Recent News - Padley Gorge area

11 July 2010

Grindleford: Common Buzzard - 2 ; Raven - 1

25 June 2010

Longshaw: Green Woodpecker - 1 - Calling anxiously. ; Redstart - 4 adults - 2 pairs taking food to nest. ; Crossbill - 2+ ; Blackcap - 1m+3 juvs

20 June 2010

Padley Gorge: Nuthatch - 6 - family party ; Treecreeper - 2 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 3

16 June 2010

Longshaw: Pied Wagtail - adult + 2 young

15 June 2010

Padley Gorge: Jay - 1 ; Kestrel - 2 ; Whinchat - 1 - male ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - juv ; Pied Wagtail - 4 - 2ads, 2 juv well grown, unattended ; Dipper - 1 ; Swallow - 1 ; Reed Bunting - 2 - pr ; Curlew - 1 - flew in ; Blue Tit - 9 - 7 family party, 2 pr feeding at nest ; Song Thrush - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 6

31 May 2010

Grindleford: Cuckoo - 1 - 1 bird calling from the direction of Padley at 13.45
Padley Wood: Cuckoo - 1 - Calling in lower part of wood at 16.15 ; Nuthatch - 2 - pair foraging on oaks at 16.50

30 May 2010

Longshaw/Padley Gorge: Wood Warbler - 2 - Singing males ; Pied Flycatcher - 5 - All males ; Redstart - 2 - Singing male and a female carrying food. ; Dipper - 1 ; Spotted Flycatcher - 1 - Singing male ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 - On feeder in front of cafe with Siskins ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - Adult feeding fledged juvenile

24 May 2010

Padley Gorge: Cuckoo - 1 ; Pied Flycatcher - 3-4 ; Wood Warbler - 1 - Top end of Gorge

23 May 2010

Padley Gorge: Pied Flycatcher - 3+

22 May 2010

Longshaw: Curlew - 1

16 May 2010

Padley Gorge: Tree Pipit - 4 - 2 singing males ; , Pied Flycatcher - 2 - pair, female ; , Pied Flycatcher - 2 - pair, male ;

09 May 2010

Padley Gorge: Pied Flycatcher - 1 ; Redstart - 2 ; Wood Warbler - 2

05 May 2010

Longshaw: Crossbill - 1 - at Sheffield Plantation

03 May 2010

Longshaw: Siskin - 30+ - [photo of juvenile] ; , Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - male ; Bullfinch - 1 - male ; Pied Wagtail - 1 ; Chaffinch - 10+ ; Goldfinch - 6 ; Mallard - 4 - 2 pair ; Reed Bunting - 1 - male ; , Lesser Redpoll - 3 - 2 male 1 female ;

01 May 2010

Longshaw Estate: Dipper - 1 ; Cuckoo - 1 - Heard singing ; Lesser Redpoll - 1 - On feeders in front of the cafe with the Siskins.
Padley Gorge: Garden Warbler - 1 - singing in hedge near bottom end of gorge ; Green Woodpecker - 1 - calling near bottom end ; Redstart - 2+ - singing males ; Pied Flycatcher - 4+ - singing males

29 April 2010

Padley Gorge: Pied Flycatcher - 3 - 2 singing males, 1 female

28 April 2010

Longshaw: Chiffchaff - 2 - Singing ; Garden Warbler - 1 - Seen singing ; Siskin - 6 - Feeding on feeders

27 April 2010

Padley Gorge: Nuthatch - 1 - exiting a hole in a tree ; Pied Flycatcher - 4 - Two pairs about. One pair at a tree hole site and the other at the nest box site higher up gorge. ; , Dunnock - 4 - Two pairs in courtship display. Seen near mill buildings at lower end of Padley Gorge. ;

23 April 2010

Padley Gorge: Treecreeper - 1 ; Pied Flycatcher - 3 - 1m 2f at nest boxes ; Tree Pipit - 2 ; Reed Bunting - 1 - m ; Dipper - 2 ; Pied Wagtail - 2 - pair ; Kestrel - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 2 ; Goldcrest - 2 - pair ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Mistle Thrush - 1 ; Coal Tit - 1 ; Redstart - 1 - male ; Swallow - 1

22 April 2010

Padley Gorge: Pied Flycatcher - 7 ; , Redstart - 2 - 2 males ; Pied Flycatcher - 7 - 5 males, 2 females

21 April 2010

Padley: Pied Flycatcher - 2 - 1m, 1f - different pairs ; Redstart - 4 - singing males
Padley Gorge: Pied Flycatcher - 2

20 April 2010

Padley Gorge: Pied Flycatcher - 2 pairs

08 April 2010

Padley Gorge: Nuthatch - 6+ - Pair entering and leaving nesting hole ; Pied Flycatcher - 2 - near nest boxes ;

04 April 2010

Padley Gorge: Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Meadow Pipit - 1 ; Pied Flycatcher - 1

09 March 2010

Longshaw: Brambling - 2+ - At least two males still feeding on the ground under feeders outside the cafe with Chaffinches ;

01 March 2010

Longshaw: Brambling - 1 - male at feeding station by cafe.

15 February 2010

Longshaw: Brambling - 5+ - under feeders outside cafe

14 February 2010

Longshaw: Lesser Redpoll - 12 - On feeders

01 February 2010

Longshaw: Lesser Redpoll - 6 ; Brambling - 7+ - at feeders ; , COMMON (Mealy) REDPOLL - 1 - at feeders

31 January 2010

Grindleford: Goosander - 8 - 5 males, 3 females. 200 yds upstream from bridge.
Longshaw: Brambling - 1 - with Chaffinch flock ; Raven - 2 ; Brambling - 5+ - Feeding below feeders. Few Redpoll this morning and no sign any Mealies. ;

30 January 2010

Longshaw: Brambling - 5 ; COMMON (Mealy) REDPOLL - 2-3

29 January 2010

Longshaw: COMMON (Mealy) REDPOLL - 2+ - with up to 20 Lesser Redpoll also several Brambling and at least 2 male Chaffinch of nominate (continental) form ; , COMMON (Mealy) REDPOLL - 2+ - another photo ;

27 January 2010

Longshaw: Brambling - 6 - including 4 males ; , COMMON (Mealy) REDPOLL - 1-2 - with up to 20 Lesser Redpoll ;

23 January 2010

Longshaw: Dipper - 1 - perched on fence by stream, near start of path to Longshaw from B6521 ; Treecreeper - 2+ - around feeders ; Nuthatch - 2+ - on feeders ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 ; Raven - 3 ; Siskin - c10 - on feeders ; , Lesser Redpoll - 5+ - on feeders ; , Brambling - 1 - with chaffinches under feeders
Padley Gorge: Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Goldcrest - 1+ - singing

19 January 2010

Longshaw: COMMON (Mealy) REDPOLL - 2 - Also 20 lesser redpoll, 2 Brambling

18 January 2010

Longshaw: COMMON (Mealy) REDPOLL - 1 - Male on feeders near cafe with 6+ Lesser Redpoll ; Raven - 2 - Flying over ; Brambling - 3 ; Peregrine - 1 - Flew over mid-morning. ; COMMON (Mealy) REDPOLL - 2 - Male and female.

17 January 2010

Longshaw: COMMON (Mealy) REDPOLL - 2 - coming to feeders with 12+ lessers ; Pink-footed Goose - h - Skein heard calling overhead ; COMMON (Mealy) REDPOLL - 2 - On feeders with c.12 Lesser Redpoll ; Brambling - 1 - Male

14 January 2010

Longshaw: Lesser Redpoll - c5 - On feeders ; Brambling - 1 ; Siskin - c5 - On feeders ; Nuthatch - 1 - on feeders ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Around feeders

10 January 2010

Longshaw: Brambling - 1 ; Siskin - 4 ; Goldfinch - 15 ; Blackbird - 15+ - mainly all males ; Brambling - 10 - still feeding under the bird feeders ; , Lesser Redpoll - 15 ; Brambling - 1 - On Cafe feeders
Longshaw Lodge: Brambling - 3

09 January 2010

Longshaw: Goldfinch - 8 ; Siskin - 5 ; Coal Tit - 6 ; Blue Tit - 10 ; Lesser Redpoll - 10 ; Blackbird - 5 ; Great Tit - 4 ; Brambling - 8 - the bird feeders at Longshaw are attracting a lot of birds in this bad weather ; , Chaffinch - 20 ; Greenfinch - 5

02 January 2010

Longshaw: Coal Tit - 10 ; Lesser Redpoll - 10 ; Brambling - 5

28 December 2009

Longshaw: Lesser Redpoll - 4 - On feeder in front of tea-room, along with 1 Siskin

27 December 2009

Longshaw: Nuthatch - 2 ; Brambling - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 ; Blackbird - 5 ; Chaffinch - 10 ; Coal Tit - 6 ; Blue Tit - 6 ; Goldfinch - 10 ; Lesser Redpoll - 10

21 December 2009

Longshaw: Stonechat - 1 - Male above Yarncliff Lodge ; Brambling - 12+ - On feeders by visitor centre ; Pink-footed Goose - 90 - West 12:50

20 December 2009

Longshaw: Brambling - 14 - feeding under the bird feeder outside the cafe ;

19 December 2009

Longshaw: Lesser Redpoll - 20 ; , Siskin - 15 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 ; Chaffinch - 20+ ; Blackbird - 5

06 December 2009

Longshaw: Dipper - 1 - flew along flooded ditch below the pond ; Brambling - 1 - in beech ; Sparrowhawk - 1 ; Green Woodpecker - 1 ; Brambling - 2 ; Crossbill - 14 ; Greenfinch - 2 ; Coal Tit - 10 ; Chaffinch - 20+ ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 ; Lesser Redpoll - 6

28 November 2009

Longshaw: Crossbill - 12

15 November 2009

Longshaw: Brambling - 20+

22 October 2009

Longshaw: Brambling - 2 - with chaffinches in woods below pond

19 October 2009

Padley Gorge: Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Nuthatch - 1 ; Stonechat - 1 ; Coal Tit - 5

15 September 2009

Padley Gorge: Grey Wagtail - 3

09 September 2009

Lawrence Field: Stonechat - 2 - Im If ; Whinchat - 1 - 1 female

07 September 2009

Padley Gorge: Grey Wagtail - 3 - 3/4 a two and two singles very likely ; , Dipper - 1 - full new coat,brilliant ;
Padley Wood: Willow Warbler - 2 ; Long-tailed Tit - 8 - part of tit flock

04 September 2009

Padley Gorge: Kingfisher - 1 - At top of Gorge. ; Jackdaw - 50+ ; Swallow - 12+ ; Grey Wagtail - 2 - Feeding