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The next Field Trip will be notified later in the year. Click here for more details
The next Indoor Meeting will be on 24 September when Paul Hobson will be talking on "Peak District Birds". Click here for more details.
Could birders visiting Ambaston GP please note that only the deep water pit near Ambaston and the reedbeds where a Spotted Crake appeared a few years ago can be viewed from public footpaths etc. The rest of this site is strictly private.
Could birders visiting Willington GP Canal Pit please note that the site is a PRIVATE working gravel pit. Do not use the gravel company road and do not approach the water's edge. View only from the canal tow path. Information from the site will cease if birders cannot act responsibly.
Could birders visiting Foremark Reservoir please note that there is NO ACCESS at any time to the area along the dam wall or to the area on the West Side of the Reservoir.
A reminder to visitors to Drakelow NR: please do not walk in front of the main hide as this disturbs birds using the feeding station
   For a link to the RSPB Derby Local Group website click here
The Carsington Bird Club Website now features a new Forum, click here for more details

The Pleasley Pit Nature Study Group website here for details
BTO Bird Atlas 2007-11, "Mapping Britain and Ireland's Birds". Work starts on this £1 million project in November 2007. Volunteers are needed for survey field work. click here for more information or contact Dave Budworth
Please note that Rod Key's e-mail address is r_key@sky.com
Please note that the DOS Secretary's e-mail address is steveshaw84MVR@btinternet.com
For information on how you can help the DOS Records Database Project click here
The status of Aston-on-Trent GP: This is a private working gravel pit with permit only access during working hours. The closer pits can be viewed from the A50 slip road with a telescope but no access should be attempted AT ANY TIME (or you will have to explain yourself to the local constabulary)

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If you are a member of the DOS and a Tax Payer, please consider Gift Aid - we can reclaim the tax on subscriptions. If all eligible members filled in a Gift Aid form, we could significantly increase our income at no cost to you.
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Catch up on all the Peregrine news at Derby Cathedral Peregrine Project here or for live webcam pictures click here

OUT NOW!!! The Derbyshire Bird Report 2008 published November 2009. 188 pages, Systematic List PLUS Wintering Chiffchaffs in Derbyshire. Click here to order

Over 100 records per month are now being regularly submitted via the site. This is quick and simple if you only have a few records to submit -"highlights for the day" for instance so why not give it a go? Either click on the link above or see the Recording page which now also has information on how to computerise your records

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