A decent day for raptors

With a clear sky for a change I spent most of the day in the hills and was rewarded with a superb Peregrine, which flew close past my viewpoint, but also the first signs of Sparrowhawk display with both a male and female circling with characteristic flickering wings. I've made a composite photo to show the orange throated male with the female.
Last, but not least a female Goshawk circled over the hillside looking decidedly meaner than the Sparrowhawks and offering a rare, for me, sight of the upperwing.

Peregrine

Sparrowhawk (female on left, male on right)

Goshawk adult female

First significant snowfall of the winter

There was not a flake of snow left on the A6 in Darley Dale this morning but just a 100m higher around Beeley Moor there was a good 6cm of fresh snow. Birds were few and far between but this Robin appreciated the food put out for him.
Still plenty of Common Crossbills on Flash Lane with a single flock of over 50 yesterday but I couldn't find them this morning. Several Brambling but the large flock on Bent Lane appears to have dispersed now.

Robin

Flash Lane in the snow

First Dipper of the New Year

Although New Years Day started off overcast and very windy the sky partially cleared late morning and I had decent views of a Dipper feeding on the River Wye north of Rowsley. A small party of Mandarin flew down the river with a single drake Goosander. 
At least a dozen Common Crossbill and several parties of Lesser Redpoll still on Flash Lane so not a bad start to the year.

Dipper