Sightings Archive

Thrybergh CP: Whitethroat - 4 ; Lesser Whitethroat - 4 ; Reed Warbler - 1 ; Sedge Warbler - 1 ; Sand Martin - C20 ; House Martin - 8 ; Swallow - 12 ; Swift - 2

Tideswell Dale: Chiffchaff - 3 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - yaffling ; Grey Wagtail - 2

Treeton Dyke: LONG-TAILED DUCK - 1 ; House Martin - 150 - Large numbers generally low over the lake. Majority house martins but included a few swifts at higher level

Wadsley: Swift - 1 - First of year

Water-Cum-Jolly-Dale: Tufted Duck - 4 ; Coot - 5 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Moorhen - 1 ; Mute Swan - 2 ; Mallard - 9 ; Chiffchaff - 1

Woodhouse Washlands: Sedge Warbler - 1 - singing ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - reeling

Wyming Brook: Wood Warbler - 2 - Singing ; Wood Warbler - 2 - 2nd photo ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 5 ; Goldcrest - 2 - One with beak full of nesting material ; Chiffchaff - 2 - Singing

Big Moor: Cuckoo - 1+ - Seen and heard. 1 flying plus two singing in different locations ; Swift - 1 - Flying over. ; Skylark - 1

Botanical Gardens: Swift - 3 ; Sparrowhawk - 1

Darnall: Woodpigeon - 1 - desperately trying to protect nest from carrion crow. ; Carrion Crow - 1 - robbing woodpigeons nest of eggs.

Firsby Res: Coot - 1 ; Moorhen - 1 ; Mallard - 3 - All Males. ; Mute Swan - 6 - Low over site early morning heading towards TCP. ; Kestrel - 1 - Male. ; 319 - 1 ; Red-legged Partridge - 2 ; Pheasant - 10 ; Blackcap - 4 - 3 Males singing and Female on nest in deep brambles. ; Reed Warbler - 2 - Singing in opposite reed beds at each end of main Res. ; Chiffchaff - 5 ; Willow Warbler - 2 ; Whitethroat - 3 ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Lapwing - 2 - Pair mobbing crows.

Foxstone Wood: Nuthatch - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1

Froggatt Edge: 319 - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 12+

Froggatt Wood: Chiffchaff - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 1

Greasbrough Dam,Wentworth: Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Mute Swan - 1 - Y329, out of water briefly to feed on grass. ; Mallard - c60 - inc 1 family party, female with 5 juvs ; Moorhen - 8 - inc 2 fam parties both with 2 recently fledged young ; Coot - 5 ; Black-headed Gull - 3 ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing from S side ; Long-tailed Tit - 1 ; Chaffinch - 1 - singing

Green Moor: Tawny Owl - 4 - inc owlet that has fallen from open nest ; Tawny Owl - 4 - Photo of adult watching young on ground ; Mistle Thrush - 2+ - Breeding pair feeding 4 young ; Garden Warbler - 1 - Singing

Greno Wood: Swift - 1 ; Tawny Owl - 1 - Calling 13.15 ; 319 - 2 ; Willow Warbler - 5 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 2 - singing ; Blackcap - 2 - singing ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing

Grindleford: Chiffchaff - 2

Longshaw: Skylark - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 6 ; Chiffchaff - 1

Marsh Lane: Nuthatch - 3 ; Yellowhammer - 4 ; Red-legged Partridge - 2 ; Lapwing - 4

Middle Handley: Whitethroat - 10 ; Yellowhammer - 4

Morley Plantation(E): Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Robin - 1 - singing ; Woodpigeon - 1 - singing

Morley Plantation(W): Mallard - 3 - female with 2 recently fledged, in stream ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - calls ; Wren - 1 - singing ; Robin - 1 - singing ; Blackbird - 1 - singing ; Coal Tit - 1 - singing ; Chaffinch - 1 - singing