Sightings Archive

Silverwood Lagoon: Rook - 5 - west ; Chiffchaff - 4 - singing ; Jay - 5

Spout House Hill: Fieldfare - 80 ; Starling - 150 - skittish flock feeding in rough grass and associated with Fieldfare flock until a fast Sparrowhawk attack took one of them ; Curlew - 3 - fields adjacent Brightholmlee Rd

Stanage Edge: Raven - 1 ; Raven - 1

Strines Res: Whooper Swan - 68 - 68 at 10:05, still present at midday ; Whooper Swan - 68 - still present at 18.10hrs ; Great Black-backed Gull - 1 - 2w

Thorpe Hesley: Kestrel - 1 - First seen from garden this year. Hovering over nearby field.

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 8 - One pair already with nest ; Mute Swan - 94 ; Whooper Swan - 53 ; Gadwall - 2 ; Tufted Duck - 34 ; Kestrel - 1 ; 319 - 6+ ; Sparrowhawk - 2 pair ; Oystercatcher - 1 ; Lapwing - 5 ; Black-headed Gull - 1000+ - Numbers building up all morning birds feeding from large fly hatch on the water ; Kittiwake - 1 - Bird found in with BHGulls 0850 still present 1130 ; Common Gull - 3 ; Herring Gull - 15 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 ; Skylark - 10+ ; Blackbird - 14 ; Song Thrush - 4 ; Redwing - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Chaffinch - 12 ; Linnet - 4 ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 ; Bullfinch - 10 ; Reed Bunting - 8 ; Whooper Swan - 53 - still on the water at 16:45. Only two 1st years.

Tyzack*s Dam: Canada Goose - 10 - Outnumbering Mallards now. We're doomed!

Ughill Moor: Golden Plover - 11 - Feeding in sheep pasture on right of Stake Hill Road ; Lapwing - c6 - courtship display ; Snipe - 2 - "chipping" males ; Meadow Pipit - c5 - displaying ; Curlew - 2 - displaying ; Skylark - c8 - displaying males

Woodseats: Whooper Swan - 20+ - Flying north low at 09:30 - assumed same as 70-80 at Meadowhead just prior, also likely the same as the 68 that dropped onto Strines resr around 09:50.

Aldwarke; Liberty Steel: Common Buzzard - 1 - soaring over @ 0805hrs; drifted S/SW

Blackamoor: Whooper Swan - 20+ - Flying SE to NW in a V shaped flock above Lenny Hill.

Bray Plantation: 319 - 1+ ; Stock Dove - 1 - singing ; Woodpigeon - 1 - singing ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - 'rattle' calls ; Wren - 1 - singing ; Robin - 1+ - singing ; Blue Tit - 1+ ; Coal Tit - 1+ ; Great Tit - 1 - singing ; Nuthatch - 1 - singing ; Treecreeper - 1+

Broomhead Res: Whooper Swan - 22 - Flew in from the east at 12:50. Still present at 17:00. ; Goldeneye - 2 - Pair at the west end. ; Goosander - 2 - Pair ; Oystercatcher - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 2 ; Mallard - 7 ; Canada Goose - 4 ; Moorhen - 1 ; Whooper Swan - 23 - on resr and sleeping 18:20

Canklow Woods: 319 - 1 - Flying through woods then over 13.00 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 - 2 females, 1 drumming / feeding on broken Silver Birch. ; Jay - 05-Jun - Noisy individuals. ; Magpie - 10+ - 1 pair nest building. ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Woodpigeon - 30+ ; Long-tailed Tit - 3 ; Great Tit - 4 - 1 pair, 1 singing ; Blue Tit - 4 ; Robin - 05-Jun - Singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Male ; Dunnock - 2 - Pair ; Wren - 03-Apr - Singing ; Nuthatch - 1 - Alarm call

Chapeltown: Whooper Swan - c25 - North 10:00

Chatsworth Park: Redwing - 10 ; Oystercatcher - 2 - Pair ; Goosander - 2 - Pair ; Mandarin - 6 - 3 pairs

Fox Hill: Tawny Owl - 1 - Calling from wood by Shaw Hill Farm @ 20:00

Fulwood: Bullfinch - 4 - 2 males and 2 females patrolling garden on Crimicar Drive ; Nuthatch - 1 - first in the garden for a year or so. ; Nuthatch - 1 - first in the garden for a year or so.

Gleadless Valley LNR: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - drumming

Greasbrough: Barn Owl - 1 - Hunting at farm

Greystones: Bullfinch - 2 - Observer's garden ; Magpie - 2 - Gathering nesting material in OG ; Carrion Crow - 2 - Gathering nesting material in OG

High Green: Red Kite - 1 - Drifted low northwards over fields on edge of High Green ; Brambling - 1 - Low north calling 06:35 ; Greenfinch - 1 - Display/song ; Whooper Swan - c80-100 - NNW at 13.30