Sightings Archive

Dore: Swallow - 1 - S over Kerwin Dv ; Siskin - 3+ - Calling

Foxhill: House Martin - 5 - Shaw Hill

Green Moor: Tree Sparrow - 15+ - Majority juveniles

Intake: Swift - 17+ - Screaming high above.

Middleton Moor: Greylag Goose - 6 ; 320 - 16 ; Tufted Duck - 2

Midhope Res: Tree Pipit - 1 - NE calling ; House Martin - c10 ; Little Grebe - 14 - incl at least 2 well grown juvs ; Lapwing - 10 ; Mandarin - 2 - juveniles ; Swallow - c50 ; Linnet - 5 ; Blackcap - 1 - juvenile

Orgreave Lakes: Greenshank - 1 ; Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Cormorant - 15 ; Lapwing - 58 ; Swift - 3 ; Shoveler - 5 - Dropped in at 07.40

R Don, Effingham St: CASPIAN GULL - 1 - 1st year ; Yellow-legged Gull - 2 - 1st years

Redmires: Crossbill - 1 - in from s.east to western plantation

Roughwood Rec: Black-headed Gull - 16 ; Jackdaw - 40+ - over field toward Wingfield School playing fields

Shepherd*s Plantation: 319 - 2 - together over wood

Sothall: Common Sandpiper - 1 - nocmig sound recorded over garden 0320hr

Stubley Hollow: Swallow - 47 ; Starling - 126 ; Jackdaw - 91 ; 319 - 1 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; House Sparrow - 26

Thrybergh CP: Common Sandpiper - 1 ; Swallow - 100+ ; House Martin - 15 ; Sand Martin - 10 ; Yellow Wagtail - 2 ; Grey Wagtail - 2 ; Kestrel - 2 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1

Underbank Res: Green Sandpiper - 1 - Feeding at neck end before leaving SW/W calling 7.30 ; Little Ringed Plover - 1+ ; Grey Wagtail - 7 - Single group feeding ; Grey Heron - 3 - 2 juveniles ; Swallow - 2 ; Snipe - 1 - west calling 7.30

White Rake: Wheatear - 6

Castle Dyke playing fields: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1

Firsby Res: Coot - 7 ; Moorhen - 1 ; Mallard - 8 ; Grey Heron - 1 - Fishing in front of Reed bed. ; Kingfisher - 1 - Lots of calling. ; Black-headed Gull - 1 - Down on water. ; Kestrel - 1 - Juv calling then dog fighting in air with Sparrowhawk. ; 319 - 3 - Parents with calling Juv in air together. ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - Interacting with Kestrel. ; Chiffchaff - 1 - Calling from undergrowth. ; Whitethroat - 1 - Calling in hedgerow. ; Reed Bunting - 2 - Calling. ; Stock Dove - 1 ; Linnet - 5+ - Over. ; Swallow - 1 - Single over calling.

Foxhill, Shaw Hill: House Martin - 5 - Feeding overhead ; Tawny Owl - 2 - Calling

Green Moor: Woodpigeon - 3 - 3 occupied nests in my garden

Kimberworth: Tawny Owl - 1 - Calling from bottom of garden/ Bradgate Park.at 21:00

Norton Lees: Sparrowhawk - 1

Padley Gorge: Swallow - 30+ - Party flew south over Lawrence Field towards Grindleford at 20:15 - adults + juvs

Parkgate: House Martin - c25 - feeding over, inc juvs ; Common Buzzard - 1 - juv calling frequently (heard only)

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Lesser Whitethroat - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 2 ; Goldcrest - 2 ; Willow Warbler - 1 ; Greenfinch - 3 - N ; Magpie - 13 - foraging together on recently burnt area ; Robin - 8+ - inc 6 in small area; becoming vocal/territorial again ; Linnet - 1 - SW ; Blackcap - 1 - calling ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Swift - 4 - 3+1, high over ; Stock Dove - 1 - feeding on recently burnt area ; Swallow - 1 - S/SW ; Redstart - 1 - elusive male, seen only in flight

Redmires Res: Canada Goose - 32 ; Greylag Goose - 22 ; Mallard - 30 - c. ; Tufted Duck - 4 ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - female by Top Res ; Kestrel - 3 - inc juv male ; Greenshank - 2 - arrived from the east at 08:48 - left to the N at 09:09 hrs ; Black-headed Gull - 40 - c. ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 25 - c. ; Herring Gull - 5 ; Yellow-legged Gull - 1 - ad with LBBs ; Snipe - 1 - flushed from wet area on Roper Hill