First returning Curlew!

Spring could be just around the corner with the first returning Curlew on the moor this morning and what I assume was the same bird later this afternoon close to Gladwin's Mark. I also had my first Brambling of the year on Flash Lane, in what is the worst year I can recall for them. 

I saw a single Red Grouse on Beeley Moor on Thursday and Little Egret close to Bakewell Bridge so I have had a decent month, having seen 85 species so far compared to just 76 in January.

For anyone interested in shorebirds I've managed to put an identification video I produced back in 1994 on Youtube. 

Eurasian Curlew