Sightings Archive

Padley Gorge: Robin - 1 ; Wren - 2 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - Male

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - over to S ; Siskin - 1+ - heard over ; Grey Heron - 1 - N @ 0647hrs ; Lesser Redpoll - 7 - all N ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Meadow Pipit - 3 - all N ; Swallow - 1 - N ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 - male ; Greylag Goose - 2+ - 2 SW @ 0630hrs; 2 NE @ 0816 & 2 S @ 0845hrs probably involved same birds

Redmires conduit: Golden Plover - 1 - Calling

Redmires Top Res: Common Sandpiper - 1

Rockingham Wood: 319 - 1 - calling low over wood ; Blackcap - 2 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 2 - singing

Roundwood Golf course: Stock Dove - 1 ; Coal Tit - 1 - singing ; Sand Martin - 13 - feeding over S edge

Scholes Coppice: Pied Flycatcher - 2 - pair in woodland of mature oak and chestnut

Silverwood Lagoon: Willow Warbler - 6 - singing

Totley: Bullfinch - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing ; 319 - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Siskin - 1 - At feeders ; Lesser Redpoll - 2 - At feeders ; Greenfinch - 5

Upper Padley: Curlew - 2 ; Jay - 1

Well Hill: House Martin - 3

Wharncliffe Chase (south): Cuckoo - 1 - Calling from Roundabout Plantation 8am ; Linnet - 10+ ; Skylark - c15 ; Song Thrush - 4 ; Yellowhammer - 1 - singing ; Stonechat - 3 - Pair plus single male ; Willow Warbler - 4 - Around Wharncliffe Lodge ; Stock Dove - 2 - 1 singing ; Fieldfare - 1+ - Heard but not seen, probably a lot more ; Meadow Pipit - c70 - c45 north ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 3 - All males, one singing ; Kestrel - 1 ; Curlew - Pair - Display flight ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 ; Redstart - 1 ; Wheatear - 2 ; Lapwing - 4 ; 324 - 4 - Brown Hare

Whitwell Moor: Ring Ouzel - 1 - male ; Redstart - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 5 ; Lesser Redpoll - 2 - a pair dispaying

Agden: Greylag Goose - 18 - Feeding in fields with 1 other goose sp (no orange bill) ; Mandarin - 2 - Pr in fields high above res

Agden Res: 320 - 2 - pr on res at neck end

Agden Rocher: Ring Ouzel - 1 - female feeding in sheep fields. ; Wheatear - 3 - feeding in sheep fields. ; Stonechat - 2 - pair on fence. ; Snipe - 3 - all chipping around site.

Attercliffe: Peregrine - 1 - over Arena

Barbrook: Osprey - 1

Burbage Rocks: Ring Ouzel - 1 - male ; Stonechat - 1 - male, showing extremely well

Burncross, Chapeltown: Peregrine - 1 - Low NW over estate 9.27

Canklow Woods: Sparrowhawk - 2 - pair displaying

Chatsworth Park: Redwing - 6+ - Feeding in oak leaf litter ; Stock Dove - 2 - Song heard and pair seen

Chee Dale: Dipper - 4 ; Chiffchaff - 5 ; Wren - 2 ; Grey Wagtail - c7 ; 319 - 1

Cressbrook: Nuthatch - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1

Cressbrook Dale: Raven - 1

Damflask Res: Swallow - 2

Edge Mount: Fieldfare - c100 - single flock in beech trees.

Endcliffe Park: Woodcock - 1 - One flew over calling at approx. 7:45pm ; Tawny Owl - 1 - Calling in trees by Riverdale Road

Ewden Valley: Osprey - 1 - flew low up Ewden Valley at 11:55 as viewed from Ewden Cabin

Firsby Res: Coot - 1 ; Moorhen - 2 ; Mallard - 3 ; Grey Heron - 1 - Fishing in Main Res shallows. ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Herring Gull - 2 - Over towards TCP. ; 319 - 2 ; Mistle Thrush - 2 - Pair mobbing Carrion crow in large trees on dam wall presumed nest site. ; Song Thrush - 2 - Both singing ; Blackbird - 4 - Female on nest with 3 just hatched chicks. One egg still to go. ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Lesser Redpoll - 10+ - Cottage hedge.