July 08 Bird News

These reports are unchecked. Please note that for obvious reasons we do not publish sightings of rare breeders such as Little Ringed Plover during the breeding season (unless obvious migrants)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

30 July 2008
  • Drakelow NR (SK2220) Little Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, Mandarin, Greenshank
  • Linacre Res. (SK3372) 2 Common Sandpiper
  • Derby, R Derwent (SK3236) Common Sandpiper on the river bank opposite the Council House briefly
  • Willington GP (SK2827) 2 Greenshank
29 July 2008
  • Drakelow NR (SK2220) Little Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, Mandarin, Grey Wagtail
  • Mackworth Park/Greenwich Drive South (SK3236) 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Bullfinch, Marsh Tit
28 July 2008
  • Drakelow NR (SK2220) 2 Little Egret
  • Pleasley Pit (SK4964) Little Egret
27 July 2008
  • Bennerley Marsh (SK4743) 5 Grey Partridge, 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Linnet, 5 Green Woodpecker
  • American Adventure (SK4444) 6 Pochard, 2 Great Black Backed Gull, 5 Lesser Redpoll, 7 Grey Partridge
  • Willington GP (SK2827) Little Egret flew SW at 07:25, 3 Green Sandpiper, 4 Common Sandpiper, Dunlin
  • Radbourne (SK2836) Spotted Flycatcher and Curlew families
26 July 2008
  • Manor Floods (SK4641) 4 Buzzard
  • Hardwick Hall (SK4663) 3 Spotted Flycatcher
22 July 2008
  • Wyver Lane (SK3449) Juvenile Cuckoo, 2 Raven, Barnacle Goose x Greylag Goose hybrid, Hobby
21 July 2008
  • Willington GP (SK2827) 4 Shelduck, Gadwall brood, 2 Teal, Oystercatcher, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Ringed Plover, 2 Dunlin, Snipe, Black-tailed Godwit, Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper, Turnstone, ad Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Kingfisher and Green Woodpecker.
  • Carsington Water (SK2552) Peregrine, Common Scoter
  • Calke Park (SK3622) Spotted Flycatcher, Little Owl, Mistle Thrush, 2 Grey Wagtail
20 July 2008
  • Aldecar (SK4447) 2 Meadow Pipit, Buzzard, 2 Little Grebe, 9 Tufted Duck, Water Rail, 4 Great Black Backed Gull
  • Drakelow NR (SK2220) 570 Swifts moving W or SW am
19 July 2008
  • Linacre Res. (SK3372) 2 Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 15 Mandarin
16 July 2008
  • Shottelgate (SK3247) Peregrine chasing Wood Pigeons
14 July 2008
  • Carsington Water (SK2552) Wigeon
13 July 2008
  • Belper (SK3448) Female Mandarin and three juveniles
  • Willington GP (SK2827) Yellow-legged Gull reported, 2 Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Dunlin, Grasshopper Warbler, 6 Lesser Whitethroat
  • Shipley Lake (SK4444) A juv Black-necked Grebe reported
11 July 2008
  • Spondon (SK4036) Lesser Spotted Woodpecker visiting a garden feeder
10 July 2008
  • Curbar (SK2774) 2 Stonechat
  • Alvaston Park (SK3933) 3 Grey Wagtail, Goosander
  • Bennerley Marsh (SK4743) Peregrine, Grey Partridge, 7 Green Woodpecker, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 38 Black-headed Gull, 24 Lapwing, 3 Common Tern
9 July 2008
  • Locko Park (SK4038) 2 Hobby, 7 Crossbill, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Little Owl
8 July 2008
  • East Mill, Belper (SK3448) A Peregrine roosting on the Mill
7 July 2008
  • Pride Park (SK3735) 4 Peregrines on the mobile telephone tower on Orient Way at 17:30. One bird seen to catch a Starling and pass it in mid air to another bird. The Catherdral family on a day out.
  • Willington GP (SK2827) 16 Black-tailed Godwit, Black Tern, Greenshank, 4 Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper
6 July 2008
  • Bennerley Marsh (SK4743) 2 Redshank, 28 Lapwing, 28 Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Lesser Whitethroat, Whitethroat
  • Mapperly Wood (SK4443) 2 Yellowhammer, 2 Common Gull, 72 Sand Martin, 3 Chiffchaff, Nuthatch,
  • American Adventure (SK4444) Comnmon Sandpiper, 2 Common Tern, 13 Black-headed Gull, 2 Green Woodpecker
5 July 2008
  • Mapperly Wood (SK4443) 2 Yellowhammer, 2 Common Gull, 72 Sand Martin, 3 Chiffchaff, Nuthatch,
  • American Adventure (SK4444) Comnmon Sandpiper, 2 Common Tern, 13 Black-headed Gull, 2 Green Woodpecker
  • Bennerley Marsh (SK4743) Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Redshank, 24 Lapwing, 5 Grey Heron, 2 Green Woodpecker, 250 Starling, 34 Black-headed Gull, 4 Reed Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff
  • Willington GP (SK2827) Wood Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Snipe, 12 Oystercatcher, Redshank, Kestrel, a report of 3 Yellow-legged Gulls
2 July 2008
  • Wyver Lane (SK3449) Green Sandpiper, Hobby, 2 Raven west
  • Daniel Hayes (SK2220) 2 Grasshopper Warbler
1 July 2008
  • Crich (SK3454) Presumably the same Red Kite seen at Broomfield Hall
  • Broomfield Hall (SK3840) Red Kite flying north
  • Ambaston GP (SK4232) Black-necked Grebe still present
30 June 2008
  • Drakelow NR (SK2220) Good movement of Swifts through the Trent Valley today with 123 SW through Drakelow tonight in two hours, along with 250 Sand Martins and 90 House Martin

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May 2008 highlights

Almost something for everyone this month within a most impressive species list. There is little doubt that the Red-footed Falcon created the most interest but with semi-rarities such as Temminck’s Stint, Spoonbill and Wood Sandpiper about, it was partly a matter of making a choice and partly of being in the right place at the right time.

There was a healthy showing of both the rarer breeding species and potential new ones; the latter including more Avocets. A late flurry of gulls held Little Gull, Yellow-legged Gull and Kittiwake whilst the wader list was as long as I can remember in any month.

There was a good showing of Arctic and Black Terns, a few more Turtle Doves than usual and an excellent month for Red Kite records.

Bryan Barnacle