There were a couple of reports of a Ring-necked Parakeet visiting bird feeders on Northwood Lane during the week.  With feral populations i...

 We've had a spell of very gloomy weather recently and today was no exception but I had very close views of a Common Kingfisher on the R...

 I was away over the weekend and was keen to see if there were any new birds at Chatsworth. I'd already seen that Dutch radar was report...

 Checking the Mallards along the river at Chatsworth I was rewarded with my first Eurasian Wigeon of the autumn plus a single immature femal...

I have just returned from a month in southern Europe (still writing up the trip on andybutlerdiaries ) and made my first visit to the moors...

A pair of Wigeon with Mallard by Peak Village at Rowsley is quite unusual, there was also a male Shoveler which has been present in the gene...

A single female Wigeon on the river at Chatsworth this morning. It was very nervous and soon departed. Wigeon - female

Came across this eclipse drake Wigeon at Bakewell this morning. Although the weather has been fantastic over the weekend there has been a pe...