Lower Hartshay Bird Group

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BIRD SIGHTINGS – JAN 2026 (numbers in red are birds seen for first time this year)

The now ‘famous’ Ring Necked Duck at Straws Bridge, Ilkeston

11 Jan – 5 x Cormorant ; Grey Heron ; 6 x Canada Goose (57) ; Grey Lag Goose ; Wigeon ; 56 x Teal ; Sparrowhawk (58) ; 2 x Kestrel ; 3 x Buzzard ; 2 x Pheasant ; 2 x Water rail ; 61 x Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Stock Dove ; 3 x Collared Dove ; Pied wagtail ; Grey wagtail ; 3 x Goldcrest ; 10 x Fieldfare ; 138 x Redwing ; 3 x Mistle Thrush ; Long tailed Tit ; Coal Tit ; 2 x Raven (59);

10 Jan – 3 x Herring Gull (53) ; Common Gull (54) ; 207 x Fieldfare ; 189 x Redwing ; Greenfinch ; 9 x Cormorant ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 2 x Stock Dove ; 53 x Black Headed Gull ; Pied Wagtail ; 93 x Teal ; 24 x Wigeon ; Jack Snipe (55) : Grey Heron ; Reed Bunting (56) ; 3 x Song Thrush ;

9 Jan – Little Grebe ; Little Egret ; Grey Heron ; 2 x Goosander (51) ; 8 x Cormorant ; 2 x Goldcrest ; Coal Tit ; Buzzard ; 12 x Wigeon ; 3 x Water Rail ; Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Collared Dove ; Grey Lag Goose ; Jay (52) ; plus numerous Teal + Redwing ;

5 Jan – 2 x Cormorant (48) ; Grey Heron ; Grey Lag Goose ; 10 x Wigeon ; 46 x Teal ; Kestrel ; Pheasant (49) ; Water Rail ; 5 x Snipe ; 6 x Black Headed Gull ; Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 5 x Stock Dove ; 7 x Collared Dove ; Goldcrest (50) ; 3 x Fieldfare ; 81 x Redwing ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; Song Thrush ;

4 Jan – Green Woodpecker (39) ; 2 x Buzzard ; 141 x Redwing ; 2 x Stock Dove ; 19 x Chaffinch ; 33 x Snipe ; 20 x Wigeon ; 81 x Teal ; 4 x Water Rail ; Grey Heron ; Fieldfare ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; 19 x Lapwing (40) ; 7 x Siskin (41) ; Coal Tit (42) ; Nuthatch (43); Greater Black Backed Gull (44); 5 x Lesser Black Backed Gull (45) ; 31 x Black Headed Gull ; Little Egret (46) ; Grey Wagtail ; Grey Lag Goose ; Cetti’s Warbler (47) ;

4 Jan – BTO WINTER BIRDS SURVEY – LOWER HARTSHAY (by Simon Roddis) Grey Lag Goose ; 7 x Wigeon ; 64 x Mallard ; 60 x Teal ; 1 x Stock Dove ; 78 x Wood Pigeon ; 2 x Collared Dove ;1 x Water Rail ; 3 x Moorhen ; 2 x Lapwing ; 5 x Snipe ; 8 x Black Headed Gull ; Herring Gull ; Grey Heron ; 2 x Buzzard ; Green Woodpecker ; Jay ; 12 x Magpie ; 45 x Jackdaw ; 10 x Rook ; 6 x Carrion Crow ; Coal Tit ; 35 x Blue Tit ; 13 x Great Tit ; Cettis Warbler ; 8 x Long Tailed Tit ; 7 x Wren ; 1 x Song Thrush ; 6 x Mistle Thrush ; 139 x Redwing ; 28 x Blackbird ; 2 x Fieldfare ; 18 x Robin ; 30 x House Sparrow ; 19 x Dunnock ; Grey Wagtail ; 1 x Pied Wagtail ; 3 x Chaffinch ; 4 x Greenfinch ; Lesser Redpoll ; 13 x Goldfinch ; 2 x Siskin ; (42 Species) (The survey is carried out in a slightly different area than ours so the above birds aren’t included in our bird total)

3 Jan – 4 x Snipe (35) ; 3 x Wigeon (36) ; 3 x Water Rail (37) ; Red Kite (38) ;

2 Jan – Grey Heron ; Grey Lag Goose (23) ; 48 x Teal (24) ; 3 x Buzzard ; 7 x Black Headed Gull (25) ; Stock Dove (26) ; 2 x Collared Dove (27) ; Pied Wagtail (28) ; 4 x Fieldfare (29) ; 107 x Redwing (30) ; Mistle Thrush (31) ; 6 x Long Tailed Tit ; 2 x Greenfinch (32) ; Grey Wagtail (33) ; Little Grebe (34) ;

Resident/Regular Birds : Blackbird ; Blue Tit ; Buzzard ; Carrion Crow; Chaffinch; Dunnock; Goldfinch; Great Tit; Grey Heron; House Sparrow; Jackdaw; Kestrel ; Long Tailed Tit; Magpie; Mallard; Moorhen ; Robin; Rook; Song Thrush ; Starling; Wood Pigeon; Wren; (22)

BIRD SIGHTINGS – DEC 2025 (numbers in red are birds seen for first time this year)

A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL

31 Dec – Song Thrush ; Grey Wagtail ; 3 x Pied Wagtail ; 7 x Siskin ; 3 x Mistle Thrush ; 41 x Black Headed Gull ; Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 61 x Redwing ; Skylark ; Cormorant ; 5 x Goldcrest ; Grey Heron ; 54 x Teal ; 33 x Fieldfare ; 2 x Tawny Owl (59) ;

29 Dec – (am) Cetti’s Warbler ; Chiffchaff ; 3 x Goldcrest ; Greenfinch ; Nuthatch ; Collared Dove ; 2 x Grey Wagtail ; Grey Lag Goose ; Jay ; 3 x Redwing ; 3 x Water Rail ; (later am) 44 x Teal ; 17 x Black Headed Gull ; 5 x Stock Dove ; 71 x Redwing ; Song Thrush ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; 2 x Coal Tit ; Treecreeper ; 9 x Goldfinch ;

28 Dec – Grey Wagtail ; 2 x Grey Heron ; 61 x Redwing ; Grey Lag Goose ; Nuthatch ; 6 x Goldfinch ; 4 x Chaffinch ; Cetti’s Warbler ; 63 x Teal ; 5 x Goldcrest ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; Buzzard ; 2 x Fieldfare ; 4 x Long Tailed Tit ; 2 x Pheasant ; 2 x Black Headed Gull ; Water Rail ;

26 Dec – Song Thrush ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; 2 x Buzzard ; 2 x Nuthatch ; 3 x Cormorant ; 117 x Redwing ; 3 x Herring Gull ; Lesser Black Backed Gull ; Sparrowhawk ;

24 Dec – 39 x Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Cormorant (55) ; 5 x Siskin ; Kestrel ; Raven ; 3 x Buzzard ; 5 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 93 x Redwing ; 2 x Meadow Pipit (56) ; Skylark ; 11 x Goldcrest ; Coal Tit ; 58 x Teal ; Cetti’s Warbler ; Pied Wagtail ; 2 x Linnet (57) ; 9 x Pheasant ; Herring Gull ; Mistle Thrush ; Snipe ; Kingfisher (58) ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 2 x Grey Wagtail ; 7 x Fieldfare ; Nuthatch ;

22 Dec – Grey Heron ; Grey Lag Goose ; 46 x Teal ; Pheasant ; Black Headed Gull ; Herring Gull ; 12 x Stock Dove ; Chiffchaff ; 2 x Goldcrest ; 2 x Fieldfare ; 46 x Redwing ; Mistle Thrush ; 2 x Song Thrush ; Coal Tit ; 2 x Greenfinch ; Jay ; Nuthatch ; 2 x Grey Wagtail ; Buzzard ; Pied Wagtail ; 120 x Pink Foot Geese (54) ;

WINGFIELD PARK FLASH – 37 x Lapwing ; 11 x Teal ; several Redwing/Fieldfare flocks + a flighty flock of c100 Siskin riverside bridge area.

18 Dec – 4 x Goldcrest ; Grey wagtail ; 34 x Teal ; Black Headed Gull ; Grey Lag Goose ; Grey Heron ; 6 x Goldfinch ; Mistle Thrush ; Buzzard ; 4 x Long Tailed Tit ; Nuthatch ; 2 x Greenfinch ; 4 x Chaffinch ;

17 Dec – Grey Lag Goose ; 2 x Teal ; Buzzard ; Pheasant ; 17 x Black Headed Gull ; 4 x Collared Dove ; 7 x Stock Dove ; 22 x Starling ; 2 x Greenfinch ; 3 x Mistle Thrush ; 2 x Song Thrush ; 2 x Fieldfare ; 9 x Redwing ;

WINGFIELD PARK FLASH – 4 x Pheasant ; Grey Heron ; Cormorant ; 10 x Fieldfare ; 8 x Mallard ;

14 Dec – 2 x Wigeon (53) seen on 5th December

13 Dec – 3 x Nuthatch ; Song Thrush ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 137 x Redwing ; 2 x Buzzard ; 23 x Greenfinch (50) ; 52 x Black Headed Gull ; 6 x Pheasant ; 2 x Herring Gull ; 3 x Stock Dove ; 3 x Mistle Thrush ; 2 x Skylark (51) ; 7 x Goldcrest ; 87 x Teal ; 3 x Grey wagtail ; Cetti’s Warbler ; Chiffchaff ; Snipe (52) ; 2 x Water Rail ; 2 x Grey Lag Goose ; Coal Tit ; Pied Wagtail ; Lesser Black Backed Gull ;

11 Dec – (am) Little Grebe (47) ; Grey Heron ; 30 x Teal ; 2 x Buzzard ; Kestrel ; 3 x Pheasant ; 6 x Black Headed Gull ; 4 x Collared Dove ; Grey Wagtail (48) ; 6 x Redwing ; 4 x Mistle Thrush ; 3 x Song Thrush (pm) 2 x Grey Heron ; 2 x Goldcrest ; 2 x Grey Wagtail ; Grey Lag Goose ; 4 x Buzzard ; 2 x Nuthatch ; 20 x Redwing ; Pied wagtail ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; Treecreeper (49) ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 10 x Black Headed Gull ; 26 x Teal ; 2 x Pheasant ; 4 x Goldfinch ; 2 x Chaffinch ;

11 Dec – BTO WINTER BIRDS SURVEY – LOWER HARTSHAY (by Simon Roddis) 51 x Mallard ; 40 x Teal ; 2 x Pheasant ; 5 x Stock Dove ; 371 x Wood Pigeon ; 3 x Collared Dove ;1 x Water Rail ; 2 x Moorhen ; 14 x Black Headed Gull ; Herring Gull ; Grey Heron ; 2 x Sparrowhawk ; 2 x Buzzard ; Green Woodpecker ; Kestrel ; 10 x Magpie ; 36 x Jackdaw ; 7 x Rook ; 9 x Carrion Crow ; 23 x Blue Tit ; 13 x Great Tit ; 5 x Long Tailed Tit ; 2 x Goldcrest ; 12 x Wren ; Starling ; 2 x Song Thrush ; 3 x Mistle Thrush ; 53 x Redwing ; 17 x Blackbird ; 5 x Fieldfare ; 24 x Robin ; 20 x House Sparrow ; 12 x Dunnock ; Grey Wagtail ; 6 x Pied Wagtail ; Meadow Pipit ; 7 x Chaffinch ; 7 x Greenfinch ; Lesser Redpoll ; 11 x Goldfinch ; 4 x Siskin ; (41 Species) (The survey is carried out in a slightly different area than ours so the above birds aren’t included in our bird total)

8 Dec – 2 x Grey Heron ; 2 x Grey Lag Goose ; 26 x Teal ; 2 x Buzzard ; Pheasant ; Water Rail ; 21 x Black Headed Gull ; Herring Gull (43) ; 3 x Collared Dove ; 9 x Stock Dove (44) ; 2 x Great Spotted Woodpecker (45) ; Pied Wagtail (46) ; 3 x Goldcrest ; Song Thrush ; 14 x Redwing ; 6 x Long Tailed Tit ; Jay ; 8 x Goldfinch ; 4 x Chaffinch ;

2 Dec – Cettis Warbler (23) ; 3 x Water Rail (24) ; Grey Lag Goose (25) ; 9 x Teal (26) ; Sparrowhawk (27) ; Kestrel ; Buzzard ; 6 x Black Headed Gull (28) ; Lesser Black Backed Gull (29) ; 2 x Collared Dove (30) ; Green Woodpecker (31) ; 5 x Goldcrest(32) ; Raven (33) ; Fieldfare(34) ; 3 x Mistle Thrush (35) ; Song Thrush ; 11 x Redwing (36) ; 3 x Coal Tit (37) ; 2 x Siskin (38) ; 3 x Jay (39) ; Chiffchaff (40) ; Pheasant (41) ; Nuthatch (42) ;

BIRD SIGHTINGS – NOV 2025 (numbers in red are birds seen for first time this year)

30 Nov – 3 x Raven(60) ; 103 x Redwing ; 3 x Mistle Thrush ; 51 x Fieldfare ; 7 x Greenfinch ; 3 x Goldcrest ; 4 x Buzzard ; 2 x Siskin ; 5 x Stock Dove ; 2 x Meadow Pipit ; 47 x Black Headed Gull ; Sparrowhawk ;

28 Nov – 3 x Grey Lag Goose ; 17 x Teal ; Buzzard ; Kestrel ; 15 x Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; Water Rail ; Meadow Pipit ; 2 x Goldcrest ; 13 x Redwing ; 4 x Mistle Thrush ; 9 x Long Tailed Tit ; 2 x Coal Tit ; Nuthatch ; Reed Bunting ; Greenfinch ; 14 x Goldfinch ;

27 Nov – 2 x Kestrel ; 2 x Grey Wagtail ; 3 x Grey Lag Goose ; 8 x Chaffinch ; Greenfinch ; 24 x Goldfinch ; 12 x Teal ; Goldcrest ; 10 x Long Tailed Tit ; 12 x Black Headed Gull ; 3 x Buzzard ; 2 x Bullfinch (59) ; Mistle Thrush ; Grey Heron ; Cettis Warbler ; Water Rail ; 29 x Redwing ; Fieldfare ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Treecreeper ; 2 x Nuthatch ; Collared Dove ;

24 Nov – 3 x Grey Lag Goose ; c35 Pink Footed Goose (over)(58) ; 7 x Teal ; Kestrel ; Buzzard ; 5 x Pheasant ; Water Rail ; 11 x Black Headed Gull ; 3 x Stock Dove ; Collared Dove ; Green Woodpecker ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 2 x Pied Wagtail ; Grey Wagtail ; Goldcrest ; Fieldfare ; 2 x Redwing ; 3 x Mistle Thrush ; 2 x Coal Tit ; 15 x Goldfinch ; 2 x Siskin ; 2 x Greenfinch ; Jay ;

21 Nov – Snipe (57) + on 13th

20 Nov – 2 x Little Egret (53) ; Chiffchaff (54) ; Reed Bunting (55) ; Treecreeper (56) ; 6 x Siskin ; 2 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 16 x Black Headed Gull ; Water Rail ; 9 x Teal ; Grey Heron ; 3 x Grey Lag Goose ; Pheasant ; 2 x Stock Dove ; 4 x Collared Dove ; 5 x Pied Wagtail ; 4 x Redwing ; Mistle Thrush ; Coal Tit ;

WINGFIELD PARK FLASH – 18 X Lapwing ; Skylark ; Grey Lag Goose ; Pied Wagtail ; 2 x Pheasant ;

19 Nov – Little Grebe ; 3 x Grey Lag Goose ; 10 x Teal ; 6 x Black Headed Gull ;

17 Nov – Cetti’s Warbler ; Little Grebe ; Grey Lag Goose ; 17 x Teal ; Buzzard ; Kestrel ; Pheasant ; 110 x Wood Pigeon (over West) ; Pied Wagtail ; Coal Tit ; Mistle Thrush ; 2 x Redwing ; Water Rail ;

WINGFIELD PARK FLASH – 112 x Canada Goose ; 9 x Teal ; 16 x Lapwing ; 6 x Wigeon ; 4 x Grey Lag Goose ; 100+ Black Headed Gull ; 20 x Mallard ; Fieldfare ;

12 Nov – Cetti’s Warbler ; 2 x Little Grebe (50) ; 3 x Grey Lag Goose ; 16 x Canada Goose (51) ; 6 x Teal ; Sparrowhawk ; 2 x Pheasant ; Water Rail ; 19 x Black Headed Gull ; Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 2 x Collared Dove ; Green Woodpecker ; 4 x Redwing ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; 6 x Long Tailed Tit ; 2 x Coal Tit ; 2 x Nuthatch ; 3 x Greenfinch ; Kestrel ; 2 x Tawny Owl (52) ;

11 Nov – Red Kite

10 Nov – 3 x Grey Lag Goose ; 9 x Teal ; Kestrel ; Pheasant ; 22 x Black Headed Gull ; 1 x Lesser Black Backed Gull (48) ; 3 x Stock Dove ; 7 x Collared Dove ; Grey Wagtail ; Goldcrest ; Fieldfare ; 42 x Redwing ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; 2 x Coal Tit (49) ; 2 x Nuthatch ; 2 x Greenfinch ; Jay ; 15 x Goldfinch ;

7 Nov – 5 x Whooper Swan (47) over ;

6 Nov – (am) Cetti’s Warbler ; 3 x Grey Lag Goose ; 5 x Teal ; 3 x Pheasant ; Water Rail ; 6 x Black Headed Gull ; Collared Dove ; Grey Wagtail (45) ; 2 x Fieldfare ; 3 x Redwing ; 2 x Song Thrush ; 2 x Long Tailed Tit ; Nuthatch (46) ; 6 x Siskin ; 10 x Goldfinch ; (later am) 2 x Cetti’s Warbler ; 2 x Water Rail ; 12 x Teal ; 6 x Collared Dove ;

5 Nov – Cetti’s Warbler ; 3 x Grey Lag Goose ; 2 x Buzzard ; Grey Heron ; 4 x Pheasant ; 2 x Pied Wagtail ; Mallards ;

3 Nov – 3 x Grey Lag Goose ; Teal ; Buzzard ; Kestrel ; Pheasant (39) ; 4 x Black Headed Gull (40) ; 2 x Stock Dove (41) ; 2 x Collared Dove (42) ; Great Spotted Woodpecker (43) ; 2 x Meadow Pipit ; 2 x Goldcrest ; 3 x Greenfinch (44) ; 10+ Goldfinch ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; 16 x Redwing ;

1 Nov – (am) 3 x Skylark (23) ; 7 x Meadow Pipit (24) ; 131 x Redwing (25) ; Sparrowhawk (26) ; 26 x Fieldfare (27) ; Green Woodpecker (28) ; 3 x Buzzard ; Grey Heron ; Cetti’s Warbler (29) ; 7 x Jay (30) ; 3 x Siskin (31) ; Red Kite (32) ; Mistle Thrush (33) ; 3 x Pied Wagtail (34) ; 17 x Chaffinch ; (pm) 2 x Teal (35) ; 2 x Water Rail (36) ; 8 x Redwing ; 3 x Grey Lag Goose (37) ; Goldcrest (38);

BIRD SIGHTINGS – OCT 2025 (numbers in red are birds seen for first time this year)

28 Oct – Grey Heron ; 3 x Grey Lag Goose ; Canada Goose (62) ; Kestrel ; Pheasant ; Black Headed Gull ; Herring Gull ; Pied Wagtail ; Mistle Thrush ; Jay ; 20+ Goldfinch ;

27 Oct – Grey Lag Goose ; 2 x Buzzard ; Kestrel ; 2 x Pheasant ; 25 x Black Headed Gull ; 4 x Stock Dove ; 2 x Collared Dove ; Green Woodpecker ; Pied Wagtail ; Goldcrest ; 6 x Fieldfare ; 3 x Mistle Thrush ; 50+ Goldfinch ; 2 x Greenfinch ; Jay

24 Oct – 87 x Meadow Pipit ; 9 x Pied Wagtail ; 9 x Brambling (over) (60) ; 41 x Redwing ; 3 x Water Rail ; 3 x Goldcrest ; Coal Tit ; 2 x Grey wagtail ; 62 x Goldfinch ; 3 x Greenfinch ; 2 x Cetti’s Warbler ; Stonechat ; 3 x Pheasant ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 21 x Fieldfare (61) ;

23 Oct – 400+ Pink Footed Goose (over) (57) ; Cetti’s Warbler ; Grey Lag Goose ; 2 x Teal ; 3 x Pheasant ; 14 x Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 3 x Collared Dove ; Stock Dove ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Green Woodpecker (58) ; 2 x Goldcrest ; Mistle Thrush ; 2 x Coal Tit ; 50+ Goldfinch ; Greenfinch ; Raven ; 4 x Whooper Swan (over) (59) ;

22 Oct – 7 x Teal ; Cetti’s Warbler ; 2 x Water Rail ; 5 x Black Headed Gulls ; 2 x Pheasant ; Buzzard ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Chaffinch ; 2 x Redwing ; 4 x Goldfinch ; 2 x Goldcrest ; Coal Tit ;

20 Oct – Grey Lag Goose ; 2 x Teal ; Buzzard ; 3 x Pheasant ; Snipe ; 17 x Black Headed Gull ; 13 x Stock Dove ; 7 x Meadow Pipit ; 2 x Grey Wagtail ; Goldcrest ; Stonechat ; 28 x Redwing ; 3 x Song Thrush ; 7 x Mistle Thrush ; 2 x Long Tailed Tit ; 10 x Goldfinch ;

17 Oct – 37 x Skylark (51) ; 2 x Jay ; 31 x Meadow Pipit ; 107 x Redwing ; 27 x Blackbird ; Mistle Thrush ; 2 x Grey Wagtail ; Great White Egret (52) ; 2 x Cetti’s Warbler ; 7 x Greenfinch ; 3 x Coal Tit ; Water Rail ; 4 x Teal ; 4 x Pheasant ; 3 x Pied Wagtail (53) ; 5 x Goldcrest ; Kestrel ; Buzzard ; 2 x Stonechat (54) ; Snipe (55) ; 61 x Black Headed Gull ; 19 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 5 x Herring Gull (56) ; 4 x Stock Dove ; Sparrowhawk ;

16 Oct – Cetti’s Warbler ; Peregrine (48) ; Grey Heron ; 2 x Grey Lag Goose ; Teal ; 4 x Black Headed Gull ; Lesser Black Backed Gull (49) ; 200+ Wood Pigeon over ; Collared Dove ; Stock Dove ; 4 x Meadow Pipit ; 2 x Goldcrest (50) ; 10 x Redwing ; Song Thrush ; Mistle Thrush ; 2 x Greenfinch ;

15 Oct – BUTTERLEY RES – 2 X Great Crested Grebe ; Little Grebe ; 6 x Gadwall ; 5 x Wigeon ; 6 x Teal ; 15 x Tufted Duck ; 30+ Canada Goose ; 3 x Cormorant ; 100+ Coot ;

12 Oct – Wigeon (47) ; Little Grebe ; 6 x Teal ; Water Rail ; Buzzard ; 20 x Grey Lag Goose ;

11 Oct – 2 x Buzzard ; Sparrowhawk ; 2 x Raven ; Crows ; 3 x Jay ; Hobby (46) ; 7 x Blue Tit ; 5 x Goldfinch ; Chaffinch ; 2 x Robin ;

9 Oct – Little Grebe (44) ; Cetti’s Warbler ; Grey Heron ; Kestrel ; Buzzard ; 2 x Black Headed Gull ; Stock Dove ; 2 x Collared Dove ; Great Spotted Woodpecker (45) ; Meadow Pipit ; Jay ; Coal Tit ; 3 x Long Tailed Tit ;

6 Oct – Grey Heron ; 2 x Teal ; Water Rail ; Cetti’s Warbler ; Chiffchaff ; Pheasant ; 10 x Goldfinch ; Jay ; 2 x Stock Dove ; Song Thrush ; Sparrowhawk (41) ; Buzzard ; 10 x Black Headed Gull ; Collared Dove ; 2 x Grey Wagtail ; 8 x Redwing (42) ; 4 x Mistle Thrush ; Coal Tit ; 5 x Greenfinch (43) ;

2 Oct – Cormorant (23) ; Grey Heron ; 2 x Buzzard ; Pheasant (24) ; 3 x Black Headed Gull (25) ; 5 x Stock Dove (26) ; 4 x Collared Dove (27) ; Meadow Pipit (28) ; 2 x Grey Wagtail (29) ; 3 x Chiffchaff (30) ; 2 x Mistle Thrush (31) ; Coal Tit (32) ; 5 x Siskin (33) ; Raven (34) ; 2 x Cetti’s Warbler (35) ; 3 x Teal (36) ; Nuthatch (37) ; Jay (38) ; Water Rail (39) ; Song Thrush ; 67 x Grey Lag Goose (40) ;

BIRD SIGHTINGS – SEPT 2025 (numbers in red are birds seen for first time this year)

30 Sept – 2 x Cormorant ; 63 x Meadow Pipit ; 7 x Pied Wagtail ; 2 x Grey Heron ; 8 x Redwing (71) ; 2 x Linnet ; 3 x Herring Gull (72) ; 9 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 17 x Black Headed Gull ; 6 x Chaffinch ; 3 x Chiffchaff ; 7 x Siskin ; 2 x Buzzard ; 2 x Pheasant ; 4 x Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Cetti’s Warbler ; Greenfinch ; 9 x Skylark ; Goldcrest ; 2 x Nuthatch ; 5 x Stock Dove ; Sparrowhawk ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; Swallow ; Kestrel ; Kingfisher ;

29 Sept – Grey Heron ; Buzzard ; Pheasant ; 10 x Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Collared Dove ; Meadow Pipit ; Chiffchaff ; 3 x Long Tailed Tit ; Coal Tit ;

28 Sept – BTO WINTER BIRDS SURVEY – LOWER HARTSHAY (by Simon Roddis) 12 x Canada Goose ; 16 x Mallard ; 27 x Stock Dove ; 103 x Wood Pigeon ; 3 x Collared Dove ; 2 x Moorhen ; 7 x Black Headed Gull ; Buzzard ; Jay ; 15 x Magpie ; 28 x Jackdaw ; 8 x Rook ; 14 x Carrion Crow ; 3 x Coal Tit ; 25 x Blue Tit ; 22 x Great Tit ; 5 x Skylark ; 2 x Cetti’s Warbler ; 2 x Long Tailed Tit ; 4 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Blackcap ; 11 x Goldcrest ; 14 x Wren ; Nuthatch ; Treecreeper ; 2 x Starling ; Song Thrush ; Mistle Thrush ; 3 x Blackbird ; 56 x Robin ; 16 x House Sparrow ; 22 x Dunnock ; Grey Wagtail ; 2 x Pied Wagtail ; 5 x Meadow Pipit ; 8 x Chaffinch ; 23 x Greenfinch ; 28 x Goldfinch ; 2 x Siskin ; (39 Species) OTHER SURVEYS RECORDED ARE 26 MAY + 27 APRIL

26 Sept – Pied Wagtail ; 9 x Chiffchaff ; 7 x Meadow Pipit ; 24 x Chaffinch ; 5 x Goldcrest ; 3 x Song Thrush ; 5 x Nuthatch ; 3 x Mistle Thrush ; 5 x Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Cetti’s Warbler ; 4 x Greenfinch ; Water Rail ; 2 x Grey Wagtail ; 4 x Jay ; 3 x Stock Dove ; 9 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 21 x Swallow ; Linnet ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 5 x Skylark ; Siskin ; 4 x Buzzard ; 2 x Bullfinch ; 2 x Sparrowhawk ;

25 Sept – Cetti’s Warbler ; Kingfisher ; Green Woodpecker (70) ; Grey Heron ; Buzzard ; Kestrel; Pheasant ; 7 x Black Headed Gull ; 4 x Collared Dove ; 2 x Chiffchaff ; Treecreeper ; 4 x Mistle Thrush ;

24 Sept – 2 x Kestrel ; 63 x Meadow Pipit ; 8 x Canada Geese (64) ; 15 x Linnet (65) ; 7 x Chiffchaff ; 3 x Sparrowhawk ; 5 x Jay ; 4 x Goldcrest ; 5 x Pied Wagtail ; 11 x Skylark ; Nuthatch ; Water Rail ; 8 x Wigeon (66) ; Coal Tit ; 5 x Greenfinch ; 15 x Teal ; Snipe (67) ; Cetti’s Warbler ; 9 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 5 x Stock Dove ; 7 x Buzzard ; Blackcap ; 2 x Siskin ; 36 x Swallow ; Grey wagtail ; 53 x Pink Footed Goose ; Bullfinch (68) ; Little Egret (69) ;

22 Sept – Grey Heron ; 2 x Goosander ; Buzzard ; 31 x Black Headed Gull ; 19 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 3 x Stock Dove ; Skylark ; 7 x House Martin ; 2 x Meadow Pipit ; Grey Wagtail ; Cetti’s Warbler ; Willow Warbler ; 3 x Chiffchaff ; Goldcrest ; Redstart (62) ; 3 x Coal Tit (63); Greenfinch ;

21 Sept – 248 x Swallow ; 1472 x House Martin ; 9 x Chiffchaff ; 11 x Buzzard ; Wheatear (54); 47 x Meadow Pipit ; Cormorant ; Nuthatch ; Pied Wagtail ; 7 x Greenfinch ; Water Rail ; Teal ; 11 x Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Sparrowhawk (55) ; 2 x Kestrel ; 7 x Siskin ; 15 x Skylark (56) ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 33 x Pink Footed Goose (57) ; 2 x Grey Wagtail ; Goosander (58) ; 2 x Goshawk (59) ; Stonechat (60) ; 2 x Tawny Owl (61) ;

19 Sept – Grey Heron ; 3 x Long Tailed Tit ; 18 x Black Headed Gull ; Treecreeper ; Chaffinch ; Goldcrest ; 2 x Chiffchaff ; Water Rail ; Nuthatch ; 12 x Siskin ;

18 Sept – 3 x Mandarin ; Goldcrest ; Collared Dove

11 Sept – 3 x Mandarin ; Red Kite (48) ; Water Rail (49) ; 3 x Black Headed Gull ; 5 x Stock Dove ; Kingfisher (50) ; 3 x Swallow ; Grey Wagtail ; 3 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Goldcrest ; Spotted Flycatcher ; Nuthatch ; Treecreeper (51) ; Siskin (52) ; 4 x Greenfinch ; 2 x Raven (53) ;

10 Sept – 19 x Chiffchaff ; 3 x Goldcrest ; Spotted Flycatcher ; 700+ Swallow ; 200+ House Martins ; 9 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 7 x Teal (44) ; 2 x Cetti’s Warbler (45) ; 3 x Willow Warbler (46) ; Jay ; Buzzard ; Grey Heron ; Pied Wagtail (47) ; Kestrel ;

1 Sept – Grey Wagtail (23) ; Blackcap (24) ; Meadow Pipit (25) ; 7 x Chiffchaff (26) ; 37 x Swallow (27) ; 5 x Lesser Black Backed Gull (28) ; 10 x Mistle Thrush (29) ; 2 x Peregrine (30) ; 23 x House Martin (31) ; 2 x Jay (32) ; 2 x Cormorant (33) ; Great Spotted Woodpecker (34) ; 2 x Spotted Flycatcher (35) ; Nuthatch (36) ; Buzzard ; 3 x Mandarin (37) ; Grey Heron ; Pheasant (38) ; 4 x Black Headed Gull (39) ; 5 x Stock Dove (40) ; 2 x Collared Dove (41) ; 2 x Goldcrest (42) ; 2 x Long Tailed Tit ; 6 x Greenfinch (43) ;

BIRD SIGHTINGS – AUG 2025 (numbers in red are birds seen for first time this year)

29 Aug – Grey Heron ; 13 x Buzzard ; 3 x Raven ; Kestrel ; Stock Dove ; 27 x House Martin ; 53 x Swallow ; 2 x Chiffchaff ; Nuthatch ; 2 x Swift ;

28 Aug – (am) 5 x Mandarin ; Kingfisher ; Treecreeper ; Nuthatch ; Goldcrest ; Buzzard ; 2 x Raven ; 2 x Teal; Cetti’s Warbler (62) ; 12 x Black Headed Gull ; 3 x Stock Dove ; Collared Dove ; 5 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Long Tailed Tit ; 2 x Greenfinch ;

25 Aug – Mandarin ; Grey Heron ; Sparrowhawk ; 3 x Buzzard ; Hobby ; 8 x Black Headed Gull ; Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 5 x Stock Dove ; 3 x Swallow ; 17 x Sand Martin ; Sedge Warbler (60) ; 2 x Chiffchaff ; Goldcrest (61) ; Song Thrush ; Nuthatch ; Treecreeper ; 45 x Goldfinch ; 3 x Greenfinch ; 2 x Linnet ; 5 x Raven ; Coal Tit ; 11 x Mistle Thrush ;

24 Aug – 71 x Swallow ; 5 x Chiffchaff ; 4 x Teal (58) ; 2 x Buzzard ; Nuthatch ; 33 x House Martin (59) ; Peregrine ; 15 x Black Headed Gull ;

21 Aug – Hobby ; 6 x Raven ; Mandarin ; Grey Heron ; Kestrel ; 4 x Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Stock Dove ; 5 x Collared Dove (56) ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 2 x Swallow ; Chiffchaff ; Coal Tit (57) ; 8 x Mistle Thrush ; 2 x Greenfinch ;

18 Aug – 7 x Mandarin ; 25 x Mistle Thrush (52) ; 30 x Goldfinch ; 2 x Red Kite (53) ; 2 x Blackcap ; Chiffchaff ; 3 x Song Thrush ; Grey Heron ; 2 x Buzzard ; Water Rail (54) ; 8 x Black Headed Gull ; 4 x Stock Dove ; 6 x Collared Dove ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Swallow ; Pied Wagtail (55) ; 8 x Greenfinch ; Raven

17 Aug – Peregrine (51) ;

14 Aug – Mandarin (50) ; Grey Heron ; Sparrowhawk ; Buzzard ; Pheasant ; 4 x Black Headed Gull ; 3 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 2 x Stock Dove ; 4 x Collared Dove ; 8 x Swallow ; 6 x Chiffchaff ; 3 x Long Tailed Tit ; 2 x Nuthatch ; 4 x Greenfinch ; 4 x Jays ;

11 Aug – 2 x Grey Heron ; Pheasant ; Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Stock Dove ; 2 x Great Spotted Woodpecker (48) ; 15 x Swallow ; 2 x Sand Martin (49) ; 2 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Greenfinch ; 20+ Goldfinch ;

10 Aug – 49 x Swallow ; Buzzard ; 2 x Garden Warbler ; 4 x Blackcap (42) ; Spotted Flycatcher (43) ; 2 x Jay (44) ; 7 x Whitethroat (45) ; 5 x Greenfinch ; Grey Wagtail ; Grey Heron ; 3 x Treecreeper ; Nuthatch ; Willow Warbler ; 2 x Lesser Whitethroat (46) ; 5 x Stock Dove ; 3 x Raven ; Herring Gull (47) ; Hobby ;

9 Aug – 2 x Stock Dove (35) ; Nuthatch (36) ; Treecreeper (37) ; 5 x Canada Goose (38) ; Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Chiffchaff ; Garden Warbler ; 2 x Greenfinch (39) ; Grey Wagtail (40) ; Pheasant (41) ; Song Thrush ; Willow Warbler ; 7 x Swallow ;

6 Aug – Kingfisher (34) ;

5 Aug – 3 x Willow Warbler (32) ; Kestrel ; Buzzard ; 8 x Black Headed Gulls (33) ;

3 Aug – 2 x Raven ; Garden Warbler (25) ; 100+ Swallow ; 3 x Buzzard ; Chiffchaff (26) ; 2 x Hobby (27) ; Linnet (28) ; Swift (29) ; Sparrowhawk (30) ; Lesser Black Backed Gull (31);

2 Aug – 2 x Buzzard ; Mallard ; Raven (23) ; Wren ; 20 x Swallow (24) ;

BIRD SIGHTINGS – JULY 2025 (numbers in red are birds seen for first time this year)

31 July – Grey Heron ; Buzzard ; Pheasant ; 3 x Black Headed Gull ; Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 4 x Stock Dove ; 7 x Swift ; 16 x Swallow ; Pied Wagtail ; Bullfinch ; Chiffchaff ; Raven ; 6 x Greenfinch ;

30 July – 37 x Swift ; 5 x Buzzard ; 2 x Linnet ; 57 x Swallow ; Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 19 x Greenfinch ; Black Headed Gull ; 3 x Stock Dove ; Peregrine (64) ; House Martin ;

28 July – (am) 2 x Raven ; Buzzard ; Kestrel ; Whitethroat ; Blackcap ; 3 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Goldcrest ; Grey Heron ; Grey wagtail ; 17 x Swallow ; 12 x Swift ; 20+ Goldfinch ; Pheasant ; 3 x Stock Dove ; 3 x Greenfinch ; Jay (62) ; (pm) 6 x Swallow ; Sparrowhawk ; Kestrel ; Water Rail ; Green Woodpecker (63) ; 14 x Canada Goose ; Nuthatch ; young Robins , Blue Tits, Goldfinch ;

26 July – Kingfisher ; Goosander (f) (61) ;

24 July – Grey Heron ; Pheasant ; Herring Gull (60) ; 8 x Stock Dove ; 7 x Swift ; 4 x Swallow ; Whitethroat ; Chiffchaff ; Goldcrest ; Song Thrush ; Coal Tit ; 2 x Greenfinch ; 2 x Raven ;

23 July – 7 x Canada Goose ; 3 x Black Headed Gull ; 4 x Swallow ; Willow Warbler ; 8 x Goldfinch ; Reed Bunting ;

21 July – Grey Heron ; 7 x Canada Goose ; Buzzard; 2 x Pheasant ; Black Headed Gull ; Lesser Black Backed Gull ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Pied Wagtail ; Whitethroat ; 2 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Song Thrush ; 5 x Greenfinch ;

20 July – 7 x Canada Geese (59) ;

18 July – (pm) Whitethroat ; Stock Dove ; 22 x Swallow ; Grey Heron ; Water Rail; House Martin ; 4 x Goldfinch ; Chaffinch ; (later pm) Great Spotted Woodpecker (juv) ; Kestrel ; Sedge Warbler ; 17 x Swift ; 3 x Whitethroat ; 3 x Stock Dove ; Song Thrush ;

17 July – Hobby ; Sparrowhawk ; Grey Heron ; 2 x Pheasant ; 2 x Black Headed Gull ; 8 x Stock Dove ; 2 x Collared Dove ; 3 x Swift ; Swallow ; 2 x Grey Wagtail ; 2 x Whitethroat ; 3 x Chiffchaff ; 3 x Song Thrush ; 2 x Nuthatch ; Reed Bunting ; 2 x Greenfinch ;

LATE NEWS 🙂 5 July – 3 x Raven (56) tangling with a Buzzard ; 6 July – Coal Tit (57) on garden feeder ; 6 July – Pied Wagtail (58) in Archery field + in Alisons’ stable yard

16 July – Kingfisher ; Grey Heron ; Sparrowhawk ; Buzzard ; Black Headed Gull ; 6 x Stock Dove ; 2 x Collared Dove ; Swift ; 5 x Swallow ; Goldcrest ; Song Thrush ; 3 x Long Tailed Tit ; Reed Bunting ; 2 x Greenfinch ; 15 x Starling ; (pm) Kingfisher at Ballys Pond ;

15 July – 4 x Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Blackcap ; 2 x Chiffchaff ; Goldcrest (55) ; 2 x Greenfinch ; Lesser Black Backed Gull ; Mistle Thrush ; Pheasant ; Sedge Warbler ; 2 x Swallow ; 3 x Whitethroat ; Buzzard ; Kestrel ; Grey Heron ; 2 x Song Thrush ; Kingfisher (54) nb – the first Kingfisher seen since March

14 July – 10 x Cormorant (49) ; Grey Heron ; Buzzard ; Kestrel ; 2 x Black Headed Gull (50) ; 12 x Stock Dove ; 6 x Collared Dove ; Great Spotted Woodpecker (51) ; 5 x Swallow ; House Martin ; Blackcap ; Chiffchaff ; 4 x Song Thrush ; 2 x Mistle Thrush (52) ; Nuthatch ; Reed Bunting ; 2 x Bullfinch (53) ; Greenfinch flock of 17 including young ;

13 July – Hobby (48) ;

10 July – (early am) 2 x Song Thrush ; Sedge Warbler ; Water Rail (44) ; Willow Warbler (45) ; Greenfinch ; Chiffchaff ; Buzzard ; Pheasant ; 2 x Swallow ; 2 x Treecreeper (46) ; (later am) Red Kite ; 3 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 4 x Stock Dove ; 2 x Collared Dove ; Reed Warbler (47) ; Whitethroat ; Blackcap ; Chiffchaff ; 3 x Song Thrush ; Reed Bunting ; 7 x Greenfinch including juveniles ;

8 July – Grasshopper Warbler (43) at Ballys

5 July – 2 x Red Kite ; 4 x Buzzard ; 41 x Swallow ; 3 x Greenfinch ; 27 x Swift ; 14 x House Martin ; 5 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 3 x Chiffchaff ; Stock Dove ; Reed Bunting ; Grey Wagtail (39) ; Sparrowhawk (40) ; Kestrel ; Whitethroat (41) ; 5 x Pheasant (1 adult + 4 young) ; Long Tailed Tits ; Swallows nesting in stables – 2nd batch ; Tawny Owl (42) ;

3 July – Mandarin (37) ; Grey Heron ; Buzzard ; Pheasant ; 3 x Stock Dove ; Swift ; 3 x Swallow ; Sedge Warbler (38) ; 4 x Chiffchaff ; 3 x Song Thrush ; Nuthatch ; Reed Bunting ;

2 July – Grey Heron ; Red Kite (23) ; 2 x Buzzard ; Pheasant (24) ; 3 x Lesser Black Backed Gull (25) ; 6 x Stock Dove (26) ; 3 x Collared Dove (27) ; 10 x Swift (28) ; 7 x Swallow (29) ; 4 x House Martin (30) ; Blackcap (31) ; 4 x Chiffchaff (32) ; 4 x Song Thrush ; 2 x Long Tailed Tit ; Nuthatch (33) ; Reed Bunting (34) ; 3 x Greenfinch (35) ; 2 x Linnet (36) ;

BIRD SIGHTINGS – JUNE 2025 (numbers in red are birds seen for first time this year)

30 June – Grey Heron ; Red Kite ; 2 x Black Headed Gull ; 4 x Stock Dove ; Swift ; 10 x Swallow ; Skylark ; 2 x Reed Bunting ; 3 x Chiffchaff ; 5 x Greenfinch ; 3 x Song Thrush ; Mistle Thrush ; 2 x Nuthatch ;

26 June – 2 x Bullfinch (66) ; 5 x Whitethroat ; 3 x Garden Warbler (67) ; 36 x Swallow ; 57 x Swift ; 7 x Cormorant ; 3 x Buzzard ; Blackcap ; Red Kite ; 7 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; Hobby (68) ; 21 x House Martin ; Sand Martin ; 2 x Stock Dove ; Pheasant ;

25 June – Grey Heron ; Kestrel ; Pheasant ; 5 x Stock Dove ; 2 x Collared Dove ; 3 x Swift ; 4 x Swallow ; Whitethroat ; Blackcap ; 2 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Reed Bunting ;

23 June – 2 x Mandarin (65) ; Grey Heron ; Cetti’s Warbler ; 3 x Great Spotted Woodpecker (2 with 1 x juvenile) ; Buzzard ; 3 x Pheasant ; Black Headed Gull ; 5 x Stock Dove ; 3 x Collared Dove ; 8 x Swift ; Swallow ; Skylark ; Sedge Warbler ; 4 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Goldcrest ; 4 x Song Thrush ; Long Tailed Tit ; Reed Bunting ; 3 x Greenfinch ; Water Rail (heard) ; Blackcap ;

20 June – Cetti’s Warbler ; Grey Heron ; Buzzard ; Kestrel ; Pheasant ; 2 x Black Headed Gull ; Lesser Black Backed Gull ; Collared Dove ; 5 x Swallow ; 2 x Pied Wagtail ; Reed Warbler ; Sedge Warbler ; 3 x Whitethroat ; 2 x Chiffchaff ; 4 x Song Thrush ; Nuthatch ; Reed Bunting ; 4 x Greenfinch ; Raven

16 June – Grey Heron ; 2 x Pheasant ; Black Headed Gull ; 5 x Stock Dove ; Swift ; 2 x Swallow ; Skylark ; Reed Warbler ; Sedge Warbler ; Whitethroat ; Lesser Whitethroat (63) ; Willow Warbler ; 2 x Chiffchaff ; Goldcrest (64) ; 3 x Song Thrush ; Reed Bunting ; 2 x Greenfinch ; 2 x Chaffinch ; Cetti’s Warbler ;

14 June – Reed Bunting(s) ; Sedge Warbler ; Wren ; Blackbird ; Moorhen with young ; Buzzard ; 2 x Grey Heron ; Raven ; Gadwall ; Mallard ; Blue Tit ; Coal Tit (62) ;

13 June – 5 x Skylark ; 3 x Whitethroat ; 5 x Swallow ; Greenfinch ; 3 x Linnet (60) ; 2 x Cormorant ; 2 x Canada Goose ; Sand Martin ; 17 Swift ; 7 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 7 x House Martin ; 2 x Buzzard ; 5 x Sedge Warbler ; Cetti’s Warbler ; Grey wagtail (juv) ; Reed Warbler ; Tufted Duck ; Raven (61) ; Grey Lag Goose ; 2 x Collared Dove ; Blackcap ; 3 x Song Thrush ; Reed Bunting ; Dunnock (juv)

9 June – (am) Cetti’s Warbler ; Grey Heron ; Grey Lag Goose ; 2 x Gadwall ; 3 x Pheasant ; Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Collared Dove ; 4 x Swift ; 2 x Swallow ; Pied Wagtail ; Sedge Warbler ; Chiffchaff ; 3 x Song Thrush ; Mistle Thrush ; Long Tailed Tit ; Reed Bunting ; 2 x Greenfinch ; (pm) 7 x Swallow ; Stock Dove ; Cetti’s Warbler ; Moorhen with young ; 2 x Chiffchaff ; Pheasant ; Sedge Warbler ; 2 x Song Thrush ; Buzzard ; 2 x Gadwall ; 2 x Willow Warbler (59) ; 2 x Collared Dove ;

8 June (am) Cetti’s Warbler ; Blackcap ; 2 x Greenfinch ; 2 x Stock Dove ; Nuthatch (58) ; Song Thrush ; Swallow ; Water Rail ; 2 x Chiffchaff ; 3 x Sedge Warbler ; 2 x Grey Heron ; 2 x Gadwall ; Wood Pigeon ; Blackbird ; Dunnock ; Robin with young ; Great Tit with young ; Blue Tit with young ; Wren ; Chaffinch ; Long tailed Tit ; Magpie ; Crow ; Rook ; Jackdaw ; Goldfinch ; Mallard with young ;

7 June – (am) 2 x Skylark ; 5 x Chiffchaff ; 7 x Swift ; Whitethroat ; 4 x Swallow ; 8 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; Black Headed Gull ; Sparrowhawk (57) ; Cetti’s Warbler ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Reed Warbler ; Grey Heron ; 2 x Sedge Warbler ; 2 x Reed Bunting ; Water Rail ; 2 x Gadwall ; 3 x House Martin ; Cormorant ; 2 x Stock Dove ; (pm) 3 x Grey Heron ; Reed Bunting ; 3 x Cormorants ; Chaffinch ; Robin ; Mallard with young ; Moorhen with young ; Whitethroat ; Wren ; Swallow ; Reed Warbler ;

6 June – 2 x Cormorant ; 2 x Grey Heron ; Grey Lag Goose ; 3 x Gadwall (51) ; 2 x Tufted Duck; Kestrel ; Pheasant ; Water Rail (52) ; Curlew (53) ; 2 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 3 x Stock Dove ; 3 x Collared Dove ; 10 x Swift ; 3 x Swallow ; Grey Wagtail (54) ; Reed Warbler ; Sedge Warbler ; 2 x Chiffchaff ; Robin with 3 young ; Long Tailed Tit with 4 young ; Blackbird with 4 young ; 3 x Song Thrush ; Mistle Thrush ; Jay (55) ; 2 x Oystercatchers (56) in Paddock near Flash ;

4 June – Grey Heron ; 2 x Canada Goose ; Grey Lag Goose ; 2 x Buzzard ; Pheasant ; Lesser Black Backed Gull ; Collared Dove (45) ; 8 x Swift ; Great Spotted Woodpecker (46) ; 3 x Swallow ; 2 x Sand Martin (47) ; Reed Warbler ; Sedge Warbler ; 5 x Whitethroat ; Blackcap (48) ; 3 x Chiffchaff ; Reed Bunting (49) ; Chaffinch ; 2 x Greenfinch (50) ; 6 x Goldfinch ;

2 June – (am) Cetti’s Warbler (33) ; Grey Heron ; 4 x Canada Goose (34) ; Grey Lag Goose (35) ; Mallard + 3 young ; 2 x Tufted Duck (36) ; 2 x Buzzard ; Pheasant (37) ; Moorhen + 3 young ; Coot (38) ; 2 x Black Headed Gull (39) ; Lesser Black Backed Gull (40) ; 3 x Stock Dove (41) ; Wood Pigeon ; Swift ; 3 X Swallow ; House Martin (42) ; Pied Wagtail (43) ; Dunnock ; 2 x Reed Warbler (44) ; 2 x Sedge Warbler ; 2 x Whitethroat ; Robin ; Blackbird ; 3 x Song Thrush; Mistle Thrush ; Great Tit + 2 young ; Blue Tit + 3 young ; Wren ; House Sparrow ; Starling ; Magpie ; Rook ; Carrion Crow ; Jackdaw ; (35 species)

1 June – 2 x Skylark (23) ; 11 x Swift (24) ; 5 x Swallow (25) ; 3 x Chiffchaff (26) ; Mistle Thrush (27) ; 3 x Cormorant (28) ; 2 x Buzzard ; Sedge Warbler (29) ; 2 x Lapwing (30) ; Whitethroat (31) ; Red Kite (32) ;

BIRD SIGHTINGS – MAY 2025 (numbers in red are birds seen for first time this year)

31 May – (0600 -0715) 2 x Grey Wagtail with young ; 2 x Grey Heron ; Cetti’s Warbler ; Whitethroat ; 4 x Tufted Duck (65) ; 3 x Chiffchaff ; 4 x Sedge Warbler ; 2 x Song Thrush ; 5 x Swallow ; Grey Lag Goose ; 6 x Long Tailed Tit ; (later am) 3 x Skylark ; Red Kite ; 11 x Swift ; 6 x Whitethroat ; Curlew ; Nuthatch (66) ; Buzzard ; 11 x Chiffchaff ; 3 x Pheasant ; 7 x Swallow ; Lesser Whitethroat ; 6 x Sedge Warbler ; 3 x House Martin ; Reed Warbler ; 3 x Reed Bunting ; 2 x Cetti’s Warbler ; Pied Wagtail ; Grey wagtail with young ; Grasshopper Warbler calling (67) ; Kestrel ;

30 May – 8 x Swallow ; Stock Dove ; 10 x Long Tailed Tit (incl young) ; Blue Tit with young ; Sedge Warbler ; Cetti’s Warbler ; 5 x Chiffchaff ; Grey Lag Goose ; Cormorant ; Skylark ; 2 x Collared Dove ; Pheasant ; 2 x Whitethroat ; Blackcap ; 2 x Buzzard ; 2 x Song Thrush ; Coot ; 2 x Canada Goose ; Reed Warbler (64) ; Greenfinch ; Red Kite ; Reed Bunting ;

26 May – BTO BIRDS SURVEY – LOWER HARTSHAY (by Simon Roddis) 5 x Canada Goose ; Grey Lag Goose ; 16 x Mallard ; 3 x Pheasant ; 6 x Stock Dove ; 48 x Wood Pigeon ; 5 x Collared Dove ; 3 x Moorhen ; Oystercatcher ; 3 x Black Headed Gull ; Lesser Black Backed Gull ; Sparrowhawk ; 10 x Magpie ; 33 x Jackdaw ; 15 x Rook ; 6 x Carrion Crow ; 2 x Coal Tit ; 15 x Blue Tit ; 6 x Great Tit ; 6 x Skylark ;2 x Swallow ; 1 x Cetti’s Warbler ; 4 x Long Tailed Tit ; 12 x Chiffchaff ;3 x Sedge Warbler ; Reed Warbler ; Grasshopper Warbler ; 7 x Blackcap ; Lesser Whitethroat ; 4 x Whitethroat ; 1 x Goldcrest ; 35 x Wren ; 5 x Starling ; 4 x Song Thrush ; Mistle Thrush ; 19 x Blackbird ; 28 x Robin ; 22 x House Sparrow ; 21 x Dunnock ; Grey Wagtail ; 3 x Chaffinch ; Bullfinch 2 x Greenfinch ; 15 x Goldfinch ; 3 x Yellowhammer ; (45 Species)

25 May – 7 x Chiffchaff ; 6 x Black Headed Gull ; 19 x Swift ; 9 x Buzzard ; 3 x Swallow ; Red Kite (Sean Day) ; 7 x Stock Dove ; Sedge Warbler ; Pied Wagtail ; 15-25 House Martin ; Hobby ; Greenfinch ; Herring Gull (63) ; Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ;

20 May – Swift ; 4 x Swallow ; 2 x Cetti’s Warbler ; 2 x Sedge Warbler ; 4 x Blackcap ; Willow Warbler ; Grey Heron ; 2 x Reed Bunting ; Grey Lag Goose ; Long Tailed Tit ; 2 x Pheasant ; 6 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 4 x Black Headed Gull ; Mandarin ;

17 May – 4 x Cormorant ; 15 x Chiffchaff ; Buzzard ; Great Spotted Woodpecker (62) ; Pheasant ; 2 x Song Thrush ; 3 x Whitethroat ; 2 x Mistle Thrush (61) ; 4 x Grey Lag Goose ; Grey Heron ; 3 x Sedge Warbler ; 2 x Gadwall ; 5 x Swift ; 2 x Skylark ; Kestrel ;

14 May – 3 x Chiffchaff ; Cetti’s Warbler ; 10+ Swallow ; 4 x House Martin (58) ; 2 x Gadwall ; Black Headed Gull ; Lesser Whitethroat (59) ; Water Rail squealing (60) ;

11 May – 3 x Cormorant (55) ; 3 x Skylark ; Hobby (56) ; 17 x Swallow ; 3 x Song Thrush ; 2 x Black Headed Gull (57) ; 5 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 3 x Whitethroat ; 7 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Swift ; 2 x Stock Dove ; 3 x Sedge Warbler ; 2 x Cetti’s Warbler ; 5 x Linnet ; 2 x Buzzard ;

8 May – Cormorant ; Grey Heron ; 3 x Grey Lag Goose + 4 young ; Sparrowhawk ; Buzzard ; Pheasant ; Coot ; 2 x Stock Dove ; 3 x Collared Dove ; 2 x Swift ; Swallow ; Grey wagtail ; Whitethroat ; Cetti’s Warbler ; Garden Warbler ; 4 x Chiffchaff ; 7 x Song Thrush ; Long Tailed Tit ; Greenfinch ;

6 May – Mandarin (54) ; Cetti’s Warbler ; 5 x Grey Lag Goose + 4 young ; Gadwall ; Pheasant ; Coot ; 3 x Stock Dove ; 2 x Swallow ; Whitethroat ; Garden warbler ; Blackcap ; 5 x Chiffchaff ; Goldcrest ; 5 x Song Thrush ; Long Tailed Tit ;

5 May – Sparrowhawk ; 4 x Buzzard ; 4 x Swift ; 5 x Whitethroat ; 7 x Chiffchaff ; Raven ; 7 x Swallow ;

4 May – Bullfinch (51) ; 11 x Chiffchaff ; 3 x Blackcap ; 3 x Swallow ; 6 x Whitethroat ; 2 x Linnet ; 4 x Song Thrush ; Willow Warbler ; Garden Warbler ; 9 x Swift ; 5 x Lesser Black Backed Gull (52) ; 2 x Canada Goose ; 2 x Buzzard ; Reed Bunting ; Sedge Warbler ; Cetti’s Warbler ; Gadwall (53) ; Stock Dove ; Skylark ;

3 May – 4 x Grey Lag Goose ; Coot ; Moorhen ; Grey Heron ; Canada Geese over ; Jackdaw ; Crow ; Magpie ; Collared Dove (43) ; Wood Pigeon ; Wren ; Robin ; Chaffinch ; Song Thrush ; Red Kite (44) ; Blackcap ; Garden Warbler (45) ; Whitethroat ; Chiffchaff ; Skylark ; (all previous seen around Bally’s Pond with following around canal + Flash) Swallow ; 3 x Sedge Warblers (46) ; 2 x Cetti’s Warbler ; Willow Warbler ; Whitethroat ; 2 x Grey Lag Goose ; 6 x Chiffchaff ; Starling ; Great Tit ; Blue Tit ; House Sparrow ; Blackbird ; Song Thrush ; Goldfinch ; Dunnock ; Wrens ; Goldcrest ; Grey Wagtail (47) ; Curlew heard ; (pm) 2 x Swift (48) ; 4 x Skylark ; Kestrel ; 2 x Buzzard ; 2 x Canada Goose ; Sparrowhawk (49) ; report of a Cuckoo (50) at Bally’s Pond ;

2 May – Willow Warbler (23) ; Cetti’s Warbler (24) ; 2 x Blackcap (25) ; 2 x Whitethroat (26) ; 7 x Chiffchaff (27) ; Grey Heron ; 3 x Grey Lag Goose + 4 young (28) ; 2 x Canada Goose (29) ; 3 x Pheasant (30) ; Coot (31) ; 6 x Stock Dove (32) ; 3 x Swallow (33) ; 2 x Goldcrest (34) ; 4 x Song Thrush ; Coal Tit (35) ; 2 x Reed Bunting (36) ; 5 x Goldfinch ; 2 x Greenfinch (37) ; Skylark (38) ; Curlew (39) ; 5 x Buzzard ; 2 x Linnet (40) ; 2 x Raven (41) ; Pied Wagtail (42) ;

SIGHTINGS – APRIL 2025 (numbers in red are birds seen for first time this year)

28 Apr – Cormorant ; 7 x Grey Lag Goose with 4 young ; 2 x Canada Goose ; Mallard with 5 young ; Buzzard ; 3 x Pheasant ; Moorhens with total 6 young ; Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 5 x Stock Dove ; 2 x Swallow ; Pied Wagtail ; 2 x Whitethroat ; Cetti’s Warbler ; Garden Warbler ; 3 x Chiffchaff ; 3 x Song Thrush ; Greenfinch ;

27 Apr – BTO BIRDS SURVEY – LOWER HARTSHAY (by Simon Roddis) 2 x Grey Lag Goose ; 11 x Mallard ; 3 x Pheasant ; 6 x Stock Dove ; 89 x Wood Pigeon ; 4 x Collared Dove ; Moorhen ; 3 x Black Headed Gull ; 11 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 2 x Buzzard ; Kestrel ; 11 x Magpie ; 22 x Jackdaw ; 11 x Rook ; 6 x Carrion Crow ; 2 x Coal Tit ; 14 x Blue Tit ; 13 x Great Tit ; 5 x Skylark ;2 x Swallow ; 1 x Cetti’s Warbler ; 1 x Long Tailed Tit ; Willow Warbler ; 10 x Chiffchaff ; Sedge Warbler ; 11 x Blackcap ; 5 x Whitethroat ; 1 x Goldcrest ; 34 x Wren ; 3 x Starling ; 4 x Song Thrush ; 28 x Blackbird ; 26 x Robin ; 15 x House Sparrow ; 15 x Dunnock ; Pied Wagtail ; 4 x Chaffinch ; 5 x Greenfinch ; 19 x Goldfinch ; Reed Bunting ; (45 Species)

26 Apr – 15 x Chiffchaff ; 9 x Skylark ; 2 x Linnet ; 3 x Song Thrush ; 4 x Swallow ; 9 x Whitethroat ; 2 x Blackcap ; Canada Goose ; Grey Lag Goose ; Cetti’s Warbler ; 4 x Teal ; Grey Heron ; Red Kite ; 2 x Pheasant ; Curlew ; Mandarin ;

25 Apr – (am) Garden Warbler (65) ; Sedge Warbler (66) ; 4 x Blackcap ; 3 x Whitethroat ; 4 x Chiffchaff ; Cetti’s Warbler ; Kestrel ; 5 x Grey Lag Goose + 4 young ; Pied Wagtail ; Grey wagtail ; 3 x Song Thrush ; Pheasant ; Coot ; Black Headed Gull ; 3 x Stock Dove ; Collared Dove ; possible 2 x Cetti’s Warbler ; (pm) 12 x Linnet ; Curlew ; 2 x Buzzard ; 9 x Swallow ; Mistle Thrush ; 2 x Teal ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ;

24 Apr – 3 x Swallow ; 10 x Goldfinch ; 4 x Blackcap ; Stock Dove ; 2 x Moorhen with 7 young ; 5 x Chiffchaff ; Cetti’s Warbler ; 4 x Pheasant ; 2 x Grey Lag Goose ; Coot ; Buzzard ; 2 x Jay ; 2 x Song Thrush ; Pied Wagtail ; Grey Heron ; Mistle Thrush ; 4 x Teal ; 2 x Collared Dove ; 2 x Long Tailed Tit ;

22 Apr – Cetti’s Warbler ; Grey Heron ; 6 x Grey Lag Goose with 4 young ; 5 x Canada Goose ; 2 x Teal ; 2 x Buzzard ; Kestrel ; 2 x Pheasant ; 4 x Stock Dove ; 2 x Collared Dove ; 3 x Swallow ; 2 x Pied Wagtail ; Grey wagtail; Whitethroat ; 4 x Blackcap ; 2 x Chiffchaff ; 4 x Song Thrush ; 3 x Mistle Thrush ; Reed Bunting ; 2 x Bullfinch (63) ; Greenfinch ; 4 x Linnet ; 3 x Skylark ; Curlew (64);

20 Apr – Blackcap ; Lesser Whitethroat ; 2 x Little Egret ; Grey Heron ; Buzzard ; Grey Lag Goose with young ; Mallard with young ; Moorhen with young ; Swallows ; Teal ; Cetti’s Warbler ; Blue Tits ; Great Tits ; Starling ;

19 April – per Derbyshire Bird News (Sally) – Whitethroat

other April sightings – April 8th – Nuthatch (62) 9.14 a.m ;

17 Apr – (am) Little Egret ; Cetti’s Warbler ; 2 x Canada Goose ; Buzzard ; 3 x Pheasant ; 5 x Stock Dove ; Collared Dove ; 2 x Swallow ; Whitethroat ; 3 x Blackcap ; 4 x Chiffchaff ; Goldcrest ; 3 x Song Thrush ; Mistle Thrush ; Long Tailed Tit ; Jay ; Coot (60); Grey Lag Goose with 4 x young (later am) 12 x Buzzard ; 2 x Skylark ; Cormorant ; 2 x Red Kite ; 2 x Kestrel ; 7 x Chiffchaff ; 7 x Pied Wagtail ; 2 x Meadow Pipit ; 2 x Linnet ; 7 x Sand Martin ; 2 x Sparrowhawk ; Mistle Thrush ; 5 x Greenfinch ; 2 x Whitethroat ; 6 x Swallow ; Cetti’s Warbler ; 5 x Blackcap ; 2 x Song Thrush ; Little Egret ; 2 x Teal ; Peregrine (61) ; Grey Heron ;

15 Apr – Jay ; 2 x Buzzard ; 11 x Chiffchaff ; Lesser Black Backed Gull ; Blackcap ; Great Spotted Woodpecker (59) ; 2 x Canada Goose ; 2 x Grey Lag Goose ; 3 x Pheasant ; 3 x Swallow ; 2 x Black Headed Gull ; Herring Gull ; 5 x Teal ; Cetti’s Warbler ; Song Thrush ; 3 x Stock Dove ; 2 x Lapwing ; Mallard with 6 duckling ;

13 Apr – 4 x Lapwing (55) ; Lesser Whitethroat (56) ; Whitethroat (57) ; Pheasant ; 12 x Chiffchaff ; 7 x Skylark ; Herring Gull (58) ; 3 x Stock Dove ; Buzzard ; Blackcap ;

12 Apr – 2 x Linnet ; 2 x Swallow ; 4 x Skylark ; 2 x Sparrowhawk ; Mistle Thrush ; 19 x Chiffchaff ; Meadow Pipit (52) ; 2 x Blackcap ; 2 x Canada Goose ; Grey lag Goose ; Lesser Balck Backed Gull ; Black Headed Gull ; 3 x Greenfinch ; 7 x Stock Dove ; Cetti’s Warbler ; 5 x Reed Bunting ; 2 x Pheasant ; 4 x Teal ; Song Thrush ; Kestrel ; 2 x Buzzard ; Willow Warbler (53) ; Red Kite ; Grey Heron ; Goldcrest (54) ; Moorhen ; 2 x Mandarin ;

9 Apr – Pied Wagtail ; 6 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Stock Dove ; Mandarin ; Greenfinch ; 3 x Blackcap ; 3 x Pheasant ; 18 x Teal ; Grey Lag Goose ; 2 x Canada Goose ; Reed Bunting ; 3 x Swallow ; Cetti’s Warbler ;

8 Apr – Buzzard ; Lapwing ; 18 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Blackcap ; Cormorant (51) ; Greenfinch ; Grey Heron ;

7 Apr – Red Kite ; 7 x Buzzard ; Sand Martin (50) ; 5 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Linnet ; Swallow ; Skylark ; Reed Bunting ; Song Thrush ; PENTRICH TOP – Swallow ; 10 x Linnet ; Yellowhammer ; 2 x Skylark ; 2 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; Stock Dove ; BUTTERLEY RES – 12 X Sand Martin ; Willow Warbler ; Blackcap ; 4 x Great Crested Grebe ; 10 x Tufted Duck ; 4 x Chiffchaff ;

6 Apr – (GS) 8 x Chiffchff ; Song Thrush ; 7 x Grey Lag Goose ; 2 x Canada Goose ; Little Egret ; Grey wagtail ; Pheasant ; 2 x Linnet ; Swallow ; (AW) 6 x Swallow ; 2 x Kestrel ; 15 x Chiffchaff ; 3 x Skylark ; 2 x Linnet ; 3 x Buzzard ; 2 x Red Kite ; 3 x Greenfinch ; Song Thrush ; Pheasant ; 3 x Grey lag Goose ; 2 x Canada Goose ; (AC) Mandarin ; Little Egret ; Cetti’s Warbler ; 2 x Canada Goose ; 8 x Grey Lag Goose ; 22 x Teal ; 2 x Buzzard ; Pheasant ; Stock Dove ; Green Woodpecker (49) ; Pied Wagtail ; 2 x Grey wagtail ; 10 x Chiffchaff ; Goldcrest ; Greenfinch ; Mistle Thrush ; 3 x Song Thrush ;

4 Apr – Collared Dove ; Reed Bunting ; Greenfinch ; Grey wagtail ; 2 x Pied Wagtail (47) ; Blackcap ; 5 x Chiffchaff ; Grey lag Goose ; 3 x Buzzard ; Long Tailed Tit ; Cetti’s Warbler ; 2 x Mandarin ; 24 x Teal ; Red Kite (48) ; WINGFIELD FLASH – Green Sandpiper

3 Apr- (am) Cetti’s Warbler ; 4 x Canada Goose ; 8 x Grey Lag Goose ; 26 x Teal ; Buzzard ; Kestrel ; Pheasant ; Black Headed Gull (43) ; 5 x Stock Dove ; 3 x Skylark (44) ; 6 x Chiffchaff ; Reed Bunting (45) ; Mistle Thrush ; 3 x Song Thrush ; Grey Heron ; 2 x Mandarin; Rook ; 2 x Linnet (46) ;

2 Apr (am) Jay (42) ;

1 Apr – (am) 2 x Canada Goose (23) ; 2 x Cetti’s Warbler (24) ; 3 x Chiffchaff (25) ; 25 x Teal (26) ; 2 x Stock Dove (27) ; Song Thrush ; 2 x Mandarin (28) ; Grey Heron ; 3 x Grey Lag Goose (29) ; Pheasant (30) ; Lesser Black Backed Gull (31) ; Collared Dove (32) ; Grey Wagtail (33) ; 2 x Greenfinch (34) ; Mistle Thrush (35) ; (pm) 5 x Buzzard ; 14 x Chiffchaff ; Kestrel ; 7 x Stock Dove ; 2 x Sparrowhawk (36) ; Coal Tit (37) ; 3 x Grey Wagtail ; Song Thrush ; Cetti’s Warbler ; Water Rail (38) ; Little Egret (39) ; Swallow (40) ; Blackcap (41) ;

BIRD SIGHTINGS – MARCH 2025 (numbers in red are birds seen for first time this year)

30 Mar – 12 x Teal ; 6 x Chiffchaff ; 3 x Robin ; 2 x Stock Dove ; 4 x Wren ; 2 x Song Thrush ; Little Egret ; Buzzard ;

28 Mar – Raven ; 3 x Skylark ; 22 x Meadow Pipit ; 5 x Buzzard ; 5 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 4 x Mistle Thrush ; 2 x Stock Dove ; Fieldfare ; 7 x Chiffchaff ; 16 x Teal ; 2 x Greenfinch ; 17 x Redwing ; 2 x Pied Wagtail ; Grey wagtail ; Coal Tit ; Green Woodpecker ; 2 x Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Jay ; OSPREY (71) ; Yellowhammer ; 2 x Sparrowhawk ; Goldcrest ; 2 x Cetti’s Warbler ;

27 Mar – Cetti’s Warbler ; 2 x Grey Lag Goose ; 17 x Teal ; Red Kite ; Buzzard ; Kestrel ; 2 x Pheasant ; Stock Dove ; Collared Dove ; Pied Wagtail ; 3 x Chiffchaff ; 3 x Goldcrest ; Long Tailed Tit ; 2 x Sparrowhawk ; 3 x Skylark ; 2 x Song Thrush ; 7 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; Goosander (f) ;

26 Mar – Robin ; Great Tit ; Chaffinch ; Wood-pigeon ; Goldfinch ; Wren ; Blue Tit ; Dunnock; Blackbird ; Collared-Dove ; Goosander ; Jackdaw ; Mallard ; Pied Wagtail ;

25 Mar – Mandarin (f) ;

24 Mar – Little Egret ; Cetti’s Warbler ; Grey Heron ; 7 x Grey Lag Goose ; 44 x Teal ; 9 x Buzzard ; 2 x Pheasant ; Lapwing ; 2 x Black Headed Gull ; Pied Wagtail ; Grey Wagtail; 5 x Chiffchaff ; 21 x Redwing ; Song Thrush ; Long Tailed Tit ; Coal Tit ; Nuthatch ; 2 x Greenfinch ; Mandarin ; 3 x Goldcrest ; 9 x Stock Dove ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Kestrel ; Red Kite ; 3 x Meadow Pipit ; 3 x Sparrowhawk ;

22 Mar – 12 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Curlew ; 10 x Black Headed Gull ; Little Egret ; Song Thrush ; 2 x Stock Dove ; 43 x Teal ; Bullfinch ; 14 x Redwing ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ;

21 Mar – (am) 30 x Teal ; Wigeon ; Little Egret ; Black Headed Gull ; 4 x Skylark ; Sparrowhawk ; 2 x Long Tailed Tit ; Buzzard ; 4 x Chiffchaff ; Cetti’s Warbler ; Grey Lag Goose ; 2 x Collared Dove ; 2 x Stock Dove ; 4 x Redwing ; (pm) 97 x Fieldfare ; 7 Redwing ; 2 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 42 x Teal ; 2 x Buzzard ; + 67 Redwing NE

20 Mar – (am) Little Egret ; Grey lag Goose ; Wigeon ; 26 x Teal ; Buzzard ; Pheasant ; 2 x Stock Dove ; Pied Wagtail ; 2 x Chiffchaff ; Greenfinch ; Reed Bunting ; 12 x Redwing ; 2 x Song Thrush ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; (pm) Robin ; Blackbird ; Goldfinch; Blue Tit : Mallard; Greenfinch; Dunnock ; Chiffchaff
Great Tit

PENTRICH TOP – 3 X Yellowhammer ; 2 x Linnet ; 2 x Greenfinch ; 2 x Skylark ; 3 x Redwing ;

18 Mar – (8.30 – 9am) Great Tit : Wren : Mallard : Robin; Dunnock; Blackbird : Mistle Thrush; Blue Tit ; Goldfinch ; Song Thrush (pm) 3 x Buzzard ; 7 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Goldcrest ; 2 x Pheasant ; 11 x Stock Dove ; 3 x Grey Heron ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; 61 x Teal ; Common Gull (69) ; Wigeon ; Reed Bunting ; Cetti’s Warbler ; Little Egret ; 2 x Red Kite ; Goosander (70)

17 Mar – Little Egret ; 2 x Mandarin (68) ; 5 x Grey lag Goose ; Wigeon ; 56 x Teal ; Kestrel ; 2 x Pheasant ; Herring Gull ; 3 x Stock Dove ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 27 x Redwing ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; Song Thrush ; Long tailed Tit ; 2 x Collared Dove ; 4 x Chiffchaff ;

16 Mar – Green Woodpecker (67) ; 9 x Chiffchaff ; 4 x Grey lag Goose ; Coal Tit ; Little Egret ; Wigeon ; 61 x Teal ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; Reed Bunting ; 3 x Stock Dove ; Grey Heron ; Raven ; 5 x Canada Goose ; Skylark ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 2 x Buzzard ; Kestrel ; 47 x Fieldfare ; Greenfinch ;

15 Mar – Woodcock (66) ; 5 x Skylark ; Raven ; 5 x Song Thrush ; 3 x Buzzard ; 4 x Chiffchaff ; 8 x Meadow Pipit ; Snipe ; 86 x Teal ; Wigeon ; Little Egret ; Coal Tit ; Grey Wagtail ; Jay ;

14 Mar – 3 x Buzzard ; Sparrowhawk ; 7 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; 3 x Skylark ; Little Egret ; 4 x Stock Dove ; 2 x Reed Bunting ; 55 x Teal ; Wigeon (65) ; Pied Wagtail ;

10 Mar – (am) Grey Heron ; Little Egret ; Grey Lag Goose ; 52 x Teal ; Buzzard ; 2 x Stock Dove ; 2 x Skylark ; Goldcrest ; Cetti’s Warbler ; 3 x Song Thrush ; Mistle Thrush ; 2 x Long Tailed Tit ; Treecreeper (64) ; Reed Bunting ; 5 x Greenfinch ; Raven ;

9 Mar – 7 x Buzzard ; 11 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Grey Wagtail ; 3 x Goldcrest ; 7 x Stock Dove ; 38 x Teal ; Grey Lag Goose ; Cetti’s Warbler ; Red Kite ; 2 x Skylark ;

8 Mar – (am) 14 x Skylark ; 5 x Meadow Pipit ; 7 x Song Thrush ; 2 x Stock Dove ; Greenfinch ; 6 x Chiffchaff ; Red Kite ; Pied Wagtail (58) ; Cetti’s Warbler ; 18 x Teal ; Water Rail ; Sparrowhawk (59) ; 2 x Grey Heron ; 127 x Redwing ; Fieldfare (60) ; 2 x Linnet ; 3 x Lesser Black backed Gull ; (pm) 11 x Buzzard ; 2 x Lapwing (61) ; Grey Wagtail ; Jay ; 76 x Fieldfare ; Curlew (62) ; Little Egret ; 3 x Goldcrest ; Yellowhammer (63) ; 2 x Red Kite displaying ;

7 Mar – 47 x Redwing ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 2 x Bullfinch ; 2 x Chiffchaff ; 117 x Black Headed Gull ; 4 x Buzzard ; Red Kite (56) ; 3 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; Stock Dove ; Herring Gull (57) ; 11 x Grey Lag Goose ;

6 Mar – Cetti’s Warbler ; Little Egret ; 8 x Canada Goose ; Grey Lag Goose ; 22 x Teal ; Grey Heron ; 2 x Buzzard ; Water rail ; 2 x Snipe (50) ; 5 x Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Collared Dove ; 2 x Stock Dove ; Kingfisher (51) ; Grey Wagtail (52) ; Goldcrest ; Redwing (53) ; 2 x Song Thrush ; 2 x Coal Tit (54) ; Nuthatch (55) ; 3 x Greenfinch ; 6 x Goldfinch ;

3 Mar – Cetti’s Warbler ; 2 x Grey Heron ; Grey Lag Goose ; 41 x Teal ; 3 x Buzzard ; 2 x Kestrel ; Coot (44) ; 2 x Reed Bunting (45) ; 2 x Bullfinch (46) ; Great Spotted Woodpecker (47) ; 3 x Collared Dove (48) ; 54 x Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Stock Dove ; Skylark ; Goldcrest ; 2 x Song Thrush ; 3 x Long Tailed Tit ; 12 x Goldfinch ; Mistle Thrush ; Water Rail (49) ; Little Egret ;

2 Mar – 7 x Buzzard ; 2 x Kestrel ; Song Thrush ; Jay (40) ; 3 x Greenfinch ; 33 x Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Raven (41) ; Meadow Pipit ; Skylark (42) ; Cormorant (43) ;

1 Mar – (am) 2 x Meadow Pipit (23) ; 7 x Stock Dove (24) ; Chiffchaff (25) ; 2 x Greenfinch (26) ; 7 x Black Headed Gull (27) ; 7 x Buzzard ; Grey Heron ; 2 x Linnet (28) ; 2 x Canada Goose (29) ; 3 x Song Thrush ; 2 x Pheasant (30) ; Little Egret (31) ; Grey Lag Goose (32) ; 67 x Teal (33) ; 5 x Goldcrest (34) ; Cetti’s Warbler (35) ; 5 x Lesser Black Backed Gull (36) ; (pm) Mallard, Greenfinch Dunnock, Great Tit, Chaffinch, Wren, Wood Pigeon, Crow, Teal, Blackbird, Mistle Thrush (37) , Gadwall (38) , Siskin (39) , Song Thrush.

BIRD SIGHTINGS – FEBRUARY 2025 (numbers in red are birds seen for first time this year)

28 Feb – (am) 5 x Buzzard ; 4 x Skylark ; 2 x Kestrel ; 9 x Stock Dove ; 83 x Black Headed Gull ; 7 x Song Thrush ; 2 x Grey Heron ; 3 x Goldcrest ; Cetti’s Warbler ; 51 x Teal ; Water Rail ; Chiffchaff (61) ; Sparrowhawk ; Coal Tit ; Little Egret ; 2 x Curlew (62) ; (VW) – Robin, Great Tit, Blackbird, Dunnock, Redwing. (pm) Robin, Great Tit, Blackbird, Dunnock, Redwing.

27 Feb – 5 x Stock Dove ; 7 x Song Thrush ; 68 x Redwing ; 10 x Black Headed Gull ; 6 x Buzzard ; 2 x Kestrel ; 3 x Skylark ; 39 x Teal ; Cetti’s Warbler ; Water Rail ;

26 Feb – Grey Heron ; Grey Lag Goose; 30 x Teal ; 25 x Mallard ; Coot ; Moorhen ; 15 x Black Headed Gull ; Magpie ; Crow ; Rook ; Jackdaw ; 2 x Buzzard ; 18 x House Sparrow ; Dunnock ; Greenfinch ; Goldfinch ; Chaffinch ; Goldcrest ; Blue Tit ; Great Tit ; Long Tailed Tit ; Song Thrush ; Mistle Thrush ; Robin ; Wren ; 2 x Collared Dove ; Wood Pigeon ; 2 x Stock Dove ; Grey Wagtail ; Cetti’s Warbler ;

24 Feb – 4 x Grey Heron ; Grey Lag Goose ; 70 x Teal ; 3 x Pheasant ; 2 x Coot ; 44 x Black Headed Gull ; 3 x Herring Gull ; 4 x Stock Dove ; Collared Dove ; 2 x Grey Wagtail ; 2 x Song Thrush ; Mistle Thrush ; Coal Tit ; Reed Bunting (60) ; 19 x Goldfinch ; 3 x Greenfinch ; Raven ; (pm) 5 x Buzzard ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Sparrowhawk ; 15 x Meadow Pipit ; 2 x Skylark ; 3 x Siskin ; 53 x Redwing ; Red Kite ; 3 x Bullfinch ;

23 Feb – 27 x Redwing ; 5 x Song Thrush ; 5 x Buzzard ; 2 x Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 9 x Collared Dove ; Goldcrest ; 3 x Stock Dove ; Siskin ; 3 x Skylark ; Red Kite ; 121 x Black Headed Gull ; Grey Heron ;

22 Feb – Little Egret ; Grey Heron ; Cetti’s Warbler ; Mute Swan (57) ; 3 x Grey Lag Geese ; 55 x Teal ; 3 x Song Thrush ; 71 x Black Headed Gull ; Water Rail ; 9 x Greenfinch ; 5 x Goldcrest ; 244 x Redwing ; 4 x Wigeon ; 29 x Long Tailed Tit ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; Treecreeper ; 2 x Stonechat (58) ; 17 x Skylark (59) ; 5 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 9 x Meadow Pipit ; 2 x Herring Gull ; Buzzard ;

21 Feb – 8 x Goldfinch ; 2 x Chaffinch ; Buzzard ; Coot ; Goldcrest ; Grey Lag Goose ; Cetti’s Warbler ; 2 x Wigeon ; 32 x Teal ; 2 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; Grey Heron ; Sparrowhawk ; 10 x Black Headed Gull ; Pied Wagtail (54) ; Snipe (55) ; Kestrel ; 2 x Stock Dove ; 2 x Grey Wagtail (56) ;

20 Feb – Red Kite (50) ; Little Egret (51) ; Cetti’s Warbler ; 8 x Wigeon ; 54 x Teal ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; Song Thrush ; 3 x Redwing (52) ; 4 x Greenfinch ; 3 x Pheasant ; Grey Lag Goose ; Little Grebe ; Buzzard ; 2 x Kestrel ; 21 x Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 2 x Collared Dove ; 2 x Stock Dove ; 2 x Long Tailed Tit ; Sparrowhawk ; 7 x Chaffinch ; Pheasant (m) ; 3 x Siskin (53) ; Grey Heron ; Fieldfare ; Coal Tit ;

17 Feb – 2 x Grey Heron ; Grey Lag Goose ; 22 x Wigeon ; 34 x Teal ; 2 x Buzzard ; Kestrel ; 3 x Pheasant ; 35 x Black Headed Gull ; 4 x Stock Dove ; 2 x Collared Dove ; 4 x Long Tailed Tit ; 3 x Mistle Thrush ; 2 x Song Thrush ;

14 Feb – 3 x Song Thrush ; 144 x Black Headed Gull ; 5 x Stock Dove ; 2 x Greenfinch ; 7 x Chaffinch ; Lesser Black Backed Gull (48) ; 2 x Herring Gull ; Coal Tit ; Pheasant ; Buzzard ; 67 x Redwing ; 21 x Wigeon ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; Raven (49) ; Cetti’s Warbler ; Water Rail ; 2 x Little Grebe ; 41 x Teal ; Goldcrest ; Grey Lag Goose ;

10 Feb – 4 x Grey Heron ; 21 x Wigeon ; 46 x Teal ; 2 x Coot ; 9 x Black Headed Gull ; Herring Gull ; 6 x Stock Dove ; 5 x Collared Dove ; 35 x Redwing ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; 2 x Bullfinch (47) ; 2 x Greenfinch ;

9 Feb – Kestrel ; 3 x Greenfinch ; Herring Gull (46) ; 37 x Black Headed Gull ; Buzzard ; 7 x Chaffinch ; Little Grebe (45) ; Wigeon ; 31 x Teal ; 2 x Cetti’s Warbler ; Water Rail ; 2 x Canada Goose (44) ; 33 x Blackbirds ;

7 Feb – 20 x Wigeon ; 35+ Teal ; 40 x Mallard ; Sparrowhawk ; Grey Heron ; 2 x Mistle thrush ; 2 x Collared Dove ; 18 x Goldfinch ;

4 Feb – 45 x Teal ; Greenfinch ; 2 x Moorhen ; Buzzard ; 50+ Jackdaw ; Grey Lag Goose ; 3 x Wigeon ; 2 x Collared Dove ; Kestrel ; Great Tit, Blue Tit, Goldfinches, Chaffinches in good numbers ;

3 Feb – Grey Heron ; 3 x Grey Lag Goose ; 45 x Teal ; Pheasant (37) ; 2 x Coot (38) ; 17 x Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Stock Dove ; Collared Dove ; 2 x Kingfisher (39) ; Great Spotted Woodpecker (40) ; 2 x Meadow Pipit (41) ; Cett’s Warbler ; 18 x Redwing ; 3 x Song Thrush ; Mistle Thrush ; 4 x Long Tailed Tit ; Coal Tit (42) ; Treecreeper (43) ; Sparrowhawk ;

2 Feb – Song Thrush ; Buzzard ; 41 x Black Headed Gull (23) ; 2 x Greenfinch (24) ; 57 x Goldfinch ; 19 x Wigeon (25) ; 75 x Teal (26) ; 3 x Mistle Thrush (27) ; 2 x Cetti’s Warbler (28) ; 3 x Water Rail (29) ; Goldcrest (30) ; Gadwall (31) ; Grey Heron ; 5 x Fieldfare (32) ; Sparrowhawk (33) ; Mixed Tit flock ; Grey Lag Goose (34) ; 2 x Collared Dove (35) ; 2 x Stock Dove (36) ;

BIRD SIGHTINGS – JANUARY 2025 (numbers in red are birds seen for first time this year)

30 Jan – Little Egret ; Cetti’s Warbler ; Little Grebe ; 56 x Teal ; 6 x Wigeon ; 5 x Grey Lag Goose ; 31 x Black Headed Gull ; Mistle Thrush ; Song Thrush ; Greenfinch ; 2 x Coot ; 2 x Collared Dove ; 2 x Grey Heron ; Pheasant ; Water Rail :

27 Jan – Little Egret ; Grey Heron ; 4 x Wigeon ; 74 x Teal ; Grey Lag Goose; Sparrowhawk ; 2 x Buzzard ; 2 x Pheasant ; Coot ; 4 x Black Headed Gull ; Herring Gull ; 4 x Stock Dove ; 4 x Collared Dove ; Pied Wagtail ; Grey Wagtail ; 40 x Redwing ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; 2 x Song Thrush ; 2 x Long Tailed Tit ; 2 x Greenfinch ;

26 Jan – 9 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 3 x Greenfinch ; 3 x Herring Gull ; Little Egret ; 17 x Wigeon ; 17 x Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Pied Wagtail ; Song Thrush ; Pheasant ; 2 x Cetti’s Warbler ; Coot ; 53 x Teal ; 2 x Grey Wagtail ; Sparrowhawk ; Buzzard ; 74 x Redwing ; 7 x Collared Dove ; 5 x Stock Dove ; 3 x Siskin (62) ; Mistle Thrush ; 31 x Blackbird ; Canada Goose ;

25 Jan – 5 x Snipe ; Buzzard ; Grey Heron; Little Egret; 30-40+ Teal; and possibly more Wigeon. Stock Dove; 2 x Mistle Thrush (per BD)

23 Jan – Little Egret ; Cetti’s Warbler ; Little Grebe ; 11 x Wigeon ; 28 x Teal ; 3 x Grey Lag Goose ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; 8 x Redwing ; Grey Wagtail (61) ; 2 x Pheasant ; 2 x Grey Heron ; 2 x Stock Dove ; 50+ Jackdaw ; Collared Dove ; Buzzard ; Water Rail ; 3 x Black Headed Gull ;

BUTTERLEY RES : 2 x Treecreeper ; Nuthatch ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 2 x Gadwall ;3 x Shoveler ; 4 x Great Crested Grebe ; 4 x Cormorant ; 4 x Common Gull ; 60 x Black Headed Gull ; 40 x Tufted Duck ; Pied Wagtail ; Grey Heron ;

21 Jan – Pied Wagtail ; 137 x Redwing ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; Buzzard ; 35 x Lapwing ; Barn Owl ; Little Egret ; Grey Heron ; 2 x Water Rail ; Cetti’s Warbler ; 41 x Teal ; 8 x Wigeon ; 3 x Grey Lag Goose ;

20 Jan – Pied Wagtail (59) ; 4 x Pheasant (60) :

19 Jan – Buzzard ; Kestrel ; 12 x Wigeon ; 50+ Teal ; 2 x Fieldfare ; 6 x Redwing ; Cetti’s Warbler ; Water Rail ;

17 Jan – Kingfisher (58) ;

16 Jan – Cetti’s Warbler ; 4 x Cormorant ; Grey Heron ; 3 x Grey Lag Goose ; 14 x Wigeon ; 51 x Teal ; Buzzard ; Snipe ; 13 x Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Stock Dove ; Redwing ; Greenfinch ;

15 Jan – Little Egret ; Grey Heron ; 20 x Wigeon ; 60+ Teal ; 80+ Mallard : Cetti’s Warbler ; 3 x Water Rail ; Goldcrest ; Coal Tit (57) ; Mistle Thrush ; 3 x Grey Lag Goose ; Buzzard ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 3 x Collared Dove ; 3 x Cormorant ;

14 Jan – Grey Heron ; Little Egret ; 2 x Coot ; Cormorant ; 2 x Water rail ; Cetti’s Warbler ; Goldcrest ; 3 x Grey Lag Goose; Snipe ; 2 x Stock Dove ;

13 Jan – Cetti’s Warbler ; Chiffchaff (55) ; Little Egret ; 5 x Cormorant ; 55+ Teal ; 15 x Wigeon ; 3 x Grey Lag Goose ; Grey Heron ; Little Grebe ; 2 x Sparrowhawk ; Buzzard ; Goldcrest ; Water Rail ; 70+ Black Headed Gull ; Stock Dove ; Greenfinch ; 5 x Redwing ; Song Thrush ; Coot (56);

12 Jan – Great White Egret (53) ; Redpoll (54) ; 2 x Cormorant ; 3 x Grey Lag Goose ; Grey Heron ;

11 Jan – Meadow Pipit (52) ; 5 x Redwing ; Buzzard ; Kestrel ; 3 x Cormorant ; 3 x Grey Heron ; 3 x Grey Lag Geese ; 45 x Black Headed Gull ; Barn Owl ; 43 x Snipe ; 2 x Little Egret ; 2 x Water Rail ; 15 x Wigeon ; Cetti’s Warbler ; 65 x Teal ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; Song Thrush ;

10 Jan – 22 x Snipe ; 10 x Goldfinch ; 3 x Cormorant ; 50+ Teal ; 14 x Wigeon ; 30 x Black Headed Gull ; Lesser Black Backed Gull ; Water Rail ; Cetti’s Warbler ; Song Thrush ; 8 x Wren ; Barn Owl ; Collared Dove ; Little Grebe ;

9 Jan – Little Grebe ; 4 x Cormorant (48) ; 2 x Grey Heron ; 9 x Grey Lag Geese ; 13 x Wigeon ; 26 x Teal ; 2 x Sparrowhawk ; 2 x Buzzard ; Water Rail ; 9 x Snipe ; 5 x Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Stock Dove ; Kingfisher ; Great Spotted Woodpecker (49) ; 2 x Goldcrest ; 2 x Song Thrush ; Mistle Thrush ; 2 x Long Tailed Tit; Nuthatch ; Treecreeper (50) ; 2 x Bullfinch (51) ; 20 x Canada Geese ;

7 Jan – 127 Lapwings (47) from Lower Hartshay to Heage

6 Jan – Collared Dove ; Grey Heron ; Grey Lag Goose ; 46 x Teal ; 2 x Buzzard ; Snipe ; 35 x Black Headed Gull ; 4 x Stock Dove ; 3 x Fieldfare ; 90+ Redwing ; 3 x Song Thrush ; 3 x Mistle Thrush ;

4 Jan – Herring Gull ; 17 x Wigeon ; 37 x Teal ; 2 x Snipe ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; 30 x Black Headed Gull ; 3 x Greenfinch (46) ;

3 Jan – Little Egret (38) ; 70+ Teal ; 8 x Wigeon (39) ; 2 x Grey Heron ; Little Grebe (40) ; Collared Dove (41) ; 6 x Goldfinch ; Stock Dove ; Nuthatch (42) ; 12 x Redwing ; 3 x Grey Lag Geese (43) ; 28 x Black Headed Gull (44) ; 2 x Snipe ; Cetti’s Warbler (45) ; Water rail ; Kestrel ;

Butterley Res – 2 x Shoveler ; 20 x Gadwall ; 60+ Tufted Duck ; 4 x Great Crested Grebe ; 2 x Kingfisher ; Common Gull ; Herring Gull ;

1 Jan – 2 x Raven (23) ; 4 x Buzzard ; 2 x Song Thrush ; 2 x Herring Gull (24) ; 4 x Lesser Black Backed Gull (25) ; 27 x Fieldfare (26) ; 10 x Redwing (27) ; 3 x Mistle thrush (28) ; 2 x Jay (29) ; 6 x Stock Dove (30) ; 2 x Canada Geese (31) ; 2 x Sparrowhawk (32) ; 2 x Grey heron ; Barn Owl (33) ; 42 x Teal (34) ; Goldcrest (35) ; 4 x Snipe (36) ; Water Rail (37) ;

Amber Flood – 13 x Lapwing ; 4 x Wigeon ; 3 x Gadwall ; 57 x Black Headed Gull ; Kingfisher;

BIRD SIGHTINGS – DECEMBER 2024 (numbers in red are birds seen for first time this year)

31 Dec – 3 x Bullfinch ; 17 x Black Headed Gull ; 21 x Canada Geese ; Barn Owl ; Little Grebe ; 7 x Greenfinch ; 47 x Teal ; 2 x Cetti’s Warbler ; Water Rail ;

30 Dec – Herring Gull ; Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 2 x Kestrel ; 30 x Black Headed Gull ; Redpoll ; 2 x Bullfinch ; 4 x Buzzard ; Song Thrush ; 11 x Greenfinch ; 14 x Redwing ; Barn Owl ; Little Grebe ; Cetti’s Warbler ; Goldcrest ; 83 x Teal ; 6 x Wigeon ; 7 x Snipe ; 2 x Song Thrush ; Grey Heron ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Cormorant ; Siskin ; Nuthatch ; Grey Heron ; 3 x Grey Lag Geese ; Pheasant ; 2 x Stock Dove ; 2 x Grey Wagtail ;

29 Dec – Buzzard ; 2 x Pheasant ; 51 x Redwing ; 47 x Black Headed Gull ; 3 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; Greater Black Backed Gull (66) ; Nuthatch ; Cetti’s Warbler ; Barn Owl ; Greenfinch ; 24 x Fieldfare ; 7 x Herring Gull ; Kestrel ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ;

28 Dec – 2 x Kestrel ; 2 x Bullfinch (65) ; 11 x Greenfinch ; 10 x Black Headed Gull ; Shoveler ; 6 x Wigeon ; 4 x Siskin ; Grey Wagtail ; 24 x Redwing ; Barn Owl ; 2 x Water Rail ; 61 x Teal ; 3 x Mistle Thrush ; Grey Heron ; 4 x Song Thrush ; 3 x Grey lag Geese ; 3 x Stock Dove ; 2 x Buzzard ; Sparowhawk ; Cetti’s Warbler ;

27 Dec – 31 x Chaffinch ; Kestrel ; 4 x Black Headed Gull ; Grey wagtail ; Stock Dove ; Shoveler (64) ; 3 x Cetti’s Warbler ; 58 x Teal ; 2 x Wigeon ; 2 x Meadow Pipit ; 3 x Grey Lag Geese ; Water Rail ; Coal Tit ; Buzzard ;

26 Dec – Song Thrush ; 7 x Stock Dove ; 2 x Nuthatch ; 3 x Mistle Thrush ; 9 x Goldcrest ; 3 x Cetti’s Warbler ; 3 x Water Rail ; 71 x Teal ; 6 x Wigeon ; 2 x Snipe ; 3 x Grey Lag Geese ; Pheasant; Siskin ; 2 x Coal Tit ; Grey wagtail ; Chiffchaff (63) ; 3 x Pied Wagtail ; Kestrel ; 7 x Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Buzzard ; 92 x Redwing ; Barn Owl ; Grey Heron ; Cormorant ; Little Grebe ; Kingfisher ;

25 Dec – Kestrel ; Buzzard ; 3 x Water rail ; 2 x Cetti’s Warbler ; Barn Owl ; 9 x Redpoll (60) ; 2 x Goldcrest ; 31 x Teal ; 7 x Redwing ; Tawny Owl (61) ; Little Owl (62) ;

24 Dec – 2 x Jay (55) ; 17 x Redwing ; Buzzard ; Great Spotted Woodpecker (56) ; 3 x Water Rail ; 19 x Black Headed Gull ; Mistle Thrush ; Treecreeper (57) ; 5 x Goldcrest ; Song Thrush ; 4 x Common Gull (58) ; 3 x Herring Gull (59) ; 2 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 2 x Cetti’s Warbler ; Grey wagtail ; Snipe ; 3 x Wigeon ; 57 x Teal ; Barn Owl ; Siskin ;

23 Dec – Cormorant ; Grey Heron ; 3 x Grey Lag Geese ; 12 x Wigeon ; 43 x Teal ; Sparrowhawk ; Buzzard ; 2 x Pheasant; Water Rail ; 5 x Black Headed Gull ; Grey wagtail ; Cetti’s Warbler ; Goldcrest ; 45 x Redwing ; Song Thrush ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; Raven ; Little Grebe ;

21 Dec – 50+ Teal ; 4 x Wigeon ; 3 x Grey Lag Goose ; Grey Heron ; Pheasant ; Sparrowhawk ; Barn Owl (54) ;

19 Dec – Grey Heron ; 3 x Grey Lag Goose ; 3 x Wigeon ; 33+ Teal ; 2 x Buzzard ; 3 x Pheasant ; 7 x Black Headed Gull ; 6 x Stock Dove ; Grey wagtail ; Goldcrest ; 8 x Long Tailed Tit ; 2 x Coal Tit ; Mistle Thrush ; Song thrush ; 4 x Redwing ;

18 Dec – 62 x Teal ; 4 x Wigeon ; Little Grebe ; Grey Heron ; Kingfisher ; 3 x Grey Lag Goose ; 42 x Goldfinch ; Cetti’s Warbler ; Sparrowhawk (53) ; 2 x Raven ; 4 x Redwing ; Pheasant ; 4 x Snipe ; Water Rail ;

16 Dec – Little Grebe ; 2 x Grey Heron ; 3 x Grey Lag Goose ; 18 x Canada Goose (52) ; 45 x Teal ; 2 x Pheasant ; Water Rail ; 7 x Black Headed Gull ; Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 5 x Stock Dove ; 2 x Meadow Pipit ; 6 x Redwing ; Song Thrush ; 3 x Mistle Thrush ; 2 x Coal Tit ; Nuthatch ;

15 Dec – 2 x Raven ; 77 x Redwing ; 2 x Kestrel ; 16 x Black Headed Gull ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Stock Dove ; Barn Owl ; 4 x Goldcrest ; 3 x Pied Wagtail ; Little Egret (51) ; Grey Wagtail ; 67x Teal ; Snipe ; Cetti’s Warbler (50) ; 4 x Greenfinch ; Mistle Thrush ;

13 Dec – Grey Heron ; 31 x Teal ; Pheasant ; Water Rail ; 5 x Black Headed Gull ; 6 x Stock Dove ; 2 x Greenfinch

9 Dec – 2 x Grey Heron ; 9 x Grey Lag Goose ; 1 x Wigeon (47) ; 33 x Teal ; Buzzard ; Kestrel ; 2 x Pheasant ; Water Rail ; 31 x Black Headed Gull ; Lesser Black Backed Gull (48) ; 4 x Stock Dove ; Goldcrest ;8 x Long tailed Tit ; 29 x Redwing ; Mistle Thrush ; Coal Tit (49) ;

5 Dec – Cormorant (45) ; 3 x Grey Lag Goose (46) ; 22 x Teal ; Pheasant ; 11 x Black Headed Gull ; 5 x Stock Dove ;10 x Long Tailed Tit ; 3 x Mistle Thrush ; Song Thrush ; 8 x Redwing ;

2 Dec – Little Grebe (38) ; 21 x Teal ; 5 x Pheasant (39) ; Water Rail: 23 x Black Headed Gull (40) ; 2 x Stock Dove ; Pied Wagtail (41) ; Fieldfare (42) ; 9 x Redwing ; Mistle Thrush (43) ; 5 x Long Tailed Tit ; 3 x Greenfinch (44) ;

1 Dec – 143 x Redwing (26) ; Brambling (27) ; Goldcrest (28) ; 2 x Buzzard ; 2 x Raven (29); 3 x Meadow Pipit (30) ; 2 x Nuthatch (31); 5 x Siskin (32) ; Stock Dove (33) ; Grey wagtail (34) ; Snipe(35) ; 2 x Water Rail (36) ; 21 x Teal (37) ; ; Kestrel ;

Resident/Regular Birds : Blackbird ; Blue Tit ; Buzzard ; Carrion Crow; Chaffinch; Collared Dove; Coot; Dunnock; Goldfinch; Great Tit; Grey Heron; House Sparrow; Jackdaw; Kestrel ; Kingfisher; Long Tailed Tit; Magpie; Mallard; Moorhen ; Robin; Rook; Song Thrush ; Starling; Wood Pigeon; Wren; (25)

BIRD SIGHTINGS – NOVEMBER 2024 (numbers in red are birds seen for first time this year)

30 Nov – 2 x Buzzard ; 4 x Stock Dove ; 7 x Siskin ; 43 x Fieldfare ; 76 x Redwing ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Grey Heron ; Lesser Black Backed Gull (67) ; 27 x Black Headed Gull ; 77 x Teal ; 11 x Pied Wagtail ; Barn Owl ; Mistle Thrush ; 3 x Meadow Pipit ; Bullfinch ;

29 Nov – Grey Wagtail ; 15 x Redwing ; 7 x Stock Dove ; 9 x Black Headed Gull ; 20 x Wigeon ; Barn Owl ; Buzzard ; 17 x Teal ; Cetti’s Warbler ; 2 x Water Rail ; Kestrel ;

28 Nov – Grey Heron ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese; Canada Goose (66) ; 12 x Wigeon ; 20+ Teal ; Kestrel ; Pheasant ; 11 x Snipe ; 17 x Black Headed Gull ; 8 x Redwing ; Song Thrush ; Mistle Thrush ; Coal Tit ; Reed Bunting ; 30+ Goldfinch ;

26 Nov – Little Grebe (65) ; 60+ Teal ; 2 x Wigeon ; 16 x Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Water rail heard ; Cetti’s Warbler heard ; Grey Heron ; 2 x Snipe ; Buzzard ; 2 x Stock Dove ; Song Thrush ; Long Tailed Tit ; Great Tit : Blue Tit ; Jackdaw ; Crow ; Magpie ; Moorhen ; 30 x Mallard ; Goldfinch ; Chaffinch ; Dunnock ; Wood Pigeon ; Robin ; Blackbird ;

25 Nov – 10 x Long tailed Tit ; Pied Wagtail ; 2 x Stock Dove ; Chaffinch ; 2 x Buzzard ; 4 x Snipe ; 34 x Teal ; 4 x Wigeon ; Water Rail ; 12 x Goldfinch ; 2 x Collared Dove ; 22 x Black Headed Gull ; Kestrel ; Sparrowhawk ;

24 Nov – 3 x Jay ; Bullfinch ; 57 x Fieldfare ; 183 x Redwing ; 2 x Buzzard ; 3 x Mistle Thrush ; Grey Heron ; Grey Wagtail ; Kestrel ; 7 x Siskin ; 3 x Linnet (64) ; 2 x Meadow Pipit ; 3 x Black Headed Gull ; Barn Owl ; 13 x Teal ; Wigeon ; Snipe ; Water Rail ; Cetti’s Warbler ;

19 Nov – 4 x Lapwing (63); Kestrel ; Hawfinch ; Grey Heron ; Siskin ; 17 x Teal ; 33 x Black Headed Gull ; 23 x Fieldfare ; 47 x Redwing ; 3 x Redpoll ; Grey Wagtail ; 5 x Stock Dove ; 2 x Barn Owl ; 11 x Snipe ; 9 x Wigeon ; Cetti’s Warbler ; Song Thrush ; 2 x Meadow Pipit ; Sparrowhawk ; Buzzard ; 3 x Goldcrest ;

18 Nov – Grey Heron ; 11 x Wigeon ; 9 x Teal ; Sparrowhawk ; Pheasant ; 2 x Snipe ; 21 x Black Headed Gull ; Stock Dove ; Grey wagtail ; 7 x Redwing ; Song Thrush ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; Nuthatch ; Greenfinch ; 6 x Goldfinch ; 2 x Water Rail ;

15 Nov – 4 x Long Tailed Tit ; Pied Wagtail ; 3 x Stock Dove ; 2 x Chaffinch ; Nuthatch ; 3 x Goldcrest ; 5 x Snipe ; 22 x Teal ; 2 x Water Rail ; Song thrush ; Mistle Thrush ; Goldfinch ; Kingfisher ; 2 x Collared Dove ; 12 x Black Headed Gull ; Sparrowhawk ; Jay ;

14 Nov – Grey Heron ; 9 x Teal ; Buzzard ; Pheasant ; 8 x Snipe ; 4 x Black Headed Gull ; 4 x Stock Dove ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 2 x Meadow Pipit ; 2 x Goldcrest ; 7 x Fieldfare ; 6 x Redwing ; Song Thrush ; 4 x Mistle Thrush ; Treecreeper (62) ; 12 x Goldfinch ; 6 x Greenfinch ; Bullfinch ;

11 Nov – 5 x Teal ; Sparrowhawk ; 3 x Pheasant ; 4 x Snipe ; 9 x Black Headed Gull ; Pied Wagtail ; 6 x Redwing ; 5 x Mistle Thrush ; Siskin ; 3 x Greenfinch ;

10 Nov – 11 x Meadow Pipit ; 29 x Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Song Thrush ; 3 x Buzzard ; 3 x Jay ; 2 x Grey wagtail ; 13 x Fieldfare ; 73 x Redwing ; 7 x Siskin ; Barn Owl ; 2 x Coal Tit ; 7 x Snipe ; 9 x Teal ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 11 x Redpoll (59) ; Mistle Thrush ; 11 x Grey Lag Goose (60) ; Peregrine (61) ; Little Egret ; 3 x Water Rail ; 2 x Brambling ; 7 x Pied Wagtail ;

9 Nov – Buzzard ; 52 x Redwing ; Kestrel ; 2 x Greenfinch ; 3 x Mistle Thrush ; Grey Heron ; Pied Wagtail ; 2 x Cetti’s Warbler ; 3 x Water Rail ; 57 x Teal ; 11 x Snipe ; Siskin ; Barn Owl ; 11 x Stock Dove ; Grey Wagtail ;

7 Nov – (am) 4 x Teal ; Pheasant ; Water Rail ; 5 x Black Headed Gull ; Stock Dove ; Pied Wagtail ; Grey wagtail ; Goldcrest ; 40+ Fieldfare ; 29+ Redwing ; Song Thrush ; 7 x Mistle Thrush ; 5 x Long Tailed Tit ; 2 x Nuthatch ; 3 x Greenfinch ; (pm) Cetti’s Warbler ; Water Rail ; Coal Tit ; 6 x Teal ; 150 x Starling ;

6 Nov – 10 x Wigeon ; Water Rail calling ; Greenfinch ; Nuthatch ; 10+ Redwing ; 5 x Black Headed Gull ; 5 x Mistle Thrush ; Jay ; 14 x Teal ; 6 x Long Tailed Tit ; Pied Wagtail ; 2 x Kestrel ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 12 x Greenfinch ; Redwing flocks of 20 + 30 + 50 + 30 overhead ;

4 Nov – Grey Heron ; 8 x Wigeon ; 12 x Teal ; Sparrowhawk; 2 x Snipe ; 12 x Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Stock Dove ; Skylark (58) ; Goldcrest ; Nuthatch ; 40+ Redwing ; 4 x Mistle Thrush ; 2 x Greenfinch ;

3 Nov – 243 x Fieldfare ; 219 x Redwing ; 5 x Song Thrush ; 2 x Cormorant (52) ; 5 x Pied Wagtail ; 9 x Siskin ; 5 x Goldcrest ; 19 x Meadow Pipit ; 6 x Water Rail ; 33 x Black Headed Gull ; Bullfinch (53) ; Barn Owl ; 3 x Cetti’s Warbler ; Grey Heron ; 5 x Teal ; Snipe ; STONECHAT (54) ; 5 x Mistle Thrush ; 2 x Stock Dove ; Grey wagtail (55) ; Greenfinch ; Little Egret (56) ; Buzzard ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; BRAMBLING (57) ; 2 x Kestrel ; Nuthatch ; Jay ; 600 x Starling ;

2 Nov – 3 x Jay (37) ; Coal Tit (38) ; 137 x Redwing ; 47 x Black Headed Gull ; 3 x Common Gull (39) ; 9 x Pied wagtail ; 3 x Mistle Thrush (40) ; Pheasant (41) ; Grey Heron ; 7 x Siskin (42) ; 2 x Song Thrush ; 17 x Meadow Pipit ; 44 x Fieldfare ; 2 x Nuthatch (43) ; Reed Bunting (44) ; 3 x Stock Dove ; 2 x Goldcrest (45) ; 3 x Snipe ; 19 x Teal ; Barn Owl (46) ; 7 x Wigeon (47) ; 2 x Cetti’s Warbler (48) ; Water Rail (49) ; Sparrowhawk ; HAWFINCH (50) ; 4 x Greenfinch ; Great Spotted Woodpecker (51) ;

1 Nov – 6 x Long Tailed Tit ; 3 x Buzzard ; 5 x Snipe (26) ; Black Headed Gull (27) ; 6 x Teal (28) ; 4 x Goldfinch ; 2 x Chaffinch ; 10 x Greenfinch (29) ; Pied Wagtail (30) ; Kestrel ; Sparrowhawk (31) ; 38 x Redwing (32) ; 4 x Fieldfare (33) ; approx 6000 Jackdaw going to roost ; 132 x Pink Footed Goose (34) ; 2 x Meadow Pipit (35) ; 11 x Stock Dove (36) ; Grey Heron ;

BIRD SIGHTINGS – OCTOBER 2024 (numbers in red are birds seen for first time this year)

31 Oct – 6 x Teal ; Kestrel ; 100+ Black Headed Gull ; Snipe ; 8 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 7 x Stock Dove ; 2 x Grey Wagtail ; 3 x Meadow Pipit; 2 x Goldcrest ; 2 x Coal Tit ; Nuthatch ; 7 x Greenfinch ; 5 x Mistle Thrush ; 44 x Redwing ; Cetti’s Warbler ; 13 x Blackbirds ; 75 x Starling ;

29 Oct – 8 x Teal ; 4 x Wigeon ; Snipe ; 50+ Starling ; 6 x Mistle Thrush ; Buzzard ; Barn Owl ;

28 Oct – 4 x Hawfinch (67) ; 2 x Goosander (68) ; 5 x Mistle Thrush ; 4 x Greenfinch ; Raven ; Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 7 x Black Headed Gull ; 5 x Herring Gull ; 5 x Meadow Pipit ; Grey wagtail ; 2 x Pied Wagtail ; Nuthatch ; 14 x Long Tailed Tit ; 3 x Stock Dove ; 10 x Teal ; Buzzard ; 14 x Magpie ; 7 x House Sparrow ; 5 x Redwing ; 7 x Goldfinch ;

27 Oct – 2 x Cetti’s Warbler ; 42 x Teal ; 3 x Skylark ; 83 x Redwing ; 3 x Wigeon ; 17 x Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Jay ; Kestrel ; 3 x Buzzard ; 2 x Cormorant ; 3 x Meadow Pipit ; 5 x Pied Wagtail ; 4 x Snipe ; 5 x Mistle Thrush ; 2 x Greenfinch ; 3 x Water Rail heard ;

26 Oct – Skylark ; Stonechat (65) ; Chiffchaff ; 3 x Song Thrush ; Kestrel ; 7 x Buzzard ; 3 x Pied Wagtail ; 3 x Meadow Pipit ; 8 x Mistle Thrush ; 68x Redwing ; 57 x Black Headed Gull ; 5 x Stock Dove ; Barn Owl ; 36 x Teal ; 3 x Wigeon (66) ; 3 x Snipe ; 6 x Siskin ; 2 x Water Rail ;

24 Oct – 2 x Grey Heron ; 10 x Teal ; Buzzard ; 2 x Pheasant ; 2 x Water Rail ; Snipe ; 4 x Black Headed Gull ; Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 3 x Stock Dove ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 4 x Pied Wagtail ; Grey Wagtail ; 90 x Redwing ; 2 x Song Thrush ; 3 x Mistle Thrush ; Reed Bunting ; 4 x Greenfinch ; Cormorant ; Little Egret ; 11 x Siskin (64) ; 17 x Meadow Pipit ; Nuthatch ; Barn Owl ; Goldcrest ; Cetti’s Warbler ; Jay ;

22 Oct – 3 x Teal ; Buzzard ; Water Rail heard ; 2 x Meadow Pipit ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Coal Tit ; 5 x Black Headed Gull ; 3 x Stock Dove ;

21 Oct – 2 x Grey Heron ; 20 x Teal ; 3 x Buzzard ; 3 x Black Headed Gull ; Skylark ; Meadow Pipit ; Grey wagtail ; Chiffchaff ; 2 x Goldcrest ; 2 x Redwing ; 3 x Mistle Thrush ; 2 x Greenfinch ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Little Egret (63) ; Snipe ; 2 x Water Rail ; Pied Wagtail ; 2 x Raven ; Barn Owl ; 5 x Stock Dove ;

19 Oct – Nuthatch ; 3 x Buzzard ; Jay ; 23 x Stock Dove ; Kestrel ; Redwing ; Mistle Thrush ; 2 x Pied Wagtail ; Goldcrest ; Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 7 x Black Headed Gull ; Barn Owl ; 3 x Water Rail ; 12 x Teal ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Cetti’s Warbler (62) ;

18 Oct – 2 x Raven ; Buzzard ; 11 x Mistle Thrush ; Song thrush ; 9 x Meadow Pipit ; 11 x Black Headed Gull ; 4 x Redwing ; 3 x Stock Dove ;

17 Oct – Green Woodpecker ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 8 x Redwing ; Jay ; Buzzard ; Sparrowhawk ; 7 x Teal ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; Nuthatch ; Grey Heron ; 2 x Pheasant ; Water Rail ; Black Headed Gull ; Stock Dove ; Grey wagtail ;

15 Oct – (am) Cormorant ; 7 x Teal ; Buzzard ; Kestrel ; Water Rail ; Black Headed Gull ; Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 3 x Stock Dove ; 4 x Goldcrest ; 3 x Mistle Thrush ; Coal Tit ; 6 x Greenfinch ; (pm) 7 x Jay ; 2 x Raven ; 37 x Redwing ; 7 x Meadow Pipit ; Sparrowhawk ; 2 x Common Gull (61) ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 3 x Chiffchaff ; 4 x Stock Dove ;

14 Oct – 8 x Jay ; Sparrowhawk ; 17 x Fieldfare (60) ; Buzzard ; 11 x Mistle Thrush ; 11 x Meadow Pipit ; 6 x Pied Wagtail ;Linnet ; Stock Dove ; 22 x Teal ;Barn Owl ; 4 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 19 x Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Redwing ; Kestrel ; Goldcrest ; Chiffchaff ;

13 Oct – 21 x Redwing ; 22 x Meadow Pipit ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 4 x Pied Wagtail ; Skylark ; Mandarin (57) ; Grey Wagtail ; Song Thrush ; Jay ; 12 x Canada Goose ; Black Headed Gull ; Linnet (58) ; 2 x ‘vocal’ Tawny Owls (59) ;

10 Oct – 2 x Goldcrest ; Mistle Thrush ; Grey Heron ; Buzzard ; 5 x Black Headed Gull ; 5 x Teal ; Redwing ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 3 x Collared Dove ; Green Woodpecker (56) ; Water Rail ; Pheasant ; Stock Dove ;

7 Oct – 6 x Teal ; Buzzard ; 3 x Pheasant ; Black Headed Gull ; Lesser Black Backed Gull ; Stock Dove ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 4 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Goldcrest ; Coal Tit ; Nuthatch ; Jay ; 47 x Meadow Pipit ; 9 x Redwing ; 7 x Pied Wagtail ; 8 x Mistle Thrush ;

6 Oct – (am) 27 x Meadow Pipit ; Chiffchaff ; Reed Bunting (49) ; 2 x Buzzard ; 2 x Pied Wagtail ; 6 x Mistle Thrush ; Goldcrest ; 4 x Greenfinch ; 6 x Skylark (50) ; Barn Owl ; Jay ; 19 x Teal ; 9 x Snipe (51) ; 2 x Water Rail ; Grey Wagtail ; 2 x Sparrowhawk ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 3 x Stock Dove ; 2 x Redwing ; (pm) 2 x Redwing ; 3 x Nuthatch ; Chiffchaff ; 4 x Raven (52) ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; Hobby (53) ; Coal Tit (54) ; 14 x Teal ; 17 x Meadow Pipit ; 5 x Pied Wagtail ; 3 x Buzzard ; 4 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 2 x Herring Gull (55) ; 6 x Long Tailed Tit ;

5 Oct – 4 x Swallow (47) ; 5 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Nuthatch ; 2 x Buzzard ; 2 x Stock Dove ; 20 x Meadow Pipit ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Pheasant ; 2 x Goldcrest ; 3 x Song Thrush ; 7 x Mistle Thrush ; 2 x Jay ; Grey Heron ; 5 x Redwing ; Grey Wagtail (48) ; 8 x Pied Wagtail ; Cormorant ; 8 x Black Headed Gull ; Sparrowhawk ;

4 Oct – 7 x Buzzard ; 2 x Sparrowhawk (44) ; 2 x Red Kite (45) ; 2 x Jay ; 7 x Swallow ; 11 x Mistle Thrush ; Redwing ; Barn Owl (46) ; Water Rail ; 3 x Meadow Pipit ; 2 x Chiffchaff ; 7 x Teal ;

3 Oct – (am) 4 x Cormorant over ; 2 x Canada Goose (37) ; Buzzard ; Water Rail (38) ; Nuthatch ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 3 x Teal ; Mistle Thrush ; Song Thrush ; 3 x Pheasant ; Greenfinch (39) ; 2 x Black Headed Gull ; Lesser Black Backed Gull (40) ; 6 x Redwings (41) ; (pm) 3 x Jay (42) ; 7 x Chiffchaff ; 12 x Meadow Pipit ; 5 x Mistle Thrush ; 2 x Pied Wagtail (43) ; 2 x Buzzard ; Grey Heron ; Kestrel ; 19 x Black Headed Gull ; 7 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 3 x Song Thrush ;

1 Oct – Great Spotted Woodpecker (26) ; 3 x Mistle Thrush (27) ; Chiffchaff (28) ; 2 x Goldcrest (29) ; 4 x Teal (30) ; Cormorant (31); 6 x Black Headed Gull (32) ; 2 x Pheasant (33) ; Stock Dove (34) ; 2 x Meadow Pipit (35) ; Nuthatch (36) :

SIGHTINGS OF JUVENILE BIRDS IN THE LOWER HARTSHAY AREA

BARN OWL ; BLACKBIRD ; BLUE TIT ; BUZZARD ; CARRION CROW ; CHAFFINCH ; CHIFFCHAFF ; COLLARED DOVE ; COOT ; DUNNOCK ; GOLDFINCH ; GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER ; GREAT TIT ; GREEN WOODPECKER ; GREENFINCH ; GREY LAG GOOSE ; GREY WAGTAIL ; HOUSE SPARROW ; JACKDAW ; KESTREL ; KINGFISHER ; LAPWING ; LESSER WHITETHROAT ; LINNET ; LONG TAILED TIT ; MAGPIE ; MALLARD ; MANDARIN ; MOORHEN ; NUTHATCH ; PEREGRINE ; PHEASANT ; PIED WAGTAIL ; RAVEN ; REED BUNTING ; REED WARBLER ; ROBIN ; ROOK ; SEDGE WARBLER ; SKYLARK ; SONG THRUSH ; STARLING ; STOCK DOVE ; SWALLOW ; SWIFT ; TREECREEPER ; WHITETHROAT ; WILLOW TIT ; WILLOW WARBLER ; WOOD PIGEON ; WREN ; HERRING GULL ; BLACK HEADED GULL ;

BIRD SIGHTINGS – SEPTEMBER 2024 (numbers in red are birds seen for first time this year)

29 Sept -117 x Meadow Pipit ; 19 x Pied Wagtail; Skylark ; Pheasant ; 11 x Chiffchaff ; 4 x Grey Wagtail ; 3 x Water Rail ; 17 x Jay ; 2 x Coal Tit ; 7 x Song Thrush ; 3 x Mistle Thrush ; 15 x Swallow ; 7 x Buzzard ; 3 x Cormorant (66) ; 2 x Sparrowhawk ; 5 x Yellowhammer (65) ; 8 x Reed Bunting (64); Barn Owl ; Raven ; 13 x Teal ; 5 x Snipe ; Kingfisher ; Bullfinch (63) ; Redwing (62) ; 5 x Stock Dove ; 12 x Black Headed Gull ; 1 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ;

28 Sept – 25 x Meadow Pipit ; 4 x Pied Wagtail ; 11 x Linnet ; 9 x Buzzard ; Skylark (61) ; 7 x Chiffchaff ; 42 x Swallow ; Greenfinch ; 8 x Black Headed Gull ; Green Woodpecker(60) ;

27 Sept – 10 x Swallow ; 3 x Jay ; 13 x Chiffchaff ; 6 x Meadow Pipit ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Buzzard ; 7 x Teal ; Barn Owl ;

26 Sept – (am) Treecreeper (59) ; 2 x Goldcrest (58) ; 6 x Chiffchaff ; Water Rail ; 9 x Black Headed Gull ; Song Thrush ; Teal ; Stock Dove (pm) 2 x Jay ; 9 x Buzzard ; Kestrel ; 2 x Sparrowhawk ; 5 x Black Headed Gull; Pied Wagtail (57) ; 4 x Swallow ; Barn Owl ; Grey heron ; 11 x Teal ; Snipe ; 7 x Chiffchaff ; Water Rail ; Pheasant ; 2 x Raven ; 3 x Meadow Pipit ;

25 Sept – 4 x Chiffchaff ; Jay ; Grey Heron ; 3 x Black Headed Gull; Pheasant ; 10 x Goldfinch ;

24 Sept – Kestrel ; Buzzard ; Nuthatch ; Pheasant (56); Jay ; 45 x Jackdaw ; 20 x Swallow ; Chiffchaff ; 2 x Stock Dove ; 2 x Meadow Pipit ;

23 Sept – 4 x Chiffchaff ; Goldcrest ; Black Headed Gull

20 Sept – 7 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Buzzard ; Kestrel ; 5 x Linnet ; 80+ Swallow ; Barn Owl ; 3 x Water Rail ; Teal ; 5 x Stock Dove ; Mistle Thrush ;

17 Sept – Barn Owl ;

16 Sept – Kestrel ; 5 x Buzzard ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 5 x Meadow Pipit ; 15 x Chiffchaff ; 100+ Swallow ; Sparrowhawk ; 2 x Jay ; 2 x Teal ; 2 x Willow Warbler ; 2 x Stock Dove ; Nuthatch ; Song Thrush ;

14 Sept – (am) 12 x Pink Footed Geese (51) over ; 2 x Jay ; 13 x Chiffchaff ; 47 x Swallow ; 9 x House Martin (52) ; 9 x Linnet (53) ; 7 x Buzzard ; (pm) 2 x Peregrine (54) ; Kestrel ; 5 x Buzzard ; 7 x Chiffchaff ; 11 x Swallow ; 3 x House Martin ; 2 x Meadow Pipit (55) ; 17 x Linnet ;

6 Sept – Stonechat (41) ; Sparrowhawk ; 3 x Raven ; 5 x Buzzard ; 5 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Herring Gull (42); 2 x Kestrel ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 3 x Lesser Black Backed Gull (43) ; 17 x Canada Geese(44) ; 11 x Swallow ; Grey Wagtail ; 2 x Greenfinch ; Kingfisher ; 5 x Teal ; 2 x Water Rail (45) ; 9 x Black Headed Gull ; 9 x Stock Dove (46) ; Willow Warbler (47) ; Grey Heron ; 2 x Snipe (48) ; Hobby (49) ; Barn Owl (50) ;

5 Sept – Jay (39) ; Buzzard ; 3 x Chiffchaff ; Grey Wagtail (40); 2 x Teal ; 12 x Swallow ; 2 x Greenfinch ;

3 Sept – Wheatear (27) ; 2 x Teal (28) ; 19 x Mistle Thrush (29) ; 3 x Raven (30) ; Grey Heron ; Kestrel ; Sparrowhawk (31) ; Black Headed Gull (32) ; Great Spotted Woodpecker (33) ; 7 x Swallow (34) ; 2 x Chiffchaff (35) ; Coal Tit (36) ; Nuthatch (37) ; 4 x Greenfinch (38);

1 Sept – Tawny Owls very vocal tonight (26)

BIRD SIGHTINGS – AUGUST 2024 (numbers in red are birds seen for first time this year)

30 Aug – 3 x Whitethroat ; Blackcap ; 3 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Jay ; Grey Heron ; Black Headed Gull ; 6 x Swallow ; Nuthatch ; 4 x Greenfinch ;

27 Aug – Willow Tit (75) ; Kingfisher ; 8 x Chiffchaff ; 11 x Swallow ; 2 x Black Headed Gull ;6 x Greenfinch ; Buzzard ; Kestrel ; 3 x Stock Dove ; 2 x Goldcrest ; Linnet ; Reed Bunting ; 2 x Willow Warbler ; 5 x House Martin ; Cormorant ;

26 Aug – Sparrowhawk ; 3 x Willow Warbler ; 3 x Raven ; 9 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 2 x Swift ; 3 x Linnet ; 2 x Whitethroat ; Lesser Whitethroat ; 19 x Swallow ; 5 x Sand Martin (72) ; Buzzard ; 9 x House Martin ; 5 x Chiffchaff ; Nuthatch ; Grey Wagtail ; Mistle Thrush ; Osprey (73) ; Siskin (74); Yellowhammer ;

25 Aug – Redstart (71) ; 30+ Swallow ; Song Thrush ; 3 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 4 x Swift ; Buzzard ; 4 x Canada Goose ; 7 x Linnet ; 2 x House Martin ; 8 x Greenfinch ; Kestrel ; 3 x Stock Dove ; Chiffchaff ; Nuthatch ; Red Kite ;

23 Aug – Sparrowhawk ; 7 x Mistle Thrush ; Skylark (68) ; 5 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 19 x Swallow ; Peregrine (69) ; 7 x Black Headed Gull ; 21 x Greenfinch ; Hobby (70) ; 2 x Cormorant ; Jay ; Buzzard ; House Martin ; 5 x Stock Dove ; Swift ; 3 x Willow Warbler ;

22 Aug – 2 x Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Swallow ; Pied Wagtail ; Chiffchaff ; Goldcrest ; Song Thrush ; 3 x Greenfinch ;

21 Aug – Common Sandpiper (67) ; Grey Wagtail ; Buzzard ; Kingfisher ; 3 x Chiffchaff ; 3 x Greenfinch ; Grey Heron ; Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Swallow ; Pheasant ; 2 x Stock Dove ;

19 Aug – Spotted Flycatcher (66) ; Grey Heron ; Buzzard ; Kestrel ; Pheasant ; 2 x Black Headed Gull ; 5 x Stock Dove ; 7 x Swallow ; 5 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Goldcrest ; Coal Tit ; Nuthatch ; 4 x Greenfinch ;

18 Aug – 3 x Raven (63) ; Mistle Thrush ; Pied Wagtail (64) ; 3 x Buzzard ; Whitethroat ; 70+ Swallow ; Herring Gull ; Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 2 x Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 47 x House Martin (65) ; 2 x Swift ; Kestrel ; Jay ; 2 x Meadow Pipit ; Song Thrush ; 2 x Blackcap ; 17 x Chiffchaff ; 7 x Willow Warbler ; 3 x Lesser Whitethroat ;

14 Aug – Red Kite ; 2 x Buzzard ; 3 x Black Headed Gull ; 6 x Swallow ; Whitethroat ; Willow Warbler ; 5 x Chiffchaff ; 3 x Greenfinch ; Linnet ;

13 Aug – 7 x Chiffchaff ; 4 x Meadow Pipit (62) ; 2 x Great Spotted Woodpecker (juveniles) ; 2 x Willow Warbler ; 3 x Cormorant ; 5 x Buzzard ; 80+ Swallow ; 7 x Mistle Thrush ; Sparrowhawk ; 7 x Greenfinch ; Grey Heron ; Whitethroat ; 2 x Swift ; 5 x Linnet ;

12 Aug – 2 x Grey Heron ; Buzzard ; Pheasant ; 3 x Black Headed Gull ; 3 x Stock Dove ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 13 x Swallow ; 2 x Willow Warbler ; 6 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Goldcrest ; Mistle Thrush (60) ; Treecreeper ; 5 x Greenfinch ; Jay (61) ;

11 Aug – Buzzard ; 12 x Linnet (52) ; Sparrowhawk ; 5 x Whitethroat ; 31 x Grey lag Geese (53) ; Reed Bunting ; Little Owl (54) ; 5 x Stock Dove ; Grey Heron ; 30+ Swallow ; Cormorant (55) ; Goosander (56) ; Green Woodpecker (57) ; 2 x Blackcap (58) ; 3 x Willow Warbler (59) ; 7 x Chiffchaff ; Treecreeper ; 3 x Greenfinch ; Song Thrush ;

8 Aug – Grey Heron ; Sparrowhawk (49) ; Buzzard ; 2 x Red Kite ; Pheasant ; Black Headed Gull ; Lesser Black Backed Gull ; Herring Gull (50) ; 2 x Stock Dove ; 5 x Swallow ; 3 x Chiffchaff ; Great Spotted Woodpecker (51) ; 3 x Greenfinch ;

5 Aug – 2 x Mandarin (46) ; Kingfisher ; Grey Heron ; 2 x Buzzard ; Pheasant (47) ; 9 x Black Headed Gull ; 3 x LBBG ; 3 x Stock Dove ; 3 x Swallow ; 5 x Chiffchaff ; Goldcrest ; Treecreeper (48) ; 4 x Greenfinch ;

4 Aug – 2 x Pheasant ; 3 x Black Headed Gull ; 4 x LBBG ; 3 x Swallow ; 3 x Chiffchaff ; Goldcrest (41) ; Stock Dove ; 3 x Greenfinch ; Nuthatch ; Red Kite ; 67 x Swift ; 9 x Stock Dove ; 8 x Canada Goose (42) ; Grey Wagtail (43) ; 2 x Buzzard ; 2 x Whitethroat (44) ; 3 x Lesser Whitethroat (45) ;

3 Aug – 2 x Greenfinch ; 2 x Chaffinch ; Coal Tit (40) ; Blue + Great Tits ; Kestrel ; 4 x LBBG ; 20 Swallow ;

2 Aug – Swallow roost of 1500+ birds ; Barn Owl (37) ; Red Kite ; 5 x Reed Bunting ; 23 x Swift (38) ; Grey Heron ; 2 x Kestrel ; Yellowhammer (39) ; 7 x LBBG ; 3 x Black Headed Gull ; 8 x Buzzard ;

1 Aug – 2 x Grey Heron ; 6 x Black Headed Gull (26) ; 4 x Lesser Black Backed Gull (27) ; 3 x Stock Dove (28) ; 4 x Swallow (29) ; 3 x Chiffchaff (30) ; Song Thrush ; 2 x Nuthatch (31) ; Reed Bunting (32) ; Greenfinch (33) ; Bullfinch (34) ; Curlew (35) ; Red Kite (36) ;

BIRD SIGHTINGS – JULY 2024 (numbers in red are birds seen for first time this year)

29 July – Grey Heron ; 4 x Buzzard ; Kestrel ; Pheasant ; Black Headed Gull ; Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 2 x Stock Dove ; Kingfisher ; 5 x Swallow ; Blackcap ; 3 x Chiffchaff ; Song Thrush ; 4 x Greenfinch ; Bullfinch (68) ; Water Rail (69) ;

28 July – 2 x Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 11 x Chiffchaff ; 33 x Swallow ; 2 x Raven ; 7 x Greenfinch ; Kestrel ; 3 x House Martin ; 5 x Swift ; Stock Dove ; Whitethroat ; Willow Warbler (67) ;

27 July – Green Woodpecker (66) (juvenile) ;

26 July – 1500+ Swallows roosting after 9pm ; Gadwall (65) ;

25 July – Mistle Thrush (62) ; Mandarin ; 8 x Canada Geese (63) ; Grey Heron ; Buzzard ; Pheasant ; 2 x Lesser Black backed Gull ; 5 x Stock Dove ; 2 x Swallow ; Blackcap ; 3 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Goldcrest ; Nuthatch ; Treecreeper ; 3 x Greenfinch ; Raven ; 100+ Swift ; Sand Martin ; 2 x Buzzard ; Little Owl heard (64) ;

22 July – Sparrowhawk ; Buzzard ; Pheasant ; 14 x Lapwing ; 5 x Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 3 x Stock Dove ; 27+ Swift ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 8 x Swallow; Sedge Warbler ; 3 x Chiffchaff ; Goldcrest ; 2 x Song Thrush ; Nuthatch ; Treecreeper ; 2 x Reed Bunting ; 4 x Greenfinch ;

21 July – 2 x Buzzard ; Red Kite ; Kestrel ; Mandarin + 6 juvenile ; 2 x Linnet ; 53 x Swift ; 11 x Stock Dove ; 2 x Yellow Wagtail (61) ; 5 x Whitethroat ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Cormorant ; 5 x Reed Bunting ; 33 x Swallow ; 7 x Chiffchaff ; Coal Tit ; 3 x Blackcap ; Sedge Warbler ; Reed Warbler ; Song Thrush ; Barn owl ; Pheasant ; 3 x Greenfinch ; 3 x Sand Martin ;

19 July – 2 x Buzzard ; 2 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; Stock Dove ; Kingfisher ; 2 x Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 2 x Skylark ; 8 x Swallow ; Reed Warbler ; Sedge Warbler ; 2 x Whitethroat ; 2 x Blackcap ; 3 x Willow Warbler ; 2 x Chiffchaff ; Goldcrest ; 2 x Song Thrush ; Nuthatch ; 2 x Reed Bunting ; 2 x Greenfinch ;

16 July – Raven ; 47 x Swift ; 25 x Swallow ; 7 x Chiffchaff ; 5 x Song Thrush ; 2 x Stock Dove ; 7 x Black Headed Gull ; 3 x House Martin ; 3 x Buzzard ; Sparrowhawk ; Herring Gull (59) ; Kestrel ; 3 x Whitethroat ; Red Kite (60) ;

15 July – Sparrowhawk ; Buzzard ; Pheasant ; 4 x Stock Dove ; 5 x Swallow ; 2 x Whitethroat ; 2 x Blackcap ; 2 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Song Thrush ; Nuthatch ; 2 x Reed Bunting ; Treecreeper (58) ; 3 x Greenfinch ; Raven ;

14 July – 2 x Cormorant (55) ; 3 x Buzzard ; Nuthatch ; 2 x Great Spotted Woodpeckers (juveniles) ; Garden Warbler ; 5 x Song Thrush ; Raven (56) – 1 adult + 3 juvenile ; 11 x Stock Dove ; 7 x Chiffchaff ; 70+ Swift ; 4 x Skylark ; 9 x Reed Bunting ; 2 x Pheasant ; Barn Owl ; 7 x Swallow ; 3 x Greenfinch ; 2 x Reed Warbler ; 2 x Kestrel + 3 juveniles ; 3 x Whitethroat ; 6 x Linnet ; 2 x Mandarin ; Sparrowhawk ; Peregrine (juvenile) (57);

12 July – Kingfisher ; Sparrowhawk (51) ; 9 x Sand Martin (52) ; 8 x Chiffchaff ; 5 x Buzzard ; Kestrel ; 2 x Song Thrush ; 17 x Swallow ; Pheasant ; 5 x Whitethroat ; 8 x Reed Bunting ; Blackcap ; 2 x Lapwing (53) + 3 juvenile; Barn Owl ; 7 x Stock Dove ; Goosander (54) ; 5 x Linnet ; 5 x Swift ;

11 July – 2 x Mandarin ; 2 x Buzzard ; Pheasant ; 2 x Stock Dove ; 3 x Skylark (50) ; Swallow ; Sedge Warbler ; Blackcap ; 3 x Chiffchaff ; 4 x Song Thrush ; 2 x Reed Bunting ;

10 July – 9 x Swallow ; Willow Tit (47) ; Long Tailed Tit ; Coal Tit ; Blackcap ; Chiffchaff ; Reed Bunting ; Reed Warbler ; Nuthatch (48) ; Pheasant ; Great Spotted Woodpecker (49) ; Moorhen with young ;

8 July – Mandarin (45) ; Grey Heron ; 2 x Stock Dove ; 2 x Swallow ; 2 x Blackcap ; 3 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Goldcrest ; Song Thrush ; Coal Tit (46) ; Reed Bunting ; Greenfinch ;

7 July – 3 x Song Thrush ; Buzzard ; 4 x Stock Dove ; 8 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Linnet ; 7 x Whitethroat ; 5 x Reed Bunting ; 11 x Swallow ; Reed Warbler (44) ; 2 x Barn Owl with young (43); 31 x Swift ; Little Egret (42) ; Pheasant ; Grey Heron ; Kestrel ;

4 July – Kingfisher ; Grey Heron ; Whitethroat (41) ; 3 x Blackcap ; Garden Warbler ; 3 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x House Martin ; 5 x Swift ; 8 x Swallow ; 2 x Stock Dove ; Kestrel ; Buzzard ; Black Headed Gull ; Lesser Black Backed Gull ; Song Thrush ;

1 July – Buzzard ; Kestrel ; 2 x Pheasant (26) ; 3 x Black Headed Gull (27) ; 2 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ;(28) ; 5 x Stock Dove (29) ; 4 x Swift (30) ; 13 x Swallow (31) ; House Martin (32) ; Sedge Warbler (33) ; Garden Warbler (34) ; 4 x Blackcap (35) ; 8 x Chiffchaff (36) ; Goldcrest (37) ; 2 x Song Thrush ; Reed Bunting (38) ; 4 x Greenfinch (39) ; Linnet (40) ;

BIRD SIGHTINGS – JUNE 2024 (numbers in red are birds seen for first time this year)

27 Jun – Hobby (65) ; 3 x Buzzard ; 2 x Pheasant ; Black Headed Gull ; Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 6 x Swallow ; Sedge Warbler ; 3 x Whitethroat ; Garden Warbler ; 4 x Blackcap ; 6 x Chiffchaff ; Goldcrest ; Coal Tit ; 3 x Reed Bunting ; 2 x Greenfinch ; Red Kite ; 2 x Linnet ;

24 Jun – Barn Owl ; 2 x Red Kite ; 2 x Bullfinch (64) ; Garden Warbler ; Sedge Warbler ; 2 x Song Thrush ; 2 x Nuthatch ; 2 x Grey Heron ; Lesser Black Backed Gull ; Stock Dove ; House Martin ; 3 x Swallow ; Whitethroat ; 3 x Chiffchaff ; Goldcrest ; 4 x Reed Bunting ;

20 Jun – Buzzard ; Kingfisher ; Whitethroat ; Lesser Whitethroat ; Blackcap ; Garden Warbler ; Chiffchaff ; Starlings with juveniles ; Swallow ; Grey Wagtail with young ; Barn Owl ;

19 Jun – 2 x Kestrel ; Blackcap ; 9 x Chiffchaff ; 10 x Swallow ; 3 x Buzzard ; Lesser Whitethroat with 5 fledged ; Barn Owl ; 3 x Reed Warbler ; 2 x Sedge Warbler ; 2 x Pheasant ; 9 x Swift ; 3 x Reed Bunting ; 5 x Whitethroat ; 7 x Stock Dove ; Grey Wagtail ;

17 Jun – 16 x Swift ; 7 x Chiffchaff ; 3 x Whitethroat ; 2 x Stock Dove ; 2 x Song Thrush ; Buzzard ; Black Headed Gull ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Swallow ; Reed Warbler ; Sedge Warbler ; Garden warbler ; Blackcap ; Willow Warbler ; Nuthatch ; Reed Bunting ; Greenfinch ;

13 Jun – Sparrowhawk ; Kestrel ; Buzzard ; Pheasant (63) ; Black Headed Gull ; 4 x Stock Dove ; 4 x Swallow ; Reed Warbler ; 2 x Whitethroat ; 2 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Goldcrest ; 3 x Song Thrush ; Mistle Thrush (64) ; Nuthatch ; 3 x Reed Bunting ; 2 x Greenfinch (1 feeding young) ; Sedge Warbler ; Willow Warbler ; Grey Wagtail ; Pied Wagtail ; Coot ;

10 Jun – Barn Owl ; Teal ; Sparrowhawk ; 3 x Buzzard ; Red Kite ; Kestrel ; Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 2 x Stock Dove ; 3 x Swallow ; 2 x House Martin ; Pied Wagtail ; Grey Wagtail ; Reed Warbler ; Sedge Warbler ; Whitethroat ; Garden Warbler ; Blackcap ; Willow Warbler ; 3 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Song Thrush ; Reed Bunting ; 2 x Greenfinch ;

9 Jun – 17 x Swallow ; 2 x House Martin ; 19 x Swift ; Curlew ; 7 x Skylark ; 3 x Buzzard ; 5 x Whitethroat ; 3 x Reed Warbler ; 2 x Sedge Warbler ; Great Spotted Woodpecker (62) ; 4 x Linnet ; Black Headed Gull ; 5 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 14 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Reed Bunting ; Song Thrush ;

7 Jun – 7 x Skylark ; 2 x Buzzard ; 2 x Kestrel ; 21 x Swift ; Sparrowhawk (61) ; 7 x Canada Geese ; Greenfinch ; 13 x Chiffchaff ; Black Headed Gull ; 7 x Nuthatch (family group) ; 5 x Reed Warbler ; Willow Warbler ; Willow Tit (56) (juvenile) ; Red Kite (57) ; 2 x House Martin ; Curlew ; Sand Martin (58) ; 6 x Whitethroat ; 4 x Reed Bunting ; 15 x Swallow ; OSPREY over (59) ; Lesser Whitethroat ; 3 x Linnet ; Treecreeper (60) ;

6 Jun – 23 x Canada Geese ; 3 x Buzzard ; Black Headed Gull ; 8 x Swift ; 5 x Swallow ; 2 x House Martin ; Sedge Warbler ; 3 x Whitethroat ; Garden Warbler (53) ; 2 x Blackcap ; Willow Warbler (54) ; 3 x Chiffchaff ; Goldcrest (55) ; 4 x Song Thrush ; 6 x Greenfinch ;

5 Jun – 5 x Whitethroats ; 2 x Blackcap ; 4 x Chiffchaff ; Sedge Warbler ; 2 x Swift ; 6 x Swallow ; Kestrel ; Coal Tit ; Coot ; Mallard (2 families with 5 young each) ; Moorhen with 4 young ; Grey Heron ; Blackbird ; Blue Tit ; Magpie ; Grey Wagtail ;

4 Jun – 2 x Linnet (50) ; Curlew (51) ; Sparrowhawk ; Buzzard ; 7 x Swift ; 2 x Kingfisher ; Grey Wagtail ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Song Thrush ; 9 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Stock Dove ; Barn Owl ; Teal ; 9 x Swallow ; 5 x Whitethroat ; 2 x Lesser Whitethroat (52) ; Lapwing ;

3 Jun – Teal ; 15-20 Canada Geese over ; Buzzard ; Kestrel ; 5 x Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 3 x Stock Dove ; 7 x Swift ; 6 x Swallow ; House Martin (48) ; 2 x Whitethroat ; 2 x Blackcap (49) ; 4 x Chiffchaff + young ; Greenfinch ; 2 x Song Thrush ; 2 x Reed Bunting ;

2 Jun – 17 x Swift (41) ; 5 x Buzzard ; 3 x Skylark (42) ; 3 x Grrenfinch (43) ; 2 x Canada Geese (44) ; 7 x Whitethroat ; Lapwing (45) ; Kestrel ; Teal ; 2 x Mandarin ; 9 x Chiffchaff ; Grey wagtail ; 3 x Pied Wagtail ; 11 x Whitethroat (3 x fledged) ; Sedge Warbler (46) ; 2 x Reed warbler ; 5 x Reed Bunting ; 3 x Lesser Black Backed Gull (47) ; 7 x Black Headed Gull ; 27 x Canada Geese ; 3 x Stock Dove ; 9 x Swallow ;

1 Jun – (6am – 7am) Grey Wagtail (26) ; Barn Owl (27) ; 4 x Swallow (28); Mandarin (29) ; Stock Dove (30) ; 4 x Reed Warbler (31) ; 5 x Chiffchaff (32) ; Water Rail (33) ; 3 x Pied Wagtail (34) ; Whitethroat (35) ; Reed Bunting (36) ; Teal (37) ; Black Headed Gull (38) ; Coal Tit (39) ; Nuthatch (40) ;

BIRD SIGHTINGS – MAY 2024 (numbers in red are birds seen for first time this year)

31 May – Barn Owl ; Peregrine ; Kestrel ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 5 x Buzzard ; 3 x Whitethroat ; Willow Tit ; 15 x Swallow ; 27 x Swift ; Mandarin ; 2 x Blackcap ; 9 x Chiffchaff ; Reed Warbler ; Teal ; 5 x Stock Dove ; Mute Swan (73) ; Nuthatch with 5 fledglings ; Sedge Warbler ; Grey Wagtail ; 11 x Pied Wagtail ; 50+ Swift ; 2 x Song Thrush ; Mistle Thrush ;

30 May – (am) Kingfisher ; Teal ; Grey Heron ; 5 x Swift ; 2 x Reed Warbler ; Sedge Warbler ; 3 x Whitethroat ; 2 x Blackcap ; 4 x Chiffchaff ; Goldcrest ; 4 x Song Thrush ; Reed Bunting ; Greenfinch ; Bullfinch ; 3 x Stock Dove ; 7 x Buzzard ; Jay ; Black Headed Gull ; 3 x House Martin ; 11 x Swallow ; 47 x Swift ; 5 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; Curlew ; 2 x Raven ;

28 May – (6am – 7am) Song Thrush ; 4 x Reed Warbler ; Water Rail ; 5 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Sedge Warbler ; Whitethroat ; Pheasant ; Reed Bunting ; Blackcap ; Long tailed Tit ; 2 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; Oystercatcher (72) ; Bullfinch ; (0715 – 0830) Grey Heron ; Teal ; Pheasant ; 2 x Swift ; x Swallow ; Pied Wagtail ; Grey wagtail ; 2 x Reed Warbler ; 2 x Sedge warbler ; 2 x Whitethroat ; Blackcap ; 5 x Chiffchaff ; 4 x Song Thrush ; Mistle Thrush ; 3 x Reed Bunting ;

26 May – 3 x Skylark ; 18 x Chiffchaff ; Kestrel ; 3 x Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 2 x Linnet ; 7 x Whitethroat ; Sparrowhawk ; 5 x Buzzard ; 5 x Song Thrush ; Red Kite ; 17 x House Martin ; 30+ Swift ; 19 x Swallow ; Lapwing ; Treecreeper ; Curlew (70) ; Grey Heron ; Coal Tit ; 3 x Reed Bunting ; 6 x Sedge Warbler ; 3 x Reed Warbler (71) ; Blackcap ; 2 x Mandarin ; 3 x Stock Dove ; Grey wagtail ; Cormorant ;

19 May – 7 x House Martin (68) ; 11 x Swift ; 9 x Swallow ; Teal ; Sedge Warbler ; 7 x Mandarin pairs ; 5 x Chiffchaff ; Water Rail ; 3 x Buzzard ; Sparrowhawk ; 3 x Whitethroat ; 7 x Reed Bunting ; Kingfisher ; 3 x Black Headed Gull ; 3 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; Grey Wagtail ; 5 x Stock Dove ; 2 x Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Barn Owl (69) ; Blackcap ;

16 May – Cormorant ; 2 x Grey Heron ; Buzzard ; Kestrel ; Pheasant ; 2 x Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 2 x Swift ; 3 x Swallow ; Dunnock + young ; 3 x Whitethroat ; 2 x Blackcap ; 9x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Song Thrush ; 4 x Reed Bunting ; 2 x Greenfinch ;

15 May – 2 x Red Kite ; Grey Heron ; 7 x Swift ; 2 x Swallow ; Pied Wagtail ; 2 x Grey Wagtail ; Sedge Warbler ; 3 x Whitethroat ; Blackcap ; 5 x Chiffchaff ; Willow Warbler carrying food ; 2 x Goldcrest ; 3 x Greenfinch ; 2 x Reed Bunting ;

14 May – (am) Cuckoo (66) ; Buzzard ; Pheasant ; 3 x Stock Dove ; 3 x Swallow ; Pied Wagtail ; 2 x Whitethroat ; Blackcap ; 4 x Chiffchaff ; Goldcrest ; Coal Tit ; 2 x Song Thrush ; 2 x Redd Bunting ; (pm) 11 x Swift ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Raven ; Bullfinch ; Cormorant ; 2 x Skylark ; Sand Martin (67) ; 3 x Sedge Warbler ; 3 x Buzzard ; 2 x Kestrel ; Gadwall ;

PENTRICH TOPS – 2 x Yellowhammer ; 2 x Skylark ; 10 x Linnet ; Pied Wagtail ; Stock Dove ;

12 May – Hobby (65) ; 2 x Teal ; Water Rail ; 3 x Sedge Warbler ; Grey Wagtail ; 5 x Whitethroat ; 2 x Blackcap ; 7 x Swallow ; Mistle Thrush ; 7 x Song Thrush ; 5 x Stock Dove ; 2 x Grey heron ; 3 x Pheasant ; 5 x Chiffchaff ; 3 x Buzzard ; Skylark ; Swift ; Pied Wagtail ;

10 May – Skylark ‘ Lapwing (possible breeding) ; Gadwall (possible breeding) ; 3 x Mandarin ; Greenfinch ; 5 x Sedge Warbler ; 7 x Reed Bunting ; 7 x Buzzard ; 8 x Swallow ; 23 x Swift (63) ; 3 x Teal (nesting) ; Cormorant ; Blackcap ; Chiffchaff ; 3 x Song Thrush ; 9 x Whitethroat ; Raven (64) ; 13 x Stock Dove ; Grey wagtail ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 5 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; Willow Tit

9 May (am) Grey Heron ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; Sparrowhawk ; 2 x Buzzard ; 3 x Pheasant ; 3 x Stock Dove ; 2 x Swallow ; Sedge Warbler ; 3 x Whitethroat ; Garden Warbler ; 3 x Blackcap ; 6 x Chiffchaff ; Goldcrest ; 3 x Song Thrush ; 2 x Reed Bunting ;

8 May -(am) Mandarin ; 2 x Grey Heron ; Gadwall ; Kestrel ; Sparrowhawk (62) ; Pheasant ; 3 x Swallow ; Pied Wagtail ; 2 x Grey Wagtail ; Sedge Warbler ; 2 x Whitethroat ; Garden Warbler ; 4 x Blackcap ; 4 x Chiffchaff ; 3 x Song Thrush ; 2 x Reed Bunting ; Mallards with young ; (also) 2 x Teal ; Greenfinch ; Goldfinch ; Chaffinch ; Goldcrest ; Moorhen abandoned nest with one egg ; BUTTERFLYs – 2 X Orange Tip ; Peacock ; Small White ;

7 May – (am) Mandarin ; Grey Heron ; 3 x Pheasant ; 2 x Black Headed Gull ; 4 x Stock Dove ; 3 x Swallow ; Pied Wagtail ; 2 x Grey Wagtail ; Sedge Warbler ; 3 x Whitethroat ; Garden Warbler ; 3 x Blackcap ; 6 x Chiffchaff ; Goldcrest (59) ; Mistle Thrush ; 4 x Song Thrush ; Reed Bunting ; Greenfinch ; (early am) 2 x Little Egret (60) ; Red Kite ; 5 x Buzzard ; Nuthatch ; Black Headed Gull ; 7 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 3 x Teal ; 2 x Gadwall ; Peregrine (61) ; Kestrel ;

5 May – Lapwing (48) ; 5 x Pied Wagtail (49); 11 x Swallow ; 2 x Jay (50) ; 2 x Skylark (51) ; 5 x Song Thrush ; 9 x Linnet (52) ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; 17 x Chiffchaff ; Whitethroat ; Kestrel ; 2 x Gadwall ; Grey wagtail (53) ; 5 x Greenfinch (54) ; 5 x Sedge Warbler ; Nuthatch (55) ; 3 x Blackcap ; 3 x Mandarin ; 2 x Reed Bunting ; Grey Heron ; 7 x Stock Dove ; 7 x Buzzard ; Red Kite (56) ; Great Spotted Woodpecker (57) ; Coal Tit (58) ; Pheasant ; Grey Lag Geese ; BUTTERFLY’S – Holly Blue ; Orange Tip ; Small White ;

2 May – Mandarin (28); Cormorant (29) ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese (30) ; 2 x Canada Geese (31) ; 3 x Teal (32) ; Buzzard ; Pheasant (33) ; 4 x Black Headed Gull (34) ; 3 x Lesser Black backed Gull (35) ; 3 x Stock Dove (36) ; 3 x Swallow (37) ; Sedge Warbler (38) ; Whitethroat (39) ; Garden warbler (40) ; Blackcap (41) ; 4 x Chiffchaff (42) ; 4 x Song Thrush ; Mistle Thrush (43) ; Willow Tit (44) ; Treecreeper (45) ; 2 x Reed Bunting (46) ; 2 x Bullfinch (47) ;

1 May – 2 x Gadwall (26) ; Water Rail (27);

BIRD SIGHTINGS – APRIL 2024 (numbers in red are birds seen for first time this year)

30 Apr – (am) Little Egret ; 2 x Mandarin ; Sedge warbler (75) ; Chiffchaff ; Willow Warbler ; Blackcap ; Lapwing (76) ; 2 x Lesser Black backed Gull ; 4 x Black Headed Gull ; Grey wagtail ; Pied Wagtail ; Collared Dove ; Stock Dove ; Swallows ; (pm) Grey Lag pair with 7 or 8 young ; Kestrel ; 7 x Linnet ; Bullfinch ; 3 x Song thrush ; 3 x Buzzard ; Whitethroat ;

28 Apr – Grey Wagtails fledged ; Raven ; 4 x Goldcrest ; 7 x Chiffchaff ; 5 x Song Thrush ; 4 x Mandarin ; 2 x Buzzard ; Herring Gull ; 4 x Blackcap ; Pied wagtail ; 7 x Swallow ; 3 x Skylark ; 5 x Linnet ;

27 Apr – Goldcrest ; 17 x Chiffchaff ; 5 x Whitethroat ; 7 x Buzzard ; Blackcap ; Siskin ; 2 x Swallow ; Coal Tit ; Grey wagtail ; Treecreeper ; 4 x Greenfinch ; 3 x Song thrush ; 8 x Grey Lag Geese ; Grey Heron ; 7 x Linnet ; 9 x Stock Dove ;

25 Apr – Little Egret ; Kingfisher ; 2 x Blackcap ; 3 x Pheasant ; 3 x Song thrush ; 5 x Chiffchaff ; Mistle Thrush ; Grey Heron ; 2 x Buzzard ; Mandarin ; Greenfinch ; Grey wagtail ; 2 x Stock Dove ; 15 x Swallow ;

PENTRICH TOP – Little Owl calling ; Pied wagtail ; 2 x Stock Dove ; 2 x Skylark ; Linnet ;

24 Apr – 2 x Grey Heron ; 2 x Kestrel ; Whitethroat ; 3 x Blackcap ; 5 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Pheasant ; Willow Warbler ; Pied Wagtail ; 2 x Stock Dove ; Long Tailed Tits ; Crow ; Rook ; Magpie ; Jackdaw ;

21 Apr – 19 x Linnet ; 3 x Skylark ; 2 x Blackcap ; 2 x mandarin ; Grey Wagtail ; 2 x Bullfinch ; 7 x Chiffchaff ; 4 x Swallow ; Kingfisher ; Cormorant ; 2 x Canada Geese ; Reed Bunting ; Grey Lag Geese ; Kestrel ; 3 x Whitethroat ; 7 x Stock Dove ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 3 x Buzzard ; …..and at Ballys Pond 2 x Grey wagtail ; Nuthatch ; Bullfinch ;

20 Apr – 3 x Whitethroat ; 2 x Jay ; 5 x Swallow ; 3 x Willow Warbler ; 3 x Teal ; Little Egret ; 11 x Chiffchaff ; 5 x Song Thrush ; Coal Tit ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; Canada Goose ; 3 x sand Martin ; Sparrowhawk ; Reed Bunting ; Garden Warbler (74) ;

18 Apr – Grey Heron ; 3 x Teal ; Sparrowhawk ; Buzzard ; Stock Dove ; Kingfisher ; Blackcap ; 8 x Chiffchaff ; Willow Tit ; Treecreeper ; 2 x Reed Bunting ; 2 x Bullfinch ; Curlew ; Pheasant ; Willow warbler ; Nuthatch ; Collared Dove ; Linnet ; Whitethroat ; Swallow ; Song Thrush ;

17 Apr – 2 x Skylark ; 6 x Swallow ; Mistle Thrush ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 17 x Linnet ; 2 x Grey Heron ; Little Egret ; 2 x Pied Wagtail ; 3 x Teal ; 2 x Whitethroat ; 5 x Blackcap ; 11 x Chiffchaff ; 3 x Sand martin ; Kestrel ; 5 x Buzzard ;

16 Apr – Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 3 x Nuthatch ; 8 x Chiffchaff ; Jay ; 2 x Buzzard ; 3 x Stock Dove ; 3 x Swallow ; 3 x Mandarin ; 5 x Greenfinch ; Siskin ; 3 x Cormorant ; Little Egret ; 3 x Blackcap ; Willow Warbler ; 3 x Grey Heron ; 27 x Linnet ; 2 x Redwing (73) ; Moorhens hatching on the canal ;

15 Apr – (am) 3 x Mandarin ; 2 x Buzzard ; Sparrowhawk ; 2 x Lesser Black backed Gull ; 4 x Chiffchaff ; Willow Warbler + Whitethroat – both at Ballys’ Pond ; 2 x Teal ; Grey Heron ; 3 x Grey Lag Geese ; 4 x Pheasant ; Pied wagtail ; Blackcap ; Reed Bunting ; Goldcrest ; Song Thrush ; Mistle Thrush ; Greenfinch ;

BUTTERLEY RES – 8 x Swallow ; 2 x House Martin ; 4 x Sand Martin ; 12 x Tufted Duck ; 6 x Great Crested Grebe ; Blackcap ; Chiffchaff ;

14 Apr – (am) Sand Martin (70) ; 3 x Swallow ; 11 x Chiffchaff ; Grey heron ; 2 x Bullfinch (71) ; 2 x Barn owl ; 7 x Stock Dove ; Kestrel ; 2 x Mandarin ; Red Kite ; Cormorant ; 5 x Buzzard ; 3 x Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Linnet ; Sparrowhawk ; 5 x Grey Lag Geese ; Whitethroat (72) ;

13 Apr – (early am) Kestrel ; 2 x Blackcap ; Goldcrest ; Chiffchaff ; 2 x Little Egret ; Moorhen ; Coot ; Wren ; Mandarin ; Teal; Pheasant ; Kingfisher ; Grey Heron ; Willow Tit ; Coal Tit ; (later am) Skylark ; 7 x Grey lag Geese ; Canada Goose (68) ; 2 x Jay ; 3 x Greenfinch ; Sparrowhawk ; 3 x Swallow ; Grasshopper Warbler (69) ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; (11am/noon) 2 x Little Egret ; 2 x Blackcap ; Coal Tit ; 2 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; Cetti’s Warbler ; Kestrel ; 2 x Swallow ; Buzzard ; 2 x Coot ; 2 x Moorhen ; 2 x Collared Dove ;

12 Apr – 3 x Pied Wagtail ; 5 x Buzzard ; 9 x Chiffchaff ; 3 x Stock Dove ; 2 x Mandarin ; Kestrel ; 2 x Little Egret ; 9 x Teal ; 2 x Swallow ; Barn Owl ; 3 x Goldcrest ; 2 x Blackcap ; 2 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; Black Headed Gull ; Kingfisher ; Skylark ; Song Thrush ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 3 x Greenfinch ; Reed Bunting ; Treecreeper (67) ;

11 Apr (am) – 2 x Buzzard ; Blackcap ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Goldcrest ; 6 x Teal ; 2 x Moorhen ; Siskin ; Grey Heron ; Reed Bunting ; Little Egret ; Sparrowhawk ; Collared Dove ; (pm) 11 x Chiffchaff ; Nuthatch ; 3 x Song thrush ; 2 x Pied Wagtail ; 2 x Mandarin ; Kestrel ; Swallow ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; 7 x Greenfinch ; 2 x Little Egret ;

10 Apr – Willow Warbler (65) ; Blackcap ; Chiffchaff ; Chaffinch ; Great + Blue Tits ; Wren ; Robin ; Song thrush ; Blackbird ; 2 x Swallow ; Little Egret ; Kestrel ; 14 x Teal ; Goldcrest ; Grey Heron ; 3 x Herring Gull (66) ;

8 Apr – 3 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Buzzard ; 2 x Kestrel ; Long tailed Tit ; Goldfinch ; Chaffinch ; Blackcap ; Little Egret ; Grey Heron ; 2 x Pheasant ; 2 x Linnet (61) ; Goosander ; Curlew ; 24 x Teal ; Water Rail ; 2 x Stock Dove ; Siskin ; (later pm) Red Kite (62) ; Jay (63) ; 2 x Black Headed Gull (64) ; 5 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; Mandarin ; Sparrowhawk ; Barn Owl ;

7 April – (am) 4 x Little Egret ; 5 x Reed Bunting ; 2 x Buzzard ; Barn Owl ; Goosander (60) ; 7 x Chiffchaff ; Snipe ; 15 x Teal ; 3 x Swallow ; 2 x Meadow Pipit ; 5 x Mandarin : 2 x Kestrel ; (pm) Sparrowhawk ; Willow Tit ; Cormorant ; Skylark ; 5 x Siskin ; Coal Tit ; 3 x Goldcrest ; Kingfisher ;

6 Apr – (am) Swallow ; Barn Owl (56) ; 3 x Snipe ; 23 x Teal ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 3 x Mandarin ; Kestrel ; 3 x Greenfinch ; 7 x Chiffchaff ; 7 x Stock Dove ; 2 x Skylark (57) ; 15 x Siskin ; 2 x Meadow Pipit ; Grey Heron ; Grey Wagtail ; Pied Wagtail ; 5 x Song Thrush ; (pm) Peregrine (58) ; 3 x Buzzard ; 2 x Curlew ; Nuthatch ; Willow Tit (59) ; Little Egret ; Sparrowhawk ; (late pm) 2 x Pheasant ; 2 x Mandarin ; 2 x Skylark ;

5 Apr – 2 x Coal Tit ; 11 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Siskin ; Nuthatch ; Sparrowhawk ; 4 x Stock Dove ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 2 x Curlew (50) ; 3 x Mandarin ; 17 x Teal ; Buzzard ; 5 x Greenfinch ; Cormorant (51) ; Swallow (52) ; 2 x Lesser Black Backed Gull (53) ; Raven (54) ; Kestrel ; Great Spotted Woodpecker (55) ;

4 Apr – Mute Swan over (49) ; 2 x Mandarin ; Little Egret ; 8 x Teal ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; Kestrel ; Buzzard ; 5 x Pheasant ; 4 x Snipe ; 2 x Stock Dove ; 2 x Blackcap ; 4 x Chiffchaff ; 3 x Goldcrest ; 2 x Song Thrush ; 3 x Mistle Thrush ; 2 x Reed Bunting ; Greenfinch ;

2 Apr – (am) RING OUZEL (37) – a ‘new’ bird for Lower Hartshay – never been recorded by any of the LHBG members ; 4 x Grey Lag Geese ; 20 x Teal ; Grey Wagtail (38) ; Pied Wagtail (39) ; 2 x Greenfinch (40) ; 2 x Buzzard ; Reed Bunting ; (pm) 4 x Mandarin (41) ; 7 x Chiffchaff ; Stock Dove (42) ; Coal Tit (43) ; Goldcrest ; Water Rail (44) ; Cetti’s warbler (45) ; Mistle Thrush (46) ; 2 x Meadow Pipit (47) ; 3 x Song Thrush ; Sparrowhawk (48) ; Kestrel ; Snipe ; 5 x Siskin ;

1 Apr – Little Egret (26) ; Blackcap (27) ; 7 x Snipe (28) ; 18 x Teal (29) ; 6 x Chiffchaff (30) ; 2 x Siskin (31) ; Nuthatch (32) ; 2 x Grey lag Geese (33) ; 3 x Song Thrush ; Pheasant (34) ; 3 x Goldcrest (35) ; Reed Bunting (36) ;

BIRD SIGHTINGS – MARCH 2024 (numbers in red are birds seen for first time this year)

31 Mar – Barn Owl ; Willow Tit ; Nuthatch ; 2 x Blackcap ; 9 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Pied wagtail ; Little Egret ; 28 x Teal ;

30 Mar – (early am) Dunlin (78) ; 7 x Snipe ; 5 x Meadow Pipit ; 7 x Reed Bunting ; 2 x Pied Wagtail ; 5 x Mandarin ; 9 x Teal ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; (mid am) Little Egret ; Snipe ; Coal Tit; Kestrel ; Grey wagtail ; 6 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Stock Dove ; (pm) 5 x Greenfinch ; 2 x Buzzard ; 2 x Jay ; 11 x Redwing ; 7 x Song thrush ; Goosander ; 2 x Coal Tit ; 9 x Chiffchaff ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 29 x Teal ; Willow Tit ; Snipe ; 2 x Water Rail ; 15 x Meadow Pipit ; Barn Owl ; 11x Redwing ;

29 Mar – Red Kite ;

28 Mar – 2 x Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 7 x Meadow Pipit ; 11 x Chiffchaff ; Redwing ; 5 x Buzzard ; 2 x Mandarin ; 2 x Stock Dove ; Song thrush ; 2 x Pied Wagtail ; 7 x Goldcrest ; Greenfinch ; 3 x Curlew ; Little Egret ; 2 x Siskin ; 2 x Grey wagtail ; 5 x Reed Bunting ; Sparrowhawk ; Willow Warbler (77) ; Kestrel ; Cetti’s Warbler ; 34 x Teal ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; Lesser Black Backed Gull ; Black Headed Gull ;

27 Mar – Little Egret ; 2 x Mandarin ; 30+ Teal ; Snipe ; 2 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Goldcrest ; Coal Tit ; 4 x Chaffinch ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ;

26 Mar – (late am) Wheatear (76) ; 2 x Little Egret ; Grey Heron ; Reed Bunting ; 6 x Chiffchaff ; 50 x Teal ; Buzzard ; 2 Coot nesting; 4 x Black Headed Gull ; Stock Dove ; Pied Wagtail ; Song thrush ; Greenfinch, Goldfinch + Chaffinch ; Blue, Great + Long Tailed Tits ; Sparrowhawk ; Kestrel ; Kingfisher ; (pm) 2 x Grey Wagtail ; 7 x Siskin ; Raven ; 5 x Goldcrest ; 3 x Mandarin ; Cetti’s Warbler ; Snipe ; 2 x Pheasant ; 2 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 7 x Greenfinch ;

25 Mar – Little Egret ; 6 x Chiffchaff ; 26 x Teal ; 2 x Greenfinch ; 2 x Black Headed Gull; Stock Dove ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; 2 x Snipe ; 4 x Pied wagtail ;

PENTRICH TOP – Wheatear ; 20 x Meadow Pipit ; 2 x Yellowhammer ; 4 x Linnet ; 10 x Skylark ; Canada Goose ; 2 x Pied wagtail ; Buzzard ;

NOT LOWER HARTSHAY BUT BENNERLEY MARSH …… 2 X AVOCET

24 Mar – 5 x Buzzard ; 11 x Chiffchaff ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 8 x Mandarin ; Water Rail ; Cormorant ; 5 x Stock Dove ; 3 x Song Thrush ; Grey wagtail ; 2 x Pied wagtail ; 3 x Pheasant ; Snipe ; Kestrel ; Little Egret ; 2 x Reed Bunting ; 37 x Teal ; Grey Heron ; 7 x Goldcrest ; Mistle Thrush ; 27 x Meadow Pipit ;

21 Mar – Mistle Thrush ; Reed Bunting ; Barn Owl ; 3 x Raven ; Willow Tit ; Little Egret ; Kingfisher ; 3 x Siskin ; 2 x Grey Wagtail ; 36 x Teal ; Buzzard ; 2 x Song Thrush ; 3 x Chiffchaff ; Grey Wagtail ; Greenfinch ; Snipe ; 2 x Black Headed Gull ; Lesser Black backed Gull ;

20 Mar – Jay (75) ; 7 x Chiffchaff ; Buzzard ; Stock Dove ; Pheasant ; Song Thrush ; 2 x Canada Geese ; 4 x Mandarin ; 2 x Snipe ; 41 x Teal ; 2 x Pied wagtail ; Barn Owl ; 2 x Tawny Owl (74) ;

19 Mar – (late morning) 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; 6 x Siskin ; Grey Wagtail ; 4 x Chiffchaff ; 30 x Teal ; Coot nest building ; Kestrel ; (pm) 5 x Song Thrush ; Coal Tit ; Reed Bunting ; 6 x Greenfinch ; Herring Gull ; Buzzard ; Cormorant ; 3 x Pied wagtail ; 3 x Goldcrest ; 5 x Mandarin ; Mistle Thrush ; Water rail ;

18 Mar – Lesser Redpoll (73) ; 2 x Siskin ; Kingfisher ; Grey Heron ; 36+ Teal ; Buzzard ; 2 x Snipe ; 4 x Chiffchaff ; 4 x Goldcrest ; Willow Tit ; 3 x Reed Bunting ; 2 x Greenfinch ;

PENTRICH TOP – 6 x Skylark ; 8 x Redwing ; 2 x Stock Dove ; 3 x Yellowhammer ; Buzzard ; Pheasant ; Greenfinch ; AMBER FLOOD – 16 x Grey Lag Geese ;

17 Mar – Skylark ; 6 x Chiffchaff ; Grey wagtail ; 2 x Goldcrest ; 3 x Pheasant ; Grey Heron ; 3 x Siskin ; 4 x Pied Wagtail ; 5 x Buzzard ; Nuthatch ; 4 x Stock Dove ; 19 x Grey Lag Geese ; Curlew (72) ; Sparrowhawk ; 2 x Yellowhammer (71) ; 2 x Kestrel ; Mistle Thrush ; 2 x Water Rail ; 7 x Reed Bunting ; 2 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; Red Kite ; 2 x Mandarin ;

16 Mar – 3 x Mandarin ; 2 x Song thrush ; 2 x Kestrel ; 5 x Buzzard ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Cetti’s Warbler ; 47 x Teal ; Snipe ; 3 x Goldcrest ; Chiffchaff ; 2 x Pied Wagtail ; 3 x Reed Bunting ; Redwing ;

15 Mar – Red Kite ; 2 x Buzzard ; 2 x Kestrel ; 2 x Skylark ; Willow Tit ; 2 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Lapwing (70) ; 2 x Grey Heron ; 26 x Teal ; 3 x Snipe ; 9 x Black Headed Gull ; Stock Dove ; Grey Wagtail ; 3 x Goldcrest ; Song Thrush ; 8 x Redwing ; 3 x Reed Bunting ; 2 x Siskin ; 2 x Raven (69) ; 5 x Greenfinch ; Kingfisher ; Red Legged Partridge (68) ; Barn Owl ;

13 Mar – Nuthatch ; 3 x Fieldfare (67) ; 2 x Siskin ; 2 x Goldcrest ; 2 x Grey Heron ; 2 x Buzzard ; Kestrel ; Chiffchaff ; Pheasant ; 5 x Greenfinch ; Pied Wagtail ; Long Tailed, Blue + Great Tits ; Crow, Rook, Magpie + Jackdaw ; Coot, Moorhen, Water Rail, Snipe, Mallard ; Chiffchaff, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Greenfinch + Stock Dove ; 2 x Coal Tit ; Grey Wagtail ; Red Kite ;

12 Mar – Stock Dove ; 2 x Water Rail ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese (66) ; Goldcrest ; Buzzard ; Siskin ;

11 Mar – Blackcap (65) ; Chiffchaff ; Bullfinch ; Little Egret ; 2 x Water Rail ; 5 x Siskin ; 3 x Goldcrest ; 2 x Grey Heron ; 20+ Teal ; Kestrel ; 6 x Pheasant ; 3 x Snipe ; 11 x Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Grey Wagtail ; 2 x Reed Bunting ; 10 x Greenfinch ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; 20+ Redwing ;

9 Mar – (am) Red Kite ; Cetti’s Warbler ; 4 x Water Rail ; Willow Tit ; Sparrowhawk (64) ; 5 x Siskin ; Nuthatch ; 3 x Buzzard ; 7 x Goldcrest ; Goosander ; 9 x Greenfinch ; 42 x Teal ; 33 x Redwing ; 5 x Snipe ; 2 x Chiffchaff ; 3 x Song Thrush ; Kestrel ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ;

8 Mar – 17 x Fieldfare ; 2 x Greenfinch ; 67 x Redwing ; 3 x Kestrel ; Grey Heron ; Cormorant ; Buzzard ; 3 x Coal Tit ; 3 x Chiffchaff ; Goosander ; 60+ Teal ; 7 x Goldcrest ; 3 x Reed Bunting ; Willow Tit ; 7 x Snipe ; 5 x Meadow Pipit (63);

NOT Lower Hartshay but Whooper Swans at Ogston Res on 8th :

7 Mar – (am) Chiffchaff (61) ; Little Egret ; Goosander ; Grey Heron ; 60+ Teal ; 5 x Snipe ; 20 x Black Headed Gull ; Pied Wagtail ; 3 x Pheasant ; Water Rail ; 2 x Goldcrest ; 2 x Siskin ; 2 x Song Thrush ; 60+ Redwing ; (pm) Kestrel ; 5 x Stock Dove ; Pheasant ; 6 x Reed Bunting ; 3 x Water rail ; Cetti’s Warbler ; 11 x Greenfinch ; Mistle Thrush ; Grey Wagtail ; 3 x Skylark (62);

A SELECTION OF DIFFERENT BIRDS ON THE FEEDER – THANKS TO WAYNE REEVES

6 Mar – Goosander ; Little Egret ; 2 x Grey Heron ; 22 x Wigeon ; 2 x Goldcrest ; c10 x Snipe ; Water Rail ; 7 x Canada Geese (60) ; Mistle Thrush ; 43 x Black Headed Gull ; Grey wagtail ; Greenfinch ; 3 x Reed Bunting ;

5 Mar – 3 x Grey Heron ; 1 x Goosander (59) ; Little Egret ; 60+ Teal ; 16 x Wigeon ; 4 x Goldcrest ; 4 x Redwing ; 16 x Blackbird ; Water Rail ; 3 x Siskin ; Reed Bunting ; Chiffchaff ; Skylark ; Buzzard ; 20 x Crow ; 16 x Rook ; 28 x Jackdaw ; 7 x Magpie ; 9 x Black Headed Gull ; Mistle Thrush ; 4 x Greenfinch ; 13 x Goldfinch ; 6 x Chaffinch ; many Blue + Great Tits ; 2 x Coot ; 3 x Snipe ; 2 x Grey Wagtail ;

**NOT LOWER HARTSHAY BUT BOTH THESE TAKEN TODAY. A SOARING GOSHAWK + THE BELPER PEREGRINE**

4 Mar – Treecreeper (58) ; Goldfinch, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Siskin all on feeder ; Grey Wagtail ; 3 x Goldcrest ; 2 x Water Rail ; Little Egret ; 2 more Siskin near bench ; 40+ Teal ; 2 x Coot ; Grey Heron ; 2 x Buzzard ; 8 x Black Headed Gull ; 47 x Redwing ; Cetti’s Warbler ; 15 x Wigeon ; 4 x Pheasant ; 5 x Snipe ; Pied Wagtail ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; Coal Tit ; 4+ Reed Bunting ; 2 x Greenfinch ;

3 Mar – (am) – Brambling ; Hawfinch (48) ; Willow Tit ; Nuthatch ; Little Egret ; Grey Heron ; 18 x Wigeon ; Teal ; Great Spotted Woodpecker (49) ; 5 x Chaffinch ; 3 x Redwing ; 10+ Goldfinch ; 2+ Greenfinch ; 4 x Dunnock ; 6 x Blackbird ; Carrion Crow ; Rook ; Jackdaw ; 2 x Reed Bunting ; 10+ Starling ; 10 x Black Headed Gull (50) ; House Sparrow ; Robin ; 2 x Siskin ; Grey Wagtail ; Wren ; Moorhen ; Mallard ; Blue Tit ; Great Tit ; Long tailed Tit ; 2 x Herring Gull (51) ; Linnet (52) ; Wood Pigeon ; Magpie ; 3 x Snipe ; (pm) 4 x Buzzard ; 2 x Kestrel ; 11 x Lesser Black Backed Gull (53) ; Red Kite (54) ; Stonechat (55) ; 9 x Goldcrest ; 2 x Water Rail ; Coal Tit ; 2 x Mandarin (56) ; 7 x Song Thrush ; 5 x Stock Dove ; Cormorant (57) ;

2 Mar – 2 x Reed Bunting ; 3 x Goldfinch ; Willow Tit ; Coal Tit (47) ; Great Tit ; Blue Tit ; Long Tailed Tit ; 3 x Chaffinch ; 6 x House Sparrow ; Nuthatch ; Siskin ; Dunnock ; Robin ; Blackbird ; Greenfinch ; Starlings ; (ALL SEEN BETWEEN THE BRIDGE AND THE FEEDER)

1 Mar – (am) Brambling (26) ; 3 x Siskin (27) ; Nuthatch (28) ; 9 x Greenfinch (29) ; Willow Tit (30) ; Reed Bunting (31) ; several Goldfinch + Chaffinch; (all above at the feeder) ; Little Egret (32) ; Grey Heron ; Water Rail (33) ; 19 x Wigeon (34) ; 6 x Snipe (35) ; 40+ Teal (36) ; 36+ Redwing (37); 2 x Pheasant (38) ; 4 x Stock Dove (39) ; 3 x Goldcrest (40) ; 2 x Mistle Thrush (41) ; (pm) + Kestrel ; Buzzard ; 2 x Bullfinch (42) ; Pied Wagtail (43) ; 2 x Grey Wagtail (44) ; Cetti’s Warbler (45) ; Barn Owl (46) ;

BIRD SIGHTINGS – FEBRUARY 2024 (numbers in red are birds seen for first time this year)

27 Feb – Grey Heron ; 10 x Wigeon ; 50+ Teal ; Kestrel ; 5 x Pheasant ; Water Rail ; Snipe ; 10 x Black Headed Gull ; Common Gull ; 2 x Stock Dove ; 3 x Grey Wagtail ; 2 x Goldcrest ; 56 x Redwing ; 2 x Siskin ; 2 x Greenfinch ;

25 Feb – Brambling ; Greenfinch ; 2 x Song Thrush ; 2 x Grey Heron ; 37 x Redwing ; 9 x Goldcrest ; 2 x Buzzard ; 2 x Kestrel ; 5 x Stock Dove ; 3 x Siskin ; 2 x Grey Wagtail ; Water Rail ; Cetti’s Warbler ; 41 x Teal ; 55 x Black Headed Gull ; 7 x Snipe ; 8 x Reed Bunting ; 1 x Wigeon ; Treecreeper ;

24 Feb – (am) 3 x Water Rail ; 4 x Snipe ; Teal ; Black Headed Gull ; Grey Heron ; Redwing ; Goldcrest ; Treecreeper ; Siskin ;

23 Feb – Cetti’s Warbler ; 2 x Water Rail ; Siskin ; Song thrush ; Pied Wagtail ; 6 x Long tailed Tit ; 4 x Goldcrest ; Treecreeper ; Mistle Thrush ; Chaffinch ; 8 x Goldfinch ; 12 x Redwing ; 2 x Coot ; 5 x Black Headed Gull ; 3 x Buzzard ; 24 x Teal ; Barn Owl ;

22 Feb – 6 x Mandarin ; Barn Owl ; 12 x Teal ; Sparrowhawk ; Buzzard ; 2 x Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Grey Wagtail ; 2 x Goldcrest ; 4 x Redwing ; 5 x Pheasant ;

21 Feb – 2 x Kingfisher ; Snipe ; Goldcrest ;

20 Feb – Little Egret ; Grey Heron ; 54 x Teal ; 2 x Coot ; 4 x Goldcrest ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; 8 x Magpies ; Reed Bunting ; Water Rail ; 3 x Greenfinch ; 2 x Kestrel ; Great Tit, Blue Tit , Goldfinch, Chaffinch, Greenfinch at feeders ; 2 x Kingfisher ; Grey Wagtail

19 Feb – Little Egret ; Water Rail ; 36 x Teal ; 3 x Buzzard ; Nuthatch ; 8 x Pheasant ; Grey Heron ; Kestrel ; Stock Dove ; Grey Wagtail ; Goldcrest ; 11 x Redwing ; Song Thrush ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; Coal Tit ; Greenfinch ; 2 x Reed Bunting ; 2 x Mandarin (66) ; Linnet (67) ; Barn Owl ; Sparrowhawk ; 9 x Meadow Pipit ;

18 Feb – Barn Owl ; Sparrowhawk ; Linnet ; 2 x Mandarin ; Cetti’s Warbler ;

17 Feb – Grey Wagtail ; Buzzard ; Little Egret ; Grey Heron ; 2 x Skylark ; 5 x Reed Bunting ; 19 x Snipe ; 47 x Teal ; 2 x Jay (65) ; Chiffchaff ; Willow Tit ; 3 x Water Rail ; 5 x Greenfinch ; Song Thrush ; Nuthatch ; 3 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 7 x Black Headed Gull ;

15 Feb – 4 x Buzzard ; 3 x Song Thrush ; Kestrel ; Reed Bunting ; Little Egret ; Grey Heron ; 7 x Goldcrest ; 39 x Teal ; 2 x Water Rail ; 2 x Stock Dove ; 11 x Greenfinch ; Nuthatch ; Grey Wagtail ; Siskin ; 2 x Coal Tit ; 27 x Chaffinch ; 7 x Redwing ; Mistle Thrush ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 50+ Black Headed Gull ; 5 x Lesser Black Backed Gull (64) ;

14 Feb – Water Rail ; 10 x Teal ; Great Spotted Woodpecker (63) ; Little Egret ; Grey Heron ; Buzzard ; 3 x Long tailed Tit ; Coal Tit ;

12 Feb – (am) 2 x Kestrel ; 2 x Buzzard ; Grey Heron ; 7 x Snipe ; 17 x Black Headed Gull ; 50 x Teal ; Water Rail ; Goldcrest ; (pm) 8 x Goldfinch ; 16 x Redwing ; 40+ Teal ; Grey wagtail ; Sparrowhawk ; 22 x Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Grey Heron ; Snipe ; Chiffchaff ; Water Rail ; Buzzard ; 3 x Goldcrest ; Cormorant ; Coal tit ;

11 Feb – 2 x Skylark (59) ; 3 x Canada Geese ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese (60) ; 7 x Buzzard ; Sparrowhawk (61) ; Water rail ; Grey Heron ; Kestrel ; 60+ Teal ; 16 x Greenfinch ; 5 x Reed Bunting ; 33 x Redwing ; 8 x Stock Dove (62) ; 3 x Song Thrush ; Fieldfare ; 87 x Black Headed Gull ; 9 x Goldcrest ; 43 x Lapwing ; Cetti’s Warbler ;

9 Feb – 2 x Goosander (57) ; 2 x Gadwall (58) ; Grey Heron ; 30+ Teal ; Water Rail ; Pheasant ; 22+ Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Goldcrest ; Treecreeper ; 20+ Redwing ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; Coal Tit ;

7 Feb – 18 x Mallard ; 22 x Teal ; 7 x Wood Pigeon ; Collared Dove ; 4 x Moorhen ; 2 x Coot ; 19 x Black Headed Gull ; Little Egret ; Grey heron ; 2 x Magpie ; 16 x Jackdaw ; 4 x Crow ; 2 x Blue Tit ; Great Tit ; 2 x Long tailed Tit ; Goldcrest ; 3 x Wren ; 2 x Song thrush ; 2 x Redwing ; 7 x Blackbird ; 4 x Robin ; 2 x Dunnock ; 2 x House Sparrow ; 2 x Chaffinch ; Greenfinch ; 2 x Goldfinch ; Siskin ;

6 Feb – Little Egret ; Raven ; 4 x Wigeon ; 85 x Teal ; Lesser Redpoll (56) ; Coal Tit ; 2 x Goldcrest ; 10 x Redwing ; 2 x Pheasant ; 2 x Buzzard ; 50 x Black Headed Gull ; 3 x Greenfinch ; Grey Heron ; Coot ; Long tailed Tit ; Pied Wagtail ; Treecreeper ;

4 Feb - Little Egret ; 30 x Siskin ;

3 Feb – (am) 5 x Song Thrush ; 9 x Canada Geese (49) ; 2 x Buzzard ; 2 x Pied Wagtail (50) ; 73 x Redwing ; 19 x Fieldfare ; 2 x Little Egret ; 17 x Wigeon ; 73 x Teal ; 9 x Black Headed Gull ; 9 x Goldcrest ; Grey Wagtail ; Siskin ; 73 x Lapwing (51) ; Grey Heron ; Brambling (52) ; Treecreeper (53) ; Cetti’s Warbler ; 2 x Coal Tit ; Kestrel ; ……to add Willow Tit ; Nuthatch (54) ; 6 x House Sparrow ; 4 x Goldfinch ; 3 x Chaffinch ; Greenfinch ; 2 x Dunnock ; Cormorant (55) ;

2 Feb (lunchtime) Barn Owl earlier (40); Willow Tit (41) : Little Egret ; 2 x Raven (42); (1pm) Great White Egret (43) ; Little Egret ; (pm) 3 x Greenfinch (44); Sparrowhawk ; 67 x Fieldfare (45) ; 122 x Redwing ; 11 x Siskin (46) ; 2 x Buzzard ; Cetti’s Warbler (47) ; Water Rail ; 60+ Teal ; 3 x Wigeon ; 3 x Goldcrest ; Mistle Thrush ; 2 x Reed Bunting ; Grey Heron ; 5 x Pheasant ; Kestrel ; Snipe (48) ;

1 Feb – Chiffchaff (26) ; Little Egret (27) ; Common Gull (28); Grey Heron ; Water Rail (29); 16 x Wigeon (30) ; 40+ Teal (31) ; 60+ Black Headed Gull (32) ; 40+ Redwing (33); Buzzard ; Pheasant (34) ; Grey Wagtail (35) ; 3 x Goldcrest (36) ; 2 x Song Thrush ; 4 x Mistle Thrush (37); Coal Tit (38) ; 3 x Reed Bunting (39) ; c40 Goldfinch ;

BIRD SIGHTINGS – JANUARY 2024

31 Jan - Little Egret ; 32 x Lapwing ; 16 x Wigeon ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; Song Thrush ; 2 x Goldcrest ; Coal Tit ; Kestrel ; Grey heron ; 40+ Teal ; 3 x Snipe ; 48 x Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Stock Dove ; Meadow Pipit ; Nuthatch ; Redwing ; Willow Tit ;

30 Jan – Sparrowhawk ; Grey Heron ; 65 x Teal ; 2 x Coot ; 40 x Mallard ; 4 x Moorhen ; 12 x Wigeon ; Pheasant ; Water rail ; 15 x Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Goldcrest ; 8 x Goldfinch ; 6 x Wren ;

BUTTERLEY RES – 42 x Tufted Duck ; 3 x Cormorant ; Herring Gull ; Black Headed Gull(s) ; Lapwing ; 4 x Great Crested Grebe ; 2 x Canada Geese ;

29 Jan – (am) Goosander ; 4 x Wigeon ; c40 x Teal ; 4 x Goldcrest ; Grey Heron ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; Kestrel ; 7 x Pheasant ; 2 x Snipe ; 22 x Black Headed Gull ; Nuthatch ; Song thrush ; 17 x Redwing ; (pm -to add) ; 71 x Teal ; 8 x Goldcrest ; 2 x Bullfinch ; 4 x Stock Dove ; 2 x Water Rail ; 6 x Wigeon ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ;

28 Jan – (early morning) Cetti’s Warbler ; Goldfinch ; 2 x Chaffinch ; Coal Tit ; 3 x Long Tailed Tit ; 3 x Goldcrest ; 2 x Great Tit ; 3 x Blue Tit ; 2 x Dunnock ; 2 x Water Rail ; 2 x Coot ; 5 x Moorhen ; 60+ Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; (later) 57 x Lapwing ; 2 x Song Thrush ; Bullfinch ; 2 x Raven ; Pied Wagtail ; 2 x Herring Gull ; Buzzard ; 17 x Wigeon ; 41 x Teal ; 9 x Snipe ; Grey Heron ; Sparrowhawk ; 2 x Fieldfare ; 50+ Redwing ; Greenfinch ; Grey Wagtail ; Cormorant ; Jay ; 3 x Siskin ; Willow Tit ; Treecreeper ;

27 Jan – 60+ Teal ; 42 x Mallard ; 8 x Wigeon ; Grey Heron ; Barn Owl ;

26 Jan - 10 x Wigeon ; c40 x Teal ; 2 x Buzzard ; Kestrel ; 2 x Goldcrest ; 60+ Black Headed Gull ; Grey Heron ; Greenfinch ; 30 x Redwing ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; Sparrowhawk; 2 x Pheasant ; 6 x Snipe ; Little Egret ;

22 Jan – Cetti’s warbler ; 4+ Goldcrest ; 24 x Wigeon ; 40+ Teal ; 19+ Black Headed Gull ; Grey Heron ; 2 x Greenfinch ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; Water Rail ; Coal Tit ; 10+ Redwing ;

PENTRICH TOPS – 3 X Brambling ; 10 x Chaffinch ; 2 x Yellowhammer ; 10 x Linnet ; 15+ Skylark ; Buzzard ; Pheasant ; 50 Fieldfare/Redwing

20 Jan – 2 x Barn Owls ; Sparrowhawk ; Kestrel ; Buzzard ; 5 x Siskin ; Pied Wagtail ; 6 x Cormorant ; Willow Tit ; Nuthatch ; 2 x Coal Tit ; 2 x Water Rail ; 7 x Goldcrest ; Greenfinch ; 2 x Pheasant ; 39 x Wigeon ; Cetti’s Warbler ; 11 x Snipe ; Raven (67) ; Reed Bunting ; 60+ Teal ; Treecreeper ;

18 Jan - Little Egret ; Willow Tit ; Cormorant ; Grey Heron ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; 24 x Wigeon ; 27 x Black Headed Gull ; Kestrel ; Water rail; 15+ Snipe ; 2 x Song Thrush ; Mistle Thrush ; 3 x Reed Bunting ; 7 x Siskin ;

17 Jan – (lunchtime) Little Egret ; Cormorant ; Pheasant ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; 30+ Wigeon ; Teal ; Barn Owl ; (later pm) 3 x Coal Tit ; 19 x Snipe ; 157 x Pink Footed Geese ; 2 x Kestrel ; 11 x Siskin ; 2 x Jay ; Willow Tit ; 3 x Water rail ; 9 x Goldcrest ;

16 Jan - 29 x Wigeon ; Kestrel ; 2 x Buzzard ; Little Egret (66) ; 3 x Siskin ; 5 x Song Thrush ; 59 x Teal ; 42 x Redwing ; 2 x Coal Tit ; 2 x Cormorant ; Grey Heron ; 17 x Snipe ; Meadow Pipit

NOT LOWER HARTSHAY BUT THE WAXWINGS AT HASSOP FOLLOWING A MEMBERS’ VISIT

15 Jan – Cormorant ; Grey Heron ; 2 x Grey lag Geese ; 32 x Wigeon ; 40+ Teal ; Kestrel ; 9 x Snipe ; 11 x Black Headed Gull ; Grey wagtail ; 4 x Goldcrest ; 2 x Redwing ; 4 x Song thrush ; Coal Tit ;

14 Jan – Lapwing ; 4 x Herring Gull ; 2 x Grey Heron ; 9 x Goldcrest ; Coal Tit ; 2 x Lesser Redpoll ; 19 x Wigeon ; 6 x Snipe ; 51 x Teal ; 33 x Black Headed Gull ; Water Rail ; Mistle Thrush ; 2 x Buzzard ; 2 x Greenfinch ; 31 x Redwing ; 2 x Sparrowhawk ; Kestrel ; Nuthatch ;

12 Jan – Peregrine (65) ; Greenfinch ; 3 x Song thrush ; Sparrowhawk ; 9 x Siskin ; Coal tit ; 20 x Wigeon ; 7 x Snipe ; 60+ Teal ; Cormorant ; Water rail ; Cetti’s Warbler ; Kestrel ; Grey Heron ; Chiffchaff ; 5 x Goldcrest ; 3 x Lesser Redpoll ; Buzzard ; 57 x Black Headed Gull ; Herring Gull ; Greater Spotted Woodpecker ; 100+ Redwing ;

11 Jan – Barn Owl ; 3 x Chiffchaff (64) ; Cetti’s Warbler ; 16 x Wigeon ; Cormorant ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; 40+ Teal ; Sparrowhawk ; 4 x Buzzard ; Kestrel ; 30+ Black Headed Gull ; Stock Dove ; Goldcrest ; 30+ Redwing ; Coal Tit ; 2 x Nuthatch ; 2 x Greenfinch ; Bullfinch ; 20+ Goldfinch ; Water Rail ; Treecreeper ;

10 Jan – Goosander (63) ; Little Grebe ;

9 Jan – Grey Heron ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; 10 x Wigeon ; 60 x Teal ; 2 x Buzzard ; Kestrel ; Water Rail ; Snipe ; 14 x Black Headed Gull ; Lesser Black backed Gull ; 2 x Stock Dove ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 2 x Goldcrest ; 50 x Redwing ; Song Thrush ; Coal Tit ; Nuthatch ; Grey Wagtail ;

7 Jan – Little Grebe (at Ballys Pond) ; 9 x Siskin ; 2 x Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 2 x Grey Heron ; 3 x Stock Dove ; Mistle Thrush ; 4 x Pheasant ; 2 x Water Rail ; 2 x Wigeon (60) ; 53 x Teal ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; Nuthatch ; 3 x Greenfinch ; Cormorant (61) ; Great Black Backed Gull ; 51 x Black Headed Gull ; Reed Bunting (62) ; 60+ Redwing ;

6 Jan - 57 x Pink Footed Geese (59) flying over ;

5 Jan - (am) 4 x Pheasant ; Chaffinch ; Nuthatch ; Water Rail ; 5 x Goldcrest ; 4 x Wren ; 50+ Teal ; Moorhen ; Coot ; Grey Heron; 4 x Black Headed Gull ; Long tailed Tit ; 9 x Magpie together in paddock ; (pm) 5 x Greenfinch ; 167 x Redwing ; Song Thrush ; 2 x Nuthatch ; Little Grebe (Ballys Pond) (55) ; Buzzard ; 2 x Kestrel ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; 2 x Jay ; Grey Heron ; Cetti’s Warbler ; 32 x Teal ; 3 x Water Rail ; 7 x Goldcrest ; Lesser Redpoll (56) ; 7 x Siskin ; 2 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; Herring Gull (57) ; 7 x Black Headed Gull ; Barn Owl (58) ;

4 Jan – Grey Heron ; 50+ Teal ; Kestrel ; 2 x Pheasant ; Water Rail ; 2 x Snipe ; 6 x Black Headed Gull ; 6 x Stock Dove (52) ; Pied Wagtail (53) ; Grey Wagtail ; Goldcrest ; 14 x Redwing ; Nuthatch ; Treecreeper (54) ; Greenfinch ; Jay ;

1 Jan – 2 x Sparrowhawk (26) ; Kestrel ; 3 x Buzzard ; Cetti’s Warbler (27) ; Water Rail (28) ; 2 x Great Spotted Woodpecker (29) ; 4 x Fieldfare (30) ; 2 x Goldcrest (31) ; 4 x Bullfinch (32) ; Coal Tit (33) ; Skylark (34) ; 100+ Redwing (35) ; Song Thrush ; 5 x Greenfinch (36) ; Grey Wagtail (37) ; Robin ; Blackbird ; Mistle Thrush (38) ; Mallard ; Moorhen ; Dunnock ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese (39) ; Jackdaw ; Crow ; Magpie ; Jay (40) ; 8 x Meadow Pipit (41) ; Great Tit ; Blue Tit ; Willow Tit (42) ; Kingfisher ; Starling ; 12 x Black Headed Gull (43) ; House Sparrow ; Pheasant (44) ; 50+ Teal (45) ; Chaffinch ; Wren ; Coot ; Wood Pigeon ; Collared Dove ; Siskin (46) ; 35 x Lapwing (47) ; 2 x Snipe (48) ; Nuthatch (49) ; 5 x Lesser Black Backed Gull (50) ; Great Black Backed Gull (51) ;

BIRD SIGHTINGS – DECEMBER 2023

31 Dec – Little Egret (70) ; 14 x Siskin ; Goldcrest ; Bullfinch ; Meadow Pipit ; 3 x Buzzard ; 5 x Greenfinch ; Teal ; 3 x Goldcrest ; 2 x Kestrel ; 30+ Redwing ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; Snipe ; 2 x Water Rail ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; 15+ Starling ;

29 Dec – 2 x Jay ; Buzzard ; 7 x Pied Wagtail ; Bullfinch ; 8 x Siskin ; 11 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; Great Black Backed Gull ; 5 x Herring Gull ; 33 x Lapwing (68) ; 13 x Canada Geese (69) ; Cormorant ; Sparrowhawk ; 6 x Black Headed Gull ; Grey wagtail ; 2 x GreyLag Geese ; 50+ Teal ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 5 x Fieldfare ; 81 x Redwing ; Treecreeper ; Coal Tit ; Kestrel ; Water Rail ; Barn Owl ;

28 Dec – 2 x Raven ; 3 x Jay ; 2 x Coal Tit ; Water Rail ; 2 x Cetti’s Warbler ; 63 x Teal ; Bullfinch ; Barn Owl ; 2 x Woodcock ; 11 x Snipe ;

26 Dec – 50+ Teal ; Cetti’s Warbler ; 3 x Water Rail ; Coal Tit ; Willow Tit ; 7 x Greenfinch ; 3 x Buzzard ; 2 x Kestrel ; 33 x Redwing ; 3 x Raven ; 2 x Sparrowhawk ; 3 x Siskin ; 2 x Nuthatch ;

25 Dec – 2 x Hawfinch; Greenfinch ; 53 x Fieldfare ; Buzzard ; 2 x Nuthatch ; Coal Tit ; 7 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 73 x Redwing ; 2 x Sparrowhawk ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; 5 x Siskin ; Pheasant ; 7 x Snipe ; 2 x Cettis Warbler ; Kingfisher ; 3 x Water Rail ; 60+ Teal ; 2 x Cormorants ; Grey Heron ; 2 x Goldcrest ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 2 x Wigeon ; 15+ Black Headed Gull ;

24 Dec – Barn Owl (67);

23 Dec – Sparrowhawk ; Jay ; 3 x Mistle Thrush ; 6 x Buzzard ; 2 x Greenfinch ; 12 x Fieldfare ; 47 x Redwing ; Herring Gull ; 3 x Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Coal Tit ; Song Thrush ; Goldcrest ; Kestrel ; 5 x Siskin ; Redpoll (66) ;

21 Dec - 5 x Wigeon ; 70+ Teal ; Grey Heron ; 6 x Redwing ;

19 Dec – 6 x Greenfinch ; Kestrel ; Mistle Thrush ; Meadow Pipit ; Jay ; 5 x Stock Dove ; Little Owl (64) ; 5 x Goldcrest ; Bullfinch ; Coal Tit ; 4 x Water Rail ; Hawfinch (65) ; Sparrowhawk ; 50+ Teal ; Grey wagtail ; 4 x Pheasant ; 2 x Wigeon ;

18 Dec – (am) Grey Heron ; 18 x Grey lag Geese ; 8 x Wigeon ; 50-60 Teal ; 5 x Snipe ; 9 x Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Stock Dove ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Grey wagtail ; 2 x Goldcrest ; Fieldfare ; 110+ Redwing ; 2 x Coal Tit ; 2 x Greenfinch ; Jay ; + 50 more Redwing ; Kestrel ; Jay near StarvehimValley (pm) Greater Black backed Gull (63) ;

16 Dec – Green Woodpecker (62) ; Siskins ; Willow Tit ; Coal Tits ; Water rails ; Jay ; Redwings ; 7 x Greenfinch ; 5 x Bullfinch ; 5 x Reed Bunting ; 17 x Fieldfare ; Teal ; 2 x Kingfisher ; 2 x Goldcrest ; Mistle Thrush ; Pheasant ; Buzzard ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ;

15 Dec – Cetti’s Warbler (61) ; 23 x Meadow Pipit ; 37 x Teal ; 2 x Water Rail ; 51 x Redwing ; 3 x Goldcrest ; 2 x Kestrel ; Mistle Thrush ; Song Thrush ;

14 Dec – 2 x Willow Tit ; 2 x Water Rail ; 70+ Teal ; 60+ Redwing ; Bullfinch ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; 9 x Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Buzzard ; Wigeon ; 2 x Pheasant ; Stock Dove ; 2 x Goldcrest ; 2 x Coal Tit ; Song Thrush ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; 2 x Fieldfare ; 3 x Greenfinch ;

12 Dec – 60+ Teal ; Nuthatch ; 6 x Snipe ; 4 x Goldcrest ; 4 x Stock Dove ; Water Rail ; Coal Tit ; 30+ Redwing ; Woodcock (60) ;

11 Dec – 40+ Teal ; Goldcrest ; Reed Bunting ; 30+ Redwing ; Mistle Thrush ; 4 x Long tailed Tit ; Pied Wagtail ; 2 x Collared Dove ; 2 x Goldfinch ; 4 x Chaffinch ; Buzzard ;

10 Dec – 10+ Goldcrest ; 13 x Siskin ; 3 x Cormorant ; 5 x Pink Footed Geese (59) ; 2 x Raven ; 3 x Coal Tit ; 2 x Pheasant ; 3 x Jay ; 63 x Redwing ; Buzzard ; Kestrel ; 2 x Willow Tit ; Nuthatch ; 7 x Greenfinch ; 5 x Water Rail ; 2 x Grey Wagtail ; 80+ Teal ; 9 x Snipe ; 2 x Herring Gull ;33 x Black Headed Gull ; 5 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ;

9 Dec – Amber Flood - 53 x Wigeon ; 3 x Shoveler ; 32 x Lapwing ; 47 x Teal ; 5 x Gadwall ; 100+ Siskin feeding on Alders ;

8 Dec – (early am) Bullfinch ; 3 x Skylark (50) ; 7 x Siskin ; 3 x Coal Tit ; 56 x Fieldfare ; 67 x Redwing ; 11 x Snipe ; 33 x Teal ; Water rail ; Buzzard ; Kestrel ; 17 x Meadow Pipit ; Pied Wagtail ; 6 x Song Thrush ; Reed Bunting ; 52 x Black Headed Gull ; 3 x Herring Gull (51) ; 2 x Lesser Black Backed Gull (52) ; Red Kite (53) ; Mistle Thrush ; (+ later am) Sparrowhawk (54) ; Pheasant ; 2 x Stock Dove (55) ; Goldcrest ; Willow Tit ; Treecreeper (56) ; 2 x Greenfinch ; Raven ; (pm) 2 x Water Rail ; Great Spotted Woodpecker (57) ; Grey Wagtail (58) ; 3 x Goldcrest ; noisy Great Tit ;

Amber Flood – 43 x Lapwing ; 20 x Wigeon ; 2 x Gadwall

6 Dec – Bullfinch ; 53 x Fieldfare ; Reed Bunting ; 2 x Kestrel ; Raven (46) ; Cormorant (47) ; 9 x Meadow Pipit (48) ; 2 x Jay (49) ; 97 x Redwing ; 3 x Goldcrest ; 1000+ Jackdaws ; Water rail ; 68 x Teal ; 17 x Snipe ;

5 Dec – 40+ Teal ; Water Rail ; Goldcrest ; 2 x Reed Bunting (45) ; 12 x Redwing ; 20+ Fieldfare over ; Mistle Thrush ; 2 x Long Tailed Tit ;

4 Dec – 3 x Mandarin (43) ; 5 x Pheasant (44);

Mandarin on bird table !!!!!

3 Dec – The Ripley Leisure Centre waxwings seen by several LHBG members :

1 Dec – 2 x Water Rail (26) ; Willow Tit (27) ; 4 x Siskin (28) ; 2 x Bullfinch (29) ; 7 x Fieldfare (30) ; 20+ Redwing (31) ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese (32) ; Nuthatch (33) ; Grey Heron ; 16 x Wigeon (34) ; 56+ Teal (35) ; Kestrel ; 17 x Black Headed Gull (36) ; 3 x Snipe (37) ; Goldcrest (38) ; Pied Wagtail (39) ; 2 x Mistle Thrush (40) ; Song Thrush ; 3 x Coal Tit (41) ; 4 x Greenfinch (42) ;

BIRD SIGHTINGS – NOVEMBER 2023

29 Nov – (am) 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; 65+ Teal ; 20 x Wigeon ; 2 x Gadwall (70) ; 54 x Black Headed Gull ; 10+ Snipe ; Grey wagtail ; Water Rail ; Pheasant ; Buzzard ; Grey Heron ; Pied Wagtail ; 2 x Redwing ; (pm) to add 3 x Jay ; 3 x Song Thrush ; Kestrel ; Bullfinch ; 63 x Redwing ; 2 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 4 x Stock Dove ; 3 x Greenfinch ; Nuthatch ; Willow Tit ; 43 x Snipe ; Water Rail ; 7 x Siskin ; 5 x Goldcrest ; 2 x Goosander (71) ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; 2 x Fieldfare ; 4 x Meadow Pipit ; Woodcock (72) ;

28 Nov – (am) 2 x Pheasant ; 25 x Black Headed Gull ; 50+ Starling ; 12 x Redwing ; Stock Dove ; Yellowhammer (67) ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; Moorhen ; 2 x Water Rail ; 67x Teal ; Nuthatch ; mixed flock of Blue, Great + Long Tailed Tits ; (pm) add – 8 Whooper Swans (68) flying East ; Jay ; Little Owl ; 3 x Meadow Pipit ; Tawny Owl (69) heard ;

27 Nov – 22+ Teal ; 12 x Wigeon ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; Sparrowhawk ; Pheasant ; Water Rail ; 19 x Black Headed Gull ; 4 x Stock Dove ; 2 x Jay ; 17 x Redwing ;

25 Nov – (am) 3 x Bullfinch ; Kestrel ; 37 x Redwing ; Skylark ; 3 x Jay ; Song Thrush ; 2 x Sparrowhawk ; 23 x Snipe ; 67 x Teal ; 5 x Wigeon ; Cetti’s Warbler heard (66) ; Greenfinch ; 4 x Siskin ; Herring Gull ; 45 x Black Headed Gull ; 7 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; Buzzard ; 3 x Meadow Pipit ;

24 Nov – (am) 50+ Teal ; 10 x Wigeon ; 4 x Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Collared Dove ; 4 x Goldfinch ; 2 x Chaffinch ; Nuthatch ; Goldcrest ; Great Tit ; Blue Tit ; 6 x Long Tailed Tit ; (late pm) – add 30+ x Snipe ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; Water Rail ; Barn Owl (65) ;

23 Nov – Willow Tit ; Nuthatch ; Treecreeper ; Coal Tit ; 2 x Meadow Pipit ; Pheasant ; 76 x Teal ; Grey Heron ; 34 x Black Headed Gull ; 24 x Redwing ; 15 x Snipe ; Grey wagtail (64) ; Goldcrest ; Reed Bunting ; 2 x Water Rail ; Kingfisher ;

22 Nov – Willow Tit ; Nuthatch ; Coal Tit ; Siskin ; 19+ Teal ; 24 x Black Headed Gull ; 4 x Redwing ; Water rail ; Goldcrest ; Greenfinch ;

21 Nov – 70 x Teal ; 25 x Blackbird (males) ; 50 x Jackdaw ; 20 x Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Jay ; 3 x Magpie ; Pheasant ; 60 x Wood Pigeon ; 6 x Moorhen ; 5 x Long tailed Tits ; + small numbers of Blue + Great Tits ; 2 x Buzzard ; Kestrel ; 2 x Goldcrest ; Coal Tit ; 7 x Redwing ;

BUTTERLEY RES – 105 X Grey Lag Geese ; 55 x Tufted Duck ; 150 x Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Herring Gull ; 50 x Coot ; 5 x Cormorant ;

20 Nov – Willow Tit (on feeders) ; 4 x Goldcrest ; Water Rail ; 50 x Teal ; 43 x Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Pheasant ; Jay ; Buzzard ; Kestrel ; 17 x Redwing ; Nuthatch ; Grey Heron ; 2 x Snipe ; Mistle Thrush ;

16 Nov – (am) 19 x Teal ; Sparrowhawk ; 2 x Pheasant ; Water Rail ; 2 x Snipe ; 38 x Black Headed Gull ; 18 x Redwing ; Song Thrush ; 3 x Mistle Thrush ; 2 x Coal Tit ; Nuthatch ; Treecreeper (62) ; 6 x Greenfinch ; (pm) Raven (63) ; 5 x Kestrel ; 114 x Redwing ; Buzzard ; 4 x Snipe ; Grey Heron ; 224 x Pink Footed Geese flying West ; Water Rail ; 29 x Teal ; 2 x Pheasant ; 57 x Black Headed Gull ; Jay ; 2 x Herring Gull ; 19 x Meadow Pipit ; Pied Wagtail ; also seen in HEAGE – 2 X Little Owl + 149 Pink Footed Geese flying South

13 Nov – 12 x Lapwing (61) ; Grey Heron ; 22 x Teal ; Sparrowhawk ; Buzzard ; Water Rail ; 2 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 25 x Black Headed Gull ; 4 x Mistle Thrush ; 43 x Redwing ; Nuthatch ;

12 Nov – Song Thrush ; Reed Bunting (57) ; 3 x Goldcrest ; 78 x Redwing ; 2 x Greenfinch ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 4 x Grey Lag Geese ; 3 x Fieldfare ; 5 x Wigeon (58) ; 41 x Teal ; 2 x Water Rail ; Linnet ; 47 x Black Headed Gull ; Sparrowhawk ; 5 x Pheasant ; Cormorant ; 7 x Snipe ; Jay ; 2 x Nuthatch ; Meadow Pipit ; Herring Gull (59) ; 3 x Pied Wagtail ; 2 x Kestrel ; *******MOVEMENT OF PINK FOOTED GEESE (60) OVER LOWER HARTSHAY TODAY : 9.05am – 73 overhead flying NE ; 9.11am – further 105 flying SW and at 9.37am 57 more flying NW.

11 Nov – 4 x Bullfinch (54); 129 x Redwing ; Mistle Thrush ; 2 x Great Spotted Woodpecker (55) ; Jay ; 75 x Fieldfare ; 9 x Stock Dove ; 3 x Greenfinch ; Siskin ; 2 x Willow Tit (56) ; Nuthatch ; 36 x Teal ; 4 x Snipe ; 2 x Skylark ; Kestrel ; 2 x Buzzard ; 50 x Black Headed Gull ; Sparrowhawk ;

10 Nov – 39 x Snipe ; 19+ Teal ; Sparrowhawk (51) ; Pheasant ; Water Rail ; 34 x Black Headed Gull ; 9 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; Meadow Pipit ; Pied Wagtail ; Song Thrush ; 3 x Mistle thrush ; 3 x Coal Tit ; Greenfinch ; 2 x Chaffinch ; 5 + Redwing/Fieldfare mixed ; 2 x Little Owl ; 2 x Jay ; Skylark (52) ; 2 x Buzzard ; 27 x Meadow Pipit ; 2 x Linnet ; Peregrine (53) ;

8 Nov – (am) Kestrel ; Jay ; 100 x Redwing ; 20 x Teal ; 35 x Mallard ; 2 x Mistle Thrush; 2 x Stck Dove ; Pied Wagtail ; Black Headed Gull ; (pm) 34 x Teal ; Kestrel ; Water rail (49) ; 9 x Black Headed Gull ; 3 x Stock Dove ; Goldcrest ; Redwing ; 7 x Mistle Thrush ; 5 x Long tailed Tit ; Nuthatch (50) ; Greenfinch ; 2 x Chaffinch ; 100+ Jackdaw ;

AMBER FLOOD – 100 X Wood Pigeon ; + 500 mixed corvids + 100 more Wood Pigeon on car boot site

7 Nov – 4 x Little Owl (48) ;

3 Nov – (am) 4 x Goldfinch ; Chaffinch ; Coal Tit (43) ; Redwing ; 2 x Teal ; 10 x Black Headed Gull ; 3 x Buzzard ; 3 x Kestrel ; 4 x Long Tailed Tit ; Grey Heron ; 2 x Cormorant (44); 2 x Pied Wagtail ; Jay ; 2 x Collared Dove ; 2 x Linnet (45) ; (early pm) 2 x Buzzard ; Kestrel ; Snipe (46) ; 2 x Black Headed Gull ; Pied Wagtail ; Goldcrest ; 18 x Fieldfare ; Mistle Thrush ; (later pm) 3 x Meadow Pipit ; 19 x Fieldfare ; Song Thrush ; 27 x Redwing ; Mistle Thrush ; Pied Wagtail ; 2 x Kestrel ; Cormorant ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese (47) ;

1 Nov – (am) 27 x Teal (26) ; 4 x Pheasant (27); 3 x Buzzard ; Kestrel ; Stock Dove (28); 3 x Goldcrest (29) ; Mistle Thrush (30) ; 10+ Goldfinch ; 2 x Greenfinch (31) ; (pm) 7 x Meadow Pipit (32) ; 131 x Fieldfare (33) ; 4 x Kestrel ; Pied Wagtail (34); Greater Black Backed Gull (35) flying South ; 7 x Lesser Black Backed Gull (36) ; 34 x Black Headed Gull (37) ; Red Kite (38) ; Greenfinch ; 17 x Redwing (39) ; 4 x Buzzard ; 2 x Brambling (40) ; 7 x Siskin (41) ; 3 x Jay ;(42)

BIRD SIGHTINGS – OCTOBER 2023

30 Oct – Willow Tit ; Grey Heron ; 11 x Teal ; 5 x Snipe ; Sparrowhawk ; 4 x Pheasant ; 4 x Black Headed Gull ; 3 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 2 x Goldcrest ; 7 x Redwing ; Treecreeper ; 3 x Greenfinch ;

29 Oct – (early am) 3 x Skylark ; 5 x Jay ; 62 x Fieldfare ; 33 x Redwing ; 2 x Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 4 x Coal Tit ; Green Woodpecker (77) ; 2 x Sparrowhawk ; Nuthatch ; Water Rail ; Kestrel ; 3 x Snipe ; 4 x Wigeon ; 13 x Teal ; 20 x Canada Geese ; Pheasant ; 3 x Greenfinch ; Goshawk (Juvenile female) (78) ; 15 x Stock Dove ; (later am) 2 x Buzzard ; Kestrel ; 2 x Snipe ; 6 x Wigeon ; 12 x Teal ; Pied Wagtail ; 2 x Nuthatch ; Coal Tit ; Mistle Thrush ; Pheasant ; 14 x Grey Lag Geese ; 2 x Skylark ; 19 x Fieldfare (South) ; 57 x Lapwing (79); 19 x Siskin ; Cormorant (juv)

28 Oct – 265 Fieldfare flying South ; 19 x Black Headed Gull ; 3 x Pied Wagtail ; 2 x Kestrel ; Merlin (75) flying South ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; 5 x Stock Dove ; 17 x Meadow Pipit ; Greenfinch ; 4 x Wigeon ; Canada Goose 17 x Teal ; Water Rail ; 2 x Reed Bunting ; 3 x Herring Gull (76) ; Little Owl ; 9 x Redwing ;

27 Oct – 14 x Teal ; Water rail ; Lesser Black Backed Gull ; Jay ; Redwing ; Mistle Thrush ; 3 x Coal Tit ; Nuthatch ; 2 x Reed Bunting ;

Field opposite Amber Flood – 200+ Grey Lag Geese ; 2 x Herring Gull ; 100+ Starling ; up to 1000 each of Wood Pigeons + Covids ; a few Canada Geese ;

24 Oct – Cetti’s Warbler (73) ; also Tawny Owl (74) has been heard at Pig Farm Spinney (Alan Eccleston)

23 Oct – 2 x Common Gull (72) ; 27 x Black Headed Gull ; 9 x Teal ; 6 x Snipe ; Kingfisher ; Kestrel ; 2 x Pheasant ; Water rail ; Pied Wagtail ; Goldcrest ; 3 x Fieldfare ; 5 x Redwing ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; Nuthatch ; 3 x Siskin ; 5 x Greenfinch ; Bullfinch ; 3 x jay ;

Amber Flood – 2 x Common Gull ; Cormorant ; 1000+ Wood Pigeon ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; c100 x Black Headed Gull ;

Butterley Res – RED THROATED DIVER

22 Oct – 7 x Raven ; 237 x Redwing ; 189 x Fieldfare ; 37 x Meadow Pipit ; 11 x Pied Wagtail ; 17 Golden Plover (71) flying N ; 5 x Linnet ; Sparrowhawk ; Song Thrush ; 8 x Skylark ; 7 x Greenfinch ; 5 x Bullfinch ; 2 x Cormorant ; 3 x Buzzard ; 11 x Snipe ; 6 x Teal ; Grey Heron ; 2 x Reed Bunting ; 3 x Jay ; 7 x Siskin ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Great White Egret flying in direction of Wyver Lane ; Nuthatch ; 2 x Coal Tit ;

Amber Flood – 8 x Wigeon ; 2 x Little Grebe ; 87 x Grey Lag Geese ; 2 x Lapwing ; Mandarin ; 5 x Skylark ; 15 x Siskin ; 2 x Yellowhammer ; 3 x Grey Heron ; 360 x Black Headed Gull ; 4 x Common Gull ; 12 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 10 x Mallard ; 2 x Grey wagtail ; 13 x Pied Wagtail ;

19 Oct – Hawfinch (above) ; 3 x Lesser Redpoll (70) ; 90 x Redwing ; Little Grebe; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; Coal Tit ; 2 x Black Headed Gull ;

18 Oct – 6 x Buzzard ; 7 x Fieldfare ; Kestrel ; 6 x Teal ; 6 x Snipe ; Grey Heron ; 2 x Pheasant ; 2 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 3 x Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Pied Wagtail ; Meadow Pipit ; Treecreeper ; Greenfinch ; Mistle Thrush ;

16 Oct – HAWFINCH (69) ; 14 x Teal ; 6 x Snipe ; 300+ Wood Pigeon – flying south ; Grey Lag Goose ; 11 x Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Bullfinch ; 2 x Coal Tit ; 9 x Long tailed Tit ; 2 x Buzzard ; Kestrel ; Lesser Black backed Gull ; Goldcrest ; 2 x Nuthatch ; Jay ; 3 x Raven ; 47 x Redwing ;

15 Oct – 35 x Skylark ; 6 x Raven (64) ; Song Thrush ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 3 x Sparrowhawk ; 4 x Jay ; 17 x Meadow Pipit ; 7 x Pied Wagtail ; 2 x Snipe ; 7 x Teal ; Water Rail (heard) ; 5 x Greenfinch ; 5 x Buzzard ; 2 x Yellowhammer (65) ; 14 x Black Headed Gull ; 6 x Stock Dove ; 5 x Siskin (66) ; 2 x Kestrel ; 2 x Linnet (67) ; 3 x Chiffchaff ; 3 x Wigeon (68) ; Coal Tit ; Nuthatch ;

14 Oct – (am) 12 x Long Tailed Tit ; 4 x Buzzard ; Kestrel ; Pied Wagtail ; 4 x Jay ; 2 x Snipe ; 4 x Cormorant ; 2 x Song thrush ; Nuthatch ; Coal Tit ; Water Rail (calling) (mid-day) 2 x Cormorant ; 4 x Mandarin (62) ; 15 x Grey Lag Geese ; 2 x Skylark ; 5 x Meadow Pipit ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Little Owl calling ; 11 x Pied Wagtail ; 7 x Buzzard ; 2 x Kestrel ; 3 x Jay ; Goldcrest ; 2 x Grey Wagtail ; Nuthatch ; 2 x Greenfinch ; 17 x Teal ; 5 x Chiffchaff ; Grey Heron ; Bullfinch ; 15 x Redwing ; Red Kite ; 2 x Swallow (63) ;

13 Oct – 2 x Willow Tit ; Chiffchaff ; Coal Tit ; Water Rail ; Sparrowhawk ; 6 x Pheasant (61) ; 21 x Teal ; (37 x Mandarin on Amber Flood)

12 Oct – (am) Cormorant ; Grey Heron ; 10 x Teal ; Pheasant ; 9 x Snipe ; 3 x Black Headed Gull ; 3 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 3 x Meadow Pipit ; 2 x Grey wagtail (58) ; 2 x Goldcrest ; Mistle Thrush ; Reed Bunting ; (pm) 54 x Black Headed Gull ; 4 x Whooper Swan (59) heading NW ; 67 x Meadow Pipit ; 2 x Kestrel ; 3 x Jay ; c127 Pied Wagtail roosting ; Song Thrush ; 5 x Goldcrest ; Sparrowhawk ; 4 x Snipe ; 42 x Canada Geese (60) ; 7 x Redwing ;

10 Oct – Great White Egret (55) ; 8 x Teal ; 3 x Snipe ; 2 x Buzzard ; Water Rail heard ; Grey Heron ; Nuthatch ; Kestrel ; 50 x Redwing ; 2 x Jay ; Song Thrush ; Pied Wagtail (56) ; Treecreeper ; Blackcap ; Willow Tit (57) ;

9 Oct – 400+ Redwing flying SW ; 40 x Fieldfare (51) flying SW ; Red Kite (52) ; Treecreeper ; Nuthatch ; Bullfinch (53) ; 2 x Chiffchaff ; 8 x Teal ; 10 x Snipe ; Water Rail ; Grey Heron ; Buzzard ; Sparrowhawk (54) ; 10 x Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Lesser Black Backed Gull; 4 x Meadow Pipit ; 2 x Goldcrest ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; 5 x Long tailed Tit ; Jay ; 2 x Kingfisher at Ballys Pond ;

8 Oct – 9 x Skylark ; 27 x Meadow Pipit ; 12 x Buzzard ; 2 x Little Owl (49) ; 7 x Chiffchaff ; 3 x Snipe ; 3 x Pied Wagtail ; 5 x Black Headed Gull ; 3 x Lesser Black Backed Gull (50) ; Reed Bunting ; 15 x Teal ; Kestrel ; Water Rail ; Grey Heron ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 3 x Greenfinch ;

7 Oct – 3 x Redwing (46) (heading South) ; 37 x Meadow Pipit ; 23 x Pied Wagtail ; Peregrine (47) ; Kestrel ; 7 x Chiffchaff ; 6 x Skylark ; Cormorant (48) ; 8 x Teal ; Little Grebe ; 3 x Mistle Thrush ; 2 x Jay ; 5 x Greenfinch ; 2 x Buzzard ; Water Rail ; 20+ Mallard ; Jackdaw ; Robin ; Nuthatch ; 2 x Goldcrest ; Dunnock ; 2 x Goldfinch ; Blue, Great + Long tailed Tit ; House Sparrow ; Magpie ;

5 Oct – Little Grebe (43) ; 3 x Snipe ; 17 x Teal ; Blackcap ; 5 x Chiffchaff ; Grey Heron ; Great Spotted Woodpecker (44) ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; 2 x Nuthatch ; Goldcrest ; 2 x Black Headed Gull (45) ; 5 x Meadow Pipit ; Song Thrush ; Coal Tit ; 14 x Stock Dove ; 2 x Buzzard ; Kestrel ;

2 Oct – 5 x Skylark (26) ; 14 x Meadow Pipit (27) ; Grey Heron ; 8 x Grey Lag Geese (28) ; 7 x Teal (29) ; Kestrel ; Water rail (30); 3 x Snipe (31) ; 3 x Stock Dove (32) ; Kingfisher ; Blackcap (33) ; 9 x Chiffchaff (34) ; 4 x Goldcrest (35) ; Mistle Thrush (36) ; Coal Tit (37) ; Nuthatch (38) ; Treecreeper (39) ; 2 x Reed Bunting (40) ; 3 x Greenfinch (41) ; Jay (42) ;

BIRD SIGHTINGS – SEPTEMBER 2023

27 Sept – 6 x Mistle Thrush ; 4 x Stock Dove ; Jay ; Buzzard ; 7 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Teal ; Nuthatch ; Water rail ; 2 x House martin ; Grey Heron ;

26 Sept – (am) 2 x Blackcap ; Gadwall ;13 x Teal ; Goldcrest ; 5 x Chiffchaff ; Song thrush ; Grey wagtail ; Grey Heron ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Kestrel ; Snipe ; 2 x Swallow ; Pheasant ; (pm) Red Kite (65) ; 19 x Meadow Pipit ; 4 x Mistle Thrush ; 12 x Black Headed Gull ; Lesser Black backed Gull ; 2 x Skylark ; Jay ; 2 x Pied Wagtail; Little Owl ;

24 Sept – Kestrel ; Cormorant (62) ; 3 x jay ; 2 x Sand Martin ; 7 x Swallow ; 70+ Meadow Pipit ; 5 x Chiffchaff ; 5 x Teal ; Water rail ; 2 x Reed Bunting ; Little Owl ; 21 x Grey Lag Geese ; 2 x Goosander (63) ; 2 x Linnet ; Sparrowhawk ; 2 x Snipe (64) ;

23 Sept – 5 x Goldcrest ; 13 x Chiffchaff ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 4 x Jay; 29 x Meadow Pipit ; 7 x House Martin ; 5 x Sand Martin ; 2 x Buzzard ; 200+ Swallow south ; Nuthatch ; 7 x Teal ; 17 x Lesser Black backed Gull ; Little Owl ;

22 Sept – 2 x Lesser Whitethroat ; Blackcap ; 4 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Jay; 2 x Heron ; 2 x Swallow ; 6 x Teal ; Buzzard ; Pheasant ; Stock Dove ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Meadow Pipit ; Mistle Thrush ; Coal Tit ; Nuthatch ;

21 Sept – Skylark (61) ; 3 x Buzzard ; 2 x Water Rail ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Nuthatch ; Coal Tit ; Pheasant ;

20 Sept – 2 x Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 3 x Nuthatch ; Sparrowhawk ; 23 x Sand Martin (60); 57 x Swallow ; 7 x House Martin ; 3 x Kestrel ; 5 x Buzzard ; Mistle Thrush ; Grey Heron ; Jay ; 5 x Chiffchaff ; Pheasant ; 8 x Meadow Pipit ; Little Owl ;

18 Sept – 2 x Teal; Grey Heron ; Sparrowhawk ; 2 x Buzzard ; Stock Dove ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 2 x Swallow ; Meadow Pipit ; Chiffchaff ; Goldcrest ; Treecreeper ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; 5 x Greenfinch ; Linnet ;

17 Sept – (am) Water Rail ; 25 x Grey Lag Geese (58) ; Crow ; Rook ; Jay ; Magpie ; WoodPigeon ; Collared Dove ; Chiffchaff ; Reed Bunting ; Nuthatch ; Goldcrest ; Robin; Song Thrush ; Wren ; Blackbird ; Dunnock ; Swallow ; Long Tailed Tit ; Blue Tits ; Great Tits ; Goldfinch ; House Sparrow ; Chaffinch ; (pm) 3 x Meadow Pipit (59) ; 3 x Buzzard ; 7 x Lesser Black Backed Gull; 2 x Kestrel ; 5 x Stock Dove ; 3 x Mistle Thrush ; 9 x Swallow ; Jay ; 4 x Pheasant ; 7 x Greenfinch ; 9 x Chiffchaff ; 5 x Teal ; 15 x Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Sparrowhawk ;

15 Sept – 2 x Water Rail ; 2 x Coal Tit ; Jay ; Grey Wagtail ; 2 x Pheasant ; 2 x Stock Dove ; 2 x Chiffchaff ; 7 x Greenfinch ; Sparrowhawk ; 2 x Teal (57) ;

13 Sept – Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Grey Heron ; Blackcap (f) ; 6 x Chiffchaff ; Reed Bunting (56) ;

10 Sept – Meadow Pipit ; Grey wagtail (53) ; 3 x Gadwall (54); Linnet (55) ;

5 Sept – 3 x Kestrel ; 5 x Buzzard ; 17 x Chiffchaff ; 9 x Mistle Thrush (50) ; 2 x LBBG ; 2 x Black Headed Gull ; 7 x Stock Dove ; 5 x Greenfinch ; 7 x House martin ; Song Thrush ; 7 x Pied Wagtail (51) ; Grey heron ; 150+ Swallow roost ; 3 x Water Rail calling ; 3 x Little Owl (52)

3 Sept – (am) 6 x Chiffchaff ; Treecreeper (37) ; Jay (38) ; Great Spotted Woodpecker (39) ; 4 x Siskin (40); 3 x Goldcrest ; 2 x Sparrowhawk (41) ; Grey Heron; Starling ; Nuthatch (42); Kingfisher ; Buzzard ; 2 x Reed Warbler (43); 8 x Swallow; Kestrel ; (pm) 2 x Garden warbler (44) ; Willow Warbler (45) ; Sparrowhawk ; 5 x Buzzard ; 4 x LBBG (46) ; 47 x Swallow ; Pheasant ; 14 x House martin (47) ; 3 x Song Thrush ; 2 x Nuthatch ; Lesser Whitethroat (48) ; 4 x Greenfinch ; 11 x Chiffchaff ; 7 x Black Headed Gull ; Coal Tit (49) ; Blackcap ;

1 Sept – (am) Willow Tit (26) ; 2 x Blackcap (27) ; 4 x Chiffchaff (28); 4 x Goldcrest (29) ; Raven (30); Black Headed Gull (31); 4 x Swallow (32) ; 3 x Greenfinch (33) ; Water Rail calling (34) ; Kingfisher ; Buzzard ; Pheasant (35) ; 2 x Stock Dove (36) ;

BIRD SIGHTINGS – AUGUST 2023

31 Aug – Kestrel ; Buzzard ; Grey Heron ; Herring Gull ; Black Headed Gull ; Swallow ; Nuthatch ; Blue, Great, Long tailed + Coal Tit ; Greenfinch ; Goldfinch ; Chaffinch ; 20 x House Sparrows ; Hedge Sparrow; Stock Dove ; Collared Dove ; Wood Pigeon ; Magpie, Crow ; Jackdaw ; Mallard ; Moorhen ; High numbers of Chiffchaff ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Blackbird ; Song Thrush ; Spotted Flycatcher at Bally’s Pond.

29 Aug – Red Kite (juv) ; 17 x House Martin ; 21 x Swallow ; 11 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Grey Heron ; Water rail heard ; 4 x Jay ; 3 x Buzzard ; 5 x Black Headed Gull ; 2 x LBBG ; 3 x Coal tit ; Nuthatch ; Swift ; 3 x Stock Dove ; Sparrowhawk ; 2 x Willow Tit (70) ; Hobby (71) ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ;

28 Aug – Grey Wagtail (67) ; Teal (68) ; 2 x Grey Heron ; 4 x Buzzard ; Sparrowhawk ; Water rail squealing ; 5 x Swallow ; 4 x House martin ; Meadow Pipit ; 10+ Chiffchaff ; 2 x Goldcrest ; Nuthatch ; 7 x Greenfinch ; Kingfisher ; 2 x Reed Warbler (69);

25 Aug – (am) Blackcap ; Willow warbler ; 2 x Chiffchaff ; Jay ; 2 x Coal Tit ; 6 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; Grey Heron ; Sparrowhawk ; Kestrel ; 4 x Buzzard ; 10 x Black Headed Gull ; Stock Dove ; 6 x Swallow ; 2 x Goldcrest ; 5 x Greenfinch ; Cormorant ; (pm) 9 x Buzzard ; 45 x Swallow ; Little Owl (65) ; Cormorant ; 3 x Pied Wagtail (66) ; Reed Bunting ; 9 x Chiffchaff ;

24 Aug – 2 x Red Kite ; 5 x Buzzard ; 3 x Kestrel ;

23 Aug – Whinchat ; Red Kite ; 6 x Chiffchaff ; 3 x House Martin ; 6 x Swallow ; 3 x Nuthatch ; Treecreeper (63) ; Goldcrest ; 9 x Black Headed Gull ; Grey Heron ; Stock Dove ; 4 x Greenfinch ; Barn Owl (64) early am ;

21 Aug – Whinchat ; 2 x Coal Tit (62) ; 4 x Buzzard ; 27 x Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; Stock Dove ; 3 x Goldcrest ; 5 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Kestrel ; 6 x Swallow ; 2 x Grey Heron ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 3 x Greenfinch ;

20 Aug – 2 x Raven (60) ; 4 x Swift ; 5 x House Martin ; 30+ Swallow ; Whitethroat ; Sparrowhawk ; 2 x Kestrel ; 4 x Buzzard ; 17 x Black Headed Gull ; 7 x Lesser Black backed Gull ; 2 x Grey Heron ; 4 x Nuthatch ; 11 x Chiffchaff ; 6 x Meadow Pipit ; 2 x Jay ; 9 x Stock Dove ; 12 x Sand Martin ; 9 x Linnet (61) ; 3 x Greenfinch ; Garden Warbler ; Spotted Flycatcher ;

18 Aug (am) – 3 x Grey Heron ; Buzzard ; 2 x Black Headed Gull ; Stock Dove ; 2 x Great Spotted Woodpecker (incl 1 x juvenile) ; 2 x Swallow ; Willow Warbler ; 6 x Chiffchaff ; Goldcrest ; Nuthatch ; 15 x Long Tailed Tit ; 7 x Greenfinch ;

16 Aug (am) – Spotted Flycatcher ; Garden Warbler (58) ; 2 x Willow Warbler ; 10+ Chiffchaff ; 2 x Stock Dove ; 2 x Black Headed Gull ; Buzzard ; Kestrel ; Water Rail squealing (59) ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 4 x Swallow ; 4 x Greenfinch ;

15 Aug – (am) 3 x Collared Dove ; Sparrowhawk ; 6 x Greenfinch ; 10 x House Martin ; 20 x Swallow ; Chiffchaff ; Grey heron ; 4 x Buzzard ; Peregrine (57) ; 2 x Moorhen ; Blue + Great Tits, Goldfinch, Chaffinch :

14 Aug – Grey Heron ; 3 x Chiffchaff ;

13 Aug – Great White Egret (56) ; Kestrel ; 2 x Black Headed Gull ; 5 x House Martin ; Chiffchaff ; Goldcrest ; 4 x Greenfinch ;

11 Aug – (am) Grey Heron ; 4 x Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Stock Dove ; 13 x Swallow ; 4 x House Martin ; Whitethroat ; 2 x Blackcap ; 7+ Chiffchaff ; 2 x Goldcrest ; Mistle Thrush ; Nuthatch ; 4+ Greenfinch ;

10 Aug – Green Woodpecker (54) ; Pheasants (55) with young ;

9 Aug – Spotted Flycatcher (50) ; 17 x Chiffchaff ; 3 x Whitethroat ; 2 x Jay (51) ; 9 x Black Headed Gull ; 22 x Swift ; 3 x Nuthatch ; 5 x House Martin ; 17 x Swallow ; Little Egret ; 7 x Greenfinch ; Willow Warbler ; Blackcap ; Grey Heron ; 2 x Buzzard ; Red Kite (52) ; Curlew (heard) (53) ; Kestrel ;

7 Aug (am) – 2 x Whinchat (47) ; Grey Heron ; 2 x Black Headed Gull ; Stock Dove ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 3 x Swallow ; 2 x Whitethroat ; 2 x Blackcap (48) ; Willow Warbler ; 6 x Chiffchaff ; 3 x Goldcrest (49) ; Song thrush ; Nuthatch ; 6 x Greenfinch ; WHEATEAR ON THE FIELDS BEHIND LOCKWOODS PM; Both Whinchats still present late afternoon ;

4 Aug – (am) Grey Heron ; Buzzard ; Kestrel ; 7 x Black Headed Gull (42) ; 4 x Swift ; Kingfisher ; 5 x Swallow ; 4 x House Martin (43) ; 2 x Whitethroat (44) ; Willow Warbler ; 5 x Chiffchaff ; Song Thrush young ; Nuthatch ; 10+ Greenfinch ; (pm) Grey Heron ; Buzzard ; Nuthatch ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Reed Bunting (45) ; Chiffchaff group ; Wren group ; 35 x Swallow ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; 25 x Mallard under feeders ; Little Egret (46) ;

3 Aug – 2 x Sparrowhawk (38) ; Cormorant (39) ; Lesser Black Backed Gull (40) ; 7 x Swift ; 19 x Swallow ; Greenfinch ; Sand Martin (41) ; Buzzard ; Kestrel ;

1 Aug – 2 x Bullfinch (26); 3 x Buzzard ; 2 x Song Thrush ; Mistle Thrush (27) ; 19 x Swift (28) ; 2 x Stock Dove (29) ; 7 x Chiffchaff (30) ; 17 x Swallow (31) ; 2 x Nuthatch (32) ; 11 x Greenfinch (33) ; Willow Warbler (34) ; 4 x Meadow Pipit (35) ; Herring Gull (36) ; Great Spotted Woodpecker (37) ;

BIRD SIGHTINGS – JULY 2023

31 July – (am) 2 x Lesser Whitethroat (68) ; 3 x Whitethroat ; Mandarin ; 2 x Grey Heron ; Treecreeper ; 3 x Nuthatch ; 9 x Greenfinch ; 12 x Swift ; 5 x Swallow ; 2 x House Martin ; 2 x Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Stock Dove ; 6 x Chiffchaff ; Willow warbler ; Mistle Thrush (69) ; at least 10 Long tailed Tits ; Jay (70) ;

30 July – (late am) 5 x Canada Geese ; Magpie ; Carrion Crow ; Jackdaw ; Wood Pigeons ; Collared Dove ; 4 x Chiffchaff ; Great Tit ; Blue Tit ; Dunnock ; Reed Bunting ; Song thrush ; Blackbird ; Chaffinch ; Goldfinch ; Buzzard ; Mallard ; Moorhen ; Goldcrest ; Wren ;

28 July (am) – Grey Heron ; 2 x Cormorant ; 5 x Canada Geese (67) ; 2 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; Stock Dove ; 2 x Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 4 x Swallow ; Whitethroat ; 3 x Willow Warbler ; 4 x Chiffchaff ; Goldcrest ; Coal tit ; 4 x Greenfinch ; 2 x Bullfinch ;

25 July – (am) Grey Heron ; Pheasant ; Water Rail calling ; Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Kingfisher ; Reed Warbler ; 3 x Whitethroat ; Chiffchaff ; Song Thrush ; 2 x Reed Bunting ; 2 x Greenfinch ; Linnet ;

24 July – Barn Owl (66) ; (pm) 2 x Kingfisher ; 2 x Blackcap ; 4 juvenile Greenfinch

23 July – Garden Warbler (juvenile) ; 3 x Nuthatch ; 4 x Goosander (64); 7 x Chiffchaff ; 17 x Swallow ; Grey Heron ; 6 x Greenfinch ; Kingfisher ; 7 x House Martin ; Reed warbler ; 5 x Reed Bunting ; Water Rail (squealing) ; Tawny Owl heard (65) ; 50+ Swift ; 2 x Buzzard ;

21 July (am) Water rail squealing from fence area ; Mandarin ; Kestrel ; 2 x Blackcap ; Whitethroat ; 4 x Chiffchaff ; 6 x Swift ; 2 x Swallow ; Grey heron ; Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Teal ; Nuthatch ; Goldcrest ; 3 x Reed Bunting ;

20 July (pm) 200+ x Swallow ;

17 July – (am) 2 x Teal (63) ; Cormorant ; Mandarin ; 3 x Buzzard ; 2 x Black Headed Gull ; Stock Dove ; 4 x Swift ; Kingfisher ; 2 x Swallow ; 4 x Sand Martin ; 4 x Whitethroat ; Blackcap ; Willow Warbler ; Chiffchaff ; Song Thrush ; Reed Bunting ; 5 x Greenfinch ; (pm) 3 x Treecreepers ; Nuthatch ; 2 x Goldcrest ; 15+ Starlings ; Grey Heron ;

16 July – Buzzard ; Grey Heron ; Black Headed Gull ; Nuthatch ; Blackcap ; Chiffchaff ; Reed Bunting ; Sedge Warbler ; Swallow ; Song Thrush ;

15 July – (early am) 3 x Buzzard ; 3 x Sand Martin ; 2 x Greater Spotted Woodpecker ; 3 x Song Thrush ; 5 x Chiffchaff ; Grey Heron ; Whitethroat ; 3 x Sedge Warbler ; 16 x Swift ; 4 x Black Headed Gull ; Nuthatch ; 2 x Bullfinch ; Kingfisher ; 3 x Greenfinch ; 2 x Reed warbler ; 7 x Swallow ; Blackcap feeding young ; Kestrel ; Cormorant ; Mandarin : Sparrowhawk ; (8am – 9.15am) 34 species seen incl Sparrowhawk ; 2 x Kingfishers ; Treecreeper (62) ; Sedge Warbler ; House martin ; Mandarin ; 15+ Starling ; House Sparrows ; Magpies ; 6+ Mallard ; 2 x Moorhen ; 4+ Goldfinch ; Jackdaw ; Carrion Crow ; Blackbird ; Blue + Great Tit ; Chaffinch ; Robin ; Pied Wagtail ; 2 x Reed Bunting ; Wren ;

14 July – Cormorant ; Grey Heron ; Pheasant (61) ; Stock Dove ; Kingfisher ; 13 x Swallow ; 2 x Sand Martin ; Sedge warbler ; 5 x Whitethroat ; Garden warbler ; 4 x Chiffchaff ; Song Thrush ; Reed Bunting ; 3 x Greenfinch ; Bullfinch ;

11 July – (am) Hobby (58) ; 2 x Buzzard ; 2 x Garden warbler ; Blackcap (59) ; Willow warbler (60); 3 x Whitethroat ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Grey Heron ; 7 x Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Stock Dove ; 19 x Swift ; 4 x Swallow ; 2 x House Martin ; 2 x Reed Bunting ; 7 x Greenfinch ;

9 July – Redstart (f – juvenile) (54) ; 11 x Chiffchaff ; 5 x Whitethroat ; 2 x Sedge Warbler ; 7 x Swallow ; 3 x Pied Wagtail ; 3 x Greenfinch ; 4 x Song thrush ; 9 x Black Headed Gull ; Water Rail (55) ; 5 x Swift ; 2 x Buzzard ; 3 x Grey wagtail (56) ; 2 x Raven ; Sparrowhawk (57); 3 x Stock Dove ; Reed Bunting ; 2 x Nuthatch ;

8 July – 31 species seen from 8am to 9.10am including Lapwing ; Kingfisher ; Bullfinch ; Coal Tit ; Buzzard ; Rook ; 10+ Swallows ; 10+ Long Tailed Tits ;

6 July – Little Egret (53) ; 3 x Black Headed Gull; Stock Dove ; 4 x Pied Wagtail ; 2 x Chiffchaff ;

5 July – Mandarin (50); 2 x Raven (51) ; Song Thrush ; 5 x Chiffchaff ; Stock Dove ; Kingfisher ; c63 Swift ; 2 x Buzzard ; 7 x LBBG ; 11 x Swallow ; 3 x Whitethroat ; 5 x Reed Bunting ; 7 x Sand Martin ; 2 x Reed warbler (52); 2 x Nuthatch ;

4 July – (pm) 3 x Buzzard ; Sedge Warbler ; Reed Bunting ; Nuthatch ; Whitethroat ; Chiffchaff ; Goldcrest ; Magpie ; Carrion Crow ; Jackdaw ; Great Tits, Blue Tits ; Coal Tits ; 6 x Swallow ; Black Headed Gull ; Greenfinch ; Goldfinch ; Chaffinch ; (late pm ) 3 x Cormorant (1 x juvenile) ; 2 x Whitethroat ; 29 x Swift ; 15 x Swallow ; 5 x Whitethroat ; 7 x LBBG ; 3 x Greenfinch ; 5 x Chiffchaff ; 7 x House Martin ; 8 x Sand Martin ;

3 July – (am) 2 x Black Headed Gull (47) ; 2 x Stock Dove (48) ; 6 x Swift ; Kingfisher ; 4 x Swallow ; 2 x Sand Martin; 2 x House Martin ; Whitethroat ; Garden Warbler (49); 2 x Chiffchaff ; Long Tailed Tits ; 3 x Reed Bunting ; 2 x Greenfinch ;

1 July – (8am – 9.20am) 2 x Great Spotted Woodpecker (26) ; Goldcrest (27) ; Bullfinch (28); Nuthatch (29) ; Goldfinch ; Greenfinch (30) ; Reed Bunting (31) ; Sedge Warbler (32) ; Moorhen ; 10+ Mallard ; 4 x Magpie ; House Sparrow ; 3 x Dunnock ; 2 x Whitethroat (33); Rook ; Carrion Crow ; 10+ Jackdaw ; Robin ; Collared Dove ; Wood Pigeon ; 2x Swallow (34); Great Tit ; Blue Tit ; Coal Tit (35) ; 2 x Chaffinch ; 3 x Chiffchaff (36) ; 4 x Swift (37) ; Wren ; Song Thrush ; 5+ Blackbird ; Spotted Flycatcher by sound only (38) ; Pied Wagtail (39) ; Meadow Pipit (40) ; (pm) 5 x Linnet (41) ; 9 x House Martin (42) ; 50+ Swift ; 7 x Chiffchaff ; 9 x Whitethroat ; 12 x Swallow ; 5 x Buzzard ; 7 x Sand martin (43) ; Cormorant (44) ; Grey Heron ; Herring Gull (45) ; 5 x Lesser Black Backed Gull (46) ; Kestrel ; 3 x Reed Bunting ;

BIRD SIGHTINGS – JUNE 2023

30 June – Kestrel ; 2 x Cormorant ; Red Kite ; 18 x Swallow ; 2 x Greenfinch ; 3 x Pied Wagtail ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; 9 x Chiffchaff ; 7 x Whitethroat ; 8 x Swift ; 17 x House Martin ; 5 x Stock Dove ; 9 x Sand Martin (58) ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 2 x Buzzard ; LBBG ; 7 x Reed Bunting ; 2 x Linnet ; Hobby (59) ; 3 x Black Headed Gull ; Blackcap ;

26 June – Kestrel ; LBBG ; 2 x Buzzard ; 10 x Starling ; 2 x Reed Bunting ; Carrion Crow ; Goldcrest ; Jackdaw ; Great Tit ; Greenfinch ; Goldfinch ; 2 x Swallow ; 2 x House martin ; 8 x Mallard ; 4 x Moorhen ; 2 x Dunnock ; Robin ; 4 x Magpie ; 2 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Chaffinch ;

24 June – Kingfisher ; Grey Heron ; 20+ Starlings ; Chiffchaff ; 5 Mallard with 2 young ; Song thrush ; 5 x Blackbird ; Goldcrest ; Goldfinch ; Greenfinch ; Blue Tit ; LongT ailed Tit ; Great Tit ; Wren ; 2 x Chaffinch ; Crow ; Jackdaw ; 4 x Magpies; Dunnock ; 2 x House Martin ;

BUTTERLEY RES – 3 X Yellowhammer ; 4 x Blackcap ; 2 x Willow Warbler ; 3 x Whitethroat ; 2 x Swift ; 4 x Skylark ; Buzzard ; Kestrel ; Bullfinch ; Grey wagtail + 2 Juveniles ; 5 x Great Crested Grebe with 3 young ;

23 June – Buzzard ; 33 x Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Stock Dove ; 4 x Swallow ; 2 x Pied Wagtail ; Grey Wagtail ; Sedge Warbler ; 2 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Goldcrest ; 3 x Nuthatch ; 5 x Reed Bunting ;

BUTTERLEY RES ; 4 x Chiffchaff ; Whitethroat ; 2 x Mute Swan ; Tufted Duck ; 6 x Great Crested Grebe ; 3 x Greenfinch ; Goldcrest ; 4 x Swift ; 6 x Swallow ; 3 x Blackcap ; Willow warbler ; Pied Wagtail ; 4 x Sand Martin ; Stock Dove ;

21 June – Grey Heron ; Grey wagtail ; Reed Bunting ; Swallow ; Goldcrest ; Goldfinch ;

20 June – Lapwing ; Yellowhammer (57) ; Reed Bunting ; 17 x Whitethroat (6 x adults + 11 fledglings) ; 2 Blackcap nests found ; 3 x Linnet nests found ; 3 x LBBG ; 21 x Swift ; 11 x Swallow ;

19 June – 2 x Reed Warbler ; 2 x Swallow ; 12 x Pied Wagtail including juveniles ; 3 x Whitethroat ; Garden warbler ; 2 x Chiffchaff ; Goldcrest ; Song thrush ; Reed Bunting ; 2 x Greenfinch ;

17 June – Oystercatcher (55) ; 7 x Swallow ; 14 x Swift ; 4 x Song Thrush ; 5 x Chiffchaff ; 3 x Sedge Warbler ; 12 x Whitethroat + 2 more nests found ; 3 x Stock Dove ; Nuthatch ; Grey wagtail ; Reed Warbler carrying food; Kingfisher ; 5 x Reed Bunting ; 9 x Black Headed Gull ; Kestrel ; 2 x Cormorant ; 3 x Blackcap ; 4 x Greenfinch ; 2 x LBBG ; 13 x Linnet (56) ;

16 June – 4 x House Martin ; 11 x Swift ; 3 x Whitethroat ; 4 x Sedge Warbler ; 7 x Reed Bunting ; Kingfisher ; Kestrel ; Sparrowhawk (53); Pheasant (54) ; 11 x Swallow ; 5 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Buzzard ; 5 x Stock Dove ; 3 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 2 x Mandarin ; ALSO fledglings of Great Spotted Woodpecker + Nuthatch + Pied wagtail + Grey wagtail.

13 June – Cormorant (51) ; 2 x Stock Dove ; Swift ; Kingfisher ; 10 x Swallow ; House Martin ; 2 x Pied Wagtail ; Grey Wagtail ; Reed Warbler ; 2 x Sedge Warbler ; 2 x Whitethroat ; Garden warbler (52) ; Blackcap ; 2 x Chiffchaff ; Goldcrest ; Song Thrush ; 3 x Reed Bunting ; 2 x Greenfinch ;

12 June – 6 x House Martins ; 2 x Swift ; 20+ Starling ; Reed Bunting ;

10 June – (am) 2 x Grey wagtails ; Goldcrest ; House Sparrow ; (pm) Kestrel ; Blue, Long Tailed + Great Tits : Greenfinch ; Goldfinch ; Chaffinch ; Reed Bunting ; Reed Warbler ; Song Thrush ; Blackcap ; Wren ; Blackbird ; Moorhen ; Mallard ; Swift ; Swallow ; Wood Pigeon ; Stock Dove ; Starling ; Robin ;

9 June – Black Headed Gull ; Stock Dove ; 6 x Swift ; 2 x Swallow ; Reed Warbler ; Sedge Warbler ; Whitethroat ; Blackcap ; 2 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Goldcrest ; 2 x Reed Bunting ; Greenfinch ;

7 June – (lunchtime) 9 x Grey lag Geese ; 2 x LBB Gull ; Grey Wagtail ; Pied Wagtail ; Coal Tit ; Song thrush ; Lapwing (48) ; Reed Bunting ; Grey Heron ; 2 x Greenfinch ; (pm) 2 x Black Headed Gull ; 43 x Swift ; Sedge warbler ; 5 x Whitethroat (2 x nest sites) ; 3 x Chiffchaff ; Great Spotted Woodpecker (49); 2 x Stock Dove (50) ; 3 x Swallow ; Buzzard ; Mandarin ;

6 June – 3 x Whitethroat ; 43 x Swift ; 17 x House Martin ; 11 x Swallow ; Mandarin ; 5 x LBB Gull ; 3 x Chiffchaff ; Buzzard ; 3 x Greenfinch ; Song Thrush ;

5 June – 2 x Mandarin ; Kestrel ; 2 x Buzzard ; Black Headed Gull ; Kingfisher ; 3 x House Martin ; Reed Warbler ; Whitethroat ; Blackcap (45) ; Chiffchaff ; Coal Tit (46) ; Reed Bunting ; Curlew (47) ;

3 June – 5 x Greenfinch ; Buzzard ; 9 x Swallow ; Lesser Whitethroat (39); 5 x Chiffchaff ; 7 x Swift ; 3 x Pied Wagtail (40) ; Kingfisher ; 2 x Mandarin ; 9 x Reed Bunting ; Sedge Warbler (41) ; 5 x House Martin ; Lesser Black Backed Gull (42) ; Red Kite (43) ; Nuthatch (44) ;

2 June – Grey Lag Goose (26) ; 2 x Mandarin (27) ; Buzzard ; Black Headed Gull (28) ; 14 x Swift (29); Kingfisher ; 4 x Swallow (30) ; 3 x House Martin (31) ; Grey Wagtail (32) ; Reed Warbler (33) ; Whitethroat (34) ; 2 x Chiffchaff (35) ; 2 x Goldcrest (36) ; 4 x Reed Bunting (37) ; 4 x Chaffinch ; 2 x Greenfinch (38) ; 6 x Goldfinch ; Song Thrush ; Robin with 3 young ;

BIRD SIGHTINGS – MAY 2023

30 May – Cormorant ; 2 x Gadwall (69) ; 6 x Lapwing ; Lesser Black backed Gull ; Stock Dove ; Kingfisher ; Pied Wagtail ; Reed warbler ; 3 x Chiffchaff ; Goldcrest ; Treecreeper ; 4 x Reed Bunting ; Kingfisher ; 10 x Grey Lag Geese ; Sedge warbler ;

29 May – 2 x Lapwing ; 2 x Reed Bunting ; 3 x Sedge Warbler ; Kestrel ; 2 x Swift ; 5 x Swallow ; Buzzard ; 2 x Black Headed Gull; Coal Tit ;

26 May – Red Kite (68) ; Kingfisher ; Reed warbler ; Sedge Warbler ; 3 x Reed Bunting ; 2 x Goldcrest ; Whitethroat ; 2 x Chiffchaff ; 4 x Swallow ; Song thrush ;

23 May – 2 x Reed Warbler ; Sedge Warbler ; 3 x Reed Bunting ; Mandarin ; Kingfisher ; 2 x Buzzard ; Whitethroat ; 2 x Blackcap ; Mistle Thrush ; Song thrush ; 2 x Grey lag Geese ; 4 x Swallow ; Pied Wagtail ; Chiffchaff ; Treecreeper ; 3 x Greenfinch ; 5 x Swift ; 5 x Lesser Black Backed Gull; 2 x Cormorant ; Young Great Spotted Woodpeckers ;

21 May – lunchtime – few Swallow ; Lapwing ; Whitethroat ; Buzzard ; Kestrel ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; Greenfinch ; Kingfisher ; (late pm) 3 x Blackcap ; 5 x Chiffchaff ; Mandarin ; 7 x Swift ; 22 x Grey Lag Geese ; 9 x Reed Bunting ; Stock Dove ; 27 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; Bullfinch ;

20 May – (am) Mallard with 7 young ; Lapwing ; Kingfisher ; 4 x Swallow ; Pied Wagtail ; 2 x Grey Wagtail ; 3 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Goldcrest ; young Robin ; Mistle Thrush ; Greenfinch ; (pm) Hobby ; Reed warbler (66) ; 7 x Swift ; Kestrel ; Black Headed Gull ; Treecreeper (67) ; Sedge Warbler ; 2 x Buzzard ;

19 May – (lunchtime) Grey Wagtail ; Wren ; Goldcrest ; Greenfinch ; Long tailed Tit ; Swallow ; Grey Heron ; Lapwing ; Reed Bunting ; Sedge Warbler ; Bullfinch ; (afternoon)2 x Hobby ; 2 x Kestrel ;3 x Buzzard ; Sparrowhawk ; 17 x Swift ; 12 x Swallow ; Whitethroat ; Curlew ; Lapwing ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 2 x Sedge Warbler ; 7 x Chiffchaff ; (evening) 2 x Mandarin ; 2 x Goldcrest ;

17 May – Wheatear (63) seen very early this morning but had disappeared by lunchtime ; (lunchtime) Mistle Thrush ; Wren ; Goldcrest ; Kingfisher ; Grey Heron ; 8 x Grey Lag Geese ; Swallow ; Reed Bunting ; Rook ; Chiffchaff ; (pm) 13 x Swallow ; 2 x Linnet ; 12 x Swift ; 3 x Stock Dove ; 5 x Greenfinch ; 4 x Buzzard ; Yellowhammer (64) ; 2 x Great Spotted Woodpecker (65) ; 3 x Blackcap ; 5 x Whitethroat ; 2 x Skylark ; 2 x Sedge Warbler ; 8 x Grey lag Geese ; Grey wagtail ; 3 x Lesser Black backed Gull ;

16 May – Peregrine ; 5 x Buzzard ; 11 x Swallow ; 19 x Swift ; 2 x Sand Martin (62) ; 5 x Greenfinch ; 2 x Sparrowhawk ; 7 x Chiffchaff ; Mistle Thrush ; 4 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 3 x Reed Bunting ; Grey wagtail ; Linnet ; Cormorant ; Sedge Warbler ; Kestrel ;

14 May – 11 x Chiffchaff ; 5 x Whitethroat ; 3 x Mandarin ; 4 x Grey Lag Geese ; Curlew ; Buzzard ; Nuthatch ; Goldcrest ; Mistle Thrush ; 3 x Swallow ; 7 x Reed Bunting ; 2 x Kingfisher ; Bullfinch : 2 x Linnet (58) ; Cormorant (59) ; 11 x Swift ; 2 x Lapwing ; Sparrowhawk ; 8 x Lesser Black Backed Gulls (60) ; 2 x Black Headed Gull ; Hobby (61) ;

13 May – 3 x female Mallards with broods ; Kingfisher ; Lapwing ; 2 x Mandarin ;

10 May – Oystercatcher (55) flew towards flash, didn’t land, and flew off ; Goldcrest ; 2 x Kingfisher ; 5 x Swallow ; 3 x Mandarin ; Grey Wagtail ; Black Headed Gull (56) ; Sparrowhawk ; 5 x Whitethroat ; 5 x Chiffchaff ; Sedge Warbler ; 7 x Reed Bunting ; Pheasant ; Stock Dove ; Kestrel ; 6 x Greenfinch ; 2 x Swift ; 12 x House Martin ; Skylark ; 2 x Jay ; Grey Heron ; Peregrine (57) ; 65 x Pied Wagtails ;

9 May – Kingfisher ; Curlew ; Kestrel ; Blackcap ; Garden warbler ; Chiffchaff ; Whitethroat ; Reed Bunting; Sedge Warbler ; Long tailed Tit ; 2 x Grey lag Geese ; Moorhen with young ;

7 May – Pheasant (54) in garden

6 May (early am) Barn Owl (53) ;

5 May (am) – 2 x Mandarin ; Kingfisher ; 3 x Swallow ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; Garden warbler ; Whitethroat ; Sedge Warbler ; Chiffchaff ; Kestrel ; Sparrowhawk (50) ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; Pied Wagtail ; 2 x Grey wagtail ; Blackcap ; 2 x Greenfinch ; 2 x Reed Bunting ; (pm) 2 x Curlew (51) ; Jay (52) ; Buzzard ; (also am) 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; Lapwing ; Kingfisher ; 5 x Swallows ; Goldcrest ; Chiffchaff ; 5 x Sedge Warbler; 2 x Blackcap ; 2 x Pied Wagtail ; 5 x Reed Bunting ; (per KB)

4 May – (am) Grey Wagtail ; Chiffchaff ; Garden Warbler ; 2 x Lapwing ; 3 x Coot ; Whitethroat ; Swallows ; 4 x Sedge Warbler ; Reed Bunting ; Nuthatch (49) ; Great Tits ; Long tailed Tits; (pm) Blackcap ; Mistle Thrush; Goldcrest ;

3 May – (late pm) 2 x Bullfinch (44) ; 5 x Rook ; Jackdaw ; 2 x Pied Wagtail ; Chaffinch ; Coal Tit (45) ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; Mallard with ducklings on flash; (even later pm) Bullfinch ; 5 x Swallow (46) ; Grey Wagtail ; 3 x Lapwing ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; 3 female Mallard all with young ; 2 x Greenfinch ; 2 x Whitethroat ; 5 x Mandarin (47) ; Sedge Warbler ; Goldcrest (48) ; 3 x Chiffchaff ; 73 x Pied Wagtail ; 2 x Song Thrush ; 2 x Swift ; Kestrel ;

1 May – (am) Swift (26) ; Skylark (27) ; 3 x Blackcap (28) ; 4 x Chiffchaff (29) ; 2 x Mistle Thrush (30) ; 2 x Song thrush ; 3 x Stock Dove (31); Grey Heron ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese (32); 2 x Lapwing (33) ; 2 x Greenfinch (34) ; (later am – per Keith banks) Teal (35) ; Buzzard ; Grey Lag Goose ; Kestrel ; House Martin (36) ; Willow Warbler (37); Sedge Warbler (38) ; Pied Wagtail (39) ; Grey Wagtail (40) ; (later pm) Lapwing ; 3 x Sedge Warbler ; 2 x Whitethroat (41) ; Willow warbler ; 5 x Reed Bunting (42) ; 2 x Buzzard ; Garden Warbler (43) ; Stock Dove ;

BIRD SIGHTINGS – APRIL 2023

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30 April – 2 x Mandarin ; Yellow Wagtail (77) ; 30-40 Pied Wagtails ;

28 April – Whitethroat (75) ; 3 x House Martin ; 2 x Sand Martin ; 11 x Swallow ; 3 x Mandarin ; Lapwing ; Teal ; Blackcap ; 2 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; Song thrush ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; Kingfisher ; 2 x Black Headed Gull ; Stock Dove ; Goldcrest ; 2 x Common Sandpiper (76) ; Little Egret ; 3 x Jay ; Willow Warbler ; Blackcap ; Whitethroat; 5 x Canada Geese ;

26 April – Willow Warbler (74) ; 3 x Chiffchaff ; Kingfisher ; 12 x Teal ; Reed Bunting ; 3 x Buzzard ; 2 x Grey Wagtail ; 2 x Blackcap ; Pheasant ; 2 x Swallow ; Goldcrest ; Mistle Thrush ; Song thrush ;

22 April – (am) – 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; Teal ; Grey Heron ; Little Egret ; Buzzard ; Chiffchaff ; 2 x Blackcap ; Song Thrush ; Grey wagtail ; 2 x Pied Wagtail ; (per Keith Banks)

21 April – (am) 11 x Snipe ; 10 x Teal ; 3 x Blackcap ; 3 x Chiffchaff ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Song thrush ; Pied Wagtail ; Grey wagtail ; Little Egret ;

20 April – (pm) Peregrine; Yellowhammer (73) ; 21 x Teal ; Pied Wagtail ; 5 x Chiffchaff ; 3 x Mistle Thrush ; Blackcap ; 2 x Mandarin ; Stock Dove ; 3 x Song Thrush ; 3 x Buzzard ;

19 April – (am) Pied Wagtail ; Grey Wagtail ; Blackcap ; Goldcrest ; Chiffchaff ; 2 x Canada Geese ; 7 x Teal ; 2 x Buzzard ; Pheasant ; Greenfinch ; Coot ; Mallard ; Moorhen ; Song Thrush ; Wood Pigeon ; Collared Dove ; Robin ; Wren ; Blackbird ; Goldfinch ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; Rook ; Magpie ; Swallows ; Dunnock ; Blue Tit ; Great Tit ; Chaffinch ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Treecreeper ; 2 x Reed Bunting ; Mistle Thrush ; 2 x Mandarin ; Chiffchaff nest with 5 eggs:

18 April – (am) 2 x Mandarin ; 26 x Teal ; Grey heron ; Blackcap ; Chiffchaff ; Treecreeper ; Goldcrest ; 2 x Buzzard ; Kestrel ; Grey Wagtail ; Mistle Thrush ; 2 x Lesser Black backed Gulls ; Stock Dove ; Kingfisher ; Reed Bunting ; 4 x Greenfinch ; 2 x Swallow ; 2 x Buzzard ;

17 April – (midday) 2 x Goldcrest ; 2 x Blackcap ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; 3 x Chiffchaff ; Grey wagtail ; 7 x Teal ; Goldfinch ; Snipe ; Chaffinch ; Reed Bunting ; 4 x Greenfinch ; 2 x Redwing ; Stock Dove ; Mallard with 11 young ;

16 April – (am) 5 X Swallow ; 3x Mandarin ; House Martin (71) ; 4 x Pied Wagtail ; 7 x Chiffchaff ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 3 x Jay ; 2 x Greenfinch ; 2 x Redwing ; 3 x Stock Dove ; Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; 9 x Teal ; 4 x Buzzard ; Treecreeper ; 2 x Kingfisher ; Lapwing (72); 9 x Reed Bunting ; Goldcrest ;

14 April – (am) 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; 2 x Wigeon ; Teal ; Little Egret ; 3 x Buzzard ; 8 x Snipe ; 3 x Black Headed Gull ; 5 x Swallow ; 3 x Chiffchaff ; 20 x Starling ; Grey wagtail ; 2 x Pied Wagtail ; Reed Bunting ; 3 x Greenfinch (per Keith banks) ; (lunchtime) Little Egret ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; Mallard ; Teal ; Mandarin ; Coot ; Moorhen ; 3 x Swallow ; Robin ; Wren ; Chiffchaff ; Blackbird ; Pheasant ; Goldfinch ; Wood Pigeon ;

13 April – (late pm) 3 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 3 x Mandarin ; Kingfisher ; 7 x Chiffchaff ; 9 x Reed Bunting ; 2 x Curlew ; Buzzard ; 5 x Redwing ; 2 x Song thrush ; 2 x Stock Dove ; 57 x Pied Wagtail ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; Skylark ; Kestrel ; 2 x Sparrowhawk ; Snipe ; 42 x Fieldfare ;

12 April – Coal Tit (70) in garden at LH

11 April – Raven ; 6 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Buzzard ; 2 x Stock Dove ;

10 April – (am) Sand Martin (69) ; 3 x Swallow ; 12 x Snipe ; 10 x Teal ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; Grey Wagtail ; 4 x Chiffchaff ; Buzzard ; Reed Bunting ; Song thrush ; 2 x Greenfinch ; 5 x Pied Wagtail ; Treecreeper ; 2 x Nuthatch ; 3 x Mandarin ; 5 x Long Tailed Tit ;

9 April – (am) Wood Pigeon ; Chiffchaff ; Greenfinch ; Starling ; Blue Tit ; Robin ; Blackbird ; Mallard ; Goldfinch ; 4 x Goldcrest ; Chaffinch ; Wren ; 5 x Mandarin ; 12 x Teal ; 3 x Coot ; Grey Heron ; 4 x Grey Lag Geese ; Dunnock ; Song Thrush ; Magpie ; Mistle Thrush ; Jackdaw ; Crow ; House Sparrow ; Collared Dove ; 3 x Pied Wagtail ; 7 x Reed Bunting ; 3 x Cormorant ; 9 x Canada Geese ; Kestrel ; Little Egret ; 3 x Buzzard ; 2 x Snipe ; 2 x Meadow Pipit ; 2 x Swallow ; Lesser Black backed Gull ; 2 x Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Treecreeper ; Sparrowhawk ; 17 x Fieldfare ; (late pm) Grey wagtail ; 10 x Pied Wagtail ; 2 x Wigeon (68) 3 x Swallow ;

8 April – (am) Robin ; Blue Tit ; Blackbird ; Wood Pigeon ; Great Tit ; Goldfinch ; Crow ; Magpie ; House Sparrow ; Mallard ; Chiffchaff ; Dunnock ; Wren ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 2 x Nuthatch ; Sparrowhawk; Moorhen ; Song thrush ; Starling ; 2 x Treecreeper ; 10 x Teal ; Reed Bunting ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; 2 x Coot ; 2 x Mandarin ; Greenfinch ; Chaffinch ; 2 x Pied Wagtail ; Pheasant ; 2 x Bullfinch (67) ;

7 April – (am) Robin ; House Sparrow ; Blackbird ; Mistle Thrush ; Mallard ; Blue Tit ; Moorhen ; 2 x Canada Geese ; 2 x Gadwall ; Jay (64) ; Sparrowhawk ; 2 x Reed Bunting ; 12 x Teal ; 2 x Grey lag Geese ; Coot ; Treecreeper ; 2 x Buzzard ; 2 x Chiffchaff ; (late pm) Blackcap ; Kestrel ; 2 x Mandarin ; 11 x Pied Wagtail ; Little Grebe (65) ; Cetti’s Warbler heard briefly (66) ;

6 April – (pm) Chaffinch ; Blue tit ; Wood Pigeon ; Blackbird ; Starling ; Goldfinch ; Mallard ; Stock Dove ; Grey Lag Geese ; Goosander ; Chiffchaff ; 5 x Pied Wagtail ; Long Tailed Tit ; 8 x Teal ; Kestrel ; Coot ; 2 x Black Headed Gull (63) ;

5 April – (pm) Kestrel ; Gadwall (59) ; Snipe ; Water Rail ; Goosander; Kingfisher ; Cormorant (60) ; 7 x Chiffchaff ; 9 x Greenfinch ; 3 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 3 x Common Gull (61) ; 2 x Mandarin ; 2 x Siskin (62) ; Song Thrush ; 2 x Mistle thrush ; 4 x Reed Bunting ; 3 x Pied wagtail ; Grey wagtail ; 29 x Teal ; 2 x Herring Gull ; 3 x Redwing ; Buzzard ;

4 April – (am) Little Egret ; Grey wagtail ; Pied Wagtail ; Blackcap ; 4 x Reed Bunting; Mistle Thrush ; Kestrel ; Greenfinch ; Goldfinch ; Chaffinches ; 2 x Buzzard ; (pm) Blackbird ; Chiffchaff ; Wren ; Goldcrest ; Pied Wagtail ; Chaffinch ; Stock Dove ; Goldfinch ; Greenfinch ; Moorhen ; 10 x Teal ; Wood Pigeon ; Coot ; Long tailed Tit ; Grey Heron ; Jackdaw ; Rook ; Crow ; Robin ; Starling ; Mistle Thrush ; Dunnock ;

NB – a late report came in of 4 x Oystercatchers (71) flying over LH last week (during March) + a Tawny Owl (72)

3 April – (am) 12 x Teal ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; 2 x Buzzard ; Pheasant ; 2 x Stock Dove ; 2 x Pied Wagtail ; Grey Wagtail ; 7 x Chiffchaff ; Goldcrest ; 2 x Redwing ; 3 x Song Thrush ; 4 x Mistle Thrush ; 3 x Nuthatch ; Treecreeper (57) ; 3 x Reed Bunting ; 2 x Greenfinch ; (pm) 8 x Teal ; Goosander ; Kingfisher ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; Grey Heron ; Blackbird ; Blue Tit ; Great Tit ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; Magpie ; Mallard ; 2 x Buzzard ; 4 x Chaffinch ; Moorhen ; Greenfinch ; 10 x Starling ; Wood Pigeon ; Chiffchaff ; Little Egret (58) ; 2 x Rook ; 6 x Long tailed Tit ; Goldfinch ; 3 x Pied Wagtail ; 2 x Mandarin ;

2 April – (am) Kingfisher ; Goosander ; Pied Wagtail (45) ; (midday) 10 x Rook ; 10+ Jackdaw ; Blackcap (46) ; 4 x Wren ; 4+ Goldfinch ; 6 x Chaffinch ; 2 x Collared Dove ; 100+ Black Headed Gull ; 6 x Blackbird ; Mallard ; Crow ; Robin ; Wood Pigeons ; 5 x Magpie ; 2 x Coot ; 4 x Moorhen ; 2 x Canada Geese ; Grey Lag Goose ; (pm) Mandarin (47) ; 9 x Chiffchaff ; Kestrel ; 7 x Reed Bunting ; Green Woodpecker (48) ; 3 x Meadow Pipit (49) ; 3 x Buzzard ; 5 x Goldcrest ; 11 x Redwing (50) ; 7 x Fieldfare (51) ; 2 x Peregrine (52) ; Nuthatch ; Song thrush ; 3 x Greenfinch ; Water Rail ; 3 x Skylark (53) ; Swallow (54); 2 x Stock Dove (55) ; 2 x Kingfisher; Grey Wagtail ; Pied Wagtail ; 15 x Teal ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; Pheasant (56) ; Herring Gull ;

1 April – (am) 2 x Goosander (26); 2 x Canada Geese (27) ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese (28) ; 2 x Coot ; 20 x Teal (29) ; Grey Heron ; Reed Bunting (30); Buzzard ; Chaffinch ; Wren ; Goldfinch ; House Sparrow ; Water Rail (31) ; 15 x Mallard ; Mistle Thrush (32); Song thrush ; Nuthatch (33) ; Blue Tits ; Great Tits ; Wood Pigeons ; Starling ; 2 x Chiffchaff (34) ; 8 x magpie ; Crows ; Jackdaws; Kingfisher ; Robin ; Dunnock ; Collared Dove; Rook ; (later am) 2 x Buzzard ; 2 x Sparrowhawk (35) ; Magpie ; Canada Geese ; Blackbird ; 8 x Starling ; Robin ; Blue Tit; Great Tit ; Crow ; Goldfinch ; Collared Dove ; 5 x Chiffchaff ; Dunnock ; Jackdaw ; 2 x Grey lag Goose ; Wood Pigeon ; Wren ; Great Spotted Woodpecker (36) ; 3 x Greenfinch (37) ; 2 x Chaffinch ; Moorhen ; mallard ; House Sparrow ; 2 x Kingfisher ; 2 x Coot ; Goosander ; 6 x Teal ; Reed Bunting ; Long tailed Tit ; Herring Gull (38) ; Curlew (39) ; Goldcrest (40) ; Kestrel ; Grey wagtail (41) ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; (pm) 2 x Raven (42) ; 8 x Snipe (43) ; Lesser Black Backed Gull (44) ;

BIRD SIGHTINGS – MARCH 2023

31 March – ****GREAT WHITE EGRET**** (70): Blackbird ; Robin ; Wood Pigeon ; Cormorant ; 3 x Chaffinch ; Goldfinch ; 2 x Greenfinch ; 2 x Pied Wagtail ; Grey Wagtail ; Reed Bunting ; 2 x Herring Gull ; 2 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; Kingfisher ; 5 x Chiffchaff ; 12 x Teal ; 3 x Coot ; 2 x Canada Geese ; Magpie ; 5 x Rook ; Goosander ; Snipe ; 2 x Goldcrest ; Song thrush ; Treecreeper ; Collared Dove ; House Sparrow ; Crow ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Sparrowhawk ; Buzzard ; 12 x Starling ; 2 x Yellowhammer ; Grey heron ; Mandarin ; Jay ;

29 March – Curlew ; 14 x Teal ; 9 x Chiffchaff ; 3 x Goldcrest ; Kingfisher ; Kestrel ; 7 x Buzzard ; 5 x Wigeon ; 7 x Reed Bunting ; 7 x Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Herring Gull ; 11 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; Water rail ; 3 x Song thrush ; 4 x Mistle Thrush ; Fieldfare ; 2 x Pied Wagtail ; 3 x Meadow Pipit ; 2 x Mandarin ; 3 x Pheasant ;

28 March – (Late pm) Wood Pigeon ; Chaffinch ; Mallard ; Magpie ; Blackbird ; 4 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Canada Geese ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; Goldcrest ; Blue Tit ; 4 x Pied Wagtail ; 2 x Mandarin ; Grey Heron ; Moorhen ; 8 x Teal ; 2 x Coot ; Robin ; Kingfisher ; Pheasant ;

27 March – (am) 5 x Wigeon ; 10 x Teal ; Water rail ; 4 x Chiffchaff ; Kingfisher ; 2 x Reed Bunting ; Grey Heron ; 3 x Buzzard ; Grey Lag Goose ; 3 x Snipe ; Meadow Pipit ; Grey wagtail ; Goldcrest ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; Song Thrush ; Nuthatch ; 2 x Greenfinch ; Water rail ; 4 x Goosander ;

26 March – (am) 3 x Wigeon ; 20 x Teal ; Snipe ; Water Rail ; Mistle Thrush ; Kestrel ; 2 x canada Geese ; 4 x Chiffchaff ; Nuthatch ; Blue, Great + Long tailed Tits ; Greenfinch; Goldfinch ; Chaffinch ;

25 March – (early am) Kestrel ; Wood Pigeon ; Magpie ; Robin ; Blue Tit ; Great Tit ; Dunnock ; Mallard ; Song Thrush ; Goldfinch ; Pied Wagtail ; Greenfinch ; 8 x Wigeon ; 2 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Coot ; Moorhen ; Water rail ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 2 x Mandarin ; Wren ; Collared Dove ; 10 x Starling ; House Sparrow ; Kingfisher ; 2 x Grey wagtail ; (6.30 – 8pm) 3 x Buzzards ; 2 x Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 2 x Kingfisher ; Coal Tit ; Goldcrest ; Treecreeper ; 10 x Starlings ; 2 x Snipe ;

24 March – (am) Swallow (69) ; 4 x Wigeon ; 20 x Teal ; Grey Heron ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; 2 x Buzzard ; Kestrel ; Sparrowhawk ; Black Headed Gull ; Kingfisher ; 2 x Grey Wagtail ; 3 x Chiffchaff ; 50 x Redwing ; 3 x Song Thrush ; Mistle Thrush ; (early am + later pm) Jackdaw ; Crow ; Wood Pigeon ; 2 x Pheasant ; Mallard ; Robin ; Blue tit ; Blackbird ; Dunnock ; 2 x Chaffinch ; Moorhen ; Mistle Thrush ; Song Thrush ; Magpie ; 2 x Greenfinch ; 2 x Mandarin ; 2 x Kingfisher ; 2 x Grey Wagtail ; House Sparrow ; Goldfinch ; 30 x Starling ; 2 x Pied Wagtail ; 22 x Teal ; 2 x Chiffchaff: 2 x Reed Bunting ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; 8 x Wigeon ; Coot ; 10 x Fieldfare ; Goldcrest ; Wren ; Treecreeper ; Collared Dove; 50 x Redwing ; 3 x Buzzard ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Rook ; 2 x Lesser Black backed Gull ; Water Rail ; Sparrowhawk ; (late pm) Kingfisher ; Water rail ; Mandarin ; Long tailed Tit ; Chaffinch ; Great Tit ; Blue Tit ; Wren ; Wigeon ; Teal ; Mallard ; Pheasant ; Magpie ; Dunnock ; Pied Wagtail ; Coot ; Moorhen ; Grey wagtail ;

22 March – Barn Owl (at 5.30am) ; Keith Banks reported (late pm) – Grey lag Goose ; 11 x Wigeon ; Teal ; Grey Heron ; Sparrowhawk ; Buzzard ; Kestrel ; 3 x Snipe ; Herring Gull ; 2 x Kingfisher ; 3 x Goldcrest ; Chiffchaff ; Mistle thrush ; 2 x Pied wagtail ; Reed Bunting ; plus early pm sightings of 13 x Wigeon ; 2 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 4 x Chiffchaff ; 4 x Mitle Thrush ; Jay ; (late pm) 7 x Reed Bunting ; 9 x Chiffchaff ; 3 x Greenfinch ; 33 x Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Mandarin ; 2 x Kingfisher ; Stock Dove ; Curlew ; 3 x Water Rail ; 31 x Teal ; 5 x Grey Heron ; 27 roosting Pied wagtails ; also sightings from Bernie Dumbleton – 2 x “very active” Kingfisher (photos below); 2 x Chiffchaff ; 3 x Grey Lag Geese ; 2 x Snipe ; 4 x Long tailed Tits ; Blue Tits ; Great Tits ; Mistle Thrush ; Dunnock ; 2 x Goldfinch ; 2 x Buzzard ; Teal ; Wigeon ; Mallard ; Coot ; Moorhen ; Wood Pigeon ; Jackdaw ; Crow; THANKS TO EVERYBODY FOR THE DAYS’ GREAT COVERAGE – WHEN THE RARITY IS THERE WITH THAT SORT OF COVERAGE WE’LL SPOT IT !!

21 March – Cormorant ; Jay ; 37 x Redwing ; 3 x Fieldfare ; 2 x Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 11 x Wigeon ; 17 x Teal ; Kingfisher ; Buzzard ; 9 x Chiffchaff ; 3 x Meadow Pipit ;

20 March – (am) Stonechat ; 21 x Wigeon ; 3 x Chiffchaff ; 4 x Goldcrest ; 5 x Grey Lag Geese ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; Kingfisher ; Buzzard ; Kestrel ; Stock Dove ; Pied Wagtail ; 4 x Redwing ; 2 x Coal tit ; 2 x Reed Bunting ; 4 x Greenfinch ; (pm) + 3 x Mandarin ;

19 March – (am) Robin ; Blackbird ; Song thrush ; Wood Pigeon ; Collared Dove ; Goldfinch ; Mistle Thrush ; Wren ; Great Tit ; Dunnock ; Kingfisher ; Pied Wagtail ; 2 x Goldcrest ; 2 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Canada Geese ; 4 x Grey Lag Geese ; Grey Heron ; 8 x Wigeon ; 14 x Teal ; Moorhen ; Jackdaw ; Water Rail ; Coot ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 2 x Reed Bunting ; Magpie ; Greenfinch ; Treecreeper ; (later am ) 2 x Raven ; 4 x Skylark ; 6 x Buzzard ; 9 x Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Mandarin ; 16 x Meadow Pipit ; Bullfinch (68); 2 x Sparrowhawk ; 2 x Grey wagtail ; Nuthatch ; Stock Dove ; 6 x Fieldfare ; Curlew ; 2 x Redpoll ; 17 x Redwing ; 5 x Lesser Black backed Gull ;

18 March – (early am) 2 x Snipe ; Kingfisher ; 3 x Water Rail ; 2 x Goldcrest ; Siskin ; 10+ Wigeon ; Teal ; Pied wagtail ; Grey wagtail ; Chiffchaff ; Nuthatch ; Song thrush ; Mistle Thrush ; (later am) 3 x Song thrush ; 2 x Buzzard ; Nuthatch ; 7 x Chiffchaff ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 2 x Jay ; 5 x Skylark ; Green Woodpecker ; 7 x Meadow Pipit ; 9 x Fieldfare ; 23 x Redwing ; 7 x Greenfinch ; Stonechat ; 3 x Reed Bunting ; 5 x Canada Geese ; 5 x Snipe ; 13 x Wigeon ; 19 x Teal ; 2 x Water rail ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; 7 x Goldcrest ; Coal tit ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; 4 x Mandarin ; Pied Wagtail ; Raven ; Grey Heron ; Cormorant ; Lapwing ; Treecreeper (67) also seen on 11th March; Sparrowhawk ; Kestrel ; Kingfisher ;

17 March – 2 x Chiffchaff ; 3 x Goldcrest ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; Sparrowhawk ; 3 x Buzzard ; Grey Heron ; 6 x Snipe ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; 2 x Reed Bunting ; 12 x Wigeon ; Kingfisher ; 5 x Teal ; Water Rail ; Pied Wagtail ; 2 x Lapwing ; 2 x Grey wagtail ;

15 March – Kestrel ; Grey Heron ; 21 x Wigeon ; 30 x Teal ; Reed Bunting ; Water Rail ; Redwing ; 18 x Goldfinch ; 2 x Coot ; Mistle Thrush ; 2 x Snipe ; Nuthatch ;

14 March – Barn Owls ;

13 March – 2 x Mandarin ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; 18 x Wigeon ; c30 Teal ; Buzzard ; Water Rail ; Lesser Black Backed Gull ; Pied Wagtail ; Grey wagtail ; Goldcrest ; Mistle Thrush ; Coal Tit ; Reed Bunting ; 2 x Greenfinch ;

12 March – (0815 – 1000) 3 x Water Rail ; 2 x Goosander (66) ; Buzzard ; 20+ Wigeon ; 20+ Teal ; 4 x Snipe ; Nuthatch ; 2 x Goldcrest ; Chiffchaff ; Siskin ; Mistle Thrush ; Song Thrush ; Redwing ; (per Wayne Reeves + photos below) (later am) 25 x Teal ; 2 x Wigeon ; Snipe ; Song Thrush ; Coot ; 2 x Goldcrest ; Stonechat (64) ; Reed Bunting ; Sparrowhawk ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Coal Tit (65) ; 2 x Buzzard ; Kestrel ; 6 x Siskin ; Skylark ; (pm) 157 x Fieldfare ; 175 x Redwing ; 4 x Skylark ; Jay ; 7 x Greenfinch ; 4 x Water rail ; 2 x Lapwing ; 3 x Stock Dove ; 17 x Meadow Pipit ; 23 x Wigeon ; 2 x Nuthatch ; Grey Wagtail ; 3 x Mistle thrush ; 13 x Black Headed Gull ; Herring Gull ; 3 x Redpoll ; Chiffchaff ;

11 March (0930 – 1320) – Raven (59) ; 7 x Song thrush ; 57 x Redwing ; 4 x Nuthatch ; 2 x Stock Dove ; 2 x Grey Wagtail ; 2 x Pied Wagtail ; 31 x Lapwing ; 49 x Black Headed Gull ; 6 x Fieldfare ; 3 x Curlew (60) ; Herring Gull (61) ; 3 x Buzzard ; 2 x Yellowhammer (62) ; 6 x Common Gull (63) ; 2 x Sparrowhawk ; Grey Heron ; 27 x Wigeon ; 29 x Teal ; 14 x Snipe ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; 5 x Goldcrest ; Kingfisher ; 9 x Reed Bunting ; Kestrel ; Meadow Pipit ;

10 March – 5 x Water Rail ; 26 x Lapwing (56) ; 9 x Snipe ; Kestrel ; 27 x Wigeon ; 14 x Teal ; 4 x Jay ; 23 x Redwing ; Buzzard ; Red Kite (57) ; Chiffchaff (58) ;

8 March – 2 x Mandarin (55) ; Kingfisher ; 11 x Siskin ; 21 x Wigeon ; Grey Heron ; Buzzard ; 10+ Snipe ; Nuthatch ; 2x Grey wagtail ; Reed Bunting ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; 2 x Greenfinch ; Water rail ;

7 March – Barn Owl (53) ; Pheasant (54) ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 17 x Snipe ; 27 x Wigeon ; 21 x Teal ; 2 x Grey wagtail ; Pied Wagtail ; 4 x Jay ; Reed Bunting ; Water Rail ; 59 x Redwing ; 3 x Song thrush ; 3 x Mistle Thrush ; 2 x Stock Dove ;

5 March – Robin ; Blackbird ; Dunnock ; Wren ; Crow ; Wood Pigeon ; Mallard ; 15 x Teal ; 17 x Wigeon ; House Sparrow; Magpie ; 2 x Greenfinch ; 2 x Jay ; 2 x Great Spotted Woodpecker (50) ; Jackdaw ; 50 x Redwing ; 3 x Nuthatch ; 4 x Long Tailed Tit ; 10 x Meadow Pipit ; 4 x Starling ; Kestrel ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; Grey heron ; Collared Dove ; Black Headed Gull ; 3 x Chaffinch ; Song thrush ; Kingfisher ; Water rail ; 5 x Snipe ; 2 x Skylark (51) ; Kestrel ; 3 x Buzzard; 3 x Reed Bunting; 5 x Greenfinch ; Nuthatch ; Green Woodpecker (52) ;

4 March ; Kingfisher; Magpie ; Crow ; 27x Black Headed Gull ; Robin ; Great Tit ; Blue Tit ; 2 x Starling ; 5 x Jackdaw ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; 18 x Goldfinch ; Rook; Magpie ; Wood Pigeon ; Mallard ; Siskin (43) ; 2 x Greenfinch ; House Sparrow ; 2 x Reed Bunting ; 2 x Goldcrest ; 2 x Chaffinch ; 6 x Long Tailed Tit ; Buzzard ; 20 x Wigeon ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese (44) ; 5 x Collared Dove ; Dunnock ; Sparrowhawk (45) ; Redwing ; Stock Dove ; Song Thrush ; Snipe ; 16 x Teal ; Wren ; 2 x Redpoll ; Grey Wagtail (46) ; Kestrel ; Jay (47) ; 77 x Meadow Pipit (48) ; Water Rail ; Pied Wagtail (49) ; 5 x Greenfinch ;

3 March ; 2 x Canada Geese (34) ; 26 x Wigeon ; Buzzard ; Water Rail (35) ; 7 x Snipe (36) ; 67 x Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Lesser Black Backed Gull (37) ; Stock Dove (38) ; Goldcrest (39) ; 5 x Fieldfare (40) ; 40+ Redwing ; 4 x Mistle Thrush ; Song Thrush ; Nuthatch (41) ; 4 x Reed Bunting (42) ; Greenfinch ;

2 March – (lunch) 4 x Buzzard ; Song thrush ; Mistle Thrush (27) ; Collared Dove ; 4 x Greenfinch (28) ; 6 x Redwing (29) ; Grey Heron ; 2 x Redpoll (30) ; 20 x Wigeon (31) ; 26 x Teal (32) ; 100 Black Headed Gull (33) ; Goldfinch + Chaffinch flocks ;

1 March – Cormorant (26) ;

BIRD SIGHTINGS – FEBRUARY 2023

27 February – (am )2 x Grey Lag Geese ; 30 x Wigeon ; Teal ; Grey Heron ; Snipe ; 29 x Black Headed Gull ; Goldcrest ; 33 x Redwing ; Pied Wagtail ; 6 x Linnet ; (per Keith Banks) (pm) Robin ; Blue Tit ; Great Tit ; Blackbird ; 30 x Goldfinch ; Wood Pigeon ; Dunnock ; 2 x Magpie ; Mallard ; 18 x Teal ; 30 x Wigeon ; House Sparrow ; Dunnock ; 3 x Starling ; Redpoll ; 20 x Redwing ; 2 x Greenfinch ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; Coot ; 2 x Canada Geese ; Snipe ; Grey Heron ; 2 x Goldcrest ; 20 x Black Headed Gull ;

26 February – (am) 2 x Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Buzzard ; Jay ; 373 x Fieldfare ; 121 x Redwing ; 37 x Starling ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; 3 x Goldcrest ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; 2 x Canada Geese ; 29 x Wigeon ; 21 x Teal ; Moorhen ; 2 x Greenfinch ; House Sparrow ; Goldfinch ; 3 x Chaffinch ; Coal Tit ; Grey wagtail ; Collared Doves ; 2 x Reed Bunting ; + (pm) Common Gull ; Water Rail ; 33 x Black Headed Gull ; 3 x Herring Gull ; Pied Wagtail ; 15 x Snipe ; 7 x Reed Bunting ; 2 x Song Thrush ; Nuthatch ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ;

25 February – 5 x Buzzard ; Grey Heron ; 4 x Chaffinch ; 20 x Black Headed Gull ; 3 x Dunnock ; 14 x Goldfinch ; 2 x Greenfinch ; 30 x Jackdaw ; 22 x Teal ; 28 x Wigeon ; 40 x Redwing ; 8 x Magpie ; 2 x Goldcrest ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Nuthatch ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; Sparrowhawk ; Siskin ; Reed Bunting ; Robin ; Wren ; Rook ; Collared Dove ; House Sparrow ; Blackbird ; Moorhen ; Crow ; Blue Tit ; Mallard ; Wood Pigeon ;

23 February – (am) 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; 31 x Wigeon ; Teal ; Grey heron ; 15 x Snipe ; 54 x Black Headed Gull ; Raven ; 3 x Long Tailed Tit ; 3 x Goldcrest ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; 2 x Pied Wagtail ; (pm) Nuthatch ; Buzzard ; 200+ mixed flock of Redwing/Fieldfare ; 9 x Reed Bunting ; Water rail ; 32 x Wigeon ; 23 x Teal ; 5 x Song Thrush ; 21 x Meadow Pipit ; Kestrel ; (pm) 12 x Snipe ; 17 x Teal ; 23 x mallard ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; 30 x Wigeon ; 2 x Moorhen ; (Roger Todkill

21 February – (early am) Grey Wagtail ; 4 x Jay ; 3 x Fieldfare ; Nuthatch ; 3 x Herring Gull ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 2 x Reed Bunting ; 11 x Meadow Pipit ; 31 x Wigeon ; 19 x Teal ; 3 x Goldcrest ; Grey wagtail ; Cormorant ; Song Thrush ; Mistle Thrush ; 5 x Greenfinch ; (later am) + Grey Heron ; 2 x Grey Lag geese ; Sparrowhawk ; Buzzard ; Water rail ; 2 x Snipe ; Chiffchaff ; 6 x Redwing ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; Coal Tit ; Blue, Great + Long Tailed Tits ; 20 x Redwing ; Kingfisher ; 72 x Black Headed Gull; 30 x Wigeon ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; (late) Treecreeper ; 20+ Pied Wagtail in to roost ; Barn Owl (64) ;

20 February – 2 x Linnet (62) ; 2 x Yellowhammer (63) ; 2 x Pied Wagtail ; 3 x Buzzard ; Kestrel ; Jay ; Reed Bunting ; Coal Tit ; Song Thrush ; Goldcrest ; 29 x Wigeon ; 17 x Teal ; 2 x Snipe ; 42 x Black Headed Gull ; Sparrowhawk ; 60+ Fieldfare ; 30+ Redwing ;

19 February – 3 x Buzzard ; 3 x Herring Gull ; Bullfinch (60) ; 31 x Wigeon ; 5 x Snipe ; 3 x Water rail ; 5 x Reed Bunting ; Skylark (61) ; 2 x Jay ; Coal Tit ; 33 x Redwing ; Raven ; 20+ Teal ; 62 x Fieldfare ; 2 x Sparrowhawk ; 3 x Mistle Thrush ; 5 x Song Thrush ; Kestrel ; 17 x Chaffinch ; 9 x Greenfinch ; 50+ Goldfinch ; 3 x Goldcrest ; 2 x Chiffchaff ; Cormorant ; Siskin ;

18 February – (mid morning) Grey Lag Goose ; 31 x Wigeon ; Teal ; Grey Heron ; 2 x Buzzard ; 11 x Snipe ; 38 x Black Headed Gull ; 26 x Redwing ; 3 x Reed Bunting ; Siskin ; (per Keith Banks) (late morning) Sparrowhawk ; 6 x Goldcrest ; 43 x Fieldfare ; 27 x Redwing ; Nuthatch ; Song Thrush ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; 2 x Buzzard ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 2 x Goosander (58) ; Raven ; Lapwing ; 2 x Chiffchaff ; 31 x Wigeon ; 17 x Snipe ; 28 x Black Headed Gull; 26 x Teal ; 2 x Water Rail ; Grey Heron ; 9 x Greenfinch ; 5 x Reed Bunting ; 10 x Redpoll (photos above) ; Cormorant ; Gadwall (59) ;

16 February – (am) Sparrowhawk ; Kestrel ; Buzzard ; 4 x Snipe ; Water rail ; 2 x Goldcrest ; 40 x Redwing ; 3 x Mistle Thrush ; Reed Bunting ; 2 x Jay ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; (pm) 32 x Wigeon, 4 x Snipe, 14 x Redwing (horse field) ; Goldcrest (per Ian Scrimshaw)

15 February – 33 x Wigeon ; 25 x Redwing ; 10 x Snipe ; 30 x Teal ; 2 x Goldcrest ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; 2 x Buzzard ; Water Rail heard ; 6 x Chaffinch ; Treecreeper ;

13 February – (am) Grey Lag Goose ; 32 x Wigeon ; 3 x Snipe ; Kestrel ; Sparrowhawk ; 40 x Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 9 x Meadow Pipit ; 50 x Redwing ; 3 x Fieldfare ; 4 x Mistle Thrush ; 2 x Song Thrush ; Nuthatch ; Jay ; (pm) 8 x Goldfinch ; 6 x Chaffinch ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; 2 x Pied Wagtail ; 36 x Wigeon ; 24+ Teal ; Mistle Thrush ; 2 x Collared Dove ; 51 x Black Headed Gull; 35 x Jackdaw ; 11 x Snipe ; 12 x Redwing ; Goldcrest ;

Thanks to Robert Booth for the above – all taken this year

12 February – (am)(i) Water Rail (top end of canal near steps to A610) ; 3 x Greenfinch ; 6 x Goldfinch ; 2 x Goldcrest ; Treecreeper ; Grey wagtail ; 32 x Wigeon ; 30 x Teal ; (am)(ii) Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 5 x Mistle Thrush ; Greenfinch ; 6 x Reed Bunting ; Water Rail ; 3 x Song Thrush ; 2 x Treecreeper ; Nuthatch ; 4 x Jay ; Kestrel ; 5 x Goldcrest ; 7 x Snipe ; 11 x Siskin ; 32 x Wigeon ; 29 x Teal ; 3 x Grey Lag Geese ; Grey Heron ; Coal Tit ; 2 x Grey wagtail ; Pied Wagtail (57) ; 68 x Redwing ;

Butterley Res (am) 5 x Cormorant ; 5 x Great Crested Grebe ; 45 x Tufted Duck ; 3 x Greenfinch ; 2 x Bullfinch ; 2 x Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 4 x Pied wagtail ; Yellowhammer ; Rook ; Treecreeper ; 3 x Mute Swan ; 3 x Domestic Muscovy Duck

11 February – 85 x Black Headed Gull ; Common Gull (55) ; 2 x Chiffchaff (56) ; 15 x Snipe ; 32 x Wigeon ; Goldcrest ; Grey Heron ;

10 February – (am) 12 x Hawfinch (54) (south at Buckland Hollow) ; 8+ Snipe ; Water rail ; 2 x Lesser Redpoll ; (per Robin Elliott) ;

9 February – (am) 32 x Wigeon ; 4 x Snipe ; Grey Heron ; Water Rail ; (per Ian Scrimshaw) (pm) 2 x Goldcrest ; 2 x Moorhen ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; 4 x Wren ; 25 x Wigeon ; 36 x Teal ; 8 x Long Tailed Tit ; 2 x Redpoll : 6 x Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Chaffinch ; Grey wagtail ; Wood Pigeon ; Magpie ; 3 x Blackbird ; Robin ; Song Thrush ; Mallard ; Blue Tits ; House Sparrows ; Dunnock ; Great Tit ;

8 February – Jack Snipe (53) ;

7 February – Woodcock (52) (per Carl Aldred) (pm) 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; 25 x Wigeon ; Teal ; Grey heron ; Buzzard ; 23 x Snipe ; 21 x Black Headed Gull ; 3 x Goldcrest ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; 9 x Starling (per Keith Banks)

6 February – 4 x Redpoll ; Siskin ; Sparrowhawk ; 32 x Wigeon ; 27+ Snipe ; Treecreeper (51) ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; Grey Heron ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; Goldcrest ; 2 x Grey wagtail ; Reed Bunting ; Water Rail ;

5 February – Jay (44) ; Song Thrush ; 11 x Fieldfare (45); Little Egret (46) ; 4 x Buzzard ; 17 x Snipe ; 7 x Goldcrest ; 2 x Coal Tit (47) ; 57 x Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; 29 x Redwing ; 5 x Siskin (48) ; Herring Gull (49) ; 5 x Redpoll ; 37 x Wigeon ; 30+ Teal ; 4 x Raven (50) ; Sparrowhawk

4 February – (am) 4 x Redpoll ; Great Spotted Woodpecker (43); 26 x Wigeon ; 30+ Teal ; 12 x Snipe ; Song Thrush ; Mistle Thrush ; Buzzard ; 16 x Blackbirds ; 8 x Black Headed Gull ; Goldcrest ; 36 x Redwing ; (pm) 2 x Redpoll ; 3 x Goldcrest ; 14+ Redwing ; Nuthatch ; Grey Heron ; 16+ Wigeon ; 20+ Teal ; Great Spotted Woodpecker (per Wayne Reeves) ;

3 February – 4 x Redpoll ; Water Rail (37); Grey Heron ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; 7 x Snipe ; Sparrowhawk (38); 17 x Wigeon ; 20+ Teal ; 40+ Redwing ; Goldcrest ; 2 x Song Thrush ; Mistle Thrush ; Nuthatch (39); 2 x Reed Bunting (40) ; 4 x Greenfinch (41) ; 8 x Lapwing (42) ;

2 February – 35 x Wigeon ; Teal ; Buzzard ; Snipe (33); 21 x Black-headed Gull; 2 x Long-tailed Tit ;Goldcrest (34) ; Blackbird; Redwing (35) ; Song Thrush; 2 x Lesser Redpoll (photo below) (36) (per KB)

1 February – 28 x Wigeon (26) ; 20+ Teal (27) ; Cormorant (28); Grey Wagtail (29) ; Mistle Thrush (30) ; Kestrel ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese (31) ; 4 x Chaffinch ; 20 x Black Headed Gull (32)

BIRD SIGHTINGS – JANUARY 2023

31 January – (early am) Tawny Owl ; (am) 12+ Redwing ; 18 x Snipe ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; Grey Heron ; Mistle Thrush ; 6 x Magpie ; Black Headed Gulls ; Crows ; Wood Pigeons ; Teal ; Wigeon ; (per Bernie Dumbleton) ; (pm) 14 x Snipe ; 22 x Wigeon ; 30+ Teal ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; Pied Wagtail ; 4 x Goldfinch ; 2 x Reed Bunting ; 1 x Black Headed Gull;

29 January – Redpoll ; 2 x Siskin ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Grey Heron ; Cormorant ; 8 x Lapwing ; 5 x Mistle Thrush ; Fieldfare ; c30 x Redwing ; 2 x Song Thrush ; Sparrowhawk ; 2 x Buzzard ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; 27+ Wigeon ; 17+ Snipe ; Stock Dove ; 2 x Jay ; Meadow Pipit ; 4 x Goldcrest ; Treecreeper (63) ; Nuthatch ; Coal Tit ; Reed Bunting ; 3 x Greenfinch ; Water Rail ; 32 x Black Headed Gull ;

28 January – 3 x Song Thrush ; 5 x Jay ; Bullfinch ; 2 x Raven ; 2 x Linnet ; 2 x Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 5 x Greenfinch ; 8 x Canada Geese (59) ; 3 x Grey Lag Geese ; 63 x Fieldfare ; Sparrowhawk ; Kestrel ; Skylark (62) ; 2 x Pied Wagtail ; 3 x Goldcrest ; 43 x Wigeon ; 33 x Snipe ; Water Rail ; 57 x Meadow Pipit ; Nuthatch ; 10 x Redwings ; 3 x Mistle Thrush ; Cormorant ; Grey Heron ; 2 x Pheasant (60) ; 2 x Redpoll (61); Grey Wagtail ;

27 January – (early am) 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; 35 x Wigeon ; Teal ; Pheasant ; Grey Heron ; Buzzard ; Kestrel ; Snipe ; Black Headed Gull ; Great Tit ; Long Tailed Tit ; Goldcrest ; 7 x Redwing ; Song Thrush ; Mistle Thrush ; 9 x Starling ; 3 x Greenfinch (per KB) (later am) Water Rail; 43 x Wigeon ; Grey wagtail ; 2 x Pied Wagtail ; Nuthatch ; 3 x Reed Bunting ; Raven ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Goldcrest ; Grey Heron ; 3 x Mistle Thrush ; 4 x Snipe ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; 40+ Redwing ; (late pm) 2 x Goosander ; Tawny Owl calling (58) ; at least 30 Snipe ; 3000 Jackdaw:

24 January – (am) Grey Heron ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; 37 x Wigeon ; Buzzard ; Water rail ; 21+ Snipe ; 3 x Goldcrest ; Song thrush ; 12+ Redwing ; Mistle thrush ; (pm) 79 x Fieldfare ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 2 x Raven ; Grey Wagtail ; Coal Tit ; 3 x Siskin ; 7 x Reed Bunting ; Jay ; Pied Wagtail ; 70+ Teal ; 9 x Meadow Pipit ;

21 January – 2 x Jay ; 2 x Nuthatch ; Goldcrest ; 129 x Fieldfare ; 50 x Redwing ; 7 x Siskin ; 2 x Grey heron ; 80+ Snipe ; 56 x Wigeon ; Water rail ; 60+ Teal ; Buzzard ; Mistle Thrush ; 2 x Song Thrush ; Pied Wagtail ;

20 January – 42 x Wigeon ; 20+ Teal ; 20+ Snipe ; 6 x Reed Bunting ; Song Thrush ; 20 x Redwing ; 2 x Stock Dove ; Kestrel ; Lapwing ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; 2 x Water Rail ; Grey wagtail ; 6 x Long Tailed Tit ; Coal Tit ; 5+ Greenfinch ; 2 x Shoveler (57) ;

16 January – Water Rail ; Reed Bunting ; Mistle Thrush ; Song Thrush ; 30+ Redwing ; 37 x Wigeon ; 40+ Teal ; 11 + Snipe ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; 2 x Coot ; Goldcrest ; 20+ Goldfinch ;

15 January – Jay ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 2 x Song thrush ; Stock Dove ; Buzzard ; 52 x Snipe ; 27 x Wigeon ; 40+ Teal ; 5 x Goldcrest ; 78 x Redwing ; Mistle thrush ; Greenfinch ; 213 Pink Footed Geese (56) flew over ;

13 January – 9 x Snipe ; 37 x Wigeon ; Grey wagtail ; Mistle Thrush ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; Pied Wagtail ; 2 x Coot ; Goldcrest ; a few Redwing and numerous Teal sheltering from the wind. AMBER & WINGFIELD FLOODWATER – 10 x Wigeon ; 10 x Gadwall ; 50+ Canada Geese ; and the 37 Wigeon flew from Amber flood to Lower Hartshay

12 January – 2 x Grey lag Geese ; 2 x Water rail ; Teal + Mallards on the brook ;

10 January – 29 x Snipe ; Grey wagtail ; Buzzard ; 2 x Water rail ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; Kestrel ; 73 x Lapwing (55) ; 37 x Wigeon ; 60+ Teal ; Goldcrest ;

9 January – (am) Grey Heron ; 27 x Wigeon ; 50+ Teal ; Sparrowhawk ; Buzzard ; Water rail ; Stock Dove ; 20 x Redwing ; Mistle thrush ; 2 x Coal tit (53) ; 10 x Siskin ; Bullfinch (54) ; (pm) 36 x Wigeon ; 35+ Teal ; Buzzard ; 25 x Redwing ; Water rail heard ; 30 x Black Headed Gull ; 30 x Jackdaw ; 2 x Coot ; 4 x Moorhen ; Chaffinch ; Blue & Great Tits ;

8 January – 2 x Goosander (49) ; 13 x Greenfinch ; 7 x Meadow Pipit ; 11 x Siskin ; 17 x Fieldfare ; 105 x Redwing ; 5 x Linnet (50) ; 7 x Snipe ; 17 x Wigeon ; 60+ Teal ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; Buzzard ; 2 x Kestrel ; Sparrowhawk ; 77 x Lapwing ; Grey Heron ; 3 x Herring Gull (51) ; 13 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 47 x Black Headed Gull ; Jay ; Reed Bunting ; 2 x Cormorant ; Grey wagtail (52) ;

5 January – 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; 12 x Wigeon ; 60+ Teal ; Kestrel ; Buzzard ; Coot ; Stock Dove (48) ; 28 x Redwing ; Mistle Thrush ; 4 x Jay ; Covid flock of 200+ ; 2 x Water Rail ;

4 January – 2 x Coot ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; 24 x Wigeon ; 35+ Teal ; Mistle Thrush ; Goldcrest ; 30+ Redwing ; Water Rail calling ; Great, Blue + Long Tailed Tits ;

2 January – (am) 2 x Kestrel ; 17 x Wigeon (39) ; 6 x Snipe ; 30 x Black Headed Gulls (40) ; 25 x Teal ; Mistle Thrush ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; (pm) Pied Wagtail (41) ; Buzzard ; 3 x Jay ; 2 x Greenfinch ; Goldcrest ; 47 x Redwing ; 2 x Meadow Pipit (42) ; 8 x Lesser Black Backed Gull (43) ; Great Spotted Woodpecker (44) ; 2 x Reed Bunting (45) ; 2 x Song Thrush ; 2 x Siskin (46) ; Water Rail ; 26 x Wigeon ; 60+ Teal ; 3 x Snipe ; Cormorant (47) ;

1 January – (am) 2 x Jay (26) ; 2 x Raven (27) ; 4 x Mistle Thrush (28) ; 2 x Buzzard ; Sparrowhawk (29) ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese (30) ; Water Rail (31) ; 3 x Greenfinch (32) ; Nuthatch (33) ; 5 x Goldcrest (34) ; 67 x Redwing (35) ; 7 x Fieldfare (36) ; 71 x Teal (37) ; (pm) 6 x Long Tailed Tit ; Snipe (38) ; 2 x Coot ; AMBER MILL FLOOD – 73 X Lapwing ; 106 x Grey Lag Geese ; 55 x Canada Geese ; 50 x Starling ; 14 x Snipe ; Grey wagtail ; Pied Wagtail ; 3 x Water Rail ;

BIRD SIGHTINGS – DECEMBER

31 Dec – 4 x Water Rail all feeding together ;

29 Dec – 2 x Sparrowhawk ; Jay ; Lapwing ; Great Spotted Woodpecker : Song Thrush ; Little Egret ; Buzzard ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; Grey Wagtail ; 5 x Stock Dove ; 50+ Redwings ; 20 x Wigeon ; 15 x Teal ; Water Rail (calling) ; 12 x Black Headed Gulls ;

27 Dec – 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; 21 x Wigeon ; 7 x Lesser Black Backed Gulls ; 3 x Herring Gull ; 2 x Stock Dove ; 40+ Redwing ; Goldcrest ; Song Thrush ; 20+ Teal ; Water Rail ; Reed Bunting (62) ; Buzzard ; Little Egret ; Raven (63) ; 5 x Fieldfare ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; 3 x Greenfinch ;

24 Dec – Buzzard ; 2 x Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 2 x Linnet (59) ; 2 x Sparrowhawk; 2 x Bullfinch ; 2 x Greenfinch ; 7 x Mistle Thrush ; Song Thrush ; 5 x Herring Gull ; 2 x Nuthatch ; 35 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 5 x Goldcrest ; Yellowhammer (60) ; 2 x Grey Heron ; Cormorant ; Grey Wagtail ; 2 x Pied Wagtail ; Kestrel ; 4 x Siskin ; 27 x Wigeon ; 11 x Snipe ; 40+ Teal ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; Water Rail ; 21 x Black Headed Gull ; 57 x Fieldfare ; 150+ Redwing ; 321 x Lapwing ; Gadwall (f) (61) ;

23 Dec – Grey Heron ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; 20 x Wigeon ; 20+ Teal ; Buzzard ; 3 x Goldcrest ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; 6 x Long Tailed Tit ; Mixed Covid flock of c300 ;

21 Dec – Cormorant (58) ; Little Egret ; 9 x Meadow Pipit ; 3 x Goldcrest ; Greenfinch ; Buzzard ; 3 x Grey Lag Geese ; 2 x Snipe ; 14 x Wigeon ; 30+ x Teal ; Water Rail ; Mistle Thrush ; Grey Heron ; Herring Gull ; 100+ x Redwing ; 44 x Fieldfare ; Jack Snipe ;

18 Dec – 32 x Wigeon ; Buzzard ; 4 x Goldcrest ; 2 x Herring Gull (56) ; 46 x Black Headed Gull ; 12 x Fieldfare ; 130+ Redwing ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; 20 x Teal ; 5 x Lapwing ; Water Rail ; 3 x Siskin ; 2 x Snipe ; Coal Tit (57) ;

17 Dec – 13 x Lapwing ; 3 x Jay ; 33 x Wigeon ; 40+ Teal ; Buzzard ; 29 x Black Headed Gull ; 4 x Stock Dove ; Sparrowhawk ; Grey Wagtail ; Pied Wagtail (53) ; Greenfinch ; 27 x Fieldfare ; 200+ Redwing ; Nuthatch ; Blackcap (54) ; 3 x Snipe ; 23 x Siskin ; Treecreeper (55) ; 5 x Song Thrush ; 3 x Mistle Thrush ;

15 Dec – Siskin ; 9 x Snipe ; 20 x Wigeon ; 32+ Teal ; 4 x Mistle Thrush ; 40+ Redwing ; 5 x Fieldfare ; Water rail ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; Buzzard ; Pheasant (52) ; 2 x Goldcrest :

*******************Our returning Jack Snipe (thanks to Rob Booth for the photo)***********

12 Dec – Little Egret (51) ; 30+ Wigeon ; 20+ Teal ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; GS Woodpecker ; 2 x Water Rail;

11 Dec – Siskin ; 27 x Wigeon ; 30+ Teal ; 7 x Fieldfare ; 49 x Redwing ; Treecreeper ; 3 x Sparrowhawk ; 17 x Meadow Pipit ; Greenfinch ; 2 x Grey lag Geese ; 2 x Water Rail ; 2 x Goldcrest ; Snipe ;

10 Dec – (am) 12 x Redwing ; 2 x Goldcrest ; 8 x Goldfinch ; 5 x Great Tit ; 6 x Blackbird ; 2 x Chaffinch ; 8 x Starling ; 20 x Teal ; 8 x Wigeon ; 4 x Wren ; 2 x Collared Dove ; 6 x Snipe ; 2 x Moorhen ; Jack Snipe ; Wood Pigeon ; Carrion Crow ; Magpie ; Mallard ; Blue Tit ; Black Headed Gull ; Treecreeper ; (pm) Jay ; 2 x Meadow Pipit (48) ; Grey Wagtail (49) ; 3 x Lapwing (50) ; 23 x Wigeon ; 3 x Stock Dove ; Buzzard ; Grey Heron ; Mistle Thrush ; Song Thrush ; Nuthatch ; Greenfinch ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 3 x Water Rail ;

********JACK SNIPE LOCATION – from the bench ************************************

9 Dec – Bullfinch (43) ; 2 x Song Thrush ; Brambling (f) (44) ; Stock Dove ; 5 x jay ; Buzzard ; Kesstrel ; 7 x DUNLIN (45) ; 5 x Snipe ; 27 x Wigeon ; Jack Snipe (46) ; 43 x Teal ; 2 x Treecreeper ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese (47) ; 3 x Goldcrest ; 12 x Fieldfare ; 43 x Redwing ;

5 Dec – 12 x Wigeon ; 33+ Teal ; 2 x Buzzard ; 45 x Black Headed Gull ; 5 Redwing ; Sparrowhawk ; 15 x Long Tailed Tit ; 2 x Goldcrest ; 3 x Mistle Thrush (41) ; 1 Lesser Black backed Gull (42) ; 3 x Siskin ; Goldfinches ; Redwing (reduced numbers) ;

4 Dec – Great Spotted Woodpecker (39) ; 5 x Song Thrush ; 2 x Jay (40); 50+ Teal ; 200+ Redwing ; 60+ Fieldfare ; 2 x Buzzard ; 7 x Goldcrest ; Greenfinch ; Sparrowhawk ;

2 Dec – 5 x Siskin (26) ; 150+ Redwing (27) ; 10 x Fieldfare (28) ; 3 x Buzzard ; Sparrowhawk (29) ; 9 x Wigeon (30) ; 17 x Teal (31) ; 2 x Stock Dove (32) ; Water Rail (33) ; 3 x Snipe (34) ; 21 x Black Headed Gull (35) ; Goldcrest (36) ; Nuthatch (37) ; Song Thrush ; 7 x Chaffinch ; 2 x Greenfinch (38) ; 15 x Goldfinch ;

BIRD SIGHTINGS – NOVEMBER

28 Nov – Kingfisher ; Buzzard ; Grey wagtail ; 3 x Herring Gull (64) ; 4 x Goldcrest ; 2 x Coal Tit ; 36 x Teal ; Water rail ; 100 Starling ; 100+ Redwing ; 4 x Fieldfare ; Pheasant ; 57 x Black Headed Gull ; 3 x Stock Dove ; 5 x Chaffinch ; 6 x Goldfinch ; Song Thrush ; 10 x Long tailed Tit ; Bullfinch ;

27 Nov – 3 x Goldcrest ; 5 x Song Thrush ; 7 x Mistle Thrush ; Reed Bunting ; 7 x Greenfinch ; Stock Dove ; Sparrowhawk ; Jay ; 40+ Black Headed Gull ; 36 x Teal ; 29 x Fieldfare ; 100+ Redwing ;

25 Nov – (am) 38 x Teal ; 2 x Buzzard; Kestrel ; 2 x Pheasant ; Water rail calling ; 17 x Black Headed Gull; Stock Dove ; 2 x Goldcrest ; Treecreeper ; 5 x Fieldfare ; 80 x Redwing; Song Thrush ; 4 x Mistle Thrush; (pm) 48 x Teal ; 32 x Mallard ; 14 x Collared Dove ; 12 x Redwing ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; 14 x Blackbird ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 16 x Starling ;

21 Nov – 2 x Wigeon ; 32 x Teal ; 54 x Black Headed Gull ; Treecreeper ; 80 Redwing ; 2 x Buzzard ; Stock Dove ; 2 x Jay ;

19 Nov – 11 x Greenfinch ; Bullfinch ; 57 x Blackbird ; 175 x Redwing ; 49 x Fieldfare ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 3 x Song Thrush ; 5 x Mistle Thrush ; Pied Wagtail ; 2 x Buzzard ; Snipe ; 7 x Teal ; 3 x Jay ; 1 Water rail seen and at least 3 heard ; Wigeon ; Mandarin (62) ; 13 Snipe ; Jack Snipe heard (63) ;

18 Nov – 3 x Water Rail calling ; 6 x Teal ; Meadow Pipit ; 3 x Lesser Black Backed Gulls ; 10 x Long tailed Tit ; Buzzard ; 7 x Black Headed Gull ; 5 x Collared Dove ; 70 x Fieldfare ; 100+ Redwing ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; 15 x Goldfinch ; 3 x Greenfinch ;

16 Nov – 18 x Teal; 20 x Black Headed Gulls ; 100+ Redwing ; Song Thrush ; 7 x Meadow Pipits ; Snipe ; Pheasant ; Coal Tit (61);

13 Nov – (am) Great Crested Grebe ; Little Grebe ; 9 x Wigeon ; 23 x Teal ; 2 x Pied Wagtail ; Sparrowhawk ; Jay; Grey wagtail ; 2 x Canada Geese (60) ; Water Rail ; Buzzard ; Goldcrest; 3 x Pheasant ; Mistle Thrush ; Redwings + Fieldfares heard thro’ the fog/mist, 11 x Wigeon ; Snipe; 30 Redwings ; (pm) Blackcap ; Kestrel ; Treecreeper ; 300+ Redwing ; 200+ Starling going to roost ; 14 Wigeon ; 5 x Snipe ; 2 x Barn Owl ;

12 Nov – (am) Water Rail ;

11 Nov – 2 x Snipe ; 14 x Teal ; 8 x Wigeon ; Water Rail heard ; Kingfisher ;

10 Nov – Barn Owl (58) ; Mute Swan (59) circled ;

8 Nov – 12 x Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Buzzard ; 6 x Teal ; 8 x Goldfinch ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; 8 x Redwing ; 4 x Collared Dove ; Pied Wagtail ; 30+ Grey Lag Geese ;

6 Nov – 3 x Jay ; 2 x Sparrowhawk ; 46 x Fieldfare ; 64 x Redwing ; 2 x Buzzard ; Goldcrest ; 2 x Song Thrush ; 17 x Meadow Pipit (50) ; 5 x Pied Wagtail ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; 3 x Siskin (51) ; 2 x Wigeon ; 14 x Teal ; Grey wagtail (52) ; Peregrine (53) ; Bullfinch (54) ; Cormorant (55) ; 2 x Linnet (56) ; 9 x Chaffinch ; 3 x Greenfinch ; Reed Bunting (57) ;

5 Nov – Kestrel ; 37 Fieldfare ; 83 x Redwing ; 25 x Teal ; Water Rail ; 8 x Wigeon ; 10 x Grey Lag Geese ; 5 x Greenfinch ; Pied Wagtail ; GS Woodpecker ; 3 x Jay ; Song Thrush ; Stock Dove ; 2 x Buzzard ; Mistle Thrush ; 2 x Snipe ;

4 Nov – (am) Little Grebe ; 9 x Teal ; 2 x Wigeon ; Snipe ; 2 x Redwing ; Sparrowhawk ; Kestrel ; Buzzard ; Jay ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; (pm) 2 x Great Spotted Woodpecker (48) ; 7 x Fieldfare ; 77 x Redwing ; Buzzard ; 4 x Water Rail heard ; Snipe ; Little Owl (49) ;

3 Nov – Water Rail heard (45) ; Nuthatch (46); 4 x Snipe (47) ; 4 x Wigeon ; 9 x Teal ; 2 x Moorhen ;

2 Nov – Buzzard ; Kestrel ; 20 x Black Headed Gull ; 4 x Teal ; Little Grebe ; 2 x Moorhen ; Coot ; Grey Lag Goose ; Grey Heron ; 2 x Collared Dove ; 12 x Redwing ; Fieldfare (43) Blackcap (f) (44) ; 4 x Greenfinch ; 2 x Stonechat ;

1 Nov – Stonechat (26) ; Treecreeper (27) ; Goldcrest (28) ; 7 x Wigeon (29) ; 2 x Teal (30) ; Little Grebe (31) ; Lesser Black backed Gull (32) ; Grey Lag Goose (33) ; Mallards ; Kestrel ; Pheasant (34) ; Moorhen ; 11 x Black Headed Gull (35) ; Wood Pigeons ; Collared Doves ; 3 x Pied Wagtail (36) ; 2 x Dunnock ; 2 x Robin ; Blackbirds ; Redwing (37) ; Mistle Thrush (38) ; 2 x Wren ; Great & Blue Tits ; Chaffinch ; 15 x Goldfinch; 4 x Greenfinch (39) ; House Sparrows ; Starlings ; Jay (40) ; Magpies ; Carrion Crows ; Rooks ; Jackdaws ; 5 Stock Dove (41) ; Great Crested Grebe (42) (per Steve from Nether Heage) AMBER FLOOD – 11 X Lapwing ; 8 x Canada Geese ; 14 x Grey lag Geese ; 3 x Pied Wagtail ; Mallards ;

30 Oct – FIELD TRIP TO SPURN POINT

7 members of the Lower Hartshay Bird Group travelled to Spurn Point for a days ‘birding’ and the following birds were seen:

Brent Goose 2) Shelduck 3) Golden Plover 4) Knot 5) Tree Sparrow 6) Chaffinch 7) Reed Bunting 8) Red Throated Diver 9) Stonechat 10) Greater Black backed Gull 11) Common Gull 12) Redshank 13) Dunlin 14) Bar tailed Godwit 15) Curlew 16) Barnacle Goose 17) Arctic Skua 18) Merlin 19) Kestrel 20) Sparrowhawk 21) Blackbird 22) Robin 23) Magpie 24) Crow 25) Wigeon 26) Shoveler 27) Mallard 28) Teal 29) Grey Plover 30) Siskin 31) Fieldfare 32) Redwing 33) Herring Gull 34) Little Grebe 35) Moorhen 36) Swallow 37) Meadow Pipit 38) Cormorant 39) Mute Swan 40) Wood Pigeon 41) Mediterranean Gull 42) Black Headed Gull 43) Common Scoter 44) Eider 45) Little Egret 46) Ringed Plover 47) Lapwing 48) Snipe 49) Pied Wagtail 50) Dunnock 51) Great Tit 52) Blue Tit 53) Wren 54) Greenfinch 55) House Sparrow 56) Starling 57) Eider 58) Black Tailed Godwit 59) Lesser Black Backed Gull 60) Razorbill

BIRD SIGHTINGS @ LOWER HARTSHAY – OCTOBER 2022

29 Oct – 8 x Wigeon ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; Coal Tit ; Nuthatch ; 4 x Teal ;Long tailed Tits ; Black Headed Gulls ; (pm) 2 x Sparrowhawk ; 58 x Redwing ; 37 x Meadow Pipit ; 2 x Pied Wagtail ; 3 x Fieldfare ; 7 x Linnet ; 2 x Jay ; Mistle Thrush ; Nuthatch ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; 9 x Wigeon ; Goldcrest ; Stonechat ; Song Thrush ;

28 Oct – 2 x Buzzard ; 2 x Jay ; 78 x Redwing ; Stonechat ; 2 x Water Rail ; 3 x Snipe ; 10 x Wigeon ; 3 x Goldcrest ; 27 x Teal ; 3 x Pied Wagtail ; 9 x Grey lag Geese ; Barn Owl ; Little Owl (64) ;

26 Oct – Jay ; 3 x Buzzard ; 37 x Redwing ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; Snipe ; 14 x Teal ; 6 x Wigeon ; 2 x Pied Wagtail ; 43 x Black Headed Gull ;

25 Oct – (1030 – 1230) 7 x Wigeon ; 2 x Teal ; Snipe ; Little Grebe (63) ; Nuthatch ; Kestrel ; 30 x Black Headed Gull ; 10 x Redwing ; Mistle Thrush ; Coal, Blue, Great + Long Tailed Tits in small numbers ;

24 Oct – Coal Tit ; 80 x Redwing ; 8 x Wigeon ; 6 x Teal ; 3 x Sparrowhawk ; Kestrel ; 2 x Jay ; Pied Wagtail ; 3 x Mistle Thrush ; 20 x Goldfinch ;

22 Oct – (am) Jay ; Coal Tit (60); 2 x Buzzard ; 7 x Redwing ; 3 x Teal ; Meadow Pipit ; (pm) 3 x Coal Tit ; 2 x Skylark ; 3 x Buzzard ; 103 x Redwing ; 3 x Goldcrest ; 7 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; Mistle Thrush ; 9 x Teal ; 4 x Snipe ; 17 x Greenfinch ; 50+ Long tailed Tit ; Grey wagtail ; 40 x Fieldfare ; 3 x Jay ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Song Thrush ; Reed Bunting ; (late pm) 35 xFieldfare ; Goosander (61) ; 4 x Wigeon ; 11 x Grey lag Geese ; Water Rail )heard ; Barn Owl (62) ;

19 Oct – 9 x Snipe ; 3 x Wigeon ; 13 x Teal ; 9 x Pied Wagtail ; Redwing ; Reed Bunting ; Water Rail ; Sparrowhawk ;

18 Oct – 2 x Buzzard ; Pied Wagtail ; Nuthatch ; 4 x Song Thrush ; 4 x Jay ; 3 x Mistle Thrush ; Greenfinch ; Water Rail (heard) ; 10 x Snipe ; 27 x Teal ; 3 x Wigeon ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 3 x Meadow pipit ; Chiffchaff ;

17 Oct – (am) Fieldfare (59) ; Stonechat ; Pheasant ; 35 x Lapwing ; 4 x Wigeon ; 2 x Snipe ; 9 x Teal ; Grey Heron ; Water Rail; Jay ; Pied Wagtail ; Chiffchaff ; 2 x Buzzard ; 15 x Black Headed Gull ; Skylark ; Song Thrush ; 2 x reed Bunting ; (pm) 2 x Buzzard ; Jay ; Sparrowhawk ; 8 x Blue Tit ; Carrion Crow ; Black Headed Gull ; Wood Pigeon ; Robin ; 6 x Great Tit ; Mallard ; Magpie ; 4 x Long Tailed Tit ; 3 x Wigeon ; 2 x Moorhen ; 3 x Snipe ; 4 x Teal ; Stonechat ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; 5 x Starling ;

15 Oct – 9 x Pied Wagtail ; Greenfinch ; Reed Bunting ; 8 x Grey Lag Geese ; 9 x Snipe ; 19 x Teal ; 6 x Wigeon ; 3 x Chiffchaff ; Tree Sparrow (58) ; Goldcrest ; Mistle Thrush ; 2 x Song Thrush ; Jay ; 2 x Buzzard ; 47 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 35 x Black Headed Gull ; Jay ;

12 Oct – (am) 8 x Teal ; 9 x Black Headed Gull ; Snipe ; 2 Lesser Black backed Gull ; 2 x Jay ; Pheasant ; Nuthatch ; (pm) 2 x Wigeon (57) ; 10 x Teal ; 4 x Snipe ; Mistle Thrush ; Reed Bunting ; Water Rail calling ; 14 x Collared Dove ;

11 Oct – 20 x Lapwing (56) ; Pied Wagtail ; 17 x Black Headed Gull ; Buzzard ; 7 x Teal ; Stock Dove ; Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 4 x Goldfinch ;

10 Oct – 2 x Redwing ; 8 x Teal ; 2 x Grey Wagtail ; Goldcrest ; Chiffchaff ; 3 x Snipe ; Pied Wagtail ; 5 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 8 x Black Headed Gull ; Stock Dove ; Reed Bunting ; 3 x Song Thrush ; Mistle Thrush ;

8 Oct – 7 x Pied Wagtail ; Kestrel ; 18 x Meadow Pipit ; Buzzard ; 4 x Redwing ; 6 x Teal ; Chiffchaff ; Mistle Thrush ; Reed Bunting ; Song Thrush ;

7 Oct – 2 x Sand Martin (55) ; 2 x Grey wagtail ; 2 x Redwing ; Mistle Thrush ; Stock Dove ; 2 x Swallow ; Jay ; 2 x Pied Wagtail ; Buzzard ; 5 x Teal ;

6 Oct (pm) 11 x Teal ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Mistle Thrush ; 3 x Chiffchaff ; Treecreeper ; 2 x Goldcrest ; 2 x Jay ; 5 x Long tailed Tit ; PENTRICH – 40 X Skylark ; 17 x Stock Dove ; 18 x Lesser Black backed Gull ; Pied Wagtail ;

3 Oct – (am) 8 x Teal ; 12 x Black Headed Gull ; 25 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 2 x Kingfisher ; 2 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Redwing ; Nuthatch ; 2 x Reed Bunting ; 3 x Greenfinch ; 2 x Jay ; Pheasant ; Goldcrest ; Jay ; (pm) 16 x Swallow ; 2 x Meadow Pipit ; 2 x Grey Wagtail ; Sparrowhawk ; STONECHAT (54) ; 34 X House Martin ; 14 x Grey Lag Geese ; Snipe ; 3 x Buzzard ; Mistle Thrush ; PENTRICH – 100 X Meadow Pipits ; 20 x Pied Wagtail ;

2 Oct – (6.45 – 8am) – 2 x Nuthatch (37) ; 7 x Chiffchaff ; Redwing (38) ; Pheasant (39) ; Pied Wagtail (40) ; 7 x Grey Lag Geese ; 2 x Jay (41); 2 x Mistle thrush ; 15 x Black Headed Gull ; 7 x Reed Bunting (42) ; 8 x Swallow ; Great Spotted Woodpecker (43) ; 28 x Meadow Pipit ; 6 x Greenfinch ; Water Rail heard (44) ; Yellowhammer (45) ; Stock Dove (46) ; 6 x Skylark (47) ; 2 x Linnet (48) ; Song Thrush ; 2 x Raven (49) ; (pm) Grey Heron ; 33 x House Martin (50) ; Treecreeper (51) ; 4 x Snipe (52) ; 9 x Teal ; 2 x Goldcrest (53) ;

1 Oct – 70 x Black Headed Gull (26) ; 8 x Lesser Black Backed Gull (27) ; Sparrowhawk (28) ; 9 x Swallow (29) ; Grey Wagtail (30) ; Meadow Pipit (31); 21 x Grey Lag Geese (32); 12 x Teal (33) ; 2 x Buzzard; 7 x Greenfinch (34); 3 x Chiffchaff (35) ; Kestrel ; Mistle Thrush (36) ;

BIRD SIGHTINGS – SEPTEMBER 2022

30 Sept – Grey Heron ; 7 x Teal ; 5 x Snipe ; 12 x Black Headed Gull ; Lesser Black backed Gull; 2 x Stock Dove ; Kingfisher ; Chiffchaff ; 2 x Goldcrest ; 3 x Greenfinch ; Jay ;

29 Sept – 38 x Grey lag Geese ; 18 x Lapwing ; 5 x Snipe ; 7 x Teal ; 2 x Water Rail; 6 x Mandarin (68) ; Song Thrush ;

27 Sept – 8 x Teal ; Buzzard ; Grey Heron ; 7 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 2 x Stock Dove ; Reed Bunting ; Yellowhammer ; 2 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Jay

24 Sept – Pied Wagtail (65) ; 2 x Jay ; Buzzard ; 36 x Grey Lag Geese ; Nutatch ; Blackcap ; 8 x Chiffchaff ; 12 x Greenfinch ; 23 x Teal ; Grey Heron ; Mistle Thrush ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Peregrine (66) ; 2 x Kestrel ; Linnet (67) ; 2 x Meadow Pipit ; 5 x Skylark ; 2 x Snipe ; Kingfisher ; PENTRICH AREA – 43 Pied Wagtail ; 45 x Linnet ; 9 x Meadow Pipit ; 3 x Jay ; Buzzard ; Nuthatch ; Grey wagtail ; 2 x Song Thrush ; 3 x Swallow ;

23 Sept – Grey Heron ; 30 Grey Lag Geese ; 30+ Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 8 x Teal ; Kestrel ; Snipe ; 2 x Stock Dove ; 3 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Reed Bunting ; Goldcrest ; Nuthatch ; Jay ; (pm) 5 x Buzzard ; 20+ Greenfinch ; 2 x Sparrowhawk ; 16 x Teal ; 2 x Snipe ; 2 x Bullfinch ; 9 x Swallow ; Grey Wagtail ; Pheasant (f) ;

21 Sept – 4 x Snipe ; 34 x Grey Lag Geese ; 2 x Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 6 x Teal ; Grey Heron ; Lapwing ; Chiffchaff ; 2 x Greenfinch ; Meadow Pipit ; 4 x Jay ; 9 x Mistle Thrush ; Song Thrush ;

20 Sept – 37 x Black Headed Gull ; Raven ; Sparrowhawk ; 2 x Collared Dove ;

19 Sept – (early am) 2 x Jay ; 3 x Mistle Thrush ; Sedge Warbler (62); 7 x Chiffchaff ; Nuthatch ; Blackcap ; Coal Tit ; 11 x Teal ; 2 x lapwing ; Snipe ; 120 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; (late am) Treecreeper (63) ; Water Rail ; Blackcap ; 2 x Grey heron ; Buzzard ; 7 x Skylark (64) ; Goldcrest ; 12 x Grey Lag Goose ; 3 x Reed Buntings ; 2 x Grey wagtail ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 101 Pink Footed Geese over ;

18 Sept – (am) 4 x Canada Goose (59) ; Chiffchaff ; Goldcrest ; Jay ; Grey wagtail ; 2 x Nuthatch ; WHINCHAT (f) (60) ; 56 X Pink Footed Geese (61) ; 3 x Lapwing ; 6 x Teal ; Buzzard ; Long Tailed, Blue + Great Tit flocks ; 4 x Greenfinch ; Mistle Thrush ; Reed Bunting ; Swallow ; (pm) 31 x Lapwing ; 12 x House Martin ; 5 x Chiffchaff ; 74 x Black Headed Gull ; 300+ Lesser Black backed Gull ; Kestrel ;

17 Sept – 2 x Kestrel ; 2 x Sparrowhawk ; 6 x Buzzard ; 4 x House Martin ; 12 x Teal ; 2 x Lapwing ; Common Gull (57) ; Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Stock Dove ; Lesser Black backed Gull; Tawny Owl (58) ; 2 x Raven ;

16 Sept – 2 x STONECHAT (females) (55) ; 2 x Kestrel ; Buzzard ; Nuthatch ; 3 x Lesser Black Backed Gull; Whitethroat ; 5 x House Martin ; 7 x Teal ; Snipe ; Spotted Flycatcher (56) ; 3 x Greenfinch ; 2 x Jay ; 2 x Stock Dove ; 100+ Goldfinch feeding on Bridle Lane;

15 Sept – Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 8 x Mistle Thrush ; 9 x Swallow ; 27 x LBBG ; 6 x Greenfinch ; Grey wagtail (53) ; 7 x Teal ; Yellowhammer (54) ; Buzzard ;

14 Sept – 2 x Buzzard ; 2 x Goldcrest ; Nuthatch ; Swallow ; 2 x Snipe ; 7 x Teal ; Pheasant ; Jay ; Chiffchaff ; Kingfisher ; Bullfinch ; Kestrel ; Greenfinch ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 5 x Grey Lag Geese (52) ; 13 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; Water Rail ;

13 Sept – 300+ Swallows ; Pheasant (48); 2 x Great Spotted Woodpecker (49) ; Whitethroat (50) ; 15 x House Martin ; Meadow Pipit (51) ; Stock Dove ; 7 x Mistle Thrush ; Kestrel ; Buzzard ; 8 x Teal ; Lapwing ; Snipe ; 2x Greenfinch ; Lesser Black Backed Gull ; good numbers of Chaffinch;

11 Sept – 9 x Magpie + 12 Jackdaw with horses ; 2 x Greenfinch ; 30+ House Martin ; 2 x Chiffchaff ; Goldcrest ; 10 x Teal ; Kestrel ; 18 x Swallow ;

10 Sept – 4 x Raven (47) ; 2 x Chiffchaff ; several Teal ;

4 Sept – Kestrel ; Lesser Black Backed Gull (41) ; 2 x Snipe ; 8 x Teal ; Chiffchaff ; Grey Heron ; 3 x Greenfinch ; Blackcap (m + f) (42) ; 7 x Blackbirds ; Coal Tit ; Red Kite (43) ; 4 x Buzzard ; 3 x Black Headed Gull; Stock Dove ; 7 x Swallow ; Nuthatch ; 15 x Greenfinch ; Jay (44) ; Bullfinch (m + f) (45) ; Goldcrest ; 3 x Lapwing (46) ;

2 Sept – (am) Grey Heron ; 8 x Teal ; Sparrowhawk ; Kestrel ; Buzzard ; Snipe ; 7 x Black Headed Gull; 3 x Stock Dove (37) ; Swallow ; 2 x Dunnock ; Chiffchaff (38) ; Coal Tit ; Goldcrest (39) ; 3 x Robin ; 2 x Great Tit ; 4 x Blue Tit ; Nuthatch ; 2 x Wren ; Reed Bunting (40) ; 20 Goldfinch ; 3 x Chaffinch ; 5 x Greenfinch ; House Sparrows ; Starlings ; Magpies ; Carrion Crows ; Jackdaws ; Mallard ; Moorhens ; Wood Pigeons ; 4 x Collared Dove ;

1 Sept – 7 x Mistle Thrush (26) ; 4 x House Martin (27) ; Sparrowhawk (28) ; Nuthatch (29) ; 5 x Greenfinch (30) ; 5 x Swallow (31) ; Coal Tit (32) ; Water Rail (33) ; Snipe (34) ; 7 x Teal (35) ; 3 x Black Headed Gull (36) ;

BIRD SIGHTINGS – AUGUST 2022

30 Aug – (am) Little Egret (64) ; Snipe (65) ; Sparrowhawk ; 2 x Kestrel ; 3 x Chiffchaff ; 5 x Greenfinch ; 11 x Black Headed Gull; 8 x Teal ; Grey heron ; Water Rail calling ; Stock Dove ; Swallow ; (pm) 2 x Kestrel ; 5 x House Martin ; Snipe ; 2 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ;

29 Aug – (am) Grey Heron ; Buzzard ; Chiffchaff ; Lesser Black Backed Gull ; Goldcrest ; 2 x Sparrowhawk ; 12 x Swallow ; Kestrel ; Lesser Whitethroat ; Stock Dove ; Blue, Great + Long Tailed Tit flocks ; 5 x Teal ; 9 x Black Headed Gull ;

28 Aug – (am) Lesser Black Backed Gull ; Grey Heron ; 2 x Nuthatch ; Sparrowhawk ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; usual corvids ; several noisy Wrens ; 25 x Mallard ; 8 x Teal ; 5 x Black Headed Gulls ; (pm) Little Grebe ; Greenfinch ; 3 x House Martin ; 4 x Lapwing ; 3 x Linnet ; 5 x Buzzard;

25 Aug – (am) Little Grebe (63) ; Blackcap ; Chiffchaff ; 7 x Teal ; 2 x Sparrowhawk ;

22 Aug – Kingfisher ; Grey heron ; 3 x Black Headed Gull; Lesser Black Backed Gull; 2 x Teal ; Nuthatch ; 6 x Greenfinch ; 4 x Chiffchaff ; Blackcap ; 4 x Swallow ;

21 Aug – 9 x Meadow Pipit (59) ; 2 x Yellowhammer (60); Greenfinch ; 12 x Swallow ; Nuthatch ; Hobby (61); Grey Heron ; 5 x Teal ; 2 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; Whitethroat ; Buzzard ; 2 x Raven ; 3 x Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Peregrine 2 x Lapwing (62); 5 x Stock Dove ;

17 Aug – (am) 3 x Teal (56); 80+ Mallard ; Blackcap ; Chiffchaff ; Goldcrest ; 4 x Stock Dove; Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 3 x Black Headed Gull ; 3 x Swallow; Greenfinch ; (pm) 3 x Buzzard ; Whitethroat ; 3 x Swift ; House Martin ; Sparrowhawk ; 19 x Greenfinch ; Garden Warbler (1 x adult + 3 x Juv): 2 x Spotted Flycatcher (57); 16 x Mistle Thrush ; 2 x Linnet (58) ;

15 Aug – Black Headed Gull ; Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 5 x Swallow ; Garden warbler ; 4 x Chiffchaff ; 4 x Greenfinch ; Goldcrest ; 2 x Bullfinch; 4 x Mistle Thrush ; Blackcap ; Kingfisher ; Buzzard ; Pied Wagtail ;

DUE TO ONE OF THE HOTTEST PERIODS KNOWN THERE WERE LIMITED VISITS TO THE SITE

9 Aug – (am) 4 x Nuthatch ; 3 x Buzzard ; 3 x Jay ; 2 x Goldcrest; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 7 x Greenfinch ; 6 x Whitethroat; 2 x Song Thrush ; 30+ Swallow ; 3 x Raven ; (pm) Coal Tit (55) family of 5 ; 2 Grey Heron (1 juvenile) ; 7 x Black Headed Gull; 1 Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 4 x Swift ; 150+ Swallow ; 5 x Sand Martin ; 7 x House Martin ;

8 Aug – Lesser Whitethroat (53) ; 3 x Whitethroat ; 2 x Linnet + 2 juveniles; 3 x Buzzard ; 27 x Swallow ; 5 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Black Headed Gull; 4 x Lesser Black backed Gull ; 2 x Jay ; Song Thrush ; 2 x Greenfinch ; 2 x Bullfinch ; Barn Owl (54) (seen by Christine + Zack around house gardens near canal)

7 Aug – (am) 14 x Sand Martin (45) ; 9 x Swallow ; Kestrel ; 4 x Blackcap (46) ; Grey Heron ; Water Rail (47) ; 7 x Reed Bunting ; 7 x Black Headed Gull ; 5 x Chiffchaff ; Greenfinch (48) ; 9 x Whitethroat (49); 6 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 7 x Buzzard ; Pheasant (50) ; 4 x Swift (51); 5 x House Martin (52); (evening) 3 x Sparrowhawk; 37 x Swift ; 8 x Sand Martin ; 12 x House Martin ; 200+ Swallows ; Peregrine (juvenile) ; 3 x Stock Dove; Great Spotted Woodpecker ;

6 Aug – 2 x Raven (44) ; 5 x Goldcrest ; 2 x Black Headed Gull ; Treecreeper ; Nuthatch ; 2 x Kingfisher ; 10 x Swallows ;

5 Aug – Nuthatch ; Garden Warbler (39) ; Buzzard ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Willow Warbler ; 2 x Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Lesser Black Backed Gull (40) ; 2 x Stock Dove (41) ; Kingfisher ; 5 x Swallow ; Reed Bunting (42) ; 3 x Chiffchaff (43) ; 4 x Goldfinch ;

3 Aug – 2 x Buzzard ; Jay (35) ;Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Pied Wagtail (36) ; 12 x Swallow ; 20 x Starling ; 10 x Collared Dove ; Nuthatch ; Peregrine (37) ; 2 x Goldcrest (38) ;

2 Aug – Black Headed Gull ; 6 x Starling ; 2 x Buzzard ; 50 x Crows ;

1 Aug – Willow Warbler (26) with young ; Great Spotted Woodpecker (27) ; Nuthatch (28) ; Mistle Thrush (29) ; Sparrowhawk (30) ; Bullfinch (31) ; Treecreeper (32) ; Black Headed Gull (33) ; Buzzard ; 50+ Swallow (34) ;

BIRD SIGHTINGS – JULY 2022

30 July – 100+ Swallows roosting ; 2 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 100+ Crows ;

28 July – (am) Hobby ; Grey Heron ; 2 x Whitethroat ; 4 x Chiffchaff ; Kingfisher ; 4 x Greenfinch ; Song Thrush ; 2 x Nuthatch ;

26 July – OSPREY (67) SEEN FLYING OVER LOWER HARTSHAY ; Grey Heron ; Kestrel ; 2 x Black Headed Gull ; 3 x Stock Dove ; 6 x Swift ; 2 x Whitethroat ; Reed Bunting ; 2 x Greenfinch ; 4 x Chiffchaff ; Goldcrest ; Song Thrush ; c100 Hirundines ; 5 x Buzzard ; 5 x Sand Martin ; Tawny Owl (68) young heard

25 July – 2 x Buzzard ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 20 x Swift ; 150+ Swallow ; 2 x Kestrel ; 2 x Bullfinch ; Pied Wagtail ; Sparrowhawk ;

24 July – 2 x Raven (66) ; Stock Dove ; 3 x Meadow Pipit ; Yellowhammer ; 2 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; Kingfisher ; 11 x Black Headed Gull ; 35 x Swift ; 6 x Whitethroat ; Blackcap ; 6 x Buzzard ; 2 x Swallow ;

23 July – Red Kite

22 July – (am) 7 x Mandarin (64) ; Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 50+ Swallows ; Water Rail calling ; (pm) 18 x House Martin ; 2 x Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Green Woodpecker (63) ; Sparrowhawk ; Pheasant (65); Reed Bunting ; 150 Jackdaws + Crows in field with lambs ; 2 x Swallow ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; Goldfinches everywhere

21 July – 300+ Swallows roosting ;

20 July – Red Kite; 2 x Meadow Pipit (62) ; Spotted Flycatcher ; 100+ Swallow (at 1728) ; 3 x Sand Martin ; 5 x Buzzard ; 29 x Swift ; Treecreeper ; 2 x Lesser Black Backed Gull; 8 x Stock Dove ; 2 x Kestrel ; Nuthatch ; 14 x Chiffchaff (adults and juveniles); 4 x Lapwing ; Greenfinch ; 5 x Whitethroat ; 4 x Grey Lag Geese (61) ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ;

18 July – Spotted Flycatcher (60) at Ballys Pond ; Blackcap ; 60+ Swallows ; 3 x Swift ; 12 x Lapwing ; Lesser Black Backed Gull ; Water Rail calling ; Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; Song Thrush ; 2 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Reed Bunting ; Jay (59); 2 x Long Tailed Tit ;

15 July – Grey Heron ; Buzzard ; 2 x Stock Dove; 2 x Reed Bunting ; Greenfinch ; Cormorant fly over ; Black Headed Gull ; Chiffchaff ; plenty of juvenile Blue + Great Tits ; 7 x Lesser Black Backed Gulls ; 32 x Swift ; 14 x Swallow ; 2 x Bullfinch ; Kestrel; Yellowhammer ;

11 July – (am) 2 x Buzzard ; Blackcap ; Garden Warbler (56) ; 4 x Lapwing; 3 x Reed Bunting ; Grey heron ; Yellowhammer ; Gadwall (57); 10 x Black Headed Gull ; 4 x Swallow ; 2 x Chiffchaff ; 3 x Mute Swan (58) flying over ;

10 July – Cormorant (52) ; Yellowhammer ; 2 x Whitethroat ; 5 x Chiffchaff ; Reed Bunting ; Reed Warbler; Swallow ; House Martin ; Sparrowhawk ; Buzzard ; 6 x Lapwings(53) (2 adults + 4 juveniles: Sand Martin (54) ; 40+ Swift ; 5 x Black Headed Gull ; Lesser Black backed Gull ; Kingfisher ; 2 x Greenfinch (55) ; Blackcap ; 2 x Nuthatch ;

8 July – early pm – Kingfisher ; Blackcap ; 2 Grey Heron ; 2 x Buzzard ; Song Thrush ; Nuthatch ; 3 x Black Headed Gull ; Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 2 x Reed Bunting ; 2 x Chiffchaff ; Swifts ; Swallows ; Sedge Warbler (51) ;

6 July – Yellowhammer (47) ; 34 x Swallow ; 17 x Swift ; Pied Wagtail ; 5 x Chiffchaff ; Buzzard ; 3 x Stock Dove ; 2 x Mistle Thrush (48) ; 7 x Reed Bunting ; Water Rail (49) ; Kingfisher ; 5 x Black Headed Gull ; Lesser Black Backed Gull ; Whitethroat ; Sparrowhawk (50) ;

4 July – Blackcap ; Whitethroat ; 2 x Reed Bunting ; 3 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Stock Dove ; 2 x Buzzard ; 6+ Swift ; 4 x Swallow ; House Martin (45) ; Lesser Black backed Gull ; Goldcrest ; Nuthatch ; Red Kite (46) ;

3 July – Goldcrest (44) + 5 juveniles ; Treecreeper + 4 juveniles ; ******** 3 juv goldfinch plus 2 treecreeper by the pond, possibly adult and young from behaviour. (Ian Scrimshaw )

2 July – Great Spotted Woodpecker (36) ; 9 x Linnet (37) ; 14 x Swallow ; 11 x Swift ; Reed Warbler (38) ; 7 x Reed Bunting ; Pied Wagtail (39) ; Whitethroat with 6 juveniles; 7 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Buzzard ; Treecreeper (40) ; 3 x Stock Dove (41) ; 2 x Bullfinch (42) ; Nuthatch (43) ; BUTTERFLIES – Orange Tip ; Tortoiseshell ; Meadow Brown ; Comma ; Ringlet Butterflies ;

1 July – Peregrine (26) ; 4 x Buzzard ; 7 x Chiffchaff (27) ; 9 x Reed Bunting (28) ; 12 x Swift (29) ; Whitethroat (30) ; 4 x Black Headed Gull (31) ; 2 x Blackcap (32) ; 15 x Swallow (33) ; 2 x Lesser Black Backed Gull (34) ; Hobby (35) ;

BIRD SIGHTINGS – JUNE 2022

29 June – (pm) 8 x Lapwing ; 4 x Reed Bunting ; Sedge Warbler (photo) ; Nuthatch ; Long Tailed Tit ; Blackcap ; 12 x Swallows ; Yellowhammer ; Grey Heron on Ballys Pond bridge (photo) ; Goldfinches ; Blue Tits ; Great Tits; Moorhens with 3 very young chicks ; Sparrowhawk ; 2 x Buzzard ; 27 x Swift ; Song Thrush ; 7 x Chiffchaff ; Whitethroat ; Pheasant ; Reed warbler ; Pied Wagtail ;

28 June – (10am – 11am) Gadwall ; 2 x Buzzard ; Kestrel ; 15 x Lapwing ; 2 x Black Headed Gull ; Kingfisher ; Pied Wagtail ; Grey Wagtail ; Reed Warbler; Sedge Warbler ; Blackcap ; 2 x Chiffchaff ; 3 x Reed Bunting ; Greenfinch ; (pm) 14 x Swallow ; 9 x Swift ; Cormorant ; 3 x Stock Dove ; 9 x House Martin ; Sparrowhawk ; Grey Heron ;

25 June – 60+ Swift ; 27 x Swallow ; 6 x House Martin ; 7 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Buzzard ; Greenfinch ; Lesser Black Backed Gull + 2 x Juveniles; 2 x Black Headed Gull ; Goldcrest; Kingfisher ; 6 x Reed Bunting ; Reed Warbler; Whitethroat + 6 juveniles at LH + Whitethroat + 2 juveniles at Bally’s Pond ;

24 June – (early pm) 2 x Gadwall ; Kingfisher ; 6 x Reed Bunting ; 4 x Chiffchaff ; Nuthatch ; Sedge Warbler ; 6 x Long Tailed Tit; Buzzard ; Black Headed Gull ; 5 x Swallow ; Sparrowhawk ; Stock Dove ; 9 x House Martin ; Pied Wagtail ; Meadow Pipit (67) ; Pheasant ; Whitethroat ; (Late pm) Water Rail; 5 x Reed Bunting singing ; 2 x Reed Warbler ; 15 x House Martin ; 3 x Black Headed Gull;

21 June – Female Tufted Duck (66) plus usual ;

20 June – (pm) 3 x Gadwall ; 2 x Buzzard ; 5 x Lapwing ; Lesser Black Backed Gull ; Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Whitethroat ; Garden Warbler ; 2 x Reed Bunting ; Reed Warbler ; 2 x Grey Wagtail ; Pied Wagtail ; 2 x Swallow ; 3 x Chiffchaff ;

19 June – Hobby (64) ; 27 x Swift ; 11 x House Martin ; 17 x Swallow ; 3 x Stock Dove ; 2 x Buzzard ; Lesser Black Backed Gull ; Black Headed Gull ; 3 x Pied Wagtail ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Coal Tit; Nuthatch ; 6 x Chiffchaff ; Song thrush ; 3 x Reed Bunting ; Reed Warbler; 2 x Yellowhammer ; Jay ; Grey Heron ; Raven (65) ; Pheasant ; Whitethroat ; Kestrel ; Greenfinch ;

14 June – Grey Heron ; 3 x Gadwall ; 2 x Swallow ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Pied Wagtail ; Sedge Warbler ; Reed Warbler ; 2 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Reed Bunting ; Greenfinch ;

12 June – Blackcap ; Pied Wagtail ; 5 x Swallow ; 34 x Swift ; 2 x Buzzard ; Stock Dove ; 5 x Chiffchaff ; 3 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 7 x Reed Bunting ; 2 x Gadwall ; Cormorant ; Sedge Warbler ; Reed Warbler ; 2 x Greenfinch (adult + Juv) ; 2 x Yellowhammer ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Red Kite ; Bullfinch ; Nuthatch ; Coal Tit (62) ; Kestrel ; 2 x House Martin ; Juv Kingfisher ; Water Rail heard (63) ;

11 June – Stock Dove ; 3 x Yellowhammer ; Reed Warbler (61) ; 5 x Reed Bunting ; 7 x Pied Wagtail ; Grey Heron ; 4 x Gadwall ; 7 x Buzzard ; 50+ Swift ; 9 x Swallow ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Jay ; 5 x Chiffchaff ; 3 x Song Thrush ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; 2 x Lesser Black Backed Gull; Greenfinch ;

10 June – (pm) 3 x Reed Bunting ; 2 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Sedge Warbler ; 3 x Swallow ; 2 x House Martin ; 3 x Gadwall ; young Robins, Blue Tits, Great Tits ; 2 x Yellowhammer ; 7 x Swift ; Whitethroat ; Goldcrest (59) ; Cormorant (60) ; 3 x Stock Dove ;

7 June (1445 – 1545); Curlew ; 4 x Gadwall ; 2 x Reed Bunting ; Garden Warbler ; Song Thrush; 4 x Black Headed Gulls ; 2 x Swallow ; Nuthatch ; 2 x Chiffchaff ; Lapwing (55) ; Grey Wagtail (56) ; (1700 – 1900) 2 x Blackcap (57) ; 3 x Whitethroat ; Nuthatch ; Buzzard ; 2 x Pied Wagtail ; 3 x Stock Dove ; 7 x Chiffchaff ; Pheasant ; Lesser Black Backed Gull ; Mistle Thrush (58) ; Song Thrush ; 2 x Greenfinch ; Grey Heron ; 2 x Sparrowhawk ; 6 x Gadwall ; 9 x Reed Bunting ; Swallow ; Treecreeper ; 5 x Swift ;

4 June – 2 x Grey Heron ; Sparrowhawk ; 7 x Swift ; 4 x Swallow ; 6 x Black Headed Gull ; Whitethroat ; Reed Bunting ; 5 x Gadwall ; 3 x Pied Wagtail ; 2 x Chiffchaff ; Jay (54) ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Song Thrush ; Coot with 2 young ; Mallard with 8 young ; Chiffchaff ; Willow Warbler (52) ; 2 x Treecreeper (53) ;

3 June – 7 x Gadwall ; 9 x Swallow ; Kestrel ; 3 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Buzzard ; 3 x Swift ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; House Martin (51) ; Stock Dove ; Grey Heron ; Black Headed Gull; Chiffchaff feeding 6 young ;

2 June – Kingfisher ; 2 x Whitethroats (41) ; 2 x Garden Warbler (42) ; (per Simon Roddis) ; Kestrel ; Peregrine (43) ; 3 x Song Thrush ; 2 x Greenfinch (44) ; Linnet (45) ; 7 x Swallow ; 5 x Chiffchaff ; Reed Bunting ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 2 x Pied Wagtail ; 2 x Nuthatch with 5 fledglings ; Sedge Warbler (46) ; Black Headed Gull (47) ; 3 x Yellowhammer (48) ; Grey Heron ; Red Kite (49) ; 3 x Swift ; 3 x Curlew (50) ; 10 x Canada Geese ;

1 June – 5 x Chiffchaff (26); 3 x Buzzard ; 2 x Jay (27); 3 x Swift (28) ; Pheasant (29) ; 14 x Swallow (30) ; 4 x Stock Dove (31) ; Nuthatch (32) with 6 young ; Lesser Black Backed Gull (33) ; 5 x Reed Bunting (34) ; 2 x Gadwall (35) ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese (36) ; Song Thrush ; Sparrowhawk (37) ; 2 x Pied Wagtail (38) ; 4 x Canada Geese (39) ; Great Spotted Woodpecker (40) ; Grey Heron ;

BIRD SIGHTINGS – MAY 2022

31 May – Raven over ; Kingfisher ; 8 x Swift ; 10 x Swallow ; 2 x Gadwall ; Grey Heron ; Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Reed Bunting ; Mistle Thrush ; Song Thrush ; Blue Tit feeding young nr notice board ; Great Tit feeding young ; Yellowhammer ; Sedge Warbler ; Chiffchaff ; Pied Wagtail feeding 2 young; Grey Wagtail feeding 1 young ;

30 May – Curlew ; Gadwall ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; 10 x Swallow ; Reed Bunting ; Kingfisher ;

29 May – Whitethroat pair taking food to nest ; 20+ Swift ; Yellowhammer ; 3 x Chiffchaff ; Buzzard ; Pied Wagtail + two fledglings ; 5 x Swallow ; Stock Dove ; Linnet (65) ; Nuthatch with 7 fledglings ; 3 x Gadwall ; 7 x Reed Bunting ; Curlew ;

27 May – Buzzard ; Pied Wagtail ; 6 x Swallow ; 8 x Reed Bunting ; Gadwall ; Goldcrest ; Chaffinches ; 57 x Swift ; Kestrel ; 3 x Stock Dove ; Blackcap ; Chiffchaff ; Kingfisher ;

25 May – (am – windy) 2 x Gadwall ; 3 x Swallow ; Reed Bunting ; Sparrowhawk ; Chaffinches ; 27 x Swift ; Buzzard ; Kingfisher ; 4 x Reed Bunting ; Black Headed Gull ; Goldcrest ; 2 x Chiffchaff ; Cettis Warbler (64) ; 6 x Pied Wagtail ; 3 x Gadwall ; Raven ;

24 May – Raven ; 37 x Swift ; 12 x Swallow ; 2 x Nuthatch ; 5 x Chiffchaff ; Curlew ; 3 x Buzzard ; Pied Wagtail ; 2 x Grey lag Geese ; Lesser Black backed Gull ; 5 x Black Headed Gull ; 2 x juvenile Greenfinch ; Yellowhammer ; Reed Bunting ;

23 May – 12 x Swallow ; 2 x House Martin ; Goldcrest ; 3 x Reed Buntings ; Buzzard ; Pied Wagtail ; 4 x Goldfinch ; Chaffinch ; Bullfinch ;

22 May – (am) Grey heron ; 6 x Grey Lag Geese (flew off W) ; 2 Coot with 3 young each ; Kestrel ; Gadwall ; 2 x Buzzard ; Bullfinch ; House Martin ; 4 x Swallow ; Kingfisher ; 3+ Reed Bunting ; Pied Wagtail ; Jay ; Kestrel ; Nuthatch ; Sparrowhawk ; Sedge Warbler ; Female Kingfisher WITH 5 to 6 JUVENILES ;

21 May – 17 x Swift ; 8 x Swallow ; Curlew ; Kestrel ; Yellowhammer (63) ; 6 x Sedge Warbler ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 2 x Gadwall ; Sparrowhawk ; Reed Bunting ; 2 x Buzzard ; 3 x Pied Wagtail ; 5 x Chiffchaff ; Whitethroat ; Lapwing ; Kingfisher (adult + juvenile) ; Grey Heron ; Gadwall ; Mandarin ; Long Tailed Tit family 2 adults + 15 fledglings ; Juvenile Kingfishers out:

20 May – 2 x Bullfinch ; Nuthatch feeding young ; young Kingfisher waiting to be fed ;

18 May – 2 x Nuthatch feeding young ; Greenfinch feeding young ; Jay ; Mistle Thrush ; Whitethroat ; Song thrush ; Pied Wagtail ; Swallow ; Goldcrest ; 5 x Chiffchaff ; Grey Heron ; Buzzard ; 11 x Swift ; HOBBY (62) ;

17 May – Grey Heron ; 2 x Buzzard ; Swallow ; Kingfisher ; Pied Wagtail ; 2 x Sedge Warbler ; 2 x Whitethroat ; 2 x Blackcap ; 2 x Chiffchaff ; Song thrush ; Coal Tit ; 3 x Reed Bunting ; Jay ; Kestrel carrying prey to box ;

15 May – (am) 2 x Yellowhammer ; 2 x Cormorant ; 11 x Lesser Black Backed Gulls ; 11 x Chiffchaff ; Song thrush ; 7 x Swift ; 5 x Swallow ; Grey Heron ; 2 x Whitethroat ; Reed Bunting ; Mistle Thrush ; Raven ; Blackcap ; Kestrel ; 3 x Stock Dove ; Pheasant ; 3 x Buzzard ; Greenfinch ; (pm) Bullfinch ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Coal Tit ; Lapwing ; Nuthatch ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; 3 x Sedge Warbler plus 1 gathering material for nest ; Water Rail heard ; Mandarin ; 2 x Pied Wagtail ;

14 May – 4 x Mandarin ; Black Headed Gull ; Kingfisher ; 3 x Reed Bunting ; 9 x Grey Lag Geese ; 2 x Blackcap ; Curlew (61) ; Sparrowhawk ; Goldcrest ; 5 x Swallow ; 2 x Swift ;

10 May – 2 x Swift (58) ; 2 x Swallow ; Mistle Thrush ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; Whitethroat ; 2 x Blackcap ; 2 x Chiffchaff ; Stock Dove ; Sparrowhawk (59) ; Lapwing (60) ; Cormorant ; 7 x Reed Bunting ; Oystercatcher ; 2 x Canada Geese ; 3 x Buzzard ;

9 May – per Stephen Carlin (10.30 – 1.30pm) 4 x Grey Lag Geese ; 4 x Swallows ; 4 x Reed Buntings ; 2 x Sedge Warblers ; 2 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Canada Geese ; 2 x Gadwall ; 2 x Wren ; 3 x House Sparrow ; 1 x Kingfisher ; Kestrel ; Buzzard ; Mistle Thrush ; Black Headed Gull; Grey heron ; Blackcap ;

8 May – Bullfinch (66) pair + 3m ; Chiffchaff ; Nuthatch ; Song Thrush ; Pied Wagtail ; 4 x Swallow ; Grey wagtail ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; 2 x Gadwall ; 2 x Buzzard ; Black Headed Gull; Sedge Warbler ; Kingfisher ; Kestrel ; Stock Dove ; Red Kite (57) ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Sparrowhawk ; 2 x Canada Geese ; 2 x Mandarin ; Grey Heron ;

7 May – 2 x Canada Geese (53) ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; Jay (54) ; Whitethroat ; Reed Bunting ; Chiffchaff ; Nuthatch ; 3 x Buzzard ; Pheasant ; 3 x Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Pied Wagtail ; Grey Wagtail (55) ; Sedge Warbler ; 2 x Whitethroat ; 4 x Blackcap ; 7 x Chiffchaff ; Goldcrest ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; Nuthatch ; 2 x Reed Bunting ; 2 x Greenfinch ; Raven (56); Mallard with 7 young at Ballys Pond;

6 May – (lunchtime) 4 x Grey Lag Geese ; Mandarin ; 4 x Reed Bunting ; Whitethroat ; Kingfisher ; Black Headed Gull ; Swallow ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; Nuthatch; Lapwing ;

5 May – (late am) 2 x Sedge Warbler (51) ; Garden Warbler ; Whitethroat (52) ; Blackcap ; 3 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; Kingfisher ; Pied Wagtail ; Black Headed Gull ; Buzzard ; Kingfisher ; Swallow ; 4 x Reed Bunting ;

3 May – 5 x Swallows ; Kingfisher ; Oystercatcher (50) ;

2 May – (6-7am) Cormorant (45) ; 2 x Gadwall ; Water Rail (46) ; 9 x Reed Bunting ; 5 x Chiffchaff ; Pheasant ; Buzzard ; 2 x Pied Wagtail ; 2 x Mandarin ; Grey heron ; Nuthatch ; Lesser Black Backed Gull ; Kingfisher ; Great Spotted Woodpecker (47) ; 2 x Collared Dove ; Song thrush ; Buzzard ; Goldcrest (48) ; 11 x Swallows ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; 2 x Stock Dove ;

(3.30 – 5.45) from Stephen Carlin 2 male reed buntings,2 chifchaff,2 gadwall (1male 1female),1 heron,2 mistle thrush,4 swallows,2 house martins (49) ,3 wren,1 great spotted woodpecker male,2 greylags, mallards, robins, dunnock, house sparrow, great tit, blue tits, coots,moorhens,jackdaws,crows,magpies,goldfinchs,chaffinchs,starlings,blackbirds and wood pigeons

1 May – Mandarin (25) ; 2 x Gadwall (26) ; Teal (27) ; 12 x Black Headed Gulls (28) ; 9 x Chiffchaff (29) ; Blackcap (30) ; 3 x Stock Dove (31) ; 2 x Pied Wagtail (32) ; 4 x Reed Bunting (33) ; 2 x Collared Dove (34) ; 2 x Mistle Thrush with 3 young (35) ; 2 x Buzzard ; Pheasant (36) ; 3 x Swallow (37) ; Lesser Black backed Gull (38) ; Coal Tit (39) ; Nuthatch (40) ; Siskin (female) (41) ; Song Thrush ; 2 x Greenfinch with 3 young (42) ; Kingfisher ; 4 Grey Lag Geese (43) ; Garden Warbler (44) ;

BIRD SIGHTINGS – APRIL 2022

29 April (midday) – Kingfisher ; Reed Bunting ; 4 x Teal ; 3 x Mistle Thrush ; 4 x Chiffchaff ; Blackcap ; Jay ; Grey Heron ; 2 x Pied Wagtail ; Curlew ; Swallow ;

28 April – Teal ; Cormorant ; Grey Heron ; 2 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 2 x Collared Dove ; 3 x Long Tailed Tit ; 3 x Goldcrest ; Chiffchaff ; Mistle Thrush ; 3 x Pied Wagtail ; 2 x Reed Bunting (per Keith Banks)

27 April – 2 x Buzzard ; Song Thrush ; 8 x Chiffchaff ; Stock Dove ; Whitethroat ; 3 x Nuthatch ; Jay ; Swallow ; Mistle Thrush ; Grey heron ; Pied Wagtail ; 4 x Teal ; Greenfinch ; Kestrel ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Black Headed Gull ; 2 pairs of Sparrowhawk in aerial battle.

26 April – 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; 4 x Teal ; Grey Heron ; Stock Dove ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Reed Bunting ; several Chiffchaff ; 8 x Collared Dove ; several Blackcap ; Nuthatch ; Whitethroat ; Moorhen with one chick ; Mallard with one chick ; Pheasant ; Buzzard ; Raven circling ; Kestrel ; Greenfinch ; Cetti’s Warbler ; Water Rail ; Mallard with 9 young on flash ; Swallow ; 2 x Lapwings ; Curlew ;

25 April – 4 x Teal ; 2 x Kestrel ; Mistle Thrush ; 3 x Blackcap ; 5 x Chiffchaff ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Sparrowhawk ; Black Headed Gull ; Jay ; Song Thrush ; Buzzard ; Reed Bunting ; 2 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ;

24 April – Blackcap ; 5 x Buzzard ; Redwing ; Black Headed Gull ; 5 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Stock Dove ; Pied Wagtail ; 2 x Swallow ; Sparrowhawk ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; 2 x Cetti’s Warbler ; 4 x Teal ; Snipe ; 5 x Grey Lag Geese ; Kingfisher ;

20 April – 2 x Lapwing ; Cormorant ; 4 x Teal ; 2 x Canada Geese ; 3 x Buzzard ; 7 x Chiffchaff ; Greenfinch ;

19 April – 13 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; Willow Warbler ; 13 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Buzzard ; 5 x Black Headed Gull ; Mistle Thrush ; Sparrowhawk ; Kingfisher ; Canada Goose ; Song thrush ; 2 x Stock Dove

18 April – (per Stephen Carlin 3pm – 5.30pm) 1 x curlew,1 x kestrel,1 x buzzard,1 x pied wagtail, 1 x heron,1 x black head gull,1 x reed bunting[male], 2 x chiffchaff, 2 x greylag geese,plus robins,blue tits,chaffinch,blackbirds,house sparrows,wrens,long tail tits,starlings,dunnocks,crows,jackdaws,magpies,wood pigeons,mallards,teals,coots,moorhens,and ferel pigeons

18 April – 2 x Whitethroat ; 4 x Great Spotted Woodpecker (3 x female + 1 male) ; 7 x Chiffchaff ; Song Thrush ; Pheasant ; 2 x Bullfinch (68) ; Blackcap (m) ; 2 x Nuthatch ; Green Woodpecker (69) ; 3 x Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Mandarin ; 2 x Stock Dove ; Willow Warbler (70) ; 2 x Skylark ; 11 x Reed Bunting ; Cormorant ; 2 x Buzzard ; 2 x Jay ; 6 x Teal ; 2 x Grey Wagtail ; Greenfinch (f) ; 2 x Sparrowhawk ; 2 x Ped Wagtail ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; 6 x Swallow ;

17 April – Whitethroat (66) ; 3 x Jay ; 9 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Nuthatch ; Song Thrush ; 2 x Cetti’s Warbler ; 3 x Blackcap (2 x males + 1 female) ; 3 x Grey Lag Geese ; 8 x Teal ; Cormorant ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 2 x Greenfinch ; Buzzard ; 7 x Reed Bunting ; Grey Heron ; Mistle Thrush ; Raven (67) ; Kestrel ; Stock Dove ; 3 x Lapwing ; Sparrowhawk (f) ;

15 April – Mute Swan (65) ; Cetti’s Warbler ; Grey wagtail ; Blackcap ; 3 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Stock Dove ; 6 x Teal ; 2 x Buzzard ; Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming ; Nuthatch ; 3 x Reed Bunting ;

14 April – Buzzard ; 7 x Chiffchaff ; Nuthatch ; Black Headed Gull ; Grey Heron; Canada Goose ; 4 x Teal ; Blackcap (m) ; Cetti’s Warbler ; Water Rail ; Mistle Thrush ; 2 x Sparrowhawk ; 2 x Stock Dove ;

13 April – Kestrel ; Buzzard ; 2 x Cetti’s Warbler ; 2 x Gadwall ; 5 x Chiffchaff ; 3 x Nuthatch ; Pied Wagtail ; 2 x Grey wagtail ; 10 x Teal ; Stock Dove ; Near and at Ballys Pond – Little Grebe heard (64) ; 2 x Nuthatch ; Pair Moorhen with 3 chicks ; Chiffchaff ;

11 April – Mistle Thrush ; 2 x Buzzard ; Cormorant on flash ; 2 x Grey Heron ; 2 x Pied Wagtail ; 2 x Gadwall ; Cettis’ Warbler (calling) ; Collared Dove ; Wigeon ; 18 x Teal ; Sparrowhawk ; 2 x Mandarin ; 3 x Chiffchaff ; 3 x Linnet ; 2 x Goldcrest ; Siskin (61) ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 2 x Stock Dove ; Redwing ; 5 x Reed Bunting ; Kingfisher ; Greenfinch ; 2 x Canada Geese ; Water Rail (62) ; Grey Wagtail ; Blackcap ; 2 x Oystercatcher (63) ;

10 April – COMMON SANDPIPER (per Ian Scrimshaw and then seen by many members) (60) ; Wigeon ; 12 x Teal ; Cetti’s Warbler ; 2 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Mandarin ; 2 x Reed Bunting ; Song Thrush ; Goldcrest ;

9 April – Nuthatch ; Pied Wagtail ; 8 x Snipe ; 5 x Chiffchaff ; 10 x Reed Bunting ; Wigeon ; 13 x Teal ; 2 x Mandarin ; Redwing ; Cormorant ; 4 x Song Thrush ; 6 x Buzzard ; Pheasant ; 3 x Yellowhammer ; 37 x House Sparrow ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; Cettis Warbler ; Mistle Thrush ;

8 April – Skylark (55) ; 2 x Gadwall ; Wigeon ; 10 x Teal ; Cetti’s Warbler ; Kingfisher ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 3 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; 2 x Reed Buntings ; 2 x Buzzard ; 5 x Snipe ; 2 x Stock Dove ; Nuthatch ; Pied Wagtail ; 2 x Sparrowhawk ; Greenfinch (56) ; 5 x Redwing ; 2 x Grey Wagtail (57) ; BLACKCAP (58) ; Yellowhammer ; 2 x Canada Geese (59) ; Moorhen at Ballys Pond with 4 x young ;

6 April – 2 x Goldcrest ; 2 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; Kestrel ; 9 x Reed Bunting ; Pied Wagtail ; Grey wagtail ; 2 x Gadwall ; 12 x Teal ; Snipe ; Wigeon (f) ; 3 x Chiffchaff ; SWALLOW (54) ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Sparrowhawk ; Buzzard ;

5 April – 2 x Gadwall (48) ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Cettis Warbler ; 2 x Chiffchaff ; 15 x Teal ; Buzzard ; Kestrel ; Reed Bunting ; Stock Dove ; Grey wagtail ; Pied Wagtail ; Redwing ; Song Thrush ; 2 x Linnet (49) ; 7 x Black Headed Gull ; Nuthatch ; 2 x Mandarin ; Grey Heron ; 2 x Curlew (50) ; Wigeon (f) (51) ; 2 x Pheasant (52) ; Jay (53) ;

3 April – Little Egret (32) ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; 3 x Redwing (33) ; Cettis Warbler (34) ; Chiffchaff ; 12 x Teal ; 6 x Coot ; 6 x Moorhen ; Goldcrest (35) ; Great Spotted Woodpecker (36); Buzzards ; Grey Heron ; Blue, Great + Long Tailed Tits ; 2 x Stock Dove (37); Yellowhammer (38); Lesser Black Backed Gull (39) ; 28 x Black Headed Gull (40); Nuthatch ; Song Thrush ; Reed Bunting (41) ; 2 x Pied Wagtail ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese (42); Sparrowhawk (43) ; Meadow pipit (44) ; Lapwing (45) ; 5 x Snipe (46) ; Mandarin (f) (47);

1 April – 22 x Teal (26) ; Nuthatch (27) ; Mistle Thrush (28) ; Kestrel ; Cormorant (29) ; Chiffchaff (30); 2 x Pied Wagtail (31) ; Song Thrush ;

BIRD SIGHTINGS – MARCH 2022

31 March – 4 x Grey Lag Geese ; 2 x Chiffchaff ; Goldcrest ; Snipe ; Grey Heron ; 10 x Teal ; Nuthatch ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 2 x Buzzard ; Kestrel ;

28 March – Jack Snipe ; 2 x Lapwing ; 3 x Grey Heron ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; 2 x Mandarin ; 28 x Teal ; Sparrowhawk ; Kestrel ; 2 x Buzzard ; Grey Wagtail ; Pied Wagtail ; 2 x Greenfinch ; 2 x Chiffchaff ; Great Spotted Woodpecker (drumming) ; Redwing ; ….. + later 30+ Pied Wagtail at roost

27 March – 14 x Chiffchaff ; Nuthatch ; 2 x Stock Dove ; 2 x Jay ; Pheasant ; Cormorant ; 4 x Grey Lag Geese ; Redwing ; 3 x Buzzard ; 2 x Canada Geese ; 2 x Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Snipe ; 15 x Teal ; Kestrel ; Grey Heron ; Reed Bunting ; Jack Snipe ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Song Thrush ; 2 x Goldcrest ; 2 x Pied Wagtail ; Grey Wagtail ; Kingfisher ; Cetti’s Warbler ; 3 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; (Wren, Goldcrest + Dunnock nest sites located)

25 March – 2 x Canada Geese ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; 26 x Teal ; Snipe ; 3 x Chiffchaff ; Song Thrush ; Mistle Thrush ; 4 x Reed Bunting ; 2 x Greenfinch ; Jack Snipe ; Lapwing ;

23 March – Cormorant ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; 22 xTeal ; 2 x Water Rail ; 4 x Snipe ; Kingfisher ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 9 x Chiffchaff ; Redwing ; 4 x Reed Bunting ; Cetti’s Warbler ;

22 March – 4 x Grey Lag Geese ; 3 x Redwing ; 7 x Chiffchaff ; Grey Heron ; Mixed Tit flock + Chaffinches ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; 2 x Buzzard ; Pheasant ; 2 x Mandarin ; 2 x Stock Dove ; 2 x Grey Wagtail ; 2 x Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 2 x Pied Wagtail ; 2 x Greenfinch ; Reed Bunting ; Snipe ; 31 x Teal ; Jack Snipe ; 3 x Lapwing ; Cetti’s Warbler ; 2 x Kingfisher ;

21 March – 3 x Chiffchaff ; 3 x Pied Wagtail ; 15 x Goldfinch ; 6 x Chaffinch ; Great, Blue + Long tailed Tits; 3 x Mistle Thrush ; 2 x Nuthatch ; Treecreeper ; 3 x Goldcrest ; 2 x Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 6 x Collared Dove ; 28 x Teal ; 1 x Wigeon ; 2 x Mandarin ; 2 x Grey Heron ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; 3 x Snipe ; 6 x Redwing ; Kestrel ; 2 x Buzzard ; Cormorant ; 2 x Lapwing 2 pr Greenfinch ; Jack Snipe ; Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 4 Grey Lag Geese ; 2 x Reed Bunting ;

20 March – Jack Snipe ; Snipe ; 9 x Chaffinch ; 2 x Pheasant ; 1 x Wigeon ; 39 x Teal ;

18 March – 40+ Teal ; 2 x Wigeon ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Nuthatch ; Goldcrest ; Jay (61) ; 8 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Coot ; Mistle Thrush ; Song thrush ; Grey Heron ; Bullfinch ;

15 March – 6 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Greenfinch ; 2 x Song Thrush ; 3 x Buzzard ; Nuthatch ; 78 x Redwing ; Red Kite (55) ; Curlew (56) ; 6 x Stock Dove ; 2 x Lapwing (57) ; 6 pairs of Reed Bunting ; Greater Spotted Woodpecker ; 19 x Black Headed Gull (58) ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; Cetti’s Warbler ; Grey Heron ; Jack Snipe ; 4 x Wigeon ; 50+ Teal ; 2 x Mandarin ; 3 x Common Gull (59) ; 3 x Siskin ; 9 x Snipe ; Kingfisher ; Mistle Thrush ; Sparrowhawk ; Bullfinch (60) ;

13 March – 4 x Song Thrush ; Mistle Thrush ; 7 x Chaffinch ; 3 x Goldcrest ; 7 x Redwing ; 3 x Nuthatch ; Water Rail ; 27 x Siskin (53) ; 25 x Wigeon ; 47 x Teal ; 5 x Reed Buntings ; Greenfinch (54) ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Jack Snipe ; Pied Wagtail ; Chiffchaff (singing) ; 4 x Buzzard ; 4 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; Stock Dove ;

12 March – 3 x Buzzard ; 3 x Nuthatch ; Long tailed, Great, Blue Tits ; 2 x Kestrel ; 2 x Meadow Pipit ; Sparrowhawk ; 31 x Wigeon ; 3 x Mistle Thrush ; 7 x Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Mandarin ; 2 x Goldcrest ; c80 Redwing ; Pheasant ; Stock Dove ; 3 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Grey Wagtail ; 2 x Pied Wagtail ; Jack Snipe ; Kingfisher ;

11 March – 3 x Chiffchaff ; 31 x Wigeon ; 2 x Reed Buntings ; Snipe ; 3 x Mistle Thrush ; Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 2 x Nuthatch ; 3 x Meadow Pipit ; Buzzard ; Water Rail ; 4 x Grey Lag Geese ; c20 Redwings ; 20+ Teal ;

10 March – 2 x Stock Dove ; Kingfisher ; 51 x Wigeon ; Sparrowhawk ; 32 x Teal ; 3 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Reed Bunting ; Snipe ; 3 x Mistle Thrush ; 1 x Lesser Black-Backed Gull ; 2 x Nuthatch ; 3 x Meadow Pipit ; Buzzard ; Water Rail ; 4 x Grey Lag Geese (52) ; c20 x Redwings ; 20+ Teal ;

9 March – 42 x Wigeon ; Nuthatch ; 40+ Teal ; Sparrowhawk ; Mistle Thrush ; 50+ Redwings ; Goldcrest ; 2 x Coal Tit ; 2 x Mandarin Duck ; Little Grebe ; 2 x Buzzard ; Kestrel ; 5 x Black Headed Gull; 2 x Treecreeper ; Reed Bunting ;

8 March – 2 x Buzzard ; 2 x Kestrel ; 2 x Sparrowhawk ; Reed Bunting ; 18 x Teal ; 40 x Wigeon ; 2 x Cormorant ; 19 x Black Headed Gull ; 50+ Redwing ; Treecreeper (50) ; 15 x Pied Wagtail ; Mandarin ; Nuthatch ; 3 x Snipe ; Jack Snipe ; Pheasant ; Grey Wagtail 4 x Meadow Pipit (51) ;

7 March – Rook ; Stock Dove (47) ; 150+ Redwing ; Linnet (48) ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; 3 x Reed Bunting ; Goldcrest ; Water Rail ; 2 x Canada Geese (49) ; Mandarin ; 38 x Wigeon ; 50+ Teal ; 3 x Kestrel ; Grey Heron ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 2 x Buzzard ;

6 March – 3 x Goldcrest ; 2 x Cormorant (44) ; Coal Tit (45) ; 3 x Chiffchaff ; 46 x Redwing ; 2 x Mandarin ; Water Rail ; 55 x Wigeon ; 37 x Black Headed Gull ; Jack Snipe ; 30+ Teal ; 2 x Lesser Black Backed Gull (46) ; Nuthatch ; Sparrowhawk ; Kingfisher ;

AMBER FLOOD – 2 X Curlew ; 12 x Lapwings ;

5 March – 18 x Teal ; 30 x Redwing ; Buzzard ; Grey Wagtail ;

AMBER FLOOD – 30 X Lapwing ; c200 Starling ;

4 March – Chiffchaff ; 2 x Mandarin (43) ; Song Thrush ; 3 x Snipe ; 30+ Teal ; Water Rail ; Sparrowhawk ;

AMBER FLOOD – 27 X Lapwing ; 2 x Curlew ; 4 x Lesser Black Backed Gulls ; 2 x Common Gull ; Black Headed Gulls ;

3 March – Kestrel ; Song Thrush ; Nuthatch (40) ; 40 x Teal ; Sparrowhawk (41) ; Cetti’s Warbler (42) ; 2 x Wigeon ; 25 x Redwing ; Water Rail ;

AMBER FLOOD – 2 X Curlew ; 4 x Lapwing ;

2 March – Grey Wagtail (36) ; 7 x Goldfinch ; 37 x Teal ; 33 x Wigeon ; 2 x Pied Wagtail (37) ; 3 x Snipe ; Jack Snipe (38) ; 89 x Redwing (39) ; 2 x Chaffinch ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ;

1 March – Great Spotted Woodpecker (26) ; 17 x Wigeon (27) ; 40 x Teal (28) ; Snipe (29) ; Mistle Thrush (30) ; 2 x Goldcrest (31) ; Pheasant (32) ; Water Rail (33) ; Reed Bunting (34); CHIFFCHAFF (35) ;

AMBER FLOOD – 2 X Mandarin ; 9 x Lapwing ; Pied Wagtail ;

BIRD SIGHTINGS – FEBRUARY 2022

28 February – Red Kite ; Mistle Thrush ; 2 x Kestrel ; Pheasant ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Buzzard ; 20 x Redwing ; Cetti’s Warbler ; 15 x Wigeon ; 25 x Teal ; Water Rail ; 2 x Nuthatch ; Collared Dove (64) ;

27 February – 2 x Jay (62) ; 29 x Redwing ; 7 x Song thrush ; Buzzard ; 2 x Bullfinch (63) ; Herring Gull ; 21 x Black Headed Gull ; Pheasant ; 3 x Chaffinch ; 3 x Yellowhammer ; Coal, Great, Blue + Long tailed Tit flocks ; Nuthatch ; 2 x Linnet (61) ; 2 x Lapwing ; 3 x Pied Wagtail ; Mistle Thrush ; 2 x Snipe ; 2 x Kestrel ; 12 x Wigeon ; 2 x Water Rail ; 2 x Cetti’s Warbler ; 56 x Teal ; 3 x Reed Bunting ; Jack Snipe ; Greenfinch ; 23 x Goldfinch ; Grey Wagtail ; Sparrowhawk ; …….. + Jack Snipe + Kingfisher (Steve Carlin)

AMBER FLOOD – Buzzard ; 3 x Jay ; 27 x Siskin ; 6 x Lapwing ; 2 x Goosander ; Pied Wagtail ; 13 x Redwing ; Yellowhammer ; 2 x Curlew ; Lesser Black Backed Gull ; Grey Heron ;

PENTRICH – 38 Yellowhammer ; 12 x Siskin ; Buzzard ; Redwing ; Song Thrush ; 50+ Linnets

HEAGE – 15 x Goldfinch ; 2 x Pied Wagtail ; 2 x Buzzard ; 40+ Black Headed Gull ; Common Gull ; Kestrel ; 2 x Fieldfare ; Mistle Thrush ; Song Thrush ; 2 x Stock Dove ; Linnet ; 28 Skylarks ; Curlew ;

26 February – Jack Snipe ; Kingfisher ; Cetti’s Warbler ; Kestrel ; Mistle Thrush ; Song Thrush ; 29 x Wigeon ; 25 x Teal ; 4 x Snipe ; Pied Wagtail ; 25 x Redwing ; Little Grebe ; Nuthatch ; Treecreeper ; 5 x Meadow Pipit ; Yellowhammer ; Buzzard ; 2 x Water Rail ; Reed Bunting ;

25 February – 37 x Teal ; Song Thrush ; 2 x Canada Geese (60) ; Nuthatch ; Coal Tit ; Little Grebe ; 5 x Buzzard ; Kestrel ; 3 x Snipe ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; Sparrowhawk ; 2 x Jay ; 28 x Redwing ; Goldcrest ; 3 x Chaffinch ; Reed Bunting ; Water Rail ; Grey Heron ; Barn Owl (58) ; Little Owl (59) ;

24 February – Pied Wagtail ; Goldfinch ; 10 x Chaffinch ; Great Tit; Blue Tit ; Mistle Thrush ; 25+ Teal ; 2 x Black Headed Gulls ; 20 x Redwing ; Kestrel : ………………..and then baled out as the sleet came down

22 February – Water Rail ; 2 x Buzzard ; Grey Wagtail ; 3 x Snipe ; 2 x Stock Dove ; Little Grebe ; Mistle Thrush ;

AMBER FLOOD – 52 X Wigeon ; 24 x Lapwing ; 2 x Lesser Black-Backed Gull ; 2 x Curlew ; 200 Black Headed Gull ; Skylark singing high up;

21 February – Sparrowhawk ; Buzzard ; 6 x Chaffinch ; 12 x Fieldfare ; Coal Tit ; 47 x Redwing ; Little Grebe ; Pheasant (56) ; Stock Dove ; 43 x Teal ; Cetti’s Warbler ; Reed Bunting ; Yellowhammer (57) ; Moorhen building a nest on the Brook + Kestrel pair adding materials to the nesting box

AMBER FLOOD – Curlew ; 2 x Buzzard ; 67 x Lapwing ; 87 x Grey Lag Geese ; 15 x Canada Geese ; 51 x Wigeon ; Herring Gull ; Leseer Black backed Gull ; Black Headed Gulls ;

20 February – Cetti’s Warbler ; Goldcrest ; Nuthatch ; Blue + Long tailed Tit flock ; 30+ Teal ; 2 x Reed Bunting ; 4 x Chaffinch ; 13 x Goldfinch ;

AMBER FLOOD – Numerous Wigeon, Lapwing, Gulls + Geese

19 February – Cetti’s Warbler ; Grey Wagtail ; Reed Bunting ; 23 x Wigeon ; 37 x Teal ; 53 x Black Headed Gull ; Nuthatch ; 10 x Snipe ; 2 x Water Rail ; 3 x Grey lag Geese ; Treecreeper ; 2 x Pied Wagtail ; 47 x Redwing ; Sparrowhawk ; Grey Heron ; Buzzard ; Little Grebe ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 2 x Goldcrest ; Kestrel ;

AMBER FLOOD – 15 X Wigeon ; Great Black Backed Gull ;

16 February – PM – 74 x Redwing ; 17 x Chaffinch ; Goldcrest ; Stock Dove ; 2 x Reed Bunting ; 13 x Goldfinch ; 3 x Mistle Thrush ; Pied Wagtail ; Snipe ; 63 x Teal ; 39 x Wigeon ;

15 February – 2 x Herring Gull (55) ; 200+ Redwing ; 4 x Goldcrest ; 3 x Buzzard ; Stock Dove ; 2 x Nuthatch ; Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 11 x Wigeon ; 39 x Teal ; 5 x Chaffinch ; Kestrel ; 27 x Goldfinch ;

13 February – 49 x Wigeon ; 17 x Teal ; Grey Heron ; 2 x Goldcrest ; 7 x Black Headed Gull ; 3 x Lesser Black backed Gull ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Cetti’s Warbler ; Little Grebe ; Water Rail ; c20 x Snipe ;

12 February – 39 x Wigeon ; 7 x Snipe ; Teal ; Buzzard ; 74 x Black Headed Gull ; Goldcrest ; 2 x Cetti’s Warbler ; 6 x Redwing ; 2 x Pied Wagtail ; Water Rail ; (submitted by Keith Banks + David Shinfield)

11 February – 34 x Wigeon ; 20+ Teal ; 9 x Snipe ; 120 x Black Headed Gulls ; Cetti’s Warbler ; Reed Bunting ; Nuthatch ; Goldcrest ;

8 February – AM – 51 x Wigeon ; 5 x Buzzard ; 3 x Siskin ; Stock Dove ; Cetti’s Warbler ; Water Rail ; Kestrel ; Grey heron ; Snipe ; 2 x Goldcrest ; 20 Redwing ; 30 Teal ; Little Grebe ; 13 x Lapwing ; PM – 4 x Mistle Thrush ; 67 x GOLDFINCH ; Sparrowhawk (54) ; 7 x Chaffinch ; 86 x Redwing ; 5 x Fieldfare (52) ; 17 x Meadow Pipit (53) ; Coal, Blue, Great + Long Tailed Tit flocks ;

5 February – AM – 19 x Wigeon ; Teal ; 2 x Grey Heron ; Little Egret (45) ; Jack Snipe ; 13 x Snipe ; 35 x Black Headed Gull ; Treecreeper (46) ; 23 x Redwing ; PM – 2 x Buzzard ; Red Kite (47) ; Grey Heron ; 18 x Snipe ; 3 x Stock Dove (48) ; 37 x Teal ; 5 x Chaffinch ; Greenfinch (49) ; 15 x Goldfinch ; Grey Wagtail (50) ; 3 x Reed Bunting ; 2 x Nuthatch ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; Little Egret ; Little Grebe ; Goldcrest ; Blue, Great, Long Tailed & Coal Tits (51) ; Jack Snipe ;

3 February – 20 x Lapwing (44) ; Jack Snipe ; 5 x Snipe ; 28 x Wigeon ; Water Rail ; Grey Heron ; 4 x Long Tailed Tit ; 50+ Redwing ; 40+ Teal ;

2 February – 2 x Cetti’s Warbler (37) ; Lesser Black Backed Gull (38) ; 110 x Black Headed Gull ; Nuthatch ; Little Grebe ; Water Rail (39) ; Siskin (40) ; Great Spotted Woodpecker (41) ; 2 x Reed Bunting (42) ; 30 x Wigeon ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; 15 x Teal ; 4 x Snipe ; Mistle Thrush ; Grey heron ; Long Tailed Tit ; Goldcrest (43) ; 15 x Redwing ;

1 February – 31 x Wigeon (25) ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese (26) ; 26 x Black Headed Gulls (27) ; 10+ Snipe (28) ; 40+ Teal (29) ; Grey Heron ; Little Grebe (30) ; Buzzard ; 2 x Chaffinch ; Nuthatch (31) ; Pied Wagtail (32) ; Mistle Thrush (33) ; 6 x Redwing (34) ; Jack Snipe (35) ; Raven (36) ;

Resident/Regular Birds : Blackbird ; Blue Tit ; Buzzard ; Carrion Crow; Chaffinch; Coot; Dunnock; Goldfinch; Great Tit; Grey Heron; House Sparrow; Jackdaw; Kestrel ; Kingfisher; Long Tailed Tit; Magpie; Mallard; Moorhen ; Robin; Rook; Song Thrush ; Starling; Wood Pigeon; Wren; (24)

BIRD SIGHTINGS – JANUARY 2022

31 January – Jack Snipe ; Little Grebe ; Little Egret ; 30+ Wigeon ; Goldcrest ; 20+ Teal ; 4 x Snipe ;

30 January – Jack Snipe (see below, at the back of the Teal) ; Goosander (63) 1 m 7 f ; 57 x Redwing ; 2 x Greenfinch ; 2 x Chaffinch ; Pied Wagtail ; Jay ; 27 x Wigeon ; Mistle Thrush ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 2 x Treecreeper ; Reed Bunting ; 21 x Snipe ; 2 x Grey lag Geese ; 2 x Herring Gull ; 45 x Teal ; Little grebe ; 2 x Stock Dove ; Cetti’s Warbler ; Nuthatch ; Water Rail ;

28 January – AM 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; 31 x Wigeon ; Teal ; 2 x Little Grebe ; 2 x Kestrel ; Snipe ; 66 x Black Headed Gull; Nuthatch ; Goldcrest ; 7 x Redwing ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; Pied Wagtail PM Little Egret ; 105 x Black Headed Gull ; 30 x Wigeon ; Grey heron ; 2 x Nuthatch ; 2 x Goldcrest ; 22 x Redwing ; 4 x Snipe ; 30+ Teal ; Mistle Thrush ; Tit flock ; Water Rail heard ;

27 January – 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; 33 x Wigeon ; 30+ Teal ; 2 x Little Grebe ; Grey Heron ; Little Egret (flew in at 12 noon, flew off at 1220 + back at 3pm) ; 2 x Buzzard ; 6 x Snipe ; 36 x Black Headed Gulls; Blue, Great + Long Tailed Tits ; 3 x Siskin ; Water Rail ; Nuthatch ; Chaffinch ; 30 x Redwing ; (also reported – Cetti’s Warbler heard early morning ; 1 x Lesser Black Backed Gull (62) )

25 January – 2 x Treecreeper ; 2 x Goldcrest ; Nuthatch ; Linnet ; 26 x Wigeon ; 35 x Teal ; 11 x Snipe ; Kestrel ; 5 x Pied Wagtail ; Buzzard ; Water Rail ; Reed Bunting ; 3 x Siskin ; 47 x Redwing; 2 x Little Grebe

23 January – Cetti’s Warbler ; 39 x Wigeon ; 2 x Siskin ; 2 x Kestrel ; Little Grebe ; Grey Heron ; 4 x Grey Lag Geese ; Mistle Thrush ; 10 x Redwings ; 3 x PINK FOOTED GEESE (see below) AMBER FLOOD – 170+ Lapwing ; Grey Heron ; Redwing/Fieldfare of 200+ birds;

22 January – 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; 45 x Wigeon ; Teal ; Grey Heron ; Sparrowhawk ; Buzzard ; Kestrel ; Water Rail ; 12 x Snipe ; 57 x Black Headed Gull ; Goldcrest ; Cetti’s Warbler ; Grey Wagtail ;

21 January – 47 x Wigeon ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; Nuthatch ; 45 x Black Headed Gulls ; 10 x Snipe ; 40+ Teal ; Grey Heron ; 2 x Little Grebe ; Cetti’s Warbler ; Buzzard ; Reed Bunting ; 2 x Bullfinch ; Pied Wagtail ; Mistle Thrush ; 2 x Kestrels ; Grey Wagtail ; Water Rail ;

19 January – Cetti’s Warbler ; 39 x Wigeon ; Teal ; Little Grebe ; Water Rail ; Snipe ; Black Headed Gulls; Long Tailed Tits ; Nuthatch ; Treecreeper ; Goldcrest ;

18 January – 45 x Wigeon ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; Little Grebe ; Water Rail ; 35 x Black Headed Gull ; 40+ Teal ; 10 x Snipe ; Goldcrest ; 2 x Buzzard ; Kestrel ; Sparrowhawk ; 8 x Redwing ; Grey Heron ; Blue, Great + Long Tailed Tits ;

17 January – Jack Snipe ; 33 x Wigeon ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; 30 x Black Headed Gull ; 40+ Teal ; 6 x Snipe ; Goldcrest ; Nuthatch ; Chaffinch ; Cetti’s Warbler ; Buzzard ; Kestrel ; 12 x Redwing ; Grey heron ; Blue, Great + Long Tailed Tits ; Little Grebe ; Water Rail ;

16 January – JACK SNIPE ; Mandarin (60) – female ; 9 x Grey Lag Geese ; 2 x Cormorant ; 73 x Teal ; Grey Heron ; Cetti’s Warbler ; Little Grebe ; 43 x Wigeon ; Bullfinch; Kestrel ; 100+ x Redwing ; 3 x Sparrowhawk ; 15 x Snipe ; 2 x Water Rail ; Buzzard ; Raven (61) ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Mistle Thrush ; 2 x Grey Wagtail ;

15 January – JACK SNIPE ; 35 x Snipe ; Sparrowhawk ; Water Rail ; 43 x Teal; 40 x Wigeon ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; 2 x Song Thrush ; 67 x Redwing ; Pheasant ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Kestrel ;

14 January – AM : Little Egret ; Water Rail ; 38 x Wigeon ; c40 Teal ; 3 x Snipe ; Stock Dove ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; Grey Wagtail ; 2 x Pied Wagtail ; Grey heron ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; Nuthatch; PM : Cormorant ; 67 x Redwing ; 3 x Common Gull flew over ; Cetti’s Warbler ; 47 x Snipe ; Little Grebe ; Mute Swan ; Buzzard ; Kestrel ; Reed Bunting ; JACK SNIPE (see below)

13 January – Little Egret ; 36 x Wigeon ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; 2 x Nuthatch ; 25 x Black Headed Gulls ; 12 x Snipe ; Treecreeper ; 40+ Teal ; Grey Heron ; Little Grebe ; Buzzard ; 4 x Collared Doves ; Chaffinch ; Goldfinch ; 4 x Redwing ; also Little Egret; Cetti’s Warbler + Cormorant (Keith Banks)

12 January – 2 x Grey Lag Geese ; 26 x Wigeon ; 7 x Snipe ; 56 x Black Headed Gulls ; 2 x Goldcrest ; 2 x Buzzard ; 10 x Redwing ; Grey Heron ; 40+ Teal ; Mistle Thrush ; Water Rail ;

11 January – Mute Swan ; Cetti’s Warbler ; Goldcrest ; 40+ Teal ; 30+ Black headed Gulls ; 2 x Snipe ; 2 x Buzzard ; Pied Wagtail ; Blue, Great + Long Tailed Tits ;

10 January – Kestrel ; Grey Heron ; 20 Redwing ; 2 x Collared Dove ; Goldcrest ; Treecreeper ; 12 x Teal ; 4 x Snipe ; Water Rail ; Reed Bunting ; 3 Bullfinch ; Nuthatch ; 2 x Cetti’s Warbler ; Little Owl (58) ; + 2 x Water Rail : 75 Pink Footed Geese (59) (per Ian Scrimshaw)

9 January – 14 x Canada Geese (57) ; 3 x Buzzard ; 3 x Nuthatch ; Goldcrest ; 2 x Cetti’s Warbler ; 24 x Snipe ; 2 x Little Grebe ; 45 x Teal ; Grey Heron ; 59 x Redwing ; 2 x Kestrel ; Sparrowhawk ; 9 x Moorhen ; Coal Tit ; 55 x Black Headed Gull ; Mistle Thrush ; Grey Wagtail ; 27 x Siskin ; 3 x Water Rail ; Cormorant ; AMBER FLOOD – 130 x Grey Lag Geese; 190 x Lapwing ; 52 x Wigeon ; 55 x Canada Geese ;

6 January – 2 x Grey Lag Goose (56) ; 46 x Wigeon ; 47 x Teal ; Cetti’s Warbler ; 27 x Snipe ; Buzzard ; Kestrel ; Goldcrest ; 9 x Siskin ; Pied Wagtail ; Grey wagtail ; Redwing ; 37 x Fieldfare ; Bullfinch ; Stock Dove ; 2 x Greenfinch ; AMBER FLOOD – 147 Lapwing ;

5 January – 2 x Buzzard ; Sparrowhawk ; Kestrel ; Cetti’s Warbler ; Water Rail ; 28 x Wigeon ; 2 x Mute Swan ; 40+ Teal ; Song Thrush ; Mistle Thrush ; Meadow Pipit (55) ; Nuthatch ; Snipe ; 12 x Redwing ; Rook, Crow, Jackdaw; BARN OWL (54) ; AMBER FLOOD – 170 Lapwing ; 60 Starling ; 140 Grey Lag Geese ; 15 x Wigeon ;

4 January – 30+ Teal ; Little Grebe ; 4 x Snipe ; 30 x Black Headed Gulls ; 40+ Redwing ; Treecreeper ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 2 x Mute Swan ; Goldfinch, Blue Tits, Great Tits, Long Tailed Tits, Chaffinch. 2 x Cetti’s Warbler ; 2 x Water Rail ; AMBER FLOOD – 141 Lapwing ; 56 Wigeon ; BUTTERLEY RES – 56 X Tufted Duck ; 3 x Gadwall ; 2 x Cormorant ; 4 x Great Crested Grebe ; 2 x Pied Wagtail ;

3 January – Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Cetti’s Warbler ; 5 x Siskin ; Herring Gull (52) ; 15 x Chaffinch ; 2 x Mute Swan ; 37 x Goldfinch ; 11 x Fieldfare ; 2 x Sparrowhawk ; 2 x Kestrel ; 87 x Redwing ; Reed Bunting ; 4 x Snipe ; Yellowhammer ; 3 x Wigeon ; 23 x Teal ; 2 x Little Grebe ; RED KITE (53) ; 2 x Water Rail ; 3 x Goldcrest ; 2 x Buzzard ;

2 January – 2 x Pied Wagtail (45) ; Redwing ; 2 x Buzzard ; 5 x Stock Dove (46) ; Fieldfare (47) ; 2 x Nuthatch (48) ; 7 x Yellowhammer ; 7 x Reed Bunting ; 2 x Mute Swan ; Cetti’s Warbler ; Coal Tit (49) ; Treecreeper (50) ; Mistle Thrush (51) ; 2 x Goldcrest ; Song thrush ; Sparrowhawk ; 37 x Redwing ; Water Rail ;

1 January – Buzzard ; Kestrel ; Sparrowhawk (25) ; Redwing (26) ; 2 x Mute Swan (27) ; Cormorant (28) ; 12 x Teal (29) ; 20 x Black Headed Gull (30) ; 11 x Yellowhammer (31) ; Cett’s Warbler (32) ; Siskin (33) ; Long Tailed Tits ; Great Tits ; Blue Tits ; 2 x Water Rail (34) ; 2 x Linnet (35) ; 5 x Reed Bunting (36) ; Goldcrest (37) ; Grey Wagtail (38) ; 4 x Greenfinch (39) ; Little Grebe (40) ; 2 x Great Spotted Woodpecker (41) ; JACK SNIPE (42) ; 7 x Snipe (43) ; Kingfisher ; 47 x Wigeon (44) ;

AMBER FLOOD – 3 X Grey Heron ; 6 x Grey Lag Geese ; 116 x Canada Geese ; 28 x Teal ; 82 x Wigeon ; 72 x Lapwing ; 1 x Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Cormorant ;

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Bird Sightings – December

1 December – 21 x Wigeon (25) ; Treecreeper (26) ; 50+ Redwings (27) ; 2 x Buzzard ; Sparrowhawk (28) ; Mallard ; 6 x Teal (29) ; 7 x Chaffinch ; Goldfinch ; 5 x House Sparrow ; Woodpigeons ; Collared Dove (30) ; Moorhens ; Coot ; Black Headed Gulls ; Grey Wagtail (31) ; 2 x Dunnock ; 4 x Robin ; Blackbirds ; Long Tailed Tit ; 4 x Great Tit ; 3 x Blue Tit ; Wren ; Coal Tit (32) ; Magpies ; Jackdaws ; Carrion Crows ; 2 x Kestrel ;

3 December – Little Egret (33) ; 36 x Wigeon ; 2 x Water Rail (34) ; 2 x Reed Bunting (35) ; Coal Tit ; 2 x Song Thrush ; 2 x Mistle Thrush (36) ; Little Grebe (37) ; 10 x Teal ; Sparrowhawk ; 4 x Collared Dove ; 100 x Redwing ; 2 x Nuthatch (38) ; Great Spotted Woodpecker (39) ; Buzzard ; Kestrel ; Mixed Grey Lag Geese (40) + Canada Geese (41) Pheasant (42) ; Jay (43) : Meadow Pipit (44) ; 30 X Goldfinches ; 2 x Collared Dove ;

4 December – Grey Wagtail ; Goldcrest (45) ; 4 x Fieldfare (46) ; 2 x Nuthatch ; 67 x Redwing ; Jay ; Cettis Warbler (47) ; 15 x Teal ; 22 x Wigeon ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 2 x Little Grebe ; 4 x Herring Gull (48) ; 14 x Lesser Black Backed Gulls (49) ; 38 Black Headed Gulls (50) ; Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Great + Blue Tits all on Alisons new bird feeder ;

5 December – Bullfinch (51) ; Kestrel ; Sparrowhawk ; Buzzard ; Heron ; 2 x Song thrush ; Pied Wagtail (52) ; Linnet (53) ; 5 x Snipe (54) ; 4 x Grey Wagtail ; 2 x Stock Dove (55) ; Goosander over flash (56) ;

6 December – Cormorant (57) on flash – a horrible day for bird watching weather wise !!

8 December – Blue, Great + Coal Tits ; Nuthatch ; Goldfinch ; Chaffinch ; Blackbirds ; Mistle Thrush ; Redwings ; 53 x Teal ; Grey Heron ; Little Grebe ; Kestrel ; Buzzard ; Sparrowhawk ; Bullfinch ; 4 x Siskin (58) ; Jay ; Grey Wagtail ; Cettis Warbler ; Water Rail ; Goldcrest ;

ON AMBER FLOOD 50+ Grey Lag Geese ; 35 Lapwing ; 150+ Canada Geese ; 40 x Wigeon ; 100 Black Headed Gull ;

9 December – 38 x Siskin ; 2 x Kestrel ; 3 x Nuthatch ; 29 x Teal ; 27 x Goldfinch ; 4 x Fieldfare ; 19 x Redwing ; 11 x Chaffinch ; Grey Wagtail ;

10 December – 2 x Water Rail ; Cetti’s Warbler ; Little Grebe ; 30+ Teal ; Bullfinch ; Kestrel ; Sparrowhawk ; Heron ; Cormorant flying over ;

11 December – Grey Wagtail ; 3 x Raven (59) ; 2 x Cetti’s Warbler ; 40+ Teal ; Little Grebe ; 20+ Redwings ;

12 December – ; 2 x Cetti’s Warbler ; 17 x Siskin ; 127 Teal ; 2 x Little Grebe ; Mistle Thrush ; Pied Wagtail ; Grey wagtail ; Kestrel ; 67 Redwing ; Goldcrest ; Snipe ; Heron ; 3 x Greenfinch ; Reed Bunting ; 23 x Fieldfare ; 18 x Wigeon ; Cormorant ; Meadow Pipit ; Red Kite seen (60)

AROUND PENTRICH/AMBER FLOOD/WINGFIELD PARK – 13 X Wigeon ; 2 x Grey heron ; 150+ Grey Lag geese ; 120+ Canada Geese; 4 x Buzzard ; 2 x Kestrel ; 2 x Yellowhammer ; Kingfisher ; 5 x Mistle Thrush ; Pheasant ; 41 x Lapwing ; 150+ Redwing flock ;

13 December – 85 x Teal ; 7 x Snipe ; Mute Swan (61) ; 2 x Little Grebe ; Cetti’s Warbler ; 3 x Goldcrest ; Nuthatch ; Reed Bunting ; Kestrel ; Grey Wagtail ; 3 x Greenfinch (62) ; 5 x Bullfinch ;

Amber Flood – 28 x Lapwing ; 22 x Canada Geese ; 4 x Grey Lag Geese ;

14 December – 6 x Chaffinch ; 30 x Goldfinch ; 2 x Goldcrest ; Cetti’s Warbler ; Buzzard ; Grey Heron ; Little Grebe ; 40 x Black Headed Gull ; 50+ Teal ; 18 x Wigeon ; Kestrel ; 6 x Bullfinch ; 12 x Collared Dove ; Kingfisher ; a few Redwing ; Grey Wagtail ; Pheasant ; 7 x Meadow Pipit ; 3 x Siskin ; 2 x Linnet ; Cormorant ;

15 December – Little Egret ; Cetti’s Warbler ; Water Rail ; 3 x Mistle Thrush ; Nuthatch ; 2 x Little Grebe ; 52 x Wigeon ; 40+ Teal ; 2 x Coal Tit ; 200+ Redwing ; 3 x Snipe ; Grey heron ; 54 x Black Headed Gull ; Crow ; Rook ; Jackdaw ; Magpie ; Greater Spotted Woodpecker 10 x Long Tailed Tits ; Great & Blue Tits; Blackbirds, Wrens, Dunnock, Robins + Pied Wagtail ; 7 x Collared Dove ; 10 x House Sparrow ; Goldfinch ; Raven ‘honking’ ; Grey Wagtail ; Meadow Pipit ; 2 x Buzzard ; Bullfinch ; Song Thrush ; 7 x Goldcrest ; 17 x Siskin ; Greenfinch ; Pheasant ;

16 December – 19 x Siskin ; Cormorant ; 2 x Kestrel ; Grey Wagtail ; Little Egret ; 2 x Snipe ; Cetti’s Warbler ; 57 x Teal ; 2 x Bullfinch ; Sparrowhawk; 4 x Greenfinch ; 2 x Song Thrush ; Mistle Thrush ; 43 x Wigeon ; 19 x Redwing ; 2 x Reed Bunting ; Stock Dove ; Buzzard ; 150+ Redwing ; Little Grebe ; 50 Grey Lag Geese flew over ;

17 December – 48 x Wigeon ; 63 x Teal ; Pied Wagtail ; Grey wagtail ; 3 x Snipe ; Kestrel ; 5 x Mistle Thrush ; 8 x Song thrush ; Coal Tit ; 2 x Little Grebe ; 250+ Redwing ; 60+ Black Headed Gulls (one with a full black head) ; 5 x Bullfinch ; 3 x Nuthatch ; 3 x Greenfinch ; Cettis Warbler ; Grey Heron ; 2 x Stock Dove ; 3 x Jay ; 67 x Goldfinch ; 12 x Chaffinch ; Water Rail……………plus a Stoat spotted

18 December – 30+ Siskin ; Goosander ; Grey Wagtail ; Cormorant ; Nuthatch ; 37 x Wigeon ; 56 x Teal ; 3 x Snipe ; Cetti’s Warbler ; 3 x Little Grebe ; Grey Heron ; 2 x Goldcrest ;

19 December – 5 x Pied Wagtail ; 13 x Meadow Pipit ; Buzzard ; Pheasant ; 2 x Grey Wagtail ; Water Rail ; Grey Heron ; Little Grebe ; Wigeon ; Teal ; Redwing ; Chaffinch ; Goldfinch ; Nuthatch ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Snipe ; Siskin ; Bullfinch ; Mistle Thrush ; Song Thrush ; Goldcrest ;

20 December – 42 x Wigeon ; 67 x Teal ; 2 x Little Grebe ; Grey Heron ; Kestrel ; Snipe ; Cetti’s Warbler ; 3 x Goldcrest ; Cormorant ; Great Spotted Woodpecker; Bullfinch ; Stock Dove ; 80+ Redwing ; 2 x Jay ; 3 x Buzzard ; Sparrowhawk ; 3 x Siskin ; Greenfinch ; Water Rail ;

21 December – Little Egret ; 2 x Little Grebe; 67 x Teal ; 56 x Wigeon ; 13 x Siskin ; Kingfisher ; Cetti’s Warbler ; Nuthatch ;

22 December – 47 x Wigeon ; 14 x Snipe ; 9 x Meadow Pipit ; 47 x Redwing ; Cetti’s Warbler ‘ Kestrel ; 2 x Sparrowhawk ; 73 x Teal ; Pied Wagtail ; 2 x Grey Wagtail ; 3 x Buzzard ; Greenfinch ; Kingfisher ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; 2 x Song Thrush ; 5 x Siskin ; Grey Heron ; Yellowhammer (63) ; 2 x Mute Swan ; Jay ; 2 x Nuthatch ; Goldcrest ; 80+ Fieldfare ; 2 x Little Grebe ; 7 x Collared Dove ; 2 x Great Spotted Woodpeckers ; Treecreeper

23 December – 52 x Wigeon ; Water Rail ; 7 x Snipe ; 53 x Teal ; 2 x Little Grebe ; 7 x Siskin ; Goldcrest ; Nuthatch ; 29 x Black Headed Gulls ; 70+ Redwings ; Cetti’s Warbler ; Bue, Great + Long Tailed Tits ; 17 x Goldfinch ; 2 x Grey Wagtail ; Pied Wagtail ; Grey Heron ;

24 December – Kingfisher ; 52 x Wigeon ; 67 x Teal ; Pied Wagtail ; Grey Wagtail ; 2 x Cetti’s Warbler ; 5 x Goldcrest ; 47 x Goldfinch ; Bullfinch ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; 7 x Fieldfare ; 50+ Redwing ; Tit flock ; 2 x Nuthatch ; 15 x Chaffinch ; 17 x Snipe ; 2 x Mute Swan ; Grey Heron ; Kestrel ; Yellowhammer ; Buzzard ; Little Grebe ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 2 x Reed Bunting ; Jay ; Greenfinch ;

25 December – 53 x Wigeon ; 55 x Teal ; Herring Gull ; 13 x Siskin ; 25 x Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Mute Swan ; 40+ Redwing ; 2 x Little Grebe ;

Amber Flood – 37 x Lapwing ; 12 x Wigeon ; 32 x Grey Lag Geese ; 15 x Canada Geese

26 December – 3 x Goldcrest ; 4 x Nuthatch ; Jay ; Bullfinch ; 2 x Mute Swan ; 75+ Redwing ; 2 x Little Grebe ; 11 x Meadow Pipit ; 7 x Snipe ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; Buzzard ; Kestrel ; Cormorant ; Cetti’s Warbler ; 2 x Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Grey Wagtail ; 7 x Siskin ; Kingfisher ; 2 x Reed Bunting ; 11 x Stock Dove ;

Amber Flood – 70 Lapwing ; 72 Wigeon ; 100+ Canada Geese ; 60+ Grey Lag Geese ; 100+ Black Headed Gulls ; 7 x Yellowhammer ; Herring Gull ; Common Gull ;

27 December – Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 3 x Nuthatch ; 5 x Long Tailed Tits ; 2 x Kestrel ; 2 x Song Thrush ; Lesser Black Backed Gull; Buzzard ; 2 x Water Rail ; Cettis Warbler ; 2 x Snipe ; 3 x Mute Swan ; 60+ Teal ; Goldcrest ; Bullfinch ; 3 x Greenfinch ; Stock Dove ; 60+ Redwing ; 70+ Wigeon ; Reed Bunting ; Little Egret ; 9 x Siskin ; Grey Wagtail ; 2 x Grey Lag Geese; Little Grebe ; Peregrine (64) per Chris ;

Amber Flood- 45 x Grey Lag Geese ; 97 x Canada Geese ; 56 x Wigeon ; 80+ Black Headed Gull ; Herring Gull ;

28 December – 14 x Snipe ; Little Grebe ; 73 x Teal ; 3 x Reed Bunting ; 17 x Siskin ; 2 x Mute Swan ; Little Egret ; 2 x Cetti’s Warbler ; Water Rail ;

Amber Flood – 80+ Wigeon ; 150+ Grey Lags + Canada Geese ; 80+ Lapwings ;

29 December – 2 x Mute Swan ; Water Rail ; 4 x Snipe ; 4 x Bullfinch ; Reed Bunting ; Goldcrest ; 2 x Mistle thrush ; 2 x Kestrel ; Grey Wagtail ; 36 x Redwing ; Cetti’s Warbler ; Nuthatch ; 2 x Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 6 x Collared Dove ; Buzzard ; Kestrel ; 40+ Teal ;

Amber Flood – 82 x Wigeon ; 71 x Lapwing ; 2 pairs of Gadwall ; 65 Grey Lag Geese ; 223 Canada Geese ; 58 x Teal ; 2 x Grey heron ; 2 x Mallard ; 4 x Buzzard ;

30 December – Cormorant ; 2 x Cetti’s Warbler ; 2 x Nuthatch ; 37 x Siskin ; 9 x Snipe ; 67 x Teal ; Mistle Thrush ; 2 x Pheasant ; 2 x Sparrowhawk ; 2 x Kestrel ; 3 x Buzzard ; 2 x Grey Wagtail ; 3 x Goldcrest ; 3 x Coal Tit ; Great, Blue & Long tailed Tits ; 68 x Goldfinch ; 45 x Chaffinch ; 2 x Water Rail ; Reed Bunting ; 2 x Mute Swan ; 28 x Redwing ;

Amber Flood – 93 x Wigeon ; 75 x Lapwing ; 31 x Teal ; 3 x Grey Heron ; 254 Canada Geese; 3 x Black Headed Gull ; 56 Grey Lag Geese ;

31 December – Cormorant ; 127 Redwing ; 5 x Siskin ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Meadow Pipit ; 7 x Reed Bunting ; 47 x Teal ; 2 x Mute Swan ; Song Thrush ; Goldcrest ; 36 x Goldfinch ; 7 x Chaffinch ; 2 x Buzzard ;

Bird Sightings – November

1 November – 25 x Teal (25) ; Grey Wagtail (26) ; Pied Wagtail (27) ; 2 x Meadow Pipit (28) ; 17 x Siskin (29) ; Coal tits (30) ; Little Grebe (31) ; 3 x Snipe (32) ; 3 x Redwing (33) ; 3 x Reed Bunting (34) ; ALSO AT AMBER FLOOD – Lapwing ; Grey Lag Goose; Canada Goose ; Teal ; Wigeon ; Shoveler ;

2 November – 2 x Little Grebe ; Mallard ; 1 x Wigeon (35) ; 4 x Teal ; 3 Buzzard ; 2 x Kestrel ; Moorhen ; 2 x Snipe ; 1 x Black Headed Gull (36) ; 4 x Lesser Black-backed Gull (37) ; Wood Pigeon ; 3 x Collared Dove (38) ; 6 x Pied Wagtail ; 3 x Dunnock ; 1 x Goldcrest (39) ; Robin ; Blackbird ; 10 x Redwing ; Great Tit ; Blue Tit ; 1 x Coal Tit ; 4 x Wren ; 1 x Chaffinch ; 7 x Goldfinch ; 2 x Greenfinch (40) ; House Sparrow ; Starling ; Magpie ; Rook; Carrion Crow ; Jackdaw ; ALSO AT AMBER FLOOD – 35 X Lapwing ; 27 x Canada Goose ; 18 x Wigeon ; 10 x Teal ;

3 November – 4 x Greenfinch ; 2 x Mistle Thrush (41) ; Jay (42) ; 10 x Redwing ; 3 x Lesser Black backed Gull ; 27 x Black Headed Gull ; 55 x Goldfinch ; Goldcrest ; Reed Bunting (Male) ; 34 x Teal ; Little Grebe ; 3 x Snipe ; 2 x Buzzard ; Kestrel ; Pied Wagtail ; Water Rail heard (43) ;

4 November – 45 x Teal ; 8 x Snipe ; Little Grebe ; 11 x Fieldfare (44) ; 15 x Redwing ; Grey Wagtail ; Pied Wagtail ; Goldcrest ; 2000+ Wood Pigeons ; 2 x Kestrel ; Buzzard ; Water Rail + 3 seperate birds heard ; 18 x Wigeon ; Cetti’s Warbler (45) ; Greenfinch ; Goosander (46) ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ;

5 November – Cetti’s Warbler ; Water Rail ; 70 x Redwing ; 24 x Fieldfare ; 100+ Black Headed Gull ; Little Grebe ; Heron ; 4 x Snipe ; 13 x Wigeon ; 16 x Teal ; Goldfinch flock with at least 3 Siskin ;

7 November – Snipe ; 4 x Teal ; 4 x Wigeon ; Little Grebe ; 14 x BH Gulls ; 2 x Lesser Black Backed Gulls ; 2 x Buzzard ; Kestrel ; Long Tailed Tit flock ; Goldfinch flock ; Jay ; Redwing ; 2 x Pied Wagtail ; Crow, Rook, Jackdaw flock ; Mistle Thrush ; Wood Pigeon flock ; 5/6 Stock Doves (47) ; 6 x Collared Doves ; Nuthatch (48) ; Reed Bunting heard ; Pheasant (49) ;

8 November – Cetti’s Warbler ; 12 x Wigeon ; 17 x Teal ; 4 x Stock Dove ; Mistle thrush ; Coal Tit ; Heron ; 2 x Redwing ; 4 x Siskin ; Snipe ; Kestrel ;

9 November – Cetti’s Warbler ; Kingfisher ; 2 x Snipe ; Heron ; 2 x Buzzard ; 37 x Goldfinch ; 52 x BH Gull ; 13 x Wigeon ; 9 x Teal ; Nuthatch ; 3 x flocks of Long tailed Tit ; 5 x Greenfinch ; 3 x Sparrowhawk ; Lesser Black-backed Gull ; 72 x Redwing ; Goldcrest ; 3 x Mistle Thrush ; 7 x Fieldfare ; Kestrel ; 2 x Pied Wagtail ; 9 x Collared Dove ; Long Tailed, Blue, Great Tot flock ; 7 x Chaffinch ;

10 November – Nuthatch ; 2 x Grey Wagtail ; 12 x Wigeon ; 35 x Teal ; 27 x SNIPE ; Buzzard ; 93 x Redwing ; 8 x Pied Wagtail ; Mistle Thrush ; 4 x Greenfinch ; Jay ; Kestrel ; Little Grebe ; Heron ; Reed Bunting ;

12 November – 6 x Snipe ; Cetti’s Warbler ; 12 x Wigeon ; Nuthatch ; Little Grebe ; 3 x Siskin ; 75 x Redwing ; 2 x Pied Wagtail ; Kestrel ; Jay ; 3 x Mistle Thrush ; Greenfinch ; Grey Wagtail ; GS Woodpecker ; 6 x Yellowhammer (50) ; Buzzard ; 3 x WATER RAIL ; 12 X Lesser Black-Backed Gull ; Sparrowhawk ;

13 November – 18 x Lapwing (51) ; Water Rail ; Herring Gull – juvenile (52) ; Heron ; 9 x Wigeon ; 15 x Teal ; 3 x Snipe ; 37 x Redwing ;

14 November – Cetti’s Warbler ; 23 x Teal ; 8 x Wigeon ; 4 x Snipe ; Heron ; 70 x BH Gull ; 2 x Buzzard ; Sparrowhawk ; Nuthatch ; Blue, Great + Long Tailed Tits ; 62 x Redwing ; Little Grebe ; Meadow Pipit ; 3 x Mistle Thrush ; 3 x Goldcrest ; 7 x Collared Dove ; 5 x Chaffinch ; Kestrel ; 57 x Fieldfare ; 7 x Siskin ; 65 x Goldfinch ; 3 x Reed Bunting ; 7 x Pied Wagtail ; 2 x Little Owl (53) (Barry)

15 November – 4 x Greenfinch ; 4 x Siskin ; 28 x Teal ; 8 x Wigeon ; Heron ; 2 x Little Grebe ; 2 x Kestrel ; Treecreeper (54) ; 3 x Snipe ; Cetti’s Warbler ; 150 Pink Footed Geese flying over (55) (Alan) ; 37 x Redwing ; 12 x Fieldfare ; 5 x Goldcrest ;

16 November – 11 x Wigeon ; 12 x Teal ; 3 x Jay ; 4 x Mistle Thrush ; 1 x Treecreeper ; Little Grebe ; Heron ; Kestrel ; 2 x Snipe ; 20 x Redwing ; 4 x Fieldfare ; Nuthatch ; 150 x Starlings ; 4 x Linnets (56) ; Buzzard ; Also at Amber Floods – 20 Grey Lag Geese ; Grey Heron; Also 13 x Whooper Swans (57) flying over lunchtime

17 November – GS Woodpecker ; Jay ; Buzzard ; 8 x Goldcrest ; Kestrel ; Greenfinch ; Willow Tit (58) ; Reed Bunting ; 17 x Teal ; 8 x Wigeon ; 2 x Snipe ; 79 x Redwing ; c200 Fieldfare heading south ; Long Tailed, Blue, Great, Coal Tit flocks ; 57 x Goldfinch ; 45 x BH Gull ;

18 November – Willow Tit ; 2 x Bullfinch (59) ; 11 x Wigeon ; 14 x Teal ; 2 x Nuthatch ; 7 x Collared Dove ; Great, Blue + LT Tits ; Kestrel ; Goldfinch ; Chaffinch ; 20+ BH Gull ; 30+ Redwing over head ; Heron ; Buzzard ; 2 x Pied Wagtail ; Buzzard ; 3 x Goldcrest ; GS Woodpecker ; Little Grebe ; Cetti’s Warbler ; 2 x Jay ;

19 November – Little Grebe ; 13 x Wigeon ; 5 x Teal ; Kingfisher ; Cetti’s Warbler ; Water Rail ; Reed Bunting ; Nuthatch; Reed Bunting ; Goldcrest ; 3 x Snipe ; Heron ; 2 x Pied Wagtail ; Song Thrush ; 2 x Chaffinch ; Jay ; Blue + Great Tits ; Buzzard ; Kestrel ; 3 x Meadow Pipits ; 4 x Mistle Thrush ; 5 x Linnet ; 6 x Stock Dove ; 2 x Siskin ; 75 x Redwing ; 3 x Goldcrest ;

20 November – 200+ Pink Footed Geese high heading NE ; Greenfinch ; 10 x Wigeon ; 16 x Teal ; Heron ; 14 x Collared Dove ; 2 x Meadow Pipit ; 5 x Buzzard ; Yellowhammer ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; Kestrel ; 2 x Chaffinch ; Nuthatch ; Goldcrest ; Pied Wagtail ; Cetti’s Warbler; 3 x Snipe ; 2 x Pheasant ; 40+ Black Headed Gull ; Common Gull (60) ; Sparrowhawk ; 25 x Grey Lag Geese (61) ;

21 November – Yellowhammer ; Linnet ; Sparrowhawk ; 63 x Redwing ; 3 x Pink Footed Geese ; 5 x Chaffinch ; Buzzard ; Kestrel ; 2 x Pied Wagtail ; 16 x Wigeon ; Snipe ; 18 x Teal ; Little Grebe ; Nuthatch ; 2 x Bullfinch ; 4 x Goldcrest ; Peregrine (62) ;

22 November – 2 x Song Thrush ; 3 x Nuthatch ; Goldcrest ; 3 x Buzzard ; Grey Heron ; Sparrowhawk (63 – oops!) ; 18 x Teal ; 16 x Wigeon ; 4 x Snipe ; Redwing flocks (small) ; 2 x Bullfinch; Siskin ; 2 x Fieldfare ; 3 x Grey Wagtail ; 2 x Little Grebe ; Kestrel ; Cetti’s Warbler ; 6 x Greenfinch ; Reed Bunting ; Tit flock incl Coal, Long Tailed, Great + Blue ; 5 x Mistle Thrush ; 12 x Chaffinch ; 4 x Skylark (64) passing thro’ ; 6 x Swan species s/w over flash; 1 x Water Rail seen with 4 or 5 heard from top to bottom of the Flash ; Jay ; ALSO AT AMBER FLOOD – 15 Grey lag Geese ; Grey Heron ;

23 November – 16 x Wigeon ; 22 x Teal ; Heron ; Little Grebe ; 45 x Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Kestrel ; 2 x Buzzard ; 2 x Mistle Thrush (photo on Images) ; 2 X Bullfinch ; Goldcrest (photo on Images) ; Redwings scattered around ; 22-25 Blackbirds along canal feeding ; Chaffinch ; Goldfinch flock ; Pied Wagtail ; Cetti’s Warbler ; Nuthatch ; 4 x Siskin ; 150+ Redwing at Bally’s Pond ; 2 x Grey Wagtail ; 3 x Snipe ; GS Woodpecker (65) ; ……..also c.8000 CORVIDS (mostly Jackdaws) OVER HEAGE

25 November – 4 x Buzzard ; 3 x Pied Wagtail ; Sparrowhawk ; 2 x Kestrel ; c50 x Redwing ; 2 x Reed Bunting ; Grey Heron ; 18 x Wigeon ; 10 x Teal ; 2 x Raven (66) ; Cormorant (67) ;

26 November – Little Grebe ; 16 x Wigeon ; 11+ Teal ; 15+ Redwings ; Bullfinch ; Heron ; Grey Wagtail Pied Wagtail ; Snipe ; Sparrowhawk ; Water Rail calling ;

28 November – Little Grebe ; Teal ; 2 x Snipe ; 21 x Wigeon ; 2 x Buzzard ; Water rail calling; 2 x Collared Dove ; 3 x Song thrush ; 65 Redwing ; 3 x Mistle Thrush ; 4 x Pied Wagtail ; 3 x Nuthatch ; 5 x Chaffinch ; 13 x Fieldfare ; 19 x Lesser Black Backed Gulls ; 50+ Black Headed Gulls ; Bullfinch ; Stock Dove ; Goldfinch; + Tit flocks ;

29 November – 140 Black Headed Gulls ; 1 x Common Gull ; 38 x Wigeon ; 27 x Teal ; Little Grebe ; 12 x Snipe ; 3 x Mistle Thrush ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Nuthatch ; Kestrel ; Buzzard ; Pied Wagtail ; 7 x Collared Dove ; Blue, Great + Long tailed Tits ; plenty of Blackbirds + Redwings ; Cetti’s Warbler ; 5 x Reed Bunting ; Jay ;

Bird Sightings – October

1 October – 24 x Black Headed Gull (25) ; 2 x Sparrowhawk (26) ; 7 x Teal (27) ; 5 x Collared Dove (28) ; 3 x Meadow Pipit (29) ; Reed Bunting (30) ; 4 x Jay (31) ; Kestrel ; 2 x Stock Dove (32) ; Long Tailed Tits ; Great Tits ; Blue Tits ; Coal Tits (33) ; 2 x Mistle Thrush (34) ; 7 x Chiffchaff (35) ; 5 x Buzzard ; Heron ; 3 x Linnet (36) ; Kingfisher; 3 x House Martin (37) ; 7 x Swallow (38) ; 3 x Blackcap (39) ; Nuthatch (40) ; Carrion Crows : Rooks ; 2 x Lesser Black backed Gull (41) ; Pied Wagtail (42) ; Goldcrest (43) ; Magpies ; Starlings ; 2 x Goldfinch ; Chaffinch ; 2 x Wren; 3 x Blackbird ; 3 x Robin; Wood Pigeons ; Moorhens ; Mallards ; Water Rail (heard) (44) ;

2 October – Snipe (45) ; Nuthatch ; Treecreeper (46) ; 6 x Chiffchaff ; Goldcrest ; 2 x Grey Wagtail (47) ; 13 x Teal ; Kingfisher; Heron ; 57 x Black Headed Gull ; Little Grebe (48) ; 8 x Collared Dove ; Kingfisher ; 4 x Robin ;

3 October – 8 x Jay ; 2 x Pied Wagtail ; 5 x Chiffchaff ; 14 x REDWING (49) ; 9 X Meadow Pipit ; 7 x Lesser Black backed Gull ; 2 x Sparrowhawk ; Little Grebe ; Heron ; 7 x Reed Bunting ; Blackcap (female) ; 5 x Snipe ; 7 x Teal ; 3 x Yellowhammer (50) ; 4 x Buzzard ; 65 x Black Headed Gull ; Goldcrest ; 2 x Kestrel ; 2 x Skylarks (51) ; Spotted Flycatcher (52) ; Treecreeper ; 1 x Swallow ;

4 October – 2 x Great Spotted Woodpecker (53) ; 3 x Nuthatch ; 37 x House Martin ; 2 x Snipe ; 5 x Chiffchaff ; 4 x Teal ; 17 x Black Headed Gull ; Grey wagtail ; 17 x Swallow ; Mistle Thrush ; 9 x Meadow Pipit ; Kestrel ; 4 x Buzzard ; 2 x Jay ; Pied wagtail ; Little Grebe ; 2 x Sparrowhawk ; 5 x Stock Dove ; 2 x Linnet ; 2 x Yellowhammer ; Grey Heron ; Water Rail (heard) ; Kingfisher ; 1 x GOSHAWK (54) ;

5 October – Little Grebe ; Grey Heron; 2 x Teal ; 1 x Snipe ; 6 x Black Headed Gull ; 2 x Nuthatch ; 3 x Meadow Pipit ; 5+ Chiffchaff ; 3 x Goldcrest ; Blue, Great, Long tailed + Coal Tits ; 5 x Buzzard ; 1 x Kestrel ; 4 x Swallows ;

6 October – 7 x Buzzard ; 3 x Sand Martin (55) ; 21 x House Martin ; 33 x Swallow ; 42 X MEADOW PIPIT ; Red Kite (flying over) (56) ; 5 x Chiffchaff ; 2 x Sparrowhawk ; Kestrel ; Green Woodpecker (57) ; Grey Wagtail ; Nuthatch ; 10 x Teal ; 3 x Snipe ; 18 x Black Headed Gull ; 5 x Pied Wagtail ;

8 October – 11 x Teal ; 2 x Bullfinch (58) ; 3 x Chiffchaff ; Coal, Great, Blue, Long tailed Tit flock; 4 x Grey Wagtail ; 3 x Snipe ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; Kingfisher ; Little Grebe ; Grey Heron ; 3 x Wigeon (59) ; Kestrel ; Reed Bunting ; 2 x Buzzard ; 3 x Chiffchaff ; 3 x Nuthatch ; Goldcrest ; 2 x Skylark ; Cormorant (60) ; House Martin ;

9 October – 2 x Little Grebe ; 2 x Wigeon ; 7 x Teal ; 6 x Snipe; Grey Heron ; Blackcap ; Nuthatch ; Bullfinch ; Buzzards ; Kestrel ; Rook ; Blue, Great + Long tailed Tits ;

10 October – 5 x Snipe ; 8 x Teal ; 2 x Wigeon ; 5 x Buzzard ; 100 x Black Headed Gulls ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Little grebe ; Heron ; Kestrel ;

11 October – 5 x Snipe ; 8 x Teal ; 2 x Wigeon ; 5 x Buzzard ; 100 x BH Gulls ; 2 x Little Grebe ; GS Woodpecker ; Heron ; Kestrel ;

15 October – 22 x Teal ; 9 x Snipe ; 7 x Wigeon ; 2 x Little Grebe ; Kestrel ; Heron ; 2 x Goldcrest ;

16 October – 3 x Reed Bunting ; 6 x Teal ; 2 x Snipe ; 2 x Pied Wagtail ; Heron ; 2 x Little Grebe; 2 x Siskin (61) ; Kestrel ; Meadow Pipit ; 2 x Grey Wagtail ; Cormorant ; 4 x Lapwing (62) ; Jay ; Sparrowhawk ;

18 October – 14 x Teal ; 6 x Snipe ; 8 x Wigeon ; 2 x Kestrel ; 2 x Little Grebe ; Sparrowhawk ; 11 x Collared Dove ; 2 x Grey wagtail ; 2 x Pied Wagtail ; Heron ; Kingfisher ; Water Rail ;

19 October – 5 x Goldcrest ; Nuthatch ; 8 x Wigeon ; 5 x Teal ; 2 x Snipe ; Kestrel ; Sparrowhawk ; Heron ;

20 October – 3 x Linnet ; Pied Wagtail ; 2 x Kestrel ; 3 x Meadow Pipit ; 7 x Wigeon ; 6 x Teal ; 5 x Snipe ; 27 x Lapwing ; 17 x BH Gull ; 4 x Buzzard ; 3 x Mistle Thrush ; Song Thrush ; 87 x Redwing flew south east ; Siskin ; Sparrowhawk male + female ; 3 x Stock Dove ; 1 x Raven (63) ;

21 October – 2 x Kestrel ; 4 x Buzzard ; Jay ; 3 x Pied Wagtail ; 10 x Wigeon ; 11 x Teal ; 6 x Snipe ; Kingfisher ; 2 x Little Grebe ; 2 x Redwing ; Grey wagtail ;

22 October – 5 x Greylag Geese (64) ; 10 x Wigeon ; 3 x Snipe ; ;6 x Teal ; Heron ; Little Grebe ; 5 x Redwing ; 5 x Siskin ; 1 x Grey Wagtail ; 1 x Jay ; 200+ Wood Pigeon ; Pied Wagtail ; Bullfinch ; Goldcrest ; Pheasant (65) ; Buzzard ; Lesser Black Backed Gull ; Common Gull (66) ; Sparrowhawk ;

23 October – 20 x Teal ; 9 x Wigeon ; 56 x Black Headed Gull ; 3 x Snipe ; Heron ; Little Grebe ; 5 x Buzzard ; Mistle Thrush ; Linnet ; Stock Dove ; Pied Wagtail ; Dunnock ; Wrens ; Goldfinch ; Robins ; Blackbirds ; Wood Pigeons ; Plenty of Covids ; Blue, Great, Long Tailed Tits ; 16 x Redwing ; GS Woodpecker ; Siskin ;

24 October – 3 x Buzzard ; 4 x Pied wagtail ; Kestrel ; 2 x Jay ; Heron ; 2 x Reed Bunting ; 2 x Goldcrest ; 56 x Redwing ; Chiffchaff ; 16 x Teal ; 14 x Snipe ; 7 x Wigeon ; 62 x Fieldfare (67) heading west ; 57 x BH Gull ;

25 October – 17 x Teal ; 10 x Wigeon ; 26 x Lapwing ; Heron ; 2 x Kestrel ; 3 x Buzzard ; Goldcrest ; 12 x Goldfinch ; Bullfinch ; Chiffchaff ; Little Grebe ; 2 x Mistle thrush; 3 x Snipe ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Water Rail (possibly 2) ; Greenfinch (68) ; 17 x Redwing ; Meadow Pipit ; 11 x Pied Wagtail ; 2 x Grey wagtail ; Sparrowhawk ; Kingfisher ; Tawny Owl (69)

26 October – 13 x Wigeon ; 8 x Teal ; 6 x LT Tit ; 12 x Goldfinch ; 1 x Siskin : 2 x Buzzard ; Heron ; 21 x BH Gulls ; 2 x Little Grebe ; 6 x Pied Wagtails ; Sparrowhawk ; Jay ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; 7 x Snipe ; Meadow Pipit ;

27 October – 2 x Cetti’s Warbler (70) ; 8 x Lapwings ; 3 x Buzzard ; Kestrel ; 2 x Nuthatch ; tit flock ; 13 x Wigeon ; 9 x Teal ; Heron ; BH Gulls ; 2 x Pied wagtails ; Water Rail heard; 50 x Redwing ; 57 x Goldfinch ; 4 x Meadow Pipit ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; Goldcrest ; Sparrowhawk ; Linnet ; Jay ;

29 October – 13 x Wigeon ; 7 x Teal ; 4 x Snipe ; 2 x Buzzard ; 2 x Nuthatch ; 1 x Grey Wagtail ; 113 x Redwing ; 1 x Little Grebe ; 7 x Pied Wagtail ; 14 x Siskin ; 2 x Goldcrest ; Heron ; 3 x Yellowhammer ; 2 x Grey Wagtail ; Cormorant ; 3 x Mistle Thrush ; Linnet ; Jay ; 32 x BH Gull ; 6 x LBB Gull ; Kestrel ; Peregrine (71) ;

30 October – 7 x Greylag Geese ; 13 x Wigeon ; 18 x Teal ; 8 x Snipe ; 46 x Redwing ; Meadow Pipit ; Jay ; 3 x Buzzard ; 2 x Sparrowhawk ; 2 x Kestrel ; Kingfisher ; Nuthatch ; Grey wagtail ; 30 Black Headed Gull ; Goldcrest ; Long Tailed Tits ; Goldfinches ; 3 x Reed Bunting ; 35-40 Siskin ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ;

31 October – 18 x Teal ; Little Grebe ; Cormorant ; Kestrel ; Nuthatch ; Mistle Thrush ; 28 x Black Headed Gulls ; 3 x Lesser Black backed Gulls ; 2 x Fieldfare ; 25+ Redwing ; 4 x Pied Wagtail ; 2 x Snipe ; 5 x Wigeon ; Goldcrest ; 3 x Buzzard ; Sparrowhawk ; Great Spotted Woodpecker (male + female) ; 2 x Stock Dove ; Bullfinch ; 43 x Siskin ; Heron ; Collared Dove ;

Bird Sightings – September

2 Sept – Spotted Flycatcher (25) ; 4 x Snipe (26) ; 6 x Teal (27) ; Little Grebe (28) ; 2 x Buzzard

3 Sept – Little Grebe ; Grey Heron ; 10 x Teal ; Sparrowhawk (29) ; 2 x Black Headed Gull (30); 3 x Collared Doves (31) ; Great Spotted Woodpecker (32) ; Jay (33) ; Willow Warbler (34) ; 3 x Chiffchaff (35) ; Bullfinch (36) ; Goldcrest (37) ; 3 x Robin ; 2 x Blackbirds; 4 x Long Tailed Tits ; Coal Tit (38) ; 3 x Great Tits ; 10 x Blue Tits ; Nuthatch (39) ; Wren ; Starlings ; Magpies ; Carrion Crows ;

4 Sept – Redshank (40) ; House Martin (41) ; Chiffchaff ; Black Headed Gull ; Buzzard ; Kestrel ; Jay; Little Grebe ; 2 x Snipe ; 9 x Teal ; Bullfinch ;

5 Sept – 14 x Collared Dove ; Kingfisher ; Grey Heron ; Bullfinch ; Jay ; Blue, Long Tailed, Great & Coal Tits ; 8 x Goldcrest ; 9 x Black Headed Gulls ; Chiffchaff ; Little Grebe ; Cormorant (42) ; 2 x Snipe ; 11 x Teal ; 7 x Swallow (43) ; Buzzard ; Nuthatch ; Whitethroat (44) ; 3 x Spotted Flycatchers ;

6 Sept – 30 x Black Headed Gull ; 4 x Buzzard ; Pheasant (45) ; Kestrel ; 6 x Teal ; Grey Wagtail (46) ; 2 x Swallows ; 3 x Reed Buntings (47) ; 20 x Starlings ; 2 x Red Kites (48) ; Yellowhammer (49) ; Chiffchaff ; Snipe ; 5 x Teal ;

7 Sept – Little Egret (50) ; Lapwing (51) ; Snipe ; 13 x Teal ; Little Grebe ; 20 x BH Gulls ; Heron ; Buzzard ; Water Rail (52) with young ; Treecreeper (53) ; Song Thrush ; Nuthatch ;

8 Sept – Water Rail calling ; Lapwing ; Little Grebe ; 4 x Blackcap (54) ; 7 x Teal ; 25+ x BH Gull ; 2 x Nuthatch ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Snipe ; Heron ; 2 x Swallow ; Grey Heron ; 9 x Collared Dove ; Kestrel ;

10 Sept – Spotted Flycatcher ; Blackcap ; Little Grebe ; 18+ Teal ; Kestrel ; 2 x Coal Tit; Nuthatch ; Snipe; 2 x Bullfinch ; 2 x Chiffchaff ; Goldcrest ; Water Rail heard ; a few Swallows ;

13 Sept – 3 x Swallows ; 5 x Lesser Black Backed Gull (55) ; 2 x Sparrowhawk ; 3 x Snipe ; 15 x Teal ; 9 x Black Headed Gull ; Grey Wagtail ; Buzzard ; Little Grebe ;

15 Sept – 15 x Swallow ; Spotted Flycatcher ; 6 x Mistle Thrush (56) ; 7 x Yellowhammer ; 8 x Linnet (57) ; 2 x Buzzard ; 10 x BH Gull ; 7 x Teal ; Sparrowhawk ; Grey Wagtail ; Treecreeper ; GS Woodpecker ; Green Woodpecker (58) ; Goldcrest ; 2 x Snipe ; Chiffchaff ; Water Rail heard ; Great, Blue, Coal & Long Tailed Tit flocks ;

16 Sept – Great, Blue + Long tailed Tits ; Buzzard ; 2 x Swallow ; 12 x Teal ; 6 x BH Gulls ; GS Woodpecker ; Water Rail heard ;

17 Sept – Meadow Pipit (59) ; 6 x Buzzard ; 3 x Kestrel ; 13 x Swallow ; 2 x Heron ; Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 3 x Jay ; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; Pheasant ; Greenfinch (60) ; 21 x Black Headed Gull ; 11 x Teal ; 2 x Sparrowhawk ; 2 x Snipe ; 2 x Nuthatch ; Tit flock ; 4 x Gadwall (61) ; Little Grebe ; 100 Jackdaws ;

18 Sept – Spotted Flycatcher ; 2 x Snipe ; 7 x Teal ; 2 x Gadwall ; 18 x Black Headed Gull ; Nuthatch ; Cormorant ; Kingfisher ; Heron ; Stock Dove (62) ; Little Grebe ; Grey Wagtail ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ;

19 Sept – Raven (63) ; Pied Wagtail (64) ; Canada Goose (65) ; Goldcrest + Chiffchaff with Tit flock ; Nuthatch ; Heron ; 11 x Teal ; GS Woodpecker ; 9 x Snipe ; 7 x BH Gull ; Reed Bunting ; Mistle Thrush ; 9 x Swallow ;

21 Sept – Wigeon (1 x drake) (66) ; 4 x Snipe ; 12 x Teal ; 1 x Gadwall ; 1 x Little Grebe 2 x Stock Dove ; 1 x Chiffchaff

23 Sept – Sparrowhawk ; Buzzard ; 5 x Snipe ; 9 x Gadwall ; 7 x Teal ; 1 x Wigeon ; Tawny Owl (67) in residents garden ;

24 Sept – 4 x Snipe ; 11+ Teal ; 1 x Little Grebe; Kestrel ; 2 x Buzzard; Heron ; Mistle Thrush ; Pied Wagtail ; Goldcrest ; Yellowhammer ; Lesser Black-backed Gull ; 7 x Black Headed Gull ; Redstart (female) (68) ; Goldcrest ; Siskin (female) (69) ; Chiffchaff ; Coal, Long tailed, Great & Blue Tits; Stock Dove ; 4 x Snipe ;

25 Sept – 8 x Snipe ; Little Grebe ; 2 x Buzzard ; 10+ Teal ; 3 x Chiffchaff ; 4 x Goldcrest ; 2 x Nuthatch ; Kestrel ; 42 x Swallow ; 5 x Meadow Pipit ; 4 x Jay ; GS Woodpecker ;

27 Sept – 2 x Wheatear (70) ; Reed Bunting ; 4 x Lesser Black backed Gull ; 4 x Meadow Pipit ; Kestrel ; Sparrowhawk ; 3 x Snipe ; 2 x Teal ; 9 x Swallow ; GS Woodpecker ; 2 x Buzzard ; 3 x Mistle Thrush ; 7 x Black Headed Gull ;

28 Sept – 4 x Snipe ; 3 x Reed Bunting ; Nuthatch ; 3 x Chiffchaff ; 12 x Teal ; Heron; Buzzard; 3 x Swallow ; 3 x Meadow Pipit ;

29 Sept – 47 x House Martin ; 150+ Swallow ; Hobby (71) ; 2 x Meadow Pipit ; 5 x Buzzard ; Pheasant ; 6 x Teal; 12 x BH Gull ; 1 x Snipe; 2 x Mistle Thrush ; 37 x Goldfinch; 2 x Kestrel; 100+ Lesser Black Backed Gulls; 4 x Jay; GS Woodpecker; Chiffchaff ;

Bird Sightings – August

1st Aug – Jay ; Green Woodpecker ; Yellowhammer ; Black Headed Gull ; Stock Dove ; Greenfinch ; Willow Warbler ; 4 x Swifts ; 12 x Swallow ; RED KITE ; Lesser black-Backed Gull ; Collared Dove; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Chiffchaff ; Mandarin ; (39)

2nd Aug – Nuthatch ; Sparrowhawk ; Goldcrest ; Mistle Thrush ; (43) Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Green Woodpecker ;

3rd Aug – Green Woodpecker ; Buzzard ; Kestrel ; Jay; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Nuthatch

6th Aug ; 2 x Teal (44)

7th Aug – Heron ; Blackcap (45) ; Teal ; 2 x Raven (46) ; Black Headed Gull ; Buzzard ; Green Woodpecker ; Willow Warbler ; Sparrowhawk ; Pheasant (47) ;

8th Aug – 4 x Swift ; Curlew (48) ; Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 2 x Swallows ; 9 x House Martin (49) ; 3 x Sparrowhawk ; 4 x Teal ; 1 x Greenfinch; Grey Wagtail (50) ; Kingfisher ; Reed Bunting (51) ;

9th Aug – Buzzard ; Hobby (52) ; Teal ; 5 x Black Headed Gull ; Kestrel ; Chiffchaff ; 4 x Swallow ; 26 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; Heron ; Mistle Thrush ; Green Woodpecker ; Heron ; Willow Warbler ; Long Tailed Tit (family) ;

10 Aug – 5 x Raven + Swifts (8) remain in the area but becoming very scarce

11 Aug – 5 x Ravens ; 1 x Coal Tit (53) ; Mistle Thrush; 2 x Buzzard ; Kestrel ; 3 x Stock Dove ; Nuthatch ; Greenfinch

13 Aug – Greenfinch ; Buzzard ; 2 x Collared Dove ; 3 x Black Head Gull ; Gadwall (54) ; Kestrel ; 6 x Swallow ; 3 juv Coal Tit; Goldcrest ; Party of Long Tailed Tit; Chiffchaff ; 2 x Nuthatch ; Willow Warbler ;

14 Aug – Buzzard ; 2 x Teal; Kingfisher ; Green Woodpecker ; Great Spotted Woodpecker ; Hobby; Chiffchaff ;

15 Aug – 2 x Swift ; 6 x Swallow ; Buzzard ; Great Spotted Woodpecker; Black Headed Gull; Whitethroat (55) ; Gadwall ; Nuthatch ; Chiffchaff ; Sparrowhawk ; and lots of Blue, Great, Long Tailed & Coal Tits ;

16 Aug – Swift ; 5 x Swallows; 5 x Black Headed Gull; Lesser Black Backed Gull ; Chiffchaff ; Whitethroat ; 4 x Gadwall ; Kestrel; 2 x Buzzard; Treecreeper (56) ;

17 Aug – am – Collared Dove ; Stock Dove; 3x Gadwall ; 5 x Black Headed Gull; 1 x Swallow ; pm Green Woodpecker ; 2 x Teal ;

18 Aug – 2 x Swifts ; 2 x Gadwall ; Jay

19 Aug – 5 x Buzzards ; 16 x Chiffchaff ; Collared Dove ; 5 x Black Headed Gull ; Cormorant (57); GS Woodpecker ; 4 x Gadwall ; Goldfinch ; 2 x Swallows ; Jay ; 2 x Whitethroat ; Mandarin ;

22 Aug – 5 x Moorhen ; 2 x Coot ; 4 x Chiffchaff ; 1 x Water Rail (heard) (58) ; 3 x Swifts ; Nuthatch ; Buzzards ; Kestrel ; Lesser Black Backed Gull ; Jay; Teal (female) ; 40+ Swallows ; Kingfisher ; Mandarin ; Yellowhammer ; Little Grebe (59); Greenfinch ;

23 Aug – 3 x Buzzard ; Willow Warbler ; 50+ Swallow ; Chiffchaff ; Greater Spotted Woodpecker ; 27 x Mistle Thrush ; Little Grebe ; Gadwall ; Heron ; Kestrel ;

25 Aug – 4+ Teal ; Heron ; Nuthatch ; Greenfinch ; Chaffinch : 3-4 Chiffchaff ; 35 x Swallows ; Numerous Tits; 3 x Stock Dove; 2 x Buzzards ; 2 x Gadwall ; GS Woodpecker ; Sand Martin (60) ; Bullfinch (61) ;

27 Aug – Blackcap ; Coal Tit ; Chiffchaffs ; 2 x Kingfisher ; 3 x Buzzard ; Grey Wagtail ; Grey Heron ; 3 x Gadwall ; Kestrel ; 7 x Collared Dove ; Sparrowhawk ; 15 x Swallows ; 2 x Goldcrest ; 2 x Teal ; Cormorant ; Linnet (62) ; 5 x Lesser Black Backed Gull ; 5 x Stock Dove ; 40+ Goldfinch ; 9 x Chaffinch ; Jay ; Black Headed Gull ; plus Great, Blue, Long Tailed + Coal Tits;

30 Aug – 9 x Teal ; Wood Pigeon ;Wren ; Robin ; Chiffchaff ; Magpie ; Crow ; Jackdaw; Black Headed Gull ; Cormorant ; 2 x Snipe (63) ; Blue, Great + Long tailed Tits ; Buzzard ; Bullfinch ; Jay ; Kestrel ; 200+ Swallow going to roost ;

31 Aug – Goldcrest ; Blue, Long Tailed + Great Tits; Snipe ; 16 x Teal ; Buzzard ; 4 x Lesser Black Backed Gulls + one juvenile; 2 x Swallow ; 5 x Collared Dove ; 2 x Swift ; Mistle Thrush ; Kingfisher ; Heron; 17 x Goldfinch ;

Bird Sightings – July

2nd July – GS Woodpecker ; Sparrowhawk : Yellowhammers: Reed Buntings ; Willow Warblers; Chiffchaff ; (30) + 2 x Kestrels ; 2 x Chaffinch; Juvenile Heron;

3rd July – Barn Owl (31)

5th July – Common Terns; Whitethroat; Nuthatch : Gadwall ; Mandarin: Sedge Warbler; Lesser Black backed Gull ; Stock Dove; Black Headed Gull; Swallow (30+) ; Swift; Pied Wagtail; Little Owl; Herring Gull; (45) + Heron ; Buzzard;

8th July – Blackcap; (46) + Sparrowhawk ;

9th July – Greenfinch (3) ; (47) + 4 singing Reed Buntings ; Chiffchaff; Willow Warbler ; Blackcap;

10th July – Cormorant ; Hobby; Raven (3); Red Kite (SC) (51) + Nuthatch ; Whitethroat (3) ;Sedge Warbler; Stock Dove (4); Kestrel (2) ; Buzzard; Greeninch (3) ; Reed Bunting; Willow Warbler ; Kingfisher; Swallows (30);

13 July – Peregrine (3) ; Garden Warbler; Reed Warbler (54) Great Spotted Woodpecker; Buzzard ; Kestrel ; Reed Bunting ; Chiffchaff ;

15 July – Buzzard x 2 ; Goldcrest (55) Kestrel (3) ; LBB Gulls ; BH Gulls ; + the norm

16 July – Red Kite overhead -;Whitethroat ; Goldcrest ; Lesser Black-backed Gull; Buzzard; Chiffchaff; 10 x Black Headed Gulls; Yellowhammer; Bullfinch (56) ; Coal Tit; Garden Warbler; Greenfinch ; 7 x Swallows; Reed Buntings;

THE VERY HOT WEATHER REDUCED THE AMOUNT OF VISITS DURING THIS PERIOD

22 July – AN INCREDIBLE 1000+ SWALLOWS ; Garden Warbler ; 2 x Kingfisher ;

23 July – Green Woodpecker (SC) (57)

25 July – a little bit of admin on additional ‘regular’ birds seen during the month but not always ‘worth’ reporting – Collared Dove; Coal Tit; House Martin; Jay; Lapwing; Mistle Thrush ; Pheasant; (64)

25 July – Snipe (65) ; 2 x Green Woodpecker ; Kingfisher

26 July – Little Grebe (66) ; Nuthatch ; 2 x Stock Doves ; 2 x Black Headed Gulls;

28 July – 2 x Nuthatch ; 2 x Buzzards ;

29 July – Kestrel ; Jay ; several Yellowhammer ; Treecreeper (67) ;

31 July – Kestrel ; 11 x Swift; 2 x Buzzard ; 3 x Yellowhammer ; 5 x Whitethroat; Juvenile Green Woodpecker; Bulllfinch ; Reed Bunting ; Pheasant ; 3 x Linnet (68); 2 x Hobby ; 4 x Pied Wagtail ; Stock Dove ; Black Headed Gull ; Lesser Black Backed Gull ; Sparrowhawk ; approx 200 x Swallow ;

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