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...

 Usually just referred to as Knot in the UK as it's the only Knot which regularly occurs here and the vast majority seen in Britain are ...

Distant views today of 2 of 3 Ring Ouzel ( a male and 2 females)  found by Robin Elliott in the same area we had them last year, in the fiel...

 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...

 After the persistent wind and rain of recent days it was a pleasure to go out this morning in dry and calm conditions. I was soon rewarded ...

There have been some big movements of Common Woodpigeon in recent days.  This morning Alan Stewardson and I counted 13,100 birds moving in a...

 With almost continual rain yesterday and mist and rain today its been difficult bird watching conditions. There are lots of thrushes about ...

 On Saturday I participated in the eBird October Big Day recording as many species as possible around Beeley Moor.  After a walk along Flash...

I was on Flash Lane this afternoon, looking for a Turtle Dove that Alan Stewardson had heard this morning.  No sign of the dove but 2 female...

Since my last post I have added Common Sandpiper at Chatsworth and a male Ring Ouzel on Flash Lane taking my April list for the Darley Dale ...

There is no more welcome sound to me than the plaintive song of the male Ring Ouzel on an early spring morning. Although it is a regular bre...

After almost a week of cold and mist weather on the moors it felt a lot more Spring like this morning. After male Ring Ouzel and singing mal...

Given the breeding numbers of Red Kite both to the north and south of Derbyshire it is surprising that it is still a relatively scarce bird ...

Great to be back on the moors after another short trip abroad.  Plenty of birds about, Fieldfare and Redwing have arrived in large numbers ...

The weather forecast was for rain first thing this morning so I was pleasantly surprised to wake up to a blue sky, above the mist in the val...

Added Tree Pipit and Blackcap to the local year list this morning plus 4 or 5 Wheatear around the moor and at least three Ring Ouzel early m...

One of the first birds I saw this morning was a fine male Ring Ouzel from the road to Holymoorside. I've just been watching them in numb...

Got off to a good start to the weekend with this superb male Ring Ouzel on the edge of the moor. It was feeding quite happily in a grass/bra...

The Ring Ouzel is a scarce passage migrant through the area in both Spring and Autumn. This year, in common with much of the UK, there were...

Still a small number of Ring Ouzels passing through, James came across this female on the edge of the moor. Ring Ouzel - female