Sightings Archive

Midhope Res area: Mistle Thrush - 3 - 1 singing ; Whooper Swan - 1 - Sat on overflow wall, surprised it hadn’t left with the party that was there on Saturday. ; Greylag Goose - 47 ; Canada Goose - 59 ; Mallard - 26 ; Meadow Pipit - 7 ; Skylark - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Snipe - 1 - chipping ; Song Thrush - 6 - singing ; Oystercatcher - 3 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Little Grebe - 2 ; Fieldfare - 12 ; Redwing - 1+ ; Linnet - 5 - 1 singing ; Lapwing - 2

Monsal Dale: Mute Swan - 1 - ad on River Wye ; Mandarin - 12 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - yaffling ; Raven - 1 ; Common Buzzard - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 6 - singing

Or: Little Egret - 1 - Flew north at dawn

Orgreave Lakes: Sand Martin - 2 ; Little Ringed Plover - 2 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - Calling fron the Treeton dyke side of the river. ; Gadwall - 16 - lots of display ; Goldeneye - 5 - 3 males, lots of display ; Oystercatcher - 2 - feeding mainly on the main lake this morning ; Little Ringed Plover - 2 - lots of display ; Great Crested Grebe - 9 - at least 3 pairs displaying

Peat Pits: Fieldfare - c150 - roaming flock feeding in surrounding fields with starlings. ; Starling - c200

R Derwent, Hathersage: Dipper - 2 - 300 m below Lead Mill Bridge

Redmires conduit: Meadow Pipit - 7 ; Lapwing - 17 ; Pheasant - 1 - Male ; Curlew - 1

Redmires Res: 320 - 8 ; Curlew - 69 - roosted ; Lapwing - 20 - c. ; Oystercatcher - 2 - on Middle Res ; Redshank - 2 - displaying ; Woodcock - 1 - roding over Middle Res

Sheffield University: Peregrine - 2 - Mating - seen on webcam at 18.05

Stanage Edge: Ring Ouzel - 1 - Male calling and showing on rocks at Crow Chin approx 400yds NW of High Neb trig point ; Raven - 1 - Circling and calling ; Skylark - 6 - Song in flight ; Wren - 5 - Singing ; Robin - 6 - Singing ; Meadow Pipit - 6 ; Curlew - 1 - Calling ; Raven - 1 - soaring high above the edge

Thrybergh CP: Water Rail - 1 ; Goldeneye - 1F

Tinsley Golf Course: Chiffchaff - 1 - Singing off Europa link 12.45 ; 319 - 2 - Pair over woods and golf course calling @ 13.45 ; Blue Tit - 2 - Pair checking out nest hole in tree.

Ughill: Curlew - 56 - including colour ringed bird

Worrall: Meadow Pipit - 93+ - in cereal fields near Bradfield school. ; Kestrel - 1 - male with prey.

Abney Moor: Merlin - 1 - male over road at 09:23 hrs

Agden Res: Great Crested Grebe - 1 - different bird to pair on Damflask ; Oystercatcher - 2 ; Curlew - 42 - inc colour ringed bird

Agden Side: Raven - 2

Bingham Park: 319 - 4

Blacka Moor: Red Kite - 1 - Heading low to north at approx 09:30

Blackburn Meadows: Grey Wagtail - 2 - Seen on flotsam by Jordan Lock and also on the floats at the Weir where the canal flows down into the river.

Blackburn Meadows NR: Siskin - 4 - Small group of 4 or 5 male/female eeding on the cones on an Alder tree.

Blue Man*s Bower: Barn Owl - 1 - flew low over M1, 05.30hr

Catcliffe Flash: Tufted Duck - 12 ; Shoveler - 2 ; Pochard - 1 ; Cormorant - 4 ; Great Crested Grebe - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 2 ; Chiffchaff - 1

Dalton: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Female circling over Asda car park.

Damflask Res: Great Crested Grebe - 2 - pair ; Pink-footed Goose - 1 - in fields with Canadas ; Canada Goose - 6 ; Mandarin - 6

Ecclesfield: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 5 - Adults on roof of Pickfords building

Ecclesfield Park: Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 - Flew east,calling.

Ecclesfield,High Street: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Flew into holly tree.

Edale: Jackdaw - 4+ - at nest site in the tower of Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity

Edale End: Curlew - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 4 ; Meadow Pipit - 6+ ; Common Buzzard - 1

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 1 - On sluice. ; Kestrel - 1 - Male. ; Jay - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - Singing near houses. ; Skylark - 4+ ; Reed Bunting - 2 - Both Males. ; Goldcrest - 1