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Bird News - July 2015

This is a news service only and the reports are unchecked. All records submitted via the "Submit 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 Please note that for obvious reasons we do not publish sightings of rare breeders such as Little Ringed Plover during the breeding season (unless obvious migrants)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

 

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31 July 2015
  • Loscoe Dam (SK4247) 3 Buzzard
  • Bumper Castle (SK2865) Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, Hobby, 14 Swift, 17 Swallow, Redstart
  • Stockley (SK4667) 8 Grey Partridge, 2 Green Woodpecker, 7 Reed Warbler
  • Willington GP (SK2827) 21 Great crested Grebe, 12 Cormorant, 6 Little Egret, 30 Mute Swan, 3 Greylag Goose, Shelduck, 50 Mallard, 3 Shoveler, Pochard, 70 Tufted Duck, 2 Buzzard, 3 Water Rail, Greenshank, 3 Green Sandpiper, 2 Kingfisher, Raven
30 July 2015
  • Gamesley (SK0194) Little Egret, 5 Buzzard
  • Matlock (SK2960) Great Spotted Woodpecker, Willow Tit, 2 Goldfinch, Siskin
  • Weston-on-Trent (SK4127) Redstart, 5 Yellowhammer
  • Littleover (SK2956) Great Spotted Woodpecker
  • Willington GP (SK2827) 3 Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper, Kingfisher
29 July 2015
  • Willington GP (SK2827) Little Egret, Oystercatcher, 14 Black-tailed Godwit, Ringed Plover, Kingfisher, 20 Sand Martin, Willow Tit, Raven
28 July 2015
  • Pleasley Colliery (SK4964) 3 Grey Partridge
  • Breaston (SK4633) Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker
  • Stockley (SK4667) 2 Willow Tit
  • Staunton Harold Res. (SK3723) Black-tailed Godwit, Yellow-legged Gull
  • Ogston Res. (SK3760) Osprey, 2 Sanderling
  • North Wingfield (SK4165) Red Kite, Kingfisher
27 July 2015
  • Moseley Bottom (SJ9985) 35 Siskin
  • Padfield (SK0396) 5 Greenfinch
  • Derwent Res. (SK1790) 3 Common Scoter
  • Pastures Golf Course (SK3033) kestrel, Green Woodpecker
26 July 2015
  • Staunton Harold Res. (SK3723) 3 Little Egret
  • Cromford (SK2956) Escaped Northern Bobwhite
  • Stone Edge (SK3367) 12 Mistle Thrush, 32 Linnet
  • Drakelow NR (SK2220) Green Sandpiper, Cetti’s Warbler
  • Willington GP (SK2827) Bittern, 3 Little Egret, 8 Teal, Shoveler, 2 Goosander, Sparrowhawk, Water Rail, 3 Raven
25 July 2015
  • Hasland (SK3969) Yellowhammer
  • Holymoorside (SK3269) 3 Buzzard, 2 Sparrowhawk, Kingfisher, 5 Bullfinch
  • Ednaston (SK2440) 6 Spotted Flycatcher
  • Ogston Res. (SK3760) Osprey
  • Brackenfield (SK3758) Spotted FLycatcher
  • Rowthorne (SK4764) 6 Grey Partridge
  • Flash Lane (SK2965) Red Kite
  • Drakelow NR (SK2220) Red Kite
24 July 2015
  • Goyt's Moss (SK0173) Peregrine
  • Middleton Moor (SK2074) Peregrine, Redshank, 8 Sand Martin
23 July 2015
  • Kedleston Park (SK3140) Green Woodpecker, 5 Mistle Thrush
  • Stockley (SK4667) 100 Swift, 2 Green Woodpecker
  • Willington GP (SK2827) 2 Oystercatcher, Redshank, Greenshank, 2 Common Sandpiper
22 July 2015
  • Ogston Res. (SK3760) 32 Cormorant, 5 Grey Heron, 16 Greylag Goose, 40 Canada Goose, 4 Mallard, Osprey, 4 Moorhen, Oystercatcher, 4 Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, Yellow-legged Gull, Common Tern, 4 Pied Wagtail, Dunnock, Robin, 2 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 8 Blue Tit, 6 Great Tit, Chaffinch, Reed Bunting
  • Combs Res. (SK0379) Little Egret
  • Loscoe Dam (SK4247) Peregrine
  • Raynesway (SK3834) Little Egret
  • Long Eaton GP (SK5033) Wood Sandpiper
  • Ockbrook (SK4235) Tawny Owl
  • Pleasley Colliery (SK4964) Hobby, 50 House Martin
21 July 2015
  • Pastures Golf Course (SK3033) 2 Green Woodpecker
  • Calke Park (SK3622) 4 Green Woodpcker
  • Kedleston Park (SK3140) Hobby
20 July 2015
  • Duffield (SK3542) Little Egret
  • Pastures Golf Course (SK3033) Buzzard, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, 10 House Martin, Goldcrest
  • Willington GP (SK2827) Bittern
19 July 2015
  • Monsal Dale (SK1771) 4 Dipper
  • Monsal Head (SK1871) 2 Raven
  • Matlock (SK3158) Raven
  • Allestree Park (SK3540) 15 Canada Goose, 5 Mandarin, 2 Moorhen
  • Belper (SK3547) 3 Mandarin, 5 Moorhen
  • Drakelow NR (SK2220) 11 Little Egret, 5 Mandarin, Wigeon, Teal, 2 Shoveler, Oystercatcher, Redshank, 3 Green Sandpiper, Greenshank, Common Tern
18 July 2015
  • Middleton Moor (SK2074) 4 Tufted Duck, Peregrine, 2 Black-tailed Godwit
  • Belper (SK3547) 2 Mallard, Dipper
  • Borrowash (SK4234) 2 Kestrel
  • Littleover (SK3233) Little Grebe, 4 Coot
  • Radbourne (SK2836) 2 Little Grebe, 2 Mallard, 5 Tufted Duck, 2 Moorhen, Little Owl, Green Wodopecker
  • Brailsford (SK3541) 3 Little Grebe, 4 Mute Swan, 4 Mallard, 4 Nuthatch
  • Denby (SK3946) 2 Little Grebe, 3 Kingfisher
  • Derby (SK3536) 4 Mallard, 11 Moorhen
  • Thulston (SK4031) 3 Yellowhammer
17 July 2015
  • South Normanton (SK4456) 50 House Martin
  • Aston-on-Trent (SK4129) 3 Kingfisher
  • Findern (SK3030) 37 Mallard, 5 Kestrel, 96 Moorhen, 5 Coot, 21 Wren, 10 Blackbird, 7 Yellowhammer
  • Weston-on-Trent (SK4028) 7 Mute Swan, 2 Canada Goose, 10 Mallard, 6 Coot, Kingfisher
  • Stenson (SK3230) 9 Mute Swan, 15 Chiffchaff
  • Derwent Meadows DWT (SK3934) reeling Grasshopper Warbler
  • Pleasley Vale (SK5165) 2 Buzzard
  • Middleton Moor (SK2074) Peregrine, 50 Swift, 2 Sand Martin
  • Great Wilne (SK4430) Little Egret, 4 Mallard, 7 Coot
  • Hayfield (SK0386) 2 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, Hobby, 2 Tawny Owl, 20 Swift, Kingfisher, 3 Grey Wagtail, Raven
16 July 2015
  • Froggatt Bridge (SK2475) Little Grebe, Mandarin, 24 Mallard, 13 Moorhen, 3 Coot
  • Grindleford (SK2477) 15 Swift
  • Stoke Hall (SK2376) 12 Mistle Thrush
  • Arkwright (SK4270) Little Grebe, Coot
  • Baslow (SK2572) Little Grebe, 29 Mandarin
  • Calver (SK2474) 29 Canada Goose, 9 Mandarin, 6 Grey Wagtail, 3 Dipper
  • Mill Dale (SK1454) 11 Mandarin, Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, 2 Spotted Flycatcher
  • Pleasley Colliery (SK4964) 6 Little Grebe
  • Willington GP (SK2827) 6 Little Egret, Hobby, 2 Oystercatcher, 30 Lapwing, 13 Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Common Tern, Kingfisher
15 July 2015
  • Derby (SK3536) Cuckoo
  • Bradley (SK2245) 15 Canada Goose, Mandarin, Raven
  • Bradley Dam (SK2245) 6 Mandarin, Teal, 2 Pheasant
  • Ednaston (SK2341) 30 Greylag Goose, Canada Goose, 2 Mandarin, 3 Buzzard
  • Findern (SK3030) 11 Pied Wagtail, 4 Yellowhammer
  • Hady (SK3970) 2 Peregrine
  • Shirebrook Colliery (SK5366) Sparrowhawk
  • Pastures Golf Course (SK3033) 10 House Martin
  • Mickleover (SK3035) Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard
  • Fallange Edge (SK2867) 12 Raven
  • Ashover Rocks (SK3563) 10 Swift, 5 Blackbird, Mistle Thrush, Great Tit, 2 Carrion Crow
  • Willington GP (SK2827) Little Egret, Caspian Gull, Cetti's Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler
14 July 2015
  • Hall Dale (SK2863) Little Owl
  • Kinder Res. (SK0486) 2 Buzzard, Oystercatcher, 2 Common Sandpiper, 120 Lesser Black-backed Gull
  • Barrow GP (SK3527) 9 Grey Heron, 7 Shelduck, Oystercatcher
  • Dale Abbey (SK4338) Mute Swan, 7 Canada Goose, 25 Mallard, 10 Coot, 50 Swallow
  • Ingleby (SK3427) Lesser Whitethroat
  • Newton Solney (SK2725) Common Sandpiper
  • Stanton Pools (SK2720) 5 Little Grebe, 2 Moorhen, 5 Coot, Cetti's Warbler
  • Twyford (SK3228) 17 Cormorant
  • Ashover Rocks (SK3563) 2 Buzzard
  • Creswell Colliery (SK5273) Red Kite
  • Willington Junction (SK3029) 20 Mute Swan, Pied Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting
13 July 2015
  • Derwent Meadows DWT (SK3934) reeling Grasshopper Warbler
  • Shardlow (SK4230) 30 House Martin
  • Cotmanhay (SK4643) 3 Coot, Kingfisher
  • Long Eaton (SK4933) 5 Coot, Common Tern
  • Trent Lock (SK4931) Little Egret, 14 Mute Swan, 129 Moorhen, 100 Coot, Oystercatcher, 21 Collared Dove, 5 Swallow, 21 Magpie, 41 House Sparrow, 4 Yellowhammer
  • Padfield (SK0396) 4 Lesser Redpoll
  • Hayfield (SK0386) Red Kite
12 July 2015
  • Dove Valley Lake (SK2031) Little Grebe, 2 Tufted Duck, Oystercatcher
  • Foston (SK1831) Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Whitethroat
  • Findern (SK3030) Yellowhammer
  • Hoon Hall (SK2231) 4 Little Grebe
  • Newton Solney (SK2725) Little Egret, Oystercatcher, Green Sandpiper, Green Woodpecker
  • Moorway Lane Pond (SK3232) Little Grebe, 6 Mute Swan, 70 Mallard, 6 Tufted Duck, 3 Moorhen
  • Sapperton Manor (SK1834) Oystercatcher, 2 Lapwing, 20 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4 Pied Wagtail
  • Willington (SK2928) 6 Mallard
  • Drakelow NR (SK2220) 16 Little Egret, 8 Mandarin, 49 Gadwall, Water Rail, 3 Oystercatcher, 2 Green Sandpiper, 4 Common Tern, 3 Kingfisher, 12 Green Woodpecker (11 juvs)
  • Willington GP (SK2827) 4 Black-tailed Godwit
11 July 2015
  • Arkwright (SK4270) 4 Little Grebe, 2 Mute Swan, Pochard
  • Derby River Gardens (SK3536) 20 Black Headed Gull
  • Findern (SK3030) 33 Coot, Reed Bunting
  • Mapperley Res. (SK4343) 7 Great Crested Grebe, Mandarin, 5 Moorhen, 3 Coot, 2 Common Tern
  • Newton Solney (SK2725) 4 Oystercatcher, Green Sandpiper, 15 House Martin
  • Smalley (SK4044) 4 Mallard, 20 Swallow
  • Stanley Common (SK4142) 4 Little Grebe, 3 Coot, 2 Skylark
  • Willington Railway Pond (SK3029) 3 Coot, Reed Bunting
10 July 2015
  • Stockley (SK4667) Hobby
9 July 2015
  • Wardlow (SK1974) 2 Raven
  • Willington GP (SK2827) 2 Little Grebe, 2 Little Egret, Wigeon, Ringed Plover, Yellow-legged Gull, 5 Common Tern, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 5 Reed Warbler, 6 Blackcap, Goldcrest, 2 Willow Tit, 2 Reed Bunting
8 July 2015
  • Wyver Lane (SK3449) 2 Lesser Whitethroat
  • Pleasley Colliery (SK4964) 50 Swift
7 July 2015
  • Chellaston (SK3730) Sparrowhawk, 50 Black Headed Gull, 6 Common Gull, 4 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4 Herring Gull, 4 Swift
  • Whitwell (SK5376) 8 House Martin
  • Kedleston Park (SK3040) Spotted Flycatcher
  • Allestree (SK3439) Redstart
6 July 2015
  • Pools Brook CP (SK4373) 12 Great Crested Grebe
  • Pleasley Colliery (SK4964) Redshank
  • Williamthorpe (SK4366) Redshank
  • Derby Locomotive Works (SK3635) Ringed Plover
  • Derby (SK3536) 3 Peregrine on Jury's Inn sign
5 July 2015
  • Darley Dale (SK2662) Red Kite
  • Pride Park Sanctuary (SK3734) 2 Little Grebe, 2 Buzzard, Swift, Skylark, 18 Sand Martin, 5 Mistle Thrush, Reed Warbler, 4 Whitethroat, 6 Greenfinch, 20 Goldfinch, 4 Linnet, Reed Bunting
  • Ashover Rocks (SK3563) 2 Buzzard, Kestrel, Collared Dove, Nuthatch, Jay, Magpie, Bullfinch, 8 Yellowhammer
  • Chellaston (SK4667) Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzard, 150 Swift, 4 Skylark, 6 Swallow, 3 Yellowhammer
  • Holmegate (SK3863) 39 House Sparrow
  • Drakelow NR (SK2220) 12 Little Egrets, 193 Canada Geese, 154 Mallard, 4 Teal, 5 Shoveler, 36 Gadwall, Hobby, Oystercatcher, Green Sandpiper, Common Tern, 10 Green Woodpecker
  • Willington GP (SK2827) 5 Greylag Goose, Shelduck, 2 Wigeon, 2 Gadwall, 6 Teal, Shoveler, 22 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Egret, 8 Great Cresed Grebe, 5 Oystercatcher, Black-tailed Godwit, Green Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Redshank, 12 Common Tern, Herring Gull, Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Raven
4 July 2015
  • Long Eaton GP (SK5033) Green Sandpiper
  • Bumper Castle (SK2865) Woodcock, 2 Mistle Thrush, Yellowhammer
  • Wragg's Quarry (SK2866) Kestrel, 2 Red Grouse, Willow Warbler
  • Palterton (SK4667) Hobby, Willow Tit
  • Stockley (SK4667) Kingfisher
  • Beeley Moor (SK2968) 5 Tree Pipit
3 July 2015
  • Draycott (SK4435) Barn Owl
  • Hulland (SK2446) 2 Red Kite over
  • Raynesway (SK3834) 2 Kingfisher
  • Pleasley Colliery (SK4964) 5 Little Grebe, Black-necked Grebe
2 July 2015
  • Dove Dale (SK1452) 7 Mandarin, Grey Wagtail
  • Wolfscote Dale (SK1357) 6 Mandarin, Dipper
  • Somercotes (SK4253) 30 Swift
  • Hartshorne (SK3220) 4 Red Kite over
  • Willington GP (SK2827) 5 Little Egret
1 July 2015
  • Allestree Park (SK3540) Red Kite
  • Pride Park Sanctuary (SK3734) Skylark, Lesser Whitethroat
  • Kirk Langley (SK2838) 50 Swift
  • Willington GP (SK2827) 2 Little Egret, Common Sandpiper, Mediterranean Gull, Yellow-legged Gull
30 June 2015
  • Darley Dale (SK2662) Red Kite
  • Kinder Res. (SK0486) 2 Kestrel, 2 Curlew, 3 Common Sandpiper, Redstart
29 June 2015
  • Killamarsh (SK4580) Ring-necked Parakeet
  • Fallange Edge (SK2867) Red Kite
  • North Wingfield (SK4165) Common Tern
  • Great Longstone (SK2071) 4 Buzzard
  • Castleton (SK1960) 6 Redstart
  • Pikehall (SK1960) 4 Whinchat
28 June 2015
  • Kirk Langley (SK2838) 2 Curlew
  • Buxton (SK0571) 4 Redstart
  • Long Eaton GP/New Workings (SK5031) 2 Avocets briefly (see Rod Key page for full details)
  • Curbar Edge (SK2575) Whinchat
  • Pleasley Colliery (SK4964) 2 Common Tern
  • Buxton (SK0571) 2 Redstart
  • Drakelow NR (SK2220) 17 Little Egret, 2 Shoveler, 2 Mandarin, 43 Gadwall, Water Rail, 3 Oystercatcher, 3 Kingfisher, 8 Green Woodpecker, Sedge Warbler, 3 Willow Warbler

 

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May 2015 highlights



An exceptional month, not least for the many rookery and common bird counts that were received. Many thanks for all of those and for the dedicated fieldwork which is involved.


The Great Northern Diver finally departed and although wildfowl numbers in general were well down, a Green-winged Teal was a first for Carr Vale and several Garganey were available. There was an excellent mix of waders which included both Little Stint and Temminck’s Stint.


Raptor movements included a number of Marsh Harriers and several Osprey but the big surprise was two reports of Black Kite. There was again many sightings of Red Kites and surely it can only be a matter of time before a nest is located.


Gull numbers inevitably fell away but the bonus came in the form of terns. Carsington Water saw six such species including a Roseate Tern which is potentially only the 8th county record.


A few Quail were heard, the best count of Cetti’s Warbler at Willington GP grew to 14 and another Corn Bunting was found. The star passerine, however, was arguably the Red-throated Pipit found just inside the county boundary. This was enjoyed by many and put Ludworth Moor (SJ9990) onto the radar. As often happens, putting a few keen birders into a neglected location produced some other interesting records from the same area.

Bryan Barnacle