Blogs

13th May 2012: Another good day on the patch from 0600 til 1215. Highlights were a very brief Little Egret, the first of the year for this species which is still quite a rare bird in N E Derbyshire. Another (or the same) Red Kite flew south east around 11am. They were the best birds but also today a Peregrine, two Hobbies, two pairs of Red-legged Partridges, a pair of Grey Partridge, pair of Oystercatchers, a pair of Lapwing with two chicks, a Redshank, two Common Sandpipers, a pair of Common Terns, Little Owl, five Wheatears, a Grasshopper Warbler reeling, two Lesser Whitethroats singing and a female Roe Deer. MAB

13th May 2012: canada geese with 10 young,moorhen,coot,tufted,reed bunting,swallow, swift,sedge warbler,reed warbler,little grebe,mallard,magpie,whitethroat, chaffinch,wren,robin,woodpigeon,great tit,blue tit,crow,buzzard...

12th May 2012: Woodside. Wheatear [f.] Reed Bunting, Willow Tit, 3 Skylark, Blackcap, 2 Whitethroat, 8 House Martin, 95 Swallow, Swift, 2 Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker.

12th May 2012: More news from Carr Vale from the past week starting firstly with the common stuff that is seen daily. These species include Gadwall (up to 33), Common Buzzard (up to ten viewable from the mound), four pairs of Red-legged Partridge, two pairs of Grey Partridge, Oystercatcher (resident pair), Redshank (pair), Common Tern (resident pair), Little Owl, Yellow Wagtail and a good selection of warblers. Both Peregrine and Hobby have been seen most days too but you sometimes have to be on site for several hours to be sure of connecting and unusually Wheatears have been seen daily throughout the month. Finally for the regulars 11 male Reed Buntings territories have been located so far this month