Sightings Archive

Thrybergh CP: Tufted Duck - 66 ; Black-headed Gull - 120 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 3 - singles ; Dunnock - 18 - 2 singing ; Robin - 25 ; Chiffchaff - 3 ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Rook - 2 - sw

Wharncliffe Chase (north): Redwing - 61 - 4 groups S/SW ; Stock Dove - 40+ ; Yellowhammer - 3+ ; Goldfinch - 30+ ; Skylark - 5 - 1 rose from field and headed north followed by a party of 4 ; Jay - 3 - Group west medium height

Aldwarke; Liberty Steel: Peregrine - 2 - presumed pair, sat on adjacent chimneys in rain

Baslow Edge: Kestrel - 1

Canklow Woods: Common Buzzard - 3 - 3 in the air together at 1300

Chatsworth Park: Raven - 1

Endcliffe Park: Woodpigeon - 70+ - Recreation area ; Black-headed Gull - 34 ; Pied Wagtail - 3 ; Mandarin - 5 - M&F on upper pond ; Mandarin - 33 - An extraordinarily large assembly of males and females on the upper pond. Males displaying: a positive lek !

Gardom*s Edge: Stonechat - 1m

Hangingwater Road: Jay - 1 - Single taking rowan berries from pavement tree.

Millhouses Park: Redwing - 27 - Down briefly ar 09:00 then SW

Moss Road, Totley: Meadow Pipit - 10 ; Skylark - 1 - S ; Mistle Thrush - 14 - Flock on moorland edge. ; Blackbird - 10+ ; Redwing - 146+ - Total of 146+ in six parties SW or SSW between 10:00 and 11:00. ; Starling - 82 ; Chiffchaff - 3 ; Willow Tit - 2

Norwood Allotments: Redwing - 4 - feeding on hawthorn ; Blackbird - 19 - feeding alongside redwings ; Chiffchaff - 2 ; Blackcap - 1 ; Swallow - 2 - over south

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Chiffchaff - 3 - 1 singing ; Goldcrest - 3+ ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - over ; Pied Wagtail - 3 - 'alba' wagtails, SW ; Mistle Thrush - 2 - W with Redwings ; Common Buzzard - 1 - low over treetops, alarming tit-flock; left NE ; Coal Tit - 2 ; Blue Tit - 9+ ; Great Tit - 3+ ; Blackcap - 2 - inc 1 male ; Bullfinch - 1 - male ; Goldfinch - 24 - flocks of 11 & 13, over ; Sparrowhawk - 3 - 3 f/juv over from golf course ; Redwing - 79 - generally SW or W, in parties of up to 15 berween 0700-0930hrs

Parkgate; Infirmary Road: Chiffchaff - 1 - in roadside trees

Ringinglow, Smeltings Farm: Mallard - 38 - In flooded fields

Roughwood Rec: 319 - 2 - Soaring high together, drifted SE @12:40.

Roundwood Golf course: Sparrowhawk - 1 - hunting, possibly one of 3 seen nearby earlier ; Goldfinch - 25 - single flock ; Grey Heron - 1 - imm, left NE after attempting to settle on pond ; Magpie - 9 - single party ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - calling ; Mistle Thrush - 17 - flock, flushed by hunting SH ; Carrion Crow - 22 ; Cormorant - 1 - SW

RVCP: Little Egret - 1 - Main Lake island ; House Martin - 160

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 2 - singles ; Little Grebe - 8 ; Cormorant - 6 ; Mute Swan - 7 - inc.pr 3j ; Gadwall - 6 - 3m3f left s ; 320 - 3 - circled ; Tufted Duck - 73 ; Kestrel - 2 ; Lapwing - 63 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - jv ; Robin - 23 ; Chiffchaff - 4 ; Long-tailed Tit - 19+ - in 4 small flocks ; Tree Sparrow - 1+ ; Reed Bunting - 5 ; Peregrine - 1 - m attacked l_wing flock then left s

Tyzack*s Dam: Mandarin - 17 ; Redwing - 40+ - SW at 09:25

Abbeydale: Kestrel - 1 - Male on Abbeydale Golf Course ; Swallow - 2 - Abbeydale Golf course

Chapeltown: Redwing - 2 - 7.15am

Firsby Res: Tawny Owl - 2 - Calling at Dawn. ; 319 - 1 - Over early morning. ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Low along hedgerow. ; Jay - 1 - Calling in willows. ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - In sheep paddock.

Hathersage area: 319 - 3 individuals

Kimberworth Park: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing from grounds of Kmberworth Park pub.

Low Common: Swallow - 1 - S @ 11:25

Meersbrook: Redwing - 1 - heard over Meersbrook Park Road at c.20.24 hrs

Orgreave Lakes: Little Egret - 3 - Including K6 ; Swallow - 3 - South at 18:00 ; Rock Pipit - 2 - Around southeastern edge of big lake.