The Derbyshire Ornithological Society

Bird News for June 2007

• Swarkestone GP (SK3628) - 2 second summer Yellow Legged Gulls in the field opposite the fishermans entrance

• Via Gellia (SK2655) - A Red Kite for 20 mins before drifting south
• Toyota Factory (SK2930) - Barn Owl over the A50/A38 junction
• Swarkestone GP (SK3628) - A Caspian Gull and 4 Yellow-legged Gulls in fields opposite the fisherman's entrance

• Old Tupton (SK3765) - A Quail singing at 10pm
• Willington GP (SK2827) - 2 Greenshank

• Barrow-on-Trent (SK3528) - Turtle Dove on electricity wires in field alongside footpath adjascent to Grange Farm

• Drakelow WR (SK2220) - 12 Gadwall, 120 Mallard, 3 Teal, 2 Mandarin, 6 Greylag Goose, Green Sandpiper, Peregrine, 4 Oystercatcher

• Derby (SK3635) - An exhausted adult Gannet found in Parcel Terrace, see Rod Key's page for full details.
• Foremark Res (SK3323) - male Gargany, 2 singing Grasshopper Warblers, Reed Warbler

• Drakelow WR (SK2220) - Greylag Goose, 4 Oystercatcher, Cuckoo, 90 Swift, usual Warblers, Willow Tit and 2 juv Bullfinch. A Red-eared Terrapin was by the main hide, "this beastie has been with us for nearly 15 years"
• Marston-on-Dove (SK2827) - Goosander

• Drakelow WR (SK2220) - A male Wigeon was only the third ever June record

• Darley Park (SK3538) - 2 Spotted Flycatcher and Goosander with 10 young

• Willington GP (SK2827) - Black Tailed Godwit, Hobby
• Carr Vale NR (SK4569) - Ringed Plover, Hobby

• Willington GP (SK2827) - Black Tailed Godwit
• Carr Vale NR (SK4569) - 3 Black Tailed Godwits with the Greenshank still present

• Dove Valley Park (SK2031) - Black Redstart
• Carr Vale NR (SK4569) - Greenshank still present

• Kedleston Park (SK3140) - 2 Mandarin, 2 Spotted Flycatcher
• Willington GP (SK2827) - Caspian Tern briefly

• Dovedale (SK1451) - 3 Grey Wagtail, 7 Goosander, 5 Redstart
• Hallcroft Fisheries (SK2331) - Cettis Warbler still singing loudly
• Hilton GP (SK2531) - 2 Willow Tit, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Snipe, 4 Common Tern, Garden Warbler

• Derbyshire County Cricket Ground (SK3637) - Numerous spectators witnessed a Peregrine chasing and then killing a Jackdaw, appropriately enough during the luncheon interval, in the paddock area behind the new Gateway Centre

• Baslow (SK2472) - 2 Mandarin, 2 Little Owl, 2 Curlew

• Carr Vale NR (SK4569) - Greenshank mid-morning
• Ogston Res (SK3760) - Osprey, Hobby

• Carver's Rocks (SK3322) - 3 Grasshopper Warblers singing in the evening
• Pleasley Colliery NR (SK4964) - 4 Grey Partridge, 2 Linnet, 6 Yellowhammer

• Marston-on-Dove (SK2328) - Cuckoo, Hobby, Whitethroat, Kingfisher, Common Tern
• Hall Dale Wood (SK2864) - Wood Warbler, Chiffchaff

• Langley Mill (SK4447) - Little Egret flying towards Codnor at 19-30
• Cobnar Wood (SK3575) - Great Spotted Woodpecker, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Spotted Flycatcher

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