Sightings Archive

Shepherd*s Plantation: Great Tit - 1 - sing ; Nuthatch - 1 - sing ; Magpie - 1 ; Chaffinch - 1 - sing ; Goldfinch - 1+

Wharncliffe Side: Osprey - 1 - Over village at 17:05, flew north

Whiteley Woods: Dipper - 1 - Flew downstream ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 2 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Jay - 1

Agden Beck: Sparrowhawk - 3

Aldwarke: Mute Swan - 4 - all NE, 0845-0850hrs ; Greylag Goose - 3 - SW, then S @ 0915hrs ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing ; Pied Wagtail - 1pr ; Linnet - 1pr ; Grey Heron - 1 - imm ; Swallow - 1 - N @ 0813hrs ; Greylag Goose - 2 - SW @ 0818hrs ; Cormorant - 3 - circled & left N ; Lapwing - 1 ; Red-legged Partridge - 1 ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 - S ; Song Thrush - 2 - singles singing, SK4394 & 4494 ; Mute Swan - 2 - SW @ 0803hrs

Aldwarke SF: Pheasant - 1 - hen ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing ; Stock Dove - 1 ; Snipe - 1 ; Gadwall - 11 - 5prs + 1m ; Mallard - 5 - 1pr + 3m ; Coot - 1pr ; Chiffchaff - 3 - inc 1 singing ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Little Grebe - 1 - 'trilling'

Bingham Park: Nuthatch - 2 - visiting last years nest site ; Treecreeper - 2 - Together ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Jay - 1

Blackburn Meadows NR: Curlew - 1 - Flew south east at 7.00 calling ; Lapwing - 2 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - Calling ; Brambling - 1 - Singing male

Bramley: Song Thrush - 1 - Visiting garden daily.

Burbage Valley: Ring Ouzel - 1

Derwent Valley: Dipper - 1 - between Gridleford and Hathersage ; Mandarin - 6 - separate groups of 2m, m+f, 2m on river between Grindleford and Hathersage

Dronfield: Red Kite - 1 - Drifting south across Gosforth Valley towards Barlow

Ecclesfield: Greylag Goose - 1 - feeding in field north of Whiteley Lane SK 35447 94716

Endcliffe Park: Herring Gull - 2 - Lower pond ; Mandarin - 8 - M&F 3 lower 5 upper pond ; Wren - 2

Firsby Res: Coot - 2 ; Moorhen - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 - Hunting in set aside field. ; Chiffchaff - 2 - Singing. ; Willow Warbler - 1 ; Blackcap - 1 - Singing Male. ; Blackcap - 1 - Singing Male. ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - On pylon.

Grange Park Golf Course: Pheasant - 1+ ; Black-headed Gull - 2 ; Stock Dove - 1 - singing ; Woodpigeon - 20+ ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1+ - 1 drumming @ Walkworth Wood. ; Skylark - 1 - singing @ Walkworth Farm ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - 1pr @ Ockley Bottom feeding in stream. ; Pied Wagtail - 2 - Pr? feeding in arable field ; Wren - 6+ - singing ; Dunnock - 2 - singing ; Robin - 5+ - singing ; Blackbird - 2+ - 2 singing ; Song Thrush - 2+ - 2 singing ; Mistle Thrush - 1+ - 1 singing ; Chiffchaff - 5+ - singing ; Blackcap - 5+ - singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 1+ ; Coal Tit - 1+ ; Blue Tit - 1+ ; Great Tit - 1+ ; Nuthatch - 3+ - singing ; Treecreeper - 1+ ; Jay - 1 ; Magpie - 1+ ; Carrion Crow - 3 ; Chaffinch - 4 - singing ; Brambling - 1+ - calls heard across site ; Greenfinch - 1 - singing from driving range ; Bullfinch - 1 - calls

Graves Park: Brambling - 18 - Feeding on sycamore flowers, several birds singing ; Blackcap - 2 - Singing males

Green Moor: Brambling - 10+ - Still present ; Bullfinch - 1 - Male

Greystones: Brambling - 1 - Male in Observer's garden ; Bullfinch - 2 - M&F in OG

Hathersage Dale: Redstart - 1 - male near Bronte Cottage