackcap - 2 - singing male & f/juv ; Grey Wagtail - 3 - male + 2 full-grown juvs

R Don, Eastwood: Sand Martin - 4 - feeding ; Cormorant - 2 - SW ; Stock Dove - 1 - singing ; Mallard - 3+ - 2m, 1f + 5 juvs ; Mute Swan - 3 - 1 on river; 2 SW to canal basin, all adults ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - singles ; Whitethroat - 5 ; Blackcap - 6 ; Chiffchaff - 4 ; Song Thrush - 3

Ravenfield Church: Mistle Thrush - 1 - With food in paddock. ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - On Church spire. ; House Martin - 2

Redmires Bottom Res: Whitethroat - 1

Redmires conduit: Snipe - 4 ; 319 - 2 ; Curlew - 6 ; Lapwing - 5 ; Cuckoo - 1 - In flight heading NW ; Skylark - 2 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Pheasant - 3 ; Redstart - 1 - Female ; Meadow Pipit - 9+

Redmires Middle Res: Stonechat - 1

Roundwood Golf course: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Chaffinch - 1 - singing ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing ; Coal Tit - 1 - singing ; Black-headed Gull - 4 ; Stock Dove - 4 - feeding on fairway

Shillito Wood: Red Kite - 1 - Flying south over Shillito Wood, getting mobbed by crows

Summerley: Pied Wagtail - 2 - 1 adult 1 juv ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1+ - Several birds calling between Unstone & Summerley ; Pheasant - 1 ; Blackcap - 1

Thrybergh CP: 319 - 2 ; Kestrel - 1m ; Mute Swan - 36 - plus 5 cygnets ; Linnet - C30 ; Skylark - 4 ; Pied Wagtail - 5 ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 ; Swallow - 3 ; Sand Martin - 6 ; Swift - C40 ; House Sparrow - 20+

Wadsley Common garden: Blue Tit - 10+ - Mixed flock of adults and juveniles. ; Great Tit - 6 - Adult and 5 juveniles on feeders. ; Blackcap - 5 - 2 adults and 3 juveniles being fed-first juveniles seen in the garden. ; Swallow - 2 - One still on nest in outbuilding. ; Dunnock - 1+ - Young heard from presumed nest in large clematis next to our back door then adult flew out-they have been in and out of there for a while but no nest seen.

Waverley: Lapwing - 5

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Wood Warbler - 1 - singing ; Pied Flycatcher - 4 - 2 pairs feeding young on boxes

Baslow: Red Kite - 1 - Flying SW over observer’s garden at 10.30

Beeley Wood: Little Egret - 1 - Flying north over Beeley Wood at 21:20

Birley Edge: Barn Owl - 1 - Hunting over meadow

Catcliffe Flash: Great Crested Grebe - 2 - 1 on nest ; Jay - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; House Martin - 1

Chatsworth Park: Mandarin - 7 - Female with 6 young ; Sand Martin - 10+ - Visiting nest holes in river bank south of cricket ground

Coal Aston: Barn Owl - 1

Cowell Flat: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - reeling ; Oystercatcher - 1

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 5 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Mallard - 2 - Pair. ; 319 - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 - Male. ; Barn Owl - 1 - hunting mid morning ; Pied Wagtail - 2 - Adult and juv ; Red-legged Partridge - 2 - Pair. ; Pheasant - 6 ; Swallow - 3 - Hunting below head height. ; House Martin - 2 ; Goldfinch - 6 ; Linnet - 3 ; Chaffinch - 1 - Singing Male. ; Whitethroat - 4 ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - Singing. ; Reed Bunting - 2 ; Yellowhammer - 3 - Singing Males. ; Song Thrush - 1 - Singing. ; Skylark - 3

Graves Park: Ring-necked Parakeet - 4+ - 4 over, & others heard