Sightings Archive

Thrybergh CP: Mute Swan - 9 - inc.7 left w ; Gadwall - 1 - m ; Tufted Duck - 8 - 4pr ; Herring Gull - 4 - inc 1w1w ; Swift - 12 ; Sand Martin - 60+ ; Swallow - 80+ ; House Martin - 100 - circa ; Blackcap - 4 - singing ; Whitethroat - 6 - singing ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 4 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 5 - singing ; Reed Bunting - 8 - 5 singing

Thrybergh Park: Common Buzzard - 2 - 1-2 up frequently from 0840hrs ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - soaring over

Wadsley Common garden: Treecreeper - 2 - Taking food to nest in rotten tree-stump

Wyming Brook: Wood Warbler - 5 - At least 5 singing males

Agden Res: Blue Tit - 04-May ; Great Tit - 2 ; Blackbird - 3 ; Chaffinch - 4 ; Wren - 2 ; Woodpigeon - 9 ; Willow Warbler - 3+ - 3-4 singing males ; Chiffchaff - 3 - singing ; Blackcap - 2 - singing ; Dunnock - 2 ; Pied Wagtail - 2 ; Nuthatch - 1 - scolding squirel ; Jay - 1

Agden Rocher: Skylark - 3 - singing in flight ; Curlew - 3 ; Lapwing - 4 - in pasture with sheep and lambs no chicks visable ; Snipe - 1 - flew across road low in front of car near track to rocher ruins

Blackburn Meadows: Grey Wagtail - 1 - Taking food to nest in brambles adjacent to Homes Lock.

Burncross: Robin - 3 - 2 adults + fledged juv ; Blackbird - 2 - Ad + fledgling in garden ; Coal Tit - 2 - Adult regular to feeders and suspect breeding nearby

Canklow Woods: Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - 1 singing ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - 1 singing ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - 1 singing

Carr Vale: Arctic Tern - 5 - through NE, 06:45-09:05

Catcliffe: Kestrel - 1 - Hunting at the side of Parkway.

Centenary Riverside: Whitethroat - 3 - 1 parachuting with song, 1 singing and alarm call, 1 singing. ; Willow Warbler - 1 - Singing ; Reed Warbler - 01-Feb - Possibly 2, very sporadic song ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing ; Blackcap - 2 - Singing ; Dunnock - 1 ; Goldfinch - 4 - 2 singing ; Chaffinch - 1 - Singing ; Moorhen - 4 - 1 adult, 2 juveniles on river, 1 adult on pond. ; 321 - 1 - River, seen off by adult Moorhen. ; Canada Goose - 7 - 1 on river, pair on pond with 4 juveniles.

Firsby Res: Coot - 1 ; Mute Swan - 2 - Female on nest. ; Kestrel - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Swallow - 2 - Feeding low over set aside field. ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - Singing ; Willow Warbler - 3 ; Chiffchaff - 2 ; Blackcap - 4 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - Feeding. ; Jackdaw - 1 - Over calling.

Harley: Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - singing on Coach Road ; Swift - 2

Hassop hall ponds: Coot - 13 - 3 pairs two who had chicks 3+4 ; Redstart - 2+ - 2+ singing males

Hathersage: House Martin - 1

Kimberworth: Siskin - 1 - On garden sunflower hearts feeder ; Bullfinch - 2 - Male and female visiting garden sunflower hearts feeder.

Limb Valley: Redstart - 1 - singing male

Linacre Res: Pied Flycatcher - 4 ; 319 - 1 ; House Martin - 50 ; Swallow - 5 ; Great Crested Grebe - 4 ; Moorhen - 3 - 3 chicks ; Mallard - 3+ - 3 broods (8,9,1) ; Common Sandpiper - 1

Longstone Edge: Swift - 3 ; Swallow - 4 ; Red Grouse - 1 ; Wheatear - 3 ; Redstart - 2

Middleton Moor: Whitethroat - 8 ; Tawny Owl - 1 ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Wheatear - 1 ; Garden Warbler - 1 ; Redstart - 2

Morehall Res: Blackcap - 1 - singing male ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 03-Apr - singing males ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Chaffinch - 4 ; Coal Tit - 3