With the relatively mild weather continuing there are still one or two moths on the wing. I caught this Mottled Umber last night. This is a ...

The Lesser Black-backed is by far the commonest of the large gulls in the Peak District, currently there are around 500 to 600 roosting at M...

I made my first visit of the winter to Middleton Moor last night. Plenty of Starlings but they all flew straight in to the reed bed without ...

Glorious sunshine this morning but just 2°C on the moor and rather icy first thing, with snow visible on the higher slopes above Stanege Edg...

There appears to be a few more Brambling about this week. I had 30-40 along Bent Lane yesterday and at least six visiting the feeders at Shi...

On Sunday there was a report of a Great White Egret at Chatsworth which is the first record I can recall from this area. Given the exponenti...

The Water Rail was still in the Whitworth Park this morning and with a little patience it was possible to get very close views as it fed in ...

I mentioned a couple of days ago that a Water Rail had been seen in the Whitworth Park. I finally managed to see it this morning and it gave...

I've seen Crossbills flying over Flash Lane for the past 3 or 4 weeks, usually just ones or twos but there were 13 on 22nd October. This...

Following a large arrival of Waxwing down the east coast yesterday the first Waxwings were seen in Darley Dale this morning on Park Avenue. ...

Glorious morning but much cooler today. The Great Grey Shrike was again around the Triangle briefly but was clearly in hunting mode, very ac...

Another good morning on the moor with hundreds of Pink-footed Geese moving SW. The total for the morning was at least 1200 with skeins follo...

Two reasonable sized skeins of Pink-footed Geese crossed Beeley Moor this morning, totalling about 170 birds moving SE towards the Wash. Alw...

Fantastic to see a Great Grey Shrike on Beeley again, hope it stays for the winter. They certainly seem to like this area although they have...

Great to be back on the moors after another short trip abroad.  Plenty of birds about, Fieldfare and Redwing have arrived in large numbers ...