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• County rarities this week included 2 Scaup, Great Northern Diver and Red-throated Diver all still on 13th, Bearded Tits remain elusive and mobile at Carr Vale NR with calls heard on 6th, the pair reported on 5th and the male seen briefly on 4th, 7th and 9th.
• Allestree 21 Ring-necked Parakeets on 12th, 20 Goosander and 6 Little Egrets on 6th.
• Aston on Trent GP 2 Pintail. 16 Shoveler, 9 Goldeneye, 3 Great White Egrets, 2 Jack Snipe, Peregrine, 4 Cetti's Warblers and 5 Chiffchaffs on 12th.
• Barrow GP Shelduck, 18 Shoveler, 20 Goldeneye and Little Egret on 11th.
• Carr Vale NR Jack Snipe on 9th and 12th, Shelduck on 8th, max 10 Goosander on 7th, max 2 little Egrets on 6th, max 3 Red Kites on 10th, Peregrine on 8th-10th, Marsh Tit on 7th-8th, Cetti's Warblers and up to 2 Chiffchaffs, daily and max 2 Stonechats on 7th-10th and 13th.
• Carsington Water 31 Whooper Swans landed and 18 flewW, 92 Pink-footed Geese W (and 11 E) and the regular Aythya hybrid on 11th, c1,000 Pink-footed Geese NW, 7 Shoveler and max 6 Goldeneye on 8th, 62 Collared Doves (record count for the site) on 6th. 33 Barnacle Geese on 6th and 11th.
• Foremark Reservoir 15 Whooper Swans west (also seen over Ticknall), 4 Goldeneye, 2 Little Egrets and a Great White Egret on 12th.
• Foxlow Ponds max 3 Stonechats on 8th, 10 Golden Plover on 7th.
• High Bridge GP 34 Shoveler, Little Egret, Great White Egret, Marsh Harrier and 3 Redshank on 12th.
• Kedleston Park 4 Shelduck, max 2 Pintail and 8 Goosander on 12th.
• Locko Park Pink-footed Geese, 10 NW and Red Kite on 9th.
• Long Eaton GP 21 Goldeneye and 23 Little Grebes on 12th.
• Middleton Moor Curlew and Woodcock on 7th.
• Ogston Reservoir 2 Pink-footed Geese, 5 Pintail, new adult and first winter Caspian Gulls on 11th, 15 Whooper Swans (2 juveniles) on 10th, same flock as 4th?, 3 Goldeneye and 16 Goosander on 7th and a first Winter Caspian Gull on 6th, adult Caspian Gull on 6th-8th, Stonechat on 6th-9th and 11th.
• Sinfin Moor Wetlands Chiffchaff on 12th, Cetti's Warbler, one on 11th and Jack Snipe on 8th
• Staunton Harold Reservoir 2 Egyptian Geese and a Great White Egret on 11th, 6 Goosander on 9th, 4 Egyptian Geese and 2 Little Egrets on 7th.
• Wyver Lane 120 Pink-footed Geese on 9th, 5 Whooper Swans, Barn Owl and 2 Marsh Tits on 8thOther records received
• Whooper Swan Belper, 12 west on 12th and Ingleby, 5 on 12th.
• White-fronted Goose 7 flew NW over Smalley on 10th.
• Pink-footed Goose Kirk Langley, 300 on 11th, Killamarsh, c250 W on 11th, Erewash, c80 NW on 10th, Heage, 450 (2 skeins) NW on 9th, Buxton, 2-300 on 9th, Hulland Ward, 200 (2 skeins) on 9th, Ilkeston, 120 on 9th, Belper, 90 W on 9th, Pilsley, 380 on 8th, Leabrooks, 30 NW on 8th and Bubnell, 2 on 6th.
• Goldeneye Hilton GP, 3 on 9th.
• Cattle Egret Newton Solney, one on 11th.
• Little Egret Wingerworth, one on 12th, Long Eaton GP, one on 11th, Bradford Dale, one on 10th, Breaston, one on 8th-9th and 13th and Borrowash, one on 9th.
• Great White Egret Harlesthorpe Dam, Clowne, one on 11th, Sawley on 11th, Hardwick Park, one on 9th-11th when it died and Calke Park, one on 6th and 9th.
• Red Kite Mercia Marina, 2 on 8th, Bakewell on 8th and Ashbourne, one on 6th.
• Golden Plover Draycott, 40 on 8th.
• Jack Snipe Westhouses, one on 6th.
• Woodcock Thornhill, 2 on 9th and Norbriggs, one on 6th.
• Barn Owl Padfield, 3 on 11th, Rowarth, 2 on 11th, Dove Holes on 10th, Chunal, one on 8th-9th and Clodhall Moor, one on 7th.
• Short-eared Owl north of Grindleford, one on 11th.
• Ring-necked Parakeet Allestree Park, 21 on 12th and Chellaston, 6 on 9th.
• Chiffchaff Trent/Dove confluence, 3 on 12th, Matlock on 12th, Milton, one on 10th and Derby River Gardens on 7th.
• Black Redstart Bakewell, female / 1st W male on 8th (photographed).
• Stonechat Arnfield Reservoir, 2 on 11th, Lower Longdendale, one on 10th-11th, Locko Park, one on 9th andChatsworth House, one on 8th.
• Brambling Hathersage, one on 8th,
• Hawfinch Darley Dale, max 6 on 6th, Shipley Hill, 5 on 8th and Cromford, max 2 on 7th.
• Crossbill Flash Lane, max 8 on 9th

• New rarities found in the past week included an Immature Velvet Scoter at Carsington Water on 31st and a Siberian (tristis) Chiffchaff at Long Eaton GP on 3rd. Lingering county rarities from 2024 included the Red-throated Diver to 4th and 2 immature male Scaup at Carsington Water still on 5th and the pair of Bearded Tits were seen at Carr Vale NR again on 3rd (and reported on 5th).
• Anchor Church GP Marsh Harrier and Stonechat on 31st.
• Barrow GP Shelduck on 5th, 4 Goldeneye and Little Egret on 30th. Marsh Harrier on 1st-2nd and a Green Sandpiper on 2nd and 5th.
• Breaston Great White Egret and Cetti's Warbler (at NR) on 3rd.
• Carr Vale NR Marsh Tit still on 5th, Pink-footed Goose, one on 4th, c 210 Pink-footed Geese NW (2 skeins) on 2nd. Goosander, max 6 on 5th, Little Egret, max 2 on 5th, max 3 Red Kites on 30th, 2 on 1st and 4th, Snipe, max 30 on 5th, Cetti's Warbler, max 2 on 2nd, Chiffchaff, max 2 on 4th-5th and Stonechats, max 2 on 2nd.
• Carsington Water the wintering adult Great Northern Diver remained throughout the period, max 34 Barnacle Geese (one hybrid) and Redshank on 5th, Cetti's Warbler (rare here) on 4th, 3 Shelduck and Redshank on 31st, Little Egret and Great White Egret on 30th. Peregrine on 31st and 4th.
• Church Wilne area Shelduck on 3rd (Wilne Lane) and Egyptian Goose, 2 Pintail and 6 Goldeneye on 31st (Ski Pit).
• Drakelow NR 63 Shoveler, 5 Goldeneye, 3 Little Egrets and Great White Egret on 31st.
• Egginton Cattle Egret and 18 Little Egrets on 1st.
• Elvaston Castle Ring-necked Parakeet, one on 2nd and 10 Shoveler on 31st.
• Foremark area Little Egret, Great White Egret and Marsh Harrier nearby on the Trent and Green Sandpiper Foremark Fields on 31st.
• High Bridge Pintail, 4 Golden Plover, 5 Redshank and an adult Caspian Gull on 5th, 6 Pink-footed Geese, Green Sandpiper and a Redshank on 30th.
• High Leas (Riber) Woodcock, Chiffchaff and a Hawfinch on 2nd.
• Ingleby 2 Egyptian Geese and 4 Goldeneye on 31st.
• Kedleston Park Shelduck, Little Egret and Oystercatcher on 2nd.
• Melbourne Pool 2 Red-crested Pochard and 2 Little Egrets on 4th.
• Middleton Moor Curlew and Jack Snipe on 4th, Hen Harrier and Woodcock on 3rd, 2 Shelduck and 6 Shoveler on 1st.
• Ogston Reservoir 25 Golden Plover on 5th, 15 Whooper Swans (2 juveniles), max 6 Goldeneye on 4th, max 3 Pink-footed Geese, max 31 Goosander and 2 Woodcock on 2nd, Red-crested Pochard and first winter Caspian Gull on 1st. The usual adult Caspian Gull on 30th-5th, adult Mediterranean Gull on 31st and 3rd and female Stonechat on 30th-4th.
• Rowarth 150 Pink-footed Geese and 2 Barn Owls on 4th.
• Sapperton 8 Goosander, 7 Little Egrets and a Great White Egret on 1st.
• Staunton Harold Reservoir 2 Egyptian Geese, Little Egret and Great White Egret on 2nd.
• Swarkestone Great White Egret on 4th, 2 Egyptian Geese on 2nd and 4 Little Egrets on 1st.
• Weston Grange GP 2 Great White Egrets and 2 Green Sandpipers on 1st.
• Willington GP 3 Stonechats on 5th, Pintail on 4th, max 3 Great White Egrets and 2 Cetti's Warblers on 1st, Little Egret, Redshank on 31st and 27 Shoveler (on Canal Pit) on 30th. Barn Owl on 1st and 31st, Shelduck on 4th and 31st, 2 Goldeneye on 30th-31st, Great White Egret on 30th-31st and Chiffchaff on 4th-5th.
• Witches Oak Water 3 Goldeneye, 2 Great White Egrets, a Little Egret and 2 Woodcock on 4th.
• Wyver Lane Marsh Tit on 5th, 2 Egyptian Geese, Great White Egret, Little Egret, Red Kite and Barn Owl on 2nd.
• Whooper Swans Kelstedge, 11 W on 4th (probably part of the Ogston Group as only four left pm) and Belper, one probable on 4th.
• Pink-footed Goose Matlock, 86 NW on 4th, Kirk Langley, 40 S on 4th, Youlgreave, 80 on 4th, Hayfield, Brimmington, 300 on 2nd, 150 on 30th, Froggatt, one on 2nd.
• Egyptian Goose Newton Solney, 4 on 2nd and Repton, 4 on 2nd.
• Goosander St Chad's Water, 19 Goosander on 31st and Allestree Park, 12 on 4th.
• Cattle Egret Egginton, one on 1st.
• Little Egret Avenue CP, 2 on 31st, Breatson, 2 on 31st, Normanton Brook, one on 4th and Long Eaton, one on 3rd.
• Great White Egret Pebley Pond, one on 3rd.
• Red Kites over Ashbourne, max 4 on 31st and Bretby, 2 on 31st. Singles at Belper on 2nd, Foremark Res on 1st, Shirebrook on 1st, Froggatt Edge on 30th and Whaley, one on 30th.
• Golden Plover Hilton, 200 on 1st, and Upper Loads, 40 on 1st.
• Jack Snipe Willington PS on 1st,
• Woodcock Foxlow, one on 1st and Markham Vale, one on 30th.
• Yellow-legged Gull Dove Holes Quarry, one on 1st.
• Barn Owl Hadfield on 4th, New Mills on 4th, Wessington on 3rd, Brailsford on 2nd, Cropper on 2nd, Longford on 2nd, Ingleby Toft on 1st and 31st, Normanton Brook, one on 1st, Shirebrook, one on 31st, Scarcliffe, one on 1st.
• Short-eared Owl Longstone Edge, one on 4th.
• Peregrine Hadfield on 3rd and Belper Mill on 1st.
• Ring-necked Parakeet Alvaston Park, 6 on 4th.
• Cetti's Warbler Poolsbrook, 2 on 30th.
• Chiffchaff Kings Newton, one on 5th.
• Blackcap Baslow Edge on 5th, Bennerley on 4th, Breaston on 1st, Mickleover on 1st and Brimmington on 31st
• Stonechat Draycote, 2 on 31st.
• Black Redstart Ashbourne, male on 29th.
• Brambling High Leas, 2 on 2nd.
• Hawfinch Locko Park, 9 on 5th, Cromford, one on 31st, 1st and 3rd, Darley Dale, max 4 on 5th, 2-3 first seen here on 31st.
• Crossbill Darwin Forest, 6 on 4th and 11 at Flash Lane on 1st.

• Another week and more county rarities starting this time at Middleton Moor where a Great Grey Shrike was seen briefly (and photographed) on 26th. A Red-throated Diver was found on 23rd at Carsington Water and was still present on 29th on which date two first winter male Greater Scaup were found (the latter a recent addition to the list of species requiring a rarity form). A Bearded Tit was heard on 23rd at Carr Vale NR but a thorough search of all the reedbeds on 24th drew a blank, only for three (two males) to present themselves on Christmas Day and then two dropped into the reeds in front of the southernmost hide on 29th. Fingers crossed that this lot stay until 1st.
• Arnfield Reservoir 2 Woodcock, Merlin and a Peregrine on 23rd.
• Bennerley Marsh max 8 Shoveler on 25th and Little Egret on 25th and 29th.
• Carr Vale NR On 30th Jack Snipe, 2 Red Kites and a female Merlin seen twice, Pink-footed Geese (23 W, 125 E in 2 skeins, 140 S) on 23rd and 80 (two skeins) south-east on 29th, Shelduck on 26th-28th, Chiffchaff singing on 25th and 29th, max 2 Red Kites on 24th and 30th and Marsh Tit on 24th and 29th, 19 Water Rails on 23rd (a new county record count) also 2 Jack Snipe, 5 Cetti's Warblers and max 2 Chiffchaffs on 23rd and 29th. Little Egret on 23rd-24th, 28th and 30th, pair of Stonechats 24th-25th and 28th-29th.
• Carsington Water Great Northern Diver still on 29th. 2 Red Kites on 29th, 5 Pintail, max 9 Shoveler and 2 Stonechats on 27th (Carsington Pastures), 29 Barnacle Geese on 25th, 1,032 Pochard (another record count) and a Yellow-legged Gull on 24th, 3 Goldeneye, Great White Egret, 2 Woodcock and Chiffchaff on 23rd.
• Drakelow NR 32 Shoveler, 6 Goldeneye, 7 Goosander, 3 Great White Egrets, 2 Little Egrets, Grey Plover, 4 Woodcock and a Peregrine on 29th.
• High Bridge GP Stonechat on 28th, Goldeneye, Marsh Harrier and 4 Redshank on 25th.
• Ingleby 2 Little Egrets on 28th, 5 Goldeneye on 25th, 2 Egyptian Geese and a Great White Egret on 24th.
• Locko Park Whooper Swan and Stonechat on 24th.
• Middleton Moor Hen Harrier and Yellow-legged Gull on 28th, 50 Pink-footed Geese and Woodcock on 27th, 5 Pintail on 26th (2 to 29th), Curlew and Stonechat on 23rd, Shelduck on 23rd and 27th, 2 on 28th-29th, Shoveler, max 22 on 27th-28th.
• Newton Solney 2 Redshank on 28th, max 6 Little Egrets on 24th.
• Ogston Reservoir 5 Pintail on 29th, 8 Shoveler on 27th, Goldeneye on 23rd. Red-crested Pochard on 26th, 27th and 29th and Caspian Gull on 23rd and 29th.
• Repton Barn Owl on 29th, max 10 Little Egrets on 24th and max 13 Cattle Egrets on 23rd.
• St Chad's Water 35 Goosander and 3 Little Egrets on 27th.
• Townscliffe nr Matlock, Little Egret and 2 Stonechats on 24th.
• Whaley Bridge 12 Whooper Swans S and 250+ Pink-footed Geese NW 23rd.
• Weston Grange GP Great White Egret, 3 Little Egrets, 6 Goosander, Green Sandpiper, Peregrine and 4 Stonechats on 29th.
• Willington GP Goldeneye, Little Egret, max 2 Great White Egrets, Marsh Harrier on 28th, 3 Cetti's Warblers on 26th and a Great White Egret (on Fishing pit) on 26th-27th.
• Witches Oak Great White Egret, max 13 Goldeneye, max 2 Woodcock and 3 Chiffchaffs on 29th, 2 Shelduck, 3 Goldeneye, 2 Little Egrets, 3 Great White Egrets on 28th, Marsh Harrier on 28th-29th, 2 Woodcock on 28th-29th and 3 Chiffchaffs on 28th-29th.
• Whooper Swan Straws Bridge, one on 25th-29th.
• Pink-footed Goose Mossy Lea, 195 (25 NE, 170 SE) on 23rd, Buxton, 70 on 29th, Old Tupton, 70 W on 29th.
• Egyptian Goose Aston Rec, 21 on 29th.
• Ruddy Shelduck Walton-Upon-Trent, one on 23rd,
• Mandarin Buxton, 30 on 26th.
• Pintail Stubbing Court, pair on 27th, Staunton Harold Res, five on 29th.
• Red-Crested Pochard Melbourne Pool, one on 23rd and 26th.
• Little Egret Swarkestone, 4 on 28th, Risley on 29th,Markeaton Park on 24th, Osmaston Park on 24th, Codnor Park Reservoir on 23rd.
• Great White Egret one at Pittams Pond on 27th and Pilsley on 25th.
• Red Kite Shottle, 6 on 23rd, Stanley Common, 2 on 29th, Shirebrook, one on 29th and Beeley Moor, one on 24th.
• Golden Plover Breaston, 53 on 23rd.
• Jack Snipe Sinfin Moor Wetlands, one on 23rd.
• Woodcock Arnfield Reservoir, 2 on 23rd, Heage, one on 23rd.
• Barn Owl one at Ingleby Toft on 29th, one at Repton on 29th.
• Peregrine Chatsworth Park, one on 23rd.
• Ring-necked Parakeet Alvaston Park, 45 on 25th and Elvaston CP, 9 on 26th.
• Cetti's Warbler Lower Hartshay, 2 on 23rd and Moorway Lane Pond on 23rd.
• Chiffchaff Shardlow, 5 on 24th and Norbriggs Flash, one on 26th.
• Blackcap Walton, 2 on 27th, Hasland on 25th, Mill Pond Plantation, nr Tissington on 24th
• Stonechat Markham Vale, 3 on 27th, Etwall, 2 on 25th and Pride Park, one on 29th. Longstone Edge, one on 27th.
• Hawfinch Cromford, max 4 on 28th

• Three new County rarities this week with a Red Throated Diver at Carsington Water on 16th, a Hoopoe that was photographed in a Holmesfield Garden on 20th and an adult ( or near adult) Iceland Gull was in the Ogston gull roost on 22nd. The last species is a recent addition to the list of species requiring a description with the last record being in 2021.
• Alvaston Park Woodcock, max 9 Ring-necked Parakeets, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff and a Dipper on 17th.
• Beeley Moor 40 Golden Plover and 2 Stonechats on 20th.
• Calke Park max 3 Little Egrets on 18th and a Great White Egret on 17th.
• Carr Vale NR c90 Pink-footed Geese west and 49 Golden Plover on 19th, Peregrine on 17th. Goosander daily, max 9 on 20th, Little Egret on 6 dates, 1-2 Great White Egrets on 19th, one on 21st-22nd, Red Kite 19th-22nd, Marsh Tit, one 17th-20th, Cetti's Warbler on 6 dates, Chiffchaff on 5 dates, max 3 on 21st, pair of Stonechats, 16th-17th and 19th.
• Carsington Water Great Northern Diver all week and still present on 22nd, 9 Goldeneye and a Red Kite on 21st, 4 Whooper Swans on 20th, Great White Egret on 19th, 1,014 Pochard (a record count for the county) on 18th, 46 Pink-footed Geese, 8 Goosander and c4000 Common Gulls (county record?) on 17th. 31 Barnacle Geese on 16th and 19th, adult Caspian Gull on 16th and 18th, pair of Peregrines on 18th and 20th and Chiffchaff on 16th, 18th and 20th.
• Church Wilne area Whooper Swan, 2 Egyptian Geese (Wilne Lane) and 7 Goldeneye (ski pit) on 21st.
• Drakelow NR 39 Shoveler, 6 Goldeneye, 2 Little Egrets and max 2 Great White Egrets on 19th.
• Ingleby 5 Egyptian Geese, Little Egret, one and Barn Owl, one on 22nd and 5 Goldeneye on 21st.
• Long Eaton GP 2 Little Egrets on 21st, 5 Goldeneye and 3 Great White Egrets on 17th.
• Markham Vale Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaffs and 3 Stonechats on 17th.
• Middleton Moor 4 Whooper Swans and on 21st. Hen Harrier on 21st-22nd.
• Milton 38 Little Egrets and a Great White Egret on 19th.
• Newton Solney 4 Pintail on 21st, Pintail and 18 Little Egrets on 19th.
• Ogston Reservoir Red-crested Pochard and Chiffchaff on 20th, 5 Goldeneye, 17 Goosander, Little Egret, regular adult Caspian Gull and a Stonechat on 18th. Adult Mediterranean Gull on 20th and 22nd.
• Repton max 14 Cattle Egrets on 22nd, 2 Egyptian Geese on 20th, 2 Cattle Egrets, 13 Little Egrets and a Great White Egret on 17th.
• St Chad's Water Goosander, 31 on 21st and 3 Little Egrets on 20th.
• Sinfin Moor Wetlands 2 Little Egrets and a Cetti's Warbler on 18th.
• Sudbury Lake 6 Shoveler and 5 Little Egrets on 22nd.
• Swarkestone max 6 Little Egrets on 21st and adult female Marsh Harrier on 20th, 2 Egyptian Geese on 17th-18th.
• Willington GP 3 Chiffchaffs on 20th, 42 Shoveler (Canal Pit), 2 Goldeneye, 2 Cattle Egrets, Marsh Harrier and a Barn Owl on 18th. Great White Egret on 18th-19th, 2 Marsh Harriers on 16th and a Cetti's Warbler on 18th-19th.
• Witches Oak Water 10 Goldeneye, 2 Little Egrets, 2 Great White Egrets, Cetti's Warbler and Chiffchaff on 17th.
• Wyver Lane Barn Owl on 17th, max 2 Marsh Tits on 16th and 2 Great White Egrets on 16th-17th.
• Pink-footed Goose Chaddesden, 30 on 22nd, Lower Longdendale, 128 (2 skeins) east on 19th and 27 on 21st, Walton, 93 on 19th and Hayfield, 90 on 16th.
• Shelduck Ferry Green Flash, 2 on 20th-21st.
• Common Scoter Trent Lock (Fletchers Pond), one on 19th.
• Goosander St Chad's Water, 31 on 21st, Holmebrook Valley Park, 14 on 21st and Hilton NR, 9 on 20th.
• Great White Egret Arkwright on 18th and Twyford, one on 17th.
• Red Kite Foremark Reservoir, 2 on 21st and Ashbourne, 2 on 16th. Single birds at Alport Heights on 21st, Chatsworth Park on 20th, Pilsley on 20th, Atlow on 18th and Muggington on 17th.
• Golden Plover Hilton Golf Club, 80 on 20th.
• Jack Snipe Willington PS, 5 on 21st.
• Woodcock Hardstoft, one on 19th.
• Barn Owl Markham Vale, 2 on 18th and Padfield SW, 2 on 18th,
• Ring-necked Parakeet Pride Park Sanctuary LNR, 8 on 21st, Elvaston Castle, 8 on 16th.
• Cetti's Warbler Lower Hartshay on 18th.
• Blackcap Newbold, Chesterfield, 2 on 17th, Boythorpe, pair on 16th (1F 10th and 13th, 1M on 15th), Froggatt, one on 21st and Glossop, one on 22nd.
• Stonechat Bennerley Marsh, max 2 on 19th, one on 20th, Kedleston Park, 2 on 18th, Longstone Edge, one on 22nd and Cathole, one on 19th.
• Hawfinch Cromford, female on 20th

• The only county rarity found during the week was another small flock of Bearded Tits at Carr Vale NR when on 14th two males and a female were discovered with one male seen briefly the following day.
• Alvaston Park Lesser Spotted Woodpecker and 8 Ring-necked Parakeets on 13th.
• Aston-on-Trent GP (Witches Oak) Shelduck, 13 Goldeneye, Marsh Harrier, 2 Peregrines, 3 Chiffchaffs and Blackcap on 13th.
• Barrow GP Marsh Harrier and Green Sandpiper on 14th.
• Breaston 56 Golden Plover on 13th and Little Egret on 11th.
• Carr Vale NR 110 Pink-footed Geese flew east on 15th, c 250 Pink-footed Geese east, 23 Buzzards viewed from the mound and Peregrine on 14th, Woodcock on 12th, Jack Snipe on 11th, 4 Whooper Swans briefly the south-east, 100 Pink-footed Geese west (2 skeins) and Red Kite on 10th, first winter Kittiwake north on 9th. Goosander seen daily, max 15 on 10th-11th, Little Egret on 6 dates, Peregrine on 10th and 14th, up to three Cetti's Warblers daily, up to three Chiffchaffs (including a pale individual not seen well enough to identify) and a pair of Stonechats all week.
• Carsington Water 50 Pink-footed Geese NE, Great Northern Diver, returning adult for 15th winter on 15th, 2 Pintail, 17 Goldeneye on 15th. 114 Pink-footed Geese in 3 skeins E, Red Kite, Woodcock, Caspian Gull and 10 Ravens on 14th, 60 Pink-footed Geese N on 13th, Brent Goose on 12th and 924 Pochard on 11th (county record). Redshank on 14th-15th, Peregrine on 11th and 14th.
• Chaddesden Cemetery 2 Ring-necked Parakeets on 15th.
• Cromford Hawfinches, max 3 on 13th and 170 Pink-footed Geese on 12th.
• Drakelow NR max 7 Goldeneye, max 4 Little Egrets and max 3 Great White Egrets on 14th, 2 Cetti's Warblers on 12th and 31 Shoveler on 11th, Oystercatcher, Barn Owl, Blackcap and Chiffchaff on 9th. 2 Egyptian Geese and a Pintail on 11th-12th and 14th.
• Foremark Reservoir Great White Egret on 15th, 4 Goldeneye, 2 Little Egrets, max 3 Red Kites and a Yellow-legged Gull on 10th. Great White Egret on 9th-10th and 14th.
• High Bridge Little Egret, Marsh Harrier, Curlew and Stonechat on 15th.
• Kedleston Park 5 Little Egrets and a Barn Owl on 15th, Great White Egret on 11th
• Long Eaton GP 11 Goldeneye, 5 Little Egrets and 4 Great White Egrets on 14th,
• McGregor's Pond (Chesterfield) 14 Goosander and 4 Little Egret on 13th.
• Ogston Reservoir 2 Egyptian Geese, 46 Goosander, Dunlin, Redshank and 3 Chiffchaffs on 14th, drake Common Scoter, 5 Goldeneye and Stonechat on 13th. Caspian Gull on 11th-14th.
• Pebley Pond Chiffchaff on 12th and Great White Egret on 10th.
• Pleasley Colliery Caspian Gull on 14th and a Red Kite on 9th.
• Poolsbrook Marsh 2 Cetti's Warblers and a Chiffchaff on 15th.
• Repton 11 Little Egrets and a Great White Egret on 15th.
• Staunton Harold Reservoir 3 Egyptian Geese on 14th and 2 Little Egrets on 9th-10th.
• Staveley 217 Pink-footed Geese and 10 Shoveler on 10th.
• Willington GP 2 Cattle Egrets and a Barn Owl on 15th, 2 Great White Egrets and 2 Chiffchaffs on 14th, 3 Whooper Swans, 2 Goldeneye, 6 Little Egrets and Marsh Harrier on 10th-11th and 14th and 3 Cetti's Warblers on 11th and 14th.
• Wyver Lane Little Egret, Great White Egret and a Stonechat on 11th
• Pink-footed Goose 155 in 3 skeins E through Longdendale on 14th, Langley Mill, 76 N on 14th, Hadfield, Avenue Washlands, 150 on 13th, 130 on 13th and Newbold, 150 SW on 13th.
• Egyptian Goose Swarkestone, 49 on 9th and Calke Abbey, 2 on 11th.
• Pintail Drakelow PS, one on 11th.
• Red-crested Pochard Lumsdale, one on 15th.
• Goldeneye Codnor Park reservoir (unusual location), 3 on 13th.
• Goosander 31 at St Chad's Water on 14th and Walton Dam, 11 on 14th.
• Little Egret Avenue CP, 4 on 13th. Singles at Codnor Park Reservoir on 11th and 13th and Pleasley Vale, one on 13th.
• Great White Egret 4 at Long Eaton GP with singles at Foremark Reservoir on 14th, Great Wilne, one on 11th and Trent / Dove confluence, one on 11th.
• Red Kite Hartshorne, 3 on 10th, Wirksworth, 3 on 10th, Clowne, 2 on 10th and Langwith, 2 on 10th. Singles at Atlow on 15th, Shirebrook on 14th, Totley Moss on 14th, Hartshorne on 13th, Longstone Edge on 13th, Poulter CP on 11th, Scarcliffe Grange on 11th, Ashford it the Water on 9th, Ashbourne on 9th, Catton Park on 9th, Hasland on 9th and Palterton on 9th.
• Golden Plover Hilton CC, 192 on 11th and 103 at Screetham Lane on 11th.
• Jack Snipe Bennerley Marsh, one on 11th.
• Woodcock Arnfield Reservoir, one on 14th.
• Barn Owl Big Moor, 2 on 13th and Markham Vale, 2 on 12th, one on 9th-10th. Singles at Scarcliffe on 11th, Sponden (dead) on 11th, Duffield on 10th and Stoney Houghton on 9th-10th.
• Peregrine Beeley Moor on 14th.
• Chiffchaff Shirebrook, one on 15th.
• Blackcap Mickleover on 11th.
• Stonechat 2 Kinder Plateau on 14th.
• Brambling Barlow, 30 on 15th.
• Common Crossbill 70 Acre Plantation, one on 14th

• County rarities this week included the Ring-necked Duck at Carsington Water, which was last seen on 2nd and another Bearded Tit was seen briefly at Willington GP on 3rd. Many birders were hoping that storm Darragh would deliver something good and braving the elements two observers at Ogston Reservoir were rewarded with a fly-by Purple Sandpiper.
• Carr Vale NR 5 adult Whooper Swans briefly then left se on 8th, 130 Golden Plover south of the reserve and a Jack Snipe on 6th, a Great White Egret briefly before returning north and a young adult female Marsh Harrier drifted slowly north on 5th, juvenile Peregrine on 4th, adult Peregrine on 3rd, first winter Mediterranean Gull on 2nd and a Woodcock on 1st. Little Egret on 6 dates, Red Kites on 3 dates, Cetti's Warblers most days, max 3 on 5th, Chiffchaff daily 4th-8th, max 2 on 7th and one or two Stonechats daily 1st-6th.
• Carsington Water a record count of 858 Pochard on 8th (previous highest county count was 846 also at Carsington in 1999), drake Pintail, max 12 Goldeneye, 6 Woodcock, a Kittiwake and a Chiffchaff on 4th, 3 Whooper Swans on 3rd. Great White Egret on 5th-7th and a Chiffchaff on 6th.
• Drakelow NR max 27 Shovelers, Woodcock, Barn Owl, 2 Cetti's Warblers on 5th, max 4 Goldeneye, max 6 Little Egrets and max 6 Great White Egrets on 4th and 2 Chiffchaff on 2nd. Marsh Harrier on 4th, Oystercatcher on 4th-5th.
• Foremark Reservoir 3 Little Egrets and a Great White Egret on 8th, 3 Green Sandpipers on 7th.
• Ingleby 12 Egyptian Geese and 2 Goldeneye on 8th.
• Markham Vale Woodcock and 2 Stonechats on 4th.
• Ogston Reservoir Stonechat on 6th, 48 Goosander, 3 Goldeneye, a Woodcock and 2 Caspian Gulls on 3rd.
• Staunton Harold Reservoir Little Egret and Great White Egret on 8th.
• Swarkestone 6 Little Egrets and a Red Kite on 7th.
• Willington GP Peregrine on 5th, 56 Shoveler and max 4 Chiffchaffs on 4th and a Caspian Gull on 2nd. Marsh Harrier on 3rd-5th.
• Witches Oak Water Little Egret and Great White Egret on 3rd and 2 Goldeneye on 2nd-3rd.
• Wyver Lane Little Egret, Great White Egret and Red Kite on 3rd.
• Great White Egret Repton, 2 on 4th, Pebley Pond, one on 4th and Newton Solney, one on 3rd.
• Pink-footed Goose over Glossop, 45 on 6th.
• Mandarin Duck Padfield Water Works, 21 on 8th.
• Red-crested Pochard The two regulars remained at Melbourne Pool on 8th.
• Red Kite Whaley, up to 9 at the start of the month, Stoney Houghton, 3 on 2nd, Shirebrook, max 2 on 6th, Middleton Moor on 8th, Allestree Park on 8th, Wirksworth, one on 7th and Bakewell on 5th.
• Marsh Harrier Barrow GP, one on 8th.
• Golden Plover Breaston, 38 on 6th.
• Redshank High Bridge GP, 2 on 3rd.
• Woodcock Westend on 5th and Heage on 4th.
• Mediterranean Gull Hilton, one on 6th (first site record ?).
• Barn Owl Mastin Moor on 8th and New Mills on 2nd.
• Peregrine Lower Longdendale on 8th and Beeley Moor on 6th.
• Ring-necked Parakeet Alvaston, 73 on 6th.
• Cetti's Warbler Sinfin Moor, 4 on 6th.
• Chiffchaff Mastin Moor, one on 5th.
• Blackcap Chellaston on 8th.
• Waxwing 3 reported on RBA at Parsons Close, Hartington on 7th.
• Stonechat Falling Edge, 4 on 3rd.
• Hawfinch Cromford, max 5 on 3rd.
• Crossbill Darwin Forest, max 35 on 5th

• The female Ring-necked Duck continued to be seen at Carsington Water until 27th and then reappeared on 1st December, wonder where it hides when absent. A male Bearded Tit was found below the viewing mound at Carr Vale NR on 26th and was seen again on 27th, 4th site record. On 28th the male was joined by a female and the male was seen again on 30th.
• Barrow GP, Pintail 9 Shoveler, 2 Goldeneye, Great White Egret, Marsh Harrier, Peregrine and 2 Chiffchaffs on 1st.
• Breaston, Woodcock on 30th Little Egret, 53 Golden Plover and Cetti's Warbler on 25th.
• Carr Vale NR A Woodcock flew over on 1st December, a Dunlin flew south-east on 30th, the Chiffchaff was still present and a Hawfinch flew south on 29th, 120 Pink-footed Geese flew east on 28th, a Woodcock and Barn Owl were seen on 27th. 80 Pink-footed Geese flew west and max 3 Stonechats on 26th. Up to 18 (27th) Goosander on 5 dates, up to two Little Egrets on 5 dates and up to two Red Kites on 5 dates, a Barn Owl is regularly roosting in the nest box at Mill Farm and a juvenile Peregrine was seen on 28th and 30th. A two day all area survey produced a record survey count of 16 Water Rails and 8 Cetti's Warblers with record day counts of 12 Water Rails and 6 Cetti's Warblers on 29th.
• Carsington Water Little Egret on 30th, Redshank and 2 Woodcock on 28th, max 10 Goldeneye, Little Egret, Caspian Gull and 3 Yellow-legged Gulls on 27th, Red Kite on 26th, 3 drake Pintail and 2 Peregrines on 25th. Great White Egret on 26th-28th and Redshank on 25th and 27th. Egyptian Goose, one on 27th and 1st.
• Chaddesden 2 Ring-necked Parakeets and a Chiffchaff on 1st.
• Cromford Wharf Brambling on 30th, 3 Hawfinches on 30th, 2 on 25th and 27th-29th.
• Derwent Meadows NR Great White Egret and Ring-necked Parakeet on 29th.
• Drakelow NR 5 Egyptian Geese, 3 Goldeneye, 2 Little Egrets, 3 Great White Egrets and a Cetti's Warbler on 30th.
• Foremark Res 4 Little Egrets on 30th, 2 Egyptian Geese on 25th and 2 Great White Egrets on 25th and 30th.
• High Bridge GP 3 Great White Egrets, Redshank and Cetti's Warbler on 1st, 2 Chiffchaffs on 30th,
• Locko Park Little Egret and Red Kite on 28th.
• Middleton Moor Woodcock on 1st, 40 Pink-footed Geese and Red Kite on 29th.
• Pebley Pond Little Egret and Great White Egret on 1st.
• Ogston Reservoir Chiffchaff on 26th, Goldeneye on 26th-27th, Stonechat on 26th-27th.
• Willington GP 3 Little Egrets on 1st, Pintail, 3 species of Egret and nax 3 Chiffchaffs on 30th, max 3 Cetti's Warblers on 29th. Great White Egret and Marsh Harrier on 26th.
• Pink-footed Goose Pilsley, 67 on 29th.
• Egyptian Goose Ingleby, 38 on 30th.
• Shelduck Kedleston Park on 29th.
• Shoveler Staveley SW, 15 on 25th.
• Goldeneye Holmebrook Valley ParK, one on 1st was unusual.
• Little Egret Queens Park, Chesterfield, 5 on 29th and Walton Dam, 3 on 29th.
• Great White Egret Horsley GC on 28th, Sinfin Moor Wetlands on 28th and Long Eaton on 29th.
• Red Kite Chatsworth Park, 2 on 29th, Ashbourne on 29th, Milton on 27th and Carvers Rocks on 26th.
• Dunlin Twyford, one on 28th.
• Woodcock Edale, 2 on 30th, Arkwright, one on 27th.
• Barn Owl Ambaston on 28th and Leash Fen on 27th.
• Peregrine Woodhead Reservoir, 2 on 30th, Charlesworth on 30th and Beeley Moor on 26th.
• Ring-necked Parakeet Markeaton Park, 2 on 1st.
• Blackcap Newhall on 29th and Hadfield, one on 26th.
• Waxwing Ripley Co-Op on 28th.
• Stonechat Macclesfield Road, Buxton, 2 on 29th, Middleton Moor, one on 26th and Markham Vale, one on 25th.
• Brambling Castleton, one on 1st.
• Crossbill Flash Lane, 15 on 30th

• For the first time in weeks no new rarities were reported but the Scaup was still present at Melbourne Pool on 19th and the female Ring-necked Duck reappeared at Carsington Water on 24th.
• Barrow GP Goldeneye, 10 Goosander and Great White Egret on 23rd, Shelduck, Marsh Harrier and 2 Peregrines on 17th. Shelduck and Green Sandpiper on 17th and 23rd.
• Beeley Moor Peregrine and Stonechat on 21st.
• Carr Vale NR max 2 Little Egrets on 24th, Merlin, max 3 Stonechats and a Rock Pipit on 21st, 200 Pink-footed Geese west and a Barn Owl on 20th (also seen over Palterton), 21 Golden Plover, a flock of 20 small unidentified waders (probably 15 Dunlin and perhaps 5 Knot) and a Peregrine on 20th, Shoveler, max 4 and a Redshank on 19th, female Shelduck left north and max 3 Cetti's Warblers on 19th. Red Kite on 19th-20th and 22nd and Chiffchaff on 18th and 24th.
• Carsington Water 285 Pink-footed Geese (4 Skeins) west, drake Pintail, 4 Goldeneye and a Barn Owl on 21st, Great White Egret, Brambling on 20th and 2 Barnacle Geese on 18th. Redshank on 18th - 19th and 2 Peregrines on 18th and 20th.
• Church Wilne Goldeneye and 29 Golden Plover on 20th and a Green Sandpiper on 18th.
• Drakelow NR 2 Egyptian Geese, 5 Little Egrets and 4 Great White Egrets on 23rd, 2 Goldeneye on 18th and 23rd.
• High Bridge GP 2 Little Egrets, max 5 Great White Egrets, 5 Shoveler and a Redshank on 23rd, 3 White-fronted Geese and a Caspian Gull on 20th.
• Middleton Moor Woodcock on 21st, 3 Shoveler and 185 Golden Plover on 18th.
• Moorway Lane Pond Ring-necked Parakeet and 2 Stonechats on 22nd.
• Ogston Reservoir Dunlin on 21st, 3 Chiffchaffs on 20th, 2 Goldeneye and Caspian Gull on 19th and a Stonechat on 18th.
• Pebley Pond 9 Whooper Swans still on 24th (from 18th), max 3 Great White Egrets on 22nd. 5 Little Egrets on 22nd and 24th.
• Staunton Harold Reservoir 2 Egyptian Geese, Little Egret on 24th and a Great White Egret on 23rd-24th.
• Swarkestone Bridge 60 Pink-footed Geese east on 24th, 5 Little Egrets on 24th and max 3 Cattle Egrets on 23rd.
• Willington GP max 5 Goldeneye, Bittern, max 3 Cattle Egrets and 2 Chiffchaffs on 24th, 15 Little Egrets and 9 Great White Egrets on 23rd, , 3 Egyptian Geese, Black-tailed Godwit, Kittiwake and a Stonechat on 22nd, drake Pintail on 18th and a Hawfinch on 17th. 7 Shovelers on 21st and 24th, Marsh Harrier on 17th, 22nd-24th and 1st W Caspian Gull on 21st and 24th, max 4 Cetti's Warblers on 18th and 22nd.
• Willington PS 2 Jack Snipe and 2 Peregrines, Green Sandpiper, Cetti's Warbler and Chiffchaff on 24th.
• Witches Oak Water 8 Little Egrets and 5 Great White Egrets on 20th and 2 Peregrines on 17th. Marsh Harrier on 17th and 20th
• Whooper Swans 3 NE over Tibshelf on 20th.
• Pink-footed Goose a skein was over Farley Woods on 24th.
• Egyptian Goose 15 at Ingleby on 24th.
• Mandarin Baslow SF, 12 on 21st, Chatsworth Park, 11 on 17th.
• Goosander Ladybower, 11 on 17th,Walton Dam, 10 on 20th.
• Little Egret Long Eaton, 2 on 22nd and Allestree Park, one on 21st.
• Red Kite Scarcliffe, 2 on 18th. Singles over Hulland Ward on 23rd, Langwith on 20th, Wirksworth on 19th, Clowne on 18th and Foremark on 17th.
• Golden Plover Hilton, 72 on 18th, Markham Vale, max 57 on 21st and Bennerley Marsh, 20 Golden Plover on 20th.
• Woodcock one at Arnfield Reservoir on 23rd.
• Kittiwake Todbrook Reservoir, an adult on 19th.
• Barn Owl Hayfield on 20th, Scarcliffe on 19th-20th and Draycott on 18th.
• Peregrine Lower Longdendale on 23rd, Belper on 20th, Lightwood (Buxton) on 19th and North Wingfield on 19th.
• Cetti's Warbler Pools Brook CP on 17th and 21st.
• Chiffchaff Midway, one on 18th.
• Blackcap Hadfield, one on 22nd.
• Stonechat Markham Vale, 2 on 21st, Moorfield, 2 on 19th, Cathole, one on 24th, Leash Fen, one on 21st.
• Brambling High Leas, one on 21st and Hardwick Park, one on 19th.
• Hawfinch Cromford, max 6 on 19th.
• Crossbill Flash Lane area, 2 on 21st

• The highlight of the week for many was the discovery of a female Ring-necked Duck at Carsington Water on 17th, which judging by the photographs so far looks to show well, so let's hope it stays for the winter, only the second record for the site. The Slavonian Grebe was still present at Foremark Reservoir on 12th, a Glossy Ibis was photographed (from the middle seat of a Ford Transit!) flying west over the M1 at Tibshelf on 14th, talk about, right place right time! A Great Grey Shrike was seen Leash Fen, one on 13th (OK not on the list of species requiring a description but given the paucity of records in recent years perhaps it should be) and Snow Buntings were at Foremark Reservoir on 12th and at Kinder Low on 12th-13th.
• Beeley Moor 18 Tree Sparrows and 2 Crossbills on 16th.
• Carr Vale NR 8 Whooper Swans (2 families) for 90 minutes on 17th, female Merlin on 16th, 17 Pink-footed Geese west on 13th, 710 Pink-footed Geese east and 270 west, max 4 Red Kites on 12th, 31 Whooper Swans flew east, 1,280 Pink-footed Geese E, 120 W and a Peregrine on 11th and a Barn Owl on 10th. Female Shelduck on 11th-17th, max 6 Shoveler on 11th-14th, up to 4 Little Egrets most days, up to three singing Cetti's Warblers daily, singing Chiffchaff on 11th-13th and a pair of Stonechats daily.
• Calke Abbey Great White Egret and 2 Woodcock on 16th and Marsh Tit on 11th.
• Carsington Water Caspian Gull and 17 Ravens north-west on 16th, 2 Barnacle Geese, max 8 Dunlin and 2 adult Yellow-legged Gulls on 15th, max 12 Shoveler, max 6 Goldeneye and a Brambling on 13th, 9 Whooper Swans, 370 Pink-footed Geese (6 skeins) east and 6 Red Kites on 12th, 460 Pink-footed Geese (5 skeins) east on 11th, Pintail on 15th and 17th, Red-crested Pochard, one on 11th-12th and Redshank on 13th and 17th.
• Chatsworth Park 3 Whooper Swans and 9 Goosander on 16th with 15 Mandarin Ducks on 11th.
• Drakelow NR max 4 Great White Egrets and a Cetti's Warbler on 16th, max 8 Little Egrets and Chiffchaff singing on 14th. Goldeneye on 14th and 16th.
• Foremark Reservoir 7 Egyptian Geese on 16th, Goldeneye on 15th-16th, 80 Pink-footed Geese west on 13th, 4 Whooper Swans on 11th.
• High Bridge GP Shelduck, max 6 Great White Egrets, Marsh Harrier, 2 Peregrines and 3 Chiffchaffs on 17th, Barn Owl and drake Pintail on 16th, 4 Egyptian Geese, 7 Shoveler, 2 Little Egrets and 2 Dunlin on 13th, max 7 Great White Egrets and max 3 Green Sandpipers on 11th. 3 Redshank on 13th and 17th.
• Ingleby 10 Egyptian Geese, 2 Shelduck, Goldeneye and a Green Sandpiper on 11th.
• Killamarsh 5 Whooper Swans and 100 Pink-footed Geese south on 12th.
• Long Eaton 2 Little Egrets and a Ring-necked Parakeet on 11th.
• Markham Vale Barn Owl, Cetti's Warbler and 3 Stonechats on 12th.
• Middleton Moor 2 Whooper Swans and 88 Golden Plover on 16th and a Goldeneye on 14th. Peregrine on 12th, 2 Whooper Swans, 150 Pink-footed Geese east and a Red Kite on 11th.
• Midway Ponds 100 Pink-footed Geese and 20 Goosander on 12th.
• Ogston Reservoir 5 Goldeneye and 30 Goosander on 13th, 250 Pink-footed Geese and 2 Dunlin on 12th, 19 Mandarin Ducks, 6 Goldeneye and a Dunlin on 11th. Adult Caspian Gull on 11th-13th.
• Staunton Harold Reservoir Yellow-legged Gull, one on 17th, 2 Great White Egrets on 11th and max 2 Little Egrets on 11th and 16th.
• Willington GP max 24 Shoveler on 17th, max 2 Shelduck on 15th, Barn Owl, max 2 Chiffchaffs and a Stonechat on 13th, 100 Pink-footed Geese, max 5 Great White Egrets on 12th, 100 Pink-footed Geese south-east, 13 Egyptian Geese, max 12 Cattle Egrets, max 25 Little Egrets, 2 Redshank and 3 Cetti's Warblers on 11th. Female Pintail on 12th-13th and 15th-16th, max 4 Goldeneye on 13th and 16th, Bittern on 11th and 13th and Marsh Harrier on 13th and 17th.
• Witches Oak Water Marsh Harrier, one on 17th, 15 Little Egrets, 7 Great White Egrets, 3 Cetti's Warblers and Chiffchaff on 14th.
• Wyver Lane Whooper Swan, one on 14th, 220 Pink-footed Geese east (3 skeins), 8 Shoveler, Little Egret, Great White Egret, Marsh Tit and 3 Stonechats on 13th, 350 Pink-footed Geese on 11th.
• Whooper Swan Lower Longdendale, 31 east on 11th (same flock through Carr Vale NR 40 minutes later).
• Pink-footed Goose The change in weather prompted a decent movement (mainly east / south-east) with flocks at Mercia Marina, 285 on 15th, Higham, 110 on 15th, Milton, 100 on 15th, Hadfield, 40 on 13th, Calver, skein heard on 13th, Mickleover, 2 skeins east on 13th, Furness Vale, 500 on 12th, Clowne, 200 east on 12th, Wingerworth, 19 (2 skeins) east on 12th, Bleaklow, 120 east on 12th, Glossop, 120 east on 12th, Pilsley, 120 East on 12th, Alvaston, 100 north on 12th, Belper, 90 on 12th, Long Eaton, 80 on 12th, Alfreton, 50-60 east on 12th, Chesterfield, 40 on 12th, Longshaw, 40 east on 12th, Bolsover, two skeins heard at different locations and times on 12th, West Hallam, 200 east on 11th, Crich Chase, 175 east on 11th, Tapton, 100 on 11th, Baslow Edge, 70 south-east on 11th and Curbar, 50 on 11th.
• Egyptian Goose Trent Lock, 2 on 13th.
• Little Egret Singles at Birdholme on 14th, Osbourne's Pool on 13th, Pebley Pond on 12th, Sawley on 12th, Draycott on 12th and Breaston, one on 11th.
• Red Kite Singles at Scarcliffe, 2 on 13th. Singles at Hassop on 16th, Middleton on 17th, Shirebrook on 16th-17th, Creswell Crags on 15th, Whitwell on 15th, Clowne on 14th, Hartshorne on 12th, Swanwick on 11th and Middleton Top on 11th.
• Golden Plover Marsh Lane, 150 on 17th, Hilton, 62 on 16th.
• Curlew Near Hathersage, one on 13th.
• Caspian Gull Pleasley Colliery, one on 16th.
• Ring-necked Parakeet Elvaston Castle CP, 4 on 14th, Clay Cross on 13th.
• Raven Shirland, 12 on 17th.
• Chiffchaff Sinfin Moor Wetlands on 17th and Milton STW on 15th.
• Dipper Chesterfield, one on River Hipper in Somersall Park on 14th.
• Ring Ouzel Moorfield, one on 11th.
• Stonechat Gibbet Moor, 5 on 16th, Markham Vale, 3 on 12th, Kedleston Park, 2 Stonechats on 14th and Foxlow, one on 13th.
• Brambling Swineshaw Reservoir, 2 on 12th and Woodhead Reservoir, one on 12th.
• Hawfinch Glossop, 3 on 14th.
• Crossbill Darwen forest, 4 on 11th

• Another good week for county rarities with two Slavonian Grebes present at Foremark Reservoir 7th-8th, with one remaining to the 10th, the long-staying juvenile Scaup was still in residence at Melbourne Pool on 10th and a Shore Lark flew south-east with 14 Sky Larks over Ogston Reservoir on 7th. However the story of the week was the multiple arrival of Bearded Tits in the county starting with eight that were found at Ogston Reservoir on 5th with two remaining until the following day at least with at least one on 8th. On 8th a flock of three arrived at Carr Vale (3rd site record) with the male remaining until 9th on which date a male was found at Poolsbrook Marsh that was still present on 10th. Finally news came in late on 10th of a Firecrest caught and ringed by the Sorby Breck Ringing Group at an unspecified site.
• Barrow-On-Trent GP 3 Knot, 2 Redshank, Green Sandpiper, Sanderling and 2 Peregrines on 9th with a Barn Owl on 3rd.
• Bennerley Marsh 4 Egyptian Geese, 7 Shoveler, Little Egret and 5 Redshank ( a good count for this site) on 9th, Dunlin on 6th, 4 Whooper Swans and a Dunlin on 5th.
• Carr Vale NR max 6 Shoveler on 10th, Curlew (very unusual in November here) and a Peregrine on 9th, max 31 Golden Plover, 2 adult Caspian Gulls and an adult Yellow-legged Gull on 8th, Great White Egret and a Crossbill (W) on 5th, a very late Reed Warbler (has a damaged wing and it is the latest ever for the county) and max 3 Stonechats on 4th (2 present daily). Little Egrets daily, with a max of four on 10th, Red Kites on 7th and 9th-10th, up to three Cetti's Warblers and Chiffchaff on 5th and 9th.
• Carsington Water Little Egret on 10th, 32 Ravens and 2 Hawfinches on 8th, 2 Red Kites and a Woodcock on 7th, Marsh Tit on 6th, 2 Hawfinches, Egyptian Goose, first W Caspian Gull and a Brambling on 4th. 2 Goldeneye on 2nd, 6th, 8th and a Pintail on 2nd, 4th, 6th and 8th.
• Drakelow NR max 2 Great White Egrets, max 4 Little Egrets and 2 Cextti's Warblers on 9th with 7 Shoveler on 5th.
• Foremark Reservoir Great White Egret and 2 Yellow-legged Gulls on 10th, 4 Egyptian Geese, Green Sandpiper on 9th and a Dunlin on 8th. 3 Little Egrets on 9th-10th.
• Foxlow Ponds 103 Pink-footed Geese NE and a Hawfinch on 10th.
• High Bridge max 3 Great White Egret, 2 Dunlin, 1st W Mediterranean Gull, adult Caspian Gull and Peregrine on 5th, 6 Egyptian Geese, 5 Shoveler, max 18 Little Egrets on 6th, Dunlin, Chiffchaff on 3rd and 6th. Caspian Gull on 4th-5th.
• Locko Park Little Egret on 3rd and 5th and 2 Stonechats on 3rd and 9th.
• Lower Longdendale Reservoirs 2 Whooper Swans, 33 Mandarin Ducks and a Pintail on 9th, Chiffchaff and Hawfinch on 8th and 9 Mandarin Ducks, Pintail and Little Egret on 7th.
• Middleton Moor 30 Pink-footed Geese on 10th, 2 Red Kite on 8th, one on 9th-10th, Knot on 8th, left south, max Golden Plover and max 2 Yellow-legged Gulls on 6th, Pintail and Woodcock on 3rd.
• Norbriggs Flash Cetti's Warbler and 2 Stonechats on 7th with a Barn Owl on 4th.
• Ogston Reservoir Pink-footed Geese heard, 3 Shelduck and 5 Dunlin on 10th, 6 Whooper Swans left SE early on 9th plus Pintail, 4 Redshank, Yellow-legged Gull and adult Caspian Gull on 9th, Knot on 6th, Grey Plover on 5th, Red-crested Pochard and a Stonechat on 3rd. Max 4 Goldeneye on 9th-10th and a Dunlin on 6th and 9th.
• Pleasley Colliery Little Egret, one on 4th and 7th-8th and adult Yellow-legged Gulls on 5th and 9th.
• Poolsbrook Marsh Great White Egret, one south, Peregrine, 3 Cetti's Warblers and a Chiffchaff on 10th, 2 on 8th.
• Staunton Harold Reservoir Great White Egret and 3 little Egrets on 9th.
• Swarkestone GP 10 Egyptian Geese, 3 Little Egrets and a Great White Egret on 7th.
• Willington GP 8 Cattle Egrets still on 9th, max 17 Shoveler and max 9 Cattle Egrets on 6th, 4 Chiffchaffs on 5th, 2 Goldeneye on 4th-5th, max 5 Great White Egrets and Barn Owl on 3rd and Bittern on 4th -7th, Marsh Harrier on 5th- 6th and 9th, Caspian Gull on 4th and 9th and a Chiffchaff on 2nd and 5th.
• Witches Oak 3 Pink-footed Geese, 4 Goldeneye, 4 Great White Egrets on 10th, 2 Goldeneye, Bittern and 6 Great White Egrets on 7th.
• Woodhead Reservoir Whooper Swans 6 and Hawfinch on 3rd.
• Wyver Lane 11 Shoveler and a Great White Egret on 6th
• Whooper Swan Simmondley, 18 SE on 10th, Sudbury Lake, one on 8th.
• Pink-footed Goose Darley Dale, 45 on 10th, Belper, 2 skeins on 10th, Stanley Common, skein heard on 10th, Dove Valley, 150 on 7th, Swanwick, 50 on 6th, Hayfield, 120 on 4th, Bolsover, skein heard on 4th and Chatsworth, 40 on 2nd.
• Mandarin Chatsworth Park, 18 on 5th.
• Red-crested Pochard Melbourne Pool, long stayer still present on 10th.
• Goldeneye Darley Dale, 2 on 7th and Norbriggs Flash, one on 7th.
• Common Scoter Torside Reservoir, 2 on 2nd.
• Cattle Egret Newton Solney, 6 on 5th.
• Little Egret Long Eaton, 3 on 6th.
• Great White Egret Trent / Dove Confluence, one on 8th.
• Red Kite Whitwell, 3 on 3rd, Long Eaton, one on 10th, Clowne, one on 8th and at Rowsley, one on 2nd.
• Golden Plover Upperpoads, 67 on 10th and Freebirch, 17 on 9th.
• Yellow-legged Gull Weston Grange on 3rd.
• Barn Owl Scarcliffe, 2 on 8th, Seymour on 7th and Mastin Moor on 4th.
• Peregrine Derby, 2 on 10th, one on 8th, Sutton Scarsdale, one on 10th, Tapton, one on 8th and Rosliston on 3rd.
• Ring-necked Parakeet Alvaston, max 25 on 5th, Keldholme Lane Park, 11 on 4th, Havenbaulk Park, 3 on 6th and Woodseats, one on 3rd.
• Cetti's Warbler Derwent Mouth Lock, 2 on 8th, Markham Vale on 10th, .
• Black Redstart Longshaw Estate, one on 5th.
• Stonechat Beeley Moor, on 9th, Markham Vale, 3 on 7th, Lightwood (Buxton), 2 on 6th and Norbriggs, 2 on 7th.
• Tree Sparrow New Brittain, 9 on 9th.
• Hawfinch Brackenfield Church, 9 on 5th, 4 on 7th, 3 on 9th and 2 on 5th, Rosliston, 5 on 6th, Moorhall, 4 on 8th. Singles at Bottoms Reservoir on 8th and Highoredish, one on 8th.
• Brambling Very few birds seen at Highordedish, 2 on 10th, High Leas Farm, Riber, 2 on 7th, Hadfield Rough Fields, 2 on 4th and Longshaw, 2 on 4th. Singles at Barlow, on 9th and Hadfield on 5th.
• Crossbill Glossop, one on 3rd

• County rarities reported included a juvenile Greater Scaup at Melbourne Pool on 28th-29th, still present 3rd November. Observers are reminded that this species was added to the list of species requiring descriptions only recently because of a marked decline nationally, reflected locally and because of the number of hybrids and mis-identified females. I see there are photos available so look forward to seeing a rarity form in due course. This is a good bird for Derbyshire nowadays.
• Barrow GP Goldeneye, 2 Curlew W and Green Sandpiper on 2nd.
• Beeley Moor 27 Golden Plover and Crossbill on 1st.
• Carr Vale NR 250 Pink-footed Geese W on 1st, Great White Egret on 2nd and juvenile Goldeneye on 31st.
• Carsington Water record count of 903 Grey Lag Geese on 3rd, 32 Pink-footed Geese, Goldeneye and 12 Brambling on 1st, Great White Egret and Peregrine on 29th, Red-crested Pochard, adult Yellow-legged Gull and a Bramling on 28th. Great White Egret on 29th and 31st.
• Drakelow NR max 6 Great White Egrets and a Red Kite on 2nd, 11 Little Egrets, max 4 Cetti's Warblers and a Brambling on 1st.
• Etwall Farm Red Kite and 2 Stonechats on 28th.
• Foremark Res Red Kite on 29th and 2 Great White Egrets on 28th.
• High Bridge GP Dunlin and Green Sandpiper on 3rd, 5 Egyptian Geese on 1st, 7 Cattle Egrets, 16 Little Egrets and max 4 Green Sandpipers on 29th. Great White Egret on 29th - 30th and 1st and an adult Caspian Gull on 29th-31st.
• High Leas Farm Barn Owl recently and Brambling S on 3rd.
• Highoredish Hawfinch and 4 Bramblings on 3rd, 200 Pink-footed Geese, 27 Golden Plover, 2 Hawfinches and probable Crossbill on 1st.
• Longdendale 6 Whooper Swans and Hawfinch on 3rd (plus 6632 Redwing and 2952 Fieldfare).
• Markham Vale Red Kite, 4 Cetti's Warblers and 3 Stonechats on 30th.
• Melbourne Pool Hawfinch on 2nd, 2 Egyptian Geese and 2 Red-crested Pochards on 29th, latter still on 3rd when Peregrine also seen.
• Middleton Moor Peregrine and 2 Stonechats on 2nd, 17 Whooper Swans and 6 Yellow-legged Gulls on 1st, 113 Pink-footed Geese and max 2 Yellow-legged Gulls on 29th, 35 Golden Plover and a Caspian Gull on 27th.
• Newton Solney 9 Cattle Egrets on 3rd, 7 Cattle Egrets and 16 Little Egrets on 29th.
• Ogston Res 2 Black-tailed Godwits on 3rd, Hawfinch on 2nd, 21 Mandarin Ducks and a Pintail on 1st, a late juvenile Arctic Tern on 30th. Drake Red-crested Pochard on 1st and 2nd, Yellow-legged Gulls on 1st and 3rd, Caspian Gull on 29th, 1st and 3rd.
• Padfield Water Works 110 Pink-footed Geese and 10 Mandarin Ducks on 27th.
• Staunton Harold Reservoir 4 Little Egrets on 3rd.
• Willington GP 3 Cattle Egrets, a probable Red Kite and 2 Stonechats on 31st, 2 Egyptian Geese, max 36 Shoveler, Bittern, 9 Cattle Egrets (arrived late pm), max 16 Little Egrets, a Green Sandpiper and 4 Cetti's Warblers on 29th, Hen Harrier on 28th. 4 Pintail on 31st-1st, Goldeneye on 29th-30th, 5 Great White Egrets on 31st - 1st, Marsh Harrier on 29th and 31st-1st and a late Reed Warbler on 27th and 29th.
• Wyver Lane 3 Great White Egrets, Marsh Tit and 3 Stonechats on 30th
• Whooper Swan Swineshaw Reservoir, 7 on 29th.
• Pink-footed Goose Weston-on-Trent GP, 20 W on 3rd, Arnfield Reservoir, 394 on on 2nd, Beeley Moor, (Alice Head Road), 150 SW on 1st, Chesterfield, 100 on 1st, Buxton, 78 on 1st, Bradley, 50 on 1st, Furness Vale, 50 on 1st, Staveley, 200 E on 28th and Shirebrook, 50 on 27th.
• Little Egret Langwith, 2 on 2nd, Long Eaton, 2 on 1st, one at Walton Dam on 30th, Chatsworth Park on 29th and Wilne Lane on 27th.
• Great White Egret one NE over Staveley on 30th and Drakelow NR, one on 29th.
• Red Kite Thorpe Cloud, 4 on 29th, Dove Dale, 2 on 30th. Singles at Turnditch on 31st, Beeley Moor on 29th, Great Longstone on 27th, Muggington on 27th and Atlow, one on 26th.
• Jack Snipe Sinfin Moor Wetlands, one on 30th.
• Yellow-legged Gull Pleasley Colliery on 2nd.
• Peregrine Poolsbrook Marsh, one on 28th.
• Ring-necked Parakeet Shirebrook, one one 2nd.
• Hawfinch Lower Hartshay, 4 on 28th, 2 on 29th, one on 2nd, Glossop, 3 on 2nd, Chaddesden Cemetery, 2 on 2nd, Harewood Moor, 2 on 1st, Cromford on 29th-30th and New Whittington on 29th.
• Brambling Old Mam Tor road, 6 on 30th and Longshaw, 2 on 29th.
• Crossbill Thornhill Carr, 5 on 27th and Darwin Forest, 2 on 30th

• Rarities reported this week included an unconfirmed report of a Night Heron at Shirland on 26th, I can't remember when the last one of these was reported, so one that definitely needs firming up please. There were reports of 2 Choughs at Win Hill on 20th with one (possibly two) at Nearby Thornhill on 21st but no sign since as far as I am aware. Yellow-browed Warblers were heard at Willington GP on 22nd and one was on Stones Island, Carsington Water's on 27th. Apparently there was a Snow Bunting reported via Birdguides over the weekend, anyone with any details please post on DBFG etc.
• Bennerley Marsh a Whooper Swan (left SE), Great White Egret and Little Egret on 26th. 4 Shovelers on 26th-27th.
• Carr Vale NR Whooper Swan, 5 Shoveler, 3 Little Egrets, 2 Cetti's Warblers, Chiffchaff and 2 Stonechats on 27th, 206 Pink-footed Geese (3 skeins) and 31 Golden Plover on 26th, Whooper Swan and 2 Egyptian Geese on 25th, 2 Little Egrets and an adult Mediterranean Gull on 24th.
• Carsington Water 5 Shoveler on 27th, 2 Little Egrets on 24th, Red-crested Pochard and Barn Owl on 23rd, 14 Pink-footed Geese, Great White Egret and Hawfinch on 22nd, Great Northern Diver (returning bird?) and Peregrine on 21st. Yellow-legged Gull on 21st and 24th-25th.
• Curbar Edge 30 Pink-footed Geese NW, Woodcock and 2 Stonechats on 26th.
• Drakelow NR 7 Goosander and 2 Cetti's Warblers on 26th, Barn Owl on 24th, max 26 Shoveler, 12 Little Egrets and 9 Great White Egrets (site record count) on 21st.
• Doveridge Egyptian Geese, one and Little Egret, one on 22nd.
• High Bridge GP 11 Shoveler, 5 Great White Egrets, 4 Little Egrets and 2 Cetti's Warblers on 27th, Curlew and Green Sandpiper on 26th, Great White Egret on 22nd.
• Highoredish 4 Hawinches on 27th, 66 Pink-footed Geese, Ring Ouzel, Stonechat, 4 Hawfinches and 2 Bramblings on 26th.
• Hulland Ward Red Kite and 9 Curlew on 24th.
• Long Eaton GP 2 Egyptian Geese, Cattle Egret, 6 Little Egrets, 2 Great White Egrets and 4 Cetti's Warblers on 20th.
• Markham Vale 278 Pink-footed Geese and a Cetti's Warbler on 22nd.
• Middleton Moor Dunlin and 2 Stonechats on 26th, 6 Golden Plover and Yellow-legged Gull on 22nd.
• Newton Solney 7 Cattle Egrets and 11 Little Egrets on 22nd.
• Ogston Reservoir adult Yellow-legged and Caspian Gull on 26th, adult Yellow-legged Gull, adult and first winter Caspian Gull on 21st.
• Sinfin Moor Wetland Little Egret and Stonechat on 23rd.
• Willington GP A very late Reed Warbler and still 7 Cattle Egrets on 27th, max 18 Egyptian Geese, max 4 Cetti's Warblers and max 2 Stonechats on 24th, max 30 Shoveler, max 9 Cattle Egrets and Great White Egret on 21st-22nd and 24th.
• Woodhead Reservoir Merlin and Brambling on 21st.
• Wyver Lane max 16 Shoveler, max 3 Great White Egrets, Little Egret, Barn Owl and Marsh Tit on 23rd
• Pink-footed Goose Shirebrook, 50 on 27th, Walton, 47 on 26th, Bow Wood (near Dethick), 20 on 26th, Chaddesden, 230 WNW on 26th, Gang Mine, Cromford, 60 W on 26th, Longdendale, 600 E in the evening (+22 E in the morning) on 23rd, 800 E on 22nd, Glossop, 75 on 25th, 25 on 23rd and 200 on 22nd, Wingerworth, 300 on 22nd, Barlborough, huge skein W on 22nd, Staveley, 200 N over Hartington on 22nd and Dunston, 167 W on 22nd.
• Aythya Hybrid Pleasley Colliery, male on 21st.
• Little Egret Breaston, 2 on 21st and Midway, one on 23rd.
• Red Kite Locko Park, 2 on 24th, Atlow, one on 26th, Hulland Ward, one on 24th, one at Hathersage on 22nd
• Golden Plover Clowne Greenway, 95 on 26th.
• Green Sandpiper Church Wilne, one on 25th.
• Peregrine Milldale on 21st.
• Ring-necked Parakeet Elvaston Castle, 15 on 26th and Allestree Park, 7 on 24th,
• Cetti's Warbler Derby River Gardens, one still on 21st.
• Black Redstart female type at Sandiacre on 26th.
• Stonechat Risley, 2 on 24th, Buxton, 2 on 22nd, Staunton Harold, one on 25th and Woodthorpe, one on 26th.
• Tree Sparrow North Brittain, 10 on 26th.
• Hawfinch One reported from New Whittington on 22nd.
• Brambling Moorfield, one on 23rd.
• Crossbill Win Hill, 12 on 21st, Beeley Moor, one on 26th

• County rarities reported included at Carsington Water, a Yellow-browed Warbler again (near Sheepwash Hide) on 15th and at the wildlife Centre Creek on 17th, two birds ??. At Drakelow NR, one was reported via birdguides late pm on 13th but nobody seems to know anything about it, so if anyone can shed any light on the record it would be appreciated (apparently it was ringed but on what date?). One at Willington GP on 16th and another was reported via BIrdguides from Errwood Reservoir on 18th. The best ever year for this species in the county. At the end of the week there was a report of two Red-billed Choughs at Win Hill on 20th, which if confirmed will be the second record for the county following the two near Goyt Valley a few years back (sorry no access to exact date).
• Ambaston Great White Egret and Ring-necked Parakeet on 15th.
• Aston on Trent GP 2 Great White Egrets and a Marsh Harrier on 19th.
• Beeley Moor 100 Golden Plover, Ring Ouzel and 2 Hawfinches on 19th, 3 Brambling on 18th, Merlin and 9 Stonechats on 12th.
• Big Moor Pink-footed Geese heard, Barn Owl, Merlin and Woodcock on 19th.
• Borrowash 3 Little Egrets and a late Yellow-Wagtail on 15th.
• Breaston Red Kite on 19th, Great White Egret and Stonechat on 15th.
• Carr Vale NR 4 Shovelers on 18th, 60 Pink-footed Geese and 3 Little Egrets on 17th, Barn Owl at Mill Farm on 14th.
• Carsington Water Shelduck, 4 Shoveler and a Rock Pipit on 17th, Red-crested Pochard, Goldeneye and a Brambling on 15th, 9 probable Whooper Swans SE, 340 Pink-footed Geese E in 4 skeins and 3 Pintail on 13th (in addition to 23 Whoopers reported for this date in the previous notes). Adult Yellow-legged Gull on 14th and 19th.
• Catholes 100+ Golden Plover, Ring Ouzel and Hawfinch NE on 19th.
• Drakelow NR max 8 Great White Egrets on 19th, max 9 Little Egrets, 3 Red Kites, 2 Marsh Harriers, Woodcock, 7 Cetti's Warblers and first Stonechat of the autumn on 17th.
• High Bridge 13 Egyptian Geese, 6 Shovelers, Little Egrets and Great White Egret on 13th.
• Highoredish Marsh Harrier, Red Kite and a Brambling on 17th,
• Linacre Reservoirs 50 Pink-footed Geese and 24 Mandarin Ducks on 14th.
• Middleton Moor 3 Stonechats on 19th, Yellow-legged Gull on 18th, Caspian Gull on 16th-17th and Brambling on 14th.
• Milton Great White Egret and Stonechat on 19th.
• Newton Solney 2 Egyptian Geese on 19th, 14 Little Egrets and 13 Ravens on 18th.
• Pleasley Colliery 9 Shoveler and a Little Egret on 19th.
• Ogston Reservoir Great White Egret on 15th, Little Egret and Yellow-legged Gull on 14th. Brambling, one on 15th-17th.
• Riber Red Kite on 19th, 3 Whooper Swans, a Brambling and 3 Crossbills on 13th.
• Sinfin Moor Wetlands Stonechat on 16th and Little Egret on 15th.
• Staunton Harold 2 Egyptian Geese and 2 Great White Egrets on 19th.
• Willington GP Cattle Egrets increased to 5 on 16th-17th, 20 Shoveler, Bittern, 7 Little Egrets, 2 Great White Egrets and still 4 Cattle Egrets on 19th, 3 Great White Egrets and Peregrine Falcon on 13th. Marsh Harrier on 13th and 16th-17th and 19th.
• Woodhead Reservoir small ringtail Harrier, Barn Owl, Merlin, Hooded Crow, Tree Sparrow and Rock Pipit on 17th, Crossbill on 14th.
• Wyver Lane 20 Shoveler, 3 Great White Egrets and 4 Stonechats on 15th.
• Whooper Swan Holmebrook Valley Park, one on 19th.
• Pink-footed Goose Alfreton, 300+ E on 19th, Upper Derwent, 3-400 in 2 skeins ESE on 17th, Bolsover, 200 E on 14th, Holmebrook Valley Park, 159 on 14th, Monsall Head, 60 NE on 14th and Staveley, skein heard at 0200 N on 14th.
• Egyptian Goose Inlgeby, 44 on 13th and Barrow GP, 33 on 13th.
• Shoveler Hilton GP, 10 on 14th.
• Little Egret Chatsworth, one on 17th and Bennerley Marsh, one on 13th.
• Red Kite Darley Dale, 2 on 19th, Goyt Valley, 2 on 18th, Swadlincote, max 2 on 14th. Singles at Longstone Edge on 19th, Stanage Pole on 18th, Allestree, one on 17th, Wirksworth, one on 16th and Bunsall Reservoir on 13th.
• Jack Snipe Markham Vale, one on 15th.
• Barn Owls Old Mam Tor Road on 18th and Scarcliffe on 13th.
• Hobby A late bird reported from Trent Lock.
• Peregrine High Leas on 17th and Flash Lane on 12th.
• Ring-necked Parakeet Draycott, one on 15th and Renishaw, one on 15th.
• Cetti's Warbler Swarkestone on 19th, Derby River Gardens, one on 16th was obs first, Pewit Carr, one on 15th, Straws Bridge, one on 15th.
• Black Redstart Tupton, one photographed in a garden on 17th.
• Stonechat Lowland birds at Bent Lane, Staveley on 13th-15th and Sinfin Moor Wetlands on 15th

• County rarities continued to be found with Yellow-browed Warblers reported from Carsington Water (Paul Stanley Hide) on 13th by Amanda Palethorpe, another at Carsington Water (Brown Ale Bay) on 10th found by Clive Ashton and one at Witches Oak on 10th found by Vic Bevan. Re[ports of another ringed atDrakelow NR on 13th. Four Black-necked Grebes at Carsington Water on 12th found by Simon Roddis, Ogston Reservoir, Steve Mann found one on 13th.
• Barrow GP 9 Shoveler and a Marsh Harrier on 13th.
• Carr Vale NR 310 Pink-footed Geese E, 100 W, 25 Golden Plover S and a Stonechat on 13th, female Pintail on 12th, 25 Whooper Swans (21 S, 4 E), 80 Pink-footed Geese E, 2 Great White Egrets on 11th, 920 Pink-footed Geese flew E and 330 flew W, 3 Red Kites on 10th, 80 Pink-footed Geese flew E on 9th. Three adult Whooper Swans 6th-9th also seen at Deepdale Flash, Sutton Scarsdale, up to 7 Shoveler daily, 2 Pintail 7th-10th, female on 12th, up to three Little Egrets daily, juvenile Caspian Gull on 8th-9th, Peregrine on 7th-8th, up to three Cetti's Warblers daily, one or two Stonechats on 5 dates.
• Carsington Water 23 Whooper Swans SE on 13th, 2 Whooper Swans, Shelduck on 12th, 10 Whooper Swans flew SE and 60 Pink-footed Geese flew W on 10th, 2 Pintail, Red-crested Pochard, 3 Red Kites and Yellow-legged Gull on 9th-12th, Rock Pipit on 8th,
• Drakelow NR max 3 Great White Egrets and a Cetti's Warbler on 8th, max 10 Goosander, Tree Pipit and max 6 Cetti's Warbler on 7th. Max 6 Little Egrets on 7th-8th.
• High Bridge GP 3 Whooper Swans on 12th, max 3 Cattle Egrets and a Rock Pipit on 9th, Peregrine on 8th, max 9 Little Egrets and Yellow-legged Gull on 7th. Max 12 Pintail on 7th and 9th.
• Locko Park 12 Whooper Swans E and 2 Red Kites on 10th.
• Lower Longdendale 28 Mandarin Ducks and Common Scoter on 7th.
• Matlock Forest 7 Tree Sparrows and 10 Crossbills on 8th.
• Middleton Moor 2 Whooper Swans, 3 Yellow-legged Gulls on 11th, one on 10th, 6 Shoveler, 18 Goosanders and Red Kite on 7th, 5 Stonechats on 6th.
• Ogston Reservoir 5 Whooper Swans on 11th, Great White Egret and 2 Rock Pipits on 8th, 23 Mandarin Ducks, 4 Ravens on 7th, Yellow-legged Gull on 7th-8th.
• Pleasley Colliery Little Egret and Red Kite on 7th.
• Renishaw (Spinkhill Lane / A618 junction) max 9 Little Egrets and a Great White Egret on 8th (record count of Little Egrets for that area).
• Spring Wood Great White Egret and 5 Marsh Tits on 8th.
• Staunton Harold Reservoir 5 Little Egrets and an adult Yellow-legged Gull on 10th.
• Willington GPs 7 Shovelers on 11th, max 10 Little Egrets on 9th, max 4 Great White Egrets and 4 Cetti's Warblers on 7th. Goldeneye on 6th-8th, 10th and 12th, max 3 Cattle Egrets on 8th-12th.
• Willington (Canal Pit) 6 Shoveler and 3 Great White Egrets on 8th.
• Witches Oak 6 Shoveler, 3 Great White Egrets, adult Yellow-legged Gull and 8 Cetti's Warblers on 10th.
• Woodhead Reservoir 35 Pink-footed Geese, Ring Ouzel, one and 2 Brambling on 11th.
• Wyver Lane 10 Shoveler, 3 Great White Egrets and 3 Stonechats on 11th
• Whooper Swan, Pilsley 23 SE on 13th, Arnfield Reservoir, 10 on 11th, Littleover, 6 on 11th, Alfreton, 3 probables on 12th.
• Pink-footed Goose seen at Heanor, 50 on 13th, Butterley, 100 on 12th, Hadfield, 200 on 10th, Curbar, 110 on 10th, Castleton, 80 on 10th, Bolsover, skein heard whilst obs watching northern lights on 10th, Staveley, 200 N on 9th probably same as 150 N over Poolsbrook at the same time, Whittington Moor, 150 SE on 9th.
• Egyptian Goose Ingleby, 44 on 13th.
• Little Egret Long Eaton, 6 on 9th, Bennerley Marsh, 2 on 9th, Sandiacre, one on 11th and Ambaston, one on 8th.
• Great White Egret Sinfin Moor on 13th, Youlgreave on 8th.
• Red Kite Shipley View, Ilkeston on 12th, Shirebrook on 9th-11th, Bolsover on 7th.
• Golden Plover Beeley Moor, 61 on 11th.
• Curlew Hulland Ward, 9 on 11th.
• Woodcock Woodhead, one on 10th.
• Barn Owl Padfield Water Works, one on 10th, Heage, one on 7th.
• Merlin Moorfield, one on 7th.
• Peregrine Bolsover, 2 on 11th.
• Ring-necked Parakeet Spondon, one on 9th.
• Cetti's Warbler Pewit Carr on 7th.
• Fieldfare Kings Newton, 3 on 8th, Ilkeston 3 on 9th.
• Stonechat 3 Markham Vale on 8th, Allestree, 2 on 9th, Foremark, one on 9th and Lowgates, Stavely, 2 on 8th, male still on 12th.
• Brambling North Wingfield, one on 6th

• The good run of county rarities continued with late news from the 30th of a third Yellow-browed Warbler for the autumn at Crich Stand. On the 2nd a county record flock of 7 Spoonbills appeared out of the mist at Carr Vale at 0900, landing briefly before departing south-east ten minutes later, just the second record for the site. Later the same morning a group of 3 Gannets (a sub-adult and 2 juveniles) appeared at Carsington Water, this also being a record count for the county whilst in the south of the county a drake Scaup was found at Staunton Harold Reservoir (Scaup was promoted to county rarity status in 2023). Lastly 3 Spoonbills flew through Willington GP on 6th.
• Beeley Moor Merlin and Peregrine on 5th, 22 Golden Plovers and 4 Stonechats on 3rd.
• Bennerley Marsh Caspian Gull on 6th and a Great White Egret on 1st.
• Carr Vale 3 adult Whooper Swans on 6th (later moved a mile south to Deepdale Flash, Sutton Scarsdale) also a site record count of 220 Stock Doves on 6th, Pintail daily, max 7 on 2nd-3rd, Shoveler max 16 on 2nd, Little Egrets on 5 dates, max 3 on 2nd-3rd, 2 Red Kites on 4th, max 4 singing Cetti's Warblers on 3rd, a late Reed Warbler on 3rd and Brambling on 5th with Peregrines on 3 dates.
• Carsington Water adult Caspian Gull on 6th, 2 Pintail and max 2 Yellow-legged Gulls on 5th, 2 Yellow Wagtails on 4th, Red-crested Pochard and Peregrine on 3rd, Pintail and Great White Egret on 2nd and Rock Pipits, two on 4th with one on 5th-6th.
• Curbar Edge Barn Owl, Wheatear and 4 Stonechats on 5th.
• Drakelow NR max 3 Great White Egrets, 6 Goosander and Hobby on 6th, max 5 Little Egrets, Woodcock, Cetti's Warbler on 5th and a Hobby on 4th.
• Lower Longdendale Rock Pipit on 5th and 500 Pink-footed Geese E on 4th.
• Middleton Moor 2 Great White Egrets on 4th, 2 Pink-footed Geese, 4 Shoveler and one Yellow-legged Gull on 2nd.
• Ogston Reservoir Marsh Harrier on 5th, Osprey and Black Tern on 2nd, juvenile Mediterranean Gull, Caspian Gull and Yellow-legged Gull on 1st.
• Willington GP Marsh Harrier and Barn Owl on 6th, max 3 Great White Egrets and 5 Cetti's Warblers on 1st. Goldeneye on 1st and 6th, 2 Cattle Egrets on 6th with one on 1st and 4th and 2 Great White Egrets on 5th-6th.
• Woodhead Reservoir 110 Pink-footed Geese and Common Sandpiper on 3rd.
• Wyver Lane Great White Egret and Ring-necked Parakeet on 6th
• Pink-footed Goose Longdendale, 500 E on 4th, Ladybower, 400 S on 4th, Chunal, 300 on 4th and Mossy Lea, 80 on 5th.
• Egyptian Goose 7 at Ingleby on 2nd and Robin Wood, 3 on 4th.
• Mandarin Duck Chatsworth Park, 37 on 1st and Ashford Lake, 10 on 2nd.
• Pintail High Bridge GP, 4 on 6th.
• Little Egret Toadhole Furnace, 3 on 2nd, Long Eaton, 2 on 1st. Singles at Markeaton Brook on 4th, Sinfin Moor Lane, one on 4th, Sinfin Moor Wetland, one on 4th, and Hardwick park on 2nd.
• Great White Egret Draycott, 2 on 4th, Coronation Park, Swadlincote on 6th, Mercaston on 5th and Cloud Trail, one on 1st.
• Red Kite Pleasley Colliery, 2 on 6th, Horsedale, 2 on 5th, Shirebrook, 2 on 5th, Scarcliffe, 2 on 2nd and Youlgreave on 2nd. Singles at Swadlincote on 6th, Upper Langwith on 5th, Aston-On-Trent on 4th, Buxton on 4th, Cromford on 4th, Bolsover Moor on 3rd and 5th and Langwith on 3rd.
• Barn Owl Yeld Wood on 5th, Poolsbroook on 3rd and Longshaw on 1st.
• Hobby Lower Hartshay on 6th.
• Merlin one by A628, Ashover Rock, one on 4th and Big Moor, one on 3rd.
• Peregrine Singles at Vicarwood on 4th and Buxton on 3rd.
• Ring-necked Parakeet Alvaston where perhaps as many as 100 roosted during the first week of the month and Chellaston, max 3 on 2nd.
• Cetti's Warbler Poolsbrook, one on 5th and Pewit Carr, one on 3rd.
• Fieldfare Whistlewood Common, 5 on 5th.
• Brambling Flash Lane, 5 on 5th, Whitely Nab, 4 on 4th

• It was a good week for county rarities, which included an adult Gannet at Carsington Water on 24th, original obs not known but well done Simon for confirming and the same day Tony Davison found a Sabine's Gull at Foremark Reservoir, just the 9th record for the county and the first since 25th August 2017 at Carr Vale. Late news concerned a juvenile Gannet taken into care on 22nd from Wirksworth and then a Manx Shearwater was taken into care from Derby on 25th, thanks to Matt Reed for getting this information out. Continuing the seabird theme three of the Carr Vale team saw a dark phase Arctic Skua flying north on 27th. On 28th Steve Mann found a Yellow-browed Warbler at Highoredish, the second of the autumn following one found last week in Breadsall by Bill Simpson. The final county rarity for the week was a Black-necked Grebe at Pleasley Colliery, initially reported on RBA early afternoon and still present at 1600 the finder at the moment remains unknown.
• Allestree Great White Egret and 2 Redwings on 29th.
• Beeley Moor Ring Ouzel and 7 Redwings on 29th, Peregrine and 8 Stonechats on 27th.
• Bennerely Marsh Caspian Gull on 29th, Whitethroat on 27th and max 2 Little Egrets on 26th.
• Carr Vale NR max 5 Mandarin Ducks and a late Reed Warbler on 30th, max 14 Jays on 29th, 550 Pink-footed Geese E on 28th, 70 Pink-footed Geese E and 30 N, 8 Golden Plover N and Hobby on 27th, 60 Pink-footed Geese E and a Wheatear on 25th, 40 Pink-footed Geese E and 5 left N, 22 Shoveler, juvenile Garganey (different bird to last) and male Marsh Harrier (SE) on 24th, max 9 Pintail (record count for the reserve) and a juvenile Arctic Tern briefly, then south (latest ever for the reserve) on 23rd. Seven Pintail still present on 30th, Little Egrets, up to two daily, Peregrine on 4 dates and up to 3 Cetti's Warblers daily.
• Carsington Water max 3 adult Yellow-legged Gulls on 29th, Merlin on 28th, 9 Barnacle Geese and Peregrine on 27th, max 4 Shoveler, max 2 Red-crested Pochards, 2 Golden Plover, 4 Black-tailed Godwits and a Swift on 25th, 8 Ringed Plovers, 7 Ravens, 6 Tree Sparrow and a Yellow Wagtail on 24th. The recent White-tailed Eagle has been confirmed as being a male from the I.O.W release project, ringed in 2023 with code G644.
• Chatsworth Park 90 Mandarin Duck and Little Egret on 22nd, Great White Egret on 22nd, 24th.
• Chesterfield Canal Hobby, Cetti's Warbler and Stonechat on 28th.
• Drakelow NR 17 Mandarin Ducks, 15 Shoveler, 5 Little Egrets, 3 Great White Egrets, Ringed Plover and Hobby on 24th.
• Foremark Reservoir 31 Goosander, 16 Little Egrets and 3 Great White Egrets on 25th, Red Kite on 24th.
• High Bridge GP max 6 Little Egrets, max 5 Great White Egrets and a Cetti's Warbler on 29th, Jack Snipe on 28th, 4 Great White Egrets, Greenshank and Green Sandpiper on 24th and 26th.
• Kinder Reservoir Wheatear and 7 Stonechats on 25th.
• Locko Park 15+ Mandarin Ducks, Little Egret and 2 Peregrines on 29th.
• Longdendale 500 Pink-footed Geese E and cream crowned Marsh Harrier on 25th, possibly the same Harrier over Glossop later the same morning.
• Middleton Moor Whinchat still on 29th, 70 Pink-footed Geese, Little Egret and max 5 Stonechats on 28th, 2 Arctic Terns and a Merlin on 27th, 2 Whinchats on 26th, Hobby on 25th, 4 Pintail, max 7 Shoveler, 2 Dunlin on 24th, Ringed Plover on 23rd and Whinchat, 2 on 23rd-24th. Yellow-legged Gull on 25th and 29th.
• Ogston juvenile/female Common Scoter on 30th, Little Egret on 29th, Stonechat on 28th, Merlin on 27th, Caspian Gull on 24th-25th, 28th-30th, Yellow-legged Gull on 25th and 28th.
• Pilsley Red Kite on 27th and 70 Pink-footed Geese NW on 26th.
• Staunton Harold Reservoir 3 Egyptian Goose and Yellow-legged Gull, max 4 on 29th, 9 Mandarin Ducks and Common Sandpiper on 25th. Max 7 Little Egrets on 25th and 29th.
• Westhouses 100 Pink-footed Geese NE, 5 Whinchats and 3 Stonechats on 26th.
• Weston Grange GP 2 Egyptian Geese, 2 Great White Egrets and 4 Stonechats on 29th.
• Willington GP Shelduck, max 15 Shoveler, 2 Cattle Egrets and 4 Great White Egrets on 30th, Cattle Egret and 3 Great White Egrets on 29th, Pintail on 28th, max 4 Little Egrets on 27th, max 6+ Great White Egrets, 2 Hobbies and max 7 Cetti's Warblers on 24th, Bittern on 24th, 26th-29th, Goldeneye on 24th and 30th and Marsh Harrier on 24th and 28th.
• Woodhead Reservoir Common Sandpiper still and a Redwing on 28th, Golden Plover and Fieldfare on 24th
• Pink-footed Goose Torside Reservoir, 250 in 3 skeins on 28th, Lower Longdendale, 230 in 2 skeins on 28th, Calver, 45 on 27th, Furness Vale, 40 on 25th, Swineshaw Reservoir, 45 on 25th and Woodhead Tunnel, 28 on 24th.
• Egyptian Goose 36 at Ingleby on 28th.
• Shoveler Kedleston Hall, 34 on 29th.
• Goosander Youlgreave, 18 on 29th.
• Little Egret Long Eaton, 2 on 28th, Pleasley Colliery, 2 on 28th and Breaston on 26th,
• Great White Egret Osmaston Park, 2 on 25th and Bradford Dale, one on 28th.
• Red Kite Milford, 2 on 26th, Rushop Edge on 25th, Bolsover Moor on 24th, Kirk Langley on 24th, Langwith on 24th and Langwith Junction on 24th.
• Marsh Harrier Kings Mills GP, one on 29th and Saltersbrook on 27th.
• Hobby Findern on 30th and Calke Park on 28th.
• Peregrine Monsal Dale, 2 on 25th and North Wingfield on 24th.
• Ring-necked Parakeet Elvaston, 25 on 26th, Chellaston NR, 2 on 25th and Brailsford Mill, one on 26th.
• Cetti's Warbler Pewit Carr, one on 27th and Poolsbrook Marsh, one on 24th.
• Redwing Ripley, 15 on 29th and Barlow, one on on 29th.
• Stonechat Lowland bird at Heage, one on 27th.
• Wheatear Late birds at Flagg on 25th, Highoredish on 25th and Elton on 24th.
• Yellow Wagtail Late birds at MIlton STW, one on 28th, Staveley SW 2 on 26th and Deepdale Flash, Sutton Scarsdale, one on 24th.

• The only county rarity reported was perhaps not too unexpected given the decent arrival on the east coast in the past few days but that does not detract from the fact that finding a Yellow-browed Warbler in the county is always a pleasure, well done to the finder in Breadsall on 22nd.
• Barrow GP 2 Little Ringed Plovers and a Common Sandpiper on 22nd.
• Carr Vale NR Pink-footed Geese noted on 4 dates (16th-19th), maximum count 380 east in five skeins on 17th, Pintail, pair on 21st-22nd, max 15 Shoveler on 18th, 20th-21st, max 7 Little Egrets on 18th, Great White Egret and Reed Warbler on 22nd, Red Kite on 16th and 21st, juvenile Marsh Harrier on 16th, adult male on 17th, Golden Plover, 6 NE and Ringed Plover SE on 20th, Hobby on 3 dates, last on 21st, Peregrine on 16th-17th, Cetti's Warbler, heard daily, max 3 on 22nd, Garden Warbler on 17th (2nd latest record) and Yellow Wagtail on 18th.
• Carsington Water 2 Ringed Plover N on 20th, 150 Pink-footed Geese NE, Little Egret, 2 Dunlin and 9 Ravens on 19th, Great White Egret, Ringed Plover, Curlew and Hobby on 18th. 4 Shoveler, 7 Pintail, Sedge Warbler and Yellow Wagtail on 17th, Red-crested Pochard on 18th, 19th and 21st, Dunlin on 17th-18th, max 2 adult Yellow-legged Gulls on 17th and Peregrine on 17th-18th.
• Carvers Rocks 18 Goosander and 14 Little Egrets on 19th.
• Chatsworth Park 10 Mandarin Duck, 11 Goosander and a Little Egret on 17th.
• Drakelow NR 2 Little Egrets and Hobby on 21st, 38 Mandarin Ducks (site record count), 13 Shovelers, Little Egret (blue ringed NK) and 8 Cetti's Warblers on 16th. Great White Egret on 16th and 21st.
• Foremark Res 23 Goosander and 6 Little Egret on 17th.
• Hardwick park 13 Mandarin Ducks and a Hobby on 18th.
• High Bridge Cattle Egret, 3 Great White Egrets, Greenshank and 5 Green Sandpipers on 21st.
• Ironbower Moss Marsh Harrier, Red Kite, Merlin and Peregrine on 21st.
• Kedleston Park juvenile Osprey and 2 Hobbies on 17th, all still present on 21st.
• Middleton Moor max 8 Shoveler and 2 Ringed Plovers on 22nd, Ringed Plover, 4 Stonechats and 2 Whinchats on 20th. Sedge Warbler on 20th-21st.
• Ogston Reservoir Little Egret and Great White Egret on 17th. Caspian Gull on 17th and 20th.
• Pleasley Colliery Great White Egret, left N on 21st and 13 Shoveler on 20th.
• Renishaw Park 29 Shoveler and a Hobby on 17th.
• Swarkestone Lake Little Egret and Hobby on 17th.
• Willington GP Marsh Harrier on 21st, 17 Great White Egret (county record) on 21st, Shelduck, max 10 Shoveler, and max 6 Little Egrets on 20th, 2 Cetti's Warblers on 19th, 2 Hobbies on 18th and Common Tern on 16th. Goldeneye on 16th, 18th-21st and Bittern on 16th, 19th and 21st.
• Witches Oak Water 3 Great White Egrets and 2 Little Egrets on 21st
• Pink-footed Goose over Buxton, 105 on 21st, Baslow, 50 SE on 20th, Killamarsh, 100 NE on 20th, Curbar, 150 on 19th, 70 on 18th, Bamford, 50 on 19th, Castleton, 150 E on 19th, Lightwood (Buxton), 50 on 19th, Palterton, 40 NNE on 19th, Pilsley, 150 on 19th, West Hallam, 60 NE on 19th, Glossop, several skeins E on 18th, 70 on 17th, Avenue Washlands, 34 NW on 18th and Tapton, 60 on 16th.
• Egyptian Goose Ingleby, 10 on 21st-22nd and Barrow on Trent GP, one on 16th.
• Mandarin Duck Mapperley Reservoir, 52 on 22nd, Fernilee from Upper Hall Watchpoint, 36 on 22ndLocko Park, 35 on 21st, and Youlgreave, 10 on 19th.
• Shoveler Swineshaw Reservoir, 6 on 18th.
• Little Egret Avenue CP on 20th, Bennerely Marsh on 20th, Borrowash on 19th, Gallow Inn on 19th and Chesterfield (Queens Park) on 19th.
• Great White Egret Staunton Harold Reservoir on 20th.
• Red Kite Scarcliffe Grange, 3 on 16th, North Wingfield on 17th and Scarcliffe, one on 16th.
• Ringed Plover Beeley Moor, one on 16th.
• Barn Owl Bennerley Marsh, 2 on 22nd, Sawley, one on 20th.
• Nightjar Glapwell, one roosting on a garden fence on 18th.
• Hobby Peter Dale on 21st, Ashbourne on 20th, freshly dead juvenile was found at Steetley on 19th, Haddon Hall on 18th and Pilsley on 16th.
• Cetti's Warbler Poolsbrook, 3 on 19th, Pewit Carr on 20th and Straws Bridge on 20th.
• Whinchat Lowland migrants at Foremark Hall, 2 on 16th.
• Stonechat Woodhead Reservoir, 8 on 16th

• Carsington Water provided one this week's county rarities in the form of a summer plumaged Black-throated Diver that circled the reservoir for ten minutes on 11th. The first record since one at the same site in 2011, nice one Simon. The same day Anthony Pooles saw two Arctic Skuas over Chaddesden, again a nice record. Sadly, also on the 11th a dead Manx Shearwater was found at Aspenshaw, Birch Vale, thanks to Philip Gummett for reporting this one. But perhaps the rarest bird of the week was the juvenile Red-backed Shrike, photographed in a central Derbyshire garden on 13th (but no sign since), more details later as currently embargoed until finder gets back.
• Anchor Church GP 4 Egyptian Geese, Green Sandpiper and 5 Ravens on 15th.
• Barbrook 80 Pink-footed Geese SE and 5 Stonechats on 13th.
• Barrow GP 54 Egyptian Geese, Marsh Harrier, 2 Sanderlings, Peregrine, Cetti's Warbler and a Stonechat on 15th, 2 Ruddy Shelduck, Green Sandpiper on 9th.
• Blackwell Trail (including EPC fields) Little Egret and 8 juvenile Stonechats on 9th.
• Carr Vale NR Shoveler, max 13, 2 Barn Owls and Swift on 15th, 8 Common Scoter W, 2 Great White Egrets and Ruff (in from S and then left S after 10 minutes) on 14th, Swift, max 3 and Peregrine, max 2 on 13th, Bittern heard (quiet booming 4-5 times) and juvenile Stonechat on 12th and Garganey, juvenile last seen on 9th. Pink-footed Geese, 95 in 3 skeins E on 11th, 140 E in 3 skeins on 12th, 520 E in 5 skeins on 13th, 75 E on 15th, Mandarin Duck, max 4 on 9th-12th, Little Egret, max 4 on 12th, Hobby on 10th-11th, 13th-14th and up to 2 singing male Cetti's Warbler daily.
• Carsington Water max 2 Little Egrets on 15th, immature White-tailed Eagle, Hobby and Peregrine on 14th, Spotted Redshank and 2 Peregrines on 13th, Marsh Harrier and Osprey on 12th, Redshank on 11th, max 4 Pintail and 3 Common Sandpipers on 10th, juvenile Black Tern on 9th. 75 Pink-footed Geese NE on 15th, 11 on 11th, Red-crested Pochard on 9th-10th and 15th, adult Caspian Gull on 9th, 11th, max 3 Yellow-legged Gulls on 9th, Redstart on 10th-11th.
• Drakelow NR 14 Mandarin Ducks, 2 Little Egrets and max 7 Cetti's Warblers on 11th. Great White Egret on 11th and 14th.
• Foremark Hall Red Kite and 2 Whinchats on 13th,
• High Bridge GP 5 Little Egrets, 5 Great White Egrets, Cattle Egret, Greenshank and Cetti's Warbler on 15th, max 3 Green Sandpipers and Peregrine on 10th. Greenshank on 10th and 15th.
• Kedleston Park Egyptian Goose on 9th and Great White Egret on 9th-10th.
• Kinder Reservoir Ring Ouzel and 5 Stonechats on 13th.
• Locko Park Peregrine and 2 Whinchats on 14th.
• Lower Longdendale Reservoir 50 Pink-footed Geese NW on 11th, Common Scoter on 9th.
• Middleton Moor Hobby on 14th. 15 Shoveler on 11th and 13th and 2 Ringed Plover on 11th, 13th-15th.
• North Brittain Hobby and max 10 Tree Sparrows on 10th.
• Ogston Reservoir Pink-footed Goose, 2 Little Egrets on 13th, Caspian and Yellow-legged Gull on 12th, Redshank on 11th, 14 Goosander on 10th, max 9 Shoveler, adult female Marsh Harrier, Turnstone on 9th. 2 Dunlin on 9th-11th, 13th but 3 on 12th, Wheatear on 12th and 14th.
• Pilsley Peregrine on 12th and male Hen Harrier W on 10th.
• Sinfin Moor Wetlands 2 Little Egrets and a Cetti's Warbler on 13th.
• Staunton Harold Reservoir 4 Little Egrets on 9th, adult Yellow-legged Gull on 9th and 12th.
• Swineshaw Res Barn Owls and Merlin on 11th.
• Willington GP max 7 Little Egrets on 15th, 2 Marsh Harriers, 2 Green Sandpipers and Peregrine on 14th, 8 Shoveler and Marsh Harrier on 11th, Egyptian Goose, 2 Dunlin and Cetti's Warbler on 10th. Great White Egret, max 5 on 14th-15th, Goldeneye on 10th-11th, 13th-15th, Hobby on 13th-14th, 2 on 11th and 14th.
• Woodhead Reservoir 52 Pink-footed Geese, Marsh Harrier, max 8 Stonechats and Tree Pipit on 12th, Barn Owl on 10th and Little Ringed Plover on 9th.
• Wyver Lane Red Kite on 12th and Green Sandpiper on 9th and 12th
• Pink-footed Geese Holmebrook Valley Park, 150 E on 13th, Barlborough, 32 E on 13th,
• Little Egret Long Eaton on 15th and Waterswallows Reservoir (Buxton) on 13th,
• Great White Egret Combs Reservoir, 2 on 10th.
• Red Kite Atlow on 9th.
• Barn Owl Mossy Lea on 15th.
• Hobby Whistlewood Common on 15th, Brackenfield on 14th, Shottle on 14th, Cown Edge on 13th, Highoredish on 12th and Cotmanhay on 10th.
• Peregrine Beeley Moor, 3 on 13th and Hadfield on 11th and 15th.
• Ring-necked Parakeet Alvaston, 30 on 9th and Chaddesden, one on 15th.
• Cetti's Warbler Long Eaton GP, 6 on 15th.
• Whinchat migrants at Heage, 2 on 9th.
• Stonechat Ramsley Moor, 5 on 11th and 13th

• The only county rarity found was a dark phase Arctic Skua at Ogston Reservoir on 5th, a good find by Steve Bacon
• Barrow GP 39 Egyptian Geese, Pintail, 20 Goosander and 4 Little Ringed Plovers on 8th, 5 Green Sandpipers, 13 Egyptian Geese on 2nd. 2 Ruddy Shelduck on 5th and 8th.
• Carr Vale NR Mandarin Duck, max 6 on 6th, Wigeon, max 3 on 7th, juvenile Garganey elusive but seen on 4 dates and still present on 7th, Shoveler, max 5 on 6th-7th, Little Egrets daily, max 6 on 2nd and 4th, Red Kite on 4th, Ringed Plovers, 2 north on 7th, one on 2nd, Turnstone, 2 west on 7th, Green Sandpiper, one north-east on 7th, Greenshank, one on 4th, Redshank, 3 left south-east on 6th, Sandwich Tern, 2 south on 5th having 25 minutes earlier being at Orgreave in South Yorkshire, juvenile Kittiwake briefly then north-east on 1st, Hobby on 4th and 7th-8th, Peregrines, max 2 on 7th-8th, Cetti's Warblers daily, max 3 on 4th, Whinchat on 3rd and 6th and Stonechat, 1st w male on 6th (earliest ever autumn record).
• Carsington Water 7 Ringed Plovers on 8th, 11 Wigeon, Pintail, Common Scoter, Black Tern and Arctic Tern on 6th, Redshank on 5th, Ringed Plover on 4th, Curlew, 3 Greenshank on 3rd, Common Scoter and a Pied Flycatcher on 2nd (latest ever record). Red-crested Pochard on 3rd-8th, juvenile Caspian Gull on 4th, 6th-7th and max 3 Yellow-legged Gulls on 5th and 8th.
• Derwent Meadows Little Egret and Peregrine on 7th.
• Drakelow NR Cetti's Warbler on 7th, 2 Little Egrets and a Black-tailed Godwit on 6th, colour ringed Little Egret (Blue NK, previously seen at Carr Vale NR on 20th June this year) on 5th plus max 2 Great White Egrets.
• Erewash Meadows Marsh Harrier and Sanderling on 6th.
• Heage Hobby and 2 Whinchats on 6th.
• Kedleston Park Little Egret on 3rd and 7th, Red Kite and Hobby on 3rd.
• Leash Fen Hobby and 4 Stonechats on 3rd.
• Middleton Moor 2 Ringed Plover on 8th and 16 Shoveler on 6th.
• Ogston Reservoir 3 Common Scoter and a Dunlin on 6th, 5 Shoveler, Common Scoter, 10 Goosander, Bar-tailed Godwit, Ruff, Sandwich Tern, Caspian Gull and Hobby on 5th, Greenshank on 4th, 144 Mandarins (surely a record count for the site), 262 Cormorants (record count for the site), Peregrine and 5 Ravens on 3rd, 3 Ruff and juvenile Black Tern on 2nd. Shelduck on 2nd-3rd, 11 Shoveler on 2nd, 4th, Little Egret on 2nd-4th, Osprey on 2nd, 2 on 3rd and Yellow-legged Gull on 2nd-3rd and 5th.
• Pleasley Pit 2 Ringed Plover on 8th, Little Stint and Green Sandpiper on 7th.
• Willington GP Bittern and 3 Little Egrets on 6th, Marsh Harrier and 2 Cetti's Warbler on 5th, 3 Egyptian Geese, Shelduck, Pintail and Bittern, on 3rd, 3 Cetti's Warblers on 2nd. Max 3 Great White Egrets on 3rd and 5th and Hobby on 3rd and 6th.
• Willington Wetlands area Goldeneye on 8th, max 11 Little Egrets, max 7 Great White Egrets and Bittern on 7th, 5 Wigeon on 7th-8th.
• Wyver Lane 7 Shoveler and Little Egret on 4th and Ringed Plover on 2nd (first since 2011!)
• Pink-footed Geese first birds of the autumn were at Simmondley view point, 31 SE on 7th and Woodhead, 10 on 7th.
• Mandarin Duck Locko Park, 25 on 8th.
• Goosander Bakewell, 11 on 6th.
• Little Egret Sawley, 3 on 4th, Bakewell on 5th, Queens Park, Chesterfield on 5th.
• Great White Egret Breaston on 8th.
• Red Kite Mickleover, 2 on 6th, Atlow on 6th, Langwith on 4th, Offcote Grange on 4th.
• Hobby Bennerley Marsh on 6th, Spring Wood on 6th, Locko Park on 5th and North Wingfield on 4th.
• Peregrine Lower Longdendale on 6th and Chesterfield on 5th.
• Ring-necked Parakeet Bakewell on 7th-8th andWesthouses, one on 2nd.
• Moorfield 6 Ravens on 3rd

 

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