Sightings Archive

Thursday 15th April 2021

• Beeley Wood: Chaffinch - 1 ; Greenfinch - 2 ; Goldfinch - 5
• Bray Plantation: Stock Dove - 1 - singing ; Woodpigeon - 1+ - singing ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - calls ; Wren - 2 - singing ; Robin - 4 - singing ; Blackbird - 3+ - at least 1 singing ; Blackcap - 2 - singing ; Goldcrest - 2 - singing ; Coal Tit - 1 - singing ; Great Tit - 1 - singing ; Blue Tit - 1+ - calls ; Nuthatch - 3 - inc 1 pair @ nest hole SK392945. ; Treecreeper - 1 - singing ; Magpie - 1
• Bretton Clough: Chiffchaff - 2 ; Willow Warbler - 1+ ; 319 - 2 ; 319 - 2
• Bretton Clough - Stoke Ford: 321 - 1
• Bretton Clough/Sir William Hill: Skylark - 3
• Burbage Rocks: Ring Ouzel - 2 - pair ; Kestrel - 2 - pair copulating ; Jackdaw - 2 - pair ; Peregrine - 1 - over southern rocks and causing consternation among the residents ; Willow Warbler - 3
• Chesterfield Canal, Tapton: Blackcap - 2 - 1 m. showing v. well, about 6 ft away ; Willow Warbler - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 2 ; 319 - 1 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 3
• Damflask Res: Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Mandarin - 6 - Including 2 confiding pairs ; Wren - 4 - 2 pairs ; Cormorant - 2 ; Coal Tit - 2 - Pair ; Nuthatch - 2 - Very vocal pair
• Eyam Moor: Stonechat - 2 - a pair
• Firsby Res: Moorhen - 1 - Feeding on sluice. ; Mallard - 1 - Male. ; 320 - 1 - Long staying Female still present. ; Greylag Goose - 2 - Noisy pair landed on main Res early morning. ; Pied Wagtail - 2 - On sluice. ; 319 - 1 - In woodland. ; Red-legged Partridge - 1 ; Pheasant - 1 - Male on path. ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - Through sire carrying food. ; Song Thrush - 1 - In full song early morning. ; Blackbird - 1 - Female sat on Nest. ; Reed Bunting - 1 - Male. ; Meadow Pipit - 1 - Over. ; Chiffchaff - 5 ; Willow Warbler - 3 ; Blackcap - 5 - All Males. ; Lesser Redpoll - 9 ; Chaffinch - 4
• Forge Dam: Chiffchaff - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1
• Graves Park: Little Grebe - 2 - still on Boating Lake ; Mandarin - 1 - male
• Green Moor: Little Owl - 1 ; Tawny Owl - 1 - Male calling during day in territory ; Fieldfare - 7 ; Pheasant - 10+ ; Tree Sparrow - 8+ ; Siskin - 5 - Adults feeding young ; Yellowhammer - 4
• Kimberworth: Bullfinch - 2 - Pair on sunflower heart feeder. A pair have visited garden for the last 4 summers. They arrive in April and leave when the young have fledged.
• Ladybower Res, North arm: Common Sandpiper - 2 - flew along reservoir bank from Fairholmes Farm area.
• Malin Bridge: Coot - 1 - nocmig 01:26
• Middleton Moor: Grey Plover - 1 - In summer plumage on lagoon ; Little Ringed Plover - 1
• Moscar Cross: Ring Ouzel - 2 - a pair ; Golden Plover - c20 - overhead, flushed from field by farmer's quad bike
• Orgreave Lakes: Shoveler - 12 ; Shelduck - 2 - a pair around 08.40 ; Ringed Plover - 2 ; Fieldfare - 2 ; Sand Martin - 50+
• Padley Gorge: Pied Flycatcher - 3 - singing males ; Tree Pipit - 1 ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 2
• Parkwood Springs: Sparrowhawk - 3 - vocal pair displaying + 2nd male.
• Peat Pits: Golden Plover - c120
• Porter Valley: Chiffchaff - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Mandarin - 2 - pair in tree possibly being usurped from nest hole by pair Jackdaws ; Nuthatch - 1
• R Don, Deepcar: Dipper - 2 - Pair In territory at Tin Mill ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - nest site at Tin Mill
• Rawmarsh; Rectory Fields allotments: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing
• Redmires Res: Little Grebe - 3 - Pair & single bird on Top Res - record-equal count last recorded in September 1987 ; Tufted Duck - 2 ; 320 - 2 ; Canada Goose - 12