Sightings Archive

Padley: Great Tit - 1 ; Blue Tit - 4 ; Pied Flycatcher - 5 - 4 m, 1 f ; Tree Pipit - 2 - singing males (no song flights) ; Jay - 2 ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 4 ; Chiffchaff - 1

Padley Gorge: Mandarin - 2 - 2 males In stream by wooden bridge at top of gorge.

Redmires Res: Cuckoo - 1 ; Whimbrel - 2 - flew NE ; Ring Ouzel - 1 - briefly ; Grasshopper Warbler - 2 - reeling ; Willow Warbler - 24 - up to 24 around perimeter ; Whitethroat - 2 ; Canada Goose - 12 ; Greylag Goose - 16 ; Tufted Duck - 2 ; 320 - 2 ; Oystercatcher - 1 - on Middle Res ; Common Sandpiper - 4 - on Middle Res ; Lapwing - 16 - 8 pairs along conduit ; Curlew - 6 ; Whimbrel - 2 - flew NE over Soughley Lane at 06:48 hrs ; Little Ringed Plover - 2 ; Cuckoo - 1 - male singing along conduit ; Ring Ouzel - 1 - Female arrived from the east and paused briefly around Ocean View ; Swallow - 2 - on Bottom Res ; Willow Warbler - 24 - singing around Res perimter ; Whitethroat - 2 - singing on Bottom Res ; Grasshopper Warbler - 2 - reeling on south side of Middle Res. Third individual behind Ocean View no longer present ; Little Grebe - 1 - ad on Top Res ; Raven - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 3 - singing ; Stonechat - 2 - pair by Top Res ; Treecreeper - 1 - by Top Res car park ; Herring Gull - 3

Rockingham Wood: Woodpigeon - 1+ - singing ; Wren - 2 - singing ; Robin - 2+ - singing ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 2 - singing ; Nuthatch - 1 - calls ; Magpie - 1+ ; Carrion Crow - 1+

RVCP, Main Lake: Common Scoter - 1 - male

Shepherd*s Plantation: Chiffchaff - 2 - singing ; Nuthatch - 1 - singing

Shirecliffe: Whitethroat - 1 - singing in bramble thicket north of Parkwood landfill site ; Linnet - 1 - singing in bramble thicket north of Parkwood landfill site

Silverwood Lagoon: BLACK-NECKED GREBE - 1+ - at least one still present, often hidden in reeds ; Great Crested Grebe - 2 - pair still on lagoon. First time any GC Grebe has ever stayed for more than one day since site was established back in 2007! ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - reeling at northern end of lagoon on and off from 09.00

Stanage Edge, below: Lapwing - 4 ; Kestrel - 1

Upper Common, Scholes: Skylark - 1 - singing

Wardsend Cemtery: Stock Dove - 1 - singing in trees near site of chapel

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Pied Flycatcher - 1 - male seen close to Plank Gate ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 3+ - drumming ; Woodcock - 1 - flushed from ground ; Willow Warbler - 10+ - singing ; Chiffchaff - 4 - singing ; Tree Pipit - 1 - singing

Barlow Common: Blackcap - 2 - 1 m, 1 f ; Lapwing - 03-May - 2, then later 3 more ; Skylark - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 2 ; Linnet - 25+ ; Song Thrush - 1

Bassingthorpe Spring: Woodpigeon - 2+ - singing ; Wren - 1 - singing ; Robin - 1 - singing ; Blackbird - 1+ ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 2 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing ; Nuthatch - 1 - singing ; Chaffinch - 2+ - at least 1 pair

Birley Edge: Swallow - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 1 - Singing

Bradgate Brick Pit: Wren - 1 - singing ; Dunnock - 1 - singing ; Robin - 2 - singing ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 2 - singing ; Blackbird - 1 - singing

Burbage Valley: Raven - 2 ; Blackbird - 1 ; Ring Ouzel - 2 - Pair m&f ; Stonechat - 3 - Two adjacent territories 2m 1f ; Meadow Pipit - 10 ; Wren - 5 ; Dunnock - 2 ; Pheasant - 3 - Males ; Kestrel - 1 ; Stock Dove - 1 ; Woodpigeon - 7