Sightings Archive

Silver Wood: Lesser Whitethroat - 3 - singing ; Garden Warbler - 1 - singing ; House Martin - c.15 - feeding over strip of woodland south of Hollings Lane

Silverwood Lagoon: Reed Warbler - 6 - singing ; Sedge Warbler - 2 - singing ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - reeling beyond southern end of lagoon on and off from 07.10 ; Jackdaw - 1 - SW ; Jay - 2 - SW ; Stock Dove - 3 ; Tufted Duck - 6 ; Gadwall - 1pr ; Swallow - 3 ; Greylag Goose - 2 - pair making daily visits to lagoon but always chased off by male Mute Swan (female still sitting) ; Common Buzzard - 1 ; Lapwing - 1

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 2 - a pr with nest ; Mute Swan - 16 ; Gadwall - 1 - m ; Tufted Duck - 11 ; 319 - 2 - soar nw ; Kestrel - 1 ; Red-legged Partridge - 2 ; Pheasant - 4 - crowing ; Swift - 110+ - many coming in from high ; Swallow - 12 ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 ; Song Thrush - 2 - singing ; Blackcap - 9 - singing ; Reed Warbler - 2 - singing ; Whitethroat - 7 - 6 singing ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 4 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 7 - 6 singing

Wadsley: Swift - 1

Wadsley Common: Cuckoo - 2 - Calling from south side of common.

Wharncliffe Chase: Redstart - 1 - Singing male

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Pied Flycatcher - 10 - 7 singing males, 3 females ; Willow Warbler - 15 - Singing ; Tree Pipit - 2 - Pair ; Garden Warbler - 1 - Singing ; Blackcap - 3

Wharncliffe Wood: Common Buzzard - 7 - In air together near Wharncliffe lodge ; Hobby - 1

Wyming Brook: Wood Warbler - 3 - Singing either side of the bottom bench, and another towards Reddicar Clough ; Willow Warbler - 8 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Chaffinch - 12 ; Wren - 15 ; Blackbird - 3 ; Robin - 4 ; Blackcap - 2 ; Pied Flycatcher - 2 - singing males

Aldwarke: Greylag Goose - 4 - NE @ 0825hrs ; Mute Swan - 3 - 2 SW @ 0842hrs; 1 SW @ 0857hrs ; Goosander - 1 - drake, high over to NE @ 0853hrs ; Cormorant - 1 - on pylon

Aldwarke; Liberty Steel: Swift - 8+ - over ; Common Buzzard - 1 - in stockyard area, mobbed by C

Big Moor: Stonechat - 4 - 2 pairs feeding chicks betwren road and Little Barbrook ; Whinchat - 3 - 1 Male + 2 females near Little Barbrook ; Tree Pipit - 3 - 3 singing ; Redstart - 2 - Singing males

Bleaklow: Golden Plover - 2 - just a single pair Bleaklow Ridge. ; Wheatear - 1 ; Snipe - 1 - flushed at 620m

Bradfield Dale: Woodpigeon - 2+ ; Long-tailed Tit - 1+ ; Mallard - 2+ ; Blackcap - 1+ ; Chiffchaff - 3+ ; Willow Warbler - 3+ ; Wren - 1+ ; Curlew - 1 - heard in distance ; Chaffinch - 1+ ; Greylag Goose - 2+ ; Mallard - 3+ ; Magpie - 1+ ; Collared Dove - 2+ ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Robin - 1+ ; Swallow - 3+ ; Greenfinch - 1+ - wheezing ; Whitethroat - 1 ; Blue Tit - 1+

Brogging Moss: Willow Warbler - 1 - in plantation ; Wren - 1 - in plantation ; Chaffinch - 1 - in plantation ; Blackcap - 1 - in plantation ; Coal Tit - 1 - in plantation ; Red Grouse - 2+ - not many vocal today ; Meadow Pipit - 2+ ; Wheatear - 2 - pair amongst stone outcrop at Back Tor ; 324 - 10+ - Active Mountain Hares all seen from by trig point at Back Tor, moulting.

Canklow Woods: Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - 1 singing

Cartledge Bents: Golden Plover - 1 ; Red Grouse - 2+ ; Lapwing - 3+ - pair with at least 1 chick ; Curlew - 2+ ; Wheatear - 2+ - amongst outcropping rocks ; Raven - 1