Sightings Archive

Saturday 21st March 2020

• Beeley Wood: Nuthatch - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing
• Big Moor: 324 - 20
• Bramley: Whooper Swan - 40+ - Over Flanderwell Avenue calling at 7:58. ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - F circling over Aldi.
• Brogging Moss: Golden Plover - 8 - on moor, one singing in flight. ; Skylark - 3 - 1 singing
• Brownhills Lane: Curlew - 40+ ; Oystercatcher - 2
• Burbage Valley: Red Grouse - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 6 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Stonechat - 1 ; Stonechat - 1
• Chapeltown: Whooper Swan - c40-50 - North calling at 8.15 ; Curlew - 1 - North 8.15 ; Meadow Pipit - 2 - ENE 8.20
• Eastern Moors: 319 - 3 ; Curlew - 2 ; Meadow Pipit - 4 ; Yellowhammer - 3 - Feeding on manure heap with pheasant ; Yellowhammer - 3 - Another photo ; Pheasant - 4
• Edale: Rook - 30+ - Rookery with at least 20 nests by the church (of the Holy and Undivided) ; Jackdaw - 30+ ; Greenfinch - 4+ ; Carrion Crow - 4+ - feeding in fields ; Chaffinch - 1 ; Wren - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 1
• Edale Moor: Red Grouse - 1 ; Raven - 2 ; Kestrel - 2 - Struggling to hover in strong wind.
• Firsby Res: Green Woodpecker - 1 - calling ; Bullfinch - 2 - pair eating blackthorn blossom ; Kestrel - 1 - mobbed by Mistle Thrush ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Coot - 2 ; Moorhen - 1 ; Mallard - 3 ; Mute Swan - 2 - Ravenfield Park pair seem to have taken up residence. ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - Yaffling in woodland. ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Goldfinch - 6 - Paddock hedge. ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing. ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - In horse paddock. ; Skylark - 1 - Singing. ; Meadow Pipit - 1
• Fullwood Stile Farm: Treecreeper - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Bullfinch - 2 - A fine pair in hedges ; Grey Wagtail - 2
• Graves Park: Jay - 1 ; Ring-necked Parakeet - 3
• Grindsbrook, Edale: House Sparrow - 40+ - Many birds vocal along whole length and both sides of hedgerow along road between Grindsbrook and Edale car park.
• Hathersage: Stonechat - 1f - Near Scraperlow ; Curlew - c4 - Callow Bank area ; Curlew - 2 - Near Scraperlow ; Ring Ouzel - 1 - Below southern end of Stanage Edge ; Redwing - c10 - Fields below North Lees Hall ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - Near stream running down to Baulk Lane
• Heeley: Whooper Swan - 37 - headed north at 20:30 above Heeley and Bramall Lane, illuminated by the city lights
• Holling Dale: Brambling - c20 ; Crossbill - 9 - 7 females, 1 red male and one streaky juv. ; Sparrowhawk - 1
• Holmebrook Valley Park: Chiffchaff - 3 - Singing around lake
• Jagger*s Clough: Meadow Pipit - c10
• Jagger*s Clough/Nether Booth: Lapwing - 10+ - In field ; Goldfinch - 4+ ; Curlew - c35 - In field between road and railway ; Carrion Crow - 3+ ; 319 - 1 - Soaring overhead. ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Flying/hunting overhead. ; Meadow Pipit - 1+ ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Blue Tit - 1 ; Great Tit - 1 ; Dunnock - 1 ; Chaffinch - 2 ; Robin - 1 ; Blackbird - 1 ; Lapwing - 2 ; 324 - 2 - 1 Brown Hare and within 3m of it a Rabbit
• Linacre Res: Chiffchaff - 4 - 4 singing ; Whooper Swan - 45 - flew NW at 08:00 ; Canada Goose - 2 ; Mallard - 57 ; Tufted Duck - 38 ; Moorhen - 11 ; Coot - 15 ; Mandarin - 19 ; Grey Wagtail - 3 ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Great Crested Grebe - 3 ; Goosander - 1 ; Cormorant - 1
• Longshaw: Mandarin - 12 - M&F ; Mistle Thrush - 1
• Middleton Moor: Shelduck - 2 - Pair