Checklist of birds (and other wildlife) reported to Churnet Valley Wildlife between January and May 2014.

Birds, mammals and other wildlife records sent in to Churnet Valley Wildlife 2014. KEY 1 = present; EW Fm. = East Wall Farm, Oakamoor; DHCP = Deep Hayes Country Park; NR= Nature Reserve; Chedd. = Cheddleton; W Hills = Weaver Hills; HHP = Hales Hall Pool; H. Junct = Hazlehurst Junction (Caldon Canal); DD = Dimmingsdale ; Titt. = Tittesworth Res. First record/sighting = first report in CV in 2014
2014	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December
Barn owl
Black-headed gull	1	1	1	1
Blackbird	1	1	1	1	1
Blackcap				First sighting 12/04/14 Titt.	1
Blue tit	1	1	1	1	1
Brambling	1		Flock in Brough Park NR	Alton and Kingsley
Bullfinch	1	1	1	1 male Titt. Res.	1
Buzzard	1	1	1	1	1
Canada Goose	1	1	1	1	1
Carrion Crow	1	1	1	1	1
Chaffinch	1	1	1	1	1
Chiff Chaff			Dimmingsdale	First report DD 05/04/14	1
Coal Tit	1	1	1	1	1
Collared Dove	1	1	Leek	1	1
Common Gull	1	Tittesworth	Tittesworth Res.
Common Sandpiper					Titt Res.
Coot	1	1	1	1	1
Cormorant	1		on Caldon Canal, Denford	Titt.. Res.	1
Crossbill				flcok of c30 26/04/14
Cuckoo				first report 22/04/14	Roaches Estate 03/05/14 + Swineholes Wood NR +along Caldon Canal between Endon and Denford
Curlew		6 at Tittesworth	Pair seen between Endon and Denford	nr. H. Junct 2 pairs + Kingsley	nr. H.Junct 1 pair + Titt. Res. + Coombes Valley
Dipper			Oakamoor area (and EW Fm.)
Dunlin
Dunnock	1	1	1	1	1
Fieldfare	1	1	Weaver hills + Kingsley
Gadwall					Poss. Titt Res.
Garden Warbler					first seen 05/05/14 but probably here earlier
Garganey
Goldcrest	1	1	1	1	1
Goldeneye
Goldfinch	1	1	1	1	1
Goosander	1	1	1	canal Chedd.	female with young Titt. 17/05/14
Goshawk
Grasshopper Warbler				First sighting 24/04/14 H. Junct.
Great black backed Gull				c4 flew over Oakamoor
Great Crested Grebe	1			pair displaying HHP + pairs Titt. Res.	Titt. Res. + Rudyard Lake
Great Spotted Woodpecker	1	1	1	1	1
Great Tit	1	1	1	1	1
Green Woodpecker	1		1	nr. Denford + Kingsley + Titt. Res.	1
Greenfinch	1	1	1	1	1
Grey Heron	1	1	1	1	juvs. Titt.
Grey Partridge	kingsley
Grey Wagtail	1		Oakamoor area and Caldon Canal near Endon	nr. H. Junct.	fledgelings Titt. 03/05/14
Greylag Goose		6 at Tittesworth		Titt. Res.	Titt. Res.
Herring Gull	1		1
Hobby
House Martin				firstreport near H. Junct. 14/04/14	1
House Sparrow	1	1	1	1	1
Jackdaw	1	Numerous reported inc. flock of 50 over Morrison's CP, Cheadle	numerous(up to140) reported gathered in the Cheadle area	1	1
Jay	1	1	1	1	1
Kestrel	1		nr Endon	1	1
Kingfisher			EW Fm. And Brough Park fields NR	Endon
Lapwing	1	Tittesworth,	1	near Denford	Titt. Res.
Lesser black backed Gull	1	1	1	1	flying over R. Lake
Lesser Redpoll	kingsley	Tittesworth	Dimmingsdale and Kingsley	c20 Titt. Res.
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Lesser Whitethroat
Linnet		Tittesworth
Little Grebe	1	1
Little Owl	kingsley	Coombes Valley NR and Crowgutter Wood NR
Long-eared Owl
Long-tailed Tit	1	1	1	1	1
Magpie	1	1	1	1	1
Mallard	1	1	1	ducklings on C. canal Denford	1
Mandarin Duck			Oakamoor area	1 male Titt. Res.	Titt. Res.
Marsh Tit	kingsley	Tittesworth	Tittesworth Res. And Kingsley
Meadow Pipit			W. Hills and O/moor
Merlin	East Wall Fm.	1
Mistle thrush	1	1	1	Denford	Titt. Res. + 3 (poss family) at Hazlehurst Junct.
Moorhen	1	1	1	1	1
Mute swan		1 Brough park	2 Brough Park		Titt. Res.
Nuthatch	1	1	1	1	1
Oyster Catcher			Pair near Cheddleton	two Titt. Res	3 young Titt. 17/05/14 + two (poss pair) at R. Lake
Peregrine	Endon/Denford				between Cheadle and Oakamoor
Pheasant	1	1	1	1	1
Pied Flycatcher				RSPB Coombes Valley + Harston Wood	Swineholes Wood + Coombes Valley
Pied Wagtail	1			1	1
Pochard	Tittesworth	1	Tittesworth Res.
Raven	1	1	1	1	1
Red Grouse
Red Kite		Oakamoor/Alton		x2 flew over Froghall
Red-legged Partridge			Froghall
Redshank
Redstart					R. Lake
Redwing	1	1	Weaver hills
Reed Bunting	1	1	Denfiord and EW Fm.	Titt. Res.	Ttt. Res. + R. Lake
Reed Warbler
Ringed Plover					Titt. Res.
Ring Ouzel
Robin	1	1	1	1	1
Rock dove/feral pigeon	1			1
Rook	1		1	1	1
Sand Martin				First sighting 03/04/14 HHP
Sedge Warbler				First sighting 24/04/114 H. Junct.	1
Short-eared Owl
Shoveler
Siskin		4 Brough park and Tittesworth Res.	Oakamoor area	1
Skylark		Weaver Hills	Weaver hills
Snipe	1	1	1	Titt.. Res.	Titt. Res.
Song Thrush	1	1	1	1	1
Sparrowhawk	1	1 Brough park	1 near Denford	Consall + Kingsley + BP
Spotted Flycatcher					Titt. Res.
Starling	1	1	1000+ W. Hills	1	1
Stock Dove				Endon	Endon
Stonechat
Swallow				First sighting 02/04/14 4 EW Fm. Next sighting 03/04/14 HHP and 07/04/14 at Kingsley	1
Swift					first sighting Endon 04/05/14
Tawny Owl	kingsley		nr Cheddleton	nr H. Junct. + Harston Wood	Consall NP + near Titt. Res. + Cheadle town = swineholes Wood NR
Teal	1	1	DHCP and near Chedd. And near Ednon 26/03/14	C 2 pairs Titt. Res.
Tree Creeper	1	1	1	1	1
Tree Pipit
Tree Sparrow	kingsley only	Kingsley only	Kingsley only	Endon
Tufted Duck	1	1	Deep Hayes CP, Titt. Res. , Brough Park.	1	1 on caldon canal between endon and denford also Titt. Res.
Water Rail
Waxwing
Wheatear				Near H. Jnct. (disused railway line)
Whitethroat				first report 114/04/14 near H.Junct.	1
Wigeon	1
Willow Tit		1			R. Lake
Willow Warbler				First report 05/04/14 DD	1
Woodpigeon	1	1	1	1	1
Wood Warbler				nr. Oakamoor	nr. Oakamoor
Woodcock	East Wall Fm.				Consall NP
Wren	1	1	1	1	1
Yellow Wagtail
Yellowhammer
Little Egret	Brough Park Field NR	1 Brough Park
Greater Scaup	tittesworth
Lesser Scaup	tittesworth
					Titt. Res. (prob. Breeding|)
Hedgehog			Kingsley	Kingsley
Mole	1	1	1	1	1
Water Shrew
Lesser Horseshoe Bat
Natterer's Bat
Daubenton's Bat
Leisler's Bat
Common Pipistrelle
Rabbit	1	1	1	1	1
Brown Hare	1	1	Denfiord + Kingsley	Titt. Res.+ near Denford + Kingsley	1 Titt. Res. + Swineholes Wood NR
Mountain Hare
Red Squirrel
Grey Squirrel	1	1	1	1	1
Bank Vole	1
Short-tailed Vole	1
Water Vole
Wood Mouse	1		1
Yellow-necked Mouse
Harvest Mouse
House Mouse
Brown Rat	1			1
Dormouse
Fox	1			1	between Cheadle and Oakamoor
Pine Marten
Stoat			EW Fm.
Weasel
Polecat
American Mink			denford	near Denford
Badger		sett rocester	latrine	Kingsley + Footprints – Oakamoor
Otter
Red Deer					footprints Coombes Valley+ animal seen near Ipstones
Fallow Deer	kingsley	1
Roe Deer
Muntjac
Red Necked Wallaby
Brimstone Butterfly			Consall
Peacock butterfly			EW Fm.
Comma Butterfly			EW Fm.
Frogspawn			EW Fm.
Green Veined White Butterfly				DHCP
Small Heath Butterfly						Weaver Hills