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Derbyshire County Birding (1 Viewer)
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tvmr_birder
Well-known member
Hi all,
Today's S.Derbyshire highlights :-
Newton Solney - 1 m Yellow Wagtail (on spit in river)
Barrow GP - 1 Dunlin
Willington GP - Gropper, Lesser Whitethroat (showing ridiculously well), good numbers of the other common warblers (except Willow Warbler) and the probable Ruddy Shelduck x Shelduck hybrid is still present - quite a nice looking bird on what felt more like a late June kind of day rather than late April.
Happy holidays!
Matt
Today's S.Derbyshire highlights :-
Newton Solney - 1 m Yellow Wagtail (on spit in river)
Barrow GP - 1 Dunlin
Willington GP - Gropper, Lesser Whitethroat (showing ridiculously well), good numbers of the other common warblers (except Willow Warbler) and the probable Ruddy Shelduck x Shelduck hybrid is still present - quite a nice looking bird on what felt more like a late June kind of day rather than late April.
Happy holidays!
Matt
DaveN
Derwent Valley Birder
A Cuckoo down Wyver Lane today. Unfortunatley I didn't see it but it was heard calling several times from the viewing mound. This is only my second record of Cuckoo at Wyver following on from a juvenile near the hide 4 years ago. The last record was of one on June 16th last year.
Also today was the first Sedge Warbler, 2 Whitethroat, 2 Blackcap and 3 Chiff Chaff. 2 Collared Doves flew over the main pool. For such a common bird Collared Doves are exceptionally rare for Wyver and this is only my second record.
A male Redstart was still singing from the field behind the hide. Other sightings include 26 Greylags, 5 Grey Heron, 2 Shoveler, 2 Gadwall, 2 Mandarin, drake Goosander, 10 Lapwing, 2 Oycs, 2 Buzzards, Kestrel and 30+ Swallow. A Holly Blue Butterfly was seen in front of the hide.
The current Wyver Lane 2011 bird list stands at 99 species. Let's hope we get a goodie for the 100th!
Also today was the first Sedge Warbler, 2 Whitethroat, 2 Blackcap and 3 Chiff Chaff. 2 Collared Doves flew over the main pool. For such a common bird Collared Doves are exceptionally rare for Wyver and this is only my second record.
A male Redstart was still singing from the field behind the hide. Other sightings include 26 Greylags, 5 Grey Heron, 2 Shoveler, 2 Gadwall, 2 Mandarin, drake Goosander, 10 Lapwing, 2 Oycs, 2 Buzzards, Kestrel and 30+ Swallow. A Holly Blue Butterfly was seen in front of the hide.
The current Wyver Lane 2011 bird list stands at 99 species. Let's hope we get a goodie for the 100th!
DaveN
Derwent Valley Birder
Cheers mate, I was chuffed when I seen how the photo came out.
ChrisLuv
Improving Birder
Quick run around a few local spots this morning. Up at dawn and to south end of Erewash Meadows hosted a Lesser Whitethroat, Barn Owl, 6 Sedge Warbler, several Whitethroat, Kestrel, pair Gadwall, Mallard with 11 chicks and about 10 lapwing. Also a Bat and Hare.
I picked up a couple of mates and we went to Wyver Lane, 2 Oystercatcher on top pool, on main pool 2 heron, 2 BH Gull, 2 Shoveler, Sedge Warbler, a few Whitethroat, wrens and also Male Redstart singing and looking very much on territory above public Bridleway behind main hide. Also in that woodland my mate thought he may have very briefly seen Pied Flycatcher, but only very briefly, and despite a thorough search we couldn't locate it and it wasn't singing. So probably just his imagination. Also GS Woodpecker and Nuthatch in wood.
A quick visit to Shiningcliffe Woods gave us Nuthatch, 2 Garden Warbler and Blackcap but lots of runners doing a fell run meant we didn't stay long.
I picked up a couple of mates and we went to Wyver Lane, 2 Oystercatcher on top pool, on main pool 2 heron, 2 BH Gull, 2 Shoveler, Sedge Warbler, a few Whitethroat, wrens and also Male Redstart singing and looking very much on territory above public Bridleway behind main hide. Also in that woodland my mate thought he may have very briefly seen Pied Flycatcher, but only very briefly, and despite a thorough search we couldn't locate it and it wasn't singing. So probably just his imagination. Also GS Woodpecker and Nuthatch in wood.
A quick visit to Shiningcliffe Woods gave us Nuthatch, 2 Garden Warbler and Blackcap but lots of runners doing a fell run meant we didn't stay long.
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Daniel Martin
Well-known member
Erewash Meadows
Hi All
Roland kindly emailed me these pics that his son took whilst down at Erewash Meadows last week.
1 LRP and the Sandpiper that may or may not have caused confusion depending upon which bird you saw! The clear cut border to the breast is quite evident here.
Hi All
Roland kindly emailed me these pics that his son took whilst down at Erewash Meadows last week.
1 LRP and the Sandpiper that may or may not have caused confusion depending upon which bird you saw! The clear cut border to the breast is quite evident here.
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hi there everybody
am i the first person on here in nearly 4 years to leave a message where as everyone gone it would be
nice to make friends on here in the birding community i do live in derbyshire and i am
a member of the derbyshire ornithlogical society please it would be nice to leave
messages or chat i hope to hear from somebody soon don,t make it another 4 years
coal tit.
am i the first person on here in nearly 4 years to leave a message where as everyone gone it would be
nice to make friends on here in the birding community i do live in derbyshire and i am
a member of the derbyshire ornithlogical society please it would be nice to leave
messages or chat i hope to hear from somebody soon don,t make it another 4 years
coal tit.
Clive A
Well-known member
That was the date the thread was started, you obviously went to the first page not the last. Hi and welcome to the thread.
ChrisLuv
Improving Birder
Hi Coal Tit, think you need to use the page links at the top of the page. We're now on page 113 of the thread, plenty going on and look forward to hearing your sightings and news.
Chris
ChrisLuv
Improving Birder
The pics show a Green Sandpiper but there was also a Wood Sandpiper seen too.
Clive A
Well-known member
Yeah, Derbyshire first.:t::t
Nick Tonge
Well-known member
Hi Matt,
If it's not sensitive info, could you let me know where the Lesser Whitethroats were singing/showing at Willington GP the other day? I'm in the area (Stenson Rd) house-sitting for a few days, and will hopefully get to Willington for a couple of hours early Monday or Tuesday morning. Lesser Whitethroat is a total bogey bird for me!
Cheers
Daniel Martin
Well-known member
Apart from the one photographed last year..........
Daniel Martin
Well-known member
I am sure Matt will come back to you Nick but I find them good on the lane down from the parking area at the top - a small copse on the left a couple of hundred yards in usually has a territory.
Then also on the path that runs alongside the railway going down towards the bridge over the line that takes you to the canal. Plenty of cover and singing birds are usually here.
