Sightings Archive

Thrybergh CP: Greylag Goose - 52 ; Tufted Duck - 33 ; Pochard - 1 ; Red-crested Pochard - 1 - Male ; 319 - 1 ; Song Thrush - 5 ; Goldfinch - C15 ; Chaffinch - 8 ; Greenfinch - 4 ; Bullfinch - 6 ; Lesser Redpoll - 8 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Bird feeding near bird hide ; Blue Tit - 10 ; Great Tit - 6 ; Long-tailed Tit - 8 ; Coal Tit - 1

Ulley: Skylark - 08-Oct - 3 singing off Guithwaite Common Lane 14.20 ; 319 - 3 - 2 sat on hedge near dung heap, calling. 1 sat on pylon. ; Stonechat - 2 - Pair near dung heap. ; Wren - 1 ; 324 - 2 - 2 separate Hares in fields.

Ulley Res, NE arm: Great Crested Grebe - 2 - Pair 15.00 ; Coot - 2 - Pair ; Moorhen - 2 - Pair

Unstone: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Above Unstone Line path ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Coal Tit - 2

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Lesser Redpoll - 20+ ; Common Buzzard - 2 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 - over heath ; Skylark - 2 - over heath ; Great Tit - 10+ - 3 singing ; Blue Tit - 10+ ; Dunnock - 2 - singing

Wharncliffe Side: Song Thrush - 1 - singing in observers garden throughout the day ; Woodpigeon - 2 - nest building in Leylandii

Whiston: Greenfinch - 1 - Male calling near Cricket club ; Stonechat - 2 - 2 males ; Fieldfare - Oct-15 - Among flock of Starlings ; Starling - 25-30

Whiteley Woods House grounds: Song Thrush - 3 - singing ; Bullfinch - 2 - pair ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - yaffling in valley below - unusual here

Wragg House Plantation: Coal Tit - 1 ; Goldcrest - 4 ; Robin - 1

Barlborough: Blackcap - 1 - Male, seen in local gardens. , has been around for about two weeks.

Baslow SF: Pied Wagtail - 42 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Grey Heron - 1 ; Cormorant - 1

Beeley Wood: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 ; Nuthatch - 2 ; Treecreeper - 1

Bents Green: Redwing - 1 - High Storrs playing fields ; Black-headed Gull - 39 - High Storrs playing fields ; Herring Gull - 2 - High Storrs playing fields ; Jackdaw - 25 - High Storrs playing fields

Canklow Woods: Common Buzzard - 2 - 2 in the air together at 1100

Dukes Road: Red Grouse - 20 ; Wren - 2 ; Meadow Pipit - 2 - Very quiet, almost devoid of birds

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 1 ; Coot - 1 ; Mallard - 2 - Pair. ; 320 - 1 - F still present. ; Black-headed Gull - 1 - Down on main Res. ; 319 - 1 ; Lapwing - 20+ - Flock over. ; Barn Owl - 1 - Hunting at dusk. ; Barn Owl - 1

Hangingwater garden: Blackbird - 3 - m ; Woodpigeon - 3 ; Collared Dove - 2 ; Blue Tit - 3 ; Blackcap - 1 - m ; Great Tit - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - m attempted to snatch BT from hedge

High Bradfield: Curlew - 1 ; Lapwing - 1

Langsett Res: Oystercatcher - 1

Low Ash Farm, Worrall: Stonechat - 1 - Male

Low Moor, Upper Midhope: Curlew - 8 - 3 left towards Ewden ; Lapwing - 3 ; Siskin - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1

Loxley Valley: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Nuthatch - 2 ; Song Thrush - 2 ; Coot - 1 - Heard only ; Chaffinch - 2 ; Great Tit - 12 ; Blue Tit - 10 ; Pheasant - 2 ; Wren - 5 ; Goldcrest - 1 ; Rook - 10

Manor Fields Park: Mallard - 4