Sightings Archive

Redmires Res: Redstart - 2 - singing males ; Tree Pipit - 1 - singing in cleared area W of Top Res ; Meadow Pipit - 8 - displaying ; Swallow - 2 ; Yellow Wagtail - 2 - singles SW over Bottom Res ; Pied Wagtail - 4 ; Herring Gull - 10 - 8 NW + 2 ads in Middle Res later ; Siskin - 2 - displaying ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 - displaying ; Chiffchaff - 2 - singing ; Song Thrush - 4 - territories ; Mistle Thrush - 3 - territories

Redmires Top Res: Willow Warbler - 10+ ; Chaffinch - 10+ ; Blackcap - 3 ; Common Sandpiper - 2 ; Mallard - 1+ - female+11 chicks on the water

Rocher Head Fields: Ring Ouzel - 8 - 6m 2f ; Wheatear - 3

Stanage: Curlew - 6+ - calling

Stanage Edge, below, adj Packhorse track: Willow Warbler - 3 - singing ; Wren - 3 - calling ; Robin - 1 ; Skylark - 1 - singing in flight ; Meadow Pipit - 10+ ; Ring Ouzel - 1

Stanedge Pole: Willow Warbler - 4 - singing from trees either side Long Causeway ; Skylark - 2 - on ground and singing in flight ; Golden Plover - 2 - calling ; Red Grouse - 4 - calling ; Meadow Pipit - 10+

Stubley Hollow: Swallow - 4 ; Chiffchaff - 5 ; Blackcap - 2 ; Willow Warbler - 1 ; Starling - 63

Tideswell: Chiffchaff - 1 ; Fieldfare - 40+ - Near Meadow Farm ; Swallow - 5 - Near Meadow Farm

Tideswell area: Curlew - 1 - Fields near Monk’s Dale ; Curlew - 1 - Fields near Monk’s Dale ; Wheatear - 1 f - Fields near Monk’s Dale ; Skylark - 2+ ; Curlew - 1

Tideswell Dale: Willow Warbler - 1 ; 319 - 1

Ughill: Curlew - 70 - Wet Shaw, 2 color ringed birds still present. ; Wheatear - 3 ; Whimbrel - 1 - still with Curlew flock.

Wheston: Curlew - 1 ; Swallow - 1

Aldwarke: Mute Swan - 15 - 10 (all 2cy) SW @ 0644hrs; 5 SW @ 0735hrs ; Greylag Goose - 2 - SW

Aldwarke; Liberty Steel: Raven - 1 - left Liberty complex low to W @ 0625hrs ; Cormorant - 1 - SW ; Peregrine - 1 - adult male arrived from N/NW @ 0655hrs, then onto favoured water tower & chimney perches

Big Moor: Stonechat - 3 - 2 males, 1 female

Brincliffe Edge: Kestrel - 1

Burbage: Ring Ouzel - 2 ; Stonechat - 2 - Males - Burbage South ; Kestrel - 2

Burbage Valley: Ring Ouzel - 1 ; Stonechat - 5 - M&F ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; Lapwing - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 4 - Singing ; Meadow Pipit - 11

Centenary Riverside: Reed Warbler - 1 - singing on pond 8.00 ; Blackcap - 3 - 1 pair , males singing ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - Pair feeding at Ickles lock ; Goldfinch - 06-Aug ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Jackdaw - 6 ; Bullfinch - 1 - male ; Chiffchaff - 2 - singing

Crosspool: Tawny Owl - 1 - At roost

Cutthroat Bridge: Ring Ouzel - 3 - 3 singing males ; Stonechat - 1 - Singing male

Dam Dale: 319 - 1 ; Curlew - 3 ; Wheatear - 2 - a pair ; Goldfinch - 3

Derwentdale: Red Kite - 1 ; 319 - 2

Ecclesfield, Grange/Butterthwaite La-Trans Pennine Trail: Mistle Thrush - 2 - singing ; Carrion Crow - 6+ ; Robin - at least 7 - calling ; Chaffinch - 2 - calling ; Blackcap - 2 - singing ; Goldfinch - at least 15 - calling ; Starling - 60-70 - flock feeding in fields ; Chiffchaff - 3 - calling ; Great Tit - 2 - calling ; Greenfinch - 1 - calling ; Blackbird - 5 ; Wren - 3 - singing

Ecclesfield, Station Rd/Butterthwaite La-Trans Pennine Trail: Mistle Thrush - 1 - calling ; Blackcap - 1 - singing