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  1. melodious

    Derbyshire County Birding

    Red-throated Pipit on Derbyshire/Greater Manchester border, Ludworth Moor. Mainly from here; http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=399989&y=390952&z=115&sv=399989,390952&st=4&ar=y&mapp=map.srf&searchp=ids.srf&dn=748&ax=399989&ay=390952&lm=0 Or here...
  2. melodious

    Derbyshire County Birding

    http://birdingfrontiers.com/2011/01/02/intersex-female-gadwall/ The link on that page to http://10000birds.com/?s=intersex+mallard doesn't work but there is a reply about Mallard.
  3. melodious

    Derbyshire County Birding

    Thanks for the heads up Daniel, I've started forwarding the link.
  4. melodious

    Derbyshire County Birding

    From Phil Andrews on RBI forum "In Britain there are no records of more than two birds together although five were present at Rahasane Turlough, County Galway on the 10th October 1963."
  5. melodious

    Derbyshire County Birding

    Thanks to Arniemonkey for the PM and father Dave for the gen. Heard this evening at 20.30 but not easy; somewhat drowned out by a Curlew alarm calling nearly in synch with it's song, three tractors mowing in adjacent fields, and a light aircraft taking off from another!
  6. melodious

    Derbyshire County Birding

    Anybody happen to have any idea on the Quail that's been reported near Shillito Wood over the last week? I've been up three times (twice in the evening) and unfortunatley heard nothing in the area.
  7. melodious

    Derbyshire County Birding

    First Tree Pipit back on the moors? One calling over Barbrook Plantation this morning. Also a singing male Nuthatch there.
  8. melodious

    Derbyshire County Birding

    Interestingly there is still a roost of 12000 in South Yorkshire at Wath; http://barnsleybirds.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/a-right-murmuration.html
  9. melodious

    Derbyshire County Birding

    Thanks John. I suspect its the same at Stoney Middleton but I've not been up myself recently.
  10. melodious

    Derbyshire County Birding

    I don't know if you have been up already but I heard (third hand) that the roost was now down to low numbers. Don't know if any one can confirm that?
  11. melodious

    Derbyshire County Birding

    I picked up the same 27 Whooper over Rowsley heading NW. Also a Common Buzzard with a scarily Rough-leg like tail (the nearest i've seen on a Common). Pale head but the rest of the plumage/structure/flight said Common. Also a Sand Martin.
  12. melodious

    Derbyshire County Birding

    I obviously can't comment on the veracity of the Derbyshire sighting but there was a report of Grasshopper Warbler from Attenborough, Notts on 20th March, beating the county record by 10 days. http://www.attenboroughnaturecentre.co.uk/sightings/
  13. melodious

    Derbyshire County Birding

    Yes, a bit of a surprise!
  14. melodious

    Derbyshire County Birding

    A fair contender for a fully wild Barnacle Goose this afternoon; 1 leading a V of 13 Pink-feet WSW over Ramsley Reservoir at 16.28.
  15. melodious

    Derbyshire County Birding

    Yes, friends went up a couple of days ago and described it as 'a million'. However pick your day; its turned into a bit of a carnival at weekends with some people treating it like a visit to a public park, unsupervised and uninterested small children screaming and throwing sticks around, while...
  16. melodious

    Derbyshire County Birding

    Bloody good effort, well done to all those involved in saving Pride Park.
  17. melodious

    Derbyshire County Birding

    Excellent news on the Sanctuary. 8 Hawfinch this afternoon in the trees above (on the skyline) the entrance to Willersley Castle.
  18. melodious

    Derbyshire County Birding

    2-4 Snow Bunting on Kinder today. 1-2 towards the top of Jacob's Ladder below Edale Rocks, 2 between Kinder Low trig point and Kinder Downfall near the wooden fence posts. Also 4 Golden Plover, a Raven, and a Dipper at the bottom of Jacob's Ladder.
  19. melodious

    Derbyshire County Birding

    Cheers James
  20. melodious

    Derbyshire County Birding

    Strange goings on t'moors; fifteen Golden Plover on top of Kinder today. A friend also reported a flock there last Wednesday. Presumably a reflection on the mild winter so far; a very early return to breeding habitat, or did they even leave last autumn?
  21. melodious

    Derbyshire County Birding

    I agree with you Daniel; the crossbills are certainly Commons, with classic bill shapes that are not even at the noticeably larger end of Common.
  22. melodious

    Derbyshire County Birding

    Got to agree on that Lesser Whitethroat (with all provisos you've mentioned regarding single photos)
  23. melodious

    Derbyshire County Birding

    Hiya Gomphus; picture in DOS gallery on their website
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