Sightings Archive

Scholes Lane: Whitethroat - 3 - 2m; 1f, carrying food ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 - over, into woodland

Shirebrook Valley: Kingfisher - 1

Silverwood Lagoon: Raven - 1 - west at 06.15 ; Common Tern - 1 - SW at 09.20 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 3 - west ; Jackdaw - 8 - single party north ; Reed Warbler - 4 - singing ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Reed Bunting - 3 - singing ; Yellowhammer - 1 - singing ; Kestrel - 1 ; House Martin - 12 - Woodlaithes end of pit top ; Grey Partridge - 1 ; Stock Dove - 2

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 2 ; Cormorant - 2 - aj ; Mute Swan - 13 - inc.6y ; Pochard - 1 - m ; Tufted Duck - 12 - 3f ; Oystercatcher - 1 ; Lapwing - 50+ - flushed from field ; Swift - 50 ; Skylark - 7 - singing ; Swallow - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 3 - juv ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 ; Blackcap - 3 - singing ; Reed Warbler - 6 - 3 singing ; Whitethroat - 3 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 2 - 1 singing, 1 c/food to nest ; Chiffchaff - 4 - singing ; Jackdaw - 20+ - noisy lot in h/row near feeders ; Reed Bunting - 5 - 4 singing

Totley Bents: Willow Tit - 2 - singles heard at Penny Lane and Lane Head Road ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - singing by ventilation shaft north of Moss Road (present since at least 22nd May) ; Song Thrush - 2+ - Cricket Inn including independent juvenile ; Mistle Thrush - 3 - family party of 2 adults and a juvenile ; House Sparrow - 1+ - including at least one nest at Cricket Inn ; Garden Warbler - 1 - 1 singing Bents Footway ; Linnet - 4+ - Moss Road ; Skylark - 1 - singing Taylor's Hill

Totley Rifle Range: Yellowhammer - 2 - 2 singing males

Wentworth; Church Field Lane: Pied Wagtail - 10 - feeding on road, inc fledged juvs

Bents Green playing fields: House Martin - 10+ - Collecting mud from a puddle in the car park, and flying to nearby houses

Blackburn Meadows NR: Oystercatcher - 1 - Flew over s/e calling at 10.10 ; Lapwing - 1 - Displaying male ; Reed Warbler - 4 - Singing males ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - Singing male ; Reed Bunting - 3 - Chasing males

Bolehill Flash: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - Reeling 200m north of Flatts Farm ; Tree Sparrow - 1 - Recently fledged juv 50yds NE of Flatts Farm

Dronfield: Sparrowhawk - 2 - Pair over Hallowes Golf course ; 319 - 1 - Circling over Monk Wood

Greystones: Greenfinch - 3 - M, F & Juv in observer's garden ; Swift - 2 - over

Handsworth: Grey Partridge - 2 - Feeding round headstones in Crematorium 14.00 ; Greenfinch - 1 - Calling

Holmebrook Valley Park: Mallard - 48 ; Coot - 9+ - 9 ads + 3 broods (4.4.5) ; Moorhen - 4 ; Canada Goose - 1 ; Mute Swan - 4 ; Great Crested Grebe - 2 - with nest ; Willow Warbler - 1 ; Whitethroat - 1

Keppels Field: Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Skylark - 2 - singing

Kiveton Community Woodland: Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - reeling ; Robin - 1 - juv ; Reed Bunting - 1 - male collecting food ; Willow Tit - 1 ; Bullfinch - 2+

Lodge Moor Garden: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 - Adult male feeding juvenile from peanut feeder ; Siskin - 10+ - Adults and juveniles

Midhope Res: Greylag Goose - 77 ; Tufted Duck - 7 ; Oystercatcher - 1+ - + 2 young ; Common Sandpiper - 4+ - + 3 young ; House Martin - 15+ ; Swallow - 30+ ; Swift - 70+ - a high number for this site

Midhopestones: Oystercatcher - 2+ - Midhope Hall Lane, pr + 2 young ; Curlew - 1+ - + 3 young ; Lapwing - c40 - including flying young ; Whitethroat - 1+ - feeding young, Midhope Hall Lane

Scholes Copplce @ Scholes Lane: Blackbird - 1 - singing ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Goldcrest - 1+ - singing

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 1 - prob a mate on hidden nest ; Mute Swan - 15 - inc.2ad 6y ; Tufted Duck - 12 - 3f ; 319 - 3 - 3soar 2ne 1s ; Kestrel - 1 - m hunt ; Oystercatcher - 1 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - 3rd cy ; Swift - 15 ; Sand Martin - 4 ; Swallow - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1