It's been overcast and grey most of the day so I went to Cromford Canal this afternoon for the Water Vole, despite the number of people ...

The 1st April, it's snowing lightly outside and there is no sign, or prospect at the moment, of any spring migrants. I can't ever re...

Had a lucky encounter with a male Goshawk over the moor this morning. It was rather distant and didn't hang around so I was lucky to get...

The local Hares are difficult to see during the winter and it may be that they spend more time in the forested areas rather than the open fi...

Simon Roddis has claimed the first Osprey of the year, he came across it carrying a fish on the Derwent just north of Rowsley at about 10am....

I was surprised, given the amount of snow we have had, that the Great Grey Shrike was still on the moor this morning. It was very conspicuou...

James and Ali encountered this Short-eared Owl this evening between Winster and Pike Hall just as the sun was setting. It's the first Sh...

James got nice views of this Water Vole at Cromford Canal this afternoon. Good to see that the snow and prolonged sub-zero temperatures have...

A pair of Sparrowhawk came together briefly, either in aerial combat or display, but I only managed to capture one of the birds, before they...

The sunnier weather has prompted the local Buzzards to start the breeding cycle in earnest now with birds displaying and carrying nesting ma...

Back at home this Mistle Thrush didn't look too happy in the snow, I would imagine it probably has a nest by now. Mistle Thrush

The light snow in the valley floating vertically down is in sharp contrast to the moor where the snow is blowing horizontally and feels like...

It has continued to snow since yesterday evening and there is now about 9 inches of snow in the garden. Walked round the Whitworth which loo...

Three Bullfinch, a male and two females, spent all day in the garden feeding on the buds of our Hawthorn hedge.  It has snowed on and off a...

We have had very few sightings of Crossbill so far this year so Ken Smith did well not only to locate two fine red males but also to get som...