The North, update

Leicestershire has recorded sightings in nine known habitats, and they have discovered two new sites: Queen Elisabeth Jubilee Wood, and Bradgate Park.

In Nottinghamshire, Cotgrave forest has shown well and is still the best site in this county. 

There may well be a bigger population in Sherwood forest/Clumber park, but they are spread over a huge area. Only a few sightings have been recorded, although 10 eggs were found along one ride recently. A new site is a wood just east of Bolsover. As usual, Wellow Wood always produces a few sightings; the most interesting has been in a pig pen on the western edge of the wood where three were seen, which eventually flew up to the edge of the wood.

Stephen Mather's [Nottinghamshire recorder] distribution map showed 5 sites at the end of June.