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• The only county rarity reported during the period was a Firecrest in the observers garden in Pilsley on 29th
• Carr Vale NR Max 2 Common Sandpipers on 28th, 3 Crossbills flew north-west on 25th, pair of Shelduck with one young all week, drake Garganey daily, up to 4 Little Egrets daily, 1 or 2 Red Kites on four dates, 1 or 2 Ringed Plovers on 6 dates, up to 5 Common Terns (one fledged juvenile) daily, Hobby on 6 dates, Peregrine on 24th and 29th.
• Carsington Water 6 Black-tailed Godwits, Green Sandpiper and Greenshank on 29th, max 5 Little Egrets on 27th, adult Yellow-legged Gull and 6 Crossbills flew south-west on 26th, Barnacle Geese, pair with 3 young and max 2 Common Sandpipers on 25th, Black-tailed Godwit on 24th-25th, max 6 Shoveler, and a Peregrine on 23rd. Female Red-crested Pochard on 23rd and 26th and Great White Egret on 23rd and 25th-26th.
• Common Farm NR max 6 Red Kites and Barn Owl on 27th, Hobby on 23rd.
• Kings Mill Lane GP 3 Little Egrets and a Common Sandpiper on 29th.
• Middleton Moor max 27 Curlew on 29th, Common Sandpiper on 28th. 2nd summer Yellow-legged Gull on 23rd, 26th-27th and 29th.
• Ogston Reservoir Little Egret, Black-tailed Godwit, and 2 Crossbills flew south-west on 29th, max 2 Peregrines on 26th, Black-tailed Godwit on 25th, max 12 Ravens on 24th, max 4 Common Sandpiper on 23rd-24th. Female Goldeneye on 23rd-24th and a Redshank on 23rd, 25th and 29th.
• Willington Wetlands max 9 Egyptian Geese, female Goldeneye still at High Bridge GP, 2 Black-tailed Godwits and a Common Sandpiper on 29th, 2 Wigeon and max 4 Cattle Egrets on 27th, max 3 Great White Egrets, Marsh Harrier, Red Kite on 26th Ring-necked Parakeet on 25th, Black-tailed Godwit on 24th. Max 4 Little Egrets on 24th-25th, 2 Green Sandpipers on 24th and 29th. Hobby on 24th and 26th.
• Barnacle Goose Combs Reservoir, one on 25th.
• Egyptian Geese Barrow GP, 51 on 27th.
• Mandarin Duck 10+ at Calver on 23rd.
• Red-crested Pochard male at Mercia Marina on 28th.
• Quail Gladwins Mark on 26th.
• Little Egret Markham Vale on 27th.
• Red Kite Kedleston Park, 6 on 25th, Ingleby, 3 on 23rd, Lathkill Dale, 2 on 24th and 29th, Cales Dale, 2 on 23rd. Singles at Long Eaton on 28th, Hardstoft on 27th, Atlow on 26th, Holmegate on 26th, between Wensley and Elton on 26th, Flagg on 25th, Oakwood on 25th, Barlborough on 23rd and 26th, Whittington Moor on 23rd, Holmebrook Valley Park on 23rd, Morely on 23rd and Shirland on 23rd.
• Mediterranean Gull Woodhead Reservoir, one on 24th.
• Barn Owls Mossy Lea on 28th.
• Hobby Pilsley on 28th, Church Gresley on 24th and 28th, Woodhead Reservoir, Hobby on 24th.
• Peregrine Chesterfield, 2 on 26th.
• Ring-necked Parakeet Chellaston Brickworks LNR, 2 on 29th.
• Hawfinch Longshaw Estate, one on 28th.
• Crossbill Etwall, 6 south-west on 29th

• Rarities: The two Black-necked Grebes were still at Carsington Water on 16th but these were the only county rarity reported.
• Beeley Moor 2 Quail heard on 21st and a Crossbill on 19th.
• Carr Vale NR male Garganey on 18th-22nd, Peregrine on 17th. Shelduck brood all week but reduced to one young now, up to 3 Little Egrets daily and 2 Ringed Plover on 21st (one to 22nd).
• Carsington Water 4 Barnacle Geese + 3 Goslings, Great White, 16 Oystercatchers, and a pair of Peregrines on 22nd, max 3 Redshank on 21st. Red-crested Pochard on 17th, 18th and 22nd, Little Egret on 21st-22nd.
• Foremark Reservoir 15 Common Terns and a Yellow-legged Gull on 17th.
• Highoredish 10 Crossbills and 10 Siskins on 22nd.
• Ogston Reservoir (returning?) adult Yellow-legged Gull on 22nd, Stonechat on 18th, max 2 Little Egret on 16th. Female Goldeneye on 16th and 18th (from 12th) and 2 Common Sandpipers on 16th-18th.
• Trent Lock Egyptian Goose and Little Egret on 18th.
• Willington Wetlands 17 Egyptian Geese, max 5 Little Egrets and female / immature Merlin on 22nd, max 3 Cattle Egrets on 21st, Common Sandpiper and Green Sandpiper on 21st, Red-crested Pochard, female on 17th. Female Goldeneye on 18th, 19th and 21st, max 2 Great White Egrets on 21st-22nd
• Egyptian Goose 2 at Calke Abbey on 20th.
• Goosander 10+ at Draycott, 20 on 16th, at Calver, 13 on 20th and Chatsworth Park and 11 on 16th.
• Quail heard at Common Farm NR on 16th.
• Bittern seen at two sites.
• Little Egret Staunton Harold Reservoir, 9 on 17th and Sinfin Moor Wetlands, one on 22nd.
• Great White Egret Witches Oak Water, one on 18th.
• Red Kite Up to 4 at 19 sites.
• Marsh Harrier Pair at one site.
• Redshank Middleton Moor, one on 16th.
• Yellow-legged Gull adult at Derby River Gardens on 18th.
• Barn Owl seen at 2 sites and at another site a pair with three young monitored by a camera.
• Hobby Up to 2 at 7 sites.
• Merlin one moorland site.
• Hawfinch Cromford Wharf, 2 reported on 16th.
• Crossbill Stanage Edge, 6 on 18th and Cromford Canal, 2 on 21st

• The only county rarity reported during the week was Black-necked Grebe, 2 at Carsington Water on 14th-15th.
• Barrow GP 2 Barnacle Geese, Green Sandpiper and Peregrine on 15th, Ruddy Shelduck on 12th, 4 Shelduck, 2 Little Egrets and 10 Common Terns on 9th. 2 Egyptian Geese on 9th and 12th.
• Beeley Moor Crossbill, one on 14th, Quail, one heard on 11th and 13th.
• Carr Vale NR Pair of Shelduck and brood all week (down to 4 young now), max 5 Shoveler on 9th-10th, up to two Little Egrets daily, max 3 on 11th, max 2 on 12th, Peregrine on 2 dates and 2 Crossbills flew north-west on 13th.
• Carsington Water Little Egret, 4 Ringed Plovers and max 6 Redshank on 14th, Barnacle Goose, pair with 3 young on 13th. 3 Ringed Plovers on 10th and female Red-crested Pochard on 13th-15th.
• Middleton Moor 5 Crossbills south on 11th, Shoveler, 4 on 10th and a Yellow-legged Gull on 9th.
• Ogston Reservoir female Goldeneye on 12th-13th, 8 Shoveler on 8th, max 2 Common Sandpipers on 11th and Little Egret on 9th.
• Staunton Harold Reservoir 22 Egyptian Geese (including broods of 12 and 4), max 10 Little Egrets on 14th, Egyptian Goose, pair with 5 young on 9th.
• Willington Wetlands max 3 Little Egrets and a Green Sandpiper on 15th, max 4 Shovelers, max 3 Cattle Egrets, max 2 Great White Egrets on 14th, Shelduck, one on 10th, Red-crested Pochard on 9th.
• Egyptian Goose Calke Abbey, 2 on 8th.
• Mandarin Duck Chatsworth Park, 16 + 18 young on 15th, Mapperley Reservoir, 29 on 15th.
• Red-crested Pochard Mercia Marina, female on 12th.
• Little Egret Singles at Sinfin Moor Wetlands on 15th, Bennerley Marsh on 12th and Derby city, one on 9th.
• Great White Egret one near Melbourne on 15th.
• Osprey at Darley Dale on 15th, Torside Reservoir on 13th and Clowne on 12th.
• Crossbill Highoredish, 9 on 14th, Rosliston, 6 on 15th, Goyt Valley, 4 on 11th, Darwin Forest, 2 on 9th and Hadfield, 2 on 8th
• Bittern at one site.
• Red Kite up to 10 at 22 sites.
• Marsh Harrier seen at one site.
• Barn Owl seen at one site.
• Short-eared Owl seen at 2 sites.
• Merlin seen at 2 moorland sites.
• Hobby seen at up to two at 6 sites.
• Peregrine seen at one site

• The only county rarity recorded during the first week of June was a Black-necked Grebe at Carsington Water on 4th.
• Carr Vale Shoveler, max 4 and a Peregrine on 4th, Ringed Plover, 3 on 5th-6th. Shelduck, pair with five young all week (first breeding record for the Doe Lea Valley) and Little Egrets all week, max 4 on 6th.
• Carsington Water 2 Egyptian Geese, 2 Ringed Plovers and 16 Crossbills on 7th, Barnacle Geese, pair with 3 young, Little Egret, Grey Plover and a Ringed Plover on 6th, female Garganey, 3 Ringed Plover, Sanderling, max 4 Redshank and a Crossbill on 4th, 4 Ringed Plovers on 3rd, Dunlin on 2nd. Female Red-crested Pochard on 2nd-4th and 6th-7th.
• Ingleby Egyptian Geese, pair with 2 young, 2 Shelduck and 2 Little Egrets on 6th.
• Middleton Moor max 2 Yellow-legged Gulls on 7th, Ringed Plover on 3rd and 6th, Osprey on 3rd, 2 Avocets, 2 Ringed Plover and 2 Dunlin on 2nd.
• Ogston Reservoir 2 Barnacle Geese and a Little Egret on 4th, Ringed Plover on 3rd.
• Trent Lane, Long Eaton 2 Egyptian Geese, 2 Little Egrets and a Ringed Plover on 2nd.
• Willington Wetlands 3 Cattle Egrets and 10 Oystercatchers on 8th, 4 Egyptian Geese, Red-crested Pochard, 6 Cattle Egret, 6 Little Egrets, Great White Egret on 5th
• Egyptian Goose Staunton Harold Reservoir, one on 5th.
• Shelduck Barrow-on-Trent GP, 4 on 2nd.
• Little Egret Singles at Bennerley Marsh on 8th and Sawley on 4th.
• Great White Egret Witches Oak Water on 4th.
• Osprey Bakewell on 6th and Wyver Lane, one on 4th.
• Redshank Pleasley Colliery, one on 2nd.
• Ring-necked Parakeet Heatherton Lake, 4 on 2nd and Derby, one on 5th
• Red Kite up to 19 at 16 sites.
• Marsh Harrier at one site.
• Barn Owl at 3 sites.
• Hobby at 5 site

• Barrow GP 3 Sanderlings on 31st, 2 Egyptian Geese with young, max 4 Shelduck, Little Egret on 30th, 2 Sanderling, 10 Common Terns and 2 Mediterranean Gulls on 30th.
• Carr Vale Shelduck, pair with 8 young (first breeding in the Doe Lea Valley) and Peregrine on 27th.
• Carsington Water 1st a Yellow-legged Gull on 1st, 2 Ringed Plovers and a Redshank on 31st, 2 Shoveler, Red-crested Pochard, 10 Sanderling (equals highest ever count), 2 Dunlin and first summer Caspian Gull on 30th, pair of Barnacle Geese with young, 2 Egyptian Geese, 2 Shelduck, pair of Shoveler, Little Egret, 6 Dunlin, 2 Sanderlings and 2 Redshank on 29th, 2 Shelduck, 2 Shoveler, Red-crested Pochard, Little Egret, 3 Sanderling and 3 Dunlin on 28th. 3 Ringed Plover on 26th-29th.
• Kings Mill GP 4 Egyptian Geese with 14 young (2 broods), 13 Shelduck (including a pair with 4 young) and 4 Little Egret on 26th.
• Middleton Moor Ringed Plover and Yellow-legged Gull on 1st, 2 Shoveler, 13 Ringed Plover and 4 Sanderlings on 31st, 3 Ringed Plover and 14 Dunlin on 30th, 7 Sanderling and 2 Dunlin on 29th, 16+ (possibly another 14) Ringed Plovers and a Sanderling on 27th and 19 Ringed Plover on 26th. 2 Shelduck on 30th-31st.
• Ogston Reservoir 5 Whimbrel and 12 Common Terns on 29th, Little Egret on 27th, 3 Dunlin and 2 Common Sandpipers on 26th.
• Staunton Harold Reservoir 27 Egyptian Geese (inc pairs with broods of 12 and 5), Ruddy Shelduck, 3 Little Egrets and a Peregrine on 30th.
• Weston Grange GP 12 Egyptian Geese (pair + 10 goslings), 2 Shelduck and 4 Little Egrets on 26th.
• Willington Wetlands Egyptian Geese, pair with 7 young, 3 Shelduck, 2 Shoveler, max 6 Cattle Egrets, max 3 Little Egrets, 2 Ringed Plover, Peregrine on 1st, 9 Common Terns on 27th. Red-crested Pochard on 27th-28th and 1st, max 3 Cattle Egrets on 28th and 31st, 31st-1st and Osprey on 27th and 1st
• Mandarin Duck Calver, 32 on 30th and Linacre Reservoir, 10 on 30th.
• Goosander Derby, 10 on 27th.
• Shelduck Dove Holes Quarry, 4 on 26th.
• Quail Smalley, 2 on 31st and Belper, one at 0300 on 31st May.
• Cattle Egrets 12 at an un-specified site in the south of the county on 26th.
• Little Egret BOC Waters 2 on 31st, Creswell Crags, 2 on 26th, Borrowash, one on 31st, Long Eaton, one on 31st and Chesterfield Canal one on 28th.
• Osprey Darley Dale on 25th-26th.
• Dunlin Combes Reservoir, one on 26th.
• Mediterranean Gull Repton, one on 31st.
• Yellow-legged Gull Derby River Gardens, adult on 26th.
• Crossbill Beeley Moor, 8 on 31st, Highoredish, one west on 31st, the first of a potential invasion, which seems to be gathering pace nationally. Robin Hoods Stride, one on 31st
• Red Kite Up to 19 at 21 sites.
• Marsh Harrier at two sites in the south of the county.
• Barn Owl reported from three sites.
• Hobby up to two at seven sites

• Barrow GP Cattle Egret on 24th, 2 Egyptian Geese, 4 Shelduck and a Green Sandpiper on 19th.
• Carr Vale NR max 6 Oystercatchers on 21st, Peregrine on 20th, female Marsh Harrier north then south on 19th. Up to 4 Shelduck daily, pair of Shoveler daily, up to 4 Little Egrets daily, Ringed Plover daily until 24th and a Common Sandpiper 19th-21st.
• Carsington Water max 10 Oystercatchers, 10 Dunlin on 25th, Sanderling and 3 Dunlin on 24th, 2 Sanderling on 21st and 23rd, pair of Shoveler, Osprey, 3 Ringed Plovers, immature Yellow-legged Gull on 21st, Sanderling on 20th, 2 Dunlin, max 3 Redshank and a Common Sandpiper and 3 Mediterranean Gulls on 19th. Red-crested Pochard on 24th-25th and Little Egret on 21st and 25th.
• Drakelow NR 13 Little Egrets and 7 Great White Egrets on 25th.
• Kedleston Park Little Egret and 11 Oystercatchers on 23rd and a Peregrine on 21st.
• Middleton Moor 14 Ringed Plover and a Dunlin on 25th, Ringed Plover on 24th, Black-tailed Godwit on 22nd, Little Egret and Common Sandpiper on 20th and 10 Ringed Plover on 19th.
• Ogston Reservoir Osprey 19th-21st, 24th, 2 Ringed Plover, Ruff and Redshank on 19th. Common Sandpiper on 19th-20th.
• Willington Wetlands Max 4 Cattle Egrets on 24th, max 7 Little Egrets and a Great White Egret on 21st.
• Witches Oak Water max 6 Egyptian Geese, 2 Shoveler, 4 Little Egrets and a Great White Egret on 21st.
• Wyver Lane 2 Shoveler, Great White Egret, Dunlin on 25th. Little Egret on 22nd and 25th
• Shelduck Dove Holes Quarry, 7 on 24th.
• Mandarin Duck Chatsworth Park, 35 (plus 21 ducklings) on 25th and Mapperley Reservoir, 26 on 25th.
• Little Egrets Sinfin Moor Wetlands, 2 on 25th and Abbey Hill Flood, one on 24th,
• Marsh Harrier Tucklesholme (Staffs), one flew into Derbyshire on 24th.
• Osprey Holme Moss, one on 20th.
• Whimbrel one between Litton and Wardlow on 24th.
• Kittiwake adult at Woodseats on 25th.
• Redwing Somercotes, 3 on 22nd and Padley Gorge, one on 20th
• Red Kite Up to 3 reported from 15 sites.
• Short-eared Owl reported from a moorland site.
• Hobby up to six at nine sites (singles only at seven sites).
• Peregrine at one breeding site

• Bird of the week was an Alpine Swift photographed by the lucky observer over Hadfield on 16th, the 5th record for the county if accepted. Well done Nathan Greenall. At Carsington Water a possible Roseate Tern went through before it could be identified for sure on 17th whilst late news from the previous week concerned a possible White Stork on the Derbyshire / Cheshire border between Buxton and Macclesfield on 11th. A Wood Lark, reported from the Peter Fidler Reserve at Carr Vale on 18th, was heard singing only and will if accepted be just the sixth record for the site.
• Barrow GP 2 Egyptian Geese and 6 Shelduck on 16th and 4 Great White Egrets on 12th. 2 Little Egrets on 12th and 16th.
• Carr Vale NR Great White Egret on 18th, 2 Common Sandpipers 14th-16th and a Barn Owl on 15th. Up to four Shelduck all week, a pair of Shoveler all week and one or two Little Egrets daily.
• Carsington Water Red-crested Pochard, Great White Egret and max 4 Mediterranean Gulls on 17th, max 2 Common Sandpipers on 15th, Ringed Plover and Black Tern on 14th, max 2 Little Egrets and max 13 Oystercatchers on 13th, 2 Shelduck and 5 Sandwich Terns on 12th. Redshank on 15th-16th.
• Drakelow NR Great White Egret on 15th, 7 Little Egrets and Peregrine on 13th.
• Draycott 6 Goosander and 2 Little Egrets on 12th.
• Middleton Moor max 4 Shelduck on 18th, Knot on 15th-16th, Ring Ouzel on 15th and 2 Dunlin on 13th.
• Ogston Reservoir 2 Little Terns briefly on 18th, 2 Avocets and Peregrine on 13th, 2 Whimbrel, 2 Dunlin and 3 Common Sandpipers on 12th. Osprey on 13th-14th and 18th.
• Willington Wetlands max 9 (pr+7) Egyptian Geese and Little Egret on 18th, max 2 Cattle Egrets, at least one Mediterranean Gull (heard only) on 14th, 2 Shoveler, max 2 Great White Egrets and a Whimbrel on 13th and a Peregrine on 12th.
• Wyver Lane Two Shoveler and an Osprey on 13th
• Egyptian Geese Foremark, 4 on 12th and Trent Lock, one on 13th.
• Goosanders 5+ at Great Wilne, 14 on 17th and Derby, 9 on 15th.
• Great White Egret Sinfin Moor Wetlands, one on 17th.
• Osprey Grindleford on 17th.
• Turnstone Brook Path, Heatherton Village on 15th.
• Yellow-legged Gull adult at Derby River Gardens on 13th.
• Ring-necked Parakeet Alvaston Park, 4 on 12th
• Red Kites Up to 2 at ten sites
• Short-eared Owl reported from one site
• Hobby Up to three at seven sites
• Merlin at one moorland site

• Bird of the week has to be the very showy Hoopoe that was found in a garden at Sutton Scarsdale where it originally showed well on 5th May but over its two day stay became increasingly elusive. It was last reported at 0500 on 7th May. In a sign of the times a Turtle Dove (now a description species for the county) was reported at Lawrence Field (Longshaw Estate area) on 10th.
• Anchor Church GP Great White Egret and a Green Sandpiper on 5th.
• Barrow GP Sanderling on 10th, 5 Shelduck and 2 Little Egrets on 9th and a Great White Egret on 6th.
• Carr Vale NR A pair of Shoveler was present on 10th, 3 Egyptian Geese and a female Marsh Harrier (not a breeding site) were seen on 7th May, 4 Water Rail territories (six birds) were located on 6th. Up to 4 Shelduck were seen daily, up to 3 Little Egrets were seen daily, one or 2 migrant Ringed Plovers were seen most days and a Common Sandpiper on 7th and 9th.
• Carsington Water Dunlin and 2 Arctic Terns on 10th, 2 Sanderling on 9th, 2cy Yellow-legged Gull on 7th, 2 Shelduck, a Red-crested Pochard and 2 Redshank on 6th, 5 Arctic Terns on 5th. female Goldeneye on 5th-9th, Little Egret on 8th-9th, Osprey on 9th and 11th, Whimbrel on 7th-8th and a Bar-tailed Godwit on 5th and 8th.
• Middleton Moor Ringed Plover on 6th, 3 Shelduck on 6th-7th and 9th, Whimbrel on 5th-6th, 9th-10th, 2 on 11th, Wood Sandpiper on 4th and 6th.
• Ogston Reservoir 2 Whimbrel on 10th, max 4 Common Sandpipers on 7th, 5 Whimbrel and 2 Dunlin on 5th, 2 Shelducks on 8th-9th and a Ringed Plover on 6th-9th.
• Willington Wetlands Egyptian Goose, 2 on 11th, Cattle Egret, max 7 Great White Egrets, Ringed Plover and Dunlin on 10th, max 3 Little Egrets and Osprey on 7th, Common Sandpiper on 6th, 5 Shelduck and a Peregrine on 5th.
• Witches Oak Water 2 Egyptian Geese, Marsh Harrier, and 5 Great White Egret on 11th.
• Woodhead Reservoir Arctic Tern and 2 Mediterranean Gulls on 5th.
• Wyver Lane Osprey on 11th and 3 Shoveler on 6th
• Kedleston Park pair of Garganey still on 8th-10th.
• Red-crested Pochard Melbourne Pool, one on 9th and Wingerworth Lido, male present on 5th.
• Cattle Egret Swarkestone Bridge, 2 on 10th, Erewash Meadows, one on on 8th-9th and Aldercar, one on 6th.
• Little Egret The Sanctuary, 2 on 8th and Bennerley Marsh, 2 Little Egrets on 6th. Singles at Bakewell, one on 6th and North Wingfield, one on 6th.
• Red Kite Up to two at 11 sites.
• Short-eared Owl reported from one moorland site on 10th.
• Sandwich Tern Weston-on-Trent GP, one on 7th.
• Ring-billed x Lesser Black-backed Gull Woodhead Reservoir on 11th.
• Hobby Up to 4 at 9 sites.
• Peregrine Poolsbrook, one on 7th.
• Ring-necked Parakeet Alvaston Park, 2 on 5th and 9th.
• Crossbill Darwin Forest on 5th

• The only rarity reported was a White Stork over the A38 at Mickleover on 30th.
• Barrow GP max 6 Little Egrets, max 4 Great White Egrets, a Dunlin on 4th, 13 Common Terns on 3rd, max 10 Egyptian Geese and max 17 Common Terns on 2nd, 2 Ruff on 30th, max 6 Shelduck and a Peregrine on 29th. Common Sandpiper on 29th and 2nd.
• Beeley Moor 3 Hobbies on 2nd and a Red Kite on 28th. Peregrine on 28th and 3rd.
• Carr Vale NR four Ravens on 4th, max 3 Common Sandpipers on 30th and a Hobby on 29th. Pair of Shelduck daily from 1st, up to two Little Egrets daily, Red Kites on 30th and 3rd and two Ringed Plovers on 30th and 3rd.
• Carsington Water Red-crested Pochard, female Goldeneye, Whimbrel, 2 Bar-tailed Godwits, Redshank and a Peregrine on 4th and a Whimbrel on 1st.
• Egginton Bar-tailed Godwit and Hobby on 29th.
• Kedleston Park 2 Garganey and 4 Shoveler on 4th.
• Kings Mill GP broods on 7 and 4 Egyptian Geese, 4 Shelduck and 3 Common Sandpipers on 4th.
• Ogston Reservoir 4 Whimbrel and a Dunlin on 4th, Little Egret, Whimbrel, Ruff, 2 Sanderling, Dunlin and 2 Common Sandpipers on 3rd, 8 Common Sandpipers on 1st, 5 Whimbrel on 30th, max 5 Shelduck, 2 Whimbrel and max 10 Common Sandpipers on 29th.
• Middleton Moor Dunlin on 4th, max 4 Shelduck and 2 Ringed Plovers on 2nd, Ringed Plover and 2 Common Sandpipers on 1st, 2 Red Kites, Whimbrel and 2 Wood Sandpipers on 29th. Cream-crowned Marsh Harrier on 28th-29th and a Dunlin on 2nd and 4th.
• 70 Acre Plantation Ospreys SSW and 9 Crossbills on 3rd.
• Staunton Harold Reservoir Ruddy Shelduck and Red Kite on 30th.
• Weston Grange GP pair of Egyptian Geese with 12 young, 2 Shelduck, Little Egret and two Great White Egrets on 4th, 3 Common Sandpipers on 3rd.
• Willington Wetlands max 3 Egyptian Geese on 4th, 8 Shelduck, max 6 Little Egrets, max 2 Great White Egrets, Red Kite and max 6 Oystercatchers on 3rd, Cattle Egret, Green Sandpiper and max 5 Hobbies on 2nd, 4 Ruff on 29th and a Redshank on 28th. Bar-tailed Godwit on 29th and 2nd and Common Sandpiper on 29th and 4th
• Barnacle Goose Buxton (Pavillion Gardens), one on 4th.
• Little Egret Borrowash, 4 on 2nd and Sinfin Moor, 3 on 29th. Singles at Derby River Gardens on 3rd, Pride Park on 3rd and Bakewell on 29th.
• Great White Egret Draycott, one on 29th.
• Red Kite Ambergate, 4 on 3rd, Derby, 2 on 30th, Singles at Heage on 4th, Langwith on 3rd, South Normanton on 30th, Denby on 29th, Wyver Lane on 29th, Foremark on 28th and Leash Fen on 28th.
• Osprey Littleover, one on 4th and Killamarsh, one north on 2nd.
• Bar-tailed Godwit Woodhead Reservoir, one on 28th.
• Common Sandpiper Errwood Reservoir, max 12 on 29th.
• Hobby One at Heage on 30th and Bakewell on 29th.
• Ring-necked Parakeet Elvaston Castle, 4 on 2nd and Spondon, 2 on 28th.
• Tree Sparrow Duffield, one on 2nd.
• Brambling Buxton, one reported on 29th

• The only rarity reported during the week was a drake Green-winged Teal that was at Erewash Meadows during the evening of 21st, a great find by Steve Bacon.
• Barrow GP 3 Common Terns on 26th, max 16 Shelduck, 2 Little Egrets on 25th, 8 Arctic Terns on 23rd and 2 Little Egrets on 21st.
• Beeley Moor 2 Red Kites and a Hobby on 26th and 3 Crossbill on 23rd
• Carr Vale NR Whimbrel, one SE on 25th, Red Kite (not breeding), max 4 on 23rd, Osprey south on 23rd, Great White Egret on 23rd and 25th and first Common Tern on 20th. Pair of Shelduck daily, pair of Shoveler daily to 26th max 3 on 21st-22nd, up to 4 Little Egrets daily, migrant Common Sandpipers, up to 2 20th-24th, up to 2 Wheatears on 6 dates.
• Carsington Water 3 Shelduck and an Arctic Tern on 27th, 3 Common Scoter on 26th, Arctic Tern on 25th, Great Northern Diver (last date) and Osprey on 24th, Red-crested Pochard on 24th, 2 Arctic Terns on 23rd, Whimbrel on 22nd, 2 Pink-footed Geese, 2 Shelduck, Great White Egret, Little Egret and 2 Dunlin on 21st.
• High Bridge GP 2 Egyptian Geese still with 7 young and max 4 Shelduck on 27th, max 3 Little Egrets and one Great White Egret and a Bar-tailed Godwit on 27th, male Ruff on 26th, Black-tailed Godwit on 23rd.
• Locko Park Red Kite, Osprey and Hobby on 26th.
• Middleton Moor Osprey on 27th, 3 Shelduck, Whimbrel and a Dunlin on 26th and a Marsh Harrier on 25th.
• Ogston Reservoir Whimbrel, Dunlin, Common Sandpiper and 2 Swifts on 26th, 4 Whimbrel briefly (left N), Peregrine on 25th, Little Egret, Osprey and Arctic Tern on 24th, 2 Whimbrel and 6 Arctic Terns on 23rd, Ring Ouzel and White Wagtail on 22nd, Great White Egret, max 4 Common Sandpipers, Ring Ouzel and Wheatear on 21st. Great White Egret on 21st and 26th, Common Tern on 25th and 27th.
• Sinfin Moor Wetlands 5 Little Egrets, Whimbrel and Redshank on 21st.
• Staunton Harold Reservoir 18 Egyptian Geese and 2 Arctic Terns on 23rd.
• Weston GP Marsh Harrier (migrant), high SE, 3 Swifts and a Ring Ouzel on 26th.
• Willington GP Common Tern and max 3 Hobbies on 26th, Cattle Egret, 4 Great White Egrets and 2 Whimbrel on 24th, Little Egret, 3 Cattle Egrets, Red Kite, Black-tailed Godwit and 3 Arctic Terns on 23rd, max 2 Egyptian Geese, Shelduck, 6 Shoveler and max 5 Great White Egrets on 21st. Common Sandpiper on 23rd and 27th.
• Witches Oak Water 2 Shoveler, 4 Great White Egrets and 3 Little Egrets on 24th.
• Wyver Lane 4 Shoveler, Little Egret and 2 Red Kites on 22nd
• Shelduck Chatsworth Park, one on 27th.
• Mandarin Duck Leadmill Bridge to Bamford Mill, 23 on 25th.
• Little Egret Drakelow NR, 9 on 24th, Pleasley CP, one on 26th and Draycott, one on 22nd.
• Red Kite Singles at Ashbourne on 27th, Clod Hall Lane, one on 25th, Cowers Lane on 24th, Stonebroom on 23rd and Longstone Edge on 21st.
• Marsh Harrier Big Moor on 24th and 26th, Arkwright on 23rd, White Path Moss, one on 23rd and Ringinglow Bog on 22nd.
• Osprey North WIngfield on 23rd.
• Green Sandpiper Common Farm NR, one on 26th.
• Common Tern Newton Solney, one on 25th and Long Eaton GP, 4 on 26th.
• Arctic Tern Church Wilne Reservoir, 2 on 23rd.
• Yellow-legged Gull Alvaston Lake on 25th and Derby River Gardens on 24th.
• Swift Erewash Meadows, one on 25th, Heanor, 3 on 26th, Chaddesden, one on 26th, Church Gresley, one on 26th, Swanwick, one on 26th, Allenton on 27th, Glossop, one on 27th and Ilkeston, one on 27th.
• Hobby Aston on Trent GP, 2 on 24th, Church Gresley, one on 27th and Heage, one on 27th, Pilsley on 27th.
• Wood Warbler Abraham Heights on 27th and Torside Reservoir, one on 27th.
• Spotted Flycatcher Calke Park on 23rd.
• Tree Sparrow Barlow, one still on 23rd.
• Crossbill The Sanctuary on 21st

• Arkwright Green Sandpiper and 3 Jack Snipe on 14th.
• Barrow GP 2 Egyptian Geese on 20th, max 12 Shelduck on 19th and max 8 Little Egrets on 17th.
• Beeley Moor Hobby and 2 Grasshopper Warblers on 19th, Garden Warbler on 18th and a Red Kite on 15th.
• Bennerley Marsh pair of Shelduck on 19th. Little Egret on 18th-19th.
• Carr Vale NR max 2 Common Sandpipers and first Common Tern on 20th, 5 Water Rails at four different locations and Peregrine on 19th, Red Kite on 14th. Pairs of Shelduck and Shoveler all week, up to 4 Little Egrets daily and up to 5 Wheatears daily (5 on 17th).
• Carsington Water the Great Northern Diver was present all week. 2 Red Kites on 20th, Little Egret, 2 Common Terns and 12 Arctic Terns on 19th, max 2 Common Sandpipers, single Common and Arctic Terns and 2 Garden Warblers on 18th, Ringed Plover, 5 Black-tailed Godwits and a Dunlin on 16th, Pink-footed Goose, one on 14th and 20th, max 2 Red-crested Pochard on 16th, 18th and 19th and a 2CY Yellow-legged Gull on 18th - 20th.
• Derwent Dale Red Kite and 2 Crossbills on 17th.
• Drakelow NR escaped Red-breasted Goose, 6 Shoveler, 6 Little Egrets and 3 Great White Egrets on 14th.
• High Bridge GP 4 Egyptian Geese, max 5 Shelduck and a Little Egret on 20th and a Green Sandpiper on 18th.
• King’s Mills GP 16 Egyptian Geese (broods of 5 and 7), 4 Shelduck, 2 Great White Egrets and 6 Common Sandpipers on 20th.
• Middleton Moor 2 Dunlin on 16th and 3 Shelduck on 15th.
• Ogston Reservoir 10 (8 & 2) Whimbrel, 2 Common Sndpipers and a Arctic Tern on 19th, Osprey, Redshank, Yellow-legged Gull and a Merlin SE on 16th, 5 Shoveler, 3 Dunlin and a Garden Warbler on 15th.
• Western Grange GP 3 Shelduck and 2 Common Sandpipers on 20th.
• Willington GP Green Sandpiper, 2 Garden Warblers and max 3 Grasshopper Warblers on 19th, 14 Shoveler, 6 Little Egrets, max 10 Great White Egrets, Whimbrel and 2 Black-tailed Godwits on 16th, 4 Shelduck, max 3 Cattle Egrets, Red Kite, Redshank and Peregrine on 14th. Common Tern on 14th and 16th.
• Willington Wetlands 4 Shelduck, 8 Shoveler and a Cuckoo on 19th.
• Witches Oak Water Grasshopper Warbler on 19th, 4 Egyptian Geese, 2 immature Marsh Harriers, Great White Egret and a Peregrine on 15th.
• Woodhead Reservoir 7 Common Terns and 2 Mediterranean Gulls on 19th, Little Gull on 16th, Dunlin and Woodcock on 14th
• Egyptian Goose Staunton Harold Reservoir, 3 on 16th.
• Bittern at one confidential location.
• Little Egret Singles at Draycott on 15th, Elmton on 15th and Breaston on 14th.
• Great White Egret Long Eaton GP, one on 17th.
• Marsh Harrier at one confidential location.
• Red Kite Holmehall, 2 on 18th, Drum Hill, 2 on 16th. Singles at Scarcliffe on 20th, Derwent Moors on 19th, Hatton on 19th, Atlow on 17th, Chellaston on 17th, Pilsley on 17th, Westhouses on 17th, Hodge Lane, Matlock Forest on 15th, Stanage on 15th and Willington Village on 15th.
• Golden Plover Ironbower Moss, 10 on 20th.
• Woodcock High Leas Farm on 19th.
• Yellow-legged Gull Derby River Gardens, 2 on 17th, one on 20th, Pilsley on 16th.
• Cuckoo Goyt Valley on 14th, Kedleston Park, 2 on 18th, Newhall, one on 18th and Ladybower on 20th..
• Barn Owl Swadlincote on 15th.
• Short-eared Owl one seen at a confidential lowland site.
• Merlin one reported from a moorland locality.
• Ring-necked Parakeet Risley, one at least on 17th.
• Grasshopper Warbler Leash Fen on 14th, Hadfield Marsh on 15th, Swadlincote CP on 17th and Avenue Washlands on 18th.
• Whinchat Waterswallows Quarry, one on 15th, Arnfield Clough, one on 18th, Bottoms Marsh, one on 18th, Pilsley-Morton, one on 19th and Ladybower, one on 20th.
• White Wagtail Ambaston, one on 20th.
• Tree Sparrows Upperton, 3 on 20th.
• Crossbill Matlock Forest, 3 on 15th

• The Great Northern Diver remained in residence at Carsington Water but the Red-throated Diver was last seen on 7th. A Spoonbill was an evening visitor to Willington GP on 7th, an Eagles sp was reported over Godfreyhole on 9th, a Black-necked Grebe at Middleton Moor on 12th (first confirmed site record), a Woodlark flew over Chaddesden on 12th but the surprise of the week was the county's first spring record of a Yellow-browed Warbler at Derby Railway Station on 12th. All observers are reminded that for these records to appear in the annual report a rarity form needs to be submitted so that the record can be assessed by the county rarity committee.
• Barrow GP 2 Egyptian Geese (Evergreen LNR), Great White Egret and a Dunlin on 10th, 20 Shelduck, 3 Goldeneye and a Little Egret on 7th.
• Beeley Moor Crossbill on 12th and Cuckoo on 9th.
• Bennerley Marsh 6 Shoveler and max 2 Little Egrets on 13th.
• Carr Vale NR First Whitethroat and Sedge Warbler on 13th, Peregrine, 2 Marsh Tits and two Wheatears on 12th, Osprey north and first Grasshopper Warbler on 11th, female Marsh Harrier flew north on 10th, first Reed Warbler of the year on 9th and the first Yellow Wagtail of the year on 8th. Pair of Shelduck on five dates (usually on Deepdale Flash if missing), up to four Shoveler daily and up to four Little Egrets daily.
• Carsington Water 2 Barnacle Geese, one Pink-footed Goose, max 3 Little Egrets, 13 Oystercatchers, 2 Redshank and a Barn Owl on 13th, Shelduck, Dunlin and 3 Redshanks on 12th, 2 drake Common Scoters on 11th, Common Sandpiper on 10th, 8 Shoveler, Little Egret and a Redstart on 9th, Red-crested Pochard on 7th, 9th and 12th-13th, 2 on 11th and two Mediterranean Gulls on 7th.
• Erewash Meadows Grasshopper Warbler on 10th and a Sedge Warbler on 8th.
• Goyt Valley Cuckoo on 13th, Redstart and 3 Tree Pipits on 12th.
• High Bridge GP 6 Egyptian Geese, max 7 Shelduck, Great White Egret and 2 Little Egrets on 9th and 13th and a Common Sandpiper on 10th-11th.
• Kings Mill Lane GP broods of 4 and 7 Egyptian Geese, 8 Shelduck and 6 Goosander on 13th, Barnacle Goose, Green Sandpiper and a White Wagtail on 7th.
• Markeaton Park Little Egret and 2 Ring-necked Parakeets on 9th.
• Middleton Moor Dunlin and Common Sandpiper on 13th, 30 Curlew, 3 Ring Ouzels (not a breeding site) and a male Redstart on 11th, max 3 Shelduck and a White Wagtail on 7th.
• Norbriggs Flash max 3 Little Egret and 2 Whitethroats on 10th.
• Ogston Reservoir 2 Ringed Plovers on 13th, 4 Shelduck and Common Sandpiper on 10th, 15 Shoveler on 9th, max 4 Goldeneye on 8th and a Redshank on 7th. Little Egret on 7th - 9th.
• Padley Gorge Redstart and 9 Pied Flycatchers on 12th.
• Shipley Lake Whitethroat on 13th, Egyptian Goose and 14 Shoveler on 7th.
• Staunton Harold Reservoir Little Egret and a Common Sandpiper on 13th.
• Twyford 2 Egyptian Geese, 4 Great White Egrets and a Cattle Egret on 7th.
• Waterswallows Ring Ouzel (not a breeding site) and a Redstart on 10th.
• Weston GP 6 Shelduck, Little Egret, Great White Egret, Peregrine and one White Wagtail on 13th.
• Willington GP Hobby on 12th, Common Sandpiper on 11th, 6 Curlews on 10th, 3 Great White Egrets and 2 Little Egrets on 9th, 2 Shelduck, max 15 Shoveler, max 9 Cattle Egrets, Green Sandpiper, Reed Warbler and 2 Sedge Warblers on 8th. 2 Egyptian Geese on 9th and 13th and Redshank on 8th-9th and 13th.
• Willington Wetlands 5 Shelduck, 22 Shoveler, max 5 Little Egrets, 8 Oystercatchers, Green Sandpiper and a Peregrine on 8th.
• Witches Oak Water 2 Shelduck, 3 Great White Egrets and a Peregrine on 9th.
• Woodhead Reservoir Dunlin and 4 Common Sandpipers on 13th.
• Wyver Lane Hobby on 13th, max 6 Shoveler on 10th and Great White Egret on 9th-10th
• Bittern at one confidential site.
• Marsh Harrier at two confidential sites.
• Egyptian Goose Ingleby, 12 Egyptian Geese on 9th and Evergreen NR, 2 on 10th.
• Red-crested Pochard Melbourne Pool, one on 7th.
• Red Kites Max count nine otherwise singles at 17 locations.
• Osprey Crowden, one north on 13th.
• Golden Plover Ringinglow Bog, 9 northern birds on 7th.
• Curlew Upperton, 27 on 9th.
• Dunlin Dane Head, one on 8th.
• Common Sandpiper Todbrook Reservoir, 2 on 8th
• Jack Snipe Pleasley Colliery on 10th.
• Kittiwake Ingleby Bank, one on 8th.
• Cuckoo Surprise View on 13th.
• Barn Owls Alfreton, 2 on 8th and Padfield on 10th (11am) and 11th.
• Peregrine Church Gresley, one on 8th.
• Ring-necked Parakeet Alvaston, 2 on 7th.
• Whitethroat Norbriggs Flash, 2 on 10th and one Ambaston Lane on 13th.
• Lesser Whitethroat Locko Park, one on 10th and Lower Hartshay on 13th.
• Grasshopper Warbler Harwood Moor on 12th, Markham Vale, one on 12th, Melbourne, one on 12th and Westhouses on 12th.
• Reed Warbler Poolsbrook Marsh on 12th.
• Black Redstart Kinder Reservoir on 7th.
• Redstart Waterswallows Quarry, one on 8th, Bradford Dale, male on 9th, Haydale, 2 males on 9th, Goyt Valley, one on 10th, Lathkill Dale, 2 on 10th, Kinder Reservoir, one on 11th, Barbrook on 12th, Longshaw, 3 Redstarts on 12th. General arrival thereafter.
• Pied Flycatcher Longshaw Estate on 8th, Kinder Bank, 2 on 11th and Grindleford on 11th.
• Tree Sparrow Markeaton Stones, 3 on 9th.
• Tree Pipit Matlock, 2 on 8th.
• Yellow Wagtail Egginton, 3 on 8th and Markeaton Stones, 3 on 9th.
• Brambling Baslow, one on 8th
• Red-breasted Goose Drakelow on 13th.
• Chiloe Wigeon Carr Vale NR all week

• County rarities were few and far between with the only new bird reported being a Wood Lark over the Sanctuary / Pride Park on 4th (description requested please) meanwhile both Divers were still at Carsington Water on 6th despite the Red-throated going missing (well hiding) mid-week. A report of a White-tailed Eagle over Smisby on 6th is being checked against the Hampshire release project data but if it's not G641 seen on 2nd a rarity form will be needed please. Records of potential rare breeders will no longer be published in the recorders page unless they are known to be from non-breeding sites (e.g. Marsh Harriers, Ringed plovers and Cetti's Warblers), please indicate when publishing records on social media if birds are considered migrants
• Arnfield Clough and Coverts Woodcock and Merlin on 1st.
• Barrow GP 14 Egyptian Geese, Little Egret, Hobby (if accepted the earliest ever county record) and Peregrine on 4th, max 15 Shelduck on 2nd and 2 Redshank on 31st.
• Bennerley Marsh 2 Little Egrets and a Red Kite on 6th.
• Carr Vale Barn Owl on 6th and a White Wagtail on 4th. Little Egret most days, max, 3 on 3rd, Great White Egret, one 2nd-3rd, Marsh Harrier on 31st - 2nd, 2 Red Kites on 1st and one on 2nd (not a breeding site), Peregrine on 1st and 5th, Green Sandpiper on 5th-6th and Common Sandpiper, one on 4th and 6th, 2 on 5th.
• Carsington Water Little Gull influx with 8 Little Gulls on 1st, 27 (possibly 35) Little Gulls on 4th and one on 6th. Pair of Mediterranean Gulls and 2 Redshank on 6th, Red Kite on 5th, 2 Avocets on 4th and 16 Curlew on 1st. 2 Shelduck on 31st-1st, Red-crested Pochard on 1st, 3rd and 5th with 2 on 4th and a Little Egret on 3rd - 5th.
• High Bridge 9 Egyptian Geese on 6th and 2 Great White Egrets on 4th.
• High Leas Riber, Red Kite and Yellow Wagtail on 3rd.
• Melbourne Pool Red-crested Pochard, max 2 on 5th and Little Egret on 2nd.
• Middleton Moor max 4 Shelduck on 6th, 4 Dunlin and White Wagtail on 5th and a Pintail on 3rd.
• Ogston Reservoir Redshank on 5th and a Whooper Swan on 2nd.
• Torside Reservoir Common Sandpiper and White Wagtail on 5th.
• Willington GP Little Egret and the first Reed Warbler on 6th, 2 Shelduck, max 21 Shoveler and a Green Sandpiper on 3rd, max 11 Cattle Egrets, max 3 Great White Egrets and a Little Gull on 2nd and 11 Curlew on 1st. Redshank on 2nd-3rd
• Whooper Swan Sutton Scarsdale on 3rd (54 NW).
• Pink-footed Goose Bamford, 50 on 3rd.
• Shelduck Dove Holes Quarry, max 3 on 6th.
• Garganey Ambaston, 2 on 1st, Shipley, still on 2nd-3rd.
• Little Egret Holbrook Moor, one on 5th, Pleasely, one on 4th and Foxlow Ponds, one on 1st.
• Great White Egret Long Eaton, 2 on 6th, Borrowash, one on 2nd, Sawley, one on 3rd and Ednaston Fishing Ponds on 1st.
• Red Kite Scarclifee, 2 on 6th, Draycott, 2 on 4th, Glawell, 2 on 2nd and Chaddesden Common, 2 on 1st. Singles at Chapel-En-Le-Frith on 6th, Bubnell on 5th, Cutthroat Bridge - Stanage on 4th, Robin Wood on 2nd, Darley Abbey on 1st, Hulland Ward on 1st, Pilsley on 1st and Brailsford on 31st.
• Osprey Sawley, one flew into Derbyshire on 5th.
• Common Sandpiper Bleper River Gardens, ne on 5th.
• Little Gull Church Wilne Res, 15 on 4th.
• Yellow-legged Gull Derby River Gardens, one on 31st-1st.
• Cuckoo second hand report of one at Chatsworth Park on 6th.
• Barn Owl Church Wilne, one on 3rd.
• White Wagtail Pleasley Colliery, one on 2nd.
• Tree Pipit The first of the year was at Beeley Moor on 4th.
• Tree Sparrows 6 at Barlow Common on 1st.
• Crossbill Flash Lane, one on 3rd.
• A Released White-tailed Eagle from the Hampshire project was around Kinder and Snake summit on 2nd

• Both divers remained at Carsington Water all week but that was it for county rarities, though it was good to see the early summer visitors piling in.
• Barrow GP 10 Egyptian Geese, max 14 Shelduck, 4 Goldeneye, Red Kite and 4 Oystercatchers on 30th, Redshank on 26th and a male Pintail on 24th.
• Beeley Moor Willow Warbler and 6 Stonechats on 26th.
• Bennerley Marsh Little Egret on 26th and 29th, 9 Shoveler and 8 Golden Plover on 24th.
• Breaston Little Egret on 26th-27th and 24 Golden Plover on 25th.
• Carr Vale female Marsh Harrier on 30th, Willow Warbler on 29th, two Ospreys north, 60 Golden Plover and a Peregrine on 28th, Green Sandpiper on 26th. Up to 5 Little Egrets to 31st and up to 2 Great White Egrets daily to 30th, 2 Red Kites on 28th (one on 29th-30th).
• Carsington Water Adult Kittiwake on 30th, Jack Snipe on 29th, 9 Goldeneye, Little Gull on 28th and a Cetti's Warbler reported (almost unknown here!) on 28th, 14 Barnacle Geese and Brambling on 25th, Dunlin on 24th and 2 Kittiwakes on 24th, one on 25th. Pink-footed Goose on 24th-26th, female Red-crested Pochard on 24th-27th, still present 30th and a Little Egret on 29th-30th.
• Foremak fields 2 Barn Owls and a Cetti's Warbler on 24th.
• High Bridge GP Egyptian Geese, pair with 8 chicks, 6 Shelduck, 13 Little Egrets, 5 Great White Egrets, max 7 Redshank, max 6 Green Sandpipers and a Yellow Wagtail on 30th, 2 Willow Warblers on 29th and 2 Black-tailed Godwits still on 24th.
• Kedleston Park Pink-footed Goose and 3 House Martins on 29th.
• Kings Mill Lane GP 2 pairs of Egyptian Geese each with at least 7 young and max 10 Shelduck on 30th.
• Locko Park Red Kite and 7 Hawfinches still on 28th.
• Middleton Moor 28 Golden Plover on 28th, max 4 Shelduck on 27th, Red Kite on 25th and 12 Ravens on 24th.
• Ogston Reservoir adult Kittiwake and Willow Warbler on 28th, 4 Goldeneye on 24th and Rock Pipit on 22nd.
• Poolsbrook CP male Common Scoter and a Red Kite south on 29th.
• Shipley Lake Garganey again on 30th and Red-crested Pochard still on 24th.
• Staunton Harold Reservoir Ruddy Shelduck now paired with an Egyptian Goose on 30th, White-fronted Goose and Red kite on 25th.
• Weston GP 2 Shelduck and 5 Oystercatchers on 30th.
• Willington GP 6 Shoveler and 12 Curlew E on 30th, max 4 Shelduck, 7 Oystercatchers on 29th, 4 Goldeneye on 26th, 3 Egyptian Geese, 5 Shelduck, Great White Egret, Black-tailed Godwit, Green Sandpiper and max 5 Redshank on 24th.
• Willington Wetlands 10 Cattle Egrets, 3 Green Sandpipers, 8 Redshank on 29th, 3 Great White Egrets, 10 Little Egrets on 28th, 10 Shoveler, 14 Cetti's Warblers earlier in the week.
• Witches Oak (restricted access), 4 Goldeneye, Great White Egret and Woodcock on 25th
• Egyptian Goose Swarkestone, pair with 5 large young on 30th.
• Mandarin Grindleford, 12 on 26th.
• Garganey Hollington Fields, pair 23rd-25th.
• Red-crested Pochard 2 Still at Melbourne Pool on 24th.
• Common Scoter Nocturnal eastward movement Lower Longdendale, one flock recorded on 28th, over Hadfield, 9 on 24th and Heage, 15 on 24th.
• Little Egret Tupton, 2 on 25th, Singles at Twyford on 30th, Breaston on 26th-27th and Draycott on 26th.
• Great White Egret Arkwright on 25th and Bakewell on 25th.
• Red Kite Dane Bower Quarry (Derbyshire side), 4 on 29th, Bakewell, 2 on 29th, Wyver Lane, 2 on 26th, Singles at Ashbourne 29th, Alfreton on 27th-28th, Pleasley Vale on 29th, Pebley Pond on 28th, Alicehead Road on 27th, Black Clough on 27th, Chunal on 27th, Creswell on 26th, Creswell Crags on 25th, Longstone Edge on 25th, Monsal Head on 25th, Chaddesden on 24th, Ingleby on 24th, Newhall on 24th, Pleasley on 24th and Shirebrook on 24th.
• Osprey Lower Hartshay, one n / nw on 28th.
• Golden Plover East Moor, 100 on 29th.
• Green Sandpiper Anchor Church GP on 24th.
• Woodcock Arnfield, one on 24th and 29th.
• Mediterranean Gull Belper, one on 24th.
• Yellow-legged Gull Derby River Gardens, one on 29th.
• Peregrine Dane Bower Quarry on 29th and Pleasley Vale on 24th,
• Ring-necked Parakeet Moorway Lane Pond, 5 on 24th.
• Cetti's Warbler Sinfin Moor Wetlands, one on 27th.Long Eaton, one on 26th and Pride Park Sanctuary on 25th.
• Willow Warbler Kilburn on 26th and Pleasley on 29th.
• Tree Sparrow Barlow Common, 4 on 28th.
• Brambling Buxton on 3 feeder on 29th.
• Hawfinch Cromford, still 2 on 30th.
• A White Stork over Roston on 26th was bearing a blue ring and is therefore likely to be a released bird from the Nepp project, still a nice sight mind

• The two divers remained at Carsington Water all week but the two Scaup only stayed to 17th and the Black-necked Grebe at Ogston Reservoir also only remained until 17th (an 8 day stay) but no other rarities were reported during the period.
• Alvaston to Spondon 4 Cetti's Warblers and a Willow Warbler on 23rd.
• Barrow GP max 15 Shelduck, max 7 Goldeneye and 2 Green Sandpipers on 23rd, Red Kite, max 5 Little Ringed Plovers and first Sand Martins (Greenacres reserve) on 21st, 21 Egyptian Geese, 2 Little Egrets, 2 Marsh Harriers and Little Ringed Plover on 20th, Great White Egret on 17th. Pintail on 20th-21st and 23rd, Marsh Harrier on 17th and 21st. 21 Egyptian Geese on 20th and 23rd.
• Bennerley Marsh 6 Shoveler on 23rd and 2 Little Egrets on 22nd.
• Carr Vale NR Two Whooper Swans south, 3 Pintail and 3 Kittiwakes flew north (all new for the year) on 23rd, 2 Egyptian Geese, max 4 Shoveler and 11 Sand Martins north and male Chiloe Wigeon on 22nd, 5 Goosander, max 4 Red Kites and Little Ringed Plover on 21st, female Marsh Harrier, Little Ringed Plover, Sand Martin and Blackcap all new for the year on 20th, max 80 Golden Plover and 2 Barn Owls looking interested in a box on 17th on 17th. Pair of Shelduck daily, up to five Little Egrets daily, max 2 Great White Egrets 20th-23rd, one on 18th and up to two singing Cetti's Warblers daily.
• Carsington Water Little Egret, Kittiwake, 4 Sand Martins and 2 Swallows on 23rd, Pintail, Sandwich Tern (first march record) and Willow Warbler (earliest ever) on 22nd, female,Peregrine and the first Sand Martin for the year at the site on 21st, 2 Common Scoter and a Little Egret on 20th, 4 Shoveler on 19th. 30 Goldeneye, 3 Avocets and Mediterranean Gull on 18th, 10 Oystercatchers on 17th. Pair of Garganey on 22nd-23rd, Red-crested Pochard on 17th and 21st-23rd, 3 Redshank on 21st-22nd, Rock Pipit, one 17th-20th.
• Dane Bower 2 Ring Ouzels and 3 Wheatears on 23rd.
• Derby River Gardens sub adult Caspian Gull on 21st, Little Egret on 19th, Yellow-legged Gull on 19th and 22nd.
• Derwentdale 4 Whooper Swans and Crossbills on 22nd.
• Eggington Great White Egret, Green Sandpiper and Wheatear on 18th.
• Kedleston Park White-fronted Goose, 2 Shelduck, 6 Oystercatchers on 20th and a Barn Owl on 18th.
• Derwent Edge Red Kite, 7 Stonechats and 3 Ring Ouzels on 21st.
• Draycott 2 Little Egrets and 9 Sand Martins on 20th.
• High Bridge GP max 6 Shelduck, 2 Little Egrets, max 10 Redshank on 23rd, max 4 Shelduck, 5 Little Ringed Plovers and 5 Sand Martins on 22nd, Great White Egret, max 6 Green Sandpipers on 18th. 2 Black-tailed Godwits on 22nd-23rd.
• High Edge 70 Golden Plover and 2 Wheatears on 21st.
• Kings Mill Lane GP 9 Egyptian Geese, 5 Shelduck, Red Kite, Little Ringed Plover and Green Sandpiper on 23rd.
• Middleton Moor Sanderling, Dunlin, Kittiwake and 25 Ravens on 23rd, 3 Shelduck, 2 Dunlin and Mediterranean Gull on 19th, Merlin over A623 towards Middleton Moor on 19th.
• Ogston Reservoir Redshank, 3 Sandwich Terns through, Barn Owl on 23rd, 14 Whooper Swans NW on 21st, Redshank, one on 20th and a Mediterranean Gull on 18th.
• Pleasley Colliery Redshank, one on 22nd, Little Egret and Red Kite on 19th.
• Shipley View Lagoon male Garganey on 23rd, Red-crested Pochard and 3 Little Ringed Plovers on 22nd.
• Sinfin Moor Wetlands/moor area Little Egret, one on 19th-20th and Barn Owl on 19th.
• Willington GP Little Egret, max 4 Oystercatchers on 23rd, max 5 Shoveler, max 5 Cattle Egrets and Cetti's Warbler on 22nd, 2 Little Gulls, Peregrine and 31 Sand Martins on 21st, Egyptian Goose, Little Egret, Redshank, Mediterranean Gull and 6 Sand Martins on 19th, 2 Shelduck, Cattle Egret, Little Egret, 5 Sand Martins on 18th. Egyptian Goose on 19th and 23rd, Pintail on 18th-19th and 22nd, max 5 Goldeneye on 18th and 23rd, Great White Egret on 18th, 22nd-23rd and first winter Caspian Gull on 21st-22nd.
• Weston Grange 2 Shelduck, Red Kite, Dunlin, Kittiwake, one on 23rd and 4 Little Ringed Plovers on 21st.
• Witches Oak Water 2 Little Egrets, Great White Egret and 2 Cetti's Warblers on 19th.
• Wyver Lane House Martin on 23rd, 3 Shoveler and Red Kite on 18th
• Whooper Swan Glossop, 25 on 18th, Arnfield Reservoir, 4 on 22nd, Pilsley, 2 herds heard in the dark going NW on 17th.
• Egyptian Goose Staunton Harold Reservoir, max 8 on 17th.
• Shelduck Kedleston Park, 2 on 23rd.
• Mandarin Chatsworth Park, 13 on 17th.
• Garganey Barbrook, pair on 22nd.
• Red-crested Pochard Wingerworth, one still on 21st.
• Common Scoter Glossop, 7 over mid evening on 23rd.
• Little Egret Stockley, 2 on 23rd. Singles at Swarkestone on 22nd, Allestree Park on 20th, Borrowash on 20th, Ambaston on 18th and West Hallam on 18th.
• Great White Egret Scarcliffe Woods, one on 20th.-per MAB.
• Red Kite Bolsover, 2 on 23rd, Ticknall, 2 on 20th, Kirk Langley, 2 on 18th. Singles at Roston on 23rd, Bolsover (over different estates) on 20th and 22nd, Atlow on 22nd, Beeley Moor on 22nd, Lathkill Dale on 22nd, Pilsley on 22nd, Staunton Harold Reservoir on 22nd, Tupton on 22nd, Ingleby on 21st, Pilsley on 21st, Shirland on 21st, Twyford on 21st, Bakewell on 20th, Chaddesden on 20th, Winster on 20th, Scarcliffe on 19th, Muggington on 18th, West Hall on 18th and Offcote Grange on 17th.
• Golden Plover Beeley Moor, 80 on 22nd.
• Grey Plover Derby, one heard on 19th.
• Curlew Rowart, 20 on 18th.
• Woodcock Long Eaton GP, 2 on 23rd and Arnfield Covert, max 2 on 20th.
• Merlin Morton, one on 18th.
• Peregrine hirebrook, 2 on 17th and Rose End Meadows, one on 21st.
• Ring-necked Parakeet Elvaston Castle CP, 8 on 20th.
• Sand Martin Pilsley, one on 21st..
• Swallow Sanctuary NR, 2 on 22nd, Dove holes Quarry, one on 23rd, Hasland, one reported on 21st.
• Cetti's Warbler Pride Park Sanctuary, one on 22nd, Arkwright, one on 21st and Cottmanhay, one on 20th.
• Blackcap Mercia Marina, one on 18th.
• Black Redstart Two Dales, one on 21st.
• Wheatear Long Dale, 9 on 22nd, Hayfield, one on 23rd and Cracken Edge, one on 19th.
• Ring Ouzel Stanage Edge, one on 21st and Cutthroat Bridge, 2 on 19th.
• Yellow Wagtail Alport Heights, an early one on 18th.
• Tree Sparrow 6 at Barlow on 22nd was a notable count.
• Hawfinch Darley Dale, max 8 on 23rd and Willersley Castle, Cromford 6 on 23rd.
• Common Crossbill Thornhill Carr, one on 22nd

• The long-staying county rarities continued to reside at Carsington Water with both Divers and the 2 Great Scaup remaining in situ on 16th. A Black-necked Grebe was still at Ogston Reservoir on 16th (from 10th) and aT wite was reported from the regular area in the north-west on 11th.
• Alvaston Park 8 Ring-necked Parakeets and a Cetti's Warbler on 11th.
• Arnfield Reservoir 8 Whooper Swans, 11 Curlew and 4 Stonechats on 15th.
• Barrow GP max 10 Shelduck, and Redshank on 14th, Egyptian Goose, 2 Little Egrets and a Red Kite on 11th. Little Ringed Plover on 14th-15th, Peregrine on 11th and 15th.
• Beeley Moor 3 Stonechats and a Crossbill on 15th, 20 Golden Plover on 11th.
• Bennerley Marsh 4 Shoveler and a Dunlin on 16th, Avocet and a Redshank on 10th, max 6 Little Ringed Plovers (migrants) on 13th and 16th.
• Carr Vale NR Max 17 Goosander and a Peregrine on 16th, 70 Golden Plovers on 13th, 6 Shoveler and 2 Cetti's Warblers on 10th. Max 3 Shelduck on 10th, max 4 Little Egrets on 11th, Great White Egret on 12th-16th and max 2 Red Kites on 11th, 13th and 15th.
• Carsington Water 25 Goldeneye and a Rock Pipit on 16th, 2 Whooper Swans, max 14 Oystercatchers and a Peregrine on 15th, max 27 Barnacle Geese, female Common Scoter (first of the year), max 5 Redshank and first winter Mediterranean Gull on 14th, Dunlin, a Woodcock and 11 Ravens on 11th. Red-crested Pochard, one on 10th-16th, max 3 Mediterranean Gulls on 11th-12th and max 18 Curlews on 10th.
• Common Farm Heage, 90 Pink-footed Geese and a Red Kite on 11th.
• Drakelow Water NR, 29 Shoveler and 5 Goldeneye on 13th.
• High Bridge GP 2 Shelduck, 5 Green Sandpipers, 4 Redshank and a Jack Snipe on 16th.
• Long Eaton GP 6 Goldeneye and 2 Great White Egrets on 16th, Little Egret and Cetti's Warbler on 15th.
• Mackworth/Markeaton area 8 Goosander and Little Egret on 13th.
• Middleton Moor Mediterranean Gull (1st W) on 16th, max 4 Shelduck on 15th, Red Kite, 100 Curlew and 2 Mediterranean Gulls on 14th, (highest count of Curlew this year is 151 on 8/3).
• Ogston Reservoir 3 Whooper Swans and an Egyptian Goose on 16th, 12 Mandarin Ducks and 38 Curlew on 13th, 6 Goldeneye on 12th, Red Kite on 11th and 2 Whooper Swans on 10th-11th.
• Stockley 18 Goosander and 2 Little Egrets on 16th.
• Twyford Little Egret, Great White Egret, Marsh Harrier, Red Kite and Peregrine on 13th.
• Weston GP Barnacle Goose, 12 Shelduck, 7 Goldeneye and 3 Green Sandpipers on 16th.
• Weston on Trent 8 Egyptian Geese and a Little Ringed Plover on 16th.
• Willington GP 7 Cattle Egrets on 14th, max 3 Shelduck, 2 Little Egrets on 13th, 4 Goldeneye on 12th and 15th-16th, max 4 Cetti's Warblers and a Blackcap on 11th. 2 Great White Egrets on 11th-13th and Marsh Harrier on 11th and 15th.
• Willington Wetlands Marsh Harrier on 15th, 4 Green Sandpipers and 3 Redshank on 14th. Pintail on 14th and 16th.
• Witches Oak Water 4 Shelduck, Little Egret, Great White Egret and a Marsh Harrier on 12th,
• Wyver Lane NR 4 Shovelers and Red Kite on 11th
• Whooper Swan Win Hill, 25 W on 16th, Pilsley, a flock recorded in the early hours over Pilsley on 16th, Darley Dale, 10 on 16th, Somercotes, 6 NW on 11th, Pools Brook CP, 2 on 16th.
• Barnacle Goose Staunton Harold, one still on 10th.
• Egyptian Goose Weston on Trent, 8 on 16th, Staunton Harold Res, 2 on 15th, Newton Solney, 2 on 14th and Ingleby, 2 Egyptian Geese on 10th.
• Red-crested Pochard Melbourne Pool, 2 males still on 11th and one still at Wingerworth on 15th.
• Common Scoter Pilsley, birds recorded moving overnight on 14th.
• Goosander Hardwick Park, 16 on 14th.
• Little Egret upton, max 2 on 13th. Singes at Sinfin Moor wetlands on 15th-16th, Avenue Washlands on 14th and Staveley STW on 14th.
• Great White Egret Arkwright, 3 on 13th and Staveley STW, one on 10th.
• Red Kite Over Burrows, 2 on 16th, Atlow, 2 on 13th, Common Farm NR, 2 on 12th, South Wingfield, 2 on 10th. Singles at Shirebrook on 13th-14th, Langwith on 12th and Swadlincote on 11th..
• Golden Plover High Edge, 117 on 15th.
• Little Ringed Plover Church Wilne on 11th.
• Curlew Hope, 29 on 12th and Combs Reservoir, 31 on 10th, up to 20 elsewhere.
• Woodcock Barlborough, one on 14th in a garden and Longdendale, one on 10th.
• Barn Owl Foremark on 15th-16th and Swadlincote on 12th.
• Peregrine Oakerthorpe, one on 13th.
• Ring-necked Parakeet Derwent Meadows, 2 on 15th.
• Cetti's Warbler Pewit Carr, 2 on 15th.
• Wheatear Eldon Hill, one on 16th.
• Stonechat Hope Valley, 8 on 16th and Crowden, 4 on 12th.
• Brambling Church Wilne, 2 on 10th.
• Hawfinch Cromford, max 10 on 14th and at Locko Park, 24 on 9th

• Great Northern and Red-throated Divers remained at Carsington Water all week, 2 Scaup still on 8th, 2 Black-necked Grebes on 5th with a different Black-necked Grebe on 8th-9th. Two Twite were reported from the regular site in the north-west on 9th.
• Barrow-upon Trent GP 4 Shelduck, Little Egret and Redshank on 6th.
• Beeley Moor 5 Stonechats on 5th, Peregrine and Crossbill on 3rd.
• Bennerley Marsh Little Egret on 9th, 8 Goosanders and 2 Little Ringed Plovers on 6th.
• Blackclough Farm Red Kite, 8 Ravens and the first Wheatear of the year on 8th.
• Calke Park 6 Egyptian Geese and a Great White Egret on 7th.
• Carr Vale NR 3 Shelduck, 2 Great White Egrets and 3 Oystercatchers on 9th, Goosander, max 10, Merlin on 6th, 16 Golden Plover N on 5th. Shelduck on 3rd-4th, 6th. Up to 3 Little Egrets daily, one or two Red Kites on most dates, max 3 singing Cetti's Warblers on 3rd and 9th.
• Carsington Water 16 Whooper Swans, 70 Pink-footed Geese and adult Mediterranean Gull on 9th, 5 Whooper Swans, 7 Pintail and max 3 Redshank on 8th, Shelduck, 2 Pintail and a Little Egret on 7th, 20+ Goldeneye and a Red Kite on 6th, 11 Curlew, Woodcock, and a Barn Owl on 4th, Pintail on 3rd. Red-crested Pochard on 7th-9th, Mediterranean Gulls, adult and first winter on 4th and 7th-8th.
• Drakelow NR 47 Shovelers, 3 Goldeneye, Little Egret and 2 Great White Egrets on 5th.
• Farley Moor Bramblings and 3 Crossbills on 8th.
• Flash Lane 3 Crossbills on 4th and 9th.
• High Bridge GP 2 Egyptian Geese, Little Egret, 3 Marsh Harriers, max 3 Green Sandpipers and Barn Owl on 9th, max 3 Pintail, max 3 Shelduck, 6 Shovelers, 2 Great White Egrets and a Stonechat on 3rd. Max 3 Redshank on 3rd and 8th.
• Ingleby 4 Shelduck on 6th, White-fronted Goose and 2 Egyptian Geese still on 3rd and a Barn Owl same day.
• Kings Mill Lane GP 2 Egyptian Geese, 6 Shelduck, Green Sandpiper, Redshank and Jack Snipe on 9th.
• Locko Park Red Kite and Peregrine on 9th.
• Middleton Moor 6 Whooper Swans, 78 Curlew, Caspian Gull and Peregrine on 8th, 2 Redshanks on 7th, Red Kite on 6th and 34 Curlew on 4th
• Mossy Lea 85 Pink-footed Geese and 2 Red Kites on 8th.
• Norbriggs Flash Great White Egret and Cetti's Warbler on 4th.
• Ogston Reservoir 31 Whooper Swans on 9th, 40 Pink-footed Geese WSW, 4 Oystercatchers and a Red Kite on 8th, Redshank on 6th, max 21 Curlew on 5th, a Mediterranean Gull on 4th. 6 Goldeneye on 4th and 8th, 4 Oystercatchers on 4th and 6th.
• Pilsley 76 Pink-footed Geese NW on 9th and 6 Whooper Swans on 8th,
• Sinfin Moor Wetland male Marsh Harrier on 9th, Little Egret and 2 Cetti's Warblers on 7th.
• Stanage Whooper Swans, 11 NW after leaving Redmires on 9th plus Red Kite.
• Staunton Harold Reservoir Peregrine on 9thWhite-fronted Goose, one still on 6th,
• Swineshaw Reservoir 10 Oystercatchers and 9 Curlews on 8th.
• Weston Grange GP 15 Egyptian Geese, 9 Shelduck, 5 Great White Egrets, 2 Red Kites and the first Little Ringed Plover of the year here on 9th.
• Willington GP 3 Shelduck, 7 Goldeneye, 8 Cattle Egrets, max 3 Great White Egrets, max 3 Marsh Harriers and Red Kite on 8th, 6 Oystercatchers on 6th, max 3 Pintail, 2 Little Egrets, 3 Great White Egrets and 13 Curlews on 3rd.
• Witches Oak Water 2 Shelduck, 2 Little Egrets, 4 Great White Egrets, 4 Oystercatchers and 3 Cetti's Warblers on 4th.
• Woodhead Reservoir 7 Oystercatchers and 2 Stonechats on 3rd.
• Wyver Lane 8 Shoveler, Great White Egret, Red Kite and Stonechat on 5th
• Whooper Swan Uppertown, 29 on 9th (Ogston birds?), Pebley Pond, 6 on 8th.
• Pink-footed Goose Common Farm NR, 90 W on 9th.
• Shelduck 2 at Dove Holes Quarry on 8th.
• Mandarin Froggatt, 14 on 4th.
• Red-crested Pochard Melbourne Pool, 2 still on 5th and Wingerworth, one still on 7th.
• Cattle Egret Trent Lock, 3 still on 8th, 2 on 9th.
• Little Egret Creswell Crags, one on 9th, Tupton flood, one on 7th and Abbey Hill Floods, one on 3rd.
• Great White Egret one between Sawley and Shardlow on 6th.
• Marsh Harrier High Leas Farm, Riber (female) on 6th.
• Red Kite Brailsford, 4 on9th with 2 on 7th, Ednaston, 2 on 5th, Hulland Ward, 2 on 5th. Singles at High Edge on 9th, Chesterfield on 8th, Shireebrook on 8th, Spondon on 8th, Newhall on 6th, Sawley on 6th, Sinfin on 6th, Swadlincote on 6th, Chaddesden on 4th-5th and 7th, Bakewell on 4th, Barlborough on 4th and Barrowhill on 4th.
• Golden Plover Breaston, 42 on 3rd.
• Curlew Rowarth, 50 on 8th and Windy Harbour, Glossop, 50 on 5th.
• Woodcock Arnfield Clough, 4 on 4th, East Moor, 2 on 9th and Stanage Edge, 2 on 5th.
• Yellow-legged Gull Derby River Gardens, one on 7th.
• Barn Owl Simmondley on 5th, Askew Hill on 4th, Foremark on 4th, Quarndon on 4th,
• Ring-necked Parakeet Derby Grammar School, 2 on 6th, Derwent Meadows NR, one on 7th.
• Peregrine Foremark Reservoir, one on 9th and J29a M1 on 3rd.
• Sand Martin the first two were seen at Ilkeston on 8th.
• Cetti's Warbler Chaddesden Sidings, 2 on 8th, Pools Brook, max 2 on 6th, Pride Park, one on 8th and Alvaston Park, one on 4th.
• Blackcap Boythorpe, female still present on 6th (having been seen most days during February), Draycott on 3rd-4th and Kirk Langley on 3rd.
• Stonechat Mam Tor, 2 on 8th and at Padley Gorge, one on 9th.
• Brambling Castleton, one on 4th and Sleigh Wood, 3 on 3rd.
• Hawfinch Locko Park, 6 on 7th having been present since Christmas Eve, Willersley Castle, 5 on 3rd and Darley Dale, one on 5th.
• Crossbill Darwen Forest, 3 on 3rd and Whitesprings Plantation, one on 9th.
• Short-eared Owl seen at one upland site.
• Merlin seen at two upland sites

• Rarities: The two divers and 2 Greater Scaup remained at Carsington Water throughout the period and they were joined by a Black-necked Grebe on 24th. However both the Lesser Scaup and the Ring-necked Duck were last seen on 27th. There were no further reports of the Siberian Lesser Whitethroat at Castle Gressley.
• Ambaston area Little Egret and Red Kite on 27th.
• Arkwright Little Egret on 2nd, Jack Snipe on 24th. Great White Egret on 24th and 2nd (same bird as Carr Vale).
• Aston-On-Trent 25 Egyptian Geese and a Stonechat on 28th.
• Beeley Moor Woodcock on 2nd and 2 Crossbills on 1st.
• Carr Vale NR 5 Goosander on 2nd, Redshank and 2 Peregrines on 1st, 70 Pink-footed Geese NW and 2 Red kites on 28th, 105 Pink-footed Geese NW in 2 skeins, 110 Golden Plover and a Redshank on 27th. Drake Shelduck on several dates, up to three Little Egrets, Great White Egret on 25th and 2nd, 2 Ravens, 2 Cetti's Warblers and 3 Chiffchaffs most days.
• Carsington Water 3 Pintail, 17 Curlew, adult Mediterranean Gull and 1st W Caspian Gull on 2nd, 4 Shelduck and 16 Ravens on 1st, Lesser Black-backed Gull x Ring-billed Gull on 28th, 30 Barnacle Geese, 2 Chiffchaffs and a Brambling on 27th, adult Mediterranean Gull on 26th, 25 Goldeneye, Little Egret, 13 Oystercatchers and 5 Woodcock on 24th.
• Common Farm NR 3 Woodcock and 2 Stonechats on 28th.
• Darley Dale Red Kite on 2nd and max 8 Hawfinches on 28th.
• Drakelow NR 49 Shoveler, 5 Goldeneye, 9 Little Egrets, 3 Great White Egrets, Redshank and Barn Owl on 25th.
• Foremark Reservoir 2 Egyptian Geese and an Avocet (first site record) on 1st.
• High Bridge GP 3 Shelduck, 4 Pintail, 2 Little Egrets, 2 Marsh Harriers and Green Sandpiper on 2nd, 10 Goldeneye, 14 Curlew and 5-6 Redshanks on 1st.
• Ingleby, White-fronted Goose one still on 2nd and Peregrine on the same day, 5 Goldeneye and 5 Oystercatchers on 24th.
• Kings MIll Lane GP 2 Egyptian Geese, 6 Shelduck, 2 Goldeneye, Little Egret, Great White Egret and 2 Green Sandpipers on 2nd.
• Lower Longdendale Reservoirs Woodcock on 27th, Mediterranean Gull and Barn Owl on 25th.
• Mapperley Reservoir 18 Goosander, 6 Little Egrets, Red Kite and 2 Stonechats on 27th.
• Middleton Moor max 2 Shelduck, 99 Curlew and an adult Mediterranean Gull on 1st, Pink-footed Goose, Red Kite and 24 Golden Plover on 24th. Barn Owl on 25th-27th.
• Ogston Reservoir 6 Oystercatchers and 12 Curlew on 28th, Caspian Gull on 26th, Shelduck, adult Caspian Gull and 1st W Yellow-legged Gull on 25th, 30 Goosander, 4 Oystercatchers, Woodcock and 2nd W Yellow-legged Gull on 24th, max 7 Goldeneye on 24th and 26th, adult Mediterranean Gull on 27th-28th.
• Sinfin Moor Wetlands Barn Owl on 27th and 3 Stonechats on 27th-28th.
• Weston Grange GP 25 Egyptian Geese, 5 Pintail and a Great White Egret on 2nd.
• Willington GP 7 Cattle Egrets and 4 Oystercatchers on 2nd, 13 Curlew on 1st, 4 Goldeneye and 5 Cetti's Warblers on 1st, Knot, 2 Peregrines and Cetti's Warbler on 25th. Shelduck on 25th, 28th and 2nd, 3 Pintail on 1st-2nd, max 3 Little Egrets on 28th and 2nd, max 5 Great White Egrets on 28th and 1st, Marsh Harrier on 25th, 28th and 2nd
• Pink-footed Goose Leash Fen, 60 on 28th, Wirksworth, 15 W on 2nd and over Hadfield on 27th.
• Egyptian Goose Swarkestone, pair plus 5 young still on 27th.
• Ruddy Shelduck Staunton Harold Reservoir, one on 2nd.
• Shelduck Barrow-on Trent GP, 2 on 24th.
• Mandarin Calver, 11 on 28th.
• Red-crested Pochard one still at Melbourne Pool on 1st and Wingerworth Lido still on 1st.
• Cattle Egret Egginton Church, 2 on 26th.
• Little Egret Bennerley Marsh, one on 2nd and Pebley Pond, one on 26th.
• Red Kite Belper, 4 on 2nd, Minninglow, 3 on 2nd, Reeve's Quarry, 2 on 2nd, Hayfield, 2 on 28th, Atlow, 2 on 27th, Marlpool, 2 on 25th and Radbourne, 2 on 25th. Singles at Alfreton on 1st, Locko Park on 1st, Bolsover on 28th, Rowsley on 28th, Great Longstone on 24th and 27th, Ladybower on 27th and Ashbourne on 25th and at Kings Newton on 24th.
• Marsh Harrier Witches Oak Water, one on 25th.
• Oystercatcher Swineshaw Reservoir, 13 on 2nd.
• Golden Plover Chunal Moor, 25 on 2nd and East Moor, 88 on 1st.
• Woodcock Arnfield Clough, one on 25th.
• Curlew Combs Reservoir, 63 on 1st and Woodhead Reservoir, 20 on 1st,
• Mediterranean Gull Wyver Lane, adult on 26th.
• Barn Owl Singles at Abbey Hill Floods on 2nd, Whiteley Nab on 28th, Leash Fen on 24th. Scarcliffe, one using a nest box in a garden during February.
• Peregrine Chee Dale, 2 on 2nd, Milldale, one on 1st and Glossop, one on 24th.
• Ring-necked Parakeet Alvaston, 103 on 26th and Elvaston Castle CP, one on 27th.
• Cetti's Warbler Repton, one on 25th.
• Chiffchaff Staveley (Hall Lane Ponds), one on 27th and Draycott, one on 25th.
• Blackcap Chaddesden, one on 2nd and Draycott, one on 28th-1st.
• Stonechat Avenue CP, 2 on 25th, Markham Vale, 2 on 25th and Ramsley Moor, one on 27th.
• Brambling Sleigh Wood, 10 on 25th.
• Hawfinch Glossop, one on 2nd.
• Crossbills Farley Moor, 2 on 24th and Derwentdale, several heard on 27th.
• Merli recorded at two moorland sites

• Carsington Water held on to its rarities for another week with all still present on 23rd but otherwise it was a pretty quiet week on the rarity front.
• Alvaston 70 Ring-necked Parakeets on 22nd and a Ringed Plover, one over calling on 23rd.
• Barrow GP 10 Goldeneye and 6 Goosander on 23rd, 2 Shelduck and a Peregrine on 17th and 23rd.
• Beeley Moor 60 Golden Plover, Peregrine and 5 Stonechats on 22nd, 2 Red Kites on 18th.
• Bennerley Marsh Cetti's Warbler on 23rd, Little Egret on 22nd and 7 Goosander on 17th.
• Calke Abbey Little Egret and 3 Marsh Tits on 19th.
• Carr Vale NR 5 Shoveler and max 18 Goosander on 23rd, 2 Chiffchaffs (one singing) on 22nd, Woodcock and Chiffchaff on 18th. Pink-footed Goose on 17th-18th and Shelduck on 17th-18th and 23rd, one or two Little Egrets daily, Great White Egret on 22nd-23rd, one or two Red Kites on 6 dates, one or two Cetti's Warblers on 6 dates and one or two Stonechats on 6 dates.
• Carsington Water Chiffchaff on 23rd, max 14 Goldeneye and a Redshank on 22nd, max 33 Barnacle Geese on 21st, 4 Curlew and 37 Ravens on 18th, 3rd W Yellow-legged Gull and 2 adult Mediterranean Gulls on 17th. Great White Egret on 18th-19th.
• Derwentdale skein of Pink-footed Geese heard NW on 18th and at least one Crossbill on 18th and 22nd.
• Dove Holes Quarry 3 Shelduck and a Yellow-legged Gull on 22nd.
• Drakelow NR 31 Shoveler, 5 Goldeneye, Little Egret, Great White Egret, a Cetti's Warbler and 2 Chiffchaffs on 20th.
• Heage 15 Goosander, 2 Woodcock and 3 Stonechats on 22nd.
• High Bridge 2 Shelduck, 5 Pintail, 3 Goldeneye, Great White Egret, 3 Oystercatchers and 2 Redshank on 23rd, 3 Pintail and 7 Curlew on 22nd.
• Ingleby Little Egret and Cetti's Warbler on 22nd, max 5 Egyptian Geese on 21st, three Goldeneye and a Red Kite on 20th, Barn Owl on 18th, White-fronted Goose on 19th-21st.
• Kedleston Park 8 Oystercatchers, 2 Woodcock and a Stonechat on 19th.
• Middleton Moor Red Kite and 11 Curlew on 22nd and Caspian Gull on 21st.
• Sinfin Moor Wetlands Marsh Harrier and Little Egret on 22nd.
• Staunton Harold Reservoir Barnacle Goose, 8 Egyptian Geese, Ruddy Shelduck on 18th, White-fronted Goose on 18th-21st and Barnacle Goose on 18th and 21st.
• Staveley SW Little Egret and Barn Owl on 22nd.
• Swarkestone Stonechat on 22nd, 2 Egyptian Geese with 5 goslings, Barn Owl and 2 Chiffchaffs on 17th.
• Westhouses 2 Little Egrets and a Stonechat on 22nd.
• Willington GP Egyptian Goose on 22nd, 2 Shelduck, 3 Goldeneye, 9 Great White Egrets, max 2 Little Egrets and max 4 Marsh Harriers on 18th, Redshank on 18th. 5 Curlew on 18th-19th, 2 Cetti's Warblers on 21st-22nd.
• Witches Oak Water 9 Goosander, Little Egret, 3 Great White Egrets and Cetti's Warbler on 18th.
• Wyver Lane max 19 Goosander, Great White Egret and a female Stonechat on 21st, 6 Shoveler, Great White Egret, Red Kite and a Peregrine on 18th
• Pink-footed Geese Oxcroft, Bolsover, skein heard going west on 17th.
• Shoveler Elvaston Castle CP, 8 on 18th.
• Cattle Egret Trent Lock, 3 on 22nd and Egginton Hall, 3 on 18th.
• Little Egret Great Wilne, one on 19th, Shardlow, one on 19th, St Chads Water, one on 18th and Breaston on 17th.
• Red Kite Belper, 2 on 22nd, Fenny Bentley, 2 on 21st, Baslow, 2 on 17th, Whitewell, 2 on 17th. Singles at Heage on 23rd, Morely on 18th, Hognaston on 17th, North Wingfield on 17th and Oakwood on 17th.
• Oystercatcher Mercia Marina, 4 on 23rd.
• Golden Plover Hilton, 280 on 18th.
• Curlew Hadfield, 11 on 23rd.
• Woodcock Lower Longdendale Reservoirs, one on 23rd and Moorfield on 21st.
• Barn Owl Scarcliffe, one on 21st and Snelston, one on 20th.
• Ring-necked Parakeet Chellaston Brickworks, 2 on 19th and Derwent Meadows NR, one on 21st.
• Peregrine Bakewell on 22nd and Chesterfield on 21st.
• Cetti's Warbler Derby River Gardens, one on 19th.
• Chiffchaff Chaddesden Sidings on 22nd.
• Blackcap Heanor, male on 23rd and Middlecroft, male on 22nd.
• Black Redstart Whitwell on 23rd.
• Stonechat Padfield SW, 2 on 22nd, Avenue CP, male on 22nd and Markham Vale, male on 19th.
• Brambling Swarkestone, 6 on 18th and Church Wilne, one on 18th and 21st.
• Hawfinch Cromford, 5 -6 on 19th, Darley Dale, max 12 on 23rd and Brackenfield Church, one on 18th

• Carsington held on to its rarities for another week with both divers and both Scaups still on 15th and the Ring-necked Duck all still present on 16th. However the big news of the week was the discovery, in a garden at Castle Gresley which cannot be viewed from any public space, of a Siberian type Lesser Whitethroat, most likely blythi on 13th, still present on 15th.
• Ambaston area 2 Egyptian Geese, Little Egret and a Cetti's Warblers on 13th.
• Beeley Moor 2 Red Kites on 13th. Peregrine on 13th on 16th.
• Bennerley Marsh Little Egret and Caspian Gull on 16th.
• Carr Vale NR Pink-footed Goose on 16th, 2 Oystercatchers on 15th and male Stonechat on 15th-16th, female Stonechat on 13th, 6 Golden Plovers north on 12th, max 6 Goosander on 10th. Shelduck on 10th-11th, Little Egret most days, Great White Egret on 12th and 15th, Red Kite on 12th-14th and max 2 Chiffchaffs on 12th and 14th.
• Carsington Water Redshank on 16th, Little Egret on 15th, 1st winter Caspian Gull, 3rd winter Yellow-legged Gull and Peregrine max on 14th, max 5 Oystercatchers on 13th, Aythya hybrid and 6 Goldeneye on 12th, 33 Barnacle Geese on 11th, adult Mediterranean Gull on 15th with two adults on 16th, first winter Mediterranean Gull on 13th-14th.
• Drakelow NR 5 Shoveler, 3 Goldeneye and a Great White Egret on 13th, 4 Little Egrets, 3 Great White Egrets and 9 Woodcock on 12th.
• High Bridge GP Egyptian Goose and max 4 Redshank on 16th, 6 Shoveler, 4 Little Egrets and max 2 Great White Egrets on 11th.
• Kedleston Park 3 Shelduck, a 8 Goosander, Little Egret and 2 Oystercatchers on 13th.
• Lower Longdendale Red Kite and Woodcock on 16th, 9 Goosander and Peregrine on 11th.
• Middleton Moor Jack Snipe and Stonechat on 16th, max 2 Red Kite on 14th and a Peregrine on 12th. Marsh Harrier on 12th and 16th.
• Ogston Reservoir 3 Whooper Swans (left SW) on 16th, first winter Caspian Gull and max 2 Brambling on 15th, 5 Goldeneye, Red Kite on 11th. Oystercatcher on 11th and 15th.
• Repton Marsh Harrier and Barn Owl on 16th.
• Staunton Harold Reservoir Barnacle Goose and 2 Woodcock on 12th.
• Willington GP max 4 Oystercatchers, 3 Curlew and max 3 Cetti's Warblers on 15th, max 4 Goldeneye and 2 Little Egrets on 14th, Shelduck, max 4 Great White Egrets and 3 Oystercatchers on 11th. Marsh Harrier (also seen at High Bridge GP) on 11th-12th and 15th with 2 on 13th-14th and a Redshank on 11th-12th and 14th-15th.
• Witches Oak Water Little Egret, 4 Great White Egrets and a Peregrine on 14th.
• Wyver Lane 5 Shoveler and a Woodcock on 12th. Great White Egret and Oystercatcher on 10th and 12th.
• Pink-footed Goose Froggatt, one on 10th.
• Egyptian Goose Ingleby, 8 on 14th, Swarkestone Bridge, pair with 3-4 young on 11th (first seen on 7th) and Calke Abbey, 5 on 14th.
• Shelduck Barrow GP, one on 11th.
• Mandarin Chatsworth Park, 24 on 16th,
• Pintail one at Netherthorpe Flash on 14th.
• Red-crested Pochard Melbourne Pool, 2 on 14th.
• Little Egret Allestree Park, 2 on 14th, Abbey Hill Flood, one on 16th, Stockley, one on 16th, Pleasley Vale, one on 15th and Bakewell, one on 12th.
• Great White Egret Arkwright on 13th.
• Red Kite Palterton, 5 on 12th. Singles at Shirebrook on 16th, Bakewell on 14th, Chaddesden on 14th, Kinder Bank on 14th, Longstone Edge on 14th, Markeaton Park on 14th, Walton on 14th, Brimington on 13th, Chatsworth Park on 13th, Markeaton Brook on 13th and Creswell on 12th.
• Golden Plover 120 at Screetham Lane on 16th.
• Woodcock Arnfield Res, one on 15th.
• Barn Owl Hassop, 2 on 12th. Singles nr Little Hucklow on 16th, Long Eaton GP on 16th, Ridgeway on 16th, Swarkestone Bridge on 16th, Bolsover Moor on 13th and Chunal on 12th.
• Peregrine Derby Cathedral on 15th.
• Ring-necked Parakeet Findern, 3 on 15th.
• Chiffchaff Ladybower on 16th.
• Blackcap Charlestown, nr Glossop on 16th, Littleover, one on 15th.
• Stonechat Etwall Farm, one on 11th.
• Brambling Church Wilne, 10 on 14th.
• Hawfinch Darley Dale, max 5 on 15th.
• Crossbill Heyden Brook, 2 on 16th

• Correction in last week's page I mistakenly credited Mr Roddis with the discovery of the Lesser Scaup at Carsington Water, when I have since been told it was Jon Bradley, credit where it's due, still a great find. Staying with Carsington both Divers, both species of Scaup and the Ring-necked Duck were all still present on 9th.
• Allestree Little Egret and a Red Kite on 7th and a Blackcap on 5th.
• Barrow GP 4 Shelduck and adult Caspian Gull on 8th, 3 Shelduck, 2 Little Egrets, Great White Egret and Peregrine on 5th.
• Beeley Moor Pink-footed Geese, 1,830 NW on 6th and a Stonechat on 5th.
• Calke Parke Egyptian Goose and 2 Marsh Tits on 4th.
• Carr Vale NR 58 Snipe, 3 Jack Snipe and a Woodcock on 9th, 2,250 Pink-footed Geese NW in 15 skeins and max 2 Marsh Tits on 6th and a pair of Stonechats on 5th. Shelduck on 4th and 8th, Great White Egret on 8th-9th, Red Kites on 5th and 7th, Peregrine on 7th and 9th, up to two each of Cetti's Warbler and Chiffchaff on most days but a max of 3 each on 9th.
• Carsington Water max 3 Woodcock on 9th, 10+ Goldeneye and 2nd W Caspian Gull on 7th, 5 Whooper Swans, 700 Pink-footed Geese (6 Skeins), Shelduck, 2 Pintail, Great White Egret and max 8 Oystercatchers on 6th, max 2 Red Kites, max 8 Oystercatchers, Barn Owl, Peregrine and 13 Ravens on 5th, Mediterranean Gull on 3rd. 33 Barnacle Geese on 5th and 7th, 3 Curlew on 5th-6th and a Redshank on 6th-7th.
• Chaddesden Sidings Woodcock and Marsh Tit on 8th.
• East Moor 196 Golden Plover (Brampton East Moor) on 5th, Red Kite on 4th. Peregrine on 3rd-4th.
• Hardwick Park Great White Egret and Little Egret at on 9th.
• Heage 1,620 Pink-footed Geese NW, Woodcock and 2 Stonechats on 6th and a Red Kite on 4th.
• High Bridge GP Little Egret, Curlew and Redshank on 9th, 2 Goldeneye on 8th. Pintail on 8th-9th.
• Ingleby 3 Shelduck, max 2 Little Egrets, Great White Egret, 2 Oystercatchers and a Peregrine on 5th. 2 Goldeneye on 5th and 9th.
• Long Eaton GP Great White Egret and Barn Owl on 7th.
• Markham Vale Woodcock and Peregrine on 5th.
• Melbourne Pool Barnacle Goose, 2 Egyptian Geese, Red-crested Pochard, 2 little Egrets and an Oystercatcher on 4th.
• Middleton Moor Stonechat on 9th, 3 Whooper Swans and 2 Peregrines on 7th, Shelduck, one on 5th-7th, Marsh Harrier on 6th-9th and 2 Red Kites on 4th and 7th.
• Ogston Reservoir 8 Goldeneye and an Oystercatcher on 7th. Female Stonechat on 3rd-4th and 6th-7th.
• Willington GP male Marsh Harrier, max 2 Curlew and a Redshank on 9th, max 2 Little Egrets on 8th, female Marsh Harrier and max 3 Cetti's Warblers on 3rd. Max 4 Great White Egret on 3rd and 9th and Oystercatcher on 3rd and 9th.
• Witch's Oak Water 2 Great White Egrets and 2 Cetti's Warblers on 4th.
• Wyver Lane 7 Goosander on 9th, Marsh Harrier on 4th, Great White Egret, Stonechat and a pair of escaped White-cheeked Pintail on 5th
• Whooper Swan over Chesterfield Royal Hospital, 3 on 7th, assumed the same at Middleton Moor.
• Pink-footed Goose moving W / NW on 6th at Beeley Moor, 1,830 NW, Darley Dale, 250, Hayfield, 220, Longshaw, 215 (2 skeins), Crich, 200, Ilkeston, 200, Pleasley Colliery, 200, Poolsbrook, 150, Wirksworth, 120+, Darwin Forest, c100 W, Bleaklow, 90+, skein heard over Elmton. Arnfield Reservoir, 160 on 8th and Ilkeston, 130 NW on 7th.
• Red-crested Pochard male at Wingerworth on 4th and 6th.
• Little Egrets Sinfin Moor Wetlands, 2 on 4th, St Chad's Water, one on 6th, Abbey Hill Flood, one on 5th and Poolsbrook on 4th.
• Great White Egret Ambaston on 4th.
• Red Kite Fenny Bentley, 4 on 9th, Chatsworth, 4 on 6th, Hassop on 9th, Shirebrook, one on 7th, Barlow, one on 4th and Hasland, one on 4th.
• Marsh Harrier Swarkestone, one on 4th.
• Oystercatcher Willington Village, one on 6th.
• Ringed Plover Weston-on-Trent, one on 9th.
• Woodcock Kedleston Park, 2 on 4th and Lower Longdendale Reservoir, one on 4th.
• Mediterranean Gull a first winter at Bakewell on 9th.
• Barn Owl Bolsover, 2 on 3rd, Sparrowpit, one on 6th, Combs on 3rd and Palterton on 2nd.
• Ring-necked Parakeet Alvaston Park, 7 on 8th and Locko Park, one on 6th.
• Chiffchaff Barlow, one on 7th, Draycott, one 6th and Kings Newton, one on 3rd.
• Blackcap Ilkeston, one on 9th, Allestree, one on 5th and Walton, one on 5th.
• Brambling Barlow, 60 on 9th, Hope, 10 on 6th and Church Wilne, 3 on 8th.
• Hawfinch Darley Dale, max 11 on 6th.
• Crossbill Darwin Forest, 8 on 3rd, Fernilee, 4 on 4th and 2 on 6thConfidential species.
• Bittern seen at one site

• Lingering rarities included the Red-throated Diver and 2 Scaup at Carsington Water all week with the pair of Bearded Tits at Carr Vale putting in an appearance on 30th with a bird heard calling on 2nd. The surprise of the week looked to be the reappearance of the female Ring-necked Duck at Carsington Water on 28th, still present on 31st but this was eclipsed on 2nd February when that man Roddis found the counties second (if accepted) Lesser Scaup, a female. Still present early morning on 3rd at Millfields, at this rate even I might have to venture out west.
• Allestree Park 10 Goosander and a Great White Egret on 29th, 3 Little Egrets on 28th-29th and a Red Kite on 27th-28th.
• Avenue Washlands Little Egret and 2 Stonechats on 28th.
• Barrow GP 2 Shelduck, 8 Goldeneye, 2 Curlew and a Green Sandpiper on 1st. Barnacle Goose on 1st and 30th.
• Breaston Great White Egret and 44 Golden Plover on 30th, with 2 Little Egrets on the NR same day.
• Carr Vale NR 15 Pink-footed Geese west, 2 Marsh Tits and max 3 Chiffchaffs still on 29th, 2 Red Kites on 27th. Little Egrets daily 27th-31st and 2nd, Great White Egret on 27th-28th, Peregrine on 30th-31st and 2nd, a pair of Stonechats re-appeared on 27th-28th.
• Carsington Water Great Northern Diver for another week, 4 Pintail, an adult Mediterranean Gull and Barn Owl on 1st, Woodcock and a Red Kite on 31st, Great White Egret on 30th, 160 Pink-footed Geese on 29th. C30 Barnacle Geese on 29th-30th, Aythya hybrid on 29th and 31st, Oystercatcher on 30th and 31st and Peregrine on 29th and 31st.
• Drakelow NR 31 Shoveler, 3 Goldeneye, 2 Little Egrets, 3 Great White Egrets and 2 Oystercatchers on 30th.
• Foremark Reservoir 7 Shelduck and an Oystercatcher on 1st and a Great White Egret on 29th. 2 Little Egrets on 29th and 1st.
• High Bridge GP 2 Shelduck, 12 Shoveler, Marsh Harrier, 4 Oystercatchers, max 4 Redshank and a Chiffchaff on 2nd, 2 Little Egrets, Oystercatcher and a Stonechat on 27th, 2 Egyptian Geese on 27th and 2nd.
• Ingleby Barnacle Goose, Pintail, 4 Goldeneye, Oystercatcher and nearby a Bar Owl on 30th, Marsh Harrier on 27th.
• Ogston Reservoir 3 Pintail, max 3 Goldeneye and 12 Goosander on 1st, Red Kite on 30th, 2nd w Caspian Gull on 26th-27th, max 2 Stonechats on 22nd and Chiffchaff on 25th - 27th.
• Middleton Moor Pink-footed Goose on 1st-2nd, Red Kite and Yellow-legged Gull on 30th.
• Repton 6 Cattle Egrets, 14 Little Egrets, Great White Egret and Marsh Harrier on 29th.
• St Chad's Water/Church 2 Stonechats and 2 Bramblings on 2nd, 18 Goosanders, Little Egret and 30 Golden Plover on 30th, 15 Brambling on 25th.
• Staunton Harold Reservoir Little Egret on 1st, 5 Egyptian Geese, 2 Goldeneye and a Great White Egret on 31st.
• Willington GP max 5 Great White Egrets, Little Egret, 2 Oystercatchers and Woodcock on 2nd, Curlew and Peregrine on 1st, Shelduck, max 3 Goldeneye and a Chiffchaff on 27th. Marsh Harrier on 29th and 31st and 2 Cetti's Warblers on 27th and 1st-2nd.
• Witches Oak Water 2 Great White Egrets, female Marsh Harrier, a Woodcock, two Cetti's Warblers and 2 Stonechats on 30th.
• Wyver Lane Little Egret, Barn Owl and 2 Stonechats on 30th.
• Pink-footed Goose Belper, 18 on 29th and Lower Longdendale, 12 on 30th.
• Mandarin Padfield sewage works, 11 on 1st.
• Red-crested Pochard the drake still present at Wingerworth Pond on 1st.
• Little Egret Long Eaton on 30th, Longford, one on 29th and Draycott, one on 28th.
• Red Kite Shirebrook, 4 on 30th, Matlock, 2 on 1st, Lower Vicarwood, 2 on 30th, Locko Park on 2nd, Newbold on 1st, Scarcliffe, one on 1st, Chatsworth Park, one on 31st, Atlow on 29th and 31st, Codnor on 29th, Heage on 29th and Holbrook on 27th.
• Marsh Harrier Twyford/Barrow GP area, 6 Shelduck, 2 Red Kites, 2 Marsh Harriers and a Peregrine on 30th and Pilsley, a female North on 29th.
• Oystercatcher Alvaston Lake, one on 27th.
• Woodcock Lower Longdendale Reservoirs, one on 1st and Arnfield Reservoir, one on 28th.
• Barn Owl Bonsal Moor, up to 2 recently, last on 31st, Hope, one on 30th and Woodhead Reservoir, one on 27th.
• Peregrine Hopwell Hall, one on 29th.
• Ring-necked Parakeet Allenton, 53 on 30th, Markeaton Park, 2 on 30th, Melbourne, 2 on 29th and Darley Dale, one on 28th.
• Chiffchaff Milton STW, 4 on 29th
• Blackcap Belper, 3 on 30th, Chellaston, one on 31st and Newbold on 28th. C'mon you garden watchers there must be more than these out there.
• Stonechat Common Farm NR, Heage, 2 pairs on 29th and 2nd andArnfield, pair on 2nd.
• Brambling Castleton, 2 on 31st.
• Crossbill Flash Lane, 12 on 29th.
• Bittern reported from one site in the county.
• Hen Harrier reported from one site in the north-west of the county.
• Short-eared Owl reported at two sites in the county (up to 3 at one, up to 2 at the other).
• Lesser Spotted Woodpecker one in the south of the county on 2nd.
• Merlin one in the north-west on 2nd

• County rarities remained at Carsington Water with the Red Throated Diver and two Scaup still present on 27th and the Bearded Tits remained elusive at Carr Vale a male being seen again on 21st.
• Avenue CP 6 Goosander, a Little Egret and 2 Stonechats on 24th.
• Calke Park Great White Egret and Marsh Tit on 25th.
• Carr Vale NR Red Kite, one on 26th, Great White Egret on 25th. Little Egret on three dates and Peregrine on 3 dates.
• Carsington Water Aythya hybrid on 26th, Shelduck, 12 Goldeneye, Great White Egret, adult Yellow-legged Gull and a Peregrine on 22nd and female Ring-necked Duck on 21st, up to 33 Barnacle Geese daily.
• Common Farm NR Heage, Curlew and 2 Stonechats on 25th.
• Cranfleet Farm 4 Cattle Egrets and 2 Little Egrets on 21st.
• Drakelow NR 2 Egyptian Geese, max 3 Goldeneye, Great white Egret and 2 Oystercatchers on 25th.
• Foremark Reservoir max 2 Little Egrets and a Green Sandpiper on 26th, 2 Egyptian Geese and a Stonechat on 25th, Barn Owl and 2 Chiffchaffs on 21st. Great White Egret on 21st and 25th.
• High Bridge Oystercatcher and 2 Redshanks on 26th, Pintail, Great White Egret, Oystercatcher, 3 Redshank, 1st W Yellow-legged Gull and Green Sandpiper on 26th.
• Ingleby Barnacle Goose on 23rd, Egyptian Goose, 2 Goldeneye, Little Egret, Great White Egret and Barn Owl on 20th.
• Loscoe Dam 17 Goosander and a Great White Egret on 22nd.
• Repton 11 Cattle Egrets and a Great White Egret nearby on 24th.
• Willington GP Pintail, max 5 Goldeneye, 5 Curlew and 2 Redshank on 26th, Red Kite and Barn Owl on 25th, Little Egret and a Great White Egret and a Cetti's Warbler on 22nd, 2 Stonechats on 21st and a Yellow-legged Gull on 20th.
• Witches Oak Water 14 Shoveler, 3 Great White Egrets on 21st and a Cetti's Warbler on 21st and 25thPink-footed Geese seen over Staveley, 90 WSW on 23rd and Hadfield, 130 on 21st.
• Egyptian Goose Wyver Lane, on 20th.
• Red-crested Pochard Melbourne Pool, 2 on 20th and 24th and Wingerworth, one on 24th,
• Goosander Stubbing Great Pond, 7 on 21st.
• Little Egret Norbriggs, one on 24th.
• Great White Egret Williamthorpe on 26th.
• Red Kite Pleasley Vale, 3 on 26th, Coombs, 2 on 25th, Idridgehay, one on 25th, Allestree on 26th, Atlow, one on 25th, Brailsford, one on 25th, Wirksworth on 24th and Markeaton Park, one on 23rd.
• Oystercatcher Kedleston Park, 4 on 26th.
• Golden Plove 125 on 21st.
• Woodcock Lower Longdendale Reservoirs, one on 22nd.
• Ogston Reservoir 2nd W Caspian Gull on 24th-25th.
• Barn Owl Apperknowle, one on 24th.
• Peregrine Torside Reservoir, 2 on 26th.
• Blackcap Chaddesden one 25th, Milton on 25th and at Belper on 20th.
• Brambling St Chad's Church, 15 on 25th and Castleton, 2 on 20th and 24th.
• Hawfinch Darley Dale, max 5 on 25th, 4 on 20th, Willersley Castle, max 3 on 22nd.
• Crossbill Flash Lane, c80 on 22nd

• County raritites remained at Carsington Water with the Red Throated Diver and two Scaup still present on 19th whilst Carr Vale provided Bearded Tit records on 17th and 18th (pair).
• Carr Vale 2 Red Kites and 2 Stonechats still on 13th, Great White Egret on 15th and Barn Owl occasionally caught on camera at Mill Farm.
• Carsington Water Great Northern Diver throught the period, 2 Oystercatchers, 2 adult Yellow-legged Gulls and an adult Caspian Gull on 19th, 130 Pink-footed Geese flew west, 3 Barnacle Geese, 23 Goldeneye and 2 Woodcock on 13th.
• Drakelow 2 Little Egrets, Green Sandpiper and Barn Owl on 13th.
• Ingleby Barnacle Goose, Little Egret and Great White Egret on 13th.
• Ogston Reservoir adult Mediterranean Gull on 19th, Caspian Gull on 13th and 18th.
• Repton 7 Cattle Egrets, 6 Little Egrets and 3 Great White Egrets on 13th
• Shoveler Barrow GP, 38 on 13th.
• Red-crested Pochard Wingerworth, one on 18th.
• Great White Egret Calke Park, one on 13th.
• Red Kite over Shirland, one on 13th.
• Golden Plover Upperloads, 75 on 19th.
• Jack Snipe Tintwistle Low Moor, 3 on 18th.
• Barn Owl Cown Edge, one on 15th.
• Ring-necked Parakeet Elvaston Castle, 8 on 18th.
• Blackcaps Allestree, one on 18th.
• Stonechat Common Farm, Heage, 2 pairs on 13th and Arnfield Res, one on 12th.
• Hawfinch Darley Dale, 2 on 13th.
• Crossbill 70 Acre Wood, 4 on 13th

• County rarities this week included 2 Scaup, Great Northern Diver and Red-throated Diver all still on 13th, Bearded Tits remain elusive and mobile at Carr Vale NR with calls heard on 6th, the pair reported on 5th and the male seen briefly on 4th, 7th and 9th.
• Allestree 21 Ring-necked Parakeets on 12th, 20 Goosander and 6 Little Egrets on 6th.
• Aston on Trent GP 2 Pintail. 16 Shoveler, 9 Goldeneye, 3 Great White Egrets, 2 Jack Snipe, Peregrine, 4 Cetti's Warblers and 5 Chiffchaffs on 12th.
• Barrow GP Shelduck, 18 Shoveler, 20 Goldeneye and Little Egret on 11th.
• Carr Vale NR Jack Snipe on 9th and 12th, Shelduck on 8th, max 10 Goosander on 7th, max 2 little Egrets on 6th, max 3 Red Kites on 10th, Peregrine on 8th-10th, Marsh Tit on 7th-8th, Cetti's Warblers and up to 2 Chiffchaffs, daily and max 2 Stonechats on 7th-10th and 13th.
• Carsington Water 31 Whooper Swans landed and 18 flewW, 92 Pink-footed Geese W (and 11 E) and the regular Aythya hybrid on 11th, c1,000 Pink-footed Geese NW, 7 Shoveler and max 6 Goldeneye on 8th, 62 Collared Doves (record count for the site) on 6th. 33 Barnacle Geese on 6th and 11th.
• Foremark Reservoir 15 Whooper Swans west (also seen over Ticknall), 4 Goldeneye, 2 Little Egrets and a Great White Egret on 12th.
• Foxlow Ponds max 3 Stonechats on 8th, 10 Golden Plover on 7th.
• High Bridge GP 34 Shoveler, Little Egret, Great White Egret, Marsh Harrier and 3 Redshank on 12th.
• Kedleston Park 4 Shelduck, max 2 Pintail and 8 Goosander on 12th.
• Locko Park Pink-footed Geese, 10 NW and Red Kite on 9th.
• Long Eaton GP 21 Goldeneye and 23 Little Grebes on 12th.
• Middleton Moor Curlew and Woodcock on 7th.
• Ogston Reservoir 2 Pink-footed Geese, 5 Pintail, new adult and first winter Caspian Gulls on 11th, 15 Whooper Swans (2 juveniles) on 10th, same flock as 4th?, 3 Goldeneye and 16 Goosander on 7th and a first Winter Caspian Gull on 6th, adult Caspian Gull on 6th-8th, Stonechat on 6th-9th and 11th.
• Sinfin Moor Wetlands Chiffchaff on 12th, Cetti's Warbler, one on 11th and Jack Snipe on 8th
• Staunton Harold Reservoir 2 Egyptian Geese and a Great White Egret on 11th, 6 Goosander on 9th, 4 Egyptian Geese and 2 Little Egrets on 7th.
• Wyver Lane 120 Pink-footed Geese on 9th, 5 Whooper Swans, Barn Owl and 2 Marsh Tits on 8thOther records received
• Whooper Swan Belper, 12 west on 12th and Ingleby, 5 on 12th.
• White-fronted Goose 7 flew NW over Smalley on 10th.
• Pink-footed Goose Kirk Langley, 300 on 11th, Killamarsh, c250 W on 11th, Erewash, c80 NW on 10th, Heage, 450 (2 skeins) NW on 9th, Buxton, 2-300 on 9th, Hulland Ward, 200 (2 skeins) on 9th, Ilkeston, 120 on 9th, Belper, 90 W on 9th, Pilsley, 380 on 8th, Leabrooks, 30 NW on 8th and Bubnell, 2 on 6th.
• Goldeneye Hilton GP, 3 on 9th.
• Cattle Egret Newton Solney, one on 11th.
• Little Egret Wingerworth, one on 12th, Long Eaton GP, one on 11th, Bradford Dale, one on 10th, Breaston, one on 8th-9th and 13th and Borrowash, one on 9th.
• Great White Egret Harlesthorpe Dam, Clowne, one on 11th, Sawley on 11th, Hardwick Park, one on 9th-11th when it died and Calke Park, one on 6th and 9th.
• Red Kite Mercia Marina, 2 on 8th, Bakewell on 8th and Ashbourne, one on 6th.
• Golden Plover Draycott, 40 on 8th.
• Jack Snipe Westhouses, one on 6th.
• Woodcock Thornhill, 2 on 9th and Norbriggs, one on 6th.
• Barn Owl Padfield, 3 on 11th, Rowarth, 2 on 11th, Dove Holes on 10th, Chunal, one on 8th-9th and Clodhall Moor, one on 7th.
• Short-eared Owl north of Grindleford, one on 11th.
• Ring-necked Parakeet Allestree Park, 21 on 12th and Chellaston, 6 on 9th.
• Chiffchaff Trent/Dove confluence, 3 on 12th, Matlock on 12th, Milton, one on 10th and Derby River Gardens on 7th.
• Black Redstart Bakewell, female / 1st W male on 8th (photographed).
• Stonechat Arnfield Reservoir, 2 on 11th, Lower Longdendale, one on 10th-11th, Locko Park, one on 9th andChatsworth House, one on 8th.
• Brambling Hathersage, one on 8th,
• Hawfinch Darley Dale, max 6 on 6th, Shipley Hill, 5 on 8th and Cromford, max 2 on 7th.
• Crossbill Flash Lane, max 8 on 9th

• New rarities found in the past week included an Immature Velvet Scoter at Carsington Water on 31st and a Siberian (tristis) Chiffchaff at Long Eaton GP on 3rd. Lingering county rarities from 2024 included the Red-throated Diver to 4th and 2 immature male Scaup at Carsington Water still on 5th and the pair of Bearded Tits were seen at Carr Vale NR again on 3rd (and reported on 5th).
• Anchor Church GP Marsh Harrier and Stonechat on 31st.
• Barrow GP Shelduck on 5th, 4 Goldeneye and Little Egret on 30th. Marsh Harrier on 1st-2nd and a Green Sandpiper on 2nd and 5th.
• Breaston Great White Egret and Cetti's Warbler (at NR) on 3rd.
• Carr Vale NR Marsh Tit still on 5th, Pink-footed Goose, one on 4th, c 210 Pink-footed Geese NW (2 skeins) on 2nd. Goosander, max 6 on 5th, Little Egret, max 2 on 5th, max 3 Red Kites on 30th, 2 on 1st and 4th, Snipe, max 30 on 5th, Cetti's Warbler, max 2 on 2nd, Chiffchaff, max 2 on 4th-5th and Stonechats, max 2 on 2nd.
• Carsington Water the wintering adult Great Northern Diver remained throughout the period, max 34 Barnacle Geese (one hybrid) and Redshank on 5th, Cetti's Warbler (rare here) on 4th, 3 Shelduck and Redshank on 31st, Little Egret and Great White Egret on 30th. Peregrine on 31st and 4th.
• Church Wilne area Shelduck on 3rd (Wilne Lane) and Egyptian Goose, 2 Pintail and 6 Goldeneye on 31st (Ski Pit).
• Drakelow NR 63 Shoveler, 5 Goldeneye, 3 Little Egrets and Great White Egret on 31st.
• Egginton Cattle Egret and 18 Little Egrets on 1st.
• Elvaston Castle Ring-necked Parakeet, one on 2nd and 10 Shoveler on 31st.
• Foremark area Little Egret, Great White Egret and Marsh Harrier nearby on the Trent and Green Sandpiper Foremark Fields on 31st.
• High Bridge Pintail, 4 Golden Plover, 5 Redshank and an adult Caspian Gull on 5th, 6 Pink-footed Geese, Green Sandpiper and a Redshank on 30th.
• High Leas (Riber) Woodcock, Chiffchaff and a Hawfinch on 2nd.
• Ingleby 2 Egyptian Geese and 4 Goldeneye on 31st.
• Kedleston Park Shelduck, Little Egret and Oystercatcher on 2nd.
• Melbourne Pool 2 Red-crested Pochard and 2 Little Egrets on 4th.
• Middleton Moor Curlew and Jack Snipe on 4th, Hen Harrier and Woodcock on 3rd, 2 Shelduck and 6 Shoveler on 1st.
• Ogston Reservoir 25 Golden Plover on 5th, 15 Whooper Swans (2 juveniles), max 6 Goldeneye on 4th, max 3 Pink-footed Geese, max 31 Goosander and 2 Woodcock on 2nd, Red-crested Pochard and first winter Caspian Gull on 1st. The usual adult Caspian Gull on 30th-5th, adult Mediterranean Gull on 31st and 3rd and female Stonechat on 30th-4th.
• Rowarth 150 Pink-footed Geese and 2 Barn Owls on 4th.
• Sapperton 8 Goosander, 7 Little Egrets and a Great White Egret on 1st.
• Staunton Harold Reservoir 2 Egyptian Geese, Little Egret and Great White Egret on 2nd.
• Swarkestone Great White Egret on 4th, 2 Egyptian Geese on 2nd and 4 Little Egrets on 1st.
• Weston Grange GP 2 Great White Egrets and 2 Green Sandpipers on 1st.
• Willington GP 3 Stonechats on 5th, Pintail on 4th, max 3 Great White Egrets and 2 Cetti's Warblers on 1st, Little Egret, Redshank on 31st and 27 Shoveler (on Canal Pit) on 30th. Barn Owl on 1st and 31st, Shelduck on 4th and 31st, 2 Goldeneye on 30th-31st, Great White Egret on 30th-31st and Chiffchaff on 4th-5th.
• Witches Oak Water 3 Goldeneye, 2 Great White Egrets, a Little Egret and 2 Woodcock on 4th.
• Wyver Lane Marsh Tit on 5th, 2 Egyptian Geese, Great White Egret, Little Egret, Red Kite and Barn Owl on 2nd.
• Whooper Swans Kelstedge, 11 W on 4th (probably part of the Ogston Group as only four left pm) and Belper, one probable on 4th.
• Pink-footed Goose Matlock, 86 NW on 4th, Kirk Langley, 40 S on 4th, Youlgreave, 80 on 4th, Hayfield, Brimmington, 300 on 2nd, 150 on 30th, Froggatt, one on 2nd.
• Egyptian Goose Newton Solney, 4 on 2nd and Repton, 4 on 2nd.
• Goosander St Chad's Water, 19 Goosander on 31st and Allestree Park, 12 on 4th.
• Cattle Egret Egginton, one on 1st.
• Little Egret Avenue CP, 2 on 31st, Breatson, 2 on 31st, Normanton Brook, one on 4th and Long Eaton, one on 3rd.
• Great White Egret Pebley Pond, one on 3rd.
• Red Kites over Ashbourne, max 4 on 31st and Bretby, 2 on 31st. Singles at Belper on 2nd, Foremark Res on 1st, Shirebrook on 1st, Froggatt Edge on 30th and Whaley, one on 30th.
• Golden Plover Hilton, 200 on 1st, and Upper Loads, 40 on 1st.
• Jack Snipe Willington PS on 1st,
• Woodcock Foxlow, one on 1st and Markham Vale, one on 30th.
• Yellow-legged Gull Dove Holes Quarry, one on 1st.
• Barn Owl Hadfield on 4th, New Mills on 4th, Wessington on 3rd, Brailsford on 2nd, Cropper on 2nd, Longford on 2nd, Ingleby Toft on 1st and 31st, Normanton Brook, one on 1st, Shirebrook, one on 31st, Scarcliffe, one on 1st.
• Short-eared Owl Longstone Edge, one on 4th.
• Peregrine Hadfield on 3rd and Belper Mill on 1st.
• Ring-necked Parakeet Alvaston Park, 6 on 4th.
• Cetti's Warbler Poolsbrook, 2 on 30th.
• Chiffchaff Kings Newton, one on 5th.
• Blackcap Baslow Edge on 5th, Bennerley on 4th, Breaston on 1st, Mickleover on 1st and Brimmington on 31st
• Stonechat Draycote, 2 on 31st.
• Black Redstart Ashbourne, male on 29th.
• Brambling High Leas, 2 on 2nd.
• Hawfinch Locko Park, 9 on 5th, Cromford, one on 31st, 1st and 3rd, Darley Dale, max 4 on 5th, 2-3 first seen here on 31st.
• Crossbill Darwin Forest, 6 on 4th and 11 at Flash Lane on 1st.

 

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