Sightings Archive

Pebley Pond: Little Egret - 1 - Fishing alongside a Grey Heron. ; Oystercatcher - 4 ; Great Crested Grebe - 2 ; Canada Goose - C20 ; Greylag Goose - c7 ; Tufted Duck - 1 ; Mallard - c15

R Derwent, Calver: Dipper - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - male carrying food by weir

R Derwent, Calver Mill: Mandarin - 6 - female with 5 young

Redmires conduit: Grey Wagtail - 1+ - Adult male feeding 3 young by overflow hole

Redmires Top Res: Tawny Owl - 1 - perched at edge of plantation ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - feeding young at outflow

Silver Wood: Tawny Owl - 3 - Pair with flying owlet at dusk. ; Blue Tit - 6 - Chicks in hole in tree.

Stocking Farm Calver: Redstart - 1 - male singing in hawthorns

Wharncliffe Chase: Swallow - 3 ; Skylark - 7+ - Several singing ; Blackcap - 3 - singing ; Yellowhammer - 2 - singing ; 319 - 2 ; Starling - c700-900 - Significant post-breeding group, mix of adults and young. No Rosy’s unfortunately ; Stock Dove - 3 ; Linnet - 2 ; Bullfinch - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 10+ - Several displaying ; Willow Warbler - 3 - singing ; Cuckoo - 1 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 ; 324 - 1 - Stoat going down rabbit holes ; Redstart - 3+ - Male singing in Pales Wood plus pair feeding unseen fledglings near shooting lodge ; Kestrel - 1 ; Lapwing - 2 ; Curlew - 2 ; Tree Pipit - 1 - Singing from new territory near shooting lodge ; Coal Tit - 4 - Adult feeding 3 fledgings

Abney: Cuckoo - 1 - singing

Abney Moor: Curlew - 2

Agden: Swallow - 3 ; Siskin - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Wren - 1 ; Swift - 3 ; Jay - 1 ; Curlew - 1 ; Mallard - 7 - 6 Ducklings

Agden Side: Tree Pipit - 1 - song flight display. ; Yellowhammer - 1 - singing

Aldwarke SF: Gadwall - 1+ - duck with 8 ducklings ; Tufted Duck - 1 - drake ; Blackcap - 3 - 2 singing; 1 f ; Mallard - 3 - 1pr + 1 f ; Reed Warbler - 04-May - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Whitethroat - 5 - singing ; Canada Goose - 4 - left W ; Coot - 7+ - + 13 juvs ; Common Buzzard - 1 - over ; Sand Martin - 4 - feeding over ; Reed Bunting - 1 - male ; Mute Swan - 6 - low to SW @ 0735hrs ; Pheasant - 4+ - 2m; 2f + 5+ juvs ; Stock Dove - 6 - inc 4 on treatment works ; Red-legged Partridge - 1pr ; Black-headed Gull - 3

Arbourthorne: Mallard - 8 - 1 fem 7 moulting Drakes. ; Moorhen - 6 - 2adults 4 young ; Swift - 4 - over pond during rain

Charnock Park: Starling - 70+ - large flock adults & juvs feeding on field c12:00. ; Goldfinch - 7 - 6 adults 1juv feeding on dandelion seedheads on field. ; Skylark - 2 - 1 over singing 1 amongst starlings ; Linnet - 6 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Blackbird - c5

Ecclesall: Swift - 30 - first flock of any size this year.

Endcliffe Student Village: Moorhen - 15 - All 7 fully-fledged first brood actively feeding 7 second brood chicks in/around pond. One adult ; Mallard - 2+ - Female with two ducklings on pond. At least one drake present..

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 1 ; Mallard - 1 - Drake. ; Black-headed Gull - 5 ; Herring Gull - 1 - Over high heading E. ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; 319 - 1 - Circling high ; Kestrel - 1 - Male ; Barn Owl - 1 - Brief views at 16:48 ; Jay - 1 ; Swallow - 2 ; House Martin - 4 - Around cottage. ; Reed Bunting - 2 - Pair coming to feeders. ; Yellowhammer - 1 - Singing Male. ; Song Thrush - 1 - Singing. ; Linnet - 2 ; Bullfinch - 1 ; Chaffinch - 6 ; Goldfinch - 8 ; Reed Warbler - 1 - Calling ; Blackcap - 3 ; Chiffchaff - 2 - Singing.