Sightings Archive

Shirebrook Valley: Willow Warbler - 1 - Singing ; Goldcrest - 6 - Singing ; Goldfinch - 12+ ; Greenfinch - 2 ; Lesser Redpoll - 2 ; Linnet - 2 ; Robin - 16+ ; Wren - 12+ ; Chiffchaff - 8 - Singing ; Dunnock - 10

Stubley Hollow: Swallow - 12 ; Chiffchaff - 4 ; Whitethroat - 2 ; Red-legged Partridge - 2

Thrybergh CP: Common Sandpiper - 2 - Calling and feeding on shore line. ; Yellow Wagtail - 1 ; Swallow - 6 ; Herring Gull - 2 - Juvs.

Wharncliffe Chase (south): Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - singing and showing briefly. ; Cuckoo - 1

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Pied Flycatcher - 3+ - 4 active nests in boxes ; Tree Pipit - 3

Wyming Brook: Wood Warbler - 1 - Near track, few 100m NW of main track junction

Agden Res: Common Sandpiper - 2

Birley Edge: Whitethroat - 2 ; Blackcap - 3 ; Garden Warbler - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 2 ; Willow Warbler - 3 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Stock Dove - 1

Bolehill Flash: Water Rail - 1 - flew from dividing path dropping into reeds.

Brick Kiln Plantation: Stock Dove - 1 - singing ; Woodpigeon - 1+ ; Wren - 1 - singing ; Robin - 1 - singing ; Blackbird - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Great Tit - 1 - singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 1+ ; Chaffinch - 1 - singing ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing ; Blackbird - 2 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 2 - singing ; Dunnock - 1 - singing ; Wren - 2+ - singing ; Robin - 2+ - singing ; Nuthatch - 2 - taking suet pellets from feeding station, possible pair ; Blue Tit - 1+ ; Woodpigeon - 2+ - singing

Canklow: Lesser Whitethroat - 2 - 2 singing

Catcliffe Flash: Gadwall - 4 ; Black-headed Gull - 12+ ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Tufted Duck - 8+ ; Great Crested Grebe - 2 - 1 on a nest ; Cormorant - 1 ; Kestrel - 1

Cowell Flat: Whitethroat - 1 - singing

Dukes Road: Red Kite - 3 ; Golden Plover - 8 - 4p

Firsby Res: Coot - 1 ; Mallard - 2 ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 2 ; 319 - 2 - 1 circling high over site. Other In woodland. ; Kestrel - 1 - Hunting Male. ; Tawny Owl - 1 ; Stock Dove - 2 ; Jackdaw - 10+ - Down in sheep paddock. ; Jay - 2+ - Calling in woodland. ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Calling from telegraph pole. ; Red-legged Partridge - 2 ; Swallow - 2 ; Song Thrush - 1 - Singing. ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Skylark - 8+ - Singing. ; Blackcap - 6+ ; Whitethroat - 3 - Calling from Hedgerow tops. ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - Reeling. ; Willow Warbler - 8+ ; Chiffchaff - 6 ; Reed Warbler - 1 - Calling from Dam wall reeds. ; Reed Warbler - 1 - Calling from Dam wall reeds. ; Linnet - 5+ ; Goldfinch - 3+ ; Greenfinch - 2 - Not a common record at this site. ; Chaffinch - 2 - Singing Males. ; Goldcrest - 1 - In woodland near road.

Forge Dam: Blackcap - 1 - male singing

Grange: Whitethroat - 1 - song and display over bramble patch in former car park ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing, Behind 8th tee

Holbrook Marsh: Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - Singing male ; Whitethroat - 2 - Singing male ; Blackcap - 1 - Singing male ; Willow Warbler - 1 - Singing male ; Chiffchaff - 2 - Singing males ; Chaffinch - 1 - Singing male

Longstone Edge: Redstart - 7 - Singing ; Garden Warbler - 3 - Singing