Sightings Archive

Edale Valley: 337 - 1 - imm photographed this afternoon near Hope Cross at 16:30, also reported over Hassop at 2pm, and the Goyt Valley at 6pm. This bird is likely wild bred, but part of one of the Alps/Pyrenees reintroduction schemes not yet considered self-sustaining, and has been seen previously in the Channel Islands, Holland and Belgium, and seen near Coventry on Sunday.

Graves Park: Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - 3 cy/2nd summer on fields between ponds and Rose Cafe at dawn with 200+ Herring and Lesser Black-backed Gulls and 15-20 Black-headed Gulls ; Tufted Duck - 15 - 14 Lower Pond (2 female, one still with 8 ducklings, 4 male), 1 male Middle Pond

Green Moor: Little Owl - 1

Houndkirk Moor: Curlew - 2

Millhouses: Nuthatch - 1 - Juvenile feeding in Stowe Avenue garden.

Nether Edge: Swift - 2 ; House Martin - 1

Norton Lees garden: Blackbird - 1 - juv ; Long-tailed Tit - 6+ - inc juvs

Oughtibridge garden: Siskin - 2 - 1 Male and 1 juv feeding on Niger seed

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Common Buzzard - 1 - low to S @ 1250hrs ; Greenfinch - 2 ; Goldfinch - 5 - presumed family party?

Redmires conduit: Lapwing - 2 - One adult with almost fully grown juvenile

Swinton: Swift - 20-30 - Over field off Green lane Mr Wath golf club.11.00

Underbank Res: Great Black-backed Gull - 1 ; Redstart - 1 - juv

Wharncliffe Chase: Red Kite - 1 - low over canopy of Pales Wood, heading SW

Wharncliffe Wood: Crossbill - 10 ; Crossbill - 30 ; Willow Warbler - 15 ; Blackcap - 30+ - singing ; Tree Pipit - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 21 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Tawny Owl - 2 ; Garden Warbler - 4 - singing, one bird alarming

Woodseats: Swift - 3

Chatsworth Park: House Martin - 40+ - Party feeding low over sheep pasture by river

Derwent Res: Common Sandpiper - 1

Fairholmes: Song Thrush - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 2 - 1 juv ; Jay - 2

Gillfield Wood: House Martin - 20+ - feeding low over adjacent fields

Graves Park: 321 - 1 - bottom lake ; Moorhen - 1 - juv ; Goldfinch - 3 ; Ring-necked Parakeet - 4 - (2+2)

Graves Park - bottom lake: Tufted Duck - 1+ - Female with 8 small ducklings

Howden Res: Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Tree Pipit - 1 - Singing from top of dead tree

Millhouses: Goldcrest - 1 - Disorientated recently-fledged bird from a nest, Sheaf Valley Walk ; Goldcrest - 1 - Another picture

Parkgate; Retail World: Herring Gull - 2 - 3 & 4cy, in car park briefly

Redmires Bottom Res: Little Ringed Plover - 1

Aldwarke: Sand Martin - 3 - feeding over pond ; Linnet - 1 - singing

Barlow Brook: Mallard - 1+ - 1f, 4 ducklings ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 2

Barlow Common: Sparrowhawk - 1 ; 319 - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Swift - 8+ ; House Martin - 2 ; Swallow - 7+

Blue Man*s Bower: Reed Bunting - 05-Jun - 3-4 singing m; 2f ; Whitethroat - 2 - singing ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Linnet - 6 ; Greenfinch - 3 ; Common Buzzard - 1 - sat on fence

Catcliffe Flash: Coot - c40 - inc 3-4 active nests; 2 birds carrying material; 3 broods of 4, 2 & 1 ; Tufted Duck - 3 - 1pr + 1m ; Little Grebe - 4 - ad + 2 independent juvs S end; 1 ad N end ; Grey Heron - 4 ; Cormorant - 2 ; Great Crested Grebe - 1pr - #NAME? ; Gadwall - 70-80+ - inc independent juvs + broods of 5 & 6 recently hatched ducklings ; Mallard - c30+ - + brood of 5 ; Moorhen - 3 - adults ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Reed Bunting - 1 - singing ; Pochard - 1 - drake; no signs of duck/juvs ; Sand Martin - 2 - feeding over ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Stock Dove - 1 - over

Centenary Riverside: Blackcap - 3 - singing ; Garden Warbler - 1 - singing ; Sand Martin - 2 - W ; Moorhen - 1 - calling ; Reed Bunting - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing

Dunston, Chesterfield: Red Kite - 1 - at 07:00

Longshaw: Pied Flycatcher - 5 - Family

Morehall Res area: Grey Wagtail - 2 - on overflow from broomhead res ; 321 - 1 - flying low over morehall res. ; Black-headed Gull - 2 ; Mallard - 20+ - 20-30 ; Chiffchaff - 3+ - 03-Apr ; Willow Warbler - 2 ; Wren - 3 ; Chaffinch - 3 ; Robin - 2 ; Woodpigeon - 4+ - 04-Jun ; Blackbird - 5 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Nuthatch - 3