Bird News

These reports are unchecked. All records submitted via the "Submit a Record" page will be sent to the Bulletin Bird Notes Compiler and entered onto the DOS database even if they do not appear here. Please note that for obvious reasons we do not publish sightings of rare breeders such as Little Ringed Plover during the breeding season (unless obvious migrants)

For more reports please see Rod Key's Page

29 July 2010
  • Belper River Gardens (SK3448) Hobby
  • Carr Vale NR (SK4669) Common Sandpiper
  • Pleasley Colliery (SK4946) 2 Green Woodpacker, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker over
28 July 2010
  • Swadlincote (SK2919) Hobby
  • Avenue Washlands NR (SK3966) Green Sandpiper
  • Willington GP (SK2827) Little Egret, 2 Wigeon, 11 Teal, Hobby, Peregrine, Water Rail, 4 Oystercatcher, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 200 Lapwing, 3 Dunlin, Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, 18 Common Tern
  • Shardlow (SK4329) 3 Little Egret over A50
  • Queen's Park Chesterfield (SK3770) (SK2827) Red Kite
27 July 2010
  • Willington GP (SK2827) Little Egret, Buzzard, 2 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper, Willow Tit, Jay
26 July 2010
  • Wyver Lane (SK3449) 40 Greylag Goose, 30 Canada Goose, 3 Teal, Shoveler, 2 Kestrel, 31 Black-headed Gull, 3 Common Gull, 3 Common Tern, 5 Stock Dove, 2 Grey Wagtail, 7 Mistle Thrush, 2 Grasshopper Warbler
25 July 2010
  • Matlock Moor (SK3062) Redstart
  • Willington GP (SK2827) 2 Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, Water Rail, 5 Little Ringed Plover, 260 Lapwing, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Greenshank, 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Sedge Warbler
  • Avenue Washlands NR (SK3966) Green Sandpiper, 2 Kingfisher, Grasshopper Warbler
24 July 2010
  • Willington GP (SK2827) 3 Buzzard, 2 Oystercatcher, 140 Lapwing, 13 Common Tern, Kingfisher, Linnet
22 July 2010
  • Duffield (SK3443) 6 Raven heading south
  • Wyver Lane (SK3449) Teal, Shoveler, 200 Lapwing, Common Sandpiper, 3 Common Tern, 7 Stock Dove, 2 Grasshopper Warbler, Reed Warbler, 8 Whitethroat
21 July 2010
  • Drakelow NR (SK2220) Garganey confirmed as a male
  • Sinfin (SK3532) Grasshopper Warbler
  • Willington GP (SK2827) Little Egret, Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper
  • Bakewell (SK2168) Barn Owl
  • Avenue Washlands NR (SK3966) Green Sandpiper
  • Axe Edge (SK0569) Little Owl
  • Loscoe Dam (SK4247) 9 Buzzard
19 July 2010
  • Drakelow NR (SK2220) Garganey relocated
  • Chaddesden (SK3737) 50 Black-headed Gull, 50 Swift
  • Willington GP (SK2827) 2 Little Egret, Wigeon, 2 Kestrel, Hobby, Green Sandpiper, 4 Common Sandpiper, 18 Common Tern, 2 Green Woodpecker
18 July 2010
  • Shipley CP (SK4440) Spotted Flycatcher
  • Drakelow NR (SK2220) Little Egret
  • Carsington Water (SK2553) 9 Common Scoter, Yellow-legged Gull
17 July 2010
  • Beeley Moor (SK2866) Stone Curlew (see Rod Key's page for details)
  • R Trent/R Dove Confluence (SK2726) 17 Goosander, Buzzard, Kestrelm 68 Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Little Owl, Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Bunting
  • Willington GP (SK2827) Little Egret, Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Oystercatcher
16 July 2010
  • Ripley (SK3950) Barn Owl, Grasshopper Warbler
  • Shipley Park Lake (SK4444) 12 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Cabada Goose, 5 Tufted Duck, 3 Moorhen, 30 Coot, 2 Common Tern
  • Raynesway (SK3834) 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Lapwing, 12 Linnet
15 July 2010
  • Rosliston (SK2416) Hobby
  • R Trent/R Dove Confluence (SK2726) 6 Canada Goose, Greenshank, 6 Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper
  • R Dove Hilton (SK2129) 11 Goosander, 3 Kestrel, 6 Moorhen, 15 Sand Martin
  • Drakelow NR (SK2220) Garganey still present, Common Sandpiper
  • Willington GP (SK2827) Little Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, 35 Mute Swan, 5 Oystercatcher, 2 Redshank, 2 Common Sandpiper
14 July 2010
  • Abbey Hill Fresh (SK3639) 47 Greylag Goose, 10 Coot, 27 Black-headed Gull
  • Avenue Washlands NR (SK3966) Green Sandpiper
13 July 2010
  • Weston-on-Trent (SK4028) 8 Mute Swan, Mallard, 8 Coot, Kingfisher
  • Willington GP (SK2827) Little Egret, 2 Sparrowhawk, Greenshank
  • Avenue Washlands NR (SK3966) Green Sandpiper
  • Wyver Lane (SK3449) 5 Teal, 3 Buzzard, 170 Lapwing, 4 Stock Dove, 2 Grasshopper Warbler, Reed Warbler
12 July 2010
  • Midway (SK3020) Sparrowhawk, 6 Moorhen
  • Nadin's Pool (SK2719) Coot, 2 Whitethroat
  • Stanton Pools (SK2720) Little Grebe, Canada Goose, 8 Tufted Duck, Kestrel, Green Woodpecker, Reed Bunting
  • Ogston Res. (SK3760) Oystercatcher, 4 Little Ringed Plover, 11 Dunlin
  • Wyver Lane (SK3449) Gadwall, 5 Teal, Black-tailed Godwit, Common Sandpiper, 3 Common Tern, Grasshopper Warbler
  • Hell Bank Plantation (SK2868) Great Spotted Woodpecker, Treecreeper, 2 Siskin
11 July 2010
  • Alderwasley (SK3251) Hobby chasing Swallows
  • Hathersage (SK2280) Spotted Flycatcher
  • Drakelow NR (SK2220) female/1st winter Garganey but very elusive
  • Willington GP (SK2827) Little Egret, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Green Woodpecker
10 July 2010
  • Bakewell (SK2168) Dipper
  • Wyver Lane (SK3449) Common Snadpiper, Grasshopper Warbler
  • Ingleby (SK3527) Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
9 July 2010
  • R Derwent, Ambaston (SK4232) Mute Swan, 3 Kestrel, Moorhen, Common Sandpiper
  • Spondon (SK3936) Hobby
  • Shirebrook Colliery (SK5366) Hobby, Green Woodpecker, Grasshopper Warbler, Chiffchaff
8 July 2010
  • Birdholme WR (SK3868) Mute Swan, 15 Canada Goose, Moorhen, 10 Coot, Nuthatch
  • Stonebroom (SK4059) Mallard, Coot, Redshank, Common Tern, Stock Dove, Sedge Warbler, 2 Linnet, Yellowhammer
  • Willington GP (SK2827) Little Egret, 4 Water Rail, Green Sandpiper, Kingfisher
7 July 2010
  • Spondon (SK4033) 3 Grey Wagtail
  • Alvaston Lake (SK3634) 8 Mute Swan, 158 Canada Goose, Morrhen, 30 Coot
  • Chaddesden Sidings (SK3735) 10 Sand Martin
6 July 2010
  • Ladybower Res. (SK1986) Woodcock near Fairholmes
  • Barrow GP (SK3537) 28 Mute Swan, 12 Greylag Goose, 4 Shelduck, 5 Wigeon, 4 Oystercatcher
  • Carsington Water (SK2553) 3 Gadwall, 2 Teal, 4 Common Sandpiper, 4 Common Tern
  • Chaddesden Park (SK3836) Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 8 Long Tailed Tit, 2 Nuthatch
  • Pleasley Colliery (SK4964) Black-tailed Godwit, Kittiwake
  • Barrow GP (SK3527) 28 Mute Swan, 12 Greylag Goose, 4 Shelduck, 5 Wigeon, 4 Oystercatcher
  • Willington GP (SK2827) 6 Great Crested Grebe, 10 Cormorant, 3 Wigeon, Moorhen, Coot, 6 Oystercatcher, 125 Lapwing, Curlew, Green Sandpiper
5 July 2010
  • Radbourne (SK2836) 100 Swift
  • R Trent/R Dove Confluence (SK2726) Little Egret, 14 Goosander, 3 Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper
4 July 2010
  • Willington GP (SK2827) 2 Little Egret over early am
  • Drakelow NR (SK2220) female/1st winter Garganey, 17 Gadwall, 3 Shoveler, Mandarin, Hobby, 3 Peregrine, 3 Buzzard, 2 Oystercatcher, Green Sandpiper, 74 Swift, Goldcrest, Nuthatch
2 July 2010
  • Willington GP (SK2827) 6 Green Sandpiper Main Pit
1 July 2010
  • Willington GP (SK2827) 2 Dunlin, Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper
30 June 2010
  • Stanage Edge (SK2384) Hobby, 7 Golden Plover, 2 Curlew
  • Hartshorne (SK3220) Turtle Dove
  • Raynesway (SK3834) 4 Common Tern

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May highlights

Despite several candidates for “Bird of the Month”, the popular vote would almost certainly go to the Great Reed Warbler. Not only a new species for the county but a long-stayer that pleased many. The Spoonbill that graced Willington GP was much appreciated (and needed!) by some of our keen “county listers” as was the Red-Rumped Swallow at Ogston Res.

A male Montagu’s Harrier proved pretty elusive at times, as did the Dotterel on Abney Moor, whilst semi-rarities that offered only a brief appearance included five Common Crane, a Fulmar, two Black Redstart, a Blue-headed Wagtail and a putative “Grey” Shrike.

A long staying drake Garganey is always welcome and the month saw more than expected numbers of Red Kite, Marsh Harrier, and Wood Sandpiper.

Bryan Barnacle