Sightings Archive

Redmires Res: Common Sandpiper - 4 - 2 pairs on Top Res ; Ringed Plover - 1 - ad on Middle Res ; Redshank - 2 ; Kestrel - 1 - Male ; 319 - 1 - sat in tree up Fairthorn Clough ; Linnet - 30 - on Middle Res ; Crossbill - 13 - 2-3 family parties - at least 6 juvs ; Siskin - 2 - Males displaying ; Redstart - 1 - Male singing in Redmires Plantation ; Brambling - 1 - Male singing in Redmires Plantation ; Long-tailed Tit - 2 - pair carrying nest material back to tall pine by Top Res

Redscope Plantation: Woodpigeon - 4 - singing ; Wren - 3+ - singing ; Dunnock - 1 - singing ; Robin - 1+ - singing ; Blackbird - 2 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Coal Tit - 1 - singing ; Great Tit - 1 - singing ; Nuthatch - 1 - singing, SE edge ; Chaffinch - 1 - singing

Ringinglow village: Reed Bunting - 1 - Male in rushy patch adjacent to footpath going down into Limb Valley

Rocher Head Fields: Wheatear - 2 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - male harassed by Mistle Thrush

Shepherd Wheel: Blackcap - 2 - 2 singing males, territories 50 yds apart ; Mistle Thrush - 2 - pair defending nest from Magpie ; Song Thrush - 2 - pair ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Dipper - 1 ; Mallard - 6 ; Blue Tit - 1 - Nest in tree cavity ; Blackbird - 4 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Nuthatch - 2

Smithy Wood: Snipe - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 3 ; Skylark - 2 ; Meadow Pipit - 2 ; Linnet - 4+

Stannington garden: Long-tailed Tit - 2 - Pair have completed a nest in a small evergreen shrub ; Siskin - 2 - A pair are now daily visitors to feeders

Ughill: Whimbrel - 1 - with Curlew flock ; Curlew - 61 - Wet Shaw, spooked by Buzzard. ; Golden Plover - 35

Ulley CP: 319 - 2 - In trees 10.00 ; Skylark - 4 - Singing ; Chiffchaff - 4 - 3 males ; Yellowhammer - 2 - Males calling

Upper Whiston: Fieldfare - 50+ - Near dung heap in field side of M1. 09.40 ; Yellowhammer - 4 ; Blackcap - 2 - Singing ; Pheasant - 1

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Willow Warbler - 28 - singing ; Wren - 48 - singing ; Robin - 74 - singing ; Nuthatch - 6 ; Lesser Redpoll - 20+ - 3 singing ; Siskin - 20+ - 3 singing ; Linnet - 4 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 3 - Including 2 singing on heath close to silver birches ; Jay - 4 - around northern heath area, making bizzare calls ; Blackbird - 7+ - Including a pair nesting in rhododendron

Wharncliffe Wood: Lesser Redpoll - 120+ - flock in silver birches near Plank Gate ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - drumming

Whiteley Woods: Greenfinch - 1 - male ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Blackbird - 3

Wire Mill Dam: Willow Warbler - 1 - singing briefly ; Mandarin - 4 - males ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - male ; Long-tailed Tit - 3 ; Mistle Thrush - 1

Agden Rocher: Reed Bunting - 2 - males. ; Redstart - 3 - all males , 1 singing briefly. ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing. ; Ring Ouzel - 6 - sat in tree tops over footpath. ; Mandarin - 3 - 2 males , 1 female feeding together in sheep fields. ; Jay - 4 - 2 birds mimicking buzzard call , and at least 1 of the other 2 mimicking a Carrion crow.

Attercliffe: Great Black-backed Gull - 17 - still in decent numbers, mainly imms, Warren Street. ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 4 - adults ; Herring Gull - c40

Bamford Mill: Mallard - 1+ - Duck & 9 ducklings on river all went over the weir, then escorted back safely upriver

Barbrook Plantation: Pied Flycatcher - 1 ; Tree Pipit - 1 - Singing male with occasional 'warm up' song flights. ; Tree Pipit - 1 ; Lesser Redpoll - 2 ; Song Thrush - 2 ; Blackcap - 2 ; Willow Warbler - 5 ; Treecreeper - 1

Blacka Moor: Tree Pipit - 2 - 2 in tree no display. ; Stonechat - 6 - 3 males singing. ; Wheatear - 5 - 4 male 1 female Strawberry Lee Pasture

Blacka Plantation: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Feeding then drumming ; Blackcap - 1 - Carrying nest material to Holly bush ; Goldcrest - 5 - 5 singing males

Catcliffe Flash: Mute Swan - 1 ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1