Bird News June 2013

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 Please note that for obvious reasons we do not publish sightings of rare breeders such as Little Ringed Plover during the breeding season (unless obvious migrants)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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• Beresford Dale (SK1259) 2 Spotted Flycatcher
• Wolfscote Dale (SK1357) 5 Dipper, Spotted Flycatcher
• Osbourne's Pond (SK4444) Common Tern
• Long Eaton GP (SK5031) 20 Greylag Goose, 3 Common Tern
• Barlborough (SK4777) Red Kite
• Willington GP (SK2827) Red-crested Pochard, Greenshank, 75 Lesser Black-backed Gull, Yellow-legged Gull, Caspian Gull, 3 Cetti's Warb;er

• Froggatt Bridge (SK2475) 19 Mandarin, 7 Blackcap
• Willington GP (SK2827) 5 Black-tailed Godwit through West, Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Redshank, 2 Cetti's Warbler, Treecreeper

• Stockley (SK4667) Hobby

• Elton Common (SK2159) 18 Skylark, 7 Yellow Wagtail
• Gratton Dale (SK2060) 19 Willow Warbler
• Drakelow NR (SK2220) Little Egret, 38 Gadwaill, 85 Mallard, 3 Shoveler, 2 Goosander, Oystercatcher
• Willington GP (SK2827) 4 Great Crested Grebe, Sparrowhawk, Lesser Whitethroat

• Chaddesden (SK3737) Great Spotted Woodpecker
• Raynesway (SK3834) Kingfisher
• Middleton Moor (SK2074) 2 Mute Swan
• Ticknall Limeyards (SK3523) 5 Mandarin
• Spondon (SK3934) Grey Wagtail

• Leash Fen (SK2973) Cuckoo
• Kinder Res. (SK0588) 4 Curlew, Common Sandpiper, Green Woodpecker, Ring Ouzel
• Drakelow NR (SK2220) Little Egret, 2 Sparrowhawk

• Elton Common (SK2159) 3 Yellow Wagtail
• Denby (SK3847) Hobby
• Spondon (SK3936) Siskin
• Mickleover (SK3034) Buzzard
• Fernilee (SK0178) Little Owl
• Stanley (SK4140) Red Legged Partridge
• Drakelow NR (SK2220) Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, Kestrel
• Willington GP (SK2827) Little Egret, Red-crested Pochard, Redshank, Yellow-legged Gull, 3 Grasshopper Warbler

• Duffield (SK3443) Goosander, Buzzard, 2 Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, Dipper, 3 Raven
• Great Longstone (SK2071) 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker
• Willington GP (SK2827) 26 Canada Goose, 5 Shoveler, Sparrowhawk, 2 Redshank, Kingfisher, Cuckoo, Cetti's Warbler

• Alderwasley (SK3153) Hobby, Linnet
• Wyver Lane (SK3449) Gadwall, 4 Teal, 11 Tufted Duck, 2 Buzzard, Kestrel, 41 Lapwing, 24 Black Headed Gull, Redstart
• Bamford (SK2182) Tree Pipit
• Kinder Res. (SK0588) 92 Canada Goose, 2 Common Sandpiper, Cuckoo, Green Woodpecker, Redstart, 6 Treecreeper
• Drakelow NR (SK2220) 225 Cormorant, 2 Little Egret, 440 Lesser Black-backed Gull. 50 Wood Pigeon, 150 House Martin, 150 Jackdaw, 110 Carrion Crow

• Longstone Moor (SK1973) Little Owl
• Farley Moor (SK3063) Buzzard
• Chesterfield (SK3871) Lesser Whitethroat
• Drakelow NR (SK2220) 6 Great Crested Grebe, Little Egret, 25 Gadwall, Marsh Harrier, Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard

• Allestree Park (SK3540) 2 Common Tern

• Horsley Woodhouse (SK3845) 3 Coal Tit
• Staunton Harold Res. (SK3723) Cuckoo
• Derwent Meadows DWT (SK3934) Kestrel, Green Woodpecker
• High Peak Junction (SK3155) Spotted Flycatcher

• Ladybower Res. (SK1986) 3 Common Sandpiper, Cuckoo, 3 Tree Pipit, 2 Redstart, 3 Spotted Flycatcher
• Parsley Hay (SK1363) 2 Wheatear
• Coppice Wood (SK2479) 17 Mandarin, Cuckoo, Kingfisher, Green Woodpecker, 2 Pied Flycatcher
• Derwent Meadows DWT (SK3934) 2 Little Grebe
• Kinder Bank (SK0486) Cuckoo, Green Woodpecker, Tree Pipit
• Pride Park Sanctuary (SK3734) Buzzard, Kestrel
• Raynesway (SK3834) 30 Swift, Kingfisher
• Drakelow NR (SK2220) Little Egret, Oystercatcher, Common Tern

• Kinder Res. (SK0588) 3 Curlew, 2 Common Sandpiper, Cuckoo, Whinchat
• Thulston (SK4031) Little Owl
• New Mills (SJ9984) Tawny Owl
• Pride Park Derby (SK3735) 20 Swift, Willow Warbler, 3 Linnet
• Raynesway (SK3834) Great Spotted Woodpecker, Blackcap
• Drakelow NR (SK2220) Little Egret, Shelduck, 2 Oystercatcher
• Willington GP (SK2827) 2 Kestrel

• Holymoorside (SK3368) Stock Dove, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Dipper, Spotted Flycatcher
• Linacre Res. (SK3372) Little Owl
• Shillito Wood (SK2974) Quail Unthank Lane
• Swarkestone (SK3628) Turtle Dove by canal
• Melbourne (SK3825) Red Kite over
• Willington GP (SK2827) Red Crested Pochard, Snipe, 7 Common Tern, Cuckoo, Kingfisher Cetti's Warbler

• Harewood Moor (SK3067) 13 Lapwing, Cuckoo, 2 Linnet
• Holymoorside (SK3368) Mandarin, 2 Tree Pipit, Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, 3 Blackcap
• Cutthroat Bridge (SK2187) Whinchat, 4 Spotted Flycatcher
• Mapperley Res. (SK4343) 3 Grey Wagtail
• Drakelow NR (SK2220) 2 Little Egret, 2 Shelduck, 23 Gadwall

• Ripley (SK3950) Little Owl
• Wyver Lane (SK3449) 2 Cormorant, 42 Canada Goose, 4 Gadwall, 3 Teal, 2 Tufted Duck, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, 13 Lapwing, 2 Redstart, Spotted Flycatcher

• Swanwick (SK4052) Grasshopper Warbler
• Spondon (SK3936) 7 Long Tailed Tit

• Brassington (SK2345) Red Kite

• Kinder Res. (SK0588) Buzzard, 4 Curlew, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, Whinchat
• Derby SF (SK3834) 400 Swift
• Derwent Meadows DWT (SK3934) Kestrel
• Wyver Lane (SK3449) 2 Cormorant, Grey Heron, 49 Canada Goose, Mandarin, 4 Gadwall, 2 Teal, 23 Mallard, 5 Tufted Duck, 11 Black Headed Gull, 6 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4 Stock Dove, 20 House Martin, Sedge Warbler, 2 Whitethroat, 2 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Reed Bunting

• Loscoe Dam (SK4247) Common Tern
• Middleton Moor (SK2074) 3 Curlew, 50 Black Headed Gull, 50 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Skylark
• Clowne (SK4976) Red Kite
• Baslow (SK2572) Red Kite
• Derby SF (SK3834) 300 Swift
• Carsington Water (SK2451) Marsh Warbler - see Rod Key's page for details
• Mackworth Estate (SK3236) 4 Moorhen, 3 Coot
• Newton Solney (SK2735) 9 Mute Swan, 9 Goosander, Little Owl
• Stanton Pools (SK2720) Little Grebe, Mute Swan, 2 Greylag Goose, 9 Tufted Duck, Hobby, Pheasant, 7 Coot, Lapwing, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull, Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Skylark, 2 Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, 3 Reed Bunting
• Ashford-in-the-Water (SK1969) 2 escaped Wood Duck
• Sheldon (SK1769) 2 Redstart
• Taddington (SK1471) Grey Partridge
• Drakelow NR (SK2220) 13 Mute Swan, 2 Shelduck, 21 Gadwall, 24 Tufted Duck, 20 Linnet
• Willington GP (SK2827) 7 Great Crested Grebe

• Longdendale (SK0598) Common Sandpiper, Tree Pipit
• Cathole (SK3167) 3 Cuckoo, Dipper
• Flagg (SK1367) 2 Yellow Wagtail
• Priestcliffe Leys (SK1472) Whitethroat, 2 Redstart
• Smith's Wood (SK3725) Cuckoo
• Monyash (SK1566) Red Kite, Redstart, Little Owl
• Hayfield (SK0386) Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 2 Garden Warbler
• Littleover (SK3233) 31 House Sparrow
• Moorway Lane Pond (SK3527) Little Grebe, 4 Mute Swan, 55 Mallard, 4 Tufted Duck, 12 Coot, 10 House Martin, Reed Warbler, Reed Bunting
• Hartshorne (SK3220) 2 Hobby
• Spondon (SK3936) Siskin
• Kinder Res. (SK0588) 5 Curlew, 2 Common Sandpiper, Redstart, Whinchat
• Holymoorside (SK3369) Stock Dove, Dipper, Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 3 Nuthatch
• Kinder Bank (SK0486) Cuckoo, 3 Spotted Flycatcher, Pied Flycatcher
• Kinder Res. (SK0588) Great Crested Grebe, Common Sandpiper, Redstart
• Drakelow NR (SK2220) 2 Little Egret, 7 Mute Swan, 2 Shelduck, an escaped Cape Barren Goose, 2 Hobby, Redshank, Oystercatcher, Kingfisher, 3 Cuckoo (inc female “bubbling”), Grey Wagtail, Cetti’s Warbler, 26 Reed Warbler, 5 Sedge Warbler, 10 Whitethroat, 11 Garden Warbler, 22 Blackcap, 6 Chiffchaff, 4 Willow Warbler, 3 Linnet, 15 Reed Bunting
• Willington GP (SK2827) 32 Mute Swan, Red Crested Pochard

• Linacre Res. (SK3372) 3 Great Crested Grebe
• Ingleby (SK3427) 18 Mute Swan, Kestrel, Sedge Warbler, Whitethroat, Yellowhammer
• Barrow GP (SK3527) 2 Great Crested Grebe, 16 Cormorant, 8 Grey Heron, Coot
• Loscoe Dam (SK4247) Hobby
• Kinder Bank (SK0486) Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Pied Flycatcher
• Kinder Res. (SK0588) 5 Curlew, 2 Common Sandpiper, Redstart, Whinchat
• Colbourne Moor (SK0983) 2 Skylark, Kestrel, Whinchat
• Calke Park (SK3622) Cuckoo
• Foston (SK1831) 2 Mute Swan, 2 Coot, 11 Lapwing, Green Woodpecker, Swallow, Pied Wagtail
• Hilton GP (SK2431) 5 Great Crested Grebe, 7 Canada Goose, 4 Mallard, 4 Tufted Duck, Kestrel, 5 Coot, 20 Black Headed Gull, 9 Common Tern, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Nuthatch
• Mickleover Sewage Works (SK3133) Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Kestrel, Green Woodpecker, 3 Dunnock, 3 Robin, 4 Whitethroat, 2 Chiffchaff, Bullfinch

• Derby (SK3536) 8 Mallard, 10 Moorhen
• Miller's Dale (SK1473) 2 Spotted Flycatcher
• Raynesway (SK3834) Grey Heron, Stock Dove, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Bullfinch

• Cressbrook (SK1772) 2 Peregrine over
• Glapwell (SK4766) Kestrel
• Hardwick Park (SK4664) Garden Warbler
• Pleasley Colliery (SK4964) Dunlin, Redshank, 4 Skylark, 2 Meadow Pipit, 2 Yellowhammer
• Shining Tor (SJ9973) Red Kite
• Whitwell Common (SK48478) Little Owl

• Carsington Water (SK2451) 148 Canada Goose, Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Common Tern, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 38 Wren, 11 Dunnock, 32 Robin, 5 Redstart, 59 Blackbird, 23 Song Thrush, 6 Mistle Thrush, Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 24 Whitethroat, 11 Garden Warbler, 49 Blackcap, 47 Chiffchaff, 35 Willow Warbler, SPotted FLycatcher, 22 Blue Tit, 24 Great Tit, 24 Magpie, 45 Chaffinch, 19 Goldfinch, 10 Reed Bunting
• Chaddesden (SK3836) 4 Goldcrest
• Derwent Meadows DWT (SK3934) 200 Swift
• Ambergate (SK3653) Red Kite
• Chellaston (SK3730) Kestrel, 2 Skylark, 8 Swallow, 3 Whitethroat, 4 Yellowhammer
• Swarkstone (SK3628) 3 Grey Wagtail, Reed Warbler, 7 House Sparrow, 2 Linnet, 3 Yellowhammer, 2 Reed Bunting

• Loscoe Dam (SK4247) Raven
• Derwent Meadows DWT (SK3934) 60 Canada Goose, 4 Tufted Duck, Buzzard, 4 Lapwing, 6 Stock Dove, Pied Wagtail, Willow Warbler, 30 Carrion Crow, 2 Reed Bunting
• Pleasley Colliery (SK4964) Dunlin
• Calke Park (SK3622) 2 Red Kite over
• Hathersage (SK2381) Red Kite
• Burbage Edge (SK0273) 6 Crossbill
• Padley Gorge (SK2579) 2 Redstart
• Staunton Harold Res. (SK3723) 3 Cormorant, 3 Grey Heron, Coot
• Newton Solney (SK3361) 2 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Cormorant, 13 Mute Swan, Sparrowhawk, Hobby, Little Owl, 5 Swallow, 28 House Martin, 6 Pied Wagtail
• Hilton GP (SK2431) 2 Great Crested Grebe, 6 Greylag Goose, 3 Moorhen, 8 Black Headed Gull, 5 Common Tern, Green Woodpecker
• Wyver Lane (SK3449) Grey Heron, 62 Canada Goose, 5 Gadwall, 3 Tufted Duck, Red Kite, 4 Buzzard, Kestrel, Stock Dove, 18 Swift

• Newton Solney (SK2725) Red Kite
• Holestone (SK3361) Grey Partridge
• Derwent Meadows (SK3934) Little Grebe, Green Woodpecker
• Wyver Lane (SK3449) Cormorant, Grey Heron, 61 Canada Goose, Shelduck, 7 Gadwall, 40 Mallard, Red Kite, Kestrel, Peregrine, 16 Moorhen, 12 Coot, 10 Black Headed Gull, 2 Stock Dove, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 9 Swallow

• Brimington (SK4073) Sparrowhawk
• Gardom's Edge (SK2773) Cuckoo
• White Edge (SK2676) Cuckoo, Curlew
• Arkwright Town (SK4270) Cuckoo, Great Spotted Woodpecker
• Shipley View Lagoon (SK4444) Lesser Whitethroat
• Matlock (SK2960) Sparrowhawk
• Linacre Res. (SK3372) Red Kite
• Willington GP (SK2827) Kestrel, Lapwing, 3 Common Tern, 5 Reed Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 6 Reed Bunting

• Middleton Moor (SK2074) 4 Shelduck, 8 Tufted Duck, 2 Curlew, 100 Black Headed Gull, 30 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 3 Yellow-legged Gull
• Avenue Washlands NR (SK3966) Great White Egret flew from reed bed at 07:40 and left N
• Erewash Meadows DWT South/North Marsh (SK3833) Great White Egret present again 06:00
• Spondon (SK3936) Whitethroat
• Picory Corner (SK2365) Osprey again
• Willington GP (SK2827) 9 Great Crested Grebe, 12 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 23 Mute Swan, 43 Canada Goose, 2 Gadwall, Teal, Shoveler, 11 Common Term, Cuckoo, 70 Swift, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Sedge Warbler, 14 Reed Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 8 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Linnet, 11 Reed Bunting

• Ambaston (SK4232) 4 Yellowhammer
• Derwent Meadows DWT (SK3934) Green Woodpecker, Grasshopper Warbler, 2 WHitethroat, 4 Reed Bunting
• Erewash Meadows DWT South/North Marsh (SK3833) Great White Egret present again
• Spring Wood (SK3722) Woodcock
• Shipley View Lagoon (SK4444) Hobby, Lesser Whitethroat
• Picory Corner (SK2365) Osprey
• Arkwright Town (SK4270) 2 Buzzard, Cuckoo
• Drakelow NR (SK2220) 3 Hobby, 3+ Great Spotted Woodpecker, Wheatear, Cetti’s Warbler

• Upper Loads (SK3169) 2 Red-legged Partridge
• Erewash Meadows DWT South Marsh (SK3833) Great White Egret - left N at 19:15

 

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May 2013 highlights

The feature of May has been the late arrival of many incoming migrants and passage birds, together with the delayed departure of outgoing migrants. As mentioned last month, this caused some of the latter to commence singing. Whilst wintering Great Northern Divers and Waxwings will often stay into May, it is less usual to record species such as Goldeneye and Brambling as has happened this year.

County rarities came in the form of Great White Egret, Stone Curlew and Hoopoe whilst the Wood Sandpiper and Garganey would also have been popular had they stayed a little longer.

There were plenty of Red Kites, a few more Ospreys and a couple of Marsh Harriers whilst the mix of gulls and terns included Mediterranean Gull, Little Gulls, Kittiwake, Little Terns and Black Terns.

Mid-month saw an impressive number of waders which included notable counts of Whimbrel, Dunlin, Sanderling and a county record-count of Turnstone.

Bryan & Kate Barnacle