Sightings Archive

Sunday 23rd June 2019

• Barbrook Valley: Lesser Redpoll - 4 ; Stonechat - 1 - Juvenile ; Spotted Flycatcher - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; Wheatear - 1 ; Whinchat - 3
• Canklow Woods: Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - 1 singing
• Catcliffe Flash: Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Coot - c25 - inc several nests; generally very low productivity this year ; Gadwall - 40-45 ; Little Grebe - 2prs - no evidence of breeding ; Great Crested Grebe - 1pr - #NAME? ; Mallard - 40-45 ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Grey Heron - 1 - adult, in from S ; Moorhen - 1 ; Cormorant - 1 - onto river from S; left S ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Sand Martin - 4 ; House Martin - 2 ; Reed Warbler - 1+ - singing from Typha on W side ; Mute Swan - 1
• Centenary Riverside: Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Song Thrush - 3 - inc 2 singing ; Coal Tit - 1 - singing ; Greenfinch - 1 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing ; Bullfinch - 3 ; Reed Bunting - 1pr ; Whitethroat - 3 - inc 2 singing ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - over ; Reed Warbler - 1 - brief song
• Forgemasters Tip: Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Blackcap - 3+ - inc 2 singing ; Chiffchaff - 3 - inc 2 singing ; Willow Warbler - 6 - inc 4 singing ; Garden Warbler - 2 - singing ; Reed Bunting - 3 - inc 2 singing ; Linnet - 10 - inc juvs ; Whitethroat - 5 - inc 3 singing ; Bullfinch - 1 - male
• Guilthwaite Common Lane: Whitethroat - 1 - singing
• Harper Lees: Blue Tit - 1+ - adult feeding 2 fledged young ; Willow Warbler - 1 - carrying food
• Heeley City Farm: Nuthatch - 1 - calling at 13:00, scarce here
• Kettle Wood: Stock Dove - 1
• Langsett Res: Carrion Crow - 3 - Thickwoods Brook ; Grey Wagtail - 1+ - Thickwoods Brook ; Woodpigeon - 1 - Thickwoods Brook ; Willow Warbler - 1 - Thickwoods Brook ; Jay - 1 - Thickwoods Brook
• Low Moor, Upper Midhope: Snipe - 4+ - 1 drumming, 2 chipping from wall tops ; Curlew - 6+ - Adults and at least two fledgelings. ; Lapwing - 6+ ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Woodpigeon - c5 ; Pheasant - 1 - male ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Blackbird - 2 ; Blue Tit - c4 - family party ; Meadow Pipit - 2+ ; Willow Warbler - 1 ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Wren - 1 ; Chaffinch - 1
• Malin Bridge: House Sparrow - 23 - feeding in garden inc juvs, welcome increase in numbers.
• Peat Pits: Barn Owl - 1
• Pike Lowe, Midhope: Curlew - 3+ - in Half Holes Spring/Ewden Heights area ; Lapwing - c4 - in Half Holes Spring/Ewden Heights area ; Pheasant - 2 ; Meadow Pipit - c10 ; Skylark - c3 ; Red Grouse - 4+ ; Golden Plover - 5+ - At Earnshaw Ridge area. At least two of which are probably this year's young ; Red Kite - 1 - over Ewden Beck/Brown Edge area. ; Raven - 2 - Earnshaw Ridge ; 319 - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 1 - Sugden Clough ; Chaffinch - 1 - Sugden Clough ; Great Tit - 1+ - Sugden Clough ; Wren - 1 - sugden clough
• R Derwent, Harper Lees: Dipper - 1+ - adult feeding single young
• R Sheaf, Broadfield Road: Mandarin - 1
• Redmires: Pied Wagtail - 1 - Juvenile ; Curlew - 5 ; Swallow - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 1 - Male ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Yellow-legged Gull - 2+ ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 8+ ; Willow Warbler - 4 - 4 seen, many heard ; Cormorant - 1 ; House Martin - 2 ; Snipe - 1 - singing from post ; Meadow Pipit - 4 ; Skylark - 4 ; Lapwing - 10 ; Whitethroat - 1
• Rough Wood: Goldcrest - 1 - carrying food ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1+ - Female with single young