Sightings Archive

Wharncliffe Heath NR: Pied Flycatcher - 3 ; Nightjar - 1 - Male churring, wing clapping and calling between 22:01 and 22:15 ; Woodcock - 8+ - 5+ roding, 3 on ground

Whiteley Woods: Ring-necked Parakeet - 04-May - 4 or 5 around nest hole

Woodhouse Washlands: Goosander - 16 - female and 15 young

Wyming Brook: Willow Warbler - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Blackcap - 1 - Male ; Wood Warbler - 2 ; 319 - 1

Blacka Moor: Grasshopper Warbler - 2 - A pair above Strawberry Lee Pastures. Reeling and chasing each other amongst reeds for at least 30mins ; Wood Warbler - 4 ; Willow Warbler - 10+ ; Blackcap - 5 ; Garden Warbler - 3 ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Whitethroat - 1 ; Cuckoo - 1 ; Tree Pipit - 2 ; Jay - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 - pair ; Song Thrush - 4 - Including one near Shorts Lane incorporating a fragment of Wood Warbler reel into its song. ; Grasshopper Warbler - 1 - reeling and showing

Brinsworth: 319 - 2 - Over Barrett estate calling, descended towards junction 33.

Burbage Edge: Whinchat - 1 - 1 male

Burbage Valley: Cuckoo - 1 - Singing

Dennis Knoll: Cuckoo - 1 - Singing

Dore: House Sparrow - 1+ - adult feeding 2 recently fledged young in observer's garden

Dukes Road: Red Kite - 1

Fox House: Spotted Flycatcher - 1

Graves Park: Tufted Duck - 7 - 5m, 2f ; Mandarin - 3 - 2m,1f ; Chiffchaff - 1

Greenwood Farm, Hathersage: Pied Flycatcher - 1

Greno Wood: Wood Warbler - 1 - On territory

Hathersage: Coot - 1 - on pool next to Kentney Barn by R Derwent. My only Coot in SK28 this spring despite almost 100 hours birding ; Pied Flycatcher - 2 - 2 singing along R Derwent between Shatton and Leadmill Bridge

Holmesfield: Little Owl - 1 - in ash tree

Leash Fen: Yellowhammer - 2 - pair taking food to nest

Malin Bridge: Oystercatcher - 1 - nocmig, series of calls at 00:31 ; Tufted Duck - 1 - nocmig flight calls at 03:04

Offerton Moor: Red-legged Partridge - 2

Orgreave Lakes: Avocet - 1 - Among Mute Swans on east shore ; Pochard - 3 - 2 males 1 fem ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Wheatear - 1 - Female on rocks at north shore

Padley Gorge: Blue Tit - 3+ ; Treecreeper - 2 ; Wren - 4+ - several heard, 1 seen ; Chaffinch - 2 - 1m,1f ; Pied Flycatcher - 4 - 2m,2f around nest boxes ; Cuckoo - 1 - flying towards Surprise View ; Jackdaw - 2 ; Willow Warbler - 4+ - several heard ; Treecreeper - 2 - pair visiting nest site with food

Redmires conduit: Red Grouse - 6 - pair on the path with 4 chicks

Redmires Top Res: Little Owl - 1 - Calling from adjoining forestry ; Mallard - 8+ - Including 2 females with broods of 2 and 3 small chicks respectively

Rivelin Valley: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1

Silverwood Lagoon: Redshank - 1 - south at 07.50 ; Reed Warbler - 05-Jun - singing ; Sedge Warbler - 1 - singing ; Garden Warbler - 2 - singing ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - singing ; Swift - 2 ; House Martin - c.10

Stanage Edge, below: Pied Flycatcher - 2 - Males singing from belt of trees opposite toilet block E of Hollin Bank car park

Stanage Plantation: Red Kite - 1 - Drifted low N over track up to Stanage pole 11:40

Wharncliffe Chase: Tree Pipit - 12 ; Cuckoo - 1 ; Redstart - 1 ; Whitethroat - 2 ; Wheatear - 2 ; Stonechat - 2 - Pair

Baslow: Siskin - 2 - Pair at garden feeders

Blacka Moor: Kestrel - 2 - Together

Bramley: Willow Warbler - 1 - Singing on BS school hedge - Flanderwell Avenue 7:30AM. Observers first record here.

Burbage Edge: Stonechat - 1

Centenary Riverside: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Male ; Kestrel - 1 ; Lesser Whitethroat - 1 - Near railway line top pond. ; Whitethroat - 2 ; Blackcap - 3 ; Wren - 10+ ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 2 ; 321 - 1 - River ; Goldfinch - 04-May ; Chiffchaff - 1 ; Great Tit - 1 ; Moorhen - 1 ; Song Thrush - 3 ; Robin - 2 - 1 singing ; Long-tailed Tit - 1 ; Blue Tit - 1

Firsby Res: Coot - 2+ - Pair + 4 chicks. ; Moorhen - 2 ; Mallard - 3 - Fem with 2 well grown ducklings. ; 319 - 1 - Soaring high. ; Mistle Thrush - 3 - In Sheep paddock.