A nice walk from Alport to Youlgrave yesterday along the river Bradford produced Kingfisher and Little Egret but the star bird was undoubte...

 Went up to Middleton this morning without any great hopes as I assumed, correctly, that it would still be largely frozen. So I was surprise...

 Despite several searches in the early part of the winter it wasn't until 1st January that a single Hawfinch was seen briefly by Alan at...

I've been checking the Greylag flock at  Youlgrave  regularly  since numbers started to increase there, a decade or more ago and have be...

I've been a little slow to post recent sightings so here's a short update, Hen Harrier Adult female on 16th and 26th November Hen Ha...

I was away for most of September returning on the 26th. The following day I went to Middleton Moor and watched what we believe is the first ...

I first saw this juvenile Great Crested Grebe in front of Chatsworth House on 6th August but didn't have mt camera with me so I was both...

 The first real signs of autumn wader passage getting underway today at Middleton Moor with Wood Sandpiper, Dunlin and 4 Ringed Plover. The ...

It's been fairly quiet the past couple of weeks but a Common Scoter at Middleton Moor this morning is my first for the site. It was ther...

Making regular visits to Middleton Moor paid off again yesterday with a superb adult Black-tailed Godwit. It was present when I arrived and ...

Black-tailed Godwits have been reported from several sites in Derbyshire during the past week but none locally as far as I know. I have made...

 Another call from Alan Stewardson, this time regarding an Osprey he had found perched in a tree by the river in Darley Dale.  I managed bri...

I heard a Quail calling from Screetham Lane last Wednesday (11th) and it was still present on Friday (13th). It was difficult to hear due to...

 A singing Reed Warbler by the river at Peak Rail was a great find this morning by Alan Stewardson. It's the first time either of us hav...

 I've been in Latvia at Kolka for the past 10 days so again catching up on local birds. A good passage of waders through Middleton with ...