Sightings Archive

Middleton Moor: 320 - 52 ; Yellow Wagtail - 3 ; Pied Wagtail - c40 ; Starling - c80 - roosted ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - c2000 ; Yellow-legged Gull - 5 - ad/subad ; Tufted Duck - 3 ; Black-headed Gull - c60

Peter Dale: Marsh Tit - 1 - calling and seen ; Spotted Flycatcher - 3 ; Redstart - 2

Silverwood Lagoon: Raven - 1 - in stubble field below western paddocks ; Cetti's Warbler - 1 - singing briefly ; Great Crested Grebe - 2 - long-staying pair ; Chiffchaff - 1 - singing ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - female ; Kestrel - 1 ; Common Buzzard - 1 ; Jackdaw - 1 - over ; Jay - 5 ; Black-headed Gull - 8 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 ; Linnet - 10

Taddington: Swallow - c 12 ; Goldfinch - 11 - 8, 3

Tankersley: Greenshank - 1 ; Greenfinch - 2 ; Linnet - 2 ; Swallow - 9

Wardlow: Yellow Wagtail - 1 - on roadside wall

Westwood CP: Kingfisher - 1 - flying under the bridge at Greaves Lane .

Barbrook Valley: 319 - 1 ; Whinchat - 2 ; Stonechat - 3 ; Meadow Pipit - 5 ; Kestrel - 1

Barlow Common: Linnet - 3

Crowhole: 319 - 6 - including 5 in one bins view ; Swallow - 10+

Green Moor: Linnet - 100+ - Single flock on wires and feeding in crop field ; Raven - 2

Greystones: Magpie - 14 - Further record number in observer's garden

Midhope Res: Swallow - c45 - Mainly juvs ; Goldfinch - c20 ; Little Ringed Plover - 1 - Juvenile ; Canada Goose - 85 ; Greylag Goose - 69 ; 319 - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Brief song ; House Martin - 1+ - Heard ; Tufted Duck - 15 - Including 3+3 well grown juvs ; Little Grebe - 10 - Including 3-4 juvs, assumed at least successful nests on site ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - Juveniles ; Mallard - 39 ; Bullfinch - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 2

R Don, Oughtibridge: Dipper - 1 ; Grey Wagtail - 4 ; Kingfisher - 1 ; 319 - 2 ; Cormorant - 1 ; Nuthatch - 2

Silverwood Lagoon: Raven - 1 - south at 09.40

Stocksbridge: Peregrine - 1 - Low over bypass towards steelworks 14:45

Tankersley: Greenshank - 1 - Busily feeding 05:45 - 06:25 ; Lapwing - 5 ; 319 - 1 ; Mallard - c40 ; Red-legged Partridge - 4

Underbank Res: Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 2 - Brief song ; Grey Heron - 3 ; Goldcrest - 4

Aldwarke SF: Chiffchaff - 8+ - inc 2 singing ; Stock Dove - 5 ; Whitethroat - 3 ; Goldfinch - c35 - flocks of c20 & c15 ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Common Buzzard - 1 - typically 'mardy' juv! ; Pheasant - 1 - cock ; Coot - 2+ ; Gadwall - 5 ; Mallard - 3 ; Little Grebe - 1pr+ - feeding 4 small, noisy juvs ; Moorhen - 2+ - + 3 full-grown juvs

Aldwarke; Liberty Steels: Little Owl - 1 - calling from direction of Roundwood Rolling Mills ; Common Buzzard - 1 - over, then calling from trees

Birley Edge: Swift - 1 ; Swallow - 6 ; House Martin - 5

Dog Kennel Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 2 ; Greylag Goose - 20+ ; Mallard - 10+ ; Coot - 3+ ; Moorhen - 1 ; Black-headed Gull - 16 ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Kingfisher - 1 - a rare sight here for me in recent months ; Sand Martin - 2 - adult feeding juv in mid air?

Green Moor: Little Owl - 1