Sightings Archive

Firsby Res: Garden Warbler - 1 ; Reed Warbler - 2 ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; Chaffinch - 4 ; 324 - 1 - Grass Snake

Green Moor: Kestrel - 5 - two adults and three juvs (photos) ; Kestrel - 5

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Chiffchaff - 2 - 1 singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 5+ - fledged juvs ; Swift - 30+ - light but steady S/SW movement, 1055-1230hrs

Roundwood Golf course: Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Kestrel - 1 - female

Roundwood Ponds: Cormorant - 6 - on pylon overlooking ponds

RVCP: Egyptian Goose - 4 ; Redshank - 1 - same bird again ; Common Tern - 5 - 2 ads 3juvs,,,family group with youngsters still food begging,,not bred here tho, ; Shoveler - 1 ; Redshank - 1 - again,, ; Common Sandpiper - 1

Thrybergh CP: Lapwing - 12 ; Tufted Duck - 2 ; Mute Swan - 28 ; Canada Goose - 72 ; Greylag Goose - 22 ; Swift - 10 ; Swallow - 8 ; Sand Martin - 4 ; Chiffchaff - 4 ; Blackcap - 3 ; Whitethroat - 8 ; Reed Warbler - 2 ; Skylark - 4 ; Goldfinch - 12 ; Linnet - 5 ; Siskin - 1 - Unusual time of year ; 319 - 2

Upper Whiston: 319 - 4 - possible family group low over wheat field off Stow Bridge Lane @04.30 ; Kestrel - 1 - Hunting over ; Yellowhammer - 1 - Short song. ; Whitethroat - 2 - Scolding alarm calls ; Skylark - 06-Jul - 4 singing ; Swallow - 03-Apr - Over ; Carrion Crow - 1 - Harassing Buzzard

Agden Rocher: Barn Owl - 1 - found dead in field below rocher .

Bell Ground Tankersley: Lapwing - 8 - 6 Adults + 2 chicks. ; Mallard - 18 ; Black-headed Gull - 12 ; Wood Sandpiper - 1 - adult

Chatsworth Park: Common Sandpiper - 2 - Adult with juvenile on gravel island

Chesterfield: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 15 - c. on rooftops including adult with 3 begging recently fledged juvs - presumably bred locally.

Dukes Road: Hobby - 2 - ad and 2cy catching insects Flint Hill-Middle Moss

Edge Mount: Curlew - 2 - adult with fledged juv feeding in hay field .

Green Moor: Whitethroat - 2+ - Pair feeding young - bred ; Chaffinch - 2+ - Pair feeding young - bred

Greystones garden: Long-tailed Tit - 6 ; Blue Tit - 3 - All Juv ; Great Tit - 2 - 1 Juv, ; Goldfinch - 1 - Juv

Lowedges: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 40 - c. on playing fields

Margery Hill: WHITE-TAILED EAGLE - 1 - G318 still present, sat on moor.

Middle Moss: Golden Plover - 5 - 4 adults, 1 juv ; Lapwing - 1 - alarming, presumed young nearby, 520ft asl.

RVCP: Redshank - 1 - same as previous day ; Common Sandpiper - 2 ; Shoveler - 1 - flew south

West Nab: Rook - 197+ - feeding in fields around swan neck. Including a pure white albino bird , and 1 with white primary wings ,probably this years birds as i haven't noticed them before.

Barlow Common: Barn Owl - 1 ; Yellowhammer - 1 ; Swift - 1 ; Song Thrush - 2

Crosspool: Raven - 2 - flew SW over Den Bank

Damflask Res: Oystercatcher - 2 ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Great Crested Grebe - 5 - adults.

Longshaw: Swift - 6 ; Kestrel - 1 ; 319 - 1 ; Stonechat - 2 - M&F ; Mandarin - 6 - 4 Juv

Orgreave Lakes: Snipe - 2 ; Black-tailed Godwit - 1 - On island at 07:30 ; Tufted Duck - 16 - Party of 14 ducklings with 2 females on small lake.

Rawmarsh: Swift - 20+ - light but steady movement to W/SW noted over past couple of days

Redmires Res: Greylag Goose - 90 - c. ads & fledged young ; Tufted Duck - 4 - on Middle Res ; Common Sandpiper - 9 - inc party of 5 on Middle Res ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - reeling south side of Middle Res ; Sand Martin - 8 - fed over Top Res dam wall before departing SW ; Swift - 20 - flew SW ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 - in Fairthorn Clough ; Bullfinch - 5 - family party in Fairthorn Clough ; Common Buzzard - 1 - over Top Res

RVCP: Black-tailed Godwit - 1 ; Redshank - 1 ; Egyptian Goose - 5

Thrybergh: BITTERN - 1 - Flying low over village at 20:30hrs approx.

Ughill: Green Woodpecker - 1 - flew to trees and calling

Whitwell Moor: Red Kite - 3 ; Golden Plover - 11 - in bare field off Wind Hll Lane, one juv.

Bell Ground, Tankersley: House Martin - 10