Sightings Archive

Blacka Moor: Lesser Redpoll - 5 ; Goldcrest - 8 ; Stonechat - 1 ; Jay - 2 - Pair ; Fieldfare - 60

Broomhall: House Sparrow - 30+ - in hedgerow along Broom Walk

Fulwood: Tawny Owl - 1 - calling and seen flying from garden oak

Middleton Moor: Wigeon - 4 - 2 pairs ; Lapwing - 82 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 95 ; Herring Gull - 3 ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1

Padley Gorge: Jay - 1

R Derwent, Grindleford: Mandarin - 7 ; Goosander - 5 - 1m, 4 redhead ; 321 - 1 ; Jay - 1

Redmires Top Res: Dipper - 1 - on outflow from conduit

Ringinglow Bog: Merlin - 1 - flew south at dusk ; Red Grouse - 8

Rivelin Valley: Mandarin - 11 - Havelock Pond - my first double-figure count here. Increased to 15 later in week

Soughley Lane, Redmires: Greylag Goose - 167 - feeding in fields ; Canada Goose - 25 - feeding in fields ; 319 - 1 - battling the wind

Thrybergh CP: Mute Swan - 28 ; Great Crested Grebe - 7 ; Little Grebe - 3 ; Tufted Duck - 58 ; Pochard - 10 ; Gadwall - 8 ; 320 - 2 ; Cormorant - 4 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; 319 - 3 ; Kestrel - 1 - male

Upper Padley: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 1

Barlborough Hall: Gadwall - 5

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 2 ; Mallard - 6 ; Mute Swan - 1 ; Tawny Owl - 1 - Loud calling ; Redwing - 5+ - Calling @ dawn. ; Siskin - 3+ - Calling early morning.

Forge Dam: Grey Wagtail - 1

Limb Valley: Tawny Owl - 1 - calling

Longstone Moor: Fieldfare - 100+

Middleton Moor: Dunlin - 1 ; Common Gull - 3 ; Lapwing - 59

Park Brook Comberwood: Snipe - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 1

Silverwood Lagoon: Water Rail - 1 - calling from reeds in NE corner at 08.35

Whiteley Woods: Grey Heron - 1 ; Kingfisher - 1 - Ibbotson's dam ; Dipper - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 4 ; Mistle Thrush - 1

Brownhills Lane: Greylag Goose - 150+

Damflask Res: Cormorant - 1

Hillsborough: Cormorant - 1 - flew over Bradfield Road

Hudson*s Rough: Grey Heron - 1 - N from pond @ 10:25. ; Robin - 1+ ; Blackbird - 1+ ; Long-tailed Tit - 4+ ; Coal Tit - 1+ ; Blue Tit - 1+ ; Great Tit - 1+ ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Goldfinch - 1+ ; Bullfinch - 1 - calls ; Jay - 1+ ; Magpie - 1+ ; 324 - 1 - Roe deer

Loxley Chase: Common Gull - 5

Ravenfield Ponds: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 ; Goldcrest - 4 - In mixed flock. ; Great Tit - 6 - In mixed flock ; Blue Tit - c10 ; Coal Tit - 03-Apr ; Treecreeper - 2 - With Tit flock ; Long-tailed Tit - c15 ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 ; Tawny Owl - 1 - Roosting in Fir ; Redwing - 12 ; Fieldfare - c 25 ; 319 - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 2

Redmires Middle Res: 320 - 8 ; Mallard - 25 ; Wigeon - 1 - male, flew down to bottom res later on ; Kestrel - 1 ; Lapwing - 49

Roughwood Rec: Blackbird - 5

Silverwood Lagoon: Tawny Owl - 1 - calling in Hollings Lane sidings at dawn ; Gadwall - 6 ; Mallard - 2 ; Little Grebe - 2 ; Rook - 3 - south