I can't remember a winter when the weather has been so persistently poor! It's either raining or so overcast it's almost dark. C...

Lots of juveniles around at the moment, here are four of my favourites; Stonechat, Common Redstart, Wheatear and Long-tailed Tit. All seen a...

Yesterday I walked up to the moors twice, one good thing for me from the current lockdown is that I've had a lot more exercise!  In the...

Amazing how quickly the breeding season progresses, I've already seen Mallard and Moorhen chicks at the Whitworth and Coot at Caudwell...

A single male Stonechat on the moor today, they have been in short supply recently although finding them in the winds of storms Ciara and De...

A muck heap on the edge of Beeley Moor has proven to be a magnet for small insect feeding birds this week. As well as many Pied Wagtails I c...

Whilst it remained misty and murky all day in the valley around Darley Dale the moors enjoyed blue skies for the morning but becoming overca...

Came across a pair of Stonechat with three recently fledged youngsters this morning. Stonechat, male with two youngsters below

Glorious sunshine today and I managed to catch up with a Merlin that Ken had first seen on 31st October. I had rather distant views but Ken ...

It looks like there are at least 7 pairs of Stonechat nesting on Beeley Moor this year which is up on recent years, perhaps due to the very ...

Nothing much to report on the moors this morning but this silhouetted female Stonechat made a nice photo as the sun was rising. Stonechat...

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

It doesn't look like the Stonechat has had a particularly good breeding season on the moors this year. I have only seen three or four pa...

A nice loose party of chats on the moor this morning, at least 8 Stonechat and 4 Whinchat. The Stonechats looked like they included a family...

I've mentioned a couple of times previously that Stonechats are scarce on the moor this year, they disappeared after the snow and largel...

It's been a poor breeding year locally for the Stonechat. At the start of the breeding season I had three possible nesting pairs but I h...

I've only come across a couple of pairs of Stonechat on Beeley Moor which is disappointing. The photo was taken at 06:30 in light rain b...

This male was actively feeding a brood of youngsters on the other side of the wall. Stonechat

This male Stonechat was getting a real buffeting from today's wind but the moving grasses behind created quite a striking effect. ...

Great to be out in the sunshine this morning. This male Stonechat showed well on East Moor. There were 1 or two Golden Plover in the area an...