Sightings Archive

Redmires Top Res: Pied Wagtail - 2 - pair ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - pair

Rocher End: Tree Pipit - 1 - sang briefly in scrubby grassland

Rocher Head: Ring Ouzel - 2 - 1 male, 1 female ; Wheatear - 2 - 1 male, 1 female ; Mistle Thrush - 2 ; Stonechat - 1 - male

Rocher Head Fields: Wheatear - 3

Rocher Wood: Redstart - 1 - singing in larches towards south-eastern end of wood

Silverwood Lagoon: Whooper Swan - 1_ - bird attacked by male Mute Swan on Monday found dead in reeds ; Whitethroat - 1 - singing in Hollings Lane meadows

Sothall: Little Owl - 1 - probable nocmig sound recorded over garden 0205hr

Stanedge Pole: Red Kite - 1 - Between Stanedge Pole and Rudd Hill @13.00 ; Curlew - 4 - 2 pairs ; Red Grouse - 3 - 2 males calling, 1 female flushed near footpath ; Skylark - 05-Jun - 2 singing ; Meadow Pipit - 10+

Thrybergh lane: Whitethroat - 1 - In hedgerow ; 319 - 2 ; Little Owl - 1

Ughill Moors: Curlew - 20 - in fields Wet Shaw ; Willow Warbler - 2 - singing in plantation

Wharncliffe Chase (north): Wheatear - C15 ; Ring Ouzel - 3m 1f ; Fieldfare - C10 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - Singing

Canklow Woods: Willow Warbler - 1 - 1 singing

Crosspool-Den Bank Wood: Chiffchaff - 3 - Calling ; Robin - 5 - Singing ; Wren - 5 - Singing ; Wren - 5 - Singing ; Nuthatch - 2 - Calling ; Long-tailed Tit - 2 ; Great Tit - 3 - Calling ; Blue Tit - 5 - Calling ; Jay - 2 ; Dunnock - 3 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - Singing

Cutthroat Bridge: Ring Ouzel - 1 - male singing by A57 and later seen feeding by brook ; Stonechat - 4 - 2 pairs - both males in song ; Wheatear - 1 - male on area of pasture ; Siskin - 1 - male ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Willow Warbler - 1 - singing ; Skylark - 1 - singing ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - male

Ecclesfield Common: Blackcap - 3 - Singing - Transpennine trail,Johnson Lane-Loicher Lane

Hagg Lane Allotments: Chiffchaff - 3 - Singing from tree around plots off Hagg Lane ; Bullfinch - 3 ; Starling - 2 - On bird feeders eating suet ; Long-tailed Tit - 2 - On suet feeders ; Woodpigeon - 4 ; Jay - 1 ; Dunnock - 3 - Singing/mating ; Blackbird - 1 ; House Sparrow - 1 ; Magpie - 2

Hathersage Moor: Ring Ouzel - 15 - single flock, presumably freshly arrived overnight, flew towards Stanage

High Green: Greenfinch - Pair - Song/display flight ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - Seen collecting nest material near Charlton Brook

Hudson*s Rough, NW of f/p: Wren - 1 - singing ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing ; Blue Tit - 1 - singing ; Dunnock - 1 - singing ; Goldfinch - 1+ - singing

Hudson*s Rough, SE of f/p: Woodpigeon - 2+ - singing and 30+ feeding, adj field @ Wingfield School ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Wren - 2+ - singing ; Robin - 2 - singing ; Blackbird - 2 - singing ; Blackcap - 2 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 2 - singing ; Goldcrest - 1+ - singing ; Great Tit - 1+ - singing ; Nuthatch - 1 - singing ; Magpie - 1+ ; Carrion Crow - 1

Lowfield: Greenfinch - 3+ - 2+ males singing behind Asda on Queen's Rd

Middleton Moor: Shoveler - 2 - Pair

Midhope Res area: Siskin - 2 ; Willow Warbler - 2 - singing ; Fieldfare - c50 ; Curlew - 6 ; 319 - 1+ - 01-Feb ; Stock Dove - 1 ; Wheatear - 2 ; Whooper Swan - 1 - Still on res, looks ok, small flight undertaken ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 6 - West, mainly juvs ; Swallow - 7 - Some east, others west ; Raven - 1 - South towards moors ; Sand Martin - 2 - east ; Blackcap - 1 ; Yellowhammer - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 3 - singing ; Song Thrush - 5 - singing ; Sparrowhawk - Pair - Displaying ; Skylark - 3 ; Meadow Pipit - 12+ - 10+ moving west ; Little Grebe - 5 ; Tufted Duck - 10 - Group of 4m/4f plus another separate pair