An exciting day at Middleton with good numbers of common migrants but the star bird was a Common Crane which we believe is just the third r...

 A single report of a flyover Yellow Wagtail over Beeley Moor on 3rd May was the first of the Spring but I had three, a male and two females...

 My first 'patch' Yellow Wagtail of the year this morning with a male singing at Elton Common. A scarce passage migrant migrant on B...

 Made an early visit to Chatworth to avoid the inevitable crowds on a Bank Holiday weekend. A Black Swan on the river in front of the house ...

Not quite gold but certainly bright yellow the Yellow Wagtail is a scarce visitor to the areas around Darley Dale so I was very pleased to f...

I went back to have a look at the Sabine's Gull in this morning's sunshine, it showed well again as did a family of four juvenile Ye...

At least two but possibly more Yellow Wagtails at Elton Common this evening. The Yellow Wagtail is quite a rarity in the Darley Dale area, t...