Sightings Archive

Low Moor, Upper Midhope: 319 - 1 ; Cuckoo - 1 - Singing at dusk ; Snipe - 2 - Including 1 drumming bird. ; Curlew - 7+ - 7 different pair mobbing predators from different areas of Midhope moor. ; Woodcock - 7 - Including 5 chasing ; Woodcock - 7+ - second poor shot of calling bird

Mayfield Valley: Grey Heron - 2 - flew E down valley at 06:35 hrs

Moorland Fringe: Nightjar - 5 - 4 churring at 4 sites

Orgreave Lakes: Sedge Warbler - 2 ; Oystercatcher - 4 ; Starling - 6 ; Redshank - 5 - Including 2 chicks and one adult with one leg. ; Mute Swan - 15+ ; Gadwall - 10+

Oughtibridge: Cuckoo - 1 - Heard distantly calling

Padley Gorge: Cuckoo - 2 - moorland fringe

Park Bank Wood: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1

Pitsmoor: Ring-necked Parakeet - 6 - flew low N over main road

R Rother, Bolehill Flash: Goosander - 1

Redmires Res: Tufted Duck - 4 - two pairs flew over Top Res ; Mallard - 18 - inc 2 pairs with 8 & 4 young ; Common Buzzard - 1 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Curlew - 2 - pair holding territory south of Middle Res ; Whitethroat - 3 - singing ; Swallow - 8 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 - flew W ; Herring Gull - 3 - on Middle Res ; Grey Wagtail - 4 - 2 pairs on Top & Bottom Reservoirs ; Oystercatcher - 2 - separate ads feeding in fields ; Lapwing - 20 - inc c. 12 young of varying ages ; Golden Plover - 3 - pairs displaying along conduit path

Strines Moor: Lapwing - 5 - plus 2 large juvs, fields to E of road

Thrybergh CP: Chiffchaff - 3 ; Willow Warbler - 2 ; Blackcap - 5 ; Whitethroat - 2 ; Reed Warbler - 2 ; Swift - 20 ; Sand Martin - 6 ; House Martin - 8 ; Swallow - 10 ; Skylark - 4 ; Kestrel - 1F ; Sparrowhawk - 1

Walkley garden: Great Tit - 2 - 2 adults making frequent visits with food to noisy nestlings in gap in shed.

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Nightjar - 1 - male churring ; Tawny Owl - 1 - juvenile calling ; Woodcock - 4 - roding ; Cuckoo - 2 - males singing at opposite ends of the heath

Wyming Brook: Pied Flycatcher - 1 - male singing at top end ; Redstart - 1 - male singing in newly cleared area ; Wood Warbler - 3 - singing males in central area ; Blackcap - 2 - singing

Bar Brook Valley: Whinchat - 1 - male

Barlow Common: Hobby - 1 ; Little Owl - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; 319 - 2 ; Song Thrush - 3 ; Jay - 1 ; Swallow - 4 ; Bullfinch - 1 ; Greenfinch - 2 ; Goldfinch - 2+ ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 17

Centenary Riverside: Kingfisher - 1 - River, flew upstream @05.25 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Chaffinch - 1 - Singing ; Whitethroat - 5 - 4 singing ; Blackcap - 2 - Singing ; Chiffchaff - 2 - Singing ; Willow Warbler - 2 - Singing ; Song Thrush - 1 - Singing ; Blackbird - 02-Mar - Singing ; Mallard - 14 - River/pond, 3 adults with 11 ducklings at various stages of growth. ; Moorhen - 2 - 1 calling from pond. ; Wren - 10+ - Singing

Cinder Bridge Field; The Tops: Skylark - 4 - singing ; Yellowhammer - 1 - singing ; Chaffinch - 1 - singing

Crookesmoor: Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 - Flew over calling, near bottom of Heavygate Road and Springvale Road.

Derwent Edge: Tree Pipit - 2 ; Stonechat - 4 ; Ring Ouzel - 2 - Female and singing male at Whinstone Lee tor ; Red Grouse - 5 - A pair with one chick, the female seemingly doing the 'injured wing' trick to draw attention ; Golden Plover - 1 ; 319 - 1

Greystones: Swift - 2 - over observer's garden ; Starling - 21 - 13 adults, 8 juveniles

Grindleford Station: Wood Warbler - 1 - 1 singing from the woods below the parking bays ; Redstart - 1

Hathersage: Swift - 2 - At least, screaming low over houses by swimming pool

Jack Flat: Spotted Flycatcher - 1

Ladybower Res: Common Sandpiper - 2 ; House Martin - 8 - Near Ashopton viaduct ; Pied Flycatcher - 2 - Male and female ; Garden Warbler - 2

Ladybower Res, West arm: Wood Warbler - 2