Sightings Archive

Wharncliffe Chase (south): Swallow - 1 ; Starling - c200 - numerous juvs. ; Lapwing - 5 ; Linnet - 5 ; Willow Warbler - 5 ; Tree Pipit - 1 - Song ; Stonechat - 4 - Pair carrying food to their nest plus separate m/f ; Skylark - 15+ - Numerous song/chasing ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Female on road as I drove to site and flew in front on my car for 10 secs giving great views. ; Siskin - 2+ ; Stock Dove - 3 - Incl.song/display ; Blackcap - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 3 - Separate males singing ; Snipe - 1 - Brief call/display then seen fly into nearby field. ; Kestrel - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 5 - Incl juvs ; Blue Tit - 3+ - Incl juvs ; Crossbill - 2 ; Curlew - 1 - Heard calling briefly

Agden Res: Song Thrush - 2 ; Blackbird - 6 ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Nuthatch - 2 ; Great Tit - 05-Jun ; Blue Tit - 5 ; Chaffinch - 3 ; Chiffchaff - 04-May - all singing from cover ; Willow Warbler - 10+ - As chiffchaff ; Blackcap - 04-May - all singing ; Whitethroat - 1 - sing from shrub at side of path ; Robin - 2 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 ; Jay - 3 - taking food from feeders ; Goldcrest - 2 - Pair foragiig in large oak tree at entrance to res path ; Woodpigeon - 03-Apr - feeding on dropped food below feeders ; Mallard - 5 ; Pheasant - 2 ; Swallow - 3 ; Kestrel - 1

Arbourthorne: Reed Warbler - 1 - Still singing from small reedbed in pond 05:30 & 16:00.

Bar Brook Valley: Ring Ouzel - 2 - pair ; Whinchat - 3

Barbrook Plantation: Spotted Flycatcher - 2 - a pair

Bassingthorpe Farm & Lane: Red-legged Partridge - 1 ; Woodpigeon - 20+ - feeding in paddock ; Lapwing - 1 - adult chasing off crows.Also 1 adult dead in adj field SK420943. ; Dunnock - 1 - feeding in recently burned edge of field ; Skylark - 2 - singing @SK414944 and 418943 ; Whitethroat - 2 - singing. 1 prob nest @SK418942 in hawthorn and 1@ SK419940 ; Blackcap - 1 - from bramble @ SK419940 ; Goldfinch - 1 - singing @ SK 416945 ; Linnet - 1 - also singing @ 416945 ; Mistle Thrush - 10+ - juvs fe in field SE of farm SK421942

Bassingthorpe Spring: Woodpigeon - 1+ - singing ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - calls ; Wren - 2 - singing ; Dunnock - 1 - singing ; Robin - 1+ - singing ; Blackbird - 3+ - singing ; Mistle Thrush - 1 - calls ; Blackcap - 1 - singing ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 2+ ; Great Tit - 1+ - adults and juvs ; Blue Tit - 1+ ; Magpie - 1+ ; House Sparrow - 1+ ; Chaffinch - 2 - singing ; Bullfinch - 1+

Birley Edge: Stock Dove - 4 ; Stock Dove - 4 ; Swift - 6 - Most here this year so far

Castle Dyke area: Swift - 10+

Chatsworth: Pied Flycatcher - 1 ; Redstart - 6 - including fledged juveniles ; Grey Wagtail - up to 7 ; Sand Martin - 35+ ; Swift - 10+ ; House Martin - 10+ ; Kingfisher - 1 ; Swallow - 3 ; Mistle Thrush - 3 ; Mandarin - 2 ; Pheasant - 7 ; Nuthatch - 4

Graves Park: Little Grebe - 1 - on bottom lake

Green Moor: Hobby - 1 - Adult hunting over village on 5 occasions during day

Greystones: Great Tit - 3 - 2 Juveniles in observer's garden ; Long-tailed Tit - 3 - 2 juv in OG ; House Sparrow - 7 - 1 juv in OG ; Song Thrush - 1 - OG

Intake: Red Kite - 1 - 1 twds Manor Top

Jarvis Clough: Lesser Redpoll - 1 ; Crossbill - 5

Langsett: Black-headed Gull - 3 ; Pied Wagtail - 3 - 1 Juv being fed ; Pied Wagtail - 3 - 1 juv ; Song Thrush - 3 ; Curlew - 3 ; Swallow - 3