Sightings Archive

Thrybergh CP: Whooper Swan - 2 - adults; left N @ 0702hrs ; Mute Swan - 86 ; Tufted Duck - 37 ; Great Crested Grebe - 6 ; Common Gull - 4 - 1 W; 3 SW ; Curlew - 1 - NW, then N @ 0650hrs ; Gadwall - 1pr ; Pied Wagtail - 2prs ; Greylag Goose - 6 ; Canada Goose - 9 ; Long-tailed Tit - 2 ; Moorhen - 5 ; Black-headed Gull - c180 ; Meadow Pipit - 4 - all N ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 ; Stock Dove - 2 - over ; Sand Martin - 1 - in @ 0740hrs, feeding around visitor centre ; Herring Gull - 3 - all W

Thrybergh CP; Hickfield Bank: Skylark - 1 - singing

Thrybergh; Bank Wood: Common Buzzard - 2 - soaring over together

Treeton SF: Pied Wagtail - 21 ; Carrion Crow - 31 ; Chiffchaff - 2 - Singing males

Troway: 319 - 1 ; Greenfinch - 2

Ulley: Skylark - 6 - 5 singing, 1 pair flight display, off Guithwaite Common Lane 13.50 ; Red-legged Partridge - 4 - 2 pairs ; Pheasant - 1 - Calling ; 319 - 1 - Over fields off Pleasley road opposite reservoir .14.40

Ulley CP: Great Crested Grebe - 8 ; Greylag Goose - 18

Unstone: Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Skylark - 1

Wadsley: Grey Heron - 1 - Very low, flying north escorted by a couple of carrion crows.

Wadsley Common garden: Bullfinch - 6 - 3 pairs-highest number this winter.

Waverley Estate: Golden Plover - 54

Westwood: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Calling ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; 319 - 4 - Soaring, calling and interaction

Woodhouse Mill SF: Sand Martin - 2 - Feeding high above sewerage works.

Woodhouse Washlands: 321 - 2 ; Raven - 1 - Moving NE high ; Shoveler - 2 - 1 pair ; 320 - 4 ; Wigeon - 41 ; Mallard - 18 ; Goosander - 3 - South down the river. ; Redshank - 1 ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - 1 singing male. ; Kingfisher - 1 - Vusble ; Skylark - 3 - Singing males ; Meadow Pipit - 2 - Singing males ; House Sparrow - 7

Agden Res: Curlew - 25

Barley Hall: Treecreeper - 1

Bent Hills Farm: Lapwing - 30 - mixed with Starling flock in rough grassland

Big Moor: Reed Bunting - 2 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 01-Feb ; 324 - 1 - up to 60 Red Deer in a herd ; Raven - 2

Burbage Valley: Meadow Pipit - 40+ ; Skylark - 3 ; Reed Bunting - 5 - Singing males ; Curlew - 3 ; Snipe - 3

Canklow Woods: Common Buzzard - 7 - 7 in the air together at 1005 all drifted west record count ; Chiffchaff - 2 - 2 singing

Catcliffe Flash: Tufted Duck - 7 ; Cormorant - 4 ; Pochard - 3 ; Gadwall - 1 - Male ; Great Crested Grebe - 1

Dale Dike Res: Cormorant - 3 - SW, 2 ads and an imm.

Damflask Res: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing

Dronfield: 319 - 4 - Circling to S of town

Eaglestone Flat: Fieldfare - 30+ ; Curlew - 2 ; Lapwing - 15 ; Skylark - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 01-Feb ; Raven - 2 - the same two from Big Moor

Ecclesall: Curlew - 1 - flew SW over Ansell Road at 15:45 hrs

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 1 ; Grey Heron - 1 - Fishing main Res. ; Black-headed Gull - 20+ ; 319 - 1 - Over high. ; Jay - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Drumming ; Pheasant - 4 ; Red-legged Partridge - 10 - 5 separate pairs. ; Fieldfare - 20+ ; Redwing - 10+ - With Fieldfare. ; Song Thrush - 1 - Singing. ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing ; Reed Bunting - 2 - Pair. ; Yellowhammer - 6 - 4M, 2F ; Skylark - 6+