A nice example of Acleris sparsana last night. Widespread in Derbyshire wherever the food plant, beech, occurs. Nice looking moth it flies f...

Nice views of a Kingfisher this morning at Youlgreave and with some sunshine.  The water level on the river was as low as I have seen it, a...

Interesting bird the Dipper, not only because of its aquatic feeding behaviour but, as most birds vocalisations are limited to calls as wint...

The Black Redstart still present this morning having been at the old farm building at Peasunhurst by the B5057 for almost 2 months. It has c...

I've been away for a week, and it looks like all the winter thrushes have arrived whilst I was away. There were around 400 Fieldfare and...

I was reminded, after posting the Dark Sword-grass below,  as I walked across a set-aside field on Screetham Lane that the Silver Y is, by a...

A few more of the regular autumn moths trapped this week with the warmer weather; Green-brindled Cresent, Blair's Shoulder-knot and the ...

Both Red-line and Yellow-line Quakers new for the year over the weekend but very little else in the moth trap. Red-line and Yellow-line Q...

My first Redwings of the autumn on Flash Lane this morning, at least twenty birds with around 50 Mistle Thrush. Ken had also seen Fieldfare....

Made my first trip of the autumn up to Big Moor to have a look at the Red Deer rut. Many of the big males already have their hinds in tow an...

I missed the first Pink-feet of the autumn which where reported last weekend but surprisingly, given the overcast and rather misty condition...

I can't recall having seen Common Lizard before in October. Usually they have disappeared to start their winter hibernation by early Sep...

Whilst watching Common Lizards on a drystone wall this Bright-line Brown-eye larva appeared. It looked like it was looking for somewhere in ...

I was away over the weekend but it doesn't sound like I missed much. A few Pink-feet moving, I did see a female type Merlin yesterday on...

Whilst sat at Ogston in the the rain earlier today a Black-tailed Godwit flew through, an occasional visitor to Ogston during Spring and Aut...