A HISTORY OF DERBYSHIRE 



Whitlock on the return journey, July 20, 

 1889, still bore traces of down on the nape. 



189. Little Stint. Tringa minuta, Leisler. 

 A rare occasional visitor, said to have once 



been killed near Burton. F. B. Whitlock 

 shot one on September 21, 1890, near the 

 mouth of the Erewash (Birds of Derbyshire, 

 p. 208). 



190. Purple Sandpiper. Tringa strtata, 



Linn. 



Another scarce visitor, three specimens 

 of which have been killed on the sewage 

 farm at Egginton and one near Sutton Scars- 

 dale. All but one were observed in the 

 winter of 18901. 



191. Knot. Tringa canutus, Linn. 



An occasional winter visitor to the Trent 

 valley. The most definite instances of its 

 occurrence are one from Breadsall, April 25, 

 1891, and three shot near Burton, October 5, 

 1891 (Birds of Derbyshire, p. 209). 



192. Sanderling. Calidris arenaria (Linn.). 



About 1878 three of these birds were killed 

 by a keeper at Walton-on-Trent (Birds of 

 Derbyshire, p. 210). 



193. Ruff. Machetes pugnax (Linn). 



In Pilkington's time ruffs were to be found 

 on S infin Moor. In 1857 two immature 

 birds were shot near Burton : Mr. R. C. 

 Cotton shot a reeve on the Egginton sewage 

 farm in October, 1892, and on March i, 

 1897, Mr. A. S. Hutchinson killed an im- 

 mature ruff in the same place. 



194. Common Sandpiper. Totanus hypoleucus 



(Linn.). 



A common summer visitor to the valleys 

 of the Dove and Derwent ; comparatively 

 few birds remaining to breed near the Trent. 

 The nests are sometimes placed on shingle 

 banks or among rough herbage close to the 

 water, but at other times at a considerable 

 distance from it. One found June 17, 1900, 

 was built among grass on the side of a rail- 

 way embankment between Clifton and Nor- 

 bury, and was placed not more than 8 feet 

 from the metals (Zoo/. 1900, p. 431. It is 

 common on the moorland streams of the High 

 Peak. 



195. Wood-Sandpiper. Totanus glareola (J. 



F. Gmelin). 



An immature bird was killed near Breadsall 

 in August, 1885, and is now in the Sheffield 

 Museum (Birds of Derbyshire, p. 212). 



196. Green Sandpiper. Totanus ochropus 



(Linn.). 



Occasionally met with on the streams of 

 south Derbyshire at all times of the year ex- 

 cept June and the first half of July, but 

 occurs most frequently on migration in April 

 or May, and on the return at the end of July 

 or in August. 



197. Common Redshank. Totanus calidris 



(Linn.). 



Locally, Whistling Plover. 

 Although formerly known only as a scarce 

 visitor, the redshank is now a regular breeder 

 in the wide meadows adjoining the Trent 

 and lower Dove, and is increasing in numbers 

 and extending its range. About 1896 they 

 began to breed near Sudbury, and in 1901 a 

 pair nested for the first time near Norbury. 

 Between Willington and Burton it is not 

 uncommon. In 1902 a pair were reported 

 as nesting not far from Staveley (Canon 

 Molineux). 



198. Spotted Redshank. Totanus fuscus 



(Linn.). 



Mr. E. Brown mentions a specimen in his 

 possession killed near the Dove (prior to 

 1869). 



199. Greenshank. Totanus canescens (J. F. 



Gmelin). 



An occasional visitor, included by Sir O. 

 Mosley and Mr. Brown in their lists. Whit- 

 lock mentions three specimens shot at Ilkeston 

 (1890), Overton Hall and near Draycott. 

 Mr. C. Oldham (Naturalist, 1897, p. 308) 

 observed one at Combs reservoir, near Chapel- 

 en-le-Frith, from August 16 to 23, 1897. 



200. Bar-tailed Godwit. Limosa lapponica 



(Linn.). 



No distinction is made in the writings of 

 the early Derbyshire ornithologists between 

 the two species of godwits. J. J. Briggs 

 (Zool. p. 2818) however states that a bar- 

 tailed godwit was shot at Swarkestone about 

 1844, and two shot near Burton ' many 

 years ago ' were identified by Mr. C. Hanson 

 (Birds of Derbyshire, p. 215). Another was 

 shot near Baslow by a gamekeeper, prior to 

 1893, an ^ is now in ms possession (W. S. 

 Fox). 



[Black-tailed Godwit. Limosa belgica 



(J. F. Gmelin). 



Pilkington in 1789 wrote that 'the god- 

 wit ' had been ' shot at Barlborough and 

 another on Sinfin Moor.' At this time the 

 black-tailed godwit was still a British breed- 



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