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Wednesday, 9 April 2014

Coot - first youngsters

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These young Coot are probably only a few hours old and it looked like this was their first outing from the nest. I suspect the bird in the l...

Badger by trail cam

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I purchased a trail cam recently, one of the Bushnell remote camera traps, and have just started to experiment with it. The photo below is o...
Monday, 7 April 2014

Pheasant - display

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This is the first time the Pheasant has appeared on the blog which is a bit of a surprise for a species which, in both call and appearance, ...

Little Owl - Great Longstone

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James has been consumed recently by the need to complete the final year of his zoology degree at Derby University so hasn't had much opp...
Sunday, 6 April 2014

First duckling clutch

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This is the first duckling clutch I have seen this year. This is a hybrid group from Caudwell's Mill at Rowsley - but still cute! Hyb...

Mandarin Duck display

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One of the strangest wildlife sights locally is to see Mandarin Ducks sat high in a tree. This is perfectly normal behaviour for them and is...
Saturday, 5 April 2014

Goosander - Peak Village

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A pair of Goosander on the River Derwent at Peak Village this afternoon and plenty of Sand Martins now. Goosander - male and female

Swallows - welcome to Britain!

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It was raining heavily when I came across my first Swallows for the year at Rowsley with Ken this morning, Ken had seen them yesterday so I...

Water Vole - up close

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Came across a couple of Water Vole this morning and one was fairly obliging. Water Vole

Brown Hare, first for a while

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Not seen much Brown Hare activity recently but I had brief views of this one on Flash Lane this morning. Brown Hare
Thursday, 3 April 2014

Migrant bird arrival and departure dates

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I've added a new page, just to the top right of this post, for migrant visitor arrival and departure dates. I've put in the first a...
Wednesday, 2 April 2014

Oak Nycteoline

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Taken in the garden trap last night Oak Nycteoline overwinters as an adult so this one is in pretty good condition. It is the form notata. G...

Palmate Newt

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Having found a Common Newt in the garden a few days ago I was surprised to come across this Palmate Newt last night, it was sat in an egg bo...
Tuesday, 1 April 2014

Shoulder Stripe

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One of the most attractive of the early Spring geometers, I caught a single example of the Shoulder Stripe last night. Also caught my first ...

Engrailed - dark form

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The dark form of the Engrailed can be an identification puzzle, the short dark dart marks in the centre of the wing are just discernable and...