An exciting day at Middleton with good numbers of common migrants but the star bird was a Common Crane which we believe is just the third r...

 I've been away for a month so had some catching up to do on the Spring migrant front. A party of 5 female Ruff ( reeves) turned up at M...

 I mentioned the influx of White-fronted Geese in relation to the Youlgrave birds in December and the few regulars visiting Middleton Moor h...

I purchased a thermal camera at the start of the year. One of my main targets for it was the elusive Jack Snipe. I have seen them occasional...

Although single Curlew were recorded at the start of the month its only really the last couple of days that numbers have started to increase...

 Another grey day at Middleton Moor was brightened up by the presence of two Egyptian Geese this morning. Ray Scally found them first thing ...

 I went to Middleton Moor yesterday and had the first half decent day for a while with a Green Woodpecker, which is only recorded once or tw...

 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 ...