Bird News - June 2018

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 Please note that for obvious reasons we do not publish sightings of rare breeders such as Little Ringed Plover during the breeding season (unless obvious migrants)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

 

The News Archive is available here

• Buxton (SK0572) 1 Tree Pipit
• Mousley Bottom SJ (SJ9985) 1 Red Kite

• Froggatt (SK2576) 37 Mandarin
• Froggatt Bridge (SK2475) 1 Kingfisher
• Matlock Bank (SK295608) 7 Swift
• Mickleover (SK308347) 2 Swift
• Osmaston(Derby) (SK359338) 6 Swift
• Pride Park Sanctuary LNR (SK3734) 3 Kestrel, 3 Moorhen, 3 Stock Dove
• Scarcliffe (SK4968) 40 Swift
• Staveley SF (SK4476) 1 Peregrine, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Whitethroat, 6 Wren, 8 Chiffchaff

• Alport Castles (SK1491) 6 Kestrel
• Mapperley Res. (SK429439) 2 Green Sandpiper, 6 Mandarin
• Middleton Moor (SK2074) 1 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Peregrine, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 10 Lapwing, 4 Tufted Duck, 5 Coot, 6 Teal, 9 Mallard
• Shipley Country Park (SK4444) 1 Little Owl
• Sinfin Moor Wetlands (SK3631) 1 Hobby
• Spondon (SK397369) 13 Swift, 2 Buzzard

• Atlow (SK2348) 1 Hobby
• Ilkeston (SK4641) 1 Red Kite
• Matlock Bank (SK301604) 1 Jackdaw, 1 Magpie
• Newhall (SK2921) 16 Swift

• Holestone (SK3361) 1 Red Kite
• Ilam (SK1450) 1 Red Kite
• Long Eaton GP (SK5033) 16 Mute Swan, 6 Pochard, 7 Little Grebe
• Rowthorne (SK4764) 1 Kestrel, 2 Grey Heron

• Hardwick Wood (SK3766) 7 Nuthatch
• Kinder Res. (SK0588) 1 Buzzard, 1 Goosander, 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Raven, 1 Ring Ouzel, 173 Canada Goose, 2 Cormorant, 2 Lesser Redpoll, 2 Redstart, 2 Tufted Duck, 3 Pied Flycatcher, 47 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 5 Common Sandpiper, 5 Curlew
• Ogston Res. (SK3760) 1 Hobby
• Pebley Pond (SK4879) 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
• Pride Park Sanctuary LNR (SK3734) 1 Reed Warbler, 2 Buzzard, 2 Stock Dove, 3 Whitethroat, 4 Kestrel, 8 Swift
• Raynesway (SK387341) 2 Little Egret, 3 Kingfisher

• Derby (SK3536) 12 Swift
• Harewood Moor (SK3067) 1 Kestrel, 1 Reed Bunting, 2 Curlew
• Marston Montgomery (SK1337) 2 Red Kite
• Wirksworth (SK2853) 1 Red Kite
• Wyver Lane (SK3449) 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Teal, 14 Lapwing, 2 Shelduck, 46 Mallard, 5 Tufted Duck, 7 Gadwall, 8 Moorhen

• Axe Edge Moor (SK0270) 1 Ring Ouzel
• Bamford (SK2083) 11 Chaffinch, 16 Moorhen, 28 Wren, 3 Grey Wagtail, 55 Mandarin, 67 Mallard
• Calver (SK2474) 2 Goldfinch
• Calver Sough (SK2475) 2 Grey Wagtail
• Codnor Park Res. (SK4351) 1 Red Kite
• Coppice Wood (SK2479) 1 Dipper, 5 Pied Wagtail
• Froggatt Bridge (SK2476) 20 Mandarin, 58 Mallard
• Goyt Valley (SK0176) 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Wood Warbler
• Grindleford (SK2578) 1 Dipper, 2 Swift
• Leadmill (SK2280) 9 Canada Goose

• Bleaklow (SK1096) 1 Golden Plover, 1 Hobby, 14 Red Grouse, 18 Meadow Pipit, 2 Kestrel, 2 Peregrine, 3 Buzzard, 4 Skylark, 5 Curlew, 5 Raven, 8 Lesser Black-backed Gull
• Kinder Bank (SK0486) 1 Spotted Flycatcher
• Kinder Res. (SK0588) 1 Oystercatcher, 170 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Goosander, 2 Lesser Redpoll, 2 Stonechat, 3 Curlew, 7 Common Sandpiper
• Overseal (SK2915) 1 Peregrine
• Pride Park Sanctuary LNR (SK3734) 1 Bullfinch, 3 Kestrel, 5 Stock Dove
• Raynesway (SK387341) 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret
• South Normanton (SK4456) 4 Swift
• Willington GP (SK2827) 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Teal, 10 Coot, 2 Kingfisher, 4 Buzzard

• Willington GP (SK2827) 5 Treecreeper

• Shipley Country Park (SK4444) 4 Raven

• Abbey Hill Flood (SK3639) 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Redshank, 14 Mallard, 20 Coot, 23 Lapwing, 3 Little Egret, 4 Grey Heron, 4 Moorhen, 5 Black-headed Gull
• Barrow-On-Trent (SK3528) 2 Chiffchaff
• Boythorpe (SK3770) 1 Red Kite
• Goyt Valley (SK0176) 1 Red Kite
• Swarkestone (SK3628) 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Swallow, 1 Willow Warbler, 11 Sand Martin, 2 Grey Heron, 3 Blackcap, 3 Reed Bunting, 3 Whitethroat

• Atlow (SK2348) 1 Red Kite
• Bee Low (SK0979) 3 Skylark, 4 Wheatear
• Hollingwood Estate (SK4173) 1 Red Kite
• Kinder Bank (SK0486) 1 Pied Flycatcher
• Kinder Res. (SK0588) 1 Cormorant, 1 Redstart, 1 Ring Ouzel, 10 Swift, 13 Mistle Thrush, 2 Goosander, 2 Lesser Redpoll, 2 Oystercatcher, 4 Common Sandpiper, 4 Stonechat, 6 Curlew
• Leadmill (SK2380) 5 Goosander
• Ramsley Moor (SK297756) 14 Curlew
• Spondon (SK398363) 25 Jackdaw
• Stanley Common (SK4142) 1 Buzzard, 2 Grey Partridge, 2 Kestrel, 2 Linnet, 2 Yellowhammer, 3 Skylark
• Tupton (SK3965) 1 Red Kite

• Ashbourne (SK1746) 2 Red Kite
• Brimington (SK4073) 3 Buzzard
• Draycott (SK4433) 5 Swift
• Glossop (SK0592) 2 Red Kite
• Trent Lock (SK489310) 4 Little Egret
• Willington GP (SK2827) 4 Little Egret

• Alderwasley (SK3153) 8 Canada Goose
• Bottom Moor (SK3162) 1 Blackcap, 1 Crossbill, 1 Curlew, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Bullfinch, 2 Siskin, 2 Skylark, 3 Chiffchaff, 3 Willow Warbler, 5 Tree Pipit
• Cupola Ponds (SK3366) 10 Canada Goose, 8 Willow Warbler
• Derby (SK3536) 1 Grey Wagtail
• Elvaston Castle Country Park (SK4032) 1 Buzzard, 1 Raven
• Hulland (SK2446) 1 Red Kite
• Linacre Res. (SK3372) 30 Mandarin, 70 Mallard
• Mousley Bottom SJ (SJ9985) 1 Tawny Owl
• Sinfin Moor Wetlands (SK3631) 1 Curlew

• Allestree (SK3439) 4 Goldfinch
• Alvaston Lake (SK3734) 4 Ring-necked Parakeet
• Middleton Moor (SK2074) 9 Redstart
• Pride Park Sanctuary LNR (SK3734) 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Skylark, 2 Stock Dove, 3 Greenfinch, 3 Kestrel, 9 Sand Martin
• Raynesway (SK387342) 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Kingfisher, 4 Grey Wagtail
• Sinfin (SK348315) 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker

• Allestree (SK3439) 17 Goosander
• Ambergate (SK3451) 2 Siskin
• Ashbourne (SK1746) 1 Red Kite
• Brimington (SK4073) 1 Red Kite
• Sinfin Moor Wetlands (SK3631) 1 Hobby
• Wyver Lane (SK3449) 1 Red Kite

• Barbrook Res./Pools (SK2777) 1 Cuckoo, 3 Curlew, 5 Reed Bunting
• Calke Park (SK3622) 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Little Grebe, 3 Mandarin
• Darley Dale (SK2662) 4 Red Kite
• Glapwell (SK4766) 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
• Kinder Bank (SK0486) 1 Cuckoo, 1 Wood Warbler, 2 Pied Flycatcher
• Kinder Res. (SK0588) 1 Stonechat, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Redstart, 5 Common Sandpiper, 5 Curlew, 93 Lesser Black-backed Gull
• North Wingfield (SK4165) 1 Red Kite
• Pride Park Sanctuary LNR (SK3734) 1 Linnet, 3 Kestrel
• Ticknall Limeyards SSSI (SK3523) 2 Grey Wagtail
• Trent Lock (SK4931) 1 Grey Wagtail, 3 Blackcap, 4 Whitethroat, 7 Sand Martin
• Wirksworth (SK2853) 1 Red Kite

• Barrow-On-Trent (SK3528) 1 Blue Tit, 1 Jay, 1 Reed Warbler
• Draycott (SK4333) 10 Goosander
• Findern (SK3129) 6 Moorhen
• Kinder Bank (SK0486) 1 Wood Warbler, 2 Pied Flycatcher
• Mickleover (SK306343) 3 Swift
• Sinfin Moor Wetlands (SK3631) 2 Little Grebe, 26 Mallard
• Stockley (SK4667) 3 Reed Warbler, 4 Swift
• Swarkestone (SK3628) 1 Buzzard, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Little Egret, 1 Reed Bunting, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Sparrowhawk, 11 Sand Martin, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 4 Skylark, 4 Stock Dove
• Wadshelf (SK3170) 1 Red Kite
• Walton (SK3669) 1 Red Kite

• Abbey Hill Flood (SK3639) 1 Grey Heron, 1 Kestrel, 1 Little Egret, 1 Oystercatcher, 13 Mallard, 2 Black-headed Gull, 20 Lapwing
• Allestree (SK3439) 1 Bullfinch, 1 Ring-necked Parakeet, 2 Blackbird, 2 Chaffinch, 2 Dunnock, 2 Greenfinch, 2 Song Thrush, 3 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 6 Goldfinch
• Alvaston (SK3833) 1 Red Kite
• Ambergate (SK3451) 1 Curlew
• Calver (SK2374) 1 Redstart
• Dethick (SK3258) 7 Buzzard
• Fernilee Res. (SK0177) 16 Grey Wagtail, 2 Cormorant
• Hassop (SK2273) 1 Wheatear
• Holmebrook Valley Park (SK3572) 1 Hobby
• Horsley Woodhouse (SK3944) 1 Mandarin
• Hulland (SK2578) 1 Red Kite
• Kedleston Hall/Park/Lake (SK3140) 1 Oystercatcher
• Kinder Bank (SK0486) 1 Redstart, 1 Wood Warbler, 2 Pied Flycatcher, 2 Spotted Flycatcher
• Kinder Res. (SK0588) 1 Lesser Redpoll, 2 Goosander, 2 Oystercatcher, 4 Curlew, 65 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 7 Common Sandpiper
• Long Eaton (SK492344) 1 Peregrine, 1 Spotted Flycatcher
• Longstone Edge (SK2173) 1 Cuckoo, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 3 Song Thrush
• Pride Park Sanctuary LNR (SK3734) 1 Little Grebe, 1 Reed Warbler, 2 Kestrel, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 6 Sand Martin
• Spitewinter (SK3466) 1 Red Kite
• West Hallam (SK4341) 1 Red Kite
• Whaley Bridge (SK026774) 2 Curlew, 4 Lapwing, 9 Lapwing

• Arnfield Res. (SK0197) 1 Hoopoe
• Cotmanhay (SK4744) 2 Sand Martin
• Heanor (SK4346) 2 Swift
• Kinder Bank (SK0486) 2 Pied Flycatcher, 3 Spotted Flycatcher
• Kinder Res. (SK0588) 1 Peregrine, 12 House Martin, 2 Goosander, 2 Oystercatcher, 3 Common Sandpiper, 4 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 40 Swift, 5 Curlew, 6 Stonechat
• Long Eaton (SK4933) 1 Cormorant, 1 Pied Wagtail, 2 Swift
• Long Eaton GP (SK5033) 1 Great White Egret, 1 Jay, 2 Oystercatcher, 5 Little Egret
• Ramsley Moor (SK2875) 2 Whinchat
• Sinfin Moor Wetlands (SK3631) 1 Green Sandpiper
• Stanton & Staveley Works (SK478388) 1 Sand Martin
• Trent Lock (SK4931) 10 Chaffinch, 10 Goldfinch, 13 Chiffchaff, 165 Mallard, 19 Robin, 25 Wren, 31 Blackbird, 34 Coot, 38 Mute Swan, 65 Moorhen, 9 Song Thrush

• Barlow (SK3374) 1 Red Kite, 1 Tree Sparrow, 3 House Martin
• Brackenfield (SK3758) 2 Spotted Flycatcher
• Hayfield (SK0386) 2 Lesser Redpoll, 5 Whitethroat
• Kinder Bank (SK0486) 1 Cuckoo, 1 Redstart, 2 Pied Flycatcher
• Mapperley (SK4343) 32 Swift
• Matlock (SK2958) 5 Grey Wagtail
• Rowsley (SK2565) 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Swift, 24 Mandarin, 6 Sand Martin
• Screetham Lane (SK3066) 1 Kestrel, 1 Quail, 12 Skylark
• Shipley Country Park (SK4444) 1 Hobby, 6 Raven
• Stanton Lees (SK2663) 2 Sand Martin

• Apperknowle (SK3878) 2 Little Owl, 3 Yellowhammer
• Chellaston (SK3730) 1 Barn Owl
• Matlock Bank (SK301604) 1 Wood Pigeon
• Osmaston (SK1943) 17 House Martin, 34 Swift
• Unstone (SK3777) 1 Goosander

• Alfreton (SK4055) 1 Red Kite
• Hulland (SK2578) 1 Curlew
• Kedleston Hall/Park/Lake (SK3140) 1 Tawny Owl
• Linacre Res. (SK3372) 7 Pied Flycatcher, 9 Crossbill
• Sinfin Moor Wetlands (SK3631) 1 Grey Heron, 1 Kestrel, 1 Whitethroat, 2 Little Egret, 3 Yellowhammer, 4 Skylark
• Wyver Lane (SK3449) 12 Gadwall

• Barrow-On-Trent (SK3528) 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Willow Warbler, 7 Mute Swan
• Calke Park (SK3622) 4 Mandarin
• Carr Vale Nature Reserve (SK4669) 1 Green Sandpiper,
• Crich (SK3454) 1 Red Kite
• Middleton Moor (SK2074) 1 Cuckoo, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Shelduck, 10 Curlew, 10 Swallow, 11 House Martin, 2 Dunnock, 2 Whitethroat, 3 Reed Warbler, 6 Lapwing, 6 Sand Martin, 6 Teal, 8 Swift
• Stockley (SK4667) 14 Swift, 4 House Martin
• Swarkestone (SK3628) 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Little Egret, 1 Song Thrush, 17 Sand Martin, 2 Blackcap, 2 Greenfinch, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Reed Bunting, 3 Chiffchaff, 3 Skylark, 6 Long-tailed Tit

• Alport Castles (SK1491) 2 Wheatear, 3 Curlew
• Biggin Dale (SK1457) 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 4 Redstart
• Calver (SK2474) 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 14 Mandarin
• Derwent Meadows DWT (SK3934) 1 Kestrel, 100 Swift, 4 Greenfinch
• Froggatt Bridge (SK2475) 1 Mandarin
• Heage (SK3750) 1 Curlew
• Mousley Bottom SJ (SJ9985) 1 Sedge Warbler
• Nether Heage (SK358501) 1 Curlew
• Pride Park Sanctuary LNR (SK3734) 1 Kestrel, 2 Linnet, 2 Little Grebe, 3 Coot
• Raynesway (SK387342) 1 Kingfisher

• Chellaston (SK3730) 10 Swift, 5 Swallow, 8 House Martin
• Codnor (SK4249) 1 Red Kite
• Dove Holes Quarry (SK095783) 1 Wheatear
• Hoo Moor (SK0077) 1 Woodcock
• Kinder Bank (SK0486) 2 Woodcock
• Kinder Res. (SK0588) 1 Cuckoo, 1 Redstart, 2 Goosander, 2 Oystercatcher, 3 Common Sandpiper, 5 Curlew, 65 Lesser Black-backed Gull
• Owler Bar (SK2978) 1 Little Owl

• Abbey Hill Flood (SK3639) 26 Lapwing
• Ambaston (SK427330) 3 Goosander, 3 Raven
• Apperknowle (SK3878) 1 Cuckoo, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Greenfinch, 1 Mistle Thrush, 2 Pied Wagtail, 3 Linnet, 3 Skylark
• Belper (SK3547) 18 Mallard, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Mandarin
• Derby River Gardens (SK3536) 105 Canada Goose
• Drakelow NR (SK2220) 17 Little Egret, 2 Mandarin, 2 Gadwall, 1 Shelduck, 1 Ring-necked Parakeet, 5 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 13 Garden Warbler, 6 Willow Warbler, 1 Willow Tit
• High Bridge GP (SK2727) 1 Grey Heron, 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Shelduck, 18 Tufted Duck, 36 Lapwing, 5 Great Crested Grebe, 6 Little Egret
• Kinder Bank (SK0486) 1 Cuckoo, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 3 Pied Flycatcher, 4 Grey Wagtail
• Kinder Res. (SK057882) 1 Osprey
• Linacre Res. (SK3372) 2 Pied Flycatcher
• Long Eaton GP (SK5033) 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Red Kite, 3 Lapwing, 3 Little Egret
• Monyash (SK1566) 7 House Martin, 7 Swift
• Newhall (SK2921) 1 Cuckoo
• Sinfin Moor Wetlands (SK3631) 1 Little Grebe, 2 Oystercatcher
• Wyver Lane (SK3449) 1 Oystercatcher, 10 Moorhen, 15 Coot, 39 Black-headed Gull, 5 Gadwall, 9 Lapwing

• Apperknowle (SK3878) 1 Coal Tit, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Grey Partridge, 1 Mistle Thrush, 2 Whitethroat
• Pastures Golf Club (SK3033) 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Goldcrest
• Ripley (SK3950) 1 Red Kite
• Sinfin Moor Wetlands (SK3631) 1 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Little Owl, 5 Little Egret
• Spondon (SK3935) 1 Red Kite, 1 Skylark
• Willington GP (SK2827) 1 Wigeon, 1 Shoveler, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Hobby, 1 Willow Tit

• Alport Castles (SK1491) 1 Hobby, 2 Kestrel
• Burnaston (SK2832) 1 Yellowhammer
• Erewash Meadows (DWT Resv) (SK4449) 2 Shoveler, 3 Oystercatcher, 4 Common Tern
• Locko Park/Lake (SK4038) 1 Whitethroat, 14 Tufted Duck, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Mandarin, 47 Canada Goose, 85 Greylag Goose
• Matlock Bank (SK301603) 4 Swift
• Shipley View Lagoon (SK4444) 1 Oystercatcher
• Wyver Lane (SK3449) 1 Red Kite

• Abbey Hill Flood (SK3639) 28 Mallard, 1 Treecreeper, 15 Mallard, 16 Coot, 2 Mute Swan, 3 Little Egret, 3 Moorhen, 4 Greylag Goose
• Brimington (SK4073) 1 Kingfisher, 1 Reed Bunting, 2 Skylark, 2 Yellowhammer
• Carsington Water (SK2451) 1 Crossbill, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Whimbrel, 10 Mute Swan, 21 Cormorant
• Dove Holes Quarry (SK0878) 1 Buzzard, 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Sparrowhawk
• Kedleston Hall/Park/Lake (SK3140) 1 Blackbird, 1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Wren, 10 Jackdaw, 2 Blackcap, 2 Carrion Crow, 2 Chaffinch, 2 Goldcrest, 3 Greylag Goose, 3 Mistle Thrush, 6 Pheasant
• Long Eaton GP (SK5033) 1 Dunlin, 1 Little Egret, 1 Sanderling
• Longdendale (SK0598) 1 Cuckoo, 1 Dipper, 1 Reed Bunting, 2 Teal, 4 Oystercatcher
• Middleton Moor (SK2074) 1 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, 10 Curlew, 15 Mallard, 2 Reed Warbler, 2 Shelduck, 2 Yellow-legged Gull, 20 Black-headed Gull, 6 Lapwing, 68 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 8 Reed Bunting
• New Mills (SK0085) 1 Tawny Owl
• Spondon (SK3935) 1 Cormorant, 1 Little Egret, 1 Reed Warbler, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Cetti's Warbler

• Duffield (SK3443) 2 Dipper, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Treecreeper
• Kedleston Hall/Park/Lake (SK3140) 1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Mistle Thrush
• Stockley (SK4667) 2 Willow Tit

• Matlock Forest (SK3062) 1 Woodcock

• Bretby (SK2923) 2 Grey Wagtail
• Derby (SK3635) 8 Goosander
• Drakelow Nature Reserve (SK2220) 3 Cetti's Warbler
• Erewash Meadows (DWT Resv) (SK4449) 2 Shelduck
• Glossop (SK0394) 1 Red Kite
• High Bridge GP (SK2727) 2 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Oystercatcher, 6 Little Egret, 60 Lesser Black-backed Gull
• Hilton Gravel Pits NR (SK2431) 2 Common Tern, 25 Black-headed Gull
• Holmgate (SK3863) 104 Starling
• Kinder Bank (SK0486) 2 Cuckoo, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 4 Pied Flycatcher
• Linton (SK2716) 1 Red Kite
• Newton Solney (SK2725) 2 Swift
• Shipley View Lagoon (SK4444) 1 Kingfisher
• Shirebrook Colliery (SK5366) 1 Little Grebe, 13 Gadwall, 8 Tufted Duck, 9 Mute Swan
• South Normanton (SK4456) 6 Swift
• Spondon (SK395358) 1 Skylark, 2 Swift
• Sudbury (SK1631) 2 Goosander, 3 Sand Martin, 6 Swallow
• Taddington (SK1370) 2 Grey Partridge
• Williamthorpe (SK4366) 4 Lapwing, 8 Gadwall
• Wyver Lane (SK3449) 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Shelduck, 11 Greylag Goose, 139 Canada Goose, 2 Mandarin, 2 Shoveler, 5 Lapwing, 6 Tufted Duck

 

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May 2018 highlights

May is always an exciting month and, as this year, often sees the highest number of records in the monthly cycle. A few wintering species remain whilst the last of the incoming migrants arrive.

Our Great Northern Diver finally did depart as did a late Whooper Swan after its attempts to woo a Mute Swan. Wildfowl numbers dropped, as expected, but a drake Garganey was a nice find and one of the visiting Common Scoters stayed for a week.

We again saw a good range of waders; these included Avocets, Sanderlings, Little Stints and Turnstones. Red Kites were reported from more sites than ever whilst Marsh Harriers and Ospreys delighted those lucky enough to see them passing through.

Similarly, several scarcer species such as White Stork, Common Crane, Honey Buzzard and Golden Oriole would have pleased many, had they not been single observer sightings. It was also splendid to have news of a singing Black Redstart, a Woodlark and (hugely welcome) several Turtle Dove records.

Mediterranean Gulls are now regular monthly sightings, but we are also seeing more Little Gulls and an Iceland Gull is totally unexpected in May. Topping even those were an exceptional passage of Arctic Terns and a good number of Black Terns. Add in some excellent counts of common birds by our dedicated patch workers and the whole becomes most impressive.

Bryan Barnacle