Nice guided walk with a lovely group at Carsington this morning, cold and quiet but some great views of displaying Goldeneye, grazing Wigeon, Pochard, Gadwall, a brief Willow Tit, a Great Black Backed Gull and a pair of recently returned Oystercatcher amongst others - poor visibility meant the Divers remained elusive this time!
Red-Throated Diver at Carsington Water today was a county ✔️ for me and showed wonderfully well at times. The regular wintering Great Northern Diver was also present as were the Scaup too, as well as a great selection of other wildfowl (Goldeneye, Wigeon, Pochard, Gadwall, Teal and Grebes) with a Willow Tit and Cetti's Warbler at Millfields and a Red Kite over - a good day's birding at this superb site! 😊
A wader packed walk up to Boulmer from Alnmouth today adding Grey Plover, Blackwit & Purple Sandpiper to the year list. Such a great spot for shorebirds with lots of Sanderling, Dunlin, Ringed Plover and Turnstone along with Barwit, Redshank & Curlew. A single, disgruntled Snipe and a Common Sandpiper were the suprise finds along the beach!
We're up and running at the Friends of Nottingham Road Cemetery - Derby open day - free to join nature walks at 11am & 1pm. Plenty to see and learn. One of our juv Sparrowhawks showing well already and Green Woodpecker, GS Woodpecker, RN Parakeet and a pulse of House Martins through!
3 spaces remaining on our autumn bird walk at Carsington Water on Sunday 1st September - always plenty of interest with wildfowl, local scarcities like Willow Tit & Tree Sparrow with the chance of passage waders and passerines 👇
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This delightful Redshank entertained us on a walk here earlier in the year! 😍
Still spaces available on our family friendly summer bat walks starting next week:
Thurs 8th August - Derby & Darley Park
Sat 17th August - Locko Park (Spondon)
Short, easy evening walks with plenty to see and enjoy as the sun goes down!
See our blog for more information and get in touch to book 👇
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Great hour watching up to 5 local Sparrowhawk (including 3 recently fledged noisy juveniles) at Notts Road Cemetery this morning with both adults chasing the Green Woodpeckers (something they do quite frequently especially when there are juvenile Woodpeckers around). Also two Kestrel on site and a new bird for the cemetery with a Great White Egret over.
Here is a bit of video of one of the young Sparrowhawks with a second bird calling from nearby - Friends of Nottingham Road Cemetery - Derby
Top group walk and a great evening for mammals at #lockopark tonight. A first Muntjac sighting, 2 Fallow Deer, Fox, 15+ Brown Hare and 4 species of bat with 2 probable Brown Long-Eared, Noctule, Common Pipistrelle and Daubentons
Great to co-lead a walk in Duffield tonight with Mick from the brilliant Save Our Swifts (Duffield) and Derbyshire Swift Conservation for Swift Awareness Week.
Despite a dodgy forecast the rain held off & c30 folk enjoyed some evening Swift action with birds visiting nest sites as well as good numbers of House Martins on route.
