There is no more welcome sound to me than the plaintive song of the male Ring Ouzel on an early spring morning. Although it is a regular bre...

Came across this Nuthatch using dead leaves to line the nest void at Chatsworth this morning. The hole in the tree has been much larger and ...

First Green Hairstreak seen and photographed today by Doug Aston in Gratton Dale. One of the first records in Derbyshire I think. Green Ha...

I've observed Pied Flycatchers doing their territorial threat display several times before but never managed to get any photos but I man...

It was May 2016 when Short-eared Owl last featured on the blog, so no records in 2017 but I am pleased to report that Roger had a bird hunti...

Is this Derbyshire's rarest regular breeding bird?  According to the Derbyshire Ornithological Society there has been no more than thre...

After almost a week of cold and mist weather on the moors it felt a lot more Spring like this morning. After male Ring Ouzel and singing mal...

The Pied Wagtail is a common resident in the area and winter roosts at the Endhoven works can number several hundreds. Its European cousin, ...

Given the breeding numbers of Red Kite both to the north and south of Derbyshire it is surprising that it is still a relatively scarce bird ...

Hot on the heels of Ospreys recorded at both Ogston and Carsington reservoirs early this week I had my first of the year just north of Rowsl...

For the first time I have recorded my first of all three hirundine species on the same day. I picked up a group of four Sand Martins feedin...

Still 5 Hawfinch at St Helen's Church this morning and a Chiffchaff calling nearby. Also had a lone Oystercatcher flying up and down the...

My first Chiffchaffs of the Spring today with at least two birds singing at Rowsley. As usual they are about a week later here than at Ogsto...

A call from Ken this morning alerted me to a herd of Whooper Swans flying up the Derwent valley over Matlock. I missed them in Darley Dale s...

Further signs of Spring with a single Oystercatcher in front of the house at Chatsworth this morning. I had a pair there last year but not s...