Greenshank - Middleton Moor

Black-tailed Godwits have been reported from several sites in Derbyshire during the past week but none locally as far as I know. I have made several visits to Middleton Moor with very little to show for it but a Greenshank this morning was a nice surprise. I did have a Dunlin there on the 1st and two femalw Gadwall are resident at the moment.

Three juvenile Wheatear at Middleton also on the 1st and a male Whinchat was my first of the year!

There are several Whinchat on Screethem Lane and still at least two Quail still calling there.

Greenshank - adult

Common Greenshank - Chatsworth

 A nice surprise this morning when a Common Greenshank flew south down the river in front of Chatsworth House. Typically it was the distinctive call that got me on to it, and if it hadn't called I would probably have missed it. There was a bird at Middleton Moor yesterday so it could have been that bird continuing south.

It's only my fourth record for the area with one on Flash Lane on 7 August last year, 2 over Beeley Moor on 23rd May 2023 and another at Chatsworth on 10th August 2020.

Common Greenshank

Still two Little Egret at Chatsworth although one flew off heading south.