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...

 My first Willow Warblers today back in Farley with two birds singing and a Tree Pipit at Whitesprings is about a week earlier than usual. T...

 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 ...

 Despite the rather cool temperatures there has been a steady arrival of migrants in to the area over the past week. Hopefully, warmer weath...

 I was abroad during March and thought I had timed my return to coincide with the start of the spring migration. However, the first week of ...

 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...

With the breeding season over and very few birds now singing the local woodlands can appear almost birdless at times. Most of the small wood...

If only Tree Pipits stuck to trees, and Meadow Pipits to moors and meadows their identification would be easy. Fortunately only the Meadow P...

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...

Tree Pipits are back on the moor and with plenty of recently cleared conifer plantations there is plenty of new habitat for them this year. ...

Along with the Willow Warblers several Tree Pipit in song by Flash Lane, also my first Blackcap singing this morning and a male Ring Ousel f...

Last week I mentioned I had tried to get photographs of Tree Pipit in its display flight and failed due to the weather. I tried again today ...

Plenty of Tree Pipits around now, they favour woodland edges particularly where the pine trees have been removed. I was hoping for display s...

It's rained on and off all day but this Tree Pipit didn't seem to mind, singing most of the morning from a favourite perch. Tree ...