Sightings Archive

Thrybergh Tip: Gadwall - 8 ; Shoveler - 6 - 4 males 2 female ; Mallard - 10 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Coot - 10 ; Redwing - 23 ; 319 - 2 ; Tawny Owl - 1

Wentworth Park: 319 - 2 - together over Peacock Lodge farm.

Wolf Wheel Dam: Goosander - 3 - 1 male, 2 females on bank.

Agden Res: Mallard - 24 ; Mandarin - 38 ; 321 - 1 ; Dipper - 1 - on outfall ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - on outfall

Arbourthorne: House Sparrow - c30 - Garden hedges at the junction of Park Grange Rd and City Rd contain many House Sparrows.

Bradfield: Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Jay - 4

Bray Plantation: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Drumming and rattle call ; Wren - 1 - singing ; Robin - 1+ - singing ; Blackbird - 1+ ; Coal Tit - 1 - singing ; Blue Tit - 1+ ; Great Tit - 1+ - singing ; Nuthatch - 1 - calls ; Treecreeper - 1 - singing ; Redwing - 5+

Brincliffe Edge Wood: HOOPOE - 1

Canklow Woods: Jackdaw - 131 - west at 1700

Centenary Riverside: 320 - 5 - 2 Male, 3 female, pond. 14.45 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Robin - 2 ; Long-tailed Tit - 09-Oct ; Cormorant - 1 ; Great Tit - 1 - Calling. ; Blue Tit - 1 - Calling

Chapeltown: Skylark - 1 - Low south 14.45 ; 319 - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1

Freebirch: Yellowhammer - 30+ - Feeding in stubble field ; Chaffinch - 40+ - Feeding in stubble field

Graves Park: Black-headed Gull - c120 ; Tufted Duck - 15+ ; Ring-necked Parakeet - 5

Green Moor: Siskin - 3 ; Tree Sparrow - 6

Greystones: Great Tit - 2 - M&F seen inspecting, entering & then exiting a nest box in observer's garden

Hudson*s Rough: Woodpigeon - 30+ ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - calls ; Wren - 1+ - at least 1 singing ; Dunnock - 1+ - 1 singing ; Robin - 1+ - singing ; Blackbird - 1+ ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing. ; Great Tit - 1+ - singing ; Jay - 1 ; Magpie - 1 ; Chaffinch - 1+ - 1 singing ; Bullfinch - 1 - calls

Low Ash Farm: Black Redstart - 1 - Female type ; Black Redstart - 1 - photo ; Black Redstart - 1 - photo ; Stonechat - 3

Manor Fields Park: Woodpigeon - 20+ ; Magpie - 6 - pairs ; Greenfinch - 3+ - M + F ; Moorhen - 5 ; Wren - 1 ; Robin - 6+ ; Carrion Crow - 3+ ; Blue Tit - 10+ ; Dunnock - 8+ - at least two courting pairs/threesomes ; Song Thrush - 4 ; Great Tit - 3 - one pair ; Bullfinch - 1 - male ; Black-headed Gull - 2 - flew over ; House Sparrow - c10 - In regular location in thick brambles ; Goldfinch - 2 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - flew over ; Chaffinch - 1 - singing ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Mallard - 2 - pair on small island in pond, probably at nesting site

Monsal Dale: Dipper - 1 ; Little Grebe - 1 ; Mandarin - 2 - Pair ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - Yaffling ; Mute Swan - 2 - Pair

Moss Valley: 319 - 5+ ; Yellowhammer - 10 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 ; Woodcock - 1 - Accidentally flushed in Cook Spring Wood ; Skylark - 3+ - In song flight

Norfolk Heritage Park: Stock Dove - 1 - singing

Norfolk Park; Park Grange Estate: Magpie - 2 - pair at traditional nest site ; Long-tailed Tit - 2 ; House Sparrow - c20 - Hawthorn hedge between houses supports many House Sparrows ; Dunnock - 2 - in hawthorn hedge ; Woodpigeon - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 2 - feeding on amenity grass with blackbirds