Sightings Archive

Saturday 13th May 2023

• Baslow: Red Kite - 1
• Burbage: Cuckoo - 2
• Cowell Flat: Moorhen - 1 - calling in flight after dark 22:00
• Firsby Res: Coot - 2 ; Mallard - 9 - 3 adults 6 ducklings of various ages. ; Little Grebe - 1 - Catching flies. ; Mute Swan - 2 - Resident pair still no nest. ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Calling in willows. ; Blackbird - 1 - New nest ; Dunnock - 6 - Adult feeding chicks. ; Blackcap - 4 - Singing. ; Reed Warbler - 2 - Calling in far Reed bed. ; Willow Warbler - 3 - Singing. ; Chiffchaff - 2 ; Whitethroat - 2 - Calling in hedgerow. ; Reed Bunting - 1 - Carrying food. ; Bullfinch - 2+ - Calling in scrub below small Res. ; Goldfinch - 10+ ; Chaffinch - 2+ - Singing male. Female on nest. ; Chaffinch - 2+ - Singing male. Female on nest. ; Linnet - 5+ ; Greenfinch - 1 - Singing Male. ; Swallow - 4 - On Arbour Lane.
• Fulwood garden: Lesser Redpoll - 1 - singing male ; Siskin - 2 ; Linnet - 1 - over ; Starling - 6+ - first fledged juv with adults feeding on lawn ; Kestrel - 1 - over
• Guilthwaite Common Lane: Yellow Wagtail - 1 - Male ; Yellowhammer - 3 - 1 pair , 2 singing ; Whitethroat - 6 ; Lapwing - 8 ; Stock Dove - 3 ; Linnet - 2 - Pair ; Chaffinch - 2 - Males singing ; Kestrel - 1 - Hunting ; Swallow - 09-Oct
• Herringthorpe: Raven - 2 - Pair soaring very high over Herringthorpe playing fields. ; Kestrel - 1 - Female over garden heading towards Stag roundabout. ; Swift - 8 - Scything above garden. Flew NE. ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Circling over garden
• Mayfield Valley: Garden Warbler - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 2 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 2 - singing ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing bottom of David Lane ; Swallow - 2 - pair around barn on David Lane ; 319 - 2
• Orgreave Lakes: Mandarin - 1 - Male. ; Swift - 80+ ; Shoveler - 2 - 1 pair ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - Singing male ; Little Ringed Plover - 1 ; Little Egret - 2 ; Swallow - 40+ - Steady northerly passage
• Padley Gorge: Pied Flycatcher - 5
• Pingle Lane Tip: Swift - 5+ - Over surrounding farmland screaming. On the wing mating observed. ; Whitethroat - 3+ - Calling. ; Jay - 1 - Flying between tip and Woods. ; Jay - 1 - Flying between tip and Woods. ; Yellowhammer - 2 - Males having a sing off from tops of Hawthorn bushes.
• Redmires conduit: Mallard - 1+ - female and 3 small chicks
• Redmires Plantation: Woodcock - 2 - roding
• Redmires Top Res: Greylag Goose - 10+ - 5 broods toalling at least 22 chicks
• Rother Valley CP: Little Ringed Plover - 4 - 2 pairs on Nature Reserve lake ; Oystercatcher - 6 - 3 pairs ; Lapwing - 2 ; Common Buzzard - 1 ; Hobby - 1 - flew E ; Swift - 180 - c. feeding over various lakes ; Sand Martin - 30 - c. ; Swallow - 25 - c. ; House Martin - 40 - c. ; Bullfinch - 4 - 2 pairs in suitable breeding habitat ; Whitethroat - 4 - singing ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Garden Warbler - 3 - singing ; Blackcap - 5 - singing
• Silver Wood: 319 - 1 - In woodland behind test centre. ; Nuthatch - 3+ - Adult feeding chicks. ; Great Tit - 1 - Female in nest hole. ; Song Thrush - 2 - Singing.
• Silverwood Lagoon: Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Coot - 15+ - several broods being fed now ; Tufted Duck - 10 ; Reed Warbler - 4 - singing ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Whitethroat - 8 - numbers of singing birds well down this year ; Cetti's Warbler - 1 - singing less frequently now
• Thrybergh CP: Mute Swan - 36 - Down to 3 cygnet put down to pike predation ; Shelduck - 1 - flew north ; Lapwing - 6 ; Kestrel - 2M ; 319 - 2 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Swallow - 60+ ; House Martin - 22 ; Sand Martin - 5 ; Swift - 100+ ; Chiffchaff - 3 ; Willow Warbler - 2