Recent News - Upper Derwent Valley

21 July 2010

Ladybower Res: Buzzard - 1

12 July 2010

Ladybower Dam: Grey Heron - 5

15 June 2010

Derwent Res: Goldcrest - 1 ; Siskin - 3 - An adult with 2 recently fledged juveniles. ; Redstart - 2 - A pair taking food to nest site.
Howden Edge: Red Grouse - 8 - 2 adults with 6 young ; Skylark - 5 - singing ; Golden Plover - 2
Howden Res: Tree Pipit - 3 ; Buzzard - 1 - chased away by Curlew ; Pied Flycatcher - 1 - male ; Redstart - 1 - male

12 June 2010

R Derwent, Calver: Mandarin - 6 - 1 female with at least 5 half grown young.

03 June 2010

Upper Derwentdale: Stonechat - 4 - Pair with 2 young, 0.5 miles north of slippery stones. ; Raven - 1 ; Buzzard - 3
Windy Corner: Wood Warbler - 1 - Singing.

01 June 2010

Ladybower Res: Greenfinch - 2 - juvs behind Ladybower Inn.

19 May 2010

Howden Res: Common Sandpiper - 2 - a pair chasing each other across the reservoir

16 May 2010

R Derwent, Calver: Mandarin - 2 - males ; , Dipper - 1 - adult and well grown juv ;

02 May 2010

Windy Bank Wood, Agden: Garden Warbler - 1 - singing in birch scrub (SK251928)

01 May 2010

Derwent Moors: Ring Ouzel - 6 - Two pairs and two males, all on suitable territories.

24 April 2010

R Derwent, Froggatt: Little Grebe - 3 - including a pair ; Treecreeper - 2 ;
R Derwent, Harper Lees: Mandarin - 2 - pair between Harper Lees and Grindleford; male head bobbing then copulation took place.

18 April 2010

R Derwent, Froggatt: Treecreeper - 4 - 2 pairs downriver from bridge ; , Nuthatch - 2 - around marshy area between Froggatt and Calver, including courtship feeding ; , Goldcrest - 2 - singing males by bridge, included nest building ; Blackcap - 2 - singing males downstream from bridge ; Mandarin - 6 - 3 pairs upriver from bridge ; Little Grebe - 1

08 April 2010

Howden Res: Brambling - 3 - Feeding in larch trees on cones with Siskins just north of King Tree ; Goldcrest - 4 - Singing between king tree and slippery stones ; Treecreeper - 1 - active in trees just north of King Tree

28 March 2010

Ladybower/Win Hill: Cormorant - 3 ; Grey Heron - 9 - Plenty of activity in the heronry
R Derwent, Hathersage: Goosander - 3 - 2 males ; , Dipper - 1 ; Mandarin - 6 - 3 pairs grazing in fields by river ;

27 March 2010

Ladybower Res, South arm: Red-breasted Merganser - 1 - male

23 March 2010

Windy Corner: Common Buzzard - c3-4

17 March 2010

Howden Dam: Red Kite - 1 - circled then flew off to the south-west

14 March 2010

Windy Corner: Curlew - 2+ - seen and heard

13 March 2010

Ladybower Res: Cormorant - 1

08 March 2010

Derwent Res: Goldeneye - 3 - Male, 2 females on Derwent Res
Derwentdale, upper: Buzzard - 1

07 March 2010

Ladybower Res, North arm: Whooper Swan - 12 - On reservoir at 1430h 11 adults, 1 juv.

06 March 2010

Derwent Res: Red-breasted Merganser - 1 - Male near dam wall

03 March 2010

Derwent Dam: Kestrel - 1 - Soaring and calling low above dam

27 February 2010

Ladybower Res, North arm: Peregrine - 1 - adult male over

19 February 2010

Ladybower Res: Coal Tit - 5 ; Nuthatch - 2 ; Blue Tit - 4 ; Great Tit - 2 ; Chaffinch - 1 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Feeding on a fat ball. ;

01 February 2010

Derwentdale: Nuthatch - 2 - on feeders ; , Crossbill - 3 - Kings Tree ; Kestrel - 1 - Windy Corner ; Common Buzzard - 2+

31 January 2010

Ladybower Res: Shelduck - 1

29 January 2010

Howden Res: Common Buzzard - 1 - tangling with Peregrine

27 January 2010

Derwentdale: Crossbill - 26 - Feeding actively in larches just above Kings Tree

26 January 2010

Fairholmes: Siskin - 3 - coming in to feeders ;
Howden Res: Crossbill - 40 - 40+ 'Glip' Crossbills (type C). Sonogram here. ;

23 January 2010

Ladybower Res: Cormorant - 1 - at least 1 North Atlantic (ssp. carbo) with several Continental (ssp. sinensis) Cormorants

17 January 2010

Ladybower Res: Cormorant - 6 - on fishing pens

14 January 2010

R Derwent, Froggatt: Mandarin - 2 - Pair.

10 January 2010

Ladybower Res: Red Grouse - 200+ - Two large coveys over Ladybower Wood flew up valley

03 January 2010

Upper Derwentdale: Robin - 1 - Desperate for food, even my packed lunch ; , Goldfinch - 8 ; Red Grouse - 250 - Several large coveys ; Peregrine - 1

28 December 2009

Derwentdale: Treecreeper - 1 ; Siskin - 11 - feeding in plantation ; Bullfinch - 1 - male, flew between cover ; Reed Bunting - 2 - male and female ; Coal Tit - c35 - mixed tit flock mainly containing the above ; Red Grouse - c15

17 December 2009

Upper Derwentdale: Treecreeper - 1 - Feeding on trunk of waterside tree on Hern Side. (166929) ; Crossbill - 30-40 - Flock feeding in stand of larches at 168942 for 15-20 mins, then flew off

13 December 2009

Derwent Res: Cormorant - 4 - flew up reservoir
Fairholmes: Nuthatch - 1 - on seed feeder ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - crashed through undergrowth by car park

07 December 2009

Derwentdale: Lesser Redpoll - c40 - Off Ladybower Res at Fearfall Wood ; Crossbill - 30 - At edge Ladybower Res. 30 feeding in conifers in Fearfall Wood at the bus turning circle.

02 December 2009

Derwent Res/Howden Res: Fieldfare - 100, - Siskin 10 Cormorant 1

17 November 2009

Fairholmes: Buzzard - 6 - Circling and calling

25 October 2009

Ladybower Res: Pink-footed Goose - 505 - Over SE in 3 skeins (21,381,103) 08:25-08:45 ;

04 October 2009

Ladybower Res: Sparrowhawk - 1 - Flying low near viaduct towards conifer plantation.

06 September 2009

Howden Dean: Cormorant - 13 - roosting on towers
Howden Res: Spotted Flycatcher - 2+ - 2 fledged juvs being fed in conifers N of King's Tree ; Common Buzzard - 1 - circling ; Canada Goose - 45