Sightings Archive

Redmires Res: Tufted Duck - 4 - on Top Res ; Moorhen - 1 - on Top Res ; Lapwing - 4 ; 320 - 4 ; Herring Gull - 29 - on Middle Res ; Redwing - 2 - flew N ; Brambling - 2 - Both males - song heard briefly ; Meadow Pipit - 4 - singles NW

Renishaw Golf Course: Redwing - 6

Silver Wood (Pit Wood): Nuthatch - 2 - Including 1 to nest hole

Sothall: Golden Plover - 1 - nocmig sound recorded over garden 0053hr ; Redwing - 1 - nocmig sound recorded over garden 0222hr

Aldwarke; Liberty Steels: Raven - 1 - flew towards Roundwood Ponds, harassed by crows @ 0945hrs

Brownhills Lane: Fieldfare - 22 - Feeding with c50 Starlings

Canklow: 319 - 1 - Low over roundabout near Holiday Inn @12.45

Centenary Riverside: Goosander - 2 - Pair on river @13.00 ; Mute Swan - 2 - Pair ; Mallard - 6 - 3 pairs ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing ; 321 - 1 - Over

Endcliffe Student Village: Moorhen - 2+ - 1 ad + 5 healthy-looking, still-downy young. 2nd ad now incubating a second clutch

Frith Wood, Dronfield: Nuthatch - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 2 ; Chaffinch - 2

Parkgate: Raven - 1 - over to E/SE (towards Liberty Steels) @ 1315hrs

R Derwent, Grindleford: 319 - 1 ; Mandarin - 9 ; Goosander - 3 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Dipper - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 2 ; Canada Goose - 2+ - Mating

Rawmarsh; Barber*s Avenue: Greenfinch - 1 - singing from conifers ; Goldcrest - 1 - singing from conifers ; Goldfinch - 6 - playing field

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Greenfinch - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing, Rectory Fields allotments

Redmires Middle Res: 320 - 4 - 2 males & 2 females ; Oystercatcher - 1

Redmires Top Res: Little Grebe - 2

Silver Wood/Woodlaithes: Common Buzzard - 1 - soaring over, drifted W/NW @ 0945hrs

Unstone: 319 - 1 ; Chaffinch - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 4+ ; Nuthatch - 2 ; Long-tailed Tit - 2 ; Wren - 3 ; Great Tit - 4+ ; Blue Tit - 6+

Aldwarke; Liberty Steel: Stock Dove - 1 - singing from pylon ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing

Birley Edge: Redwing - 10

Bray Plantation: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Drumming ; Robin - 2+ - singing ; Blackbird - 1 - singing ; Nuthatch - 1 - singing

Centenary Riverside: Kingfisher - 1 - Flew upriver @09.35 & 10.20 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; 319 - 1 - Over @10.30

Chapeltown: Greenfinch - 3 - 1 singing

Crosspool - Den Bank Wood: Bullfinch - 2 - 1m & 1f ; Chaffinch - 2 ; Brambling - 2 ; 327 - 2 ; Great Tit - 5 ; Blue Tit - 10+ ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Dunnock - 7 ; House Sparrow - 1 ; Nuthatch - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 3 ; Robin - 6 ; Wren - 4

Cutthroat Bridge: Ring Ouzel - 4 - 2 pairs feeding in areas of short turf and old bracken

Dalton: Song Thrush - 2 - 1 in Asda car park; 1 by sports field, both singing ; Kestrel - 1 - male ; Long-tailed Tit - 1pr ; Chiffchaff - 3 - singing ; Rook - 5+ - around traditional pylon rookery ; Mute Swan - 7 - NE (to Thrybergh CP?) @ 0915hrs

Fatty Boyns Ponds: Bullfinch - 1pr ; Chiffchaff - 4 - singing ; Gadwall - 1pr ; Reed Bunting - 1 - singing ; Moorhen - 1 ; Linnet - 11 - on adjacent wires; several singing

Firsby Res: Coot - 2 - Main Res. ; Mallard - 4 - All Males. ; Grey Heron - 1 ; 319 - 1 ; Chaffinch - 1 - Singing Male. ; Bullfinch - 2+ - Calling ; Linnet - 6+ - Over. ; Goldcrest - 3 - Chasing and calling. ; Blackcap - 1 - Male ; Chiffchaff - 5+ - Singing.

Five Weirs Walk: Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Kingfisher - 1