Erewash Valley Wildlife

Cotmanhay. 25 Swallow [to sw] Sparrow Hawk, 30 Black-headed Gull. Water Treatment works. Hobby, 2 Common Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, Chiffchaff. Halls Lane End. Buzzard, 30 Goldfinch, 2 Reed Bunting, Teal [River Erewash] Botany Bay. 3 Common Whitethroat, 2 Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, 4 Bullfinch, 3 Greenfinch.

Butterflies. Speckled Wood, Small Whites, Common Blues, Peacock, Small Tortoiseshell, Red Admiral. Dragonflies. Brown Hawker, Migrant Hawker, Southern Hawker, Common darter. Plus. 4 Emerald Damselflies.

Stanton.

Botany Bay. 3 Willow Warbler, 4 Blackcap, Common Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Chiffchaff, Sedge Warbler, Willow Tit, Bullfinch, Sparrow Hawk. Stanton. 2 Green Woodpecker, Grey Heron, Chiffchaff. Cossall Tip. Common Buzzard, 16 Swallow, Chiffchaff, Garden Warbler, 25 Long-tailed Tit, Grey Heron, 2 Jay. Bennerley Marsh. 4 Grey Heron, 50 Black-Headed Gull, 10 Swallow.

Butterflies. Speckled Wood, Small Whites, Common Blues, Small Heaths [Stanton] Small Coppers [Stanton] Dragonflies. Common Hawker [Stanton] Southern Hawkers, Migrant Hawkers, Brown hawkers, Common Darters, Ruddy Darters.