All quiet at the moment but a few Siskin have started to visit the garden feeder. Siskin

The Farley bird reappeared today and it sound like the bird was also present at Wragg's Quarry so it confirms the two bird theory. G...

Still struggling to get a decent photo although I think the flock is now over 400. Brambling

At least 5 Common Buzzard over the house today, nice to see some blue sky! Common Buzzard

Not everyone's favourite but James came across this Brown Rat in the Whitworth Park this afternoon. Brown Rat

The mild temperature last night (max 11 min 8) produced good moth numbers - for December 8 December Moths 6 Mottled Umber 1 Scarce Umber ...

It was snowing hard early this morning with patches of low cloud, A skein of about 200 Pink-footed Geese emerged from the mist calling loudl...

Came across this Kingfisher on the pond at the Whitworth, always a great bird to see. Hopefully it will stay around for a while. Kingfish...

A covey of 6 Grey Partridge on the edge of Beeley Moor showed well this morning.  The Grey Partridge has suffered a massive decline in the ...

These 3 Raven were the highlight of this mornings visit to Beeley. Raven

First of the winter snow last night continued on and off during the day. There was a good 2 inches on Beeley Moor but not much in the valley...

Flying out of the shadows in to the sunlight, this photo was taken by my son James. Grey Heron

Despite a maximum temperature of 4 Centigrade and a minimum close to zero there are still a few moths around and I caught two Mottled Umber,...

Came across this confiding Water Vole close to Bakewell centre early afternoon. Water Vole

Cold and windy on Beeley this morning but a nice mixed finch flock on Bent Lane included at least 50 Brambling. Brambling