Sightings Archive

Shepherd Wheel Dam: Grey Wagtail - 1 - Male regularly singing from railings at east end of the dam

Thrybergh CP: Shelduck - 2 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Oystercatcher - 1 ; Lapwing - 4+ ; Whitethroat - 10+ - Bit of an influx this morning ; Blackcap - 4 ; Garden Warbler - 1 ; Swift - 20 ; Swallow - 15 ; House Martin - 10 ; Sand Martin - 6

Wharncliffe Res: Osprey - 1 - 16:30 - Circled over the reservoir two or three times then stooped and came up with a fish. Headed off NW

Whirlow Hall Farm: Swift - 1 - Over ; Long-tailed Tit - 2 - one was carrying food (couldn't see the other one's face) ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing intermittently ; Blackcap - 1 - singing

Agden Rocher head.: Lapwing - 2 - 2 adults with broods of 4 young each.

Agden Side: Cuckoo - 1 - Calling at 05:30

Aldwarke SF: Chiffchaff - 2 - singing ; Long-tailed Tit - breeding confirmed - 4+ adults feeding fledged juvs in canopy ; Whitethroat - 4+ - 4 singing + scolding birds suggesting breeding ; Blackcap - 2 - singing ; Common Buzzard - 2 - one calling from treetop to a second bird overhead ; Reed Bunting - 1 - singing ; Pheasant - 1 - crowing cock ; Gadwall - 2 - drakes ; Coot - 3+ - + 4 small & 1 full-grown juv ; Moorhen - 1 - adult ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Tufted Duck - 1pr ; Little Grebe - 1 - 'trilling' ; Mallard - 10-Nov - small ducklings in 1-2 broods ; Lapwing - 2prs - probable breeding ; Linnet - 1

Bamford Edge: Ring Ouzel - 6 - Three singing males, two males chasing each other and a female ; Cuckoo - 2 - At least two ; Tree Pipit - 2 - Singing below the edge

Barbrook: Stonechat - 4+ - Minimum 3 males, 1 female, 1 male carrying caterpillar in beak ; Whinchat - 1 - male ~150m from road

Barbrook Valley: Whinchat - 1 - female ; Cuckoo - 2 ; Stonechat - 8 - 6 m & 2 f calling in thick mist ; Stonechat - 8 - another photo ; Cuckoo - 2 - calling in thick mist ; Cuckoo - 2 - another photo ; Tree Pipit - 5 - 4 singing ; Canada Goose - 2 ; Mallard - 2 ; Reed Bunting - 1 - male ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 5+ ; Meadow Pipit - 2 ; Skylark - 5+

Bramley: Swift - 10 - Screaming over their Flanderwell Avenue breeding grounds. Max 10 seen at same time. ; Blackcap - 1 - Singing on hedge bordering school playing field and Flanderwell Ave

Broomhead Moor: Ring Ouzel - 1 - Carrying food near shooting lodge ; Redstart - 1 - Near shooting lodge ; Curlew - 6+ ; Lapwing - 6+ ; Cuckoo - 1 - Calling all afternoon near Ewden Beck ; Kestrel - 1 ; 324 - 1 - Common Lizard ; Red Grouse - 4+ - Calling ; Oystercatcher - 1 - Calling over Ewden Beck

Centenary Riverside: Chiffchaff - 3 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 2 - singing ; Whitethroat - 4+ - 1 singing + 3 birds together ; Song Thrush - 2 - singing ; Moorhen - 2 - inc 1 river ; Gadwall - 4 - 1 pair on wetland; 2 drakes on river ; Blackcap - 5 - singing ; Grey Heron - 1 - W ; Garden Warbler - 1 - singing ; Mallard - 8 - all drakes, inc 5 on river ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Long-tailed Tit - breeding confirmed - noisy parties inc fledged juvs, high in canopy ; Goosander - 1 - female flew upriver then peeled away S ; Reed Warbler - 0 - no singing birds present; most of reeds removed during recent bout of management

Coombs Dale: Garden Warbler - 1 ; Redstart - 1

Dronfield: Starling - 6 - 2 Adults feeding 4 juveniles

Endcliffe Student Village ~ pond: Moorhen - 10 - 2 adults + 5 almost fully-fledged brood 1 variously still being fed by adult/sharing food/helping to feed at least 3 small brood 2 chicks

Firsby Res: Mute Swan - 2 - Resident pair. ; Coot - 1 ; Mallard - 2 - Both Males. ; Grey Heron - 1 - Arrived mid morning. ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - Carrying food. ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 - Calling and feeding on grassland. ; Red Kite - 1 - Low and slow over site heading towards M18. ; Kestrel - 1 - Hunting. ; Swallow - 6 - Over houses. ; Blackcap - 3 - Singing Males. ; Whitethroat - 5 ; Willow Warbler - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 2 ; Goldfinch - 5+

Foxhill: Swallow - 4 - Back round Shaw Hill Fm nest site

Grange Park Golf Course: Sparrowhawk - 1 - circling, quite high ; Woodpigeon - 1 - singing