Sightings Archive

Greystones: Brambling - 1 - Observer's garden ; Bullfinch - 1 - Male in OG ; Song Thrush - 1 - OG

Hillsborough Park: Swallow - 4 ; Coot - 12 - at least 3 active nests ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - singing and mimicking Green Woodpecker ; Mute Swan - 4 - 3 imms, one adult including colour ringed Y049 and Y095

Meadowhead: Pied Wagtail - 1

Millhouses: Jay - 6 - Party of six NE at 08:15

Orgreave: Shoveler - 7 - 5 drakes and 2 females on small lake early morning. ; Snipe - 4 - 3 Small Lake, 1 'Plains' ; Wheatear - 1 - Male on tip ; Yellow Wagtail - 2 - One on Small Lake, another south. ; Shelduck - 2 - Pair on Big Lake at 09:30 then south ; Sand Martin - 20 ; Swallow - 4 ; Pied Wagtail - 3 - 3 White Wagtails around Small Lake

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - singing ; Swallow - 1 - N @ 0748hrs ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Kestrel - 1 - male

R Don, Attercliffe: Goosander - 1 F - Fishing between Stephenson Rd & Newhall Rd Bridges ; 321 - 1 - East Coast Rd Weir ; Sand Martin - 40-50 - Between Stevenson Rd & Newhall Rd bridges. Feeding, investigating nest holes, gathering nesting material. ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing ; Blackcap - 1 - singing

Rocher Head: Ring Ouzel - 6 - 6 males feeding in sheep field . ; Golden Plover - c100 - feeding in sheep field . ; Meadow Pipit - 35 - heading west at dusk . ; Willow Warbler - 2 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 5 - all singing .

Roundwood Golf course: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Coal Tit - 1 - singing ; Canada Goose - 2 - SW @ 0818hrs

Slitting Mill Farm: Little Ringed Plover - 2 - in flooded field opposite farm ; 320 - 18 ; Lapwing - 1

Stanage Edge, below: Ring Ouzel - 3 - At least three individuals ; Wheatear - 2 ; Snipe - 1 ; Stonechat - 1 ; Lapwing - 2 ; Curlew - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 3 ; Wheatear - 2 ; Ring Ouzel - 5 ; Lapwing - 3 ; Meadow Pipit - 10+ ; Starling - 8 ; Reed Bunting - 1 - Female ; Curlew - 3 ; Red Grouse - 8+

Thrybergh CP: Mute Swan - 86 ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing

Tyzack’s Dam: 321 - 4 ; 321 - 4

White Lee Moor: Fieldfare - 25 - into roost at dusk.

Whiteley Woods: Lesser Redpoll - 1 - Male on feeders: first in 20 years in garden

Burbage Edge: Ring Ouzel - 1 - Male with nesting material in bill on rocks.

Burbage Rocks: Ring Ouzel - 2 ; Reed Bunting - 1 - male in full breeding plumage ; Meadow Pipit - 02-Mar

Burbage Valley: Stonechat - 4 - 2 pairs

Burchin Clough: Ring Ouzel - 2

Canklow Woods: Willow Warbler - 1 - 1 singing ; Blackcap - 2 - 2 singing ; Common Buzzard - 2 - 2 in the air together displaying at 1300

Carl Wark: Ring Ouzel - 1 - female

Chatsworth Park: Pied Flycatcher - 2 - Males calling, and seen ; Sand Martin - 2 - Prospecting river bank near cricket ground

Crookesmoor: Jay - 2 - Pair on site of Glass Research building.

Dinas Sitch Tor: Chiffchaff - 3 - 2 singing males, one possible female. ; 319 - 1 ; Curlew - 6+ - Possibly up to 10 Curlews. Calling.

Dore, Cavendish Ave: Mandarin - 2 - Pair over, calling

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 2 ; 320 - 3 - Flew from reed bed. ; 319 - 1 - Soaring. ; Jay - 1 ; Song Thrush - 1+ - 4 recently hatched chicks in nest. Singing Male. ; Willow Warbler - 3 - Singing. ; Blackcap - 1 - Singing Male. ; Chiffchaff - 4 ; Meadow Pipit - 1 - Over. ; Tree Sparrow - 4 - Cottage garden. ; Chaffinch - 2 - Squabbling Males. ; Bullfinch - 6

Green Moor: Brambling - 10+ - Still a good number singing

Limb Valley: Chiffchaff - 1singing

Morehall tip R,Don .: Swallow - 5 ; House Martin - 2 - feeding with swallows above river .

Moscar Fields: Red-legged Partridge - 4 - 2 pairs

Orgreave Lakes: Shoveler - 7 - (6m, 1f) ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - (White Wagtail) ; Redshank - 4 ; Great Crested Grebe - 16