Sightings Archive

Vale of Edale: Mallard - 2 - pair ; Carrion Crow - 9+ - feeding in sheep field alongside Rooks and Jackdaws ; Rook - 10+ ; Jackdaw - 10+

Wadsley: Waxwing - 11-Dec - Over garden at 15:45

Water Grove: Whooper Swan - 2 - On small mine reservoir together with a mute swan

Agden: Barn Owl - 1

Bamford Moor: Wheatear - 2 - Male rock hopping near same site as last year ; Mistle Thrush - 2 - Very slim pair feeding near sheep? (Pale grey like nothing else? ; Meadow Pipit - 1

Banner Cross: Whooper Swan - 48 - Over heading N NW at 18.20

Bar Brook: Wheatear - 1 - Near huge pile of muck in area 100m west of the junction of Clodhall Land and Sheffield Road. ; Raven - 1 - Over, partial display

Barlow: Lapwing - 5 ; Skylark - 2 ; Bullfinch - 3 ; 319 - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 4

Baslow: Peregrine - 1 - Soaring over garden before heading N W

Bramley: Whooper Swan - 40+ - Over Flanderwell Avenue at 7:58AM heading towards Pit Top.

Canklow Woods: Chiffchaff - 4 - 4 singing

Chapeltown: Tawny Owl - 1 ; Pink-footed Goose - 150-200 - Calling skein flying low north in twilight at 19.12 ; Tawny Owl - 1

Denaby Common/Low Meadow: Greylag Goose - 10 ; Canada Goose - 3 ; Black-headed Gull - 13 ; Redshank - 2 - inc one 'singing' ; Lapwing - 8+ - displaying ; Moorhen - 1 - river ; Cormorant - 1 - river ; Goosander - 1 - drake, river

Fairholmes: Song Thrush - 1 - Feeding on grass area of car park

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 2 ; Coot - 3 - Squabbling are dusk. ; Mallard - 5 ; Grey Heron - 1 - Over. ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Tawny Owl - 1 - Out hunting at dusk near old quarry. ; Bullfinch - 3 - Along path. ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing. ; Long-tailed Tit - 6 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Redwing - 30 - Flock over @ 18:05.

Hooton Common; Denaby Lane: Sparrowhawk - 1 - female, over to SE

Hurlfield: Tawny Owl - 2 - calling 18:30

Kilnhurst Ings: Oystercatcher - 2 - NE @ 0650hrs ; Redwing - 31 - inc 26 W ; Greenfinch - 2 - singing ; Chaffinch - 5 - singing ; Mistle Thrush - 3 ; Treecreeper - 1 - calling ; Mute Swan - 4 - 1 N; 3 on river (Y024 yellow) & 2 unringed 2cy ; Moorhen - 7+ - inc one on river ; Coot - 5+ ; 320 - 7 - 3prs + 1m ; Greylag Goose - 5 - all S ; Gadwall - 1pr - river ; Carrion Crow - 5 ; Mallard - 3 - 1pr + 1m ; Canada Goose - 7 - all N ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Red-legged Partridge - 2 ; Meadow Pipit - 4 - inc 3 N ; Reed Bunting - 10 - inc 5-6 males ; Snipe - 17 ; Jack Snipe - 8

Kilnhurst Riverside: Chiffchaff - 2 - singing ; Greylag Goose - 5 - S ; Redwing - 1 ; Pheasant - 2 - cocks ; Canada Goose - 1pr - river ; Goosander - 1pr - river ; Mallard - 1pr - river ; Long-tailed Tit - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; Moorhen - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 1 - N

Ladybower Res, North arm: Oystercatcher - 2 ; Canada Goose - c120 ; Greylag Goose - 12 ; 319 - 1 over ; Cormorant - 1 ; Curlew - 1 heard

Old Denaby Flash: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - singing ; Song Thrush - 2 - inc 1 singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 2prs ; Moorhen - 4 ; Coot - 10 - lots of territoriality ; Tufted Duck - 1pr ; Greylag Goose - 1pr ; Mute Swan - 1pr - both adults: 006Y (red) & 049Y (red) ; Gadwall - 15 ; 320 - 3 - 1pr + 1m ; Reed Bunting - 1 - singing ; Shoveler - 1pr ; Little Grebe - 1 - 'trilling' ; Common Buzzard - 1pr - chasing/displaying/calling overhead