Sightings Archive

Thompson House Plantation: Woodcock - 1 - roding

Totley Moor: Cuckoo - 1 - female flew low over moor then landed; rose up again being chased by several M. Pipits.

Treeton Dyke: LONG-TAILED DUCK - 1 - Fem still present opposite boathouse with Tufteds

Tyzack*s Dam: Swallow - 5+ ; House Martin - 1+ ; Nuthatch - 1

Unstone: Swallow - c8 ; Chiffchaff - 1

Barbrook Plantation: Redstart - 2 - Pair ; Pied Flycatcher - 2 ; Whinchat - 2 ; Stonechat - 1

Bents Green: House Martin - 02-Mar - Near Bents Green School

Birley Edge: Willow Warbler - 3 - Siinging ; Red-legged Partridge - 2 - Pair in newly seeded field ; Blackcap - 1 - Singing ; Whitethroat - 1 - Singing ; Yellowhammer - 2 ; Linnet - 4

Blackburn Meadows NR: Bullfinch - 2 - Pair, female carrying nesting material 13.40 ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - Very brief song ; Reed Warbler - 3 - 2 singing larger pond, 1 on small ; Willow Warbler - 1 - Singing ; Blackcap - 2 - Singing ; Chiffchaff - 2 - Singing

Botanical Gardens: Stock Dove - 1 - bird on ground attacked forcefully by wood pigeon which earlier ignored collared doves

Callow Bank: Ring Ouzel - 10 - 10 feeding in horse pasture at the bottom of the bank. spooked by low flying Buzzard. ; Fieldfare - 2 - feeding with ouzels ; 319 - 1 ; Stonechat - 1 - male singing ; Swallow - 2 ; Cuckoo - 1 ; Wheatear - 1 - male in horse pasture ; Raven - 1

Canklow Woods: Common Buzzard - 1 - soaring low over S-end @ 0955hrs

Catcliffe Flash: Gadwall - 6 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 4 ; Reed Bunting - 1 - singing ; Great Crested Grebe - 1pr - #NAME? ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Reed Warbler - 1+ - singing from SW corner ; Gadwall - 8 - 2prs + 4m ; Mallard - 12+ - + broods of 5 & 8 ; Long-tailed Tit - 1pr - visiting nest by layby ; Coot - 19+ - inc 4 active nests & 2 under construction ; Tufted Duck - 5 - 2prs + 1m ; Black-headed Gull - 4 ; Canada Goose - 4 - inc 2 over to S ; Mute Swan - 2 - inc bird on concealed nest ; Little Grebe - 1 - trilling, N-end ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Swallow - 1 - E ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Kingfisher - 1

Centenary Riverside: Grey Wagtail - 2 - Pair feeding under bridge 12.20 ; Kingfisher - 1 - Female successfully hunting from bridge 12.25 ; Blackcap - 5 - 3 singing, 1 pair feeding together. ; Chiffchaff - 2 - Singing ; Linnet - 2 - Pair ; Jackdaw - 1 ; Reed Warbler - 1 - Singing briefly ; Whitethroat - 1 - Singing ; Moorhen - 3 - Pond ; Mallard - 12 - 3 males, female with 8 young river.

Five Weirs Walk: Sand Martin - 40+ - Lots of activity at nest holes ; Moorhen - 8+ - Several pairs building nests with much plastic incorporated ; Canada Goose - 10+ - Some on nest ; Chiffchaff - 3+ ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Goldfinch - 1 ; Whitethroat - 1 ; Mallard - 10+ - With young ; Great Tit - 2 ; Blackbird - 2 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 6 ; Herring Gull - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1

Fulwood garden: Hobby - 1 - over house then W mid-morning ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - soaring ; 319 - 1 - mobbed by local Crows ; Swallow - 2 - over W ; House Martin - 1 ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing from treetops ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing from treetops

Gleadless Valley LNR: Chiffchaff - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Jay - 1

Grange Park,Walkworth Wood: Stock Dove - 1 - singing ; Woodpigeon - 1+ ; 319 - 2 ; Kestrel - 1 - Female into wood @ W end, causing M to alarm, then ' dive bomb' K. ; Wren - 2 - singing ; Robin - 4+ - at least 4 singing. ; Blackbird - 2 - singing ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Blue Tit - 4+ - 2 pairs observed. ; Great Tit - 1 - singing ; Nuthatch - 1 - singing