This year has been one of the best I can recall for Common Cuckoo records on the moors with as many as six males being present. I had wonde...

 Caught up with my first House Martin of the year yesterday at Chatsworth and then a flurry of migrants at Beeley this morning.  House Marti...

 The lone male Turtle Dove which has frequented Uppertown, Darwin Forest and the Matlock Farm Park area returned for its 6th summer on the 2...

 Following my last post I did hear Common Quail calling at Elton Common on 26th May, so that's all our potential breeding birds back. In...

 I heard my first Cuckoo on the 15th April on Beeley Moor, heard another calling at Chatsworth on the 16th and managed to see the Beeley bir...

A lovely sunny day although still with a cool NE wind and Pam and I did a walk up to Beeley Moor. On the way I was surprised, but very pleas...

Great to hear the call of a Cuckoo first thing this morning on Flash Lane. It was distant but I took a record photo. Cuckoo

I've seen at least three Cuckoo today, some reasonable views but not particularly close. Great to see them back, although the Meadow Pip...

Often heard during the Spring but seldom seen well I was with James this evening when we came across this female Cuckoo, she occasionally ga...