I came across a small group of Common Crossbill locally today feeding in larches with a large group of Siskin. Several of the males were in ...

On a rather grey morning with intermittent drizzle I returned to St Helens Church. During the past week there have been around a dozen Hawfi...

The Roe Deer is much the rarest of the three deer species found locally and I have only seen it on four occasions. Two of these sightings we...

Saw the male Blackcap in the garden again today and managed a photo this time. I've only seen it twice now but it has presumably been in...

Although the Hawfinches have still being showing well at St Helens, mainly in the famous Darley Yew in front of the church, the numbers are ...

With the first decent days sunshine of the year I witnessed plenty of display from both Raven, one of our earliest breeding birds, and Buzza...

I've been away over the New Year so today was my first chance to have a look at the Hawfinches at St Helen's Church. Whilst away it ...

The number of Hawfinch at St Helen's Church increased slowly during the week to 12 by Friday but this morning there were at least 20 fee...

No sign of the Great White Egret mid-morning in Bradford Dale but it had been seen earlier. Unfortunately, as the valley is narrow where the...

Exciting news from Doug Aston today of a Great White Egret in Bradford Dale. It was seen and photographed by Doug between Youlgrave and Midd...

A beautiful sunny day today with no wind and I spent the morning walking around Chatsworth. I called in at St Helen's Church as I left D...

I was very surprised this morning to come across a lone male Hawfinch on Flash Lane. This is the first time I've seen one so close to th...

The female Hawfinch is still being seen most days in the Whitworth Park but can be difficult to locate, especially now that the snow has gon...

My last record of Hawfinch in the Darley Dale area was in 2010, prior to then I had occasional sightings each year when they used to breed l...

I always check the Canada Geese along the River Derwent in the hope of another stray goose joining them but without any luck until today whe...