DaveN
Derwent Valley Birder
Sounds like one of my sightings!
That did cross my mind :-O
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Derbyshire County Birding (11 Viewers)
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That did cross my mind :-O
Rob Hutchinson
Soft Lad
Thinking of a wander up to Carsington tomorrow morning, is the GND still around or done a bunk?
Rob
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DaveN
Derwent Valley Birder
I was there yesterday and only saw the Black-throated Diver. The GND was there on Wednesday but as far as I know it hasn't been seen since.
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I also saw the Ibis at Carsington and confirm that it did indeed have a ring on the left leg, hope this helps.
Gomphus
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Just come back from Carsi.... where again I failed to catch up with the BTDiver:-O But a nice drake Goosander made up for that as did seeing the Redshank pair on Big island interacting with their young. The usual other stuff was present.... but no GNDiver either, maybe it has finally flt the call of the north!
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Steph'
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Daniel Martin
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Had a good morning with the BTD this a.m starting at Sheepwash then ending up under the bank at Hopton end. Had Buzzards, Raven and Garden Warbler there too. Some guys were down from the Wirral to twitch it and RC Pochard! Went into the valleys north of there later in search of Redstart and had plenty of singing males. Also checked several Raven territories - they have had a bumper spring with plenty of young about.Finally back home there are Bullfinch on the feeders and then the unmistakable sight of Hobby over the house, lingering for a minute then gone in seconds.
DaveN
Derwent Valley Birder
I'll start off with what to my and several other birders' eyes is a 1st Summer non breeding Arctic Tern. This bird appeared in front of Sheepwash yesterday tea time. After a brief fly around it landed on the mud in front of the hide enabling me to get several shots. I'm currently trying to find some figures but both 1st Summer Arctic and Common Terns are quite rare in Europe....never mind Derbyshire. The photos are not the best but are good enough for a positive id.
The Black-throated Diver was still present but fairly mobile flitting between Sheepwash and Hopton End. Still a pair of Red-crested Pochards at the Wildlife Centre. Dunlin near Sailing Club, 4+ Little Ringed Plover. Also a Sanderling on the muddy islands at Sheepwash.
The Black-throated Diver was still present but fairly mobile flitting between Sheepwash and Hopton End. Still a pair of Red-crested Pochards at the Wildlife Centre. Dunlin near Sailing Club, 4+ Little Ringed Plover. Also a Sanderling on the muddy islands at Sheepwash.
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Gomphus
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Well b****r me .... went to photograph the BTDiver last night and never thought to pop into Sheepwash, what an interesting Tern!
Still did finally get record shots of the diver though! :t: (thanks Dan for the message btw!).
As Dan suggested earlier we had a research trip to Blackbrook. Never saw anyone to help with the BStork issue but they certainly have at least one sitting on a nest! The most worrying bird was an apparently unringed Cattle Egret flying around the site loose! But after looking around the collections I think anything could turn up at Carsi etc:eek!:
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Steph'
Still did finally get record shots of the diver though! :t: (thanks Dan for the message btw!).
As Dan suggested earlier we had a research trip to Blackbrook. Never saw anyone to help with the BStork issue but they certainly have at least one sitting on a nest! The most worrying bird was an apparently unringed Cattle Egret flying around the site loose! But after looking around the collections I think anything could turn up at Carsi etc:eek!:
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Steph'
DaveN
Derwent Valley Birder
Fair enough but if that's the case then I'm surprised that more of their so called captive birds haven't been turning up at Carsi over the years. P.S. What do you think of the Tern, Steph?
Daniel Martin
Well-known member
The "zoo" hasn't ben established in its current state for very long - before major spending it was a shadow of what it is now.
As Stef says there is unfortunately loads of potential for escapees, and the place is massively under staffed by very young people. The ticket girl served meals and also did the Peklican feeding display! What I mean is that I do wonder if there is the same degree of "control" over what they have as other places. Maybe a degree of blind eye is given to wandering birds, as long as they return?
Remember the Cape Shelduck recently? Typical of what could escape from here (and lets face it they came from some where). It would be nice to think that everything pinioned would never get out, but its so open that anything regaining the power of flight could clear off into the surrounding countryside at will.
The Stork records are under huge pressure from the possibility that they wandered from here.
DaveN
Derwent Valley Birder
Arrived at Carsi this morning at around 08.30 about 30 mins after Roger had the Osprey. I walked the Dam Wall and picked up the Black-throated Diver close into the Dam. I met up with Clive and Roger on Stones Island where the Osprey re-appeared over the Dam.
We headed off to the Wildlife Centre where the Ruff was still present. A bit of commotion at the feeding station caught my eye as a Jackdaw caught and killed a juvenile Tree Sparrow. A pair of Little Grebe were there with 2 young. Also the pair of Red-crested Pochards and a drake Wigeon.
From Sheepwash we had a Ringed Plover, 2 Dunlin, Little Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, Hobby, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, 2 Common Tern and a Herring Gull.
By early afternoon the wind had really picked up so why we chose to go up on the moors in anybody's guess. Not surprisingly we didn't see much. We nipped to Ogston where we had 11 Ringed Plover, 3 Dunlin, c5 Little Ringed Plover and a Sanderling.
Back to Sheepwash where we didn't get anything else of note. Although we did have a probable Reed Warbler near the hide, and a family of Willow Tits.
Spent the last hour on Stones Island and had a fly past Sanderling.
We headed off to the Wildlife Centre where the Ruff was still present. A bit of commotion at the feeding station caught my eye as a Jackdaw caught and killed a juvenile Tree Sparrow. A pair of Little Grebe were there with 2 young. Also the pair of Red-crested Pochards and a drake Wigeon.
From Sheepwash we had a Ringed Plover, 2 Dunlin, Little Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, Hobby, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, 2 Common Tern and a Herring Gull.
By early afternoon the wind had really picked up so why we chose to go up on the moors in anybody's guess. Not surprisingly we didn't see much. We nipped to Ogston where we had 11 Ringed Plover, 3 Dunlin, c5 Little Ringed Plover and a Sanderling.
Back to Sheepwash where we didn't get anything else of note. Although we did have a probable Reed Warbler near the hide, and a family of Willow Tits.
Spent the last hour on Stones Island and had a fly past Sanderling.
Daniel Martin
Well-known member
the Red Necked Phal at Middleton Moor appears to have flown off NE - bummer!
DaveN
Derwent Valley Birder
I've been in contact with Rod about the 1st Summer Arctic Tern at Carsington at the weekend. I wondered if there had been any previous sightings in the county. This is the reply.
As far as Derbyshire is concerned I cannot recollect another sighting in the county. At least I have not seen one although as most birds are seen flying through in Spring and very few are seen down on the ground it may be that others have passed through unnoticed. The only ones I have seen have always been at the Cemlyn Bay Tern Colony in Anglesey where I have usually seen some whenever I have visited it. I imagine other birds must come north in Spring and visit Tern colonies although I believe only a small part of the population migrates North the remainder spending time in West African waters etc.
As far as Derbyshire is concerned I cannot recollect another sighting in the county. At least I have not seen one although as most birds are seen flying through in Spring and very few are seen down on the ground it may be that others have passed through unnoticed. The only ones I have seen have always been at the Cemlyn Bay Tern Colony in Anglesey where I have usually seen some whenever I have visited it. I imagine other birds must come north in Spring and visit Tern colonies although I believe only a small part of the population migrates North the remainder spending time in West African waters etc.
