The Goshawk is one of the hardest birds of prey to see well or photograph. The UK population is lower than it should be through continued pe...

Rather distant views of a Fox in the rough grassland adjacent to Bakewell Golf Course. The Fox looked to be hunting for mice or voles even t...

I mentioned that I saw a drake Shoveler yesterday at Williamthorpe and there were several sightings elsewhere in Derbyshire during the week ...

Early morning light at Chatsworth provided some nice back lighting for this group of Fallow Deer hinds. Fallow Deer

Started on the moor with Ken but it was very icy with a cold northerly wind so we headed down in to the valley but without much luck. We bum...

Saw my first Stonechat of the year and another 35 Pink-footed Geese flew NW around 12:30. Caught up with the Great Grey Shrike on the Triang...

Blue skies and a dusting of snow this morning. I called in at the Little Owl early on, it was asleep, if the sun hadn't just caught the ...

Part of a skein of about 130 Pink-footed Geese flying NW over Rowsley early this afternoon, the first sign of the changing seasons.The Great...

Coombs Road, Hall Dale Wood and the Stanton/Rowsley area are virtually the only places I come across the Green Woodpecker. It's more oft...

Simon Roddis sent me a message late yesterday afternoon to say he had seen a Little Egret on the river near the entrance to Alport village. ...

Around 100 to 150 Brambling feeding by the roadside on Bent Lane this afternoon, including this superb male which is already loosing the pal...

This Kestrel posed nicely in the gale force winds on the moor this afternoon, the blowing vegetation behind adds to the effect. Kestrel -...

Very windy overnight and so far today. Started on the moor but with some rain as well it was hopeless. Over to Carsington but couldn't l...

What a contrast in the weather today, clear blue skies from the off but cold, -4º as I set out this morning.  The Great Grey Shrike put in ...

Although it was a clear sky this morning it was very windy on the moor and cold. Ken pointed out a couple of Brown Hare hunkered down in one...