Sightings Archive

Stanage Jubilee plantation 1: Siskin - 2 ; Swallow - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 3 - I bird collecting nest material

Stanage Jubilee plantation 2: Willow Warbler - 8 - Including an obvious pair ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Robin - 3 ; Red Grouse - 1 - Toward Buck Stone ; Curlew - 1 - Calling near Buck Stone ; Kestrel - 1

Staveley: Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - singing adjacent to the TPT

Staveley SF: Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - singing

Stone Moor/Stocksbridge: 319 - 2 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Lapwing - 3 ; Curlew - 2 ; Woodpigeon - 05-Jul ; Cuckoo - 3 - all calling from different areas at same time one from strip of woodland about 200 mts on left up long lane. One in strip of woodland near top of lane and one calling from Ewden Beck area ; Skylark - 2 - singing in flight above Trig point field. ; Swallow - 2 - flying over Trig Point field ; Meadow Pipit - 3 ; Wheatear - 1 - Female perched on wall near Trig Point ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Blackbird - 04-Jun ; Willow Warbler - 06-Oct - all singing from trees at side of path from top of Long Lane ; Wren - 2 ; Linnet - 4 ; Carrion Crow - 4

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 2 ; Cormorant - 2 - w ; Mute Swan - 2 - res.pr ; Gadwall - 3 - mf+1m ; Tufted Duck - 17 ; 319 - 1 ; Kestrel - 2 ; Grey Partridge - 2 ; Oystercatcher - 1 ; Herring Gull - 2 - 1ad-1-3cy ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - 2cy ; Stock Dove - 2 ; Swift - 1 ; Skylark - 6 - singing ; Swallow - 20 - circa ; House Martin - 2 ; Wren - 11 - 10 singing ; Dunnock - 8 - 7 singing ; Robin - 18 - 10 singing ; Song Thrush - 2 - singing ; Mistle Thrush - 2 - collecting food ; Blackcap - 14 - 11 singing ; Whitethroat - 7 - 6 singing ; Reed Warbler - 2 - singing ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 3 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 6 - singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 6 - 3ppr ; Tree Sparrow - 1 ; Chaffinch - 10 ; Linnet - 4 ; Bullfinch - 5 ; Yellowhammer - 3

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Pied Flycatcher - 6 - 5 singing males, female nest building ; Wood Warbler - 1 - Singing near pond ; Willow Warbler - 50+ - Singing ; Tree Pipit - 2 - Singing

White Lee Moor: Red Kite - 1 - flying east over wood.

Yorkshire Bridge: Dipper - 1 - outside presumed nest site ; Kingfisher - 1 - Moving swiftly downstream under bridge ; Chaffinch - 2+ - Singing in trees on river bank ; Mallard - 3 - 2 male & 1 female

Agden Side: Cuckoo - 1 - Mobile and calling.

Aldwarke: Willow Warbler - 1 - singing ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Jackdaw - 12 ; Carrion Crow - 2 ; Kestrel - 1 - male ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Lapwing - 2prs ; Linnet - 4 - inc 2 singing ; Bullfinch - 1pr ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Sand Martin - 8 - N together ; Mute Swan - 4 - SW @ 0923hrs ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 6 - N ; Swallow - 2 - N ; Greylag Goose - 2 - circled & left NE @ 0953hrs ; Common Buzzard - 1 - over, mobbed by crow @ 0900hrs

Aldwarke; Liberty Steel: Peregrine - 1 - adult on chimney; left NE, made a pass at FP before soaring high & lost from sight. ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - soaring over

Birley Edge: Tree Sparrow - 2 - Associating with House Sparrows briefly at feeding station. Very unusual here. ; Ring Ouzel - 1 - Male in grazed/fenced field above Stubbing House Lane south of Grenoside Crematorium. Flew off towards Crematorium. Never seen here in 26 years, presumably passing through.

Burbage Valley: Cuckoo - 1 - singing near plantation ; Stonechat - 2 - 1 singing male + female ; Siskin - 1+ - singing in plantation

Canklow Woods: Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - 1 singing

Centenary Riverside: Chiffchaff - 2 - singing ; Blackcap - 2 - singing ; Pheasant - 1 - crowing ; Whitethroat - 3 - singing ; Chaffinch - 1 - singing