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• Abbey Hill Flood 2 Little Egrets and a Peregrine on 20th.
• Bennerley Marsh 2 Little Egrets and a Barn Owl on 16th, Black-tailed Godwit on 16th-17th and Redshank on 16th.
• Carr Vale NR 2 juvenile Shelduck most days (or at Deepdale Flash, Sutton Scarsdale), female Wigeon on 19th, up to 8 Shoveler including a duckling abandoned by the female on 22nd June, juvenile Cattle Egret* on 20th (5th site record and first full juvenile for the reserve), up to 2 Little Egrets daily, Great White Egret on 15th, Red Kite on 18th and 20th-21st, up to 4 Water Rails (young heard calling), max 4 Oystercatchers on 18th, Greenshank on 16th (also seen at Deepdale Flash), max 5 Common Terns on 16th, Barn Owl (at 0940) on 18th, Hobby on 20th, max 6 Raven on 17th, 200 Sand Martins south in 90 mins on 15th and a male Whinchat 17th-19th. A Cetti's Warbler heard on 16th and 21st.
• Carsington Water 13 Oystercatchers on 21st, Redshank and a Grasshopper Warbler on 20th, 4 Common Sandpipers on 19th, drake Scaup, 3 Common Scoters, Little Egret, Great White Egret, Black-tailed Godwit on 17th, 6 Redshank on 16th, 2 Shoveler on 15th, max 3 Barnacle Geese, Common Scoter, Black-tailed Godwit and 3 Arctic Terns on 14th. Caspian Gull on 16th-18th and 21st, 2 Adult Yellow-legged Gulls on 15th and 21st, one on 16th-20th.
• Drakelow NR Egyptian Goose, 10 Little Egrets on 20th, 5 Hobbies on 19th, 5 Shovelers, 6 Little Egrets and 3 Oystercatchers on 15th.
• Foremark Res 4 Little Egrets and 3 Common Terns on 19th.
• High Bridge GP 5 Green Sandpipers, 4 Common Sandpipers and Cetti's Warbler on 21st.
• Kedleston Hall Little Egret and 7 Oystercatchers on 15th.
• Kinder Res 2 Peregrines and 5 Stonechats on 19th.
• Middleton Moor Wigeon and 2 Ringed Plovers on 18th, Little Egret, 4 Little Ringed Plovers, Black-tailed Godwit, Redshank and Black Tern on 16th.
• Ogston Res an immature Spoonbill* was present and a Wood Sandpiper was heard flying north on 21st, 3 Little Egrets, 3 Oystercatchers and a male Whinchat on 17th, 22 Black-tailed Godwits thru on 16th, 12 Mandarin Ducks and a Common Scoter on 14th, 5 Little Egrets on 15th-16th, adult Yellow-legged Gull on 16th-17th.
• Shipley Lakes 5 Common Terns and a Cuckoo on 21st.
• Sinfin Moor Wetlands Great White Egret on 14th, 3 Little Egrets on 18th and 20th,
• Staunton Harold Res 2 pairs of Canada Geese with broods on 21st, max 14 Little Egrets, Greenshank on 16th. 4 Common Terns on 16th and 21st. 2 Yellow-legged Gulls on 21st, one on 16th.
• Swarkestone Lake Hobby seen from Cloud Trail on 21st, 4 Egyptian Geese on 19th, 2 Great White Egrets, 2 Little Egrets and a Red Kite on 16th.
• Torside Res 3 Oystercatchers and 6 Little Ringed Plovers on 16th.
• Weston Grange GP 13 Little Egrets, one Great White Egret, 2 Common Sandpipers on 21st.
• Willington GP Pintail, Osprey and Hobby on 21st, max 42 Little Egrets and 5 Green Sandpipers on 20th, Marsh Harrier and 2 Cetti's Warblers on 14th. 2 Egyptian Geese on 14th and 16th, 2 Cattle Egrets on 18th and 20th-21st, max 3 Great White Egrets on 20th-21st and 4 Common Terns on 14th and 16th.
• Woodhead Res 6 Oystercatchers and 3 Common Sandpipers on 14th.
• Wyver Lane Red Kite and Hobby on 17th
• Barnacle Goose Straws Bridge, 3 on 14th, Pavillion Gardens, Buxton, one on 20th.
• Egyptian Goose Barrow GP, 13 on 17th.
• Mandarin Duck Chatsworth Park, 34 on 15th and Mapperley Res, 14 on 21st.
• Red-crested Pochard Melbourne Pool, on 19th.
• Quail Breaston, one still on 16th-17th.
• Little Egret McGregor's Pond, up to 3 during the week, Shirland GC, one on 15th & 17th.
• Great White Egret Chaddesden Cemetery, one flew over on 21st.
• Red Kites Vicarwood, 3 on 17th, Castleton, 2 on 20th, Scarcliffe, 2 on 17th, Shirebrook, 2 on 17th, Singles at Radbourne on 21st, Heage on 20th, Sutton Scarsdale on 20th, Rowsley area on 19th, Repton on 18th, Clay Cross on 17th, Baslow on 16th, Palteron on 16th and 21st, Winster area on 16th, Foremark Hall on 15th, Norbriggs on 15th and Atlow on 14th.
• Oystercatcher Alvaston Lake, 3 on 15th.
• Green Sandpiper Deepdale Flash, Sutton Scarsdale on 16th.
• Barn Owl Longshaw, family of four during the week, Lower Longdendale, 3 on 17th with singles at Repton on 21st, A632 Arkwright Arms on 20th, Ednaston Hall on 19th, Mossy Lea on 15th.
• Hobby Derbyshire Bridge, 3 on 21st and Melbourne on 15th.
• Peregrine Nooning Lane (nr Draycott) on 21st and Baslow on 16th.
• Ring-necked Parakeet Alvaston, 14 on 17th, Alfreton, one on 19th and Shirebrook, one on 14th-16th.
• Firecrest* One was reported by RBA from Padley Gorge. *This is a county rarity so if the observer is reading this will you please submit a rarity form (click here). Thanks.
• Cetti's Warbler Pewit Carr, one on 14th.
• Grasshopper Warbler Northedge on 21st, Swadlincote CP on 21st, Ramsley Moor, one on 18th and Toddbrook Res, one on 17th.
• Stonechat Beeley Moor, 8 on 17th and Hayfield, 6 on 15th.
• Crossbill Howden Res, one on 17th

• Barrow GP 28 Egyptian Geese, Ruddy Shelduck, 2 Little Egrets, 6 Oystercatchers and c30 Common Terns on 12th.
• Breaston 2 Quail on 14th and a Common Gull on 8th.
• Carr Vale DWT NR Great White Egret and 200 Sand Martins south in 90 minutes on 15th, 2 (released) juvenile Shelduck and a Green Sandpiper on 9th, Great White Egret and Little Egret (north together), Ringed Plover, 7 Common Terns on 8th. Cetti's Warbler still singing on 10th.
• Carsington Water Common Scoter, 2+ Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Arctic Terns and adult Yellow-legged Gull on 14th, 3 Barnacle Geese on 11th-12th, 2 Little Egrets, 2 Knot, adult Mediterranean Gull and Yellow-legged Gull on 11th, 14 Pochard (record count for July) and Redshank on 10th, Osprey, 4 Black-tailed Godwits, Common Gull and adult Caspian Gull on 8th.
• Drakelow NR 3 Oystercatchers on 13th, Grasshopper Warbler on 9th, 86 Gadwall, 8 Shoveler, 56 Little Egrets (equals the site record), 3 Hobbies and a Cuckoo on 8th.
• High Bridge GP 4 Little Egrets, 5 Oystercatchers, 2 Green Sandpipers, 3 Common Terns on 14th, 2 Green Sandpipers, and Cuckoo on 13th, Yellow-legged Gull on 9th, max 4 Cattle Egrets, 10 Little Egrets, 4 Common Sandpipers and a Green Sandpiper on 8th.
• Locko Park 14 Mandarin Ducks, Little Egret and Hobby on 13th.
• Middleton Moor 2 Oystercatchers, 6 Little Ringed Plovers, 48 Curlew and Yellow-legged Gull on 10th.
• Newton Solney 2 Cattle Egrets (one a juvenile) and a Green Sandpiper on 13th.
• Ogston Res Common Scoter, Honey Buzzard south and Black Tern still on 14th, Black Tern on 13th, 3 Common Scoters, a Black-tailed Godwit and 3 Dunlin on 11th, 6 Shoveler, 8 Little Egrets, 6 Common Sandpipers, 2 Greenshanks, a Redshank, max 6 Common Terns, adult Mediterranean Gull, 2 Common Gulls, Black-tailed Godwit and 5 Redshank on 8th.
• Straws Bridge 3 Barnacle Geese and 4 Cetti's Warblers on 14th.
• Twyford White Cheeked Pintail (escape) and 3 Common Terns on 13th.
• Willington GP Garganey, Great White Egret and Hobby on 13th, Red-crested Pochard, 7 Little Egrets, 2 Common Terns and a Cetti's Warbler on 10th, 2 Wigeon, max 4 Shoveler, [White-cheeked Pintail], Green Sandpiper and 4 Ravens on 9th, 6 Black-tailed Godwits on 8th. Cattle Egret and Great White Egret on 8th-10th.
• Witches Oak Water 17 Little Egrets, 3 Great White Egrets, 13 Common Terns, Cetti's Warbler on 13th. Grasshopper Warbler on 8th and 13th.
• Ruddy Shelduck Barrow-on-Trent GP, one still on 10th.
• Goosander Derby River Gardens, 12 on 12th.
• Little Egret Long Eaton, 4 on 12th and Sinfin Moor Wetlands, 2 on 11th.
• Great White Egret Heage, one over obs garden on 8th.
• Red Kite Robin Hood Stride, 8 on 14th. Singles at Breaston on 13th, Gang Mine on 12th, Hulland Ward on 12th, Woodville on 12th, Bolsover on 11th, Chesterfield (Baslow Road) on 8th, Matlock Bank on 8th and Ripley on 8th.
• Green Sandpiper Anchor Church, one on 13th and Norbriggs, one left south (date n/k).
• Barn Owl Foremark Hall on 13th and at Repton on 10th.
• Hobby Harland Edge on 11th, Deep Clough (Goyt Valley) on 10th.
• Peregrine Heage on 14th.
• Ring-necked Parakeet Ripley, one on 12th, West Hallam, one on 11th.
• Ring Ouzel Etwall Farm, one on 9th is an unusual lowland record for July.
• Grasshopper Warbler Avenue CP, 2 on 12th and at Barbrook Res, one on 13th.
• Tree Sparrow Beeley Moor, 3 on 12th

• Barrow GP 20 Little Egrets and 2 Green Sandpipers on 4th.
• Beeley Moor 2 Snipe and a Grasshopper Warbler on 6th, Woodcock and 3 Crossbills on 1st.
• Breaston Quail, Little Egret and a Red Kite on 4th, Quail still on 7th.
• Carr Vale NR 4 juvenile Shelducks released from care on 7th, Great White Egret in from the north left south and Cetti's Warbler, male last heard on 7th, max 5 Teal on 5th-6th, Little Egret max 3 on 3rd-4th and 6th (but 3 adults and at least one juvenile involved), Little Ringed Plover, max 6 on 1st, Curlew, 3 west on 1st, 2 Common Sandpipers on 5th, male Redstart and male Whinchat on 1st. Red Kite on 1st-2nd and 5th and 7th, Common Tern, max 6 (inc 2 fledged young) on 2nd and 7th, Hobby on 5th-7th.
• Carsington Water Little Egret, max 2 Common Sandpipers and first GBB Gull of the autumn on 7th, 2 Common Scoter on 4th, 7 Pochard and Black-necked Grebe on 2nd, Little Egret on 2nd and 5th, Hobby on 2nd and 7th.
• Deepdale Flash Sutton Scarsdale, Little Egret on 5th, 4 Little Ringed Plovers and a Green Sandpiper on 4th.
• Axe Edge Moor/Derbyshire Bridge 2 Red Kites, Osprey, 2 Hobbies and 5 Ravens on 7th.
• Drakelow NR Cetti's Warbler on 6th, 100 Gadwall, 5 Shovelers, 53 Little Egrets (record count for July), max 5 Oystercatchers, max 2 Hobbies and 2 Peregrines on 5th, Great White Egret, Hobby and male Redstart on 4th, Wigeon on 5th-6th and a Cuckoo on 5th-6th.
• High Bridge GP 2 Common Sandpipers and 2 Redshanks on 6th, 7 Egyptian Geese, one Cattle Egret, 2 Little Egrets and a Cuckoo on 1st.
• Ingleby 2 Egyptian Geese and 10 Common Terns on 5th.
• Middleton Moor 4 Oystercatchers, 6 Little Ringed Plovers and Peregrine on 7th, 58 Curlew on 4th and 18 Teal on 2nd,
• Ogston Reservoir Great White Egret (the Carr Vale bird ?) on 7th, 3 juvenile Shelduck, max 2 Great White Egrets and max 10 Little Egrets on 2nd, 23 Mandarin Ducks, 5 Teal on 5th, 5 Common Sandpipers on 3rd and 5th.
• Pewit Carr Little Egret and Cetti's Warbler on 1st.
• Shirley 2 Red Kites, Redshank and Barn Owl on 7th.
• Staunton Harold Res 2 Egyptian Geese, 4 Little Egrets, Osprey and 10 Ravens on 7th.
• Willington GP female Garganey still present (from June) on 7th, Wigeon, 2 Common Sandpiper and 2 Redshanks on 6th, 4 Egyptian Geese, max 5 Shoveler, Cattle Egret, 10 Little Egrets, Red Kite, max 6 Common Terns and max 6 Ravens on 4th, Curlew on 3rd, 4 Cetti's Warblers on 2nd, Osprey and Hobby on 1st, Great White Egret on 4th-6th and a Grasshopper Warbler on 1st and 3rd.
• Barnacle Goose Straws Bridge, 3 on 1st and Buxton (Pavillion Gardens), one on 1st.
• Mandarin Duck Chatsworth House, 17 on 3rd.
• Goosander Derby River Gardens, 23 on 5th.
• Cattle Egret Newton Solney, 5 on 6th.
• Little Egret Sinfin Moor Wetlands, 2 on 2nd and Kedleston Park, one on 5th.
• Great White Egret Wyver Lane, one on 3rd.
• Red Kite Elmton, 2 on 5th, Leash Fen, 2 on 4th and Atlow, 2 on 2nd. Singles at Bolsover on 7th, Clowne on 7th, Findern on 7th, Markham Vale on 7th, Wirksworth on 7th, Chaddesden on 6th, Alport Heights on 6th, Ringinglow on 6th, Stanton -by- Bridge on 6th, Halsand on 5th, Mossy Lea on 4th, Hillstown, Bolsover on 3rd, Youlgrave on 2nd and North Wingfield on 1st.
• Osprey Chatsworth Park on 5th, Pebley Pond, one on 2nd.
• Curlew Moorfield, 9 on 1st.
• Common Sandpiper Torside Res, 7 on 7th, Kings Mills GP, 3 on 4th, Weston Grange GP, one on 7th.
• Mediterranean Gull Woodhead Res, one on 1st.
• Cuckoo Arnfield on 6th and Harwood Moor on 6th.
• Barn Owl Ashbourne, one on 3rd and South Normanton on 2nd.
• Hobby Axe Edge, 2 on 2nd, Berry Clough, 2 on 2nd. Singles at Heage on 6th, Matlock on 4th and Bretton on 2nd.
• Cetti's Warbler Golden Brook Storage Lagoon on 5th.
• Grasshopper Warbler Swarkestone, one on 7th.
• Crossbill Beeley Moor, 3 on 1st and Darwin Forest, one on 5th

• County rarities: reports of firstly a Golden Oriole in a Swanwick garden on 24th and then of a Nightingale in a garden in Brampton, Chesterfield on 26th. Both most unusual locations and time of the year, and yes you guessed, a rarity form is required from the observers please.
• Barrow GP 37 Egyptian Geese, 2 Red Kites (flying towards Repton), 3 Common Sandpipers and a Green Sandpiper on 30th, 2 Ospreys on 28th, 7 Little Egrets and 22 Common Terns on 28th, 2 Ruddy Shelduck on 28th and 30th.
• Beeley Moor 2 Red Kites on 27th and a Hobby on 25th.
• Bennerley Marsh Common Sandpiper on 30th, 3 Barnacle Geese and max 2 Little Egrets on 28th.
• Carr Vale NR 2 Great White Egrets, max 4 Little Egrets, Ringed Plover flew north and Barn Owl on 30th, Ringed Plover and Common Sandpiper on 29th, juvenile Marsh Harrier, high east on 26th, max 3 Red Kites and a juvenile Redshank on 25th. 5 confirmed broods of Gadwall, max 5 Teal on 28th and 30th, max 6 Common Terns on 29th, Hobby on 24th and 28th, Peregrine on 26th and 28th and up to 2 male Cetti's Warblers daily.
• Carsington Water adult Kittiwake on 28th, 7 broods of Oystercatchers and Hobby on 25th, female Shoveler and a Sandwich Tern on 24th. 8 confirmed broods of Gadwall, female Pochard with five young still on 25th-26th, Common Scoter 24th-26th.
• Drakelow NR 4 Oystercatchers and 4 Common Terns on 29th, 8 Mandarin Ducks, 2 Shoveler, 8 Little Egrets and 3 Hobbies on 28th.
• Kings Mills GP 5 Egyptian Geese, 10 Little Egrets and a Common Sandpiper on 30th.
• Linacre Res 69 Mandarin Ducks, 3 Common Sandpipers and 7 Grey Wagtails on 30th.
• Melbourne Pool Egyptian Goose and Little Egret on 28th.
• Ogston Reservoir max 2 Red Kites on 29th, 4 Teal on 27th, 7 Goosander on 26th, 5 Common Sandpipers on 25th, 8 Mandarin Ducks, 2 Great White Egrets on 24th, female Goldeneye still on 23rd, 3 Shoveler on 24th-25th and 9 Little Egrets on 24th and 26th.
• Shillito Wood Red Kite and Grasshopper Warbler on 29th.
• Weston Grange GP pair of Shelduck + one young on 30th, max 5 Little Egrets on 30th.
• Willington GP max 4 Egyption Geese, Great White Egret, Cuckoo and Hobby on 29th, 2 Shovelers on 27th, 10 Teal and an Osprey on 26th, 7 Oystercatchers, 2 Peregrines and a Cetti's Warbler on 25th, female Garganey on 25th-26th and 29th, Cattle Egret on 25th-26th, 3 Little Egrets on 27th-28th and 30th, Grasshopper Warbler on 24th, 27th-28th and 30th and a White-cheeked Pintail on 25th-26th and 30th.
• Woodhead Res 5 Stonechats on 28th, max 6 Oystercatchers on 27th and max 6 Common Sandpipers on 24th
• Quail Markham Vale north tip, one on 28th.
• Barnacle Goose Straws Bridge, 3 on 25th (no doubt the same birds at Bennerley Marsh).
• Shelduck Weston-on-Trent GP, 2 on 24th.
• Mandarin Duck Linacre Res, 69 on 30th, Abbey Hill Flood, 13 on 29th and at Glossop SW, 11 on 27th.
• Goosander Bakewell, 9 on 24th.
• Cattle Egret Newton Solney, 5 on 29th.
• Little Egret Sinfin Moor Wetlands, one on 30th and Stanton-by-Bridge, one on 30th.
• Red Kite at an unspecified site in the White Peak, 10 on 24th, Doveridge, 3 on 29th, Tibshelf, 2 on 27th, Aldercar, 2 on 25th. Singles at Mickley on 30th, Wood End Lane (south of Stanton-by-Bridge) on 30th, Barrow-on-Trent on 28th, Chatsworth Park on 28th, New Mills on 28th, Avenue CP on 27th, Oakwood on 27th, Parsley Hay on 27th, Scarcliffe on 27th, Shirland on 27th, Swanwick on 27th, Woodviille on 27th, Draycott on 25th, Atlow on 24th, Codnor on 24th, Doe Lea on 24th, Dronfield on 24th, Furness Vale on 24th and Ilkeston on 24th.
• Osprey Pebley Pond on 29th.
• Common Sandpiper Weston Grange GP, 2 on 30th and High Bridge, one on 29th.
• Green Sandpiper Anchor Church Pit, one on 30th.
• Redshank Middleton Moor, one on 30th.
• Woodcock Goyt Valley, 2 on 25th and Flash Lane, 2 on 24th.
• Barn Owl Rowarth on 28th.
• Hobby Combs Moss, 2 on 29th and Derbyshire Bridge, 2 on 29th.
• Peregrine North Wingfield on 26th.
• Lesser Spotted Woodpecke in the north of the county on 26th, nice to see they're still hanging on in the county.
• Ring-necked Parakeet Breaston, 6 on 29th and at Chellaston on 25th.
• Grasshopper Warbler Ramsley Moor, 2 on 29th and New Mills on 28th.
• Tree Sparrow Walton Dam, one on 28th.
• Crossbill Darwen Forest CP, 4 on 24th

• County rarities: an adult Spoonbill that visited Ogston Res for a short while on 20th, just the fifth record for the site. A report of a White-tailed Eagle over South Normanton on 21st (when the regular G318 is resident in the south Pennines) needs confirming by the observer please but thankfully a report of a Black Kite over Loscoe on 23rd was backed up by excellent photographs.
• Bennerley Marsh 2 Little Egrets on 23rd, Barn Owl on 21st, 3 Barnacle Geese on 17th.
• Carr Vale NR Dunlin on 22nd, max 3 Red Kites and 6 Common Terns (+2 young) on 21st, 3 Teal on 20th, Little Egret, max 7 and Oystercatcher, max 4 with one young on 19th, Common Sandpiper, first of the autumn on 16th-17th, female Shoveler with one remaining duckling all week, blue ringed Little Egret (code NK) on 18th and 20th, Hobby on 19th and 22nd, up to two singing Cetti's Warblers all week,.
• Carsington Water drake Wigeon on 21st, 2 Common Scoters on 20th, Little Egret and Black Tern on 19th, female Shoveler with 2 young, immature drake Common Scoter on 18th, 22 Barnacle Geese and a Common Tern on 17th, Common Sandpiper on 20th-21st,
• Chatsworth Park 10 Mandarin Ducks and 4 Ravens on 21st,
• Drakelow NR Shoveler, 4 Little Egrets, 4 Oystercatchers and Cetti's Warbler on 22nd, 5 Mandarin Ducks, 27 Little Egrets and 2 Hobbies on 21st. Cuckoo on 20th and 22nd,
• Elton Common Quail at on 18th-22nd, Red Kite and Hobby on 22nd.
• High Bridge 2 Great White Egrets, 5 Little Egrets, 6 Oystercatchers, 3 Common Sandpipers and 2 Cetti's Warblers on 23rd, Teal and Green Sandpiper on 22nd.
• Ingleby 6 Little Egrets and 11 Common Terns on 21st.
• Kedleston Park 5 Oystercatchers and a Hobby on 18th.
• Leash Fen Quail at (A621 junction with Fox Lane), drinking at side of the road at 2330 when flushed across the road junction, Grasshopper Warbler, one on 20th.
• Locko Park 2 Hobbies and Barn Owl on 23ed.
• Middleton Moor 2 Dunlin, Common Sandpiper and Yellow-legged Gull on 23rd, 9 Teal on 22nd, Dunlin on 22nd-23rd.
• Ogston Res female Goldeneye and Green Sandpiper on 21st, 7 Little Egrets and 2 Great White Egrets on 20th-2nd.
• Torside Res 5 Oystercatchers and a Barn Owl on 22nd.
• Twyford Cattle Egret and Marsh Harrier on 18th.
• Willington GP Grasshopper Warbler on 23rd, Teal, 3 Shoveler, Great White Egret, Cattle Egret, pair of Oystercatchers with one young, 3 Hobbies and Grasshopper Warbler on 22nd, 3 Little Egrets, Great White Egret, 4 Common Terns and a Hobby on 19th and 5 Cetti's Warblers on 18th.
• Woodhead Res 4 Woodcock and 2 Barn Owls on 20th, 7 Common Sandpipers on 20th and 11 Oystercatchers on 17th.
• Wyver Lane male Pintail on 23rd, Little Egret and Red Kite on 18th.
• Barnacle Goose Straws Bridge, one on 20th with 3 on 21st.
• Shelduck Barrow GP, 2 on 17th.
• Goosander Draycott, female + 9 on 22nd.
• Cattle Egret Newton Solney, 7 on 22nd.
• Little Egret Swarkestone Bridge, 6 on 18th and Sawley, 3 on 22nd.
• Great White Egret Arkwright on 18th.
• Red Kite Beeley Moor, 4 on 22nd, Lowgates, Staveley on 23rd, Swanwick on 23rd, Wirksworth on 23rd, Bennerley on 22nd, Bolsover on 22nd, Codnor on 22nd, Palterton on 22nd, Shardlow on 22nd, Swanwick on 22nd, Tupton on 22nd, Alfreton on 21st, Golden Valley on 21st, Newbold on 21st, Stanton Moor on 21st, Hell Bank on 20th, Taddiington on 19th, Allestree on 18th and Hathersage on 17th.
• Woodcock Sitches Plantation, one on 23rd and Lightwood (Buxton), one on 22nd.
• Barn Owl Darley Dale area, 3 on 20th.
• Hobby White Edge Moor, one on 21st.
• Ring-necked Parakeet Renishaw Park, 2 on 18th.
• Raven Swadlincote, 6 on 22nd.
• Cetti's Warbler Pewit Carr, 2 on 18th and Straws Bridge on 18th and 21st,
• Wood Warbler Longshaw on 22nd.
• Crossbill Flash Lane area on 21st and Darwin Forest, one on 19th.

• County rarities included a Honey Buzzard over Ogston Reservoir at 1125 on 13th and a ringtail Montagu's Harrier that just clipped Derbyshire airspace as it flew east over Killamarsh on 16th, viewed from Rother Valley CP.
• Abbey Hill Floods Little Egret, 3 Oystercatchers and 4 Ravens on 15th.
• Barbrook 6 Whinchats on 16th and Teal, female with 2 young and 10 Stonechats (2 family parties) on 14th.
• Barrow GP max 4 Shelduck, 2 Little Egrets, Ringed Plover on 14th, 8 Common Terns on 13th.
• Bennerley Marsh 3 Barnacle Geese and a Hobby on 16th, 2 Little Egrets on 13th, 2 Avocets on 13th and 16th.
• Carr Vale NR max 3 Little Egrets 10th-12th, Red Kite on 4 dates, Oystercatcher, max 3 on 14th, Common Sandpiper, one on 16th, Common Tern, max 4 + 2 young on 15th.-AGe LG NMac, Hobby, one on 3 dates, Peregrine on 14th, Raven, max 3 on 14th and Cetti's Warbler, at least one male daily.
• Carsington Water Teal, Pochard, female with 6 young and Peregrine on 15th, Shoveler with young on , Barnacle Goose, pair + 3 young, 2 Redshank and Hobby on 13th.
• Derby River Gardens Little Egret and 4 Oystercatchers on 11th.
• Drakelow NR 2 Shoveler, 4 Little Egrets, Hobby and Peregrine on 15th, 3 Cetti's Warblers on 11th.
• Ingleby Hobby on 14th-15th and Cetti's Warbler on 13th.
• Kings Mills GP Ruddy Shelduck on 15th, adult Mediterranean Gull on 12th.
• Locko Park 12 Mandarin Ducks and Barn Owl on 12th.
• Middleton Moor 2 Shelduck, 26 Curlews, 7 Yellow-legged Gulls amongst 510 Lesser Black-backed Gulls on 16th, max 3 Teal and 2 Shoveler on 14th.
• Ogston Res 2 Red Kites on 14th, 2 Dunlin on 13th, Osprey on 10th-11th, 2 Grey Plovers (one to 11th) on 10th, Sanderling on 10th-11th, 17 Mandarin Ducks (inc brood of 6) and Grasshopper Warbler on 10th, Great White Egret, 10th-14th, Little Egret on 10th-14th
• Pebley Pond 2 Oystercatchers on 14th, Little Egret on 13th, 2 Ospreys on 12th.
• Stanage Edge Woodcock on 12th, Hobby and 6 Stonechats on 11th.
• Staunton Harold Res pair of Egyptian Geese + 3 young, Osprey and max 9 Common Terns on 16th, 4 Egyptian Geese and a Little Egret on 11th.
• Willington GP escape White-cheeked Pintail and Great White Egret on 14th, Cattle Egret, Osprey, Wigeon, Teal, Shoveler, max 3 Oystercatchers, max 4 Common Terns, Hobby and 3 Cetti's Warblers on 13th, 5 Little Egrets on 11th, 3 Egyptian Geese, Bittern, Cattle Egret on 10th.
• Woodhead Res Red Kite and 5 Common Sandpipers on 13th.
• Wyver Lane 4 Teal, 2 Shoveler (+2 young left), Little Egret, Red Kite and Hobby on 12th
• Barnacle Goose Bennerley Marsh, 3 on 14th, Buxton (Pavillion Gardens), one on 14th.
• Shelduck Dove Holes Quarries, 2 on 12th.
• Mandarin Duck Chatsworth Park, 12 on 9th.
• Wigeon Renishaw Park, male on 12th.
• Little Egret Sinfin Moor Wetlands, 3 on 16th.
• Red Kite Tansley, 4 on 11th, Derbyshire Bridge, 2 on 13th, Repton, 2 on 13th. Singles at Alfreton on 16th, Swanwick on 16th, Ilkeston on 15th, Shillito Wood on 15th, Whittington Moor on 14th, Moorfield on 13th, Pilsley on 13th, Swadlincote on 13th, Foremark Hall on 12th, Shirebrook on 12th, Atlow on 10th and Alvaston on 10th.
• Osprey Stone Edge on 11th.
• Golden Plover Mill Hill, 4 on 12th.
• Black-tailed Godwit flock of c30 flew north over A50 towards Church Wilne.
• Barn Owl Shillito Wood on 12th, Apperknowle on 11th and 15th, Repton on 11th andLoscoe Dam on 10th
• Hobby Long Eaton on 14th.
• Ring-necked Parakeet Alvaston Park, 7 on 9th, Markeaton, 5 on 12th.
• Cetti's Warbler Greenacres LNR on 11th.
• Grasshopper Warbler Beeley Moor, one on 14th.
• Stonechat Ramsley Moor, 17 on 16th and Cutthroat Bridge, 9 on 10th

• The only county rarities reported this week were three White Storks over Drakelow DWT NR on 3rd, which were seen on the ground near Clay Mills on 4th and a Twite at Middleton by Youlgreave on 6th. Rarity forms requested for both please.
• Alvaston Park 7 Ring-necked Parakeets on 9th and a Little Egret on 4th.
• Anchor Church GP Little Egret on 9th, 2 Hobbies and 2 Peregrines on 5th.
• Barrow GP 7 Shelduck, 2 Teal, 16 Ringed Plover, 4 Dunlin, Sanderling and 2 Common Terns on 6th, 12 Ringed PLover, 4 Dunlin, Sanderling, Common Sandpiper & Hobby on 5th.
• Beeley Moor Peregrine and 3 Stonechats on 7th, max 3 Hobbies on 6th, 3 Tree Sparrows on 5th and a Grasshopper Warbler on 5th-6th and 8th.
• Carr Vale DWT NR juvenile Peregrine on 9th, 3 Grey Wagtails south on 8th, brood of 8 Shoveler, 6 Little Egrets, Hobby and adult Peregrine on 7th, pair of Shelduck on 6th, Green Sandpiper on 3rd, Red Kite on 4th-5th and 7th and still 2 Cetti's Warblers singing.
• Carsington Water Hobby and Peregrine on 7th, Barnacle Goose, a pair + 3 young, Shoveler on 6th, 2 Little Terns, left NE on 4th, 14 Oystercatchers + 4 chicks (2 broods) and Tree Sparrow on 3rd. 2 Pink-footed Geese on 3rd and 6th, Redshank on 3rd and 9th.
• Kedleston Park Little Egret, 12 Oystercatchers and a Hobby on 5th
• Middleton Moor 8 Ringed Plover on on 8th, one on 7th
• Ogston Res Osprey NW and 2 Grey Plover on 9th, Ringed Plover, 2 Dunlin and 2 Common Sandpipers on 7th and an Osprey on 6th,
• Shipley Barn Owl on 8th and a Little Egret on 3rd.
• Staunton Harold Res 2 Red Kites and 3 Common Terns on 9th.
• Weston Grange GP 5 Shelduck, Little Egret, 2 Sanderlings on 9th, Teal, 2 male Pintail and Sanderling on 3rd and an Osprey on 4th, 8th-9th, 9 Egyptian Geese on 3rd and 9th.
• Willington GP 3 Egyptian Geese on 9th, Wigeon on 8th, Shelduck, Great White Egret, Red Kite on 4th. Little Egrets on 4th and 6th, 2 on 9th, Cattle Egrets, 3 on 4th, 2 on 8th and one on 9th, 4 Common Terns on 6th, 8th and 9th, Hobby on 4th & 6th, 4 Cetti's Warblers on 4th and 8th.
• Witches Oak 52 Gadwall, 3 Shoveler, 5 Little Egrets, one Great White Egret, Hobby, Cetti's Warblers on 9th.
• Wyver Lane brood of Shoveler on 9th, 2 Shoveler, 2 Red Kites and a Hobby on 5th
• Barnacle Goose Bennerley Marsh, 3 on 9th.
• Mandarin Duck Mapperley Lake, 27 on 9th, Youlgreave, 19 on 4th.
• Quail Elton Common on 6th.
• Little Egret Avenue CP, 2 on 8th, Bennerley Marsh, one on 6th and 8th, Foremark School, one on 7th, Long Eaton, one on 5th and Sinfin Moor Wetlands, one on 5th,
• Red Kite Ashbourne on 9th,Shuttlewood Road Bolsover on 7th, North Wingfield on 7th, Pleasley Park on 7th, Riddings on 7th, Shirebrook on 5th, A38 N of Coxbench on 4th, New Mills on 4th (Mousley Bottom) and Tunstead on 3rd.
• Osprey Lower Hartshay, one north on 7th.
• Woodcock Whitesprings Plantation, 5 on 6th.
• Barn Owl Sunart Fields on 9th, Bolsover (farm), pair with two young on camera on 4th, Markham Vale, one on 8th and at Repton, one on 3rd.
• Hobbt Drakelow DWT NR, 2 on 7th and Barbrook, one on 8th,
• Peregrine Froggatt on 3rd.
• Cetti's Warbler Pewit Carr, 2 on 3rd.
• Crossbill Errwood, 2 on 9th, Darwin Forest, 2 on 5th.
• Common Peafowl (escape). Repton, successful breeding again, female with 4 chicks recently.
• Tawny Eagle Milton, one, (escape soon recaptured) on 5th, an addition to the county escapes list

• County rarities this week were a White Stork high over Abbey Hill heading north towards Little Eaton on 27th and a Honey Buzzard NW over Loscoe on 27th. At Carr Vale DWT NR, a White Stork circled the reserve for 20 minutes then flew SSW and lost to view at 0939 on 2nd, second record for the reserve following one on 24th June 2016. Less than four hours later one was over Tatton Park (Knutsford) at 1330, 46 miles west, same bird?.
• Ambaston Great White Egret, Little Egret, Oystercatcher, Cuckoo and 2 Hobbies on 27th.
• Beeley Moor Crossbill on 1st, max 3 Cuckoos on 31st, Barn Owl on 28th and 2 Hobbies on 28th and 31st.
• Calke Park 2 Marsh Tits on 29th and Hobby on 28th.
• Chatsworth Park 12 Mandarin Ducks and an Osprey on 1st.
• Drakelow DWT NR Little Egret on 30th, 2 Goosander on 29th, 4 Oystercatchers on 28th, Cuckoo on 28th-30th and Cetti's Warbler on 28th.
• East Moor 2 Red Kites and 2 Hobbies on 26th.
• High Bridge GP 2 Shoveler, and 2 Cattle Egrets on 2nd, 4 Shelduck and 5 Little Egrets on 1st, Cuckoo, Hobby and Peregrine on 27th.
• Kedleston Little Egret on 1st, Red Kite and Oystercatcher on 27th.
• Kings Mill Lane (Weston-on-Trent) GP 12 Egyptian Geese and 8 Shelduck on 27th.
• Middleton Moor 2 Shelduck on 1st-2nd, 2 Teal and a Red Kite on 1st.
• Moorfield 2 Red Kites, 7 Golden Plover and Cuckoo on 28th.
• Ogston Res 2 Oystercatchers and a Common Sandpiper on 28th and Osprey on 27th-1st.
• Padley Gorge Wood Warbler on 31st, Cuckoo and Stonechat on 27th.
• Sinfin Moor Wetlands 3 Little Egrets and Cetti's Warbler on 27th.
• Staunton Harold Res 4 Egyptian Geese, Little Egret, 6 Common Terns on 31st.
• Swarkestone Lows Little Egret and Common Tern on 30th.
• Willington GP 3 Cetti's Warblers on 2nd, 3 Little Egrets, 2 Egyptian Geese and max 3 Hobbies on 1st, 2 Shelduck, 2 Oystercatchers and 7 Common Terns. Shoveler on 30th and 1st-2nd, Great White Egret on 1st and 2nd.
• Woodhead Res Woodcock on 30th, Barn Owl on 29th and Stonechat on 29th and 31st.
• Wyver Lane 2 Shovelers, Little Egret, Oystercatcher and 2 Hobbies on 29th
• Mandarin Hathersage to Bamford, 23 Mandarin Ducks with 10 broods totalling 64 young on 2nd and Bradford Dale, female with 13 young on 24th.
• Wigeon Barrow GP, 2 on 27th and 2nd.
• Goosander Milton, female + 4 young on 25th.
• Quail White Edge, one on 31st.
• Cattle Egret High Bridge, 2 adults on 2nd.
• Little Egret Bennerley Marsh, 2 on 27th and Carsington Water, one on 27th.
• Red Kite Moorfield, max 2 on 30th. Singles at Buxton on 2nd, Hartington Quarry on 2nd, Highoredish on 2nd, Borrowash on 1st, Cutthorpe on 31st, Hartshorne on 30th, Newhall on 30th, Great Hucklow on 29th, Stenson Fields on 29th, Little Eaton on 28th, Waingroves on 27th and Weston Underwood on 27th.
• Osprey Staunton Harold, 2 on 31st and between Coton in the Elms and Lullington on 29th.
• Woodcock Whitesprings Plantation, 7 on 27th, Errwood, 3 on 1st, Deepdale, 2 on 30th and Torside Res, one on 26th.
• Barn Owl Mossylea on 2nd, Belper on 30th, Beeley Moor on 28th and Bolsover on 28th.
• Hobby North Wingfield, one on 2nd and Ingleby, one on 1st.
• Peregrine 2 at Derby Cathedral on 31st and Chesterfield on 1st;
• Ring-necked Parakeet Thulston, 2 on 27th and Markeaton Park, one on 1st.
• Cetti's Warbler Pewit Carr, 2 on 28th, Staveley on 31st and Repton, one on 29th.
• Wood Warbler Halldale, 2 on 2nd.
• Grasshopper Warbler Whiteley Nab on 1st.
• Crossbill Errwood, one on 27th

• Barbrook Res 5 Teal on 24th, Red Kite, 3 Cuckoos and Stonechat on 24th.
• Barrow GP 28 Little Egrets, Arctic Tern, Little Tern and Peregrine on 21st.
• Beeley Moor 2 Cuckoos and Hobby on 24th and a Snipe on 20th.
• Bennerley Marsh Little Egret and 2 Avocets on 25th.
• Big Moor 2 Red Kites, 2 Cuckoos, 3 Whinchats and 12 Stonechats on 24th.
• Carr Vale DWT NR pair of Shelduck and Little Egret most days, max 3 Oystercatchers and four Common Terns on 25th, female Mandarin Duck with 10 ducklings on 24th, 2 Water Rails and 2 Hobbies on 24th, Common Sandpiper on 23rd, 4 Ravens on 21st, Red Kite on 21st, 24th-25th.
• Carsington Water Barnacle Geese, pair with 5 young on 26th, 3 Shelduck on 25th, 3 Turnstone on 24th, Sanderling on 24th and a Dunlin on 21st.
• Drakelow DWT NR 3 Oystercatchers and Cetti's Warbler on 21st.
• Foremark school 2 Little Egrets, Oystercatcher and a Common Tern on 20th.
• High Bridge GP 2 Egyptian Geese, 2 Shovelers and a Common Tern on 23rd and max 6 Shelducks on 20th.
• High Leas Farm Woodcock on 25th.
• Middleton Moor Teal, 2 Shelduck, Common Sandpiper on 25th.
• Moorfield Red Kite, Cuckoo, 4 Ravens and Grasshopper Warbler on 20th.
• Newton Solney 2 Egyptian Geese, 4 Goosander, 3 Common Terns & Oystercatcher on 23rd.
• Norbriggs Flash 4 Little Egrets on 23rd and a Shoveler on 20th.
• Ogston Res 2 Common Terns on 23rd, 3 Common Sandpiper on 21st, Shoveler on 20th, 4 Oystercatchers on 20th-21st and a Whimbrel on 20th.
• Padley Gorge Cuckoo and 2 Stonechats on 24th.
• Ramsley Moor 2 Cuckoos and 5 Stonechats on 25th.
• Staunton Harold Res Osprey on 23rd and 2 Red Kites on 21st.
• Sinfin Moor Wetlands 2 Cetti's Warbler on 23rd and a Little Egret on 20th.
• Upper Derwent Valley 2 Oystercatchers and 4 Common Sandpipers on 24th.
• Willington GP 2 Shovelers, 2 Little Egrets, Red Kite, 4 Oystercatchers, 2 Avocets (later seen at High Bridge GP), 5 Common Terns, Cuckoo and 14 Cetti's Warblers on 23rd, Egyptian Goose, 2 Great White Egrets and 3 Hobbies on 20th.
• Woodhead Res 2 Little Egrets on 21st, Teal and a Dunlin on 21st.
• Wyver Lane max 2 Red Kites, Hobby and 3 Oystercatchers on 23rd, 24 Gadwall and 2 Peregrines on 21st
• Mandarin Chatsworth Park, 13 on 23rd.
• Spoonbill Kings Newton, one on 25th.
• Little Egret Breaston on 24th.
• Red Kite Roseland Woods, 2 on 26th. Singles at Littleover on 26th, New Mills on 26th, Bradford Dale on 25th, Brimington on 25th, Duffield on 25th, Holmewood on 25th, Openwoodgate on 25th, Chaddesden on 24th, Arkwright on 23rd and Kirk Langley on 23rd.
• Oystercatcher Sawley, 3 on 26th.
• Sanderling Middleton Moor, one on 24th, 2 on 25th.
• Common Tern Straws Bridge, 4 on 21st; Derwent / Trent Confluence, one on 26th.
• Yellow-legged Gull Derby River Gardens, one on 23rd.
• Cuckoo Alton on 25th, Goyt Valley on 24th, Hoo Moor on 24th, Stanton Lees on 24th, Clay Cross on 24th, Farley on 20th and Ogston Res on 20th.
• Barn Owl Woodhead on 24th and Alton on 23rd.
• Cetti's Warbler Pewit Carr, 2 on 21st.
• Wood Warbler Halldale Wood, one on 25th.
• Stonechat Goyt Valley, one on 24th and Hoo Moor, one on 24th

• Rarities reported included 2 White Storks flying up the Trent Valley at Kings Newton on 13th and a Hoopoe at Swineshaw Res on 15th. Forms required please these are both good birds for the county.
• Avenue CP Stonechat, pair with 2 fledged young on 18th.
• Barrow GP Grey Plover and Turnstone on 15th, Osprey on 14th, 2 Wigeon, Whimbrel, 2 Common Sandpipers and 10 Common Terns on 14th, Shelduck on 13th, 2 Wigeon and 6 Goosander on 11th.
• Beeley Moor 4 Crossbills on 18th, Snipe on 17th, Grasshopper Warbler on 17th and 18th, 3 Cuckoos on 15th, 4 Stonechats on 11th.
• Bennerley Marsh 9 Little Egrets and Cetti's Warbler on 18th, Shelduck and a Little Egret on 15th.
• Big Moor 3 Whinchats on 18th.
• Burbage Edge Golden Plover and 2 Cuckoos on 17th.
• Carr Vale DWT NR Peregrine on 19th, Teal, ringtail Hen Harrier ESE on 17th, Hobby on 15th and 19th, max 2 Little Egrets, female Marsh Harrier left roost and flew north, max 4 Oystercatchers and Redshank on 14th, female Marsh Harrier S on 13th. Pair of Shelduck on 3 dates (also seen at Deepdale Flash Sutton Scarsdale), 2 male Shoveler all week, 2 Red Kites on 13th and 14th, Common Sandpiper on 13th-14th and 16th, max 3 Common Terns on 4 dates.
• Carsington Water Shoveler and a pair of Oystercatchers with 2 young on 18th, Redshank with chicks on 17th, 6 Arctic Terns on 14th, Black Tern, one on 13th, 10 Common Terns on 11th. Red-crested Pochard on 15th and 17th, Whimbrel on 15th and 18th.
• Derbyshire Bridge 2 Golden Plover, Snipe and Cuckoo on 11th.
• Drakelow DWT NR 5 Oystercatchers, 3 Common Tern, 2 Hobby and Whinchat on 13th.
• Between Egginton and Marston Great White Egret, 3 Little Egrets and 2 Hobbies on 14th.
• East Moor Red Kite, 2 Cuckoos, Hobby and 4 Stonechats on 17th.
• Errwood Wood Warbler on 13th.
• Foxlow Ponds Little Egret and Cuckoo on 14th.
• High Bridge GP 7 Egyptian Geese, pair of Shelduck, 2 Little Egrets, 2 Great White Egrets, 3 Oystercatchers and 2 Cetti's Warbler on 18th.
• Ingleby 2 Wigeon, 3 Little Egrets and 6 Common Terns on 13th.
• Melbourne Pool Red-crested Pochard, 3 Oystercatchers and 3 Hobbies on 13th.
• Middleton Moor Whimbrel on 14th, 4 Shelduck on 13th-14th.
• Moorfield Hobby on 15th and 4 Ravens on 13th.
• Norbriggs 5 Little Egrets and a Cetti's Warbler on 18th.
• North Wingfield Red Kite and Osprey on 14th.
• Ogston Res Greenshank NE on 18th, Brent Goose on 15th, 2 Whimbrel and 9 Common Terns on 14th.
• Padfield Water Works Mediterranean Gull on 17th.
• Sinfin Moor Wetlands Ring-necked Parakeet on 17th, Red Kite on 15th, 2 Little Egrets and Grasshopper Warbler on 13th and 15th. Cetti's Warbler on 14th and 17th
• Sutton Scarsdale pair of Shelduck and 3 Oystercatchers on 13th.
• Swadlincote CP Cuckoo and 2 Grasshopper Warblers on 13th.
• Whitesprings Plantation Cuckoo on 19th and 4 Woodcock on 17th.
• Willington GP Great White Egret, 2 Little Egrets ad 2 Avocets on 19th, 4 Common Terns and 4 Cetti's Warblers on 18th, 3 Hobbies on 14th. Cuckoo on 14th and 18th-19th.
• Woodhead Res Turnstone, 7 Common Sandpipers, Mediterranean Gull, one on 18th, 4 Oystercatchers, 4 Woodcock, Barn Owl and Cuckoo on 14th. Teal on 16th and 18th.
• Wyver Lane 3 Shovelers, Red Kite and a Marsh Harrier on 14th.
• Youlgreave Red Kite and Common Sandpiper on 17th
• Barnacle Goose Buxton Pavillion Gardens, one on 18th and Bakewell on 14th.
• Little Egret Draycott on 18th and the Cloud Trail on 17th.
• Red Kite Crown Edge, Rowarth, 2 on 18th, Locko Park, 2 on 17th. Singles at Newhall on 15th, Swanwick on 15th, Rylah Hill, one on 14th, Longstone Edge on 13th.
• Oystercatcher Hadfield, 3 on 17th.
• Cuckoo Ramsley Moor, one on 18th, Old Tupton on 17th, Padley Gorge on 17th; Errwood on 17th and Owler Tor on 15th.
• Barn Owl Mossylea, one on 18th.
• Hobby Derbyshire Bridge on 18th and Ramsley Moor, one on 18th.
• Merlin Crowden, one on 18th and Woodhead Res, one on 16th.
• Peregrine Chesterfield on 17th and Willington on 17th.
• Firecrest one in Central Derbyshire on 15th.
• Cetti's Warbler Chesterfield Canal, one on 19th, Infinity Park Way (nr SMW), on 15th.
• Wood Warbler Halldale, 3 on 18th, Darley Dale, 3 on 13th.
• Ring Ouzel Cutthroat Bridge, 2 on 17th.
• Whinchat Barbrook Valley, 3 on 14th

• The stand out rarity for the week was the discovery of a singing Great Reed Warbler at Carr Vale DWT NR on 8th. Although only present for ten minutes and seen by a single observer the bird was singing and at one point was in full view just ten feet away. This is the 3rd for the county (subject to BBRC acceptance) following single birds at Straws Bridge in 2010 and Willington GP in 2016.
• Ambaston Little Egret and Great White Egret on 7th.
• Anchor Church GP 2 Little Egrets on 12th.
• Arnfield 5 Mandarin Ducks and a Cuckoo on 7th.
• Avenue Washlands Grasshopper Warbler on 11th, pair of Stonechats with 4-5 fledged young on 10th.
• Barbrook 3 Cuckoos and 4 Whinchats on 11th.
• Barrow GP Wigeon, Teal, 4 Goosander, 3 Little Egrets and aBlack-tailed Godwit on 11th, pair of Egyptian Geese with 6 young and 8 Common Terns, 2 Ringed Plover and a Dunlin on 6th.
• Beeley Moor 2 Woodcock, 2 Snipe and 2 Cuckoos on 9th.
• Burbage Moor Whooper Swan over Burbage Edge on 7th, , 2 Snipe and 2 Cuckoos on 6th.
• Carr Vale DWT NR female Marsh Harrier SE on 12th, Red Kite west, Ringed Plover and 2 Hobbies on 11th, max 3 Shelduck on 9th, max 6 Shoveler, 7 Little Egrets, a Greenshank left N and Peregrine on 7th, Oystercatcher, max 5 on 6th, max 2 Common Sandpipers on 7th and 12th, max 3 Common Terns most days.
• Carsington Water 9 Oystercatchers, Common Sandpiper and Common Tern on 12th, 2 Barnacle Geese, a Ruff, 11 Black Terns and 2 Hobbies on 11th, Ringed Plover, Turnstone and max 2 Common Terns on 10th, 2 Shelduck, 4 Pochard, Spotted Flycatcher on 9th, 8 Little Egrets, Shoveler, Redshank and Black Tern on 6th, Red-crested Pochard on 7th-8th, 10th.
• Cutthroat Bridge Snipe, Ring Ouzel and Whinchat on 11th, Red Kite, Hobby, max 6 Stonechats and 2 Whinchats on 9th, 2 Red Kites on 7th.
• Deepdale Cuckoo and 4 Pied Flycatchers on 9th.
• High Bridge GP female Red-crested Pochard on 12th.
• Kedleston Park 12 Oystercatchers, 2 Spotted Flycatchers on 9th, Pink-footed Goose, Shelduck and 8 Oystercatcher on 8th.
• Kinder Res 4 Common Sandpipers and 2 Stonechats on 6th.
• Middleton Moor Ringed Plover and Common Sandpiper on 11th, Dunlin on 6th, 4 Shelduck on 6th and 11th.
• Ockbrook to Dale Abbey Hobby and Spotted Flycatcher on 6th.
• Ogston Res Osprey NE on 12th, 3 Common Sandpipers on 11th and Hobby on 8th.
• Sheriff Wood Cuckoo, 4 Pied Flycatchers, 3 Spotted Flycatcher and 4 Tree Pipits on 11th.
• Sinfin Moor Wetlands Common Sandpiper, on 7th, max 3 Little Egrets, 2 Cetti's Warblers on 6th, Red Kite, one on 5th, Grasshopper Warbler on 8th, 9th and 11th, Little Egret on 7th and 9th.
• Stanage Edge Golden Plover and 2 Stonechats on 7th.
• Staunton Harold Res Common Sandpiper and on 7th, 4 Egyptian Goose + 8 young and 4 Common Tern on 6th.
• Straw's Bridge 4 Common Gulls and 4 Cettis' Warblers on 12th.
• Sutton Scarsdale (Deepdale Flash) pair of Shelduck on 10th.
• Weston-on-Trent GP Egyptian Goose, 20 Shelduck, 2 Little Egrets, 2 Common Sandpipers and 2 Common Terns on 8th.
• Torside Res Woodcock on 11th.
• Willington GP Red-crested Pochard on 12th, Redshank and 4 Common Gulls on 11th, Wigeon still, drake Garganey on 10th, 5 Egyptian Geese, 3 Little Egrets on 9th, 8 Common Terns and 5 Cetti's Warblers on 9th, 4 Common Terns, 3 Hobbies and Grasshopper Warbler on 6th, 2 Shovelers on 9th-10th, Great White Egret on 11th-12th and a Cuckoo on 6th and 10th.
• Woodhead Res 6 Oystercatchers, 4 Common Sandpipers, Common Gull and a Cuckoo on 11th, hybrid Lesser Black-backed Gull x Ring Billed Gull present again on 9th.
• Wyver Lane Shelduck, Shoveler, 2 Red Kites on 9th, 3 Teal and 2 Shoveler on 7th.
• Little Egret Derby, 2 (Darley Weir and River Gardens) on 10th, Marston on Dove, one on 9th.Egyptian Goose, Egginton, one on 11th.
• Shelduck Longstone Edge, 2 on 6th.
• Mandarin Duck Longshaw Estate, 5 on 7th,
• Red Kite Stanage Edge on 11th, Newton Solney on 9th and Brailsford on 8th
• Osprey over Errwood Res on 9th and Old Glossop, one on 9th,
• Ringed Plover Erewash Meadows, one on 7th, Pleasley CP, one on 7th.
• Whimbrel Padfield SF, 2 on 9th.
• Common Sandpiper Mapperley Res on 12th, Bredon cement works, Bradwell on 11th, Willington Sports Ground, one on 11th.
• Common Tern Shipley Lake, 2 on 12th, Hilton GP, 2 on 11th.
• Cuckoo Mossylea, 2 on 10th. Singles at Bretton Brook on 12th, Curbar Edge, one on 11th, Glossop on 10th, Locko Park on 10th, Melbourne on 9th, Three Shires Head on 9th, Longshaw Estate, 2 on 8th, Leash Fen on 7th, Longshaw Pole on 7th, Padley Gorge, one on 7th, Gardoms Edge on 6th, Ramsley Res on 6th.
• Barn Owl Slittingmill on 11th, Sunnart Fields (near Whaley Bridge) on 9th.
• Peregrine Alfreton on 9th.
• Cetti's Warbler Staveley (Hall Lane), one on 8th was a new location.
• Grasshopper Warbler Grasshopper Warbler at Milford on 11th, Leash Fen, one on 9th.
• Wood Warbler near Darley Dale, 2 on 11th, Wood Warbler at Belper on 11th, Nether Padley on 11th.
• Ring Ouzel Drakelow DWT NR, a late lowland record on 10th.
• Stonechat Padley Gorge, 4 on 7th, Burbage Moor, one on 6th.
• Whinchat East Moor, 2 on 7th.
• Wheatear Foxlow, one on 9th-10th.
• Crossbill Flash Lane 5 on 11th

• Rarities during the past week included an unconfirmed report of a Purple Heron over Belper at 1450 on 5th, would the observer please provide more information about this record. An immature White tailed Eagle flew high west over Willington GP on 5th. A preliminary enquiry with the Roy Dennis Foundation states none of the IOW eagles were in that area on that day so another form required please as this looks like being one wandering from the continent. Three Common Cranes circled SW over Carr Vale before turning north along the Sutton Scarsdale Ride on 2nd, yeah I know I'll do the form and a Red-throated Diver was at Carsington Water on 4th and 5th.
• Barbrook 5 Whinchats on 5th, and 3 Stonechats on 4th.
• Barrow GP Whimbrel and Peregrine on 4th, 2 Wigeon still and 2 Little Egrets on 3rd and max 8 Common Terns on 30th.
• Beeley Moor 2 Hobbies on 30th, one on 5th, 4 Stonechats on 30th & 5th, Red Kite on 1st.
• Bennerley Marsh 3 Common Sandpipers on 1st and 4th.
• Calke Abbey 14 Mandarin Ducks on 4th.
• Carr Vale DWT NR 3 Common Sandpipers on 4th, Little Egret and Snipe on 3rd, 5 Shoveler, 3 Arctic Terns N and Wheatear on 2nd, Hobby on 30th. Pair of Shelduck on 4th-5th, Red Kite on 30th, 2nd and 5th, max 3 Common Terns on 2nd-3rd and 2 singing Cetti's Warblers all week.
• Carsington Water Redshank on 5th, male Red-crested Pochard, adult Kittiwake, 3 Whimbrel and White Wagtail on 4th, female Bar-tailed Godwit and 2 Black Terns on 30th, Little Egret, max 3 Common Sandpipers, 3 White Wagtails and 2 Tree Sparrow on 29th. Red Kite on 30th, 2nd and 5th, Dunlin on 29th, 45th-5th and 5 Arctic Terns on 2nd and 3 on 4th.
• Foxlow Ponds Dunlin one 3rd.-MRad and a Sanderling on 1st.
• High Bridge GP 9 Shelduck, Goosander and a duckling, 4 Oystercatchers and Common Sandpiper on 4th, 2 Egyptian Geese, 2 Shelduck, Wigeon, Teal, 6 Oystercatcher and max 3 Dunlin on 1st and Sanderling on 30th.
• Kinder Res 2 Oystercatchers, Cuckoo and 2 Stonechats on 3rd.
• Langley Mill Little Egret, Barn Owl and 3 Grasshopper Warblers on 29th.
• Locko Park Hobby, one on 2nd and Red Kite on 30th.
• Middleton Moor 5 Ringed Plover on 4th, 3 on 1st, 3 Whimbrel on 5th and 4th, 2 on 1st, 3 Dunlin on 1st, 2 on 2nd, one on 4th. 6 Shelduck on 2nd and 5th.
• Ogston Res 2 Common Terns on 1st, Arctic Tern and Hobby on 30th and 2 Kittiwakes on 29th.
• Padley Gorge Cuckoo and 6 Pied Flycatchers on 5th.
• Pools Brook CP 2 Common Tern on 4th and a Sanderling reported on 3rd.
• Riber (High Lees Farm), Cuckoo and 5 Tree Pipits on 5th.
• Sinfin Moor Wetlands Ring-necked Parakeet, one on 5th, a Wigeon on 3rd, 2 Little Egrets and a Cetti's Warbler on 1st.
• Torside Res 5 Oystercatchers, 8 Common Sandpipers, 2 Woodcock and a Grasshopper Warbler, one on 1st.
• Whitesprings Plantation Cuckoo and 5 Tree Pipits on 5th.
• Willington GP Wigeon, Osprey and 3 Oystercatchers on 5th, max 6 Hobbies on 4th, max 4 Shelduck, 7 Shoveler and 2 Little Egrets on 30th and 4th-5th, Common Sandpiper on 1st and 4th, 2 Cuckoos on 4th-5th and 30th and 5 Cetti's Warblers on 30th and 4th.
• Woodhead Res 3 Goosander on 4th, Dunlin and max 5 Common Sandpipers on 3rd, 4 Oystercatcher on 3rd and 2 Stonechats on 28th, Cuckoo on 3rd-4th.
• Wyver Lane Shelduck, Little Egret, Red Kite and an Osprey on 30th.
• Shelduck Quarndon, 2 on 4th and Kedleston Park, 2 on 3rd.
• Goosander Draycott, female and 4 young on 2nd, Pride Park, 7 on 4th.
• Little Egret Greenacres NR, one on 2nd and Swarkestone, 2 on 30th.
• Red Kite Dove Dale, 2 on 5th, Morley, one on 5th, Hartshorne on 3rd, Ashbourne, 2 on 2nd, Hulland Ward on 2nd, Belper on 1st, Clowne on 1st, Alfreton on 30th, Erewash Valley on 30th, Harland Edge on 30th, Locko Park on 30th, Bonsal on 29th, Cowers Lane on 29th and at Palterton on 29th.
• Osprey Willington village, one over on 5th.
• Whimbrel Padfield SW, one on 4th.
• Common Sandpiper Pleasley Colliery, one on 4th.
• Redshank Linacres Res, one on 30th.
• Common Tern Staunton Harold Res, 4 on 1st.
• Yellow-legged Gull Derby River Gardens, one on 1st.
• Cuckoo Curbar on 5th, Flash lane, one on 4th, Linacre, one on 4th, Hayfield, Cuckoo on 3rd, Ringinglow on 2nd, Shillito Wood on 2nd, Highoredish, one on 4th andHarwood Moor, 3 on 1st.
• Barn Owl Heath on 2nd, Shirebrook on 30th and Repton on 28th.
• Hobby East Moor on 1st and one at Kedleston Park on 30th.
• Peregrine Derby River Gardens, 2 on 2nd with one ove Lathkill Dale on 29th.
• Ring-necked Parakeet Elvaston Castle, one on 1st.
• Cetti's Warbler Church Wilne Ski Pit on 2nd, Errwood, one on 2nd and Staveley (Hall Lane Ponds), one on 30th.
• Wood Warbler High Leas, one on 5th.
• Grasshopper Warbler nr Weston-on-Trent, one on 5th, Norbriggs on 2nd, Markham Vale, 2 on 30th and Longshaw Estate, one on 30th.
• Pied Flycatcher Kinder Bank, 5 on 3rd.
• Whinchat Infinity Way, Derby, one on 4th, Burbage Valley, one on 2nd, Curbar Gap, one on 2nd and Ramsley Moor, one on 2nd.
• Stonechat Ramsley Moor, 2 on 29th and Crowden, one on 1st.
• Tree Sparrow Priestcliffe House, 4 on 5th.
• Hawfinch Tideswell, one on 4th.
• Black Swan Pools Brook CP, one on 4th. (escape)
• Chiloe Wigeon Carr Vale DWT NR, male on 2nd (escape)

• Abbey Hill Flood Great White Egret and 5 Oystercatchers on 27th.
• Barrow GP 9 Shelduck, Little Egret, 2 Greenshank, Arctic Tern and 2 Cetti's Warblers on 27th with a Swift on 23rd.
• Beeley Moor 2 Red Kites and 5 Stonechats on 26th, Fieldfare and 2 Crossbills on 24th.
• Carr Vale DWT NR female Marsh Harrier NE and max 2 Common Terns, ringtail (probably immature male) Hen Harrier flew high NE and max 3 White Wagtails on 25th, max 3 Common Sandpipers on 24th, max 4 Little Egrets on 23rd, 2 Greenshank and first Swift 22nd-24th, first Common Tern on 21st. Also 2 pairs of Shoveler 24th-27th, max 3 Oystercatchers on 23rd-24th, Peregrine on 23rd-24th, 2 Wheatears on 23rd (males) and 26th-27th (male and female).
• Carsington Water Shoveler, 9 Arctic Terns, Swift and a Hobby on 28th, Great Northern Diver last seen on 22nd, 2 Black-tailed Godwits on 27th, 2 Common Scoter, 2 Ringed Plovers, 2 White Wagtails and Brambling on 26th, Osprey, Swift and Whimbrel on 24th, female Marsh Harrier, 2 Whimbrel, Dunlin, 16 Redshank, Arctic Tern and a Brambling on 23rd, 2 Shelduck, 3 Whimbrel, 31 Arctic Terns and 3 Kittiwakes on 22nd, Bar-tailed Godwit 21st-23rd and 27th, 2 on 24th-26th and a pair of Red-crested Pochard on 23rd-24th and 27th.
• Erewash Meadows male Garganey still on 22nd.
• Foxlow Ponds Common Gull on 26th, Ringed Plover on 25th and 2 Wheatears on 25th.
• Harwood Moor Grasshopper Warbler and Stonechat on 23rd.
• Hayfield 12 Ravens and 3 Wheatears on 23rd.
• High Bridge GP 6 Shoveler, 4 Goosander and 3 Swifts on 28th, 4 Shelduck and max 5 Oystercatchers on 23rd, Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Cetti's Warblers, 7 Yellow Wagtails on 22nd and max 3 White Wagtails on 22nd-23rd.
• Ingleby 4 Shelduck on 28th, female Goldeneye, 2 Little Egrets, 3 Oystercatchers and 9 Swifts on 27th, max 4 Egyptian Geese, 8 Goosander and 2 Little Egrets on 23rd.
• Kedleston Park Shelduck, Wigeon and 4 Goosander on 28th.
• Kinder Res 4 Common Sandpipers and 2 Oystercatchers on 26th, 3 Goosander and Stonechat on 23rd.
• Middleton Moor 4 Shelduck on 28th, Red Kite, Dunlin and Whinchat on 27th.
• Mossy Lea Whimbrel and Barn Owl on 28th.
• Norbriggs 2 Little Egrets, 2 Cetti's Warblers and 3 Lesser Whitethroats on 27th.
• Ogston Res Snipe on 26th, Common Scoter, 18 Goosander and Red Kite on 26th, Peregrine and max 2 Common Sandpipers on 25th, Common Tern, max 4 on 22nd, 3 Goldeneye on 24th and 26th, 4 Oystercatchers on 22nd and 25th, Arctic Tern on 23rd and 24th, 3 Arctic Terns on 22nd.
• Padfield 4 Wheatears on 24th.
• Sinfin Moor Wetlands max 7 Little Egrets and a Cetti's Warbler on 28th, Common Scoter and Barn Owl on 22nd.
• Weston Grange Pit 2 Shelduck, Avocet (same as Weston-On-Trent) and a Dunlin on 27th.
• Weston-On-Trent 2 broods of Egyptian Geese, 7 Shelduck and Avocet on 27th, Great White Egret, Goshawk, Ringed Plover, 2 White Wagtails on 24th, 16 Egyptian Geese, 2 Little Egrets, 3 Great White Egrets, 3 Oystercatchers, Bar-tailed Godwit, Common Sandpiper and White Wagtail on 23rd.
• Willington GP 4 Little Egrets and a Hobby on 27th, 2 Common Terns on 27th, 6 Cetti's Warblers on 26th.
• Woodhead Res 2 Arctic Terns on 28th, Barn Owl on 23rd, Arctic Tern on 22nd.
• Wyver Lane 2 Red Kites and 3 Oystercatchers on 24th
• Common Scoters Arnfield Res, 4 on 27th.
• Little Egret Drakelow NR, 26 on 26th, Bennerley Marsh, 3 on 26th, Norbriggs, 2 on 27th.
• Red Kite Singles at Hardwick on 28th, Heage on 28th, Morley on 28th, Codnor on 27th, Hollington on 26th, Derwent Valley on 25th, Bamford Edge on 24th, Locko Park on 24th, Breadsall on 23rd, Fitchley on 23rd and Osmaston on 23rd.
• Marsh Harrier Farley on 24th.
• Osprey Willington GP, one on 28th and Buxton on 24th.
• Woodcock Castlehill Woods, one on 23rd.
• Cuckoo Glossop, one on 22nd, Moorfield, one on 22nd, Rosliston, one on 24th, Arnfield Clough and Coverts, 2 on 27th.
• Barn Owl Barlow Common on 27th and Darley Moor on 23rd.
• Swift Alfreton, one on 25th and Avenue Washlands on 27th, Chaddesden, one on 27th, Ilkeston on 28th and Shirebrook on 28th.
• Peregrine Chesterfield on 25th.
• Ring-necked Parakeet Alvaston Park, 2 on 24th.
• Cetti's Warbler Singles at Seymour on 22nd and Pride Park Sanctuary on 23rd.
• Waxwing Great Longstone, 8 on 28th.
• Stonechat Hoo Moor on 26th.
• Wheatear Combes Edge, 5 on 24th.
• Crossbill Cutthroat Bridge, 5 on 24th

• Ambaston 6 Goosander and 2 Little Egrets on 16th.
• Beeley Moor 7 Wheatears and 2 Stonechats on 18th, 36 Golden Plover and Woodcock on 14th.-ASBu;
• Carr Vale DWT NR 3 (one male) Shoveler on 20th and 21st (2 males), Little Egrets, max 2 on 19th, Red Kite on 19th, Cuckoo on 17th-18th, 3 Wheatears (2 male Greenland Wheatears) on 17th, one male Greenland Wheatear on 19th-20th, male Chiloe Wigeon on 16th, 3 Common Sandpipers on 15th, Peregrine on 16th-17th, 2 singing Cetti's Warblers daily and up to 4 White Wagtails on 4 dates.
• Carsington Water Great Northern Diver still on 21st, 2 Shoveler, 5 Goldeneye, Bar-tailed Godwit, Whimbrel and Grasshopper Warbler on 20th, 9 Black-tailed Godwits, Redshank and 2 Sandwich Terns on 19th, SLAVONIAN GREBE, Osprey and Black-tailed Godwit on 18th, Red-breasted Merganser (male) on 17th, Little Egret, 2 Black-tailed Godwits and a Dunlin on 17th, Little Egret on 17th, 2 Common Terns and 2 White Wagtails on 15th, pair of Red-crested Pochards on 18th and 20th-21st, Dunlin on 15th and 17th, 3 Common Sandpipers on 17th and 19th.
• Chatsworth Park 2 Red Kites and 4 Common Sandpipers on 14th.
• Cromford Moor pair of Pied Flycatchers, Brambling and Crossbill on 21st.
• Erewash Meadows Garganey (drake) on 15th-16th, still present on 21st, Erewash Meadows, Little Egret on 21st and Common Tern on 19th.
• Harewood Moor Cuckoo and Grasshopper Warbler on 21st.
• Goyt Valley Red Kite and 2 Crossbills on 17th.
• High Bridge GP High Bridge GP, Black-tailed Godwit on 21st, 2 Egyptian Geese, max 5 Shelduck, 6 Oystercatchers, 3 Ringed Plover, Black-tailed Godwit, Redshank and Garden Warbler on 20th, pair of Pintail and 3 Little Egrets on 19th, 2 Shelduck, Whimbrel and 4 Common Sandpipers on 17th.
• Ingleby Egyptian Goose and Little Egret on 20th, 9 Goosanders and 2 Common Sandpipers on 20th and 3 Oystercatchers on 18th.
• Kinder Res 2 Oystercatchers on 18th and 21st, 2 Stonechats on 21st and 2 Common Sandpipers on 18th.
• Longshaw Estate Cuckoo and 2 Pied Flycatchers on 16th.
• Middleton Moor Marsh Harrier reported and one Black-tailed Godwit on 21st; 2 Shelduck, 3 Oystercatchers, 2 Black-tailed Godwits on 20th, Redshank on 20th-21st.
• Ogston Reservoir 2 Redshank on 18th, 2 Goldeneye on 16th, adult GANNET on 15th-16th.
• Pleasley Colliery Little Egret, 2 Oystercatchers, Ringed Plover and Marsh Tit on 15th.
• Ramsley (Fox Lane) Woodcock and a Tree Sparrow, one on 20th, Cuckoo on 17th and Grasshopper Warbler on 16th-17th.
• Sinfin Moor Wetlands 4 Little Egrets on 21st, 2 Jack Snipe on 21st, one on 19th along with Ringed Plover and Greenshank on 14th.
• Stanage Edge Greenland type Wheatear on 21st, Stonechat on 20th.
• Tintwistle area 4 Ring Ouzels, 3 Stonechats, 2 Pied Flycatchers and a Grasshopper Warbler on 20th.
• Weston-on-Trent 14 Shelduck, Great White Egret on 21st.
• Willington GP Willington GP, Barn Owl and 3 Lesser Whitethroats on 20th, Wigeon still on 19th, 2 Shelduck, 3 Shoveler and a Whimbrel on 17th, 2 Little Egrets on 14th and 2 Oystercatchers on 14th,
• Woodhead Res Little Egret, 4 Oystercatchers, 5 Common Sandpipers and Mediterranean Gull on 16th.
• Wyver Lane 3 Shoveler and Red Kite on 16th.
• Pink-footed Goose Youlgreave area, one on 18th.
• Egyptian Goose Calke Park, 3 on 16th.
• Goosander Markeaton Park, brood on 10th, Derby River Gardens, 5 on 14th.
• Little Egret North Wingfield on 19th.
• Red Kite Whitwell Quarry, 9 on 20th, Quarndon, 2 on 20th, Lathkill Dale on 21st, Upper Langwith on 20th; Smalley on 15th.
• Osprey Atlow on 18th and Flash Lane, one on 18th.
• Common Sandpiper Bennerley Marsh, 3 on 16th.
• Woodcock Woodhead, one on 20th.
• Common Tern Butterley Res, one on 14th.
• Arctic Tern Lower Longdendale Res, one on 15th.
• Cuckoo Hayfield on 21st and Bamford Edge on 18th.
• Peregrine Mercia Marina on 20th.
• Ring-necked Parakeet Thulston, 7 on 17th, Allestree, one on 21st, Sinfin Moor Wetlands, one on 21st.
• Raven Hayfield, 8 on 20th.
• Cetti's Warbler Pewit Carr, 3 on 18th, Golden Brook Storage Lagoon, one on 21st, Straws Bridge, one on 18th.
• Wood Warbler Stratton Moor on 16th and Butterley Res, one on 19th, Ladybower Wood, one on 21st.
• Lesser Whitethroat Barrow-On-Trent, 3 on 20th.
• Grasshopper Warbler Doe Hill Flash, on 15th, Leash Fen, one on 16th, Drakelow DWT NR, one on 17th. Cracken Edge, one on 18th, Torside Res, one on 20th.
• Pied Flycatcher Padley Gorge, 14 on 20th, Lea Wood, 4 on 21st.
• Redstart Biggin Dale, 14 on 20th, Horseshoe Dale, 9 on 21st, Wolfscote Dale, 8 on 20th.
• Wheatear Harboro Rocks / Carsington Pastures, 14 on 18th, Hartington, 10 on 20th, Horseshoe Dale, 6 on 21st, Cow Dale, 4 on 20th, Padfield, 4 on 20th, Bonsall, 4 on 17th, Sawley, 3 on 18th, Sinfin Moor, one on 20th.
• Tree Sparrow Longshaw Estate, one on 19th.
• Brambling Castleton, 5 on 17th.
• Crossbill Whitesprings Plantation, 4 on 21st

• Abbey Hill Flood Great White Egret, 2 Oystercatchers and 2 Whitethroats on 14th.
• Arnfield Pied Flycatcher on 13th and 2 Oystercatcher on 8th.
• Barbrook Valley Pied Flycatcher, Redstart and Tree Pipit on 13th.
• Barrow GP 2 Common Sandpipers, 2 Whitethroats and a White Wagtail on 11th.
• Beeley Moor max 5 Wheatears on 14th, Cuckoo, Grasshopper Warbler and Whitethroat on 13th, Red Kite, 40 Golden Plover, 6 Stonechats and 6 Tree Pipits on 12th.
• Bottom Moor Cuckoo, 4 Ravens and 6 Tree Pipits on 14th.
• Carr Vale Red Kite, 2 Common Sandpipers, Lesser Whitethroat and Whitethroat on 14th, 30 Golden Plover and 3 White Wagtails on 13th, Great White Egret south, male Chiloe Wigeon, 20 Golden Plover and Peregrine on 12th, Osprey north and 5 White Wagtails on 11th, 4 Pochard, Aythya hybrid, max 2 Wheatears and 3 White Wagtails on 10th, 5 Shelduck, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, 4 Yellow Wagtail, 8 White Wagtails on 9th, 2 Red Kites, 3 Little Egrets on 9th and 14th, 2 Common Sandpipers and male Redstart on 8th with up to 2 male Cetti's Warblers daily.
• Carsington Water Shelduck, Sandwich Tern and 120 Sand Martins on 14th, max 6 Redshank and 2 Dunlin on 13th, 5 Redstarts on 12th, 2 Jack Snipe, 3 Common Terns, 2 Sandwich Terns and a Wheatear on 11th, max 31 Barnacle Geese, Reed Warbler (earliest ever by 4 days) and Wheatear on 10th, 6 Pochard and a Little Egret on 9th, Slavonian Grebe (in summer plumage), Common Sandpiper, 2 Arctic Terns, 2 Wheatears, 2 Yellow Wagtails and Brambling on 8th. Red-crested Pochard on 9th-11th, 2 Common Sandpipers on 11th, 13th-14th, 1st summer Little Gull and 1st summer Mediterranean Gull on 8th-12th, Common Tern on 8th-9th and 11th and Pied Flycatcher on 12th and 14th.
• Chatsworth Park 22 Mandarin Ducks, 4 Goosander and 2 Oystercatchers on 8th.
• Church Wilne Shelduck, Wigeon, 2 Shoveler, 2 Water Rails and 2 Whitethroats on 14th.
• Curbar Edge Red Kite and Peregrine on 12th.
• Derwent Edge 5 Snipe, 2 Stonechats and 3 Tree Pipits on 13th.
• Drakelow DWT NR max 12 Little Egrets, 5 Whitethroats, Garden Warbler and Wheatear on 14th, max 12 Shoveler, max 11 Cetti's Warblers and 2 Whitethroats on 12th and a Sedge Warbler on 8th.
• Errwood Red Kite, 2 Pied Flycatchers and 3 Tree Pipits on 14th, Tree Pipit on 8th.
• Goyt Valley Redstart and Pied Flycatcher on 7th, Pied Flycatcher, one on 11th.
• High Bridge GP 2 Shelduck, 4 Wigeon, 10 Oystercatchers, 4 Green Sandpipers, Common Sandpiper, Redshank and Common Whitethroat on 14th.
• Higher Shelf Stones 2 Golden Plover and Stonechat on 14th.
• Hollington Red Kite and Lesser Whitethroat on 12th.
• Ingleby 5 Goosander on 12th, 4 Egyptian Geese and 3 Oystercatchers on 10th.
• Long Eaton GP Arctic Tern, 5 Cetti's Warblers and 2 Whitethroats on 10th, Common Sandpiper and Sedge Warbler on 7th.
• Middleton Moor Red Kite and Greenland type Wheatear on 14th, max 5 Shelduck, Dunlin and 3 Redstarts on 14th, Red Kite, 2 Black-tailed Godwits and 2 Common Sandpiper on 12th, 3 Shoveler, 6 Oystercatchers and a Whimbrel on 9th.
• Ogston Reservoir Greenshank on 14th, Caspian Gull, one on 13th, pair of Shoveler on 10th, Peregrine on 9th, max 3 Goldeneye and 55 Sand Martins on 8th, 2 Oystercatchers on 13th and 10th, Arctic Tern on 8th-9th.
• Pleasley Colliery 2 Oystercatchers, White Wagtail on 12th and Common Sandpiper on 11th.
• Poolsbrook Marsh 2 Cetti's Warblers and a Reed Warbler on 11th.
• Sawley 40 Sand Martins and 4 Sedge Warblers on 10th.
• Staunton Harold Res 2 Egyptian Geese, 2 Oystercatchers and a Cetti's Warbler on 9th, Ruddy Shelduck on 8th-9th.
• Swarkestone Bridge Great White Egret on 10th and 3 Little Egrets on 8th.
• Swineshaw Res Common Scoter on 12th and 6 Oystercatchers on 10th.
• Weston-on-Trent max 10 Shelduck, max 18 Egyptian Geese (inc broods of 3 and 7), 5 Common Sandpiper and 5 White Wagtails on 14th, 2 Goldeneye and 13 White Wagtails on 12th, Great White Egret on 11th, 2 Shovelers and a Little Egret on 9th.
• Willington Canal Pit 2 Little Egrets, Oystercatcher, 8 Cetti's Warblers and Lesser Whitethroat on 13th.
• Willington GP max 2 Shelduck, 23 Little Egrets and 4 Oystercatchers on 13th, pair of Shoveler and 4 Reed Warblers on 12th, pair of Egyptian Geese with brood of 7 and max 2 Goldeneye on 12th, max 5 Shoveler, 2 Little Egrets, 6 Oystercatchers and 8 Cetti's Warblers on 10th, Arctic Tern, Peregrine and Sedge Warbler (at Railway Flash) on 8th.
• Willington PS 2 Peregrines on 12th and 14th, Whitethroat on 12th.
• Woodhead Res Mediterranean Gull, 6 Oystercatchers and 2 Stonechats on 14th.
• Wyver Lane 5 Shoveler, 2 Red Kites, Peregrine and Marsh Tit on 10th.
• Red-crested Pochard Melbourne Pool, one on 9th and 11th.
• Little Egret Stanton by Bridge (Wards Lane), 5 on 10th, Staveley, 4 SE on 11th, Shirebrook, 2 on 13th. Singles at Codnor Park Res on 11th, Trent and Mersey Canal on 10th, Draycott on 9th, Church Wilne on 8th, Sawley on 8th.
• Red Kite Langwith, 2 on 13th, Hulland Ward, 2 on 11th. Singles at Smalley on 14th, Belper on 13th, Haddon Hall on 13th, Hartington on 13th, Heage on 13th, South Normanton on 14th, Idridgehay on 11th, Chaddesden on 8th and Stanage Edge on 8th.
• Osprey Haddon Hall on 13th, Lightwood Res, Buxton, one on 13th and Whitesprings Plantation on 13th.
• Oystercatcher Trent Lock, 4 on 10th and Allestree Park, 3 on 11th.
• Common Sandpiper Ladybower Res, 4 on 13th.
• Jack Snipe Arkwright, one on 11th.
• Ring-billed x Lesser Black-backed Gull hybrid Woodhead Res on 13th.
• Derby River Garden adult Yellow-legged Gull on 11th.
• Cuckoo Carr Wood, Ripley on 13th.
• Barn Owl Mossy Lea on 9th.
• Ring-necked Parakeet Chellaston Brickworks NR, 4 on 10th and Alvaston, 3 on 12th.
• Cetti's Warbler Ambaston Lake on 12th, Norbriggs on 12th, St Chad's Water, one on 12th and Markham Vale (Seymour) on 11th.
• Wood Warbler High Leas on 14th.
• Grasshopper Warbler Leash Fen on 9th, south of Calver on 12th and Big Moor on 13th.
• Reed Warbler Witches Oak Water on 14th.
• Whitethroat Barrowhill on 14th, Foxlow on 14th, Lower Hartshay on 14th and Pleasley Vale on 14th.
• Lesser Whitethroat one at Calke Park on 14th, Sinfin Moor Wetlands, one on 14th and Willington GP, one on 14th.
• Pied Flycatcher Kinder Bank, 2 on 11th.
• Redstart Doe Hill CP, one on 10th; Cracken Edge, pair on 14th.
• Tree Sparrow Brookbottom Banks, one on 11th.
• Tree Pipit White Edge, 3 on 11th.
• Striated Caracara Hilton NR on 12th

• Late News from March concerns a report of two Common Cranes flying over Peak Forest at 1347 on 31st, any information would be welcomed please.-per RBA.
• Arnfield Clough Golden Plover, Woodcock and 2 Barn Owls on 2nd.
• Arnfield Res 2 Oystercatchers and 3 Stonechats on 1st.
• Bennerley Marsh Oystercatcher on 7th, 3 Little Egrets on 4th, 2 Avocets on 3rd (no sign 4th-5th), House Martin on 3rd and a Redshank on 1st.
• Calke Park 2 Egyptian Goose and a Red Kite on 5th.
• Carr Vale DWT NR one Common Sandpiper still, Common Tern south and 2 Yellow Wagtails south on 7th, 2 Common Sandpipers on 6th, 2 Red Kites, first Common Sandpiper on 5th, max three Shoveler and Red Kite on 3rd, 4 Jack Snipe, 2 Curlew, Peregrine and House Martin on 2nd, Red Kite and 3 adult Little Gulls north on 1st. Aythya Hybrid, male 2nd-3rd, Little Egret on four dates, 3 Oystercatchers on 5th-7th, up to 2 singing Cetti's Warblers daily, and Chiloe Wigeon, 1st-5th.
• Carsington Water Great Northern Diver still on 7th also Common Tern, 3 Arctic Terns (earliest by four days) on 7th. Common Tern and 1st summer Mediterranean Gull on 6th-7th. Sandwich Tern, 2 Little Gulls (adult and first winter) and Redstart on 6th, Osprey on 5th, House Martin on 4th, Osprey, 12 Curlew on 2nd, 35 Barnacle Geese, 13 Oystercatchers and 5 Redshank on 1st, the female Red-crested Pochard still on 6th. 2 Shoveler on 1st-2nd, 10 Goldeneye on 4th and 6th.
• Chatsworth Park 2 Oystercatchers on 3rd, 12 Mandarin Ducks, 4 Goosander and a Red Kite on 2nd.
• Egginton 18 Little Egrets on 7th.
• High Bridge GP 2 Shelduck, 4 Oystercatchers and Green Sandpiper on 7th, Great White Egret and Green Sandpiper on 2nd.
• Ingleby White-fronted Geese, 3 still on 5th, 2 Red Kites and Cetti's Warbler on 4th, 2 Egyptian Geese on 4th-5th.
• Kedleston Park Red Kite and 6 Oystercatchers on 2nd.
• Kinder Res 4 Goosander and 2 Oystercatchers on 1st.
• Locko Park 12 Buzzards, 2 Oystercatchers, Whitethroat, 2 Wheatears and Yellow Wagtail on 7th.
• Long Eaton GP Common Sandpiper, Common Tern, Sedge Warbler on 7th.
• Long Dale 9 Wheatears on 6th.
• Lower Hartshay 4 Little Egrets on 7th.
• Middleton Moor 2 Red Kites on 6th, 21 Curlew on 3rd, Shoveler, 3 on 2nd, max 7 Shelduck and a Red Kite on 1st. 2 Oystercatchers on 1st-3rd, and a Dunlin on 5th-6th.
• Milton 2 Egyptian Geese, 2 Shelduck and White Wagtail (on STW) on 3rd.
• Ogston Res Goldeneye on 7th, Common Sandpiper on 6th, Common Tern on 5th and an Osprey on 2nd.
• Osmaston Park 6 Pink-footed Geese and 2 Oystercatchers on 1st.
• Shipley CP Common Sandpiper on 7th.
• Staunton Harold Red Kite, 2 Oystercatchers and Cetti's Warbler on 6th.
• Torside Res 4 Oystercatchers and a pair of Stonechats on 1st.
• Weston-On-Trent 10 Egyptian Geese, 5 Shovelers, 7 Little Egrets, Ringed Plover and a Green Sandpiper on 1st.
• Willington Canal Pit 2 Mallard Ducklings, 7 Shoveler, 2 Goldeneye on 7th.
• Willington GP Goldeneye, Great White Egret and Reed Warbler on 7th.
• Willington Sports Ground 2 Oystercatchers on 1st.
• Wyver Lane 4 Shoveler, 2 Red Kites, Oystercatcher, Marsh Tit and 2 House Martins on 2nd and a Red Kite on 1st
• Pink-footed Geese Youlgreave, 2 on 2nd.
• Egyptian Geese John Thompson Inn, 2 on 5th, Willington GP, pair on 1st.
• Shelduck Ambaston Lane, 2 on 1st.
• Mandarin Duck Linacre Res, 12 on 6th.
• Shoveler Ferry Green Flash, 4 on 1st.
• Common Scoter Glossop, heard at 2145 hours on 3rd.
• Little Egret John Thompson Inn, one on 5th, Long Eaton GP, one on 3rd.
• Great White Egret Repton, one on 1st and 3rd.
• Red Kite Melbourne, 2 on 6th, Big Moor, 2 on 5th and Chevin GC, 2 on 3rd. Singles at Red Kites at Longstone Edge on 7th, Clay Cross on 6th, Hulland Ward on 6th-7th, Kelstedge on 6th, Tansley on 6th, Stone Low, Baslow on 5th, Markeaton Park on 3rd and Foremark Res on 2nd.
• Oystercatcher Locko Park, 2 on 4th.
• Barn Owl Wessington, 2 on 1st, Scarcliffe on 7th, Torside Res on 5th, Ednaston Hall, one on 3rd and Castleton, one 2nd.
• Ring-necked Parakeet Alvaston Park, 2 on 1st. Chaddesden, one on 4th.
• Marsh Tit Spring Wood, one on 1st.
• Whitethroat Whitwell, one on 3rd.
• Ring Ouzel Lowland records from Lower Hartshay, one on 2nd. Moorland records treated as confidential.
• Stonechat Beeley Moor, 15 on 6th, Shillito Wood, 2 on 1st, Woodhead Res, one on 2nd.
• Pied Flycatcher Padley Gorge, male on 6th, Kinder Bank, 2 on 7th.
• White Wagtail Hartington, Staveley, 2 on 2nd.
• Tree Pipit Whatstandwell, one on 2nd, Whitesprings Plantation, one on 4th.
• Brambling Great Hucklow, 11 on 4th, Castleton, 3 on 7th.
• Crossbill Matlock Forest, 2 on 4th.
• Ruddy Shelduck Staunton Harold, one on 7th

• Aston-On-Trent 2 Egyptian Geese, Shelduck, Great White Egret, Cetti's Warbler on 26th.
• Barrow GP Shoveler and Goldeneye on 28th, 3 Little Ringed Plovers on 25th-26th.
• Belper 2 Red Kites and a Peregrine on 27th.
• Bennereley Marsh 2 Avocet on 29th-30th and 3 Little Egrets on 30th, Oystercatcher on 29th, 4+ Little Ringed Plovers and 2 Redshank on 26th.
• Big Moor Red Kite and 2 Stonechats on 26th and 28th.
• Carr Vale DWT NR max 3 Little Egrets on 31st, 3 Peregrine, 3 Raven and 18 Sand Martins on 30th, Blackcap on 29th, Golden Plover, 80 on 27th and 31st, 10 Shoveler, max 2 Red Kites on 27th, Aythya hybrid again on 25th-26th, 28th-30th, Egyptian Goose and 4 Wheatear on 24th on 24th and 2 Cetti's Warblers all week
• Carsington Water Mallard with brood of 7, 6 Shoveler, 3 Little Gulls, 5 Willow Tits, 185 Chiffchaffs, 18 Blackcaps and Hawfinch on 31st, Whooper Swan and Peregrine on 29th, Willow Warbler and Blackcap on 28th, 9 Black-tailed Godwits on 27th-29th, Dunlin and 8 Redshank on 27th, Osprey on 26th, 35 Barnacle Geese, Mediterranean Gull (heard only) and a Tree Sparrow on 25th.
• Drakelow PS Wheatear on 30th and 15 Shoveler on 29th.
• Drakelow DWT NR 4 Red Kites on 30th, 5 Oystercatchers, 10 Cetti's Warbler, 9 Blackcaps and Wheatear on 29th. 2 Egyptian Geese, 2 Shelduck, 5 Little Egrets, 11 Shoveler, Little Ringed Plover, Barn Owl, max 2 Peregrines, 50 Chiffchaffs, 2 Willow Warblers on 25th.
• Egginton 11 Cattle Egrets and 20 Little Egrets on 25th.
• Ingleby 3 White-fronted Geese still, 8 Egyptian Geese, 4 Shelduck on 30th, f Goldeneye, 4 Little Egrets and a Red Kite on 26th, Oystercatchers on 26th and 28th-29th.
• Melbourne Pool Oystercatcher on 28th and Red-crested Pochard on 27th- 28th.
• Middleton Moor max 7 Shelduck, Shoveler, 76 Curlew and Redshank on 30th, 2 Oystercatchers on 29th-30th.
• Moorfield 2 Golden Plover on 29th, Red Kite and 2 Ring Ouzels on 29th.
• Newton Solney House Martin on 30th, 3 Egyptian Geese and Oystercatcher on 26th, 2 Little Owls and one Wheatear on 25th.
• Ockbrook 12 Buzzards and 19 Chiffchaffs on 26th.
• Ogston Res Osprey (with a transmitter) north on 31st, 4 Goldeneye, 2 Oystercatchers and a Redshank on 27th.
• Poolsbrook CP Willow Warbler and Blackcap on 30th.
• Repton 3 Cattle Egrets and 2 Great White Egrets amongst c35 Egret sp on 30th.
• Shirebrook Red Kite and Osprey on 29th.
• Southwood 22 Chiffchaffs and 8 Blackcaps on 29th.
• Stanage Edge Red Kite, 2 Ring Ouzels on 31st.
• Sutton Scarsdale 2 Red Kites and 80 Golden Plover on 27th.
• Swarkestone Bridge 6 Egyptian Geese on 31st, 2 Shelduck on 28th, 17 Little Egrets on 28th.
• Torside Res 2 Oystercatchers and 2 Little Ringed Plover on 31st.
• Unspecified Staveley site 2 Ringed Plovers and 3 Little Ringed Plovers on 26th.
• Weston on Trent 10 Shelduck and 7 Little Ringed Plovers on 24th.
• Willington GP 6 Great White Egrets, 2 Willow Warblers and a Blackcap on 29th and a Crossbill on 26th.
• Willington Sports Ground 15 Little Egrets and 2 Oystercatchers on 31st.
• Woodhead Res Little Gull and Stonechat on 31st.
• Wyver Lane 4 Shoveler and Peregrine on 31st, Sedge Warbler on 30th, 4 Shoveler, Little Egret, Oystercatcher and Peregrine on 26th.
• Pink-footed Goose Youlgreave, one on 30th.
• Little Egret Sinfin Moor Wetlands, 2 on 30th and Breaston, one on 29th.
• Great White Egret Derwent Meadows NR on 29th.
• Red Kite Kedleston Park, 3 on 30th, Bakewell 2 on 29th, Hoe Grange, 2 on 25th and Hognaston on 2 on 24th. Single birds at Glossop on 31st, Foremark Res on 30th, Greaves Piece on 30th, Brailsford on 29th, Ripley on 29th-30th, Stanley Common on 29th, Waingroves Woodland on 29th, Chellaston on 28th, Hassop on 27th and Sutton-on-the-Hill on 24th.
• Osprey Shipley CP, north on 31st and Chatsworth Park on 30th.
• Oystercatcher Woodhead Res, 8 on 24th, Pleasley Colliery, 2 on 30th, Pebley Pond, 2 on 29th, Arnfield Res, 2 on 27th, Alvaston Lake, 2 on 26th, Ladybower, 2 on 25th, Longshaw Estate, one on 25th.
• Golden Plover Higher Shelf Stones,4 on 30th and Bleaklow, 8 on 24th.
• Woodcock Longshaw Estate, one roding on 26th.
• Barn Owl Crowden on 30th, Ingleby Toft on 30th, Ashbourne on 24th, Risley on 24th.
• Short-eared Owl two at one site in the north of the county with one at another site.
• Merlin reported from one moorland site.
• Peregrine Chesterfield, 2 on 29th.
• Ring-necked Parakeet Elvaston Castle, 2 on 29th and Pride Park, one on 25th.
• Marsh Tit Monsal Dale, 2 on 30th.
• Swallow Chatsworth Park, 4 on 25th.
• House Martin Linacre Res, one on 28th.
• Cetti's Warbler Poolsbrook Marsh, 3 on 26th, Pewit Carr, 2 on 31st and Golden Brook Storage Lagoon, one on 31st.
• Willow Warbler Sutton Scarsdale, 2 on 24th, Markham Vale, 2 on 26th, Sinfin Moor Wetlands on 28th and Avenue Washlands, one on 30th.
• Blackcap Eckington Woods, 2 on 28th, Walton, one on 27th.
• Waxwing Hassop on 29th.
• Ring Ouzel Crowden, one on 31st, Jarvis Clough, one on 30th.
• Wheatear Buxton, one on 24th, Chellaston, one on 25th, Pentrich, one on 25th, Eldon Hill Quarry, one on 26th, Padfield, 4 on 26th, and Baslow Edge, one on 26th- 27th. General arrival thereafter.
• Stonechat Howden Moor, 4 on 30th, Goyt Valley, 2 on 30th, Curbar Edge, 2 on 27th, Woodhead Res, 2 on 24th, Arnfield, one on 29th, Lantern Pike, one on 29th and Beeley Moor, one on 24th.
• White Wagtail Trent Valley Crematorium, one on 26th.
• Brambling North Brittain, 6 still on 30th, Kirk Langley, 2 on 29th, Hathersage on 29th and Hulland Ward, one on 29th.
• Crossbill Matlock Forest, 2 on 28th

• Alvaston Park 6 Goosander, 2 Oystercatchers and max 3 Ring-necked Parakeets on 18th.
• Bennerley Marsh White Wagtail, one on 23rd, 2 Avocets on 21st (apparently one a few days previously, 17th/18th, anyone know about this record please) were still present on 24th, Golden Plover N on 22nd, 3 Little Ringed Plovers on 21st and 8 Little Egrets (up to 12 reported recently) on 19th.
• Carr Vale DWT NR Egyptian Goose, Aythya hybrid (Pochard x Tufted Duck), 3 Wheatears on 24th, Little Ringed Plover and 3 Oystercatchers on 19th.
• Carsington Water Great Northern Diver still present on 24th also pair of Pintail, 12 Oystercatcher, Little Ringed Plover, 2 adult Kittiwakes, Peregrine and a Tree Sparrow on 24th, Common Scoter, Ruff and Swallow on 23rd, 2 Black-tailed godwits on 21st-22nd, Red Kite on 21st-22nd, 20 Swallows on 21st, Little Ringed Plover and Dunlin on 21st, 4 Shoveler, female Red-crested Pochard, 19 Goldeneye, Water Rail and Woodcock on 18th.
• Castleton 6 Bramblings on 23rd and Barn Owl on 17th.
• Chellaston School Little Egret and Ring-necked Parakeet on 18th.
• Drakelow DWT NR 18 Shoveler on 23rd, 9 Little Egrets, 2 Water Rails and 9 Cetti's Warblers on 19th, 4 Oystercatchers on 18th.
• Elvaston Castle 4 Shoveler, Woodcock and 2 Ring-necked Parakeets on 21st.
• Ferry Lane Flash 2 Little Egrets and 4 Oystercatchers on 20th.
• Flash Lane area 150 Siskins on 24th.-Fen Graham per DBFG; Red Kite, Brambling and 5 Crossbills on 18th.
• Foxlow Oystercatcher on 21st and 24th, Cetti's Warbler on 19th-20th (2 sites) and Jack Snipe on 18th, Redshank on 18th and 23rd-24th.
• Hayfield 3 Little Owls and a Wheatear on 17th.
• High Bridge GP 70 Sand Martins on 23rd, 10 Egyptian Geese, 7 Little Egrets and 2 Cetti's Warblers on 21st, 2 Great White Egrets, 7 Oystercatchers, max 5 Green Sandpipers and max 5 Redshank on 21st, 10 Curlews and Common Sandpiper on 20th, Great White Egret on 20th and 21st.
• Ingleby 2 Swallows on 23rd, 3 White-fronted Geese on 22nd and 3 Oystercatchers on 22nd.
• Kedleston Park Pink-footed Goose, Water Rail and 8 Oystercatchers on 18th.
• Locko Park 2 Oystercatchers on 24th and 2 Red Kites on 22nd.
• Middleton Moor 4 Shelduck on 24th, 2 Oystercatchers on 22nd and 24th, 36 Curlews on 23rd, Sanderling on 22nd-24th, Dunlin 22nd- 24th, Marsh Harrier reported on 21st.
• Mossy Lea 16 Curlew, Barn Owl and a Ring Ouzel on 23rd.
• Muggington 3 Red Kites and 2 Peregrines on 18th.
• Ogston Res 4 Oystercatchers, max 7 Swallows on 23rd, Swallow on 21st, male Brambling on 18th and Red-breasted Merganser last seen 17th.
• Padfield Sewage Works 2 Oystercatchers and a Wheatear on 24th.-SBai.
• Pleasley Colliery 2 Oystercatchers and Little Ringed Plover on 22nd.
• Weston GP 10 Shelduck, 2 Goldeneye, 4 Oystercatchers, White Wagtail on 24th.-NLo;
• Willington GP Pintail, pair, 2 Red Kites on 22nd, Marsh Harrier, 3 Water Rails and 3 Oystercatchers on 20th.
• Wyver Lane 14 Gadwall, Little Egret, 2 Great White Egrets, Red Kite and a Redshank on 19th, 5 Shoveler on 19th and 21st.
• Pink-footed Geese Youlgreave, 2 on 21st.
• Egyptian Geese Swarkestone Bridge, 2 on 22nd.
• Straw's Bridge Pair of shoveler on 24th.-EHc.
• Common Scoter Hadfield, 8 wing whirrs records on 21st, Chaddesden, 2 groups heard at night on 19th.
• Cattle Egrets Egginton, 8 on 19th, Cressbrook Dale, one reported on 23rd.
• Little Egret Avenue Washlands, 3 on 22nd.
• Great White Egret Breaston, one on 19th.
• Red Kite Rowsley on 24th, Calke Abbey on 18th and 23rd, Stanley Common on 21st, Ticknall on 21st, Alvaston on 19th and Smally on 19th.
• Osprey Etwall, one N on 19th. (earliest ever county record).
• Little Ringed Plover Shipley Lake, one on 21st, 4 on 23rd, Hartington Reclamation, Staveley, one on 24th.
• Golden Plover Padfield, 2 on 19th.
• Mediterranean Gull Padfield SW, one on 22nd.
• Barn Owl Swarkestone on 21st, Repton, on 20th, Barlow Common on 18th, Staunton Harold Res, on 18th.
• Little Owl Repton, 2-3 on 20th and Morely, 2-3 on 18th.
• Peregrine Willington (PS), 2 on 19th, one at Chesterfield on 19th.
• Cetti's Warbler singles Straws Bridge on 22nd and Seymour on 18th.
• Ring Ouzel Gardom's Edge, 3 on 23rd, Leash Fen, one on 22nd, Beeley Moor and High Edge Raceway on 24th.
• Stonechat Gardom's Edge, 2 on 23rd, Normanton Brook, one on 21st.
• Wheatear Harboro Rocks on 19th, Pride Park Sanctuary, 4 on 23rd, Long dale on 23rd.
• Tree Sparrow Alicehead Road, 4 on 18th.
• Brambling Highcliffe, 15 in garden on 20th, 2 Stanton on 19th. Singles at Sinfin Moor Lane on 23rd, Brimington on 20th, Shililto Woods on 18th and Froggatt on 17th.
• Crossbill Derwentdale, 21+ on 23rd, Darwen Forest, 6 on 21st; Beeley Moor, 4 on 23rd; Torside Res, 2 on 24th.-Jack Crowshaw per eBird

• Arnfield Res 2 Oystercatchers on 13th and 2 Stonechats on 10th.
• Barrow GP 2 Goldeneye, 2 Oystercatchers and 3 Sand Martins on 16th.
• Beeley Moor 80 Golden Plover on 16th, 4 Stonechats on 14th.
• Carr Vale DWT NR 3 Red Kites on 16th, one on 14th and 17th, 4 Cetti's Warblers and 13 Chiffchaff on 16th, Barn Owl on 13th, Curlew, Dunlin and 2 Redshank on 11th, Dunlin left N on 10th.6 Goosander on 11th-12th, max 3 Little Egrets on 12th and 16th, Peregrine on 12th and 14th.
• Carsington Water Great Northern Diver still on 17th; Common Scoter, Kittiwake, 2 adult Caspian Gulls and Wheatear on 16th, Egyptian Goose, Pintail, 23 Goldeneye, 15 Oystercatchers, Jack Snipe and Barn Owl (on way) on 15th, Sand Martin on 14th, 33 Barnacle Geese, pair of Shelduck, Red-crested Pochard, adult Mediterranean Gull, Barn Owl and Sand Martin on 13th, 5 Whooper Swans still on 11th, Little Egret on 11th - 12th, 2 Red Kites on 11th.
• Castleton Barn Owl on 11th and 17th and max 6 Bramblings on 11th.
• Chatsworth Park 24 Mandarin Ducks, 2 Red Kites and 2 Oystercatchers on 15th.
• Derwent Meadows Cetti's Warbler and 16 Chiffchaffs on 16th.
• Drakelow DWT NR 14 Shoveler and 3 Cetti's Warblers on 16th.
• Foxlow Ponds 2 Red Kites, 4 Curlew on 17th, Ringed Plover on 16th, 16 Whooper Swans on 12th. 25 Whooper Swans (previously at Ogston Reservoir based on one yellow headed bird on 9th-10th) on 11th.
• Hadfield Common Scoter, Water Rail and Ringed Plover recorded overnight on 12th,3 Brambling on 11th.
• Hayfield Wheatear on 17th and 12 Ravens on 15th.
• High Bridge GP 2 Shelduck, 2 Great White Egrets, max 3 Green Sandpiper, max 2 Redshank and 3 Sand Martins on 17th, 3 Goldeneye on 16th.
• Howden Res 10 Whooper Swans on 14th and 14 Crossbills on 16th.
• Ingleby 3 White-fronted Geese still, Red Kite, an Oystercatcher and 3 Sand Martins on 17th. plus Little Egret and Cetti's Warbler on 16th, 8 Goldeneye on 14th, max 2 Shelduck, 2 Peregrines and a Brambling on 11th.
• Lower Longdendale Common Scoters heavy movement heard overnight on 15th/16th, adult Mediterranean Gull on 15th.
• Melbourne Red Kite on 16th, Osprey on 15th (earliest ever for the county).
• Middleton Moor 2 Shelducks, 2 Oystercatchers, 23 Curlew, male Wheater on 16th, 39 Whooper Swans from 10th left N and a Dunlin on 11th, 10 Pink-footed Geese on 11th.
• Newton Solney 3 Egyptian Geese, 3 Little Egrets and 2 Oystercatchers on 14th.
• Ogston Res Red-breasted Merganser still on 15th, Redshank on 15th, 2 Sand Martin on 14th, 3 Goldeneye and 2 Oystercatchers on 13th, Hawfinch (Brackenfield Church) on 13th and 16th, 28 Goosander and Merlin on 11th, Pink-footed Goose on 11th - 12th.
• Pewtit Carr 3 Cetti's Warblers and a Blackcap on 17th.
• Pleasley Colliery 10 Goosander on 16th, 5 Little Egrets and a Red Kite on 15th and Oystercatcher on 15th-16th.
• Shipley Lake Oystercatcher and 2 Sand Martins on 17th.
• Swarkestone Bridge max 20 Little Egrets on 14th and a Red Kite on 11th.
• Swineshaw Res 18 Oystercatchers and 80 Curlews on 11th.
• Weston on Trent GP 4 Egyptian Geese (2 broods), 6 Shelduck, 3 Goosander, Great White Egret and 4 Oystercatchers on 17th.
• Willington GP 2 Shelduck, 15 Shoveler, 6 Goldeneye, 11 Cattle Egrets, Marsh Harrier, Red Kite, Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Redshank on 16th.-NLo; Great White Egret on 14th.-DOS
• Witches Oak Water 10 Goldeneye, 5 Great White Egrets, 6 Cetti's Warblers on 11th.-AVB;
• Wyver Lane 7 Whooper Swans E, max 4 Shoveler, 2 Great White Egrets and Red Kite on 13th, 2 Sand Martins on 13th (earliest ever for the site), Great White Egret on 11th, 14th and 17th.
• Youlgreave 2 Red Kites and 16 Curlew on 13th.
• Whooper Swans Bradwell, 30 on 15th, 38 N over Hayfield at 1100 (Middleton Moor birds perhaps?) on 11th, Ladybower, 25 at 0800 on 11th.
• Pink-footed Goose Clough Wood, nr Wensley 10 on 12th.
• Red-crested Pochard Melbourne Pool, 2 on 11th and 14th.
• Goosander Derby River Gardens, 5 on 11th.
• Little Egret Repton, 25 on 15th. Sawley, 2 on 16th. Singles at Eckington, one on 16th, Norbriggs on 13th and 16th, Codnor Park Res on 11th.
• Great White Egret Repton, 3 on 14th.
• Marsh Harrier Belper, 2 on 13th
• Red Kite Foxlow Ponds, 2 on 17th, Lower Kilburn, 2 on 15th, Bennerley Marsh on 17th, Holmesfield on 17th, Ingleby toft on 17th, Goyt Valley on 16th, Melbourne on 16th, Pentrich on 16th, Waingroves on 15th, Haddon Hall on 15th, Pleasley on 14th, Somersall Park on 13th, Heage on 12th, Hulland Ward on 12th, Oakwood on 11th.
• Oystercatcher Torside Res, 8 on 16th, Lower Longdendale Res, 5 on 11th, Pebley Pond, 2 on 16th, Chaddesden Cemetary, one (site first ?) on 15th.
• Golden Plovers Stanton By Dale, 60 on 11th, Axe Edge, 8 on 17th.
• Jack Snipe Shipley Gate Marsh, 7 on 11th, Tintwistle Low Moor, one on 10th.
• Woodcock Stubbing Pond, one on 16th, Markham Vale, one on 15th, Church Wilne, one on 13th.
• Barn Owl Nether Heage on 17th, Ramsley Moor, one on 16th, Ednaston, one on 15th.
• Short-eared Owl one reported on 9th.
• Peregrine Monsal Dale on 12th.
• Sand Martin Old Brampton, one on 16th.
• Blackcap Shirebrook, one on 16th, Millford on 14th, Long Eaton, one on 13th.
• Waxwing Belper, 12 on 14th, Hatton, 5 on 11th, Cutthroat Bridge, one on 16th.
• Brambling New Brittain, 25 on 16th, Mickleover, 2 on 15th, South Normanton, one on 15th, Grindleford, one on 14th

• Ambaston 3 Goosanders, 2 Great White Egrets and 2 Little Egrets on 5th.
• Arnfield Res Woodcock on 8th, 2 Oystercatchers on 6th and max 58 Curlew on 5th.
• Beeley Moor 4 Stonechats and a Brambling on 6th.
• Carr Vale DWT NR 6 Goosander, Dunlin and Redshank on 10th, 115 Whooper Swans (62 N at 0825, 47 N at 0710, 6 S at 0721), 56 Snipe and 8 Jack Snipe on 9th; 19 Whooper Swans N (18 @ 0825, one N @ 0843) and female Shelduck on 8th. Up to 2 Little Egrets, 2 Oystercatchers, 2 Cetti's Warblers most days with a Peregrine regular too, Chiffchaffs are in now and will no longer feature on this page.
• Carsington Water Great Northern Diver still on 10th, 5 Whooper Swans on 9th-10th, max 3 Redshank on 9th-10th, Red Kite on 9th, max 13 Oystercatchers, Woodcock and Peregrine on 8th, female Smew on 7th, 25+ Goldeneye on 6th, 3 Caspian Gulls and Chiffchaff on 5th, 3 Pintail on 5th, Shelduck, max 29 Curlew and Mediterranean Gull on 4th, max 37 Barnacle Geese on 4th-5th and Red-crested Pochard on 4th and 6th.
• Chatsworth Park 15 Mandarin Ducks and 3 Oystercatchers on 7th, Woodcock on 4th.
• Derwent Meadows Ring-necked Parakeet and Chiffchaff on 6th.
• Dovedale 7 Red Kites and 6 Ravens on 6th.
• Drakelow DWT Stonechat on 9th, max 6 Goosanders, max 8 Little Egrets, 2 Oystercatchers, Barn Owl and 6 Cetti's Warblers on 8th, 15 Shovelers, Woodcock, 2 Peregrines and 3 Chiffchaffs on 4th.
• Ferry Green Flash pair of Shoveler, female Pintail and 4 Oystercatchers on 10th.
• Foxlow Ponds 3 Jack Snipe and Peregrine on 5th.
• Hadfield Woodcock, one on 9th, Mealy Redpoll on 8th and a Brambling in garden on 5th.
• Ingleby 3 White-fronted Geese still on 10th, 5 Egyptian Geese on 9th, max 4 Oystercatchers and Cetti's Warbler on 4th.
• Middleton Moor 39 Whooper Swans on 9th-10th, 151 Curlew on 9th, max 40 Golden Plover on 6th and 2 Oystercatchers on 6th and 9th.
• Ogston Res 3 Goldeneye on 10th, Red-breasted Merganser still on 9th, 25 Whooper Swans down on 9th still present until 10th before leaving N, 2 Oystercatchers on 9th-10th, 20 Whooper Swans down until 1500 on 8th, 15 over at 1600 on 8th, 32 NE at 1732 on 8th, 56 NW at 1825 on 8th, Yellow-legged Gull, one on 8th and 11 Little Gulls til 1130 then flew NE on 7th.
• Pleasley CP 23 Goosander and 2 Little Egrets on 6th, max 7 Shoveller and 2 Little Egrets on 5th.
• Sinfin Moor area Little Egret, one on 6th and 9th, Redshank and Cetti's Warbler on 6th, Chiffchaff on 5th, Red Kite on 4th and Blackcap on 4th and 6th.
• Staunton Harold Res Little Egret and 2 Oystercatchers on 4th.
• Swarkestone Bridge pair of Egyptian Geese with 6 young on 8th, 15 Little Egrets on 8th and Great White Egret on 4th.
• Weston On Trent 14 Egyptian Geese, 5 Shelduck and 3 Oystercatchers on 3rd.
• Willington GP 2 Oystercatchers, max 19 Curlew and a Redshank on 10th, 3 Shelduck, 4 Shoveler, 3 Goldeneye, 8 Cattle Egrets, max 3 Great White Egrets, 3 Oystercatchers, Redshank and Peregrine on 9th, 2 Goldeneye and 2 Great White Egrets on 2nd and 3 Cetti's Warblers on 8th and 8 Little Egrets on 5th.
• Wyver Lane 2 Great White Egrets on 5th- 6th, 2 Oystercatchers, max 4 Shovelers, 2 Chiffchaffs and a female Stonechats on 5th..
• Whooper Swan Rowsley, 34 on 9th, Walton, c100 N on 8th, c60 W, 7 landed Linacre Res, Codnor, c29 N on 8th, Calow, 15 E on 8th, Chelmorton / Flagg, 12 N on 4th, Deepdale Flash, Sutton Scarsdale, 7 on 9th, presumed same at Foxlow, 7 NW at 1205 same day, heard over Staveley at 2359 on 8th.
• Egyptian Goose Renishaw GC, 2 on floodwater on 9th and Calke Abbey, one on 6th.
• Pintail Chaddesden, 3 heard overnight on 3rd,
• Goldeneye Foremark, 5 on 4th.
• Little Egret Borrowash, 15 on 7th, Kings Newton, 5 on 4th, Bennerley Marsh, 4 on 8th. Singles at Norbriggs on 9th, Codnor Park Res on 7th-8th, Vicarwood on 6th and St Chad's Water on 4th.
• Red Kite Chapel-en-le-Frith on 10th, Blackwell on 9th, Mickleover on 9th, Ashbourne GC on 8th-9th, Cotes Park on 8th, Hulland Ward on 8th, Swadlincote on 8th, Bakewell on 6th, Scarcliffe Grange on 6th, Swarkestone on 6th, Kelstedge on 5th and Rowsley, one on 5th.
• Goosanders Derby River Gardens, 5 on 8th.
• Oystercatcher Mercia Marina, 5 on 10th and Pebley Pond, 2 on 6th.
• Shipley Park Redshank W on 10th.
• Woodcock Via Gellia, 7 flushed on 10th, Church Wilne, 2 on 7th and Markham Vale, 2 on 6th.
• Barn Owl Mastin Moor, ringed bird found dead (enquiries in hand) on 10th, Ockbrook on 9th, Ogston Res on 8th andPilsley on 4th.
• Peregrine Belper River Gardens on 6th.
• Cetti's Warbler Goldenbrook Storage Lagoon, one on 4th,
• Blackcap Chaddesden on 8th and Allestree on 5th.
• Waxwing Kings Newton, one on 7th.
• Ramsley Moor 4 Stonechats on 6th.
• Brambling Hadfield, one on 8th-9th and Hardwick Hall, one on 4th.
• Hawfinch Brassington Church, one still on 8th and 9th and Cromford Station, one on 8th.
• Crossbill Derwent Reservoir, 4 on 7th.
• Black Swan Norbriggs, one on 9th (escape)

 

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